This looks incredibly useful for people with MacOS and Android. No more wasting phone and laptop batteries using wifi tethering.
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I can confirm that it works for a few pings on a stock 4.2 Galaxy Nexus and Mountain Lion on T-mobile
That is going straight into storage on the phone... All in one solution
I have been looking for something like this for so long. Thank you very much for sharing.
Works for me on an Xperia X10 from mountain lion
Remember, mockito is what you should be using for all new tests. Might as well go all-in and add junit4 and hamcrest too...
http://blog.james-carr.org/2009/08/21/junit4-mockito-hamcrest-bdd-goodness/
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I guess Die Young was a bad association for your new smartphone?
I guess Die Young was a bad association for your new smartphone?
I never understood why Nokia bothers putting their phones in music videos. It all looks so staged. That said the Ke$ha video is pretty weird. I can understand why they wanted to remove it.
Interesting #anecdata points.
Caught up with an old friend. His teenage sons are both big kik users on their iPod touches. They don't want an iPhone since they're not allowed in school but the iPod is.
The son of my wife's stylist asked me if we could add file transfer to Hangouts or messenger. I'm somewhat dubious on this (seems like a good way to spread virii -- however adding Drive sharing to chat might be interesting (and safer..) and is orthogonal with Photo sharing in Messenger.
Send file == upload to drive, share file from drive to friend, share link over chat channel, render drive content using embed.
http://kik.com/
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Since you missed this before...
Since you missed this before...
Originally shared by Theodore Ts'o
Phoronix, alas, has perpetrated another example of irresponsible journalism. I won't dignify said article with a web link, since I don't want to reward them with more ad hits. So I'll link to the original Ubuntu Launchpad report, and include the comment I just made there:
Those specific fsck corrections --- fixing the number of free blocks and the number of free inodes --- is completely normal and is purely a cosmetic issue. There is nothing to worry about here.
What is going on is that ext4 no longer updates the superblock after every block and inode allocation; that causes a wasteful write cycle to the superblock at every single journal commit, and it also is a SMP scalability bottleneck for larger servers (i.e., with 32 or 64 CPU's). To fix this, we no longer update these values in the superblock every time we allocate a block or an inode. Instead, we only update these values when we unmount the file system, mainly for cosmetic purposes so that dumpe2fs shoes the correct number of free inodes and blocks, and at mount time we calculate the total number of free blocks and inodes in the file system by summing the the free blocks/inodes statistics for each block group. So in fact, ext4 does not depend on the correctness of the values in the superblock, but it does try to update them on a clean unmount.
In e2fsprogs commit id 2788cc879bbe6, which is in e2fsprogs 1.42. 3 and newer, we changed things so that e2fsck -n would not display this as something "wrong". However, we still do show this as something that we "fix" when running e2fsck -y or -p, since in fact it is a change to the file systems. See:
No one else has complained or noticed up until now, because other distro's apparently are capable of doing a clean shutdown allowing the file system to be unmounted cleanly. Ubuntu, unfortunately, is incapable of reliably doing a clean shutdown even when users request it, which is why Ubuntu users are seeing this behavior much more frequently, and apparently some people have panicked as a result. Sigh....
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I will say that it is extremely irresponsible of Phoronix to make a big deal about this this before giving anyone knowledgeable (which unfortunately does not include any Ubuntu kernel engineers, since as far as I know they don't have any file system specialists on staff) to comment on the bug. No one from Phoronix even bothered to contact me to tell me they were posting this story, or to ask me for a comment. I had to find out about it when someone asked me to comment on Google+.
However, from the perspective of trying to send as many ad clicks as possible to their web site, they are doing a heckuva job....
Following along here on my evening commute...
Following along here on my evening commute...
Security Escalation help?
We found about 1m users that are infected with a chrome extension that rewrites search result pages (See http://b/7465588). We've gotten some good help on some of the issues, but I feel like I haven't gotten the right people involved to deal with this properly.
- Can we notify those 1m users that they are infected?
- Can we detect that this extension is running on the SRP and stop it?
