CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-06-17 20:35:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

(another one shared publicly because I was unable to put images in comments on this post: http://plus.google.com/116748951875493834849/posts/5cYS58iM4Mu)

Reply to: Caped Avenger (http://plus.google.com/106144232416403244997)

I'm not a fan of the idea of putting the restrictions (ex: "Max L6 Resonators") in the description alone, but possibly in both the description as well as the image (example below). Having it in the image also might alert the player to check the description. (This is a 10% scale image of the Castle Shannon Library I took with my 5D Mark III last night, because the lighting conditions were unsuitable for getting the image with my phone.) If there was already another picture on the portal, we might have to get players to "thumbs up" the picture with the restriction label so that it would be the one to appear first, but new portals could easily... more »

2013-06-17 20:07:57 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

(shared publicly because I was unable to put images in comments on this post: http://plus.google.com/116748951875493834849/posts/5cYS58iM4Mu)
If you see an #Ingress portal in this configuration, with the portal and two L1 resonators owned by one agent and the other six resonators at higher levels, it's probably someone helping out the L1 agent. Up until this past weekend I would try to leave the lower level agents' portals alone. Unfortunately after the other faction spent from early afternoon to 11pm Saturday attacking everything in sight in the area where I have the most keys, including the things the L1 owner of this portal was trying to build and the stuff I had prepared for him Friday night, we're going to have to move to a different area for him.

2013-06-15 15:34:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-06-14 14:42:43 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Waterproofing Phone "Condoms" for your iPhone

The water-resistant plastic wraps are useful if you need to use your phone out in the rain without getting it wet, potentially ruining your device. Hmm... +Sony Xperia... 

Sony Xperia Z - Full HD Smartphone and Waterproof - Go bareback!

Yes, these also work on the Galaxy S3.

2013-06-14 10:01:16 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Quite frankly, I'd rather have a scandal about corked baseballs than about government spying on its own citizens.

2013-06-13 17:31:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Notifications that sync across devices, and a new Android app

Starting today, Google+ notifications are much easier to use across mobile and desktop. In particular:

- When you read a notification on one device, we'll mark it as read on your other devices
- Likewise: dismissing a notification (with a swipe or a click) does so everywhere, so you can say goodbye to annoying repeats

We've also updated the look and feel of Google+ notifications, including:

- A new bell icon (in the Google Bar, and in the mobile apps) that lets you know if anything's waiting for you
- An updated notifications tray that separates unread from previously-read items

We're rolling out these notifications improvements gradually — first on Android and the web, then on iOS. In the meantime, we're also releasing a new Android app thati... more »

2013-06-13 17:08:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Google+ must be getting more popular with the masses.  I haven't been watching lately and it's no big deal, but just happened to notice today that I've been moved back another page ... the profile now shows up as #710 on page 8: http://www.CircleCount.com/us/profileslist/?gender=m&start=8

I miss being next to +Britney Spears since +Lady Gaga passed her up back in mid April: http://plus.Google.com/+RobertSimpson/posts/hwzqL4oV2s3 :-)  But then +Larry Page is good company: http://www.CircleCount.com/us/profileslist/?&gender=m  ;-)

The more the merrier!  ;-)

2013-06-13 16:34:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

I did the Report a problem on Google Maps because an #Ingress portal had shown up at some poor families' duplex instead of the correct location. Now it shows up in two places across the street from each other. Not sure if that's an improvement... ;-)

2013-06-13 14:53:07 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 12 +1s)

A new mode of personal transportation has beat hoverboards to the market: the flying bicycle. http://on.mash.to/11wVJBz

2013-06-13 14:18:28 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

One of Google's latest ventures is http://Ingress.com/ (also in the Android Market), an augmented reality game which is played in the real world. The way it works, experienced players need to help out lower level ones, so Ingress players in #Pittsburgh are looking for new players who are interested in playing the game. Right now the game is in "beta" and by invitation only, so if you know of anyone with an Android phone who might be interested in playing, please have them comment below on this post and someone can get them an activation code. Thanks.

2013-06-12 01:06:10 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

+Mike Hasko +Nicholas Zigarovich

Hungry for AP
Bursters devoured control fields
at Bakery Square

2013-06-09 11:06:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Added photos to Operation Turquoise .

2013-06-07 17:39:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Does anyone know of anyone who works in Downtown Pittsburgh, or goes downtown fairly regularly, who might be interested in #Ingress , Google's new augmented reality game. It's invitation only, but the folks downtown have invites and need some help. Thanks.

2013-06-04 15:23:28 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

#SolePower ― shoe insole charges your electronics while you walk

2013-06-04 15:23:11 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

PsychoPez ENL 6

I'm'a just gonna leave this here, it's up to the viewer to determine how to use this for playing Ingress.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/764467377/solepower-power-by-walking-0

2013-06-04 15:14:18 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Anyone going to be at #GeekNight this Thursday?

