David Fisher : What is Noise Blog

Recently at Jazkarta we’ve been hard at work to get a new site, Plone.tv, off the ground. Like everything for the internet, it’s a dynamic work in progress and there is still much to be added. However, it’s at a pretty good point to check it out.

So what is it? Plone.tv is a media portal for various multimedia items from various sources (YouTube, Blip.tv, etc) that are related to Plone. The software could be and is intended to be used for any community that wants to have the ability to put together a collection of multimedia to share together. We have gathered screencasts on Plone, and also video from various Plone events.

My part mainly has been trying to break the site (QA I suppose is a better term), and adding/editing/organizing the multimedia.

So come on over, check it out, sign up, post to the forum, give us some feedback, rate a few videos, and maybe even add some content!

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I was shown this site digatechgirl.com the other day. I think it’s pretty sweet overall, as not only are all of the girls very attractive but they are all driven, intelligent and successful individuals who really have something going for them. Brains and beauty.

Anyway, my good friend Julia Roy is on there now and you should really vote for her. Why? Because she simply rawks! We even got the greater part of the betahouse to vote for her! Or maybe because she’s about to take over New York City and become the queen of digital social media?

Oh, and you should check out her blog too! And follow her on twitter (if you’re one of the cool kids).

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Steve Rhode has posted a blog post co-authored by myself on his blog about Credit, Debit & Life.

It’s on the topic of starting up and trying to get the Delay Daddy guitar pedal off the ground.

Check it out, leave comments, etc.

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I was hoping to have the Y34RZ3r0r3mix3d vinyl album by today. No such luck. I got an email from Insound, who said that there was a delay and they have just gotten it in and are sending out ASAP. Hopefully by Friday.

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I was looking on Apple’s website, and it seems that the operating temperature of the iPhone is pretty limited! It’s between freezing and 95F. The non-operating (when in the world is your iPhone turned off?) temperatures are between -4F and 113F.

I know that sounds reasonable to anyone living in Cupertino where the weather is always nice, but I seriously hope they just spec’d that too tightly and are “playing it safe”. People living in Phoenix or Boston might have different experiences.

While I know that my pocket will help insulate it a bit, but in Boston the record low temperature is -12F. The temperature hangs out below freezing for the greater part of winter. If you take a trip to Mount Washington in the winter, it’s reached down to -17F there! Wind speeds have reached 231mph there, so factor in wind chills accordingly. Ok, I’m not likely go visit there in such a storm, but I’m just illustrating for people that live in Florida that it can get amazingly cold here. Engadget seems to think it will still work ok but I’m really wondering what’s going to happen if you repeatedly do that.

Will Apple’s support no longer support you if you try to use the iPhone outside in Boston in February?

My best guesses are (for what will happen to the phone) is that the screen’s display will get very sluggish, and that the battery life will tank. Keep that charger cable on you! I know that my camera batteries go down massively in the cold (from around 400+ exposures, to ~100), and that my old iPod screens got all super-slow refreshing in the freezing weather.

On the flip side, what about the high temperature performance? My family live in NC and it gets above 95F there during August quite often. People living in places like Phoenix think that 95F in the summer is a cool day. I know that it gets well above the 113F some days even. I already think that my Macbook Pro seems to nearly overheat all of the time, I’d rather my phone not!

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