Playing tour guide for a few days.  What's your favorite sf bay-area landmark? 

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...]

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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.

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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

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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.

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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..

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

Originally shared by Mark W.

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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.

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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

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

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

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MapMaker now supports the sharebox.  Nice stuff.  Here's something I added recently.

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

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

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

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

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Paul Lindner was tagged in Scott McMullan's album.

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A video of the Google+ jumbotron at #io12

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With Yann Kerhervé

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This is #myfirstpost (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 username+unused@gmail.com. Then add the renamed email to the primary account.

Cheers.

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Paul Lindner was tagged in Scott McMullan's album.

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

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Wow, the moscone floor is shaking. A lot.

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Paul Oakenfold  at #io12 . Also live streaming.

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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.

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

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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/

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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!

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Unleash the Oates!

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

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Have you noticed that there are lots more Sub Pop Records albums in Google Play?  Lots of grunge era stuff and more...

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What other presidents deserve their own summer blockbuster film?

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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. #askrafa .  

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

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Protip: Don't use MySQL 4 based billboard software

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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  #musicmonday  and because I deleted my original post..]

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Great to have you here!

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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

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Neil Gaiman and Bobcat Goldthwait had a great bit on the WITS radio program from Minnesota Public Radio.  More info here:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/programs/wits/

And make sure you check out the finale on Saturday, June 30 with Amy Sedaris and They Might Be Giants.

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Now here's a good use for all those old VHS tapes...

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Here's a 1915 Ford at a car show in Lafayette. Found this while on our way to the new Farmer's Market.

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Gotta look good for Google I/O

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Nice to see Ultra Records titles popping up in Google Play including this one from France.

I'd recommend starting wtih the electronic-surf themed Tchiki Tchiki Tchiki.

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via Anil Dash 

So what other HGTV shows are fakes?

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From Denmark - Burning down the wheels tonight'

The laser beams on the right sure resemble the Google Play logo..

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seulement disponible sur iTunes!

Greetings Ubloggers

Anyone want to help me complete my Shaka Ponk record collection?  I can't get you into Google I/O, but I'd happily pay triple and send you all the Google schwag you can handle..

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Getting on the shuttle on time is hard....

Let's go shopping!

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The Current described this well:

“All My Life” is futuristic gold that I only wish could loop on for another 10 minutes. Twin Cities vocal talent Jana Nyberg lends her chords to the first two tracks of this EP and it’s safe to say that without her this song would not be as complete. You can feel her body pulsating to the beat just as easily as yours probably will, and in an instant we’re transported back to the height of Studio 54. The All My Life EP is out now on Kitsuné.

http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/06/local-radar-gigamesh-murder-crows-and-minnesota

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