Livescribe news!

Hey finally! Some news about Livescribe! They are doing the right thing and are postponing the release until everything works perfect! Way to go guys!

Livescribe's pen computer delayed to '08 (news.com)

And news.com even has another article about the existing digital pens! It mentions Anoto, Livescribe, Logitech and Leapfrog! (And iogear that uses a sensor clip so I wont talk any more about that pen since that technology really sucks.)

Is the digital pen mightier? (news.com)

It also gives some information about how well the technology are doing in the consumer market currently:

"It's a small part of our business," said Logitech spokeswoman Nancy Morrison.

Free (as in beer) and legal music!

Check out Deezer now!

Google mail on w810i

Do you want to access your gmail account from your Sony Ericsson w810i mobile phone integrated mail software? (Which has the advantage over the gmail java app and web app that you can add attachments and use your gmail account for picture blogging and uploading videos via email! Sorry to say the gmail java app is a lot faster though and has a better interface in general...)

Do you get a certificate error message?

What you need to do is install some missing CA certificates. Export them from Internet Explorer and then send them to the w810i over bluetooth (that's what I did, it is uspposed to work by usb as well).

The certificates are the:
equifax cert (valid to 22/8/2018 fingerprint: d232...)
thawte premium cert from zip (fingerprint 627f...)

They can be found in InternetExplorer-> InternetOptions-> Properties-> Content-> Certificates-> Trusted Root Certificates. Just select them and export them as a DER binary.

Then you should browse to your phone in your bluetooth explorer and select the obex file transfer service for your phone. Just drop the files on the obex file transfer icon for the phone and it should transfer them and place them in the correct place automatically. If you see the Memory Stick you have browsed a level to low on the phone.

For email configuration check out the gmail instructions! (I noticed that for the email address I use the @gmail.com extension but not for the username. For encryption I have selected SSL and not TLS for both incoming and outgoing server.)

All information retrieved from the following post! Thanks Andy!
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=101012&start=45

Gigapixel images

Google have released Google Earth 4.2 and supports Gigapxl images now! Check them out at once because it's a really cool feature!

Microsoft released Beta2 of the HDView project a couple of weeks ago. It's is a similar technology to the Gigapxl support in Google Earth. Read about it on the HDView blog. The technology is also related to the Microsoft projects Seadragon and Photosynth that I've blogged about earlier. Excellent demos are the Berlin Wall East Side (HDView), read more on the website Berlin Wall East Side and the totally awesome Harlem-13-gigapixels (HDView), read more on the website Harlem-13-gigapixels.

HTTP Made Really Easy by James marshall

HTTP Made Really Easy by James Marshall is an excellent HTTP primer for newbies.

Relationship between HTTP and MIME

The relationship between HTTP and MIME is defined in the HTTP/1.1 rfc 2616 section 19.4.

HTTP/1.1 uses many of the constructs defined for Internet
Mail (RFC 822 [9]) and the Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME [7]) to allow entities to be transmitted
in an open variety of representations and with extensible
mechanisms. However, RFC 2045 discusses mail, and HTTP has
a few features that are different from those described in
RFC 2045. These differences were carefully chosen to
optimize performance over binary connections, to allow
greater freedom in the use of new media types, to make
date comparisons easier, and to acknowledge the practice
of some early HTTP servers and clients.

This appendix describes specific areas where HTTP differs
from RFC 2045. Proxies and gateways to strict MIME
environments SHOULD be aware of these differences and
provide the appropriate conversions where necessary.
Proxies and gateways from MIME environments to HTTP also
need to be aware of the differences because some
conversions might be required.

MIME sample from Mike Grand

MIME (Mark Grand)

From: Nathaniel Borenstein 
To: Ned Freed 
Subject: Sample message
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/mixed;            
              boundary="simple boundary"

This is the preamble.  It is to be ignored, though it is
a handy place for mail composers to include an
explanatory note to non-MIME compliant readers.
--simple boundary

This is implicitly typed plain ASCII text.
--simple boundary
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

This is explicitly typed plain ASCII text. It DOES end
with a line break.
--simple boundary--
This is the epilogue.  It is also to be ignored.

