June 2011
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Hashtagram lets you follow Instagram, Twitter in...
The newest addition to my always-growing list of third party Instagram apps is Hashtagram — a site powered by e24apps that displays a realtime slideshow of Instagram photos based on Twitter search.
You simply plug in a term, say #greece or #sunset, and up pops the latest Instagram photos that people have sent out on Twitter. The corresponding tweet also pops up and gives you the option...
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Bioko. I meant hi.
Bioko, by the way, is an island off the west coast of Africa. Thanks, iPhone autocorrect.
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D.C traffic in 8 seconds (time-lapse)
If you’ve ever driven in the Washington region, you’re familiar with open roads, care-free commutes and an almost-always empty highway called the Capital Beltway.
It’s actually the exact opposite and we have the accolades to back it up (tied with Chicago for worst congestion in the country, Beltway is ranked as the third worst freeway for gridlock).
To illustrate what its...
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In less than two months, two of the FBI's 10 Most...
From the FBI’s Web site today:
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The view from The Washington Post newsroom during...
At The Washington Post’s Universal Newsdesk (the hub of the online, mobile and print operations), we have four flatscreen TVs that display 10 stations and feeds at a time.
So when President Obama makes a primetime address, such as the one he made Wednesday night, roughly eight Obamas are displayed (each Obama moving differently based on the speed at which each network broadcasts).
Using...
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Gordon Gekko's tech prediction: 'We’re going to a...
I posted this image five months ago, but decided to give it another run with some context.
I grabbed this from the 1987 classic “Wall Street,” which stars Michael Douglas (as Gordon Gekko), Charlie Sheen (as Bud Fox) and a slew of other notables.
The film, and specifically this scene, is a great marker for where technology was then, and how far it has come in 24 years.
Gekko,...
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In the span of a year: 3 major problems, 4 iPhone...
Since buying the iPhone 4 last summer, I’ve had three major problems which have led to four new phones. Thankfully, Apple has been great and I haven’t had to pay anything extra.
Here’s why I’ve gone through so many:
First iPhone 4: After a few months, the shutter on the camera stopped opening. I brought it into the Apple store and they told me it was a hardware issue....
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10 photos from Massachusetts
I spent most of last week in Massachusetts, so I thought I’d Tumblrize some of my favorite Instagram photos from the trip:
First stop from the airport: Lunch at Anna’s Taqueria in Brookline. Delicious.
My sister’s dog Mia at her house in Natick:
Took a spin in my dad’s black 1985 Corvette:
Embracing nature in the suburbs:
Here’s another one of Mia:
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I recently interviewed Don Draper
And this is what I interviewed him for.
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See, here’s proof:
I’ll explain later.
