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Remembrance

Jonathan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:29 +0000

Coolest water cooler ever

Jonathan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:07 +0000

This is the one of the coolest… This is the one of the coolest family photos I...

Crisp Fall night

Jonathan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:42:38 +0000

Night dogparking ...

Jeff Goldblum, 57, NOT Dead

Jonathan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:05:48 +0000

9:03 PM Jonathan Keebler - In a sad day in the entertainment world, another celebrity died today: actor, Jeff Goldblum.
9:05 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - Officials say the actor fell more than 60 feet to his death on the Kauri Cliffs while on-set. source
9:06 PM idiotbanter - He apparently fell 60 feet while filming a movie in New Zealand.
9:07 PM idiotbanter - None of the articles I can find are from credible sources and most of them have gone down to heavy traffic.
9:07 PM BarrSpin - Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, King of Pop dead. Harrison Ford rumored missing and Jeff Goldblum dead too. In 2 days. Crazy shit right now.
9:07 PM Shysmiler75 - Is it true about Jeff Goldblum or is that a hoax?!?!
9:07 PM alicepsycho - RUMOR CONTROL — There are rumors spreading that Jeff Goldblum has died. This is not true. (via @soshollywood) – NÃO É VERDADE! *—-*
9:09 PM garymckeown - This is probably the source of the Jeff Goldblum ‘death’ rumour: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/tomhanks.asp #jeffgoldblum
9:10 PM MattDear - Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford are alive.
9:10 PM mrskutcher - My view of the camera on a crane! http://twitpic.com/8ek75
9:10 PM mrskutcher - that is horrible RT @KatAragon: it was a horrible hoax site mentioning the death of Jeff Goldblum They say ths 2 drive traffic :/
9:11 PM KatAragon - @Jules_Ann I’m hearing this site is a scam and cant be believed unless other sources say so. Disregard the Jeff Goldblum news *sigh*
9:13 PM jasondblake - The Jeff Goldblum death seems to just be a rumor.
9:13 PM KevinSpacey - Jeff Goldblum is alive and well. I just spoke to his manager. Stop these stupid rumors.
9:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - I believe Kevin Spacey, so I’m putting this rumour to bed. Jeff Goldblum is alive and well. The original source of the rumour appeared to be this site jeff.goldblum.mediafetcher.com

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Funny sign

Jonathan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:38:55 +0000

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You know it’s time to get out more…

Jonathan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:33:59 +0000

I’ve been having “fun” today throwing all my personal finances into Quicken Online today (mini review: pretty cool FREE piece of software). But I think it’s a sure sign that I need to stop building software and get out of the house when my entertainment budget has been $58 over the last 3 months. And yes, that is after correctly categorizing everything. However, I do find riding a horse twice a week entertaining, and that is one of those bigger pies, so maybe it’s not so bad after all

UPDATE: Yes it is.

HELP FIND: Shane Fair (Toronto, missing since May 16th)

Jonathan — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:03:35 +0000

Please help find this kid. His family are good people. Last seen on May 16th 1:30am at Atlantis Pavilon in Toronto, wearing a blue formal shirt. More details on the Facebook group.