I can't tell who on Search to raise this issue to, and I cannot see who would coordinate an outreach program to the poor folks that are getting a crappy chrome experience due to the dodgy extension...
Thanks
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1313 Mockingbird Lane was much better than I expected.
1313 Mockingbird Lane was much better than I expected. Worth it for the visuals alone, including the Victorian house with the Golden Gate view, the clothes and the interiors. But that's to be expected from the creator of Pushing Daisies
** Not for kids though -- very dark.
So, is it really "Pacific Heights" in SF?
I loved it. Some people are giving it bad reviews saying they're not even monsters now (they totally are, but at first they seem more like common people which was the point) or that it's too different or how dare they not make them green... but as a re-imagining, I thought it was brilliant, and there are many who loved it as well (I'd say more loved it than didn't). And yeah, darker themes but hilarious at the same time. Stupid NBC for giving up on it before it even aired >_< Hopefully they or someone else picks it back up. I want more! The ending of the pilot was AWESOME! :D
At the very least I hope they release this episode so it can be seen more than this burial on friday night. [I also think it would be better viewed straight through..]
It was much darker than I expected.
Looks like I'm not the only one to have seen a bright meteor/shooting star just now in the Oakland Hills.
Looks like I'm not the only one to have seen a bright meteor/shooting star just now in the Oakland Hills.
There was a loud rumble afterwards too -- wonder if something hit?
Punit Soni saw it too
indeed. And a boat load of people on twitter too...
I heard a rumble... Wasn't sure what it was
maybe a sonic boom?
I saw it too! I was biking home on the Peninsula and had assumed it was some sort of amateur fireworks. It seemed so close.
An article I read this morning mentioned that a rumbling noise isn't uncommon.
I heard it too (didn't see it) and wondered if it was a meteor.
A meteor would be heard through a wide area. Twitter would know about it.
Forget about chewing gum -- Can you walk and code at the same time?
Forget about chewing gum -- Can you walk and code at the same time?
I want this. Might build one from scratch.
My home treadmill has quite a bit of too-high structure around the front of it for easy deskification.. might have to do some warranty voiding.
The only result would be a bad quality code and no fitness gains. Besides the fact that treadmill is generally useless, any training could only be effective if you concentrate on exercise, constantly think about good form and significant effort. I'm a P90X coach, active climber and runner and know what I'm talking about.
Alex Zhovnirovskii
Vladimir Kelman I agree, this doesn't seem like it would give you much more than your basic standing desk.
Well, anything to get out the chair and get the heart pumping, lowering your risk for heart disease due to inactivity.
That's true too, Brad.
What is highly effective for both men and women and what never would be boring is a kettlebell. Just twenty minutes or so and you'll get a super-effective cardio and core training. It's a Russian tool originally, but I only started to use it last winter here in US. The best system to start from is SKOGG System. Michael Skogg teaches proper technique very well. You can also buy a cheaper DVD by Jillian Michaels called Shred-It with Weights. To swing a kettlebell is not an easy task, I'd recommend for average man in a reasonable shape to start from 12 or 16 kilogram, for a woman - to start from 6 or 8 kilogram (it's a tradion to measure kettlebell weight in kilograms.)
Following up on my post yesterday.. Is this the best Journal name ever?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Uncertainty,_Fuzziness_and_Knowledge-Based_Sys...
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Interesting reading here..
Has anyone calculated the k-anonymity of any of our products based on the information they make available to 3P?
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=774552
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Anyone want a leaky washer drain pump?
Anyone want a leaky washer drain pump?
I'm a bit surprised at the so-so construction of the guts of my mid-range front-loading washing machine. The drain filter is basically a cup with holes -- which means that debris can get into the plastic pump easily. Oh and getting to these parts requires removing 18 screws and three rubber retaining clamps which means no-one ever cleans the filter.
At least I replaced the spring-clamps with proper hose clamps on the new pump.
I'm mad I know what this is before I read the article...
I've had to pull my pump as well because of junk in the pump. And, no way to empty the trap. No way to drain the system when it clogs. Seriously shitty design. Took me about 2 hours. A pox upon the ID folks behind this.
