Japanese Dole Banana Commercial: Flawless Victory
Wednesday, 8. April 2009, 15:39:08
Eight Hundred Tweets.
Tuesday, 7. April 2009, 16:33:25
This is what eight hundred posts to twitter looks like.
My most used words are ed, new, time, day, twitter.
35.56% of my tweets are replies.
More stats available here.
My most used words are ed, new, time, day, twitter.
35.56% of my tweets are replies.
More stats available here.
twitter stats for 2008
Wednesday, 31. December 2008, 18:10:23
I love statistics and [like] twitter (follow me? twitter.com/doted ). Here are some tweetstats for me in cloud and different graphical forms.
Below is a recap of my most twittered words for 2008. Image link.
Below is a recap of my most twittered words for 2008. Image link.
Map Updat.ed
Sunday, 22. June 2008, 18:43:09
Going to continue to update the 'Where is Ed?' map for the next 2 weeks as interesting things continue to happen.
Grasshopper Manufacture Email
Thursday, 8. November 2007, 17:48:59
Naoko from Grasshopper Manufacture emailed me about my costume.
My Blood Berry Beam Katana and Travis Touchdown Costume
Thursday, 8. November 2007, 17:25:00
It looks like no one else wanted to be Travis Touchdown for Halloween. Despite me saying for nearly a year that that's who I was going to go as, work became so time cosuming that I only had time to even begin working on my costume on November 5th. Why did I even bother? Two reasons: I really wanted to go as Travis Touchdown, and there was still 2 days to enter pictures in the N+ Halloween Costume CoN+est.+ Click here to Digg this sweetness and support tinkering/honest fun.
+ I was just informed this is the Opera Community top news story, here. - Thanks, Espen
+ Naoko from Grasshopper Manufacture sent me a message.
+ Nintendo Wii Fanboy likes it, too.
+ GoNintendo likes it.
+ Well, now when you search Google for Beam Katana or Travis Touchdown, there's a bunch of first page results about this.
+ Kotaku really likes it.
The main character (characters page) in No More Heroes, a game coming out for Wii in Japan in December and the US in February. Travis, an otaku, buys a Beam Katana in an online auction and ends up battling assassins in the town in which he resides, Santa Destroy, CA. (gallery)Wait, who is Travis Touchdown?
I decided to make the Blood Berry Beam Katana because it's far more complicated and looks a lot less like a traditional light saber. I used a Star Wars Force FX Light Saber as the base, among other supplies. The best part is that the prop retains all of it's original durability. That means that just like a normal Force FX light saber, you can swing and smash this thing into anything and the sounds and durablity aren't sacrificed. It still rests on the Force FX base as well, but I think I'm going to make a special wall mount. And if I can figure out how to get it to not turn off after a minute of not being used, I'm going to turn it into a powered lamp by taking out the battery/speaker unit that is politely designed as a single piece and just wiring it up and adding a plug. This way it won't make noise as a lamp and I can always put the battery pack back in for portable fun/death dealing.
The handle-looking things I later realized aren't handles at all, but I had already made them super sturdy, enough that you can swing this thing around by them if you wish. And yes, there are two, it takes a lot of screen shot analysis to say that with conficence.
There's a bright red master switch located within prime thumbing area, and that glows pretty bright thanks to an LED from my box of LEDs I ripped out of stuff.In the video game, Travis needs to re-charge his Beam Katana every now and then by shaking it. So for fun I decided to include a Battery Meter. (larger pictures here) It really is a nice touch, and when you shake the Beam Katana, the needle moves.
There's already a million things I want to do differently, like not to forget putting on the orange piping before I took all these pictures. And I'm not satisfied with the tip, I had no way of making it gold under the time constraints. But for only 2 days worth of off-and-on work, and very little planning, I think it came out pretty sweet.
