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Has anyone else reripped their entire music collection lately?

Has anyone else reripped their entire music collection lately?

Last time was in 2003 so I had bitrates as low as 96k.  Everything is now 320k mp3 and I'm ready to re-import into Google Music.  Some interesting observations:

- CD ripping must contribute to global warming.

- CDs are heavy ~40 lbs of CDs fitting in .1 m³ (about 3.5 ft³)

- Gracenote/CDDB has declined in quality (album art especially)

- Price stickers bring back memories.  Tower records, FNAC and 32 CHF albums, oh my.

Nice thing is I can better judge the provenance of my collection and correct it.  Just received 3 custom CDs from Twin/Tone including two albums from the late-80s Minneapolis band The Wallets.

 

Do we parse hResume in PRS?  (See comments on original post)

Do we parse hResume in PRS?  (See comments on original post)

Also some issues with videos FYI.

Originally shared by Robert Headley

Testing for Chris Messina 

It does this for every video I post. When I paste the URL into the edit box, it automatically attaches the link, instead of the video widget, 

Here is the link I used.

Evolution of Dance - By Judson Laipply

 

Anyone at LinkedIn interested in improving public profile snippets? (look at the comments on the original post..)

Anyone at LinkedIn interested in improving public profile snippets? (look at the comments on the original post..)

Originally shared by Robert Headley

Testing for Chris Messina 

It does this for every video I post. When I paste the URL into the edit box, it automatically attaches the link, instead of the video widget, 

Here is the link I used.

Evolution of Dance - By Judson Laipply

 

Hi, I hear that you're having problems importing.

Hi, I hear that you're having problems importing..  here's a screen shot that shows where you can upload an address book on the Circles Page.

You can also upload at http://google.com/contacts

 

Can we run an MR against the calendar database that relocates all meetings with '1:1' in the title to the smallest conference room less < 20m from the existing one?

Bonus points if we can reshuffle and repack all meetings into the appropriately sized conference room. (yeah, yeah, I know that's NP-hard, but still, we're Google...)









 

 

This looks great and I'm not even a Cal alum.  Plan to stop by there later today.

This looks great and I'm not even a Cal alum.  Plan to stop by there later today.

 [Also makes me wonder if someone also did this for Memorial Stadium at the University of Minnesota ...]

 

Faces in more places!

Faces in more places!

If you link github directly to your Google+ profile it's a little easier.

Originally shared by Malte Ubl

Getting author annotations for your Github projects in Google search

See, there is my face next to my Github project :)

How did I do it:

My Github projects has www.nonblocking.io listed as my website. That website has this bit of markup:

<a href='https://plus.google.com/116910304844117268718/posts' rel='me'>Malte Ubl

<a href='https://github.com/cramforce' rel='me'>Malte Ubl @ Github

So it says that both my G+ profile and my Github profile are both "me".

Now my G+ profile links to www.nonblocking.io as well (and actually to my Github profile). Those 3 things together establish a pretty safe link between my Google profile and my Github profile and Google starts to surface the association in search. Neat

PS: Only because I work for Google, absolutely positive does not imply that I know what I'm doing, so your experience may vary.

 

In Portland?  Tonight you can network with people working on OpenSocial, Shindig and Rave.

In Portland?  Tonight you can network with people working on OpenSocial, Shindig and Rave.

Sadly I won't be able to make this or the OpenSocial State of the Union.  Have fun folks!

Originally shared by Mark W.

Please join @ApacheRave, @ApacheShindig, on Tues night @OSCON& celebrate another year of open source! http://bit.ly/NPqiyN

 

Nice day for iced coffee at the market. Latest addition is a self proclaimed "Computer Maven" offering free advice.

Nice day for iced coffee at the market. Latest addition is a self proclaimed "Computer Maven" offering free advice.

The normally culverted Temescal Creek is flowing above ground today too.

 

A pod car would have been quite useful for me a few times this week.

A pod car would have been quite useful for me a few times this week.  Instead I suffered three expensive cab rides, a 45 minute walk in the noon-day sun,and a slooow shuttle ride.  At least the time I was able to bike was okay..

 

Going to OSCON?  Check out this event plus the OpenSocial State of the Union.

Going to OSCON?  Check out this event plus the OpenSocial State of the Union.

Originally shared by Mark W.

 

When did we start removing the little profile thumbnails from personal search results?  I saw this a while back but just assumed I was in some latency experiment...

I've been telling sites that XFN and such are a way for them to "stand out in search" because of the profile photo annotations.

Should we be pushing harder for sites to adopt authorship?  Also why are Don Dodge and Jeff Reine not showing up as authors in the results below?  Weird....