Well done Paul...sounds like a great weekend project.
I sense a weekend project combining:
http://deps/unused
and
https://sites.google.com/a/google.com/rosie/janitor-tools#TOC-terminator
Now if I could only travel back in time to tell people to not write that unused code in the first place.... or maybe that's a Google-X project?
http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Rosie
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A new album by Mark Mallman, very catchy. If you don't know his work read this review:
A new album by Mark Mallman, very catchy. If you don't know his work read this review:
Frankly, Double Silhouette, his latest, is the album the Killers were trying to make with Battle Born – an epic, gorgeous pop album filled with arena-ready choruses. But he does it in a way that doesn’t make him sound pompous (sorry, Killers).
@102206255324090806743 - would it kill you to update your wordpress sharing plugin to get some G+1 love?
Oh yeah, good article. I +1'd it using the Chrome extension :)
http://ikaisays.com/2012/10/09/why-the-real-reason-silicon-valley-coders-write-bad-software-is-wron/
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Before node.js...
DB connectivity, plus this great new feature:
_New top-level functions Number and String. The Number function converts an object to a number. The String function converts an object to a string. See "Number and String Functions" on page 135._
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/816-6411-10/whatsnew.htm
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Hmmm I like both for different reasons. Are they about the same issues?
Stephen John Smoogen -- guess I just find the Lion a bit, creepy looking..
The Swiss poster is about stopping the destruction of a popular public beach. (Thus the sea creature destroying the diving platform)
The Oakland one is just a parcel tax to fund the Zoo.
Ah I find the Lion to be standard kids friendly art. Basically it is aimed at the audience under 6 who they hope will look up at mom and dad and say "Why is Lion going away Mommy?" But to answer the original question I would have the first one in my office.. the second one in a playschool.
Mainstream is finally realizing that facebook is doing this....
http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/10/04/facebook-confirms-it-is-scanning-your-private-messages-for...
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Teach Me How to -Dougie- Viral Loop.
What you see here is a work of art for making viral loops.
The page leading up to this asked me to _confirm_ that someone had endorsed me. I accepted the endorsement (adding it to my profile).
This page uses some decent semantic analysis to generate 'Skills you might Endorse', and a one-click way to generate a 4x viral loop (not to mention all the other mechanisms via 'see more' and loading up more endorsements.
Performing actions here also help improve the algorithms. If one person tags a user with a skill then you can present the same tag once added to the profile to other users and have a high likelihood of success.
And at the end of the day LinkedIn will have a much better way of finding strong candidates with specific skills; users will have more profile content, etc etc.
https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5795440289929294673/5795440287701076610
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The unnatural offspring of the Economist and Mondo 2000?
The unnatural offspring of the Economist and Mondo 2000?
Came across issue 1.2 of Wired recently at home. After 19 years it shows how far we've come and yet how far we have to go. Archived here: but you really need to hold it in your hands with the orignal inventive page layout (and all the original advertisements!)
Topics included:
- The Cypherpunk movement.
- 3DO!
- Jaron - (who coined VR)
Gadgetry?
- Early 3D printers
- VR glasses
- DCC or Minidisc?
Pull Quotes
"The Naked Truth is that Pink makes the Macintosh and OS/2 Obsolete"
_"Interactive TV is doomed, it's a dead end"_
_"If Privacy is outlawed only outlaws will have Privacy"_
Oh and just wait till I dig out the Mondo 2000s, I know I put them somewhere...
Indeed Gary Tivey .. indeed.
On their iPad app they have the first issue with detailed annotations. It's very interesting to read. Also: 1.5 GB.
I used to have that issue but can't find it. I know a bunch of the cypher punks in it. I also have most of MODO 2000 and Fringe Ware Review. I really wish I could find that old wired thou.
apparently I only have about half of them: https://plus.google.com/u/0/106313804833283549032/posts/ffEj81QjH9W
Kudos to the person on the Events team that auto-selects the "Pancake" theme for events that start early in the morning..
#googleproductsworkingwell
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So far the main thing that bugs me about Danube is when I reload an active G+ page all the posts get reordered.