2013-06-04 14:05:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Heads up, yinz. If you get a message Insufficient Funds from a #GetGo gas pump, they have increased the pre-authorization amount from $79 to $129.  If that happens, you can select the option to Pay Inside after scanning your #GiantEagle Advantage card, so that the exact amount will be charged after you've pumped the gas.

2013-06-04 13:17:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Two of three men who stabbed Steelers OT Mike Adams have been arrested so far.  A couple of things they did weren't two smart. One of the perpetrators dropped his cell phone, which allowed police to identify him quickly.  And one of the reportedly made a comment that was recorded saying something to the effect that he didn't know he was one of the #Steelers that he had stabbed.  A comment I'm betting that his attorney is going to wish he hadn't made.

2013-06-04 14:10:29 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Two of three men who stabbed Steelers OT Mike Adams have been arrested so far.  A couple of things they did weren't too smart. One of the perpetrators dropped his cell phone, which allowed police to identify him quickly.  And one of them reportedly made a comment that supposedly was recorded saying something to the effect that he didn't know it was one of the #Steelers that he had stabbed.  A comment I'm betting that his attorney is going to wish he hadn't made.

2013-06-03 14:51:56 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Duolingo has just released their Android app (linked below). This is a free #LanguageLearning app from "Big Lou" Luis van Ahn at Carnegie Mellon here in #Pittsburgh (https://plus.Google.com/communities/106107893943663924012).

2013-06-03 14:51:19 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

Duolingo has just released their Android app (linked below). This is a free #LanguageLearning app from "Big Lou" Luis van Ahn at Carnegie Mellon here in #Pittsburgh (https://plus.Google.com/communities/106107893943663924012).

2013-06-02 17:32:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

At first I thought that there were some links that crossed each other here, but on further inspection this appears to be a control field that has persisted even after one of its links has disappeared. Although if no one destroyed that link, then it might be a phantom link that is allowing those other links to cross it.
http://www.Ingress.com/intel?ll=40.377417,-80.047982&z=16  +Niantic Project  #IngressBugReport  

2013-05-31 20:28:22 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

If you know of anyone, in the Pittsburgh area or elsewhere, who might be interested in playing Ingress, the invitation-only augmented reality game from Google's Niantic Labs, here's a tip. There seems to be some invitations available, at least today (Fri. May 31st). I got the activation code within a few hours of submitting the invite request at http://Ingess.com/.

Be sure to check the "intel" map via the link below to help decide whether you should join the blue Resistance faction or the green Enlightened one.

2013-05-31 17:41:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hey everyone. For those of you with kids who have an Apple device (iPad, iPhone or iPod touch), what do you think of this app for keeping track of the apps that the kids are installing and using?

2013-05-31 17:36:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Hey, yinz. If you have kids with an #iPad , #iPhone or #iPodTouch , check out the AppCertain app from a #startup here in #Pittsburgh . It helps you keep track of what apps your kids are installing and using.

Search for AppCertain in the iOS #AppStore . You can also search for #ParentalControl or #ParentalControls , but you need to scroll over about 35 apps to see it.

2013-05-31 13:46:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hey,@CrazyEyes... better watch out. That Harmony Rock portal that just showed up in South Park (http://www.Ingress.com/intel?ll=40.314601,-80.001594&z=20&pll=40.314646,-80.001526) is guarded by these guys (pics linked below).

Rocky discovered that portal back on March 10th: https://www.Facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151485285244354&set=a.10150178583119354.321481.699369353

2013-05-28 17:05:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Help Keep Pittsburgh Blue ;-) Anyone else around here playing #Ingress ?

Yesterday (Memorial Day) I powered up two unclaimed portals. Would it be against the spirit of the game to offer $20 to the first agent who can create a link (blue or green) between the two before either decays? (I think I would be safe with that bet; and just in case, I could afford the Jackson.)

Do you know of any agents in the #Pittsburgh area or anywhere else in #SouthwesternPA ?  If so, be sure they join SPAIRO: http://plus.Google.com/u/0/+RobertSimpson/posts/QCkLiBkM1Am

2013-05-28 16:46:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Yinz 'burghers are fantastic!  The Internet Famous #Kickstarter project, by some guys from this area, was posted in this community (http://plus.Google.com/+RobertSimpson/posts/LcbNCUBW7et) and went from trending downward to reaching its goal around the same time. (I can't say that it was a direct result of that post, but maybe it helped. Or maybe someone else with a lot of influence picked it up from this community.) Another project from other Pittsburgh creators, The Whole Dam Nation, was posted in this community and has now reversed direction also.

