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Lifestream for August 11th

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Post date Thursday, August 11th, 2011 12:56 pm EDT
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	Posted Franz Josef Haydn Radio.
	Published Lifestream for August 4th.
	Published Kindle Direct Publishing.
	Kindle Direct Publishing – http://bit.ly/qc83G6
	Added mailing list to website and FB page – Mike Shupp Email List – http://bit.ly/pVCmuD
	Published More on Facebook Cache “Hell”….
	More on Facebook Cache “Hell”… \| Mike Shupp – http://bit.ly/onHkK1 #fbcache #fbshare
	RT @alex_wags: Excellent news that jobs #s not as bad as predicted. Unexcellent news that unemployment still at 9.1% #Sigh http://huff.t …
	Posted More on Facebook Cache "Hell"….
	Happy 20th birthday World Wide Web, 8/6/91 via @techcrunch http://t.co/KMR42rq
	Posted 2 items. Mickey Mouse (Children’s) Radio Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Radio
	Taking The Plunge With LastPass \| Mike Shupp http://bit.ly/n2WxjD
	Google+ invite: http://t.co/9AjAD1h
	RT @JoeNBC: Good Sunday Morning. A tough week for America but we will prevail. #USA
	Queued The Change-Up.
	Published Google+ Invite.
	Boeing unveils first Dreamliner for delivery http://t.co/9bMabcK via @etribune
	RT @songkick: Songkick co-founder Michelle is listed on Huffington Post’s ’18 Female Founders In Tech To Watch’ list 🙂 http://huff.to/ …
	RT @lastfm: All safe and accounted for at Last.HQ. If you want to help out #riotwombles throughout the UK follow @riotcleanup #riotcleanup
	Mars! RT @nasa: [Image of the Day] Opportunity’s View of the Rim of Endeavour Crater http://go.nasa.gov/oI6Dq4 #iotd
	Received Source Code.
	This is awful:UK Indie Labels PIAS Distribution Warehouse Fire – http://t.co/E3ZgjoG #Pias
	Published A Faster Way to Message on Mobile.
	A Faster Way to Message on Mobile – http://bit.ly/qTj52E

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A Faster Way to Message on Mobile

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Post date Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 9:15 am EDT
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I‘m trying out Facebook Messenger free iPhone app… “A whole new app — Messenger is a separate app, so it only takes one click to get to your messages or send a new one. Messages are delivered through notifications and texts, so your friends are more likely to get them right away. You can use Messenger to reach…”

A Faster Way to Message on Mobile

Tags Android, Apple, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, iOS 4, mobile, Twitter

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Google+ Invite

Post author By Mike
Post date Sunday, August 7th, 2011 8:09 am EDT
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Google+ says I have 150 invites to give out… if you’d like one please click here.

Tags Google, Google+ Invite, Google+ Project, Mike Shupp

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More on Facebook Cache “Hell..

Post author By Mike
Post date Friday, August 5th, 2011 10:28 am EDT
1 Comment on More on Facebook Cache “Hell..

If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve experienced being infuriated trying to debug the Facebook cache and Share button “hell” while incorporating their share functionality into websites you’re developing, and have possibly read some of the help posted online from others…

The Facebook Developers URL Linter tool is key, for starters, to troubleshoot what’s going on with the Open Graph Protocol meta tags being generated (or lack thereof) and to break Facebook’s cache… but what had really been tripping me up was not being aware of the very specific thumbnail image requirements specified in their documentation:

og:image – An image URL which should represent your object within the graph. The image must be at least 50px by 50px and have a maximum aspect ratio of 3:1. We support PNG, JPEG and GIF formats. You may include multiple og:image tags to associate multiple images with your page.
Open Graph protocol – Facebook Developers

Pay attention to those specs, and your thumbnail image display issues will be solved. Also, if you’re a WordPress user there are a handful of plugins available for generating the OG meta tags… one I especially like is Open Graph Protocol in Posts and Pages by HitReach which allows you to specify exact OG tags per post or page as well as set site-wide defaults.

