tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19007583540283782782023-10-27T15:54:58.082-07:00Ian Harrison's blogA pale apology for a real blog, but you got what you paid for...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693349773600097875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900758354028378278.post-51387788170168610122012-01-09T06:52:00.001-08:002012-01-09T06:52:20.599-08:00The new LTX-Credence blog!<div class='posterous_autopost'><p>My company (LTX-Credence) is going social in a big way.</p> <p>I've been involved with a team for several months now doing a complete revamp of our external web site. It's live now (at http:..www.ltxc.com) and we're pretty happy with the results. We used to have a static, very "corporate", site with very little content (and to be honest very little reason for customers to come back).</p> <p>All that has changed. We now have a good-looking site with a regularly updated informational blog, and opportunities to connect with us on social media like Twitter and Linked In. We even have a YouTube channel (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/LTXCredence)">http://www.youtube.com/LTXCredence)</a> where we're starting to post videos with our experts talking about various industry issues, not specific to our products. Our first video features Lenny Leon, one of our RF experts, talking about 802.11ac test challenges. Take a look: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzA0W1yTf4A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzA0W1yTf4A</a> and let us know what you'd like to see in the future.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://blog.pondhouse.org/the-new-ltx-credence-blog">Ian Harrison's "blog"</a> </p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693349773600097875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900758354028378278.post-24626363477175687692009-12-03T11:20:00.001-08:002009-12-03T11:20:07.290-08:00Pandora for BlackBerry saved my drive to work!
My entertainment on my drive to and from work is podcasts on my iPod, <br />usually from <a href="http://twit.tv">http://twit.tv</a>. I mostly listen at double speed using <br />the new feature in the iPod Touch 3.0 software that allows audiobooks <br />and podcasts to be played in real time, at 2x speed without pitch <br />shifting, or at half speed. <p /> I had an iPod sync failure this morning which blew away all of the <br />music and podcasts that were on there. I put the radio on instead, <br />but within half a mile I decided that I needed something more <br />personal. I turned to my BlackBerry, and fired up the Pandora app <br />(<a href="http://pandora.com">http://pandora.com</a>) that I had installed ages ago but never used. <br />For the few who have never heard of it Panora is a web-based service <br />that will stream "personal" music stations to you based on knowledge <br />of your likes and dislikes, using their database of music which they <br />have analyzed for many characteristics so that they can suggest things <br />that you might like based on stylistic similarities. <p /> I hooked my phone up to the car's AUX jack (where my iPod usually <br />goes) and pressed Play. I drove on very happy for the rest of my <br />drive. My "station" came up just as it would on the desktop <br />application, with it's usual great selection of things that I like and <br />new stuff from other artists based on the Pandora algorithm and <br />database. What really impressed me was the solidity of the <br />connection, which only dropped out once for a few seconds in a place <br />where I regularly lose cell calls, and the sound quality, which was <br />every bit as good if not a bit better than the 128kilobit/s AAC files <br />I usually use for the "filler" music on my iPod (I have the "good <br />stuff" on there in lossless). The application pauses when you use the <br />phone, even through the Bluetooth hands-free connection to my car, and <br />starts right up again when the call ends. You can give thumbs up or <br />down to songs to help Pandora learn your tastes. this works perfectly <br />on the application, and your choices on the phone add to the data in <br />your account, which is shared amongst all Pandora clients. <p /> This service is completely usable, even on the EDGE connection that I <br />have (no 3G for me, unfortunately). The sound quality is great, and <br />the opportunity to discover new music is unparalleled in these days of <br />mass-market, hits or oldies only radio. It's a toss-up now whether I <br />use the iPod or whether I use Pandora. It's nice to have two such <br />great choices. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://blog.pondhouse.org/pandora-for-blackberry-saved-my-drive-to-work">Ian Harrison's "blog"</a> </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693349773600097875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900758354028378278.post-44456761129201031222009-11-02T06:11:00.001-08:002009-11-02T06:11:10.331-08:00Change we can believe in? I think not...
In this blog post <br />(<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/10/obama-administration-invokes-state-secrets-privilegeagain.html)">http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/10/obama-administration-invokes-state-secrets-privilegeagain.html)</a> <br />Jake Tapper enlightens us on how the Obama administration is invoking <br />(again) the same "state secrets" privilege that they lambasted the <br />Republicans for using during the Bush administration. This just goes <br />to prove that anyone can say anything when they are trying to get <br />elected, but the realities of the situation when you are actually in <br />office, and real money and real lives depend on your actions, are very <br />different from the campaign trail. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://blog.pondhouse.org/change-we-can-believe-in-i-think-not">Ian Harrison's "blog"</a> </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693349773600097875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900758354028378278.post-41305221196958870312009-10-30T06:39:00.001-07:002009-10-30T06:39:44.206-07:00Zoom from a coffee bean to a carbon atom
I saw this on Digg (<a href="http://www.digg.com">http://www.digg.com</a>) today: <br /><a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/">http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/</a> <p /> It reminds me of that old video they used to show when I was a kid <br />that zooms from the galaxy down to the earth, into someone's back <br />garden then into the really small stuff. Very nicely done overall, <br />just slide the slider under the picture to zoom. It uses the (evil) <br />Flash, but it's quite fun to play with nevertheless. <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://blog.pondhouse.org/zoom-from-a-coffee-bean-to-a-carbon-atom">Ian Harrison's "blog"</a> </p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693349773600097875noreply@blogger.com2