MIME sample from Wikipedia

MIME (Wikipedia)

MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="frontier"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--frontier
Content-type: text/plain

This is the body of the message.
--frontier
Content-type: application/octet-stream
Content-transfer-encoding: base64

PGh0bWw+CiAgPGhlYWQ+CiAgPC9oZWFkPgogIDxib2R5PgogICAgPHA+VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUg
Ym9keSBvZiB0aGUgbWVzc2FnZS48L3A+CiAgPC9ib2R5Pgo8L2h0bWw+Cg==
--frontier--

Fly Fusion Review in PC Magazine

The first Fly Fusion review has appeared and it's in PC Magazine. 4 out of 5!

Bottom Line
The Fly Fusion Pentop Computer is a convenient and affordable alternative to a laptop or tablet PC for anyone who takes notes on a regular basis.

Pros
Lighter than a laptop. Easy to install and set up. Comes with fun games and applications.

Cons
Doesn't recognize messy handwriting. Pen shuts off easily if you hold it too high. No Mac support.


I think people will realize soon that messy handwriting does not matter since you won't use that feature anyway with your notes. Other than experimenting with it for a while in the beginning. Mac support on the other side is something I hope they are thinking about. Specially nowadays with Apple and Mac riding the big wave.

Stupid AI

The number one spot on the Top Ten for most stupid movie AI is now officially taken by Icarus in Sunshine. An ok SF movie where I don't think the change to slasher mode spoiled the film, but rather the inexcusable stupid AI on the ship. They would have been better of with only manual control...

Wikiscanner

This is brilliant!

Virgil Griffith at Caltech has downloaded the Wikipedia DB and matched the IP-logs with the registered companies/organizations!

Check it out at Wikiscanner!

Read more in Wired, See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign.

And you must check out the first entry for the Republican Party! Can you be more evil than replacing the entry for Harry Potter with a one line spoiler of the plot from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! Hahahaha.

Aerodynamic, Daft Punk

Livescribe marketing

And here I was complaining about the Livescribe marketing department...

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mar/393378097.html

That's the way to do it!

Mail me when you need a scribe in Sweden. I'll quit my job and go back to college :)

Livescribe desktop application

Well. The desktop application being demoed at D5 didn't look a lot like the one ("the penstation") shown in the sneak peak's at Livescribe's site.

And we haven't got any new information from Livescribe since D5 either. I'd say that the pr department, if any, at Livescribe should learn from Apple how to build hype. (Hint: Send me one and I'll blog about it every day the next couple of months :))



Anyway, the application demoed seems to have a nice Windows Media Player 11 look to it. Black and shiny! (Maybe that's called Vista look nowadays but I'm still running XP...) Page previews to the left and some buttons for stepping through the pages at the bottom. And some basic views, single page, two page and thumbnails.



When replaying audio a toolbar with the expected buttons pop up.

Fly Fusion

Leapfrog's Fly Fusion seems to have been released! And it's only $80 bucks! Now it has PC-connectivity as well! And downladable applications! And you can upload and share your notes! (On the internet I assume... Or...) Livescribe and Logitech better watch out!

From the Fly Fusion site:

This is Pentop Computing, the next generation of high-speed digital processing, developed to deliver high-speed homework help in the palm of your hand. With the FLY Fusion Pentop Computer, everything you write on FLY? Paper is automatically scanned and digitized. With the tap of your FLY Fusion Pentop Computer, you can interact with your notes, get instant feedback and step-by-step help, even play MP3s and games, all on paper!

Check it out:

Fly Fusion at Leapfrog
Fly Fusion at Amazon
Fly Fusion hilarious dj battle from Gizmodo

So what's it gonna be? Paper Replay or DJ battles?

I'll link to the reviews when they start popping up!