The total cost was around $150-160, with $120 of that being the original light saber purchased specifically for this task. No, I didn't just use one I had. If that makes you angry, I'm sorry. I spent 2 hours in Home Depot, 1 hour in a craft store, a quick stop at a Radio Shack, and went to 7 stores looking for Travis glasses, and I ended up using glasses I had. Had the jacket, too. Made the shirt from two shirts I got at a thrift store and a lot of sharpie markers and sewing. I think I spent the least ammount of time on my hair, ironically/considerably less than I spend on it before I go out. I haven't sat around and worked on something in a loooong time. This was totally worth the cost and effort.
Capt Seagull (1:46:35 AM): what would be so fitting (but dont do) is to sell it on ebay! hahaha
Battle Happen (1:51:00 AM): haha i know
Battle Happen (1:51:05 AM): i should add that to my post
Check out my Blood Berry Beam Katana gallery and let me know your thoughts.
Digg this.
MyOpera Story.
uncanny and remarkable.
Friday, 17. August 2007, 18:43:17
I'm beginning to like you
So you probably won't get what I'm going to do
I'm walkin' away from you
It probably don't make much sense to you
But I'm trying to save you
From all of the things that I'll probably say or do
I'll probably do
I could stay a while
But sooner or later I'll break your smile
And I can tell a joke
But one of these days I'm bound to choke
And we might share a kiss
But I feel like a can't go through with this
And I bet we could build a home
But I know the right thing for me to do
Is to leave you alone
Leave you alone, now
You'll probably call me a fool
And say I'm doin' exactly what a coward would do
And I'm beginning to like you
What a shame it's a lame way to live
But what can I do?
I hope you appreciate what I do
I'm a martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you, now
A martyr for my love for you
A martyr for my love for you
I've always felt it's better to be friends forever than to risk it all for romance... and i've ...
" ..."
i have some awesome friends, but i've probably missed out on a lot of other things.
it's difficult to make me upset, and i dont often regret things... but when i heard this song it was like watching my life flash before my eyes, and several other people's lives, and a hundred futures, and a thousand moments that never happened, and the thousands that had...
*walks away*
mobiliz.ed
Friday, 20. July 2007, 14:54:44
I really like statistics. More and more, we're able to see usage trends, counts, and more as people start categorizing empirical data rather than just throwing it out.
A few weeks back I decided to see what I could gather about my phone use (I actually started writing this post then), because I'm looking to uprgade again, probably to one of these:I thought, hey, this says a lot about me, and might be interesting to others (in the spirit of not throwing out collected data). So I decided to start a new blog tag trend related to mobile stats. Some phones (like Sony Ericsson's) make it really easy to get your statistics if you know where to look.
Model: Sony Ericsson w810i
Date activated: Dec 18 2006, I think
Days in use: about 210
Messages and Data
Calls
Memory
Contacts
*this has to be wrong, since I upload pics and video frequently, perhaps this is the count that I get charged for when not using a data connection (which I understand is the primary means for my picture and video uploads on Cingular/AT&T).
*I don't really use this option much, but I probably should to communitcate with my European friends easier.
*I use the applications on my phone more than any other feature, primarilly Google Maps and Opera Mini Dimension.
And so, since I said this was a tag-style entry, I'm interested to see what Espen, Leila, Jon, Anton, Dustin, Ian, Joe, and Chris do with thier phones.
A few weeks back I decided to see what I could gather about my phone use (I actually started writing this post then), because I'm looking to uprgade again, probably to one of these:I thought, hey, this says a lot about me, and might be interesting to others (in the spirit of not throwing out collected data). So I decided to start a new blog tag trend related to mobile stats. Some phones (like Sony Ericsson's) make it really easy to get your statistics if you know where to look.