@100370640544909873365 any plans for "live" reranking of the stream? Friendfeed was doing this 5 years ago and it was pretty cool to see posts bubble to the top when they were commented on....
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Discovered Doughnut Dolly this morning while walking around Oakland's Temescal neighborhood.
Discovered Doughnut Dolly this morning while walking around Oakland's Temescal neighborhood. They creme your donuts to order and they are so very good.
The chilled lemon curd on this warm day was delicious.
More at http://www.doughnutdolly.com/site/page/home_page
Just added them on MapMaker, should be there soon.
Haha, nice! Hannah Hoffman , the proprietress behind the counter in your photo. She and I were friends in third grade, in Berkeley. :-)
Could use some reviews of
http://www.google.com/mapmaker?gw=55&editids=3wbiR5K_H94eY6Muzd&iwloc=0_0&t=h&dtab=o...
if you're a MapMaker user...
Not the #squirrelsaturday I was thinking of....
Not the #squirrelsaturday I was thinking of....
First big test of my UPS configuration, which is doing better than T-Mobile.
First big test of my UPS configuration, which is doing better than T-Mobile. They went offline in 15 minutes. 11k affected and 2h restoration time so I should see auto-shutdown working too.
Upgrading my SIM. Turns out older SIM cards cannot access the new bonus frequencies from the at&t breakup.
Upgrading my SIM. Turns out older SIM cards cannot access the new bonus frequencies from the at&t breakup.
That sounds... odd. They don't reprogram it?
What AT&T Breakup? Explain.
Malte Ubl T-Mobile and AT&T were supposed to merge in the anti-consumer ecstasy to make largest US-wide GSM carrier. Alas the deal was not allowed by the regulators, and in initial offer AT&T had "break-up" clause that gave T-Mobile some spectrum, cash and roaming agreement (was supposed to be used to prop up regulators to approve the deal "otherwise we lose soooo much" type of thing I guess)
Max Smolev Ha, I was hoping it was something like that. May apply for me, too. My SIM is from January I think.
Mine was so old that it was failing to register on the network, so hard to say what constitutes "old". I'd ask at the store though, the folks on the phone really didn't know about this.
Paul Lindner Yeah this sounds more like "worn out" or "bad contacts" or whatever. If it fails to register t-mobile used to give you a new one for free at the store (well, they'd charge for it and apply credit immediately). I don't think the "new" frequencies that are being transferred from ATT to T-Mobile will make any difference for a while as they'd have to actually deploy hardware first :)
I myself use Straight Talk (AT&T without the LTE part) so I don't deal with t-mobile that much lately (though might switch to Straight Talk T-Mobile sim if ATT data woes drive me mad)
Using TestUtil.getSrcDir() in production code? If you are *congratulations*, your binary now has *junit* and other testing cooties.
At the very least convert it to:
Runfiles.getRunfilesDir();
Which pulls in a much lighter set of dependencies.
Of course if all you need to do is read a file from the classpath you're much better off just doing something like:
Resources.toString(Resources.getResource(MyClass.class, CONFIG_FILE), Charsets.UTF_8);
while adding something like this to your BUILD file target:
resources = glob([*.config])
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I can't wait for the integrations that this will enable.
I can't wait for the integrations that this will enable.
What android app would you like to see enhanced with Google services?
Originally shared by Tim Bray
Oooh, OAuth goodness for the Android ecosystem (via the shiny new Google Play services).
jdk8 uses :: to represent class methods? I'm getting perl flashbacks already!
Also a neat deck on Guava below (where I found out about the jdk8 syntax)
http://gdg-krakow.github.com/google-io-ext-2012-guava/#/13
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Just passed 150 edits on MapMaker.
Just passed 150 edits on MapMaker. I was just an occasional dabbler until I earned trail karma, which means my walking/biking trail edits don't need to be reviewed, they immediately show up!
That's led to more edits: Tennis courts, baseball fields, parking lots, schools, electrical substations and more. Be careful it can be addictive, and trails are the gateway drug.
Map Maker is evil.