If you know of any other Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, etc. #CrowdFunding projects by those around the Pittsburgh area that are trending the wrong direction with about two or three weeks left to go, please post them to this community.

Thanks again!

2013-05-28 11:14:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Admiral Adama fighting for the Resistance in Beverly Hills.

Adama: "I WANT YOU ALL to understand this! If you do this - there will be no forgiveness; no amnesty."

#resistance  

2013-05-27 16:47:12 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

+Jeremy Kolb I hope you don't mind me using a quote of yours in this post.

2013-05-27 10:06:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

So how do you guys like those new mods that allow you to link to enemy portals? ;-) http://www.Ingress.com/intel?ll=40.332929,-80.033178&z=17 +Niantic Project   #IngressBugReport  

2013-05-24 17:59:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A "heads up" for all #ContentCreators . Check out the #Patreon web site.  If you sign up, you can register a personal URL, and most names are still available - including most of the single-letter ones!

2013-05-24 17:59:16 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A "heads up" for all #ContentCreators . Check out the #Patreon web site.  If you sign up, you can register a personal URL, and most names are still available - including most of the single-letter ones!

2013-05-24 17:58:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

If you are a Content Creator, please join the #ContentCreators community. Initially members need to be approved because there's a post there that you'll want to check out, but it's a first-come-first-served kind of thing, so I did not want to make it public.

Please pass this along to any content creators you know of or follow - folks like +Todd Cochrane, +Justine Ezarik, etc. Thanks!

2013-05-24 17:58:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

If you are a Content Creator, please join the #ContentCreators community. Initially members need to be approved because there's a post there that you'll want to check out, but it's a first-come-first-served kind of thing, so I did not want to make it public.

Please pass this along to any content creators you know of or follow - folks like +Todd Cochrane, +Justine Ezarik, etc. Thanks!

2013-05-24 18:33:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

If you are a Content Creator, please join the #ContentCreators community. Initially members need to be approved because there's a post there that you'll want to check out, but it's a first-come-first-served kind of thing, so I did not want to make it public.

Please pass this along to any content creators you know of or follow - folks like +Todd Cochrane, +Justine Ezarik, +Rob Greenlee, +Rob Walch, etc. Thanks!

2013-05-24 18:30:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

A "heads up" for all #ContentCreators . Check out the #Patreon web site (link below).  If you sign up, you can register the name of your blog, show, etc as a personal URL ― on a first-come-first-served basis.  Right now, almost all names are still available - including most of the single-letter ones!

2013-05-24 17:50:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Welcome to the #ContentCreators community.

2013-05-24 17:24:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Denise Beebe
Re: Which is better to sign in.... Face Book or Email to start a StumbleUpon account in +Jennifer E Wilson's #WeddingPlanning community:

I would always go with an Email account over FB. And if you have your own domain, use an email address under that domain, even if you need to forward it somewhere.

2013-05-24 17:26:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Since the #Kickstarter for Internet Famous made its funding goal yesterday (https://plus.Google.com/+RobertSimpson/posts/C45bHngs1zm), here's another one from another guy in #Pittsburgh , +Alden Roth (see link below).

This one has 15 more days to reach its goal.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with either of these projects - other than being from the same city as their creators.

2013-05-23 18:57:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

#GoodNews - the Internet Famous #Kickstarter project by a couple of guys in #Pittsburgh reached full funding today.
https://plus.google.com/+RobertSimpson/posts/LcbNCUBW7et

There's another one, too, which I'll try to post tomorrow.

2013-05-23 16:35:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Response to Martin Smith on StackOverflow.

http://StackOverflow.com/questions/16718539/is-converting-everything-to-varbinary-the-correct-way-to-compare-character-data

These are the results from the SQL in that StackOverflow question.

The first query shows the number of rows in the table.
The second query shows that there are six rows missing.
The third query shows that after adding COALESCE, the MIN function no longer returns the lower value (0x63).

2013-05-21 21:14:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

For any 'burghers interested in #Cinema - both creators and fans - here's the Pittsburgh Cinema community:

2013-05-21 20:11:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Here's a #Kickstarter project by a couple of guys in #Pittsburgh for a 7-episode #WebSeries called Internet Famous.  They only have 10 days left to raise the rest of the funds.
(Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with them in any way, other than being from the same city.)

If you happen to know Tom Williams or Chris Lee, have them get onto G+!  (How can you be "Internet Famous" without being on G+? ;-)

2013-05-21 19:51:25 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

Here's a #Kickstarter project by a couple of guys in #Pittsburgh for a 7-episode #WebSeries called Internet Famous.  They only have 10 days left to raise the rest of the funds.
(Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with them in any way, other than being from the same city.)

If you happen to know Tom Williams or Chris Lee, have them get onto G+!  (How can you be "Internet Famous" without being on G+? ;-)