Would appreciate any clarification.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5763945832968580897/5763945832521104850






 

A really well written, must-read article about Google's Authorship program.

A really well written, must-read article about Google's Authorship program.

And this applies to anything you author.  For example, if you're an open source developer you should definitely link your github profile.  Video and photo sites?  Same thing.

Most sites are supporting XFN these days so the more links to your Google+ profile, the more often your face will show up next to your content.

 

The author or Snowcrash has a kickstarter aimed at creating a realistic sword-play game.

The author or Snowcrash has a kickstarter aimed at creating a realistic sword-play game.  Also he has less followers than me -- please rectify this by adding him to your circles...

Originally shared by Neal Stephenson

 

Note to self: avoid Marin during commute hours...

Note to self: avoid Marin during commute hours...

[Found this weekend in Point Reyes Station, CA.]

 

 

Streaming the  #wits  show on Minnesota Public Radio right now.

Streaming the   show on Minnesota Public Radio right now.   Amy Sedaris and They Might Be Giants performing.  Good stuff.

 

Okay Googlers -- if you were unhappy that Events was a closed dogfood you have your chance to participate in the most open dogfood we've ever done.

Here's some simple things you can do:

- Are you using proper schema.org markup?  Are your comments http://schema.org/Comment? Are your reviews http://schema.org/Review?
- Do you have a user history for your service?  Investigate if it's possible to send these moments to frame service.  I can connect you with the right people.
- Do you request OAuth scopes for your api-based service?  Consider using plus.moments.write to send us active and passive user activity.

Docs are below, feedback will be gladly taken (and I just might send you some Google+ schwag as a token of appreciation)


http://developers.google.com/+/history/






 

The first time I've seen a restaurant have a playlist posted...

The first time I've seen a restaurant have a playlist posted...

 

Google+ history API code lab about to start in Room 2. #io12

Google+ history API code lab about to start in Room 2.

 

Getting caffeinated at Blue Bottle. Bumped into Joseph Smarr , and also seeing plenty of other I/O folks here.

Getting caffeinated at Blue Bottle. Bumped into Joseph Smarr , and also seeing plenty of other I/O folks here.

 

 

A video of the Google+ jumbotron at #io12

A video of the Google+ jumbotron at

 

With Yann Kerhervé

With Yann Kerhervé

 

This is #myfirstpost (public) -- these tips are as valuable today as they were bak then.

This is (public) -- these tips are as valuable today as they were bak then.

Originally shared by Paul Lindner

Help your friends find you! - another Google+ tip...

Add and verify all of your email addresses to your Google Account here:

https://plus.google.com/settings/general

This makes it easier for your friends to find you now and in the future! I've found that I don't know the gmail address of many people, but I do know their corp email or another alias. Plus if you lose your password you can send a recovery email to your alternate address.

Be aware that you can only associate one email per Google account and you can't add another gmail address to another account. If you want to associate email addresses to your primary account you can visit this page:

https://www.google.com/accounts/EditUserInfo

1) If the email is listed as a secondary address, remove it on the old account and add to the primary.

2) If the email is primary you can change the email address of the unused account and replace it with something like [email protected]. Then add the renamed email to the primary account.

Cheers.

 

[keeping this in the ES family...]

Reaction from my family to the events spam:

_Your company is so fucking stupid sometimes...  Why don't you turn off events until you fix your stupid problems._

Sadly I partially agree.  If we still had the incoming stream we could easily put the stranger events there.  I know that some fixes are in flight -- why are we not being more public about this?  A simple Mea Culpa would do a lot here.  Comms folks, what's up?

More quotes:  _You look like a bunch of amateurs..._ and _why didn't you anticipate this?_

Harsh.









 

 

Added photos to Google I/O After Hours with Train and Paul Oakenfold!.

Added photos to Google I/O After Hours with Train and Paul Oakenfold!.

 

Wow, the moscone floor is shaking. A lot.

Wow, the moscone floor is shaking. A lot.

 

Paul Oakenfold  at #io12 . Also live streaming.

Paul Oakenfold  at . Also live streaming.

 

I was at the Intercontinental Hotel and saw the parachutes -- amazing!

I was at the Intercontinental Hotel and saw the parachutes -- amazing!

Originally shared by Dan Pupius

This demo of Glass is insane.  I'd really like to get the opportunity to jump out of the zepplin over SF.

 

Questions?  Stop by the Google+ developer sandbox or the Google+ history sessions.

Questions?  Stop by the Google+ developer sandbox or the Google+ history sessions.

