thathoo reviews?

bayoutiger IS THERE AN APP TO MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM APP????

saurabh there are a few syndication services for musicians launched by iLike... http://techcrunch.com/2009/05/13/ilike-launches-custom-iphone-apps-syndication-platform-to-help-artists-cast-a-wide-net/

thathoo howz the engadget app?

higher good

thathoo @higher have you bought it/used it - coz doesnt show on your blippy stream

johnnyfontana Way better than the ESPN app

foobar That's a good app.

davidhornik Have you tried the INRIX traffic app. It is pretty great (disclaimer: they are a portfolio company).

jeremyliew I like the INRIX app and it's not a portfolio company!

davidhornik thank you

tomaltman Waze is very cool...

jason Time for new jeans.... based on this question from Mahalo Answers: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/fashion/what-brand-makes-the-best-mens-jeans-for-under-100

cool_dany Jeans ! yay ! go 4 it !!

timnikolaev Good choice on the 7 for all mankind, I got my first pair last year and swear by them

lovelyssm Wow, Zappos sells jeans now?

movies had no idea Zappos sold jeans... sweet!

jason Zappos is the BEST PLACE to buy jeans... hands down. they have a sick inventory & low prices

kathleen I love 7s!

nicky Wow this is awesome. Does anyone have any tips for making sure you get the fit right?

mcoffin try hautelook.com and save more

cmartellotti I was not a huge fan of iFitness, but never found a fitness app I loved! I do really like "lose it" app for tracking your calorie intake

timnikolaev get 100 pushup app - a great easy way to get stronger and in shape

denny DailyBurn is awesome, I'm hoping they can integrate with the wireless scale.

cliffw RunKeeper Pro is awesome for runs, walks, cycles etc. Love it.

jnn denny I think dailyburn actually does integrate with the Withings scale

shivie great app

Congo Sounds like Jason's has been told to loose some weight ;-)

hardaway I think I've tried all the fitness apps. Now I have a fitbit, and I want them to have an iPhone app

JustinFreid iFitness is a great app and frequently updated.

alerman @Jason only has a gold account??? I wa sure you'd have platinum

jason i guess i need to upgrade :-)

cornellouis what does a gold account get you?

wiredvillage Hey JCal, Can you link the poker table so we can see your bets?

VerticalGambit @wiredvillage that is an awesome idea!

sethmgoldstein How is London? You're probably too busy with her

jason mmmmmm.... audible!

JayNeff That reminds me, I need to get the Crush It Audiobook, narrated by Gary himself!

wiredvillage Just got Crush It yesterday. as well as Lucifers Hammer and Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

mager Very valuable purchase.

SeanBrunett which book did you choose this month?

hardaway I only have a gold account because I can't listen to more books a month and still listen to #TWIST

andyfairweather audible audible everybody loves audible

iPhone amazing show today :) PuppySmackin' ;p

techhowgirl How do I connect Blippy to Audible?

foobar That's a good app.

megacia Wow. amazing idea....need to expand it to other cities, though I may pick it up next time I'm in NYC

samuels (Y)

jarin Wow ok that is interesting, I have no idea what I would use it for though

shawntaylor cool app. next stop, vancouver!

jason Trying to lower the electrical bill with a power strip w/ remote + LED outdoor lights that run from a solar panel.

dianel Jason - let me know how that works. I just started a website that tells you how much you can save on your energy bill - www.wattbot.com

michaeltejada great site, will try it out.

jaredp @dianel: Can't wait for your site to expand to other areas. :)

Billshrink @dianel: nice site you've got there :-)

denverseo Great idea!

dianel Wattbot is launched in the LA, SF, San Diego and NYC metro areas - thanks for the compliments.

Nirav Not supported in Kansas 66801 zip code just yet.

dklimke Well those seem pretty cool- Curious how bright they would be in the middle of the night.

foobar That's good. Saving the environment is important.

bakasan Hmm, those power strips look great.. wife and I are looking to find ways to decrease our electrical bill

chuckreynolds hah we have those same surge strips at our collaborative workspace in Chandler Az... good stuff

cool_dany great ! u r saving the environemnt with your little #Twist ! Hope i have tht much money to do the same as u !

mcoffin very frugal like it

andrewcocks How good is the whole WiThings experience? I'm thinking of buying for my parents, but waiting for the £ to € to improve...

hmcfletch How is HootSuite? I signed up for their service way back when they started, but kind of fell off using them after a bit.

jason i have 25+ twitter accounts, so hootsuite lets me switch between them with one login--very cool.

hardaway No one should have 25 Twitter accounts. Clearly you are nonproductive:-)

denverseo Have you been able to try out the nexus one? It would be nice to get some feedback on how it compares to the iPhone.

marleyuk the only thing I feel its lacking just now is lanscape text.

cool_dany 25+ ??? y di u need tht many accounts????

tokao Don't you like tweetie?