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Wolfram|Alpha Launch

Jonathan — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:38:35 +0000

8:37 PM Jonathan Keebler - We’re in the final moments before the new search engine comes online www.wolframalpha.com
8:37 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:37 PM Jonathan Keebler - They are streaming the launch here www.justin.tv
8:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - There are tornadoes in the area of the launch centre so that might make things interesting
8:39 PM Jonathan Keebler - This is like a space launch!
8:39 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:41 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wow, they are actually afraid of the wild thunderstorms hitting them right now
8:41 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:41 PM Jonathan Keebler - These guys are great hosts
8:42 PM lizgiel - I don’t think it gets much geekier than watching the Wolfram Alpha Launch Webcast on a Fri night. I should at least crack a beer…
8:43 PM Jonathan Keebler - Now doing a tour of the systems in the building
8:43 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:44 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wow, batteries….fascinating
8:45 PM Wolfram_Alpha - We are broadcasting through the thunderstorm and hail.
8:47 PM Jonathan Keebler - There’s a meeting going on. Deciding whether they are ready to launch
8:47 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:47 PM chilkotardis - These wolfram people are clueless. TURN ON THE GODDAMN AUDIO
8:48 PM Jonathan Keebler - It’s live! www.wolframalpha.com I’m not sure if that was the *real* link or not, but it works
8:49 PM sidyadav - Trying out Wolfram Alpha. Super impressed so far.
8:49 PM Wolfram_Alpha - RT @novaspivack: Pass it on: Actual #WolframAlpha launch is Monday. Tonight is just a test. It will be off and on all weekend during tuning.
8:49 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Sound is a problem right now on justin.tv, but we’re working on it.
8:51 PM Jonathan Keebler - They just took down the working link. I guess that was just for testing and got leaked somehow
8:51 PM rhh - wolfram alpha is blowing my mind
8:52 PM damnhandy - The Wolfram|Alpha launch live feed is actually kinda silly/boring. I’d just rather use it. #jtv #wolframalpha
8:52 PM mxcl - Wolfram Alpha seems to be working in spurts. I managed to ask it “average circumference of penis” before it stopped working again.
8:53 PM Jonathan Keebler - The video stream is showing B-role of the server rooms
8:54 PM Sp4rkR4t - Wolfram Alpha may just change the way we view information on the Internet, very impressive test. Everyone should check it out on Monday.
8:54 PM nphase - Why go to highschool? Just use Wolfram Alpha.
8:54 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wow, they really want to reinforce that this is pretty-much a super computer.
8:56 PM Jonathan Keebler - Showing graphs of their live traffic stats
8:56 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:56 PM Jonathan Keebler -
8:57 PM Jonathan Keebler - Great, hackers have already found a XSS hole in Wolfram: script tags in the input box e.g. tinyurl.com
9:00 PM theunfocused - really looking forward to getting my hands on the wolfram alpha api
9:01 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:02 PM Jonathan Keebler - Ppl getting this message when they try a search:
Sorry, Wolfram Alpha is temporarily unavailable. Please try again. Error: DataPacletFilter: Unable to get Connection Too many connectionsSorry, Wolfram Alpha is temporarily unavailable. Please try again. Error: DataPacletFilter: Unable to get Connect…
9:04 PM Jonathan Keebler - When can we start using the system? “We don’t know”
9:04 PM gniting - if wikipedia did not kill britannica, wolfram alpha definitely does the job. bit.ly
9:04 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Who has access to Wolfram|Alpha right now? Having fun yet?
9:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Just got news that they can do the load-test tonight (that’s us)
9:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - This guy is going to make it live:
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9:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - He’s running the startup scripts:
9:07 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - Traffic starting to pick up:
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9:07 PM rcrowley - To the Wolfram Alpha: open the door, Hal.
9:09 PM Jonathan Keebler - Here’s the R-Smarr super-computer that’s running Wolfram|Alpha
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9:10 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:10 PM benjeffery - I just lost all respect for wolfram as thier control room guys are running Windows – wtf? #wolframalpha
9:10 PM Dishmey - #Wolfram|Alpha is the top trending topic. Behold the power of geekerati.
9:11 PM Jonathan Keebler - They are about to try a load-test
9:11 PM Jonathan Keebler - Their “logging database” is “misbehaving”
9:12 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wolfram: “I don’t think we’re going to have to abort here”
9:12 PM kazys - wolfram alpha was supposed to be launched an hour ago. where is the singularity?
9:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wolfram is pretty damn cool under pressure (on camera). Respect
9:13 PM Lewisham - Anyone else get the feeling Wolfram Alpha are just *begging* for a buyout? The hype is out of control… for a product not launched…
9:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - The system still isn’t live. Load-testing is proceeding though
9:18 PM Jonathan Keebler - They are vamping until they throw the switch. In true geek form, I’m going to go buy some Coke at the corner-store so I can keep watching this on a sugar high
9:18 PM novaspivack - I’m going to interview Stephen Wolfram soon about the deeper tech and ideas about #WolframAlpha. Tweet your questions to #AlphaQuestions
9:18 PM bigkumadog - Wolfram Alpha’s launch delayed amid glitches: Myriad problems prevented Wolfram Alpha from going live Friday eve.. tinyurl.com
9:18 PM Wolfram_Alpha - What you need to know about Wolfram|Alpha: bit.ly bit.ly
9:19 PM MANIFESTphoto - Wolfram thinks he’s soooooo smart. What colour shirt am I wearing? WRONG!
9:20 PM snugglecore - I am 12013 days old. Thank you Wolfram Alpha. #wolframalpha
9:21 PM MANIFESTphoto - Wolfram thinks he’s soooooo smart. What colour pants am I wearing? WRONG! I’m not wearing pants.
9:21 PM robertlahue - How many people are Googling “Wolfram Alpha”? And is that kind of ironic?
9:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - Here’s the only woman in the room (the graphic designer)
9:24 PM Jonathan Keebler -
9:28 PM kevincl - Who cares about Wolfram|Alpha? =[ (Even though I *am* watching the live launch webcast - nothing better on TV) #jtv #wolframalpha
9:30 PM ian_Wright - Wolfram Alpha should be proof i was right about skipping school because i didn't actually need to know complicated shit.
10:00 PM Wolfram_Alpha - We aren't completely live yet. If you are using the link wolframalpha.com/input, you aren't seeing the full version of Alpha.
10:01 PM Wolfram_Alpha - A live interview with Stephen Wolfram coming up!
10:19 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Wolfram|Alpha will go live in about 15 minutes!
10:24 PM novaspivack - Do not use the backdoor to #wolframalpha - it doesn't work right. Use the front door, when it opens.
10:28 PM Wolfram_Alpha - RT @novaspivack: Do not use the backdoor to #wolframalpha - it doesn't work right. Use the front door, when it opens.
10:30 PM Wolfram_Alpha - We are about to go live. Get ready!
10:32 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Countdown!
10:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - Parts of the cluster coming online
10:34 PM Jonathan Keebler -
10:35 PM Jonathan Keebler - The search box still isn't live here in Toronto
10:35 PM Jonathan Keebler -
10:36 PM Jonathan Keebler - They aren't getting the amount of traffic they expected. Probably because it isn't actually live for a lot of ppl yet
10:36 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wolfram: "It *should* be live"
10:36 PM Jonathan Keebler -
10:37 PM Jonathan Keebler - No increase in traffic yet
10:37 PM Wolfram_Alpha - We are LIVE!
10:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - They are trying to figure out why they aren't seeing more activity. Still not active for a lot of ppl according to the chat