Tags break Facebook cache, Facebook Cache Hell, Facebook Developers URL Linter, HitReach, Open Graph Protocol, Open Graph Protocol in Posts and Pages, Plugin, Share button, Thumbnail image, WordPress

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Kindle Direct Publishing

Post author By Mike
Post date Thursday, August 4th, 2011 2:15 pm EDT
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This looks very cool, self-publishing to Kindle… “In addition to having your books available for purchase on Kindle devices and on Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, PC, Mac, Blackberry, Android-based devices, and Windows Phone 7, you also have the opportunity to participate in the 70% royalty program and can specify pricing in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros. You can also publish books written in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian – reaching audiences around the world…”

Kindle Direct Publishing: Self-publish to Amazon’s Kindle Store

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Lifestream for August 4th

Post author By Mike
Post date Thursday, August 4th, 2011 9:32 am EDT
1 Comment on Lifestream for August 4th

	Published Lifestream for July 28th.
	Posted Live Photos by Mike Shupp Music \| Facebook Miscellaneous photos from live s.
	Posted Mike Shupp is hanging out..
	What did I miss in here today?
	Queued Source Code.
	RT @chucktodd: RT @HotlineJosh MT @DougHeye Will Arnett claims the long-rumored "Arrested Development" movie will come out in 2012 t.co/ …
	Queued Our Idiot Brother.
	Listened to House Party Time – Dan Zanes & Friends.
	RT @GalleyCat: How bookstores can survive in a post-Borders world–successful tips form booksellers: http://mbist.ro/qMU5nC
	RT @backSTAGEIT: Concrete Blonde performing on #StageIt tonight! http://t.co/lvR3VPG via @backstageit
	Listened to Home Ground – Little Feat.
	Listened to Prophecy – Remy Zero.
	Listened to Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Featuring Stevie Nicks) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Hallucinating Pluto – The B-52’s.
	Listened to I Got The Feelin’ – James Brown.
	Listened to Channel Z – The B-52’s.
	Listened to Fool Yourself – Little Feat.
	Listened to A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Beast of Burden – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Cold, Cold, Cold – Little Feat.
	Listened to Freedom Rider – Traffic.
	Listened to Blinded By Love – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Papa Don’t Take No Mess – James Brown.
	Listened to Rock ‘N’ Roll Stew – Traffic.
	Listened to Get The Party Started – Pink.
	Listened to Let Me Down Easy – Chris Isaak.
	Listened to Shake Your Hips – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Something’s Always Wrong – Toad The Wet Sprocket.
	Listened to Glad – Traffic.
	Listened to Tell It Like It-I-Is – The B-52’s.
	Listened to Have You Once Recalled The Days – Warren Zanes.
	Listened to Always Got Tonight – Chris Isaak.
	Listened to King of New Orleans – Better Than Ezra.
	Listened to Even the Losers – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Wichita Skyline – Shawn Colvin.
	Listened to Never Be The Same – Crowded House.
	Listened to Suicide Alley – Shawn Colvin.
	Listened to Rocks Off – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to 84,000 Different Delusions – Shawn Colvin.
	Listened to Shanghai Noodle Factory – Traffic.
	Listened to Help Me Thru The Night – Joe Walsh.
	Listened to Have a Little Fun With Me – Glen Phillips.
	Listened to Deadbeat Club – The B-52’s.
	Listened to Cold Sweat – James Brown.
	Listened to Love This Life – Crowded House.
	Listened to Courthouse – Chris Isaak.
	Listened to Dance the Night Away – Van Halen.
	Listened to Listen to Her Heart – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Happy Trails – Van Halen.
	Listened to Heaven Is in Your Mind (Stereo Version) – Traffic.
	Listened to Worked It Out Wrong – Chris Isaak.
	Listened to You Dont Move Me – Keith Richards.
	Listened to Main Street – Warren Zanes.
	Listened to Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Down on the Farm – Little Feat.
	Listened to I Could Have Stood You Up – Keith Richards.
	Listened to Change of Heart – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
	Listened to Shine a Light – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Hey Negrita – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Sad Eyes – Gliss.
	Listened to Get Off My Cloud – The Rolling Stones.
	Listened to Ella’s Arms – Warren Zanes.
	Listened to The Payback – James Brown.
	Listened to Blue Monday People – Curtis Mayfield.
	Listened to Break It Down – Curtis Mayfield.
	Listened to Come Free Your People – Curtis Mayfield.
	Listened to Lost In The World – Album Version (Edited) – Kanye West.
	Listened to Who Will Survive In America – Album Version (Edited) – Kanye West.
	Listened to Woods – Bon Iver.
	Listened to Blood Bank – Bon Iver.
	Listened to Beach Baby – Bon Iver.
	Listened to Babys – Bon Iver.
	Published NPR Will Webcast Tue. 9:30 Club Bon Iver Show.
	Listened to Amazing – Kanye West.
	Listened to Lost In The World – Kanye West.
	Listened to Who Will Survive in America – Kanye West.
	NPR Will Webcast Tue. 9:30 Club Bon Iver Show – http://bit.ly/pj0dBZ
	Queued 30 Minutes or Less.
	Published Herschel Detects Molecular Oxygen in the Orion Nebula.
	RT @chucktodd: Looks like the annoying Flash issue for us IPAD users is going away. http://t.co/d2Tw9mZ
	Listened to Who Is It – Björk.
	Listened to Birthday – The Sugarcubes.
	Listened to Deus – The Sugarcubes.
	Listened to Human Behaviour – Björk.
	RT @secondmotion: nice little mention for Tommy in the 30th anniversary of MTV.. if they only still played videos.. ah the good ‘ol……
	Listened to Broadway – Goo Goo Dolls.
	Posted Toddler Radio.
	Listened to Season Cycle – XTC.
	Listened to I Don’t Want To Hurt You (Every Single Time) – Frank Black.
	Published Bon Iver Covering “Who Is It” (Björk) Riverside Theater, Milwaukee 7/23/11.
	Bon Iver Covering "Who Is It" (Björk) Riverside Theater, Milwaukee 7/23/11 – http://bit.ly/qJivtP
	Posted Bon Iver Covering “Who Is It” (Björk) Riverside Theater, Milwaukee 7/23/11.