Congo 25+ Jeez, talk about multiple personality disorder ;-)

alexknight Love the Flickr app.

davidhornik Ooh. I'm definitely getting PacMan.

brysonhunter The UN-Lite version of PAC-MAN has all the levels, basically the exact same as in the arcade.

andrewcocks Just got Flickr app too. Not sure why I didn't get it earlier

marleyuk The Flickr app is awesome, one of my fav apps just now :)

annaobrien Wait Pac Man is free? I want. I need.

jason PacMAn is free for one level and it sucks without a joystick. do NOT recommend.

hardaway Jason: Can Phoenix have an Open Angel Forum? I promise we'll be good.

michaeltejada to bad posterous doesnt accept adsence.. was going to use them for a blog... but great for personal stuff.

alexknight I think Posterous plans on offering some more advanced features this year. Should be interesting.

michaeltejada thats good

andrewcocks Just started using posterous for Family's B&B. Need to get them using the iPhone app!

jason posterous needs an iphone application for sure

robbiethegeek I think if it had a good iphone app it could actually compete with ping.fm cause that is really what it feels like

jason anyone else have the 7D?

saarsaar will be easier to figure this out when @cte and @ashvin figure out product level sorting...there have been a few cameras purchased on blippy so far. stay tuned... :-)

sean sorry nikon here! :D although that mark II looks like one hell of a rig. isnt that what you used before?

andrewweiser Did you buy any lenses for the 7D?

nicky I recommend the 50mm f1.4 if you don't have one - brilliant lens! http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Standard-Medium-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B00009XVCZ

leolaporte Should have bought the 5D. Seriously.

jason @loelaporte interesting... everyone said the 7D was better! What do you think the main difference is?

jason I have a ton of lenses already from my 20D... assuming those will work just fine, yes?

robbrown The main difference between the 5D and the 7D is the sensor. The 7D does a lot better in low light (ISO). For an outdoor / well light photographer, the 5D is where it's at. For indoor / not perfect light, the 7D is a great choice.

Don't forget to grab even a cheap flash! You'll be shocked at how much better your photos are with a bigger flash.

leolaporte 5D is full frame sensor - no competition

robbrown Sorry, I transposed the numbers. Here is how that should read:

The main difference between the 5D and the 7D is the sensor. The 5D does a lot better in low light (ISO). For an outdoor / well light photographer, the 7D is where it's at. For indoor / not perfect light, the 5D is a great choice. Don't forget to grab even a cheap flash! You'll be shocked at how much better your photos are with a bigger flash.

Here are some side-by-side sample images: http://www.cameratown.com/reviews/canon7d/

leolaporte The 7D has a faster burst mode (it's got a faster processor) and 24p video. The 5D has a 60% larger sensor which makes a big difference in low light performance and overall picture quality. The 7D is a good upgrade for the 20D - both have the same APS-C sensor so your lenses will perform as you're used to. If you go to the 5D their effective focal length will shrink. But once you go full frame it's hard to shoot with a smaller sensor.

robbrown +1 for Leo's comment about the burst mode - that's a great observation. Personally, I don't care about video since it's DSLR video is still so young and somewhat inadequate.

Here is some more information from the best camera review website out there, DPreview.com

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos7d/page20.asp

This is the summary for the 7D. They talk about the pro's, con's and compare it.

nicky From what I can tell, the 7D is the better overall camera (better burst mode, incredible autofocus, better video mode) but the 5D has a full-frame sensor which means higher quality images.

Since I gather a main reason for this camera is to take photos & video of London, I think the 7D is a good choice.

But, let's be serious. Any of these cameras will be insanely adequate for your purposes.

@robbrown I see your point about DSLR videos but when I see stuff like this http://vimeo.com/7412515, I'm not so sure.

dklimke I just got the Canon T1i for $619 on Amazon and love it so far.

elton After going full-frame, I can't go back. For a side-by-side btwn the 5D and 7D, check out this link. You can definitely see the advantages of full-frame:
http://blog.planet5d.com/2009/12/more-side-by-side-video-from-the-canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-7d-and-1d-mkiv/

xentek conversations like this make blippy very interesting

michaelevans I plan on getting a 7D next week and setting up just like engadget with a Zoom h4n for audio.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/canon-eos-7d-impressions-for-filmmaker-wannabes/

modena Just heard Leo mention this thread on one of his podcasts.

superfly I have a Canon EOS XSi, which I know doesn't even compare, but my wife pointed out that even on that camera you have to "try very hard to take a bad picture." So I can only imagine whether it's the 5D or the 7D that either would be fine and it's just a matter of preference. Besides - it's all in the lenses, right? I want the best wide-angle to portrait zoom there is. Ideas?

jason this camera is amazing. my wife is loving me 100x for taking photos of the baby and dogs with it!

dklimke Will you share a photo link?

modena Yea Jason, that would be awesome if you could take a few pics with it and post them. I am really interested in seeing how it performs for a regular person (as opposed to a review). Also I dont mean regular person in a bad way - if I could accomplish 10% of what you have in my life time, I would be beyond thrilled.

cornellouis I have a D300. 7D looks cool, but all my equipment is Nikon.