10:39 PM Jonathan Keebler - I just got this error screen when I tried a search:
10:39 PM Jonathan Keebler -
10:40 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wolfram scrambling to figure out what has gone wrong.
10:40 PM Jonathan Keebler - The search just went live here in Toronto!
10:41 PM Jonathan Keebler -
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10:43 PM Jonathan Keebler - Searching for "what's the weather in Toronto" gives the latest weather from 24 hours ago. Might need to make that a little more recent at some point www.wolframalpha.com
10:44 PM Jonathan Keebler - They have a problem with their "realtime logging system"
10:44 PM Jonathan Keebler -
10:47 PM Jonathan Keebler - They are crowdsourcing where it's working from the Justin.tv chat. All those computers in the control room, and they are reduced to a little chat box
10:47 PM bsamson - Trying to give Wolfram Alpha a chance, but it's not working for me yet. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
10:49 PM CelsoSC - RT @yesthatkarim: wolfram alpha just turned on. skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. #singularity
10:50 PM Wolfram_Alpha - We are so excited to hear your feedback. Keep posting!
10:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - A second women has just appeared on camera. That makes two!
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10:53 PM luciuskwok - My problem with Wolfram Alpha is that it presupposes that systemic knowledge is a static thing and not subject to debate or change.
10:53 PM TheWebGeek - Wow, so far... Wolfram Alpha: 10,000+ processors, and no results. That's abysmal.
10:53 PM andreipetrik - I asked #wolfram "2008 CD sales" instead it produced results for a company called "C&D Technologies"
10:54 PM nicenerd - Can't believe wolfram alpha is getting such good publicity.
10:54 PM VinnyDakid - Wolfram Alpha is SWEET.
10:56 PM lewmoorman - Wolfram should give google results when it does not understand your query.
10:58 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Live, from Champaign!: bit.ly
10:59 PM Jonathan Keebler - Wolfram: his "meta theory" of people is that everyone has one big idea
11:00 PM randallb - Wolfram alpha friday night launch = brilliant. Work out the kinks ahead of time.
11:00 PM gscottshaw - Seriously?!? Wolfram|Alpha can calculate "pi / height of empire state building"? No high school math test is safe when this hits the iPhone!
11:02 PM Jonathan Keebler - The search is still going up and down here in Toronto. It's working one moment, and not the next
11:03 PM Jonathan Keebler - What makes Alpha different that Mathematica?
Wolfram: It's a whole new level. Mathematica = pure algorithms. Alpha = take stuff about the world and use that.
11:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Alpha seems to be down for most people now i.e. they are just seeing the coming soon page
11:08 PM Jonathan Keebler - The Alpha launch is still heads and tails above Cuil
11:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - This interview with Wolfram is getting boring:
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11:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - hahaha They were just told to stop the interview because people were getting bored. Good call
11:19 PM Wolfram_Alpha - If the site is crashing for you, send us a screenshot on our Facebook page or a Photobucket link.
11:21 PM Wolfram_Alpha - www.Facebook.com
11:25 PM novaspivack - Did pt. 1 of my interview with Stephen Wolfram. Live on JustinTV. Will do a much deeper dive tomorrow #WolframAlpha I'll post links tomorrow
11:37 PM novaspivack - Wolfram Alpha Fail Whale Picture bit.ly #WolframAlpha #twine
11:39 PM novaspivack - #WolframAlpha is live and it's working. The test was rocky at first, but it's up and running now. Congratulations to Stephen and the team!
11:43 PM Wolfram_Alpha - By popular demand, we are bringing Maya back!
11:51 PM novaspivack - #WolframAlpha is live. Congrats to Stephen and the team! It was quite a night here at the launch.
11:52 PM Wolfram_Alpha - Our feed was delayed so you didn't get to hear us say goodbye. Thanks for tuning in!

