1X57 http://1x57.com cheers to a new year! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:32:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Favorite Commercials (Super Bowl edition): Watch a car do a bungee jump and a kick flip http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-watch-a-car-do-a-bungee-jump-and-a-kick-flip/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-watch-a-car-do-a-bungee-jump-and-a-kick-flip/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:32:20 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9112

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-watch-a-car-do-a-bungee-jump-and-a-kick-flip/feed/ 0 Favorite Commercials (Super Bowl edition): Jerry Seinfeld begging you for a car (w/ Jay Leno cameo) http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-jerry-seinfeld-begging-you-for-a-car-w-jay-leno-cameo/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-jerry-seinfeld-begging-you-for-a-car-w-jay-leno-cameo/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:04 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9110

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/04/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-jerry-seinfeld-begging-you-for-a-car-w-jay-leno-cameo/feed/ 0 Get 5GB of Dropbox space free – participate in beta testing for automatic camera uploads http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/get-5gb-of-dropbox-space-free-participate-in-beta-testing-for-automatic-camera-uploads/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/get-5gb-of-dropbox-space-free-participate-in-beta-testing-for-automatic-camera-uploads/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:57:41 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9101 To get the free space, download the latest build, plug-in your smartphone/camera, and upload all you can.

During this beta period, we are also offering additional free space to test automatic uploading of photos and videos. For every 500MB of photos and videos automatically uploaded, you’ll receive another 500MB space bonus, up to 4.5GB total. [Update: To clarify, you can get up to 5GB of free space with this feature, if you count the initial 500MB space for the first photo import].

1.3.12

  • 500MB of free space on first photo import
  • Cleanup UI in Windows non admin installation.
  • Fix infinite restart of Dropbox when database was corrupted.
  • Fix import error on iPhone with lots and lots of photos.
  • Better Handling of out of quota issues on first photo import.
  • Other small fixes

1.3 Features

  • Importing of photos from cameras, phones, and SD cards.
  • Batch upload/download of files.

Windows: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox%201.3.12.exe
Mac OS X: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox%201.3.12.dmg
Linux x86_64: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-1.3.12.tar.gz
Linux x86: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/dropbox-lnx.x86-1.3.12.tar.gz

via Dropbox Forums

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/get-5gb-of-dropbox-space-free-participate-in-beta-testing-for-automatic-camera-uploads/feed/ 0 Favorite Commercials (Super Bowl edition): Dogs bark in chorus for Star Wars, The Imperial March http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-dogs-bark-in-chorus-for-star-wars-the-imperial-march/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-dogs-bark-in-chorus-for-star-wars-the-imperial-march/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:54:28 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9096

Listen to the original, The Imperial March

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-dogs-bark-in-chorus-for-star-wars-the-imperial-march/feed/ 2 In the internet era of Super Bowl commercials, “things have changed” http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/in-the-internet-era-of-super-bowl-commercials-pre-releases-and-pre-pre-releases/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/in-the-internet-era-of-super-bowl-commercials-pre-releases-and-pre-pre-releases/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:46:13 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9084

Things have changed in Super Bowl advertising. It used to be about a one time hit for 30 seconds or 60 seconds in the middle of the show. And increasingly we’re trying to create a sort of two-week buzz.

The way in which people advertise in the Super Bowl was kind of developed before there was an Internet. One of the things that we did last year — and I don’t think we’re overstating it by saying we pioneered this — is we pre-released our ad.

This year, of course what’s happened is everyone will pre-release. I suspect there will not be an ad you’ll see on the Super Bowl that wasn’t available online. So our feeling was if you want to stay ahead of the curve — if no one is pre-releasing, let’s pre-release; if everyone is pre-releasing, let’s do a pre-pre-release.

- Mark Hunter, via Marketplace

 

The original pre-released ad that started it all

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/in-the-internet-era-of-super-bowl-commercials-pre-releases-and-pre-pre-releases/feed/ 0 Good heavens what is this? It’s a swivel chair – #Downton Abbey http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/good-heavens-what-is-this-its-a-swivel-chair-downton-abbey/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/good-heavens-what-is-this-its-a-swivel-chair-downton-abbey/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:22:39 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9082

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/good-heavens-what-is-this-its-a-swivel-chair-downton-abbey/feed/ 0 Maggie Smith – the Dowager Countess of Grantham – tells you: “I Forbid It.” http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/maggie-smith-the-dowager-countess-of-grantham-tells-you-i-forbid-it/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/maggie-smith-the-dowager-countess-of-grantham-tells-you-i-forbid-it/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:19:34 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9076 maggie smith downton abbey i forbid it animated violet crawley dowager countess grantham Maggie Smith the Dowager Countess of Grantham tells you: I Forbid It.

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/03/maggie-smith-the-dowager-countess-of-grantham-tells-you-i-forbid-it/feed/ 0 Favorite Commercials (Super Bowl edition): The dog is funnier than the Darth Vader kid http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-the-dog-is-funnier-than-the-darth-vader-kid/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-the-dog-is-funnier-than-the-darth-vader-kid/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:50:43 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9073

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-the-dog-is-funnier-than-the-darth-vader-kid/feed/ 0 Favorite Commercials (Super Bowl edition): Matthew Broderick reprises his role as Ferris Bueller http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-matthew-broderick-reprises-his-role-as-ferris-bueller/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-matthew-broderick-reprises-his-role-as-ferris-bueller/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:33:52 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9067

]]> http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/favorite-commercials-super-bowl-edition-matthew-broderick-reprises-his-role-as-ferris-bueller/feed/ 0 A Dance to the Music of Time – by Nicolas Poussin http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/a-dance-to-the-music-of-time-by-nicolas-poussin/ http://1x57.com/2012/02/02/a-dance-to-the-music-of-time-by-nicolas-poussin/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:44 +0000 Steven Mandzik http://1x57.com/?p=9057 a dance to the music of time nicolas poussin A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin

The famous painting by Nicolas Poussin in the 1630s, which also inspired the novels of the same name, A Dance to the Music of Time.

I’m not a big fan of Renaissance painting, nor this one, but the them creates endless thoughts in my mind.

  • “the music of time”
  • “dancing around time”
  • “is time’s music a harp?”
  • “do we dance in circles around time?”
  • “is time like a chariot boldly pushing forward?”

 

photo // Wikipedia

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