Not sure if this has been corrected, but something to try with your new karma: overlay an existing POI you do not own with partially updated information. Wait a while. Now the original marker/google place will be updated (unverified and all).
I have a client whose competitors hijacked their places. First they changed the phone number, then marked the business as "closed", and finally replaced the URL/business altogether.
Of course, there's no recourse, not a person to get on the phone, etc etc. Took months to correct.
Sander Raaymakers -- sorry to hear about the bad experience you had. Like any crowdsourced tool it's open to fraud and abuse. The abuse teams at Google have some pretty sophisticated ways to stop large scale spammers, and scammers -- but it's always hard to defend against a someone with a grudge.
One way to fight back against such issues is to rate the bad edits and/or undo them. (Select a POI and go to the history to do this). Accounts that have changes reverted will lose reputation, and you can also raise the issue of bad edits in the MapMaker forum or you can use this form to report a problem:
http://support.google.com/places/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1386120&page=ts.cs
Like I mentioned, not sure if this is still possible, but there were several people complaining about this 'hack' in the forums. Undid edits, etc etc. but it took a loooong time.
There's something fundamentally flawed in the "prove your ownership" mechanism, once someone changes the phone number and business name, they can control the listing, as USPS never delivers the card (no such business at this address). We need a better mechanism, e.g. one where google contacts the owner of the URL associated with the place.
Note that this wasn't spam, but a directed attack.
If I had access to this in Sweden I'd mapmake the hell out of it. I remember driving around teaching Waze about unknown roads, but after getting Google Maps Navigation I haven't used it.
Example: (not my client)
http://places.blumenthals.com/thread2906.html
There's an automated tool which "cleans up" the data that buggered it for us several times.
My first try at a map edit was a bad experience. I tried to correct a Grocery store that was closed for 4 years and replace it with a mega thrift. it was declined. I did fight it out of spite and Won.
David A Jamieson / Daniel Johansson - you can request a notification when MapMaker is available in your country here:
http://code.google.com/p/google-mapmaker/w/list
Hopefully soon! They've been adding countries at a pretty good clip so far.
Sander Raaymakers - I sent some internal feedback regarding your pain points. I'm hopeful that they'll come up with a more elegant solution that balances the ability to make changes along with reputation management.
Paul Lindner Sorry, I had no clue you were with Google. Just vented on something I saw in my feed.
Let me state for the record that I truly admire all you've done for mapping. Used to work at a company whose data Google used to license (AND) so I know how far you've come.
The experience was mighty frustrating. My client was very upset. I reached out to anyone and everyone at the time, from our adwords rep (we spend $4k+ a month), my google engage contacts and personal friends at google, only to be told the same thing you mentioned above: go to the forums (that and "it's not my department").
This little issue caused significant confusion and without doubt, lots of lost revenues. It affected positioning in google search results and was a true act of vandalism/sabotage. My client would have easily paid $1000 just to get to speak to someone and get this resolved.
This is my main gripe with Google mapping: you truly fail the business community with the non-availability of professional support. I understand where you're coming from, support is expensive, lots of users, but we really need some tiers that I feel could take into account the revenues generated at other google 'departments' and/or for-pay options.
Sander Raaymakers -- I actually work on Google+, the mapping thing is just a hobby. That said most Googlers try to do what we can to help customers and users with the realization that it doesn't scale.
I am hopeful however -- AdWords added phone support this year and the customer support tools keep getting better and better.
apropos to our discussion of what a +1 means...
apropos to our discussion of what a +1 means...
Originally shared by Google+
50 Things a +1 Can Mean
A +1 is simple. It’s one of the easiest ways on the web to take an action that endorses the content and says you saw something. But it can mean many different things. That’s the beauty of +1. You can +1 things you like. You can +1 bad news. You can +1 things you love. You can +1 casual status updates or items that change the world.
Often, we get asked what it means to +1. Here are some ideas. We’d love to see yours.