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Event-Driven Architectures

Jonathan — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:32:53 +0000

10:08 AM Jonathan Keebler - Just waiting to get underway here at meshU! All the cool kids are in the Development sessions So far, no speaker…
10:11 AM Jonathan Keebler - OH: Ilya is stuck in traffic on his way from Waterloo and isn’t here yet. ScribbleLive might have to step-in and talk about event-driven architecture. Maybe I’ll put on my hat
10:13 AM tforster - Sitting in dev stream #meshu waiting to discuss event driven arch
10:15 AM Keebler (Flickr) -
10:17 AM Jonathan Keebler - The room next door with the 37Signals guys is packed. Standing room only mesh.scribblelive.com
10:19 AM Jonathan Keebler - Ilya will be here in 5 minutes in a “zen-like mode”
10:19 AM Jonathan Keebler - He has arrived! Applause for the man who battled the QEW
10:19 AM CBrooker - At work through the snow. Wish I was at #meshU
10:22 AM Jonathan Keebler - Ilya is the CTO at AideRSS en.wikipedia.org
10:22 AM Jonathan Keebler - They measure user-engagement at PageRank www.postrank.com
10:23 AM Jonathan Keebler - Their dbs have ~1 billion records
10:24 AM Jonathan Keebler - He’s really building this up as a very meaty topic. Asked for a show of hands and most ppl here are Developers. The geek percentage in this room is at an alltime high
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10:26 AM Jonathan Keebler - Going over “simple” request/response model. Worst-case for processing requests: serial. Response time is everything. 250ms is a good number for response times. <250ms feels instantaneous, >250 feels like a lifetime.
10:27 AM Jonathan Keebler - Google example: adding 10% search results added 200ms. Feel slower for users.
10:28 AM Jonathan Keebler - In request/response model, web-servers are the bottleneck.
10:29 AM Jonathan Keebler - Myth: Slow frameworks e.g. “Rails, Django can’t scale.” Not actually true. Most of time spent outside of frameworks e.g. database. Most frameworks are “fast enough” e.g. if Google switched framework to be 2x as fast, wouldn’t get them that much.
10:30 AM Jonathan Keebler - Request, Response assembly:
1. Process request
2. Authenticate user
3. Contact db and other services
4. Render response
e.g. total 155ms, 0.5MB/conn OR 6.5 req/s
10:31 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Proxy Solution: one common solution to this problem. Add more app servers and hide them behind a proxy server. e.g. for Facebook: just add more web servers and add more proxy servers
10:33 AM Jonathan Keebler - “This is madness (after a certain point)” Throughput != Response Time. Adding proxy servers adds throughput, but increases response time. You can serve a lot of clients slowly
10:35 AM Jonathan Keebler - Event-Driven Architectures: goes back to auto maufacturing circa 1910, 2-3 men, 1-2 days/car. Process = proxy pattern. Sales guy is the proxy server.
10:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - Henry Ford came along with the assembly line. Gave us: queuing theory, lean manufacturing, just in time. Cut down response time to 93 seconds/car, 1M+ cars/year
10:36 AM kurtgooden - Hearing about event driven archit. at #meshu09, optimal user experience is <250ms respnse, architecture over frameworks to optimize #meshu09
10:37 AM Jonathan Keebler - Event Driven Architecture (EDA) = assembly line.
10:37 AM Jonathan Keebler - Example: Monolith Order Processing. Receive, verify, save, PDF, email, render. PDF and email can be done later (doesn’t have to be part of main process). Doing so will give ~70 %improvement in response time. Use Assembly Line Order Processing
10:40 AM Jonathan Keebler - Event-Driven Staged Architecture (SEDA): “Don’t keep the client waiting! Can I defer it?”
10:41 AM Jonathan Keebler - Services Oriented Architecture (SOA): helps you maintain your sanity. Separate logical pieces of code in separate services = makes those pieces more simple.
10:42 AM Jonathan Keebler - SOA: Simple(r) Scalability. Can scale a single service
10:42 AM Jonathan Keebler - Elastic Computing (EC2 & Virtualization). PostRank is fully virtualized on EC2 from the beginning
10:43 AM Jonathan Keebler - Elastic Computing (Pay by the sip). Setup costs for new servers is nothing. You don’t pay for servers when you don’t need them.
10:43 AM Jonathan Keebler - 100 computers * 1 hour = 1 computer * 100 hours
10:44 AM Jonathan Keebler - Era of Parallelism: Moore’s law stop working for us in 2004-2005. Manufacturers can’t put more power on the CPU, moved to parallel computing.
10:46 AM Jonathan Keebler - Thought experiment: what would elastic car manufacturing look like? Can’t really because you are stuck in the physical world. Can’t fire ppl on-demand, or shut down plants
10:46 AM Jonathan Keebler - Elastic Computing = Assembly Line 2.0
10:46 AM Jonathan Keebler - Elastic, Event-Driven, Stages, Services Oriented Architecture: took some of the work out of a web-server and pushed it to service layer (abstracted behind an API).
10:47 AM Jonathan Keebler - Hard to builds apps that can support millions of users with really fast response time. For Google, each request hits 1,000 computers; keeps entire web in memory.
10:49 AM Jonathan Keebler - Real-time communication (between services): key component. Emerging standards: XMPP and AMQP
10:49 AM Jonathan Keebler - XMPP: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol. Started as open-source project by Jabber for chat. Very similar to SMTP but done in real-time. XMPP has persistent connections, used by event-stream protocol = knows state of each person connected to that server (i.e. presence)
10:52 AM Jonathan Keebler - Jabber ID concept: ilya@aiderss.com/office = [USER]@[DOMAIN]/[RESOURCE]
10:53 AM Jonathan Keebler - Uses XML for messages: easy to read, very verbose
10:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - Google Talk www.google.com = example of XMPP servers
10:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - Great tool for playing with XMPP: Psi client psi-im.org
10:55 AM Jonathan Keebler - There are XMPP libraries for pretty-much language. Showing example in Ruby
10:56 AM speedygot7 - listening to event-driven architectures at #meshU09 all this talk on XMPP is bringing me back …
10:58 AM Jonathan Keebler - One-to-many distribution: when you change your status (presense) the servers are responsible for telling others
10:58 AM Jonathan Keebler - Publish-Subscribe (Pubsub) = 1-to-many communication through XMPP server
11:00 AM Jonathan Keebler - Twitter problem: HTTP/SMTP polling: painful, wasteful. e.g. New data? No. Data? No. Data? No. = many wasteful checks
11:00 AM Jonathan Keebler - In Publish-Subscribe, user keep persistence connection and asks to be notified when there is new data.
11:02 AM Jonathan Keebler - AtomPub = RSS over XMPP. Sends RSS item nodes into XMPP and it’s sent