Model: Sony Ericsson w810iDate activated: Dec 18 2006, I think
Days in use: about 210
Messages and Data
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SMS Sent: 4121 *
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MMS Sent: 51*
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Data Sent: 16801992B (about 17MB)
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Data Received: 74697293B (about 75MB)
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Time Transferring data: 28:49:37
Calls
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Last Call: 00:01:06
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Total Call Time: 96:53:02
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Outgoing Calls: 40:33:09
Memory-
Phone: 15MB free
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Memory Stick: 45MB free
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Pictures: 141MB 719 files
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Videos: 56MB 151 files
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Sounds: 203MB 111 files
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Themes: 3.6MB 14 files
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Web Pages: 1kb 5 files*
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Games: 1.6MB 4 files
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Applications: 5.9MB 19 files*
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Documents: 195kb 13 files
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Messages: 179kb 63 files
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Downloads: -*
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MSN Messenger: - *
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AIM: -*
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Yahoo Messenger: - *
Contacts
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Contacts: 162 (1000)
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Numbers: 211
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SmartChip: 222(250)
*this has to be wrong, since I upload pics and video frequently, perhaps this is the count that I get charged for when not using a data connection (which I understand is the primary means for my picture and video uploads on Cingular/AT&T).
*I don't really use this option much, but I probably should to communitcate with my European friends easier.
*I use the applications on my phone more than any other feature, primarilly Google Maps and Opera Mini Dimension.
And so, since I said this was a tag-style entry, I'm interested to see what Espen, Leila, Jon, Anton, Dustin, Ian, Joe, and Chris do with thier phones.
YouTub.ed
Wednesday, 4. July 2007, 06:49:13
I used to hate YouTube with a passion, and to some extent still think it's a waste of time. Nevertheless, I created an account 1 year ago. Last night I finally uploaded something.. and will continue to upload what I believe is over 10 years of video I have on tapes and hard drives throughout my home.
Since I never delete anything, there is an insane ammount of video. To put things in perspective a bit, my cell phone has over 300 videos alone sitting in it, right now. So, I've got my work cut out for me. At any rate, this seems to be a worthwhile endeavor, since I've gotten a decent ammount of activity, some subscriptions and friends linking up and stuff in less than 24 hours. All of this is encouraging. The best part is that most people have never seen or soon forgot about a lot of the video I have, making each one a bit of a surprise. For those not involved, my YouTube channel should serve as a video snapshot of my life, 1-2 minutes at a time. Like the Never Ending Pepsi:
Since I never delete anything, there is an insane ammount of video. To put things in perspective a bit, my cell phone has over 300 videos alone sitting in it, right now. So, I've got my work cut out for me. At any rate, this seems to be a worthwhile endeavor, since I've gotten a decent ammount of activity, some subscriptions and friends linking up and stuff in less than 24 hours. All of this is encouraging. The best part is that most people have never seen or soon forgot about a lot of the video I have, making each one a bit of a surprise. For those not involved, my YouTube channel should serve as a video snapshot of my life, 1-2 minutes at a time. Like the Never Ending Pepsi:
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da_ego
2008-08-28 05:42:59Hello .ed Um, I would like a link to N+ on my profile or on the start page, thanks.
Poll
Do you use Twitter?
- Yes.
(64%)
- No. (9%)
- I'm bad at it, but I have an account. (9%)
- I don't know what Twitter is. (18%)
Total: 11 votes
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Project.ed
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2D Castlevania petition
My Petition to Kogi Igarashi and the #1 Google result for 2D Caslevania
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Animal Crossing DS Community
My Promotional group for Animal Crossing: Wild World for Nintendo DS, with 3,300+ members
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N+, The Nintendo Community
A fast growing, very active community for Nintendo enthusiasts and the #1 featured group on Opera!
Extend.ed
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.ed + MySpace
I log in about once a week if that.
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.ed + Old Gallery
Not organized very well at all.