1. A +1 can say you agree with the post.
2. A +1 can say your photo is beautiful.
3. A +1 can say your joke was funny.
4. A +1 can mean you share in sympathy.
5. A +1 can mean you endorse content found on the web.
6. A +1 can say “thanks for sharing!”
7. A +1 can say “thanks for mentioning me!”
8. A +1 can say “Glad to see you hanging out!”
9. A +1 can say “Good to see you here!”
10. A +1 can say “Wow! That’s cool!”
11. A +1 can say your video was amazing.
12. A +1 can mean you’re excited about new features.
13. A +1 can mean your post was clever.
14. A +1 can say you like this brand.
15. A +1 can say you’re the biggest fan.
16. A +1 can mean you agree with the shared story.
17. A +1 can say “thanks for commenting!”
18. A +1 can say “I vote for this choice.”
19. A +1 can say “your high score is impressive”.
20. A +1 can say “thanks for playing!”
21. A +1 can say you’re with the band.
22. A +1 can say you love the band.
23. A +1 can mean your meme is hilarious.
24. A +1 can mean your child is adorable.
25. A +1 can mean your food looks delicious.
26. A +1 can mean that song is incredible.
27. A +1 can mean “You said what I was going to say!”
28. A +1 can say you saw the post, but have no comment.
29. A +1 can say that video is stunning.
30. A +1 can say you found the news interesting.
31. A +1 can say you sure do know how to recommend people.
32. A +1 can say “I’m rooting for you!”
33. A +1 can say “Congratulations!”
34. A +1 can mean this article is a must-read.
35. A +1 can mean “I have this product too.”
36. A +1 can mean “I love this book!”
37. A +1 can mean “I hear you.”
38. A +1 can mean “You rock.”
39. A +1 can mean “I love you.”
40. A +1 can mean “I + you.”
41. A +1 can say “I can’t wait!”
42. A +1 can say “You shouldn’t miss this!”
43. A +1 can be a smile.
44. A +1 can say “You look hot.”
45. A +1 can say “I’ve been there before, and I love it.”
46. A +1 can mean “I wish I were there.”
47. A +1 can mean “I am so proud of you.”
48. A +1 can mean “You took my breath away.”
49. A +1 can say “I’m on my phone and only have a second.”
50. A +1 can say anything.
more folks..
Raj Iyengar
Chris Messina
John Hjelmstad
I remember this! (That post was from a year ago). I wrote about it back then too:
https://plus.google.com/102034052532213921839/posts/fPLu7LMznTh
I didn't get a good shot of the Shuttle landing at Moffet field, but my coworker did.
I didn't get a good shot of the Shuttle landing at Moffet field, but my coworker did. Here's one of the photos he took. It was pretty impressive to see it flying low in the sky.
Originally shared by Jean-Christophe Lilot (JC)
It lacks originality and I'm sure you've seen thousands like this one already but there I was and I grabbed this shot.
Asking this author to implement the history api would probably be easier than us doing it ourselves sad to say.
Asking this author to implement the history api would probably be easier than us doing it ourselves sad to say.
Originally shared by Erica Joy
THIS IS NOT AN EXTENSION CREATED BY NOR ENDORSED BY GOOGLE (Had to say that in big bold letters so the people who follow me hopingwishingdreaming that I give them their big "story" break don't run off breathlessly trying to out scoop one another about this and wind up making themselves looking not so bright in the process.)
That out of the way, I like this little extension for using Google Music. It pops up a little miniplayer so I don't have to keep the browser window open to control my music. Bangorang.
Since it can scrobble, I've resurrected my Last.fm account from the dust and ruins. If you wish to be Last.fm "friends" you may find me here:
Mark Mallman is still going strong 4 days into his cross country live video streaming #marathon4 at:
Mark Mallman is still going strong 4 days into his cross country live video streaming #marathon4 at:
And here's a live album listen from Google Play for people going "Mark who?"
Latest "european bands singing in english" find. Bonaparte from Berlin.
Latest "european bands singing in english" find. Bonaparte from Berlin.
Sadly Joshua Wise is not on Google+ yet..
https://profiles.google.com/joshua.a.wise/
Paul Lindner, Nov 15 2012 on 1500wordmtu.com