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Bon Iver Covering “Who Is It” (Björk) Riverside Theater, Milwaukee 7/23/11

Post author By Mike
Post date Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 3:40 pm EDT
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We caught the Mon. AUG 1st show at 9:30 Club, and the Björk cover was a standout… here’s some fairly good video and audio footage from the start of their tour, Riverside Theater, Milwaukee 7/23/11, from YouTube user dephot…

Bon Iver, “Who Is It” (Björk) [HD/Stereo], Riverside Theater, Milwaukee July 23, 2011

Tags Björk, Bon Iver, dephot, Milwaukee, Riverside Theater, Twitter, Who Is It, YouTube

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Herschel Detects Molecular Oxygen in the Orion Nebula

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Post date Monday, August 1st, 2011 3:43 pm EDT
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Herschel_OxygenInOrion_200_X — Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Herschel has found the first robust evidence of molecular oxygen in the Orion Nebula. The observed abundance is ten times larger than indicated by previous observations of other molecular clouds, but is still well below theoretical expectations. The results suggest that, in special circumstances, the heat from newborn stars can liberate oxygen frozen out on dust grains, thus increasing the amount of molecular oxygen able to form in warm, dense gas clouds…

ESA Science & Technology: Herschel uncovers ‘hidden’ oxygen in Orion

Tags ESA, Herschel, JPL-Caltech, NASA, Orion, Oxygen