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.ed + Flickr profile
My flickr Profile
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.ed + Flickr photos
My flickr Photos
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.ed + Facebook
My Facebook Profile
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.ed + Digg
My Digg Profile
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.ed + YouTube
My YouTube Channel
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.ed + CNET
My CNET Profile
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.ed + Technorati
My Technorati Profile
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.ed + IdleRPG
My IdleRPG profile for #IdleRPG on irc.opera.com
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.ed + VIRB
My VIRB site
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.ed + Blogger Profile
My Profile on Google's Blogger Service - I use this almost entirely for experiments only.
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.ed + Blogger Blog
My experiment-only blog.
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.ed + Wikipedia
My Wikipedia definition.
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.ed + Wishlist
My Amazon.com Wishlist
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.ed + Dailymotion
My Dailymotion Space
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.ed + last.fm
My last.fm profile/page/history etc.
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.ed + LinkedIn
My LinkedIn Profile
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.ed + Twitter
Follow me on Twitter
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.ed + tumblr
My Tumblog
Import.ed
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Play Asia
Use this link for the best deals on importing all that hard to find stuff - cheap too.
My 15 Minutes of Fame
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Me and Jon as the first DS Browsers
I was invited to Seattle for the Opera 9 Launch where I was one of the 1st people to use the DS Browser.
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Wired top story about my old screen printing company
I helped create an internet based screen printing company years ago that was featured as Wired's top news story for a weekend.
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When I got 1200 Diggs.
The immediate response to this was crazy.
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The N+ Interview
I was interviewed about N+, it's origin, the MyOpera fame achieved, and future plans.
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When Digg loved my Beam Katana
I made a Beam Katana from No More Heroes and got a bazillion views.
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The Beam Katana
I made this. The Internets loved it.
N+
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Capcom Announces 'Dead Rising' For Wii
Everyone loved Capcom's first Wii zombie shooter, Resident Evil 4, so Capcom decided to port another such title over to the Wii: Dead Rising. The 360 game, along with an amazing subtitle (Chop Til You Drop), is being ported to the Wii using the Resident Evil 4 engine. Chop Til You Drop will inclu ...
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VirtuNAL Console Monday
Virtual Console NEW+ Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points): The last entry in the Fantasy Zone series, this side-scrolling shooter puts you in the shoes of main character Opa-Opa, who is on a mission to avenge the death of his fath ...
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Rumor: Pikmin 3 Release Date
This is yet a rumor because there's no official release date (at least not announced yet), BUT Play.com alredady lists Pikmin 3 for Wii with a pre-order link and a release date for March 27th, 2009 (EU release!!). Why might this be the real deal? Well, because it's still a far away date and becaus ...
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Rumor: 'Sonic and the Black Knight' Gives Sonic a ...
I say rumor only because I don't want it to be true. The above image, apparently the cover of the September issue of Nintendo Power, reveals "Sonic and the Black Knight" as a Wii exclusive. No information on the title is available yet, but stay tuned to N+ for developments. On a side note, WHY T ...
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VirtuPAL Console Friday
It's a WiiWare week, with two third party games. One has to do with pirates, the other is tyre racing. Unfortunately I couldn't find a picture of a pirate with a tyre, so we'll have to do with one on the moon. It's practically the same thing. Virtual Console None this week. :( The updated list ...
.ed + twitter
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doted: 2 weddings on 2 coasts? W/ @JLynnJohnston a ...
doted: 2 weddings on 2 coasts? W/ @JLynnJohnston and @excitebox in tow
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doted: My mom is going to see 'that batman: the bl ...
doted: My mom is going to see 'that batman: the black knight' ...martin lawrence?
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doted: HD video conferencing 1 year later: still a ...
doted: HD video conferencing 1 year later: still a daily part of my life.
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doted: @drewolanoff dude, thank god for unlimmited ...
doted: @drewolanoff dude, thank god for unlimmited texts. drew = tweet factory. o_o
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doted: Had a dream i was a rap superstar w/ a hit ...
doted: Had a dream i was a rap superstar w/ a hit song: McSexay Sexay Chocolate Cha-Chocolate
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