Originally shared by Ken Norton

One of my favorite Google+ features is Instant Upload. All the pictures I take with my phone appear in a private album online, and from there I can share with my circles (or not). For me it's a great way to remember my favorite moments, and strike up the right conversations with just the right people.

More generally, we think this difference between saving and sharing is really important for communicating online. After all: not every thought that crosses your mind comes out of your mouth :-) Features like Instant Upload give you control over how you save and share your photos. And today -- with an early developer preview of Google+ history -- we're starting to bring this save/share capability to other online activities.

If you’re a developer, you can get started with today’s preview release by visiting http://developers.google.com/+/history/preview/. With just a few lines of code your app can privately save moments (like a listened song, or a visited restaurant) to a user's Google+ history, and from there users can share those moments with others. Think Instant Upload, but for almost anything! In all cases, moments in history include attribution of your app.

To help get the juices flowing, you as a developer will notice your YouTube, +1, Play app purchases, and Instant Upload activity in Google+ history (with Search and Latitude coming soon) -- all for your eyes only, of course.

We're hosting two Google I/O sessions (Thu, June 28 at 11:45am PT and 5:15pm PT) and a codelab (Fri, June 29 at 9am PT), so you can either stop by in person, or tune in with I/O Live. Android and iOS developers can also use the new Google+ platform for mobile -- attend our session (Thu, June 28 at 1:30pm PT) to learn more.

http://developers.google.com/+/history/preview/

 

 

Heading to Google I/O day 1. I'll be there all three days and look forward to meeting everyone.

Heading to Google I/O day 1. I'll be there all three days and look forward to meeting everyone.

Oh and make sure your socks are firmly attached!

 

Someone want to create a Guava Project wikipedia page?

Personalization keeps thinking I like Guava the food, not guava the code/project.









 

Unleash the Oates!

Unleash the Oates!

[And john moe, you should really post these articles to your G+ stream!]

 

 

There's one I/O secret hasn't been leaked AFAIK.  The band that will perform.

I hope, hope, hope it's Foster the People since I'm not going to their Friday show due to I/O time constraints..









 


@103803434511913844892 @102352541062683971307

Ade shared this to a limited audience so I can't plus you into the original post...

Looks like you guys recently turned this service down (is it because of igraph changes?)

http://www.stateofsearch.com/google-social-circle-data/






 

Tired of being asked to check-in to "West Oakland Mental Health" instead of the Parking Lot to pick up the Google Shuttle.  Used Mapmaker to edit, but am seeing the bug described in here:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/google-mapmaker/fBC2A3NTDIE

Click on the link below if you're on MapMaker so we can get this approved.


http://www.google.com/mapmaker?iwloc=0_0&gw=55&editids=3wbiR5KD00huKtMucX&ll=37.803086,-...






 

 

I asked what time zone on the original post.

I asked what time zone on the original post.  Not sure, but people think it's 6:30 UK time which is in about an hour from now.

Originally shared by Google UK

Watch a live Google+ Hangout with Rafa Nadal, tonight at 6.30. .  

 

Waiting for mac n cheese next door. Will have to look these guys up later...

Waiting for mac n cheese next door. Will have to look these guys up later...

 

 

I suppose it would be a bad idea to comment publicly on this.

All I want to say is that you just need to use the report adsense abuse form:

https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=violation_report&rd=2

I had the older version of this form bookmarked when I was fending off Typepad spammers back in the day.


http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/letter-to-emily-white-at-npr-all-songs-considered/






 

Protip: Don't use MySQL 4 based billboard software

Protip: Don't use MySQL 4 based billboard software

 

The best Electro-Rock band of the moment that's currently helping me burn the candle at both ends.

The best Electro-Rock band of the moment that's currently helping me burn the candle at both ends.  Think Daft Punk crossed with Rage Against the Machine, with a dash of Introduce Yourself era Faith No More.

Their top-10 single is below, but you'll find the rest of their repertoire rocks much harder.  Check out Palabra mi Amor for a taste:

SHAKA PONK - Palabra Mi Amor (feat. Bertrand Cantat) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Or this set from the Paleo Music Festival:

Shaka Ponk - Live Paléo Festival Nyon 2011 [Pro-Shot]

[reposting this again for   and because I deleted my original post..]

 

Great to have you here!

Great to have you here!

 

One of these things doesn't belong...

Looks like they just added XFN markup as they're showing up in my reports now.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5755443007134597745/5755443005457489810






 

Remember folks you get a free play if you use Google Play and are in the USA.

Remember folks you get a free play if you use Google Play and are in the USA. If that describes you and I'm not already following you let me know in the comments or DM me via my profile and I'll add you to my Google Players circle.

Oh and here's 17 tracks of awesome.

http://iggypop.org/iggy2.html