Mike Cohen

LOLCats 1.2 Available

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LOLCats 1.2 is now available in the app store. The major change in this version is support for Zooomr as well as Flickr. This will be the last update, unless a critical bug is found.

This application will be superseded by the Official LOLCATS application, which will get content from I Can Has Cheezburger and several related sites. The official app will also be free.

I see that another LOLCATS application was released today, which sells for $0.99. That one is NOT authorized by ICanHasCheezburger.

Identify the elitist

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Try to figure out which of these people is an elitist:

  1. A mixed race man raised by a single mother, who put himself through school, and owns one home.
  2. A wealthy politician who married a heiress and owns more homes than he can remember.

It’s amazing that Obama’s “elitist” labels stuck, when all of his opponents have been wealthier than him, own more homes, and are from illustrious families.

Links for 2008-08-20 through 2008-08-21

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Links for 2008-08-20 through 2008-08-21:

  • Saint John Coltrane Church – This is a church I can believe in. There's something transcendent and spiritual about John Coltrane's music.
  • Tools for Teachers & Students – Sean Aune has put up a very useful piece on Mashable entitled “35 Tools for Teachers, Tutors and Students.” Great timing for an article like this with school so close around the corner again. The list of tools encompass sites and services for everything from learning management to social networking
  • Mining African Blog Riches – Music – Village Voice – A fresh wave of globally minded music websites will broaden your horizons
  • WP CODA – Great looking WordPress theme.

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R.I.P. LeRoi Moore

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This story really hit me hard this morning. LeRoi Moore, the saxophonist & founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died suddenly yesterday due to complications from his ATV accident in June. According to the band’s site:

We are deeply saddened that LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of Dave Matthews Band, died unexpectedly Tuesday afternoon, August 19, 2008, at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles from sudden complications stemming from his June ATV accident on his farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. LeRoi had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin an intensive physical rehabilitation program.

LeRoi was as essential to the band as Clarence Clemons was to Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. I can’t imagine DMB without him.

Enjoy one of his great performances here:

Fay missed us

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Luckily we missed the worst of Tropical Storm Fay. We just got a lot of rain and some wind of up to 30 MPH. The rain pretty much stopped by midday today.

Flooding

Links for 2008-08-17 through 2008-08-19

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Links for 2008-08-17 through 2008-08-19:

Posted by Postilicious

Tropical Storm Fay Update II

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It looks like TS Fay won’t hit South Florida, but it’s giving us a lot of rain & some flooding. It’s now heading for Naples and isn’t expected to develop into a hurricane. The rain will probably continue the rest of the night and tomorrow.

iPhone spreading around the world

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MacBlogs has posted an iPhone World Map that will be continuously updated as Apple secures contracts with iPhone carriers around the world. One pleasant surprise is that Senegal is getting the iPhone with Orange as their carrier. It might even be available before Ashley Maher’s trip there next month, when she’ll be bringing Jimi M’baye a Mac Pro for Studio Dogo.

Photo walk next week

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The second Fort Lauderdale Photo Walk is scheduled for next Saturday at 9 AM, meeting at the Commercial Blvd pier. This is part of the World Wide Photo Walk event, which will take place in over 200 cities around the world.

In preparation, I picked up a Quantaray Neo Air strap for my D40x, which should make it more comfortable to walk around with. At the last photo walk, I regretted not bringing my 55-200mm lens, so I’m definitely taking it this time.