ArionRickAllen Nice camera, I had a Nikon D90 and loved using it to take picture of my children. Sold it recently to pay bills. =(

lewisfilms I have the 7D, TERRIFIC camera. Incredible video. Crop sensor means you need ULtra wide lenses for wide shots and the lowlight is better on 5d2, but other wise the 7D is an amazing professional bit of gear!

cool_dany OMG ! i hav a sont cybershot and i thought tht was great ! u \\m// !!

samuelt cool camera.. but yeah I'm also a Nikon user, D200 here..

tjzerrer I'm still not sold on the 5d. Is having a full size sensor a real advantage? You'll have to get a more powerful zoom to get the same shots as a 7d. I also realize the 5d has more megapixels, but how many do I really need. The largest prints I make are 16 x 20, which a 15mp camera should do fine with. Will the two cameras process light the same? If so my vote is for the 7d. I think I'd rather have the 1d mark 4 sensor size since it looks to be a compromise of both sizes.

sangosimo full frame is awesome. shallower depth of field, no crop factor, less noise. You can crop a full frame image down but you can't make a cropped image full frame

jason I can never tell which one of these compact flash cards I should buy... this seemed to be the fastest one, which is important if you're doing video yes?

marcscarpa YES... also, there is some adapter to take external microphones into those SLR camera's as there internal mics are not that great...

jason This is going to be for video and photos of London Athena, so I think I should be OK with the standard mic... if not I'll upgrade.

marcscarpa for that purpose its more than fine... click!

superfly I can't tell the speed difference any longer between any of these since the processors in the cameras and computers are so damn fast as it is, hardly seems to make a diff for me any more.

modena Have you seen the new file format coming for Flash memory? Currently it is FAT with a 32GB maximum capacity per card and a max file size of 4GB. The new version is exFAT - that will be a 256 TB maximum capacity per card.

ArionRickAllen The Cards have speed ratings that are hard to find in the specifications. You can usually tell by price if it's a class 2,4,or 6. 6 being the fastest.

jason Rilo Kiley is amazing. That is all.

hipsmart They ARE amazing. Except for Under the Blacklight.

wes one of my favorite albums of the decade

rxmike Thanks for the invite to this...it's pretty cool. Do you think it will integrate with Twitter?

Lj never heard of her until now. im all over it lala.com

J I love that album. Jenny Lewis is amazing.

cuppycake Rilo Kiley is definitely amazing. Jenny Lewis is phenomenal, especially live.

qthrul Portions for Foxes ++

jason Just buy anything by Rilo Kiley and kick back and enjoy. it's all good.

tessa This is a fantastic album that I haven't gotten sick of once in the years I've owned it.

ilona this sounds healthy.

eradke Have you listened to the World Wide Rave yet? It is obvious that the writer is trying to use his techniques at least.

tjzerrer I liked WWR. I thought the case studies were interesting.

pud Nice - what's on the Iron Man second DVD? Is it cool? Can't wait for part II omg omg

jason I just went down the list of BluRay discs and bought a dozen that looked interesting or that I knew guests at the CalaCompound might enjoy. Want to get the top 100 films on BluRay for the TV room.

pud I also see the WiThings WiFi body scale in there. Just got mine today, can't wait to tweet my weight. Or something

sean new star trek was so damn good

jason Love the new Star Trek... and wanted to hate it. They should do a Star Trek movie EVERY summer for the next 10 years. that would be visionary move by studios. Tape three at a time!

nicky Ditto on Star Trek, but I can't wait to get Jean-Luc Picard back on the big screen.

Also, no Gladiator?

xentek Jason, you're a fountain of good ideas, and this 1 star trek per summer is probably one of your best ;)

lifebite see this is what blippy is good for. i never would have heard about the WiThings body scale otherwise. i think i want it.

tandkb Jason, Great Christmas list! How is the WiFi Body Scale?

cliffw Got myself a Withings WiFi Body Scale inspired by Jason via Leo Laporte. It's awesome!

pud http://twitter.com/pudsdiet
http://twitter.com/leos_scale

cliffw Looks like what happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas after all...

jason I just setup my withings scale with a twitter account! @pudsdiet @leos_scale

cool_dany after watching tht Blu rays courier it 2 me :P !! u hav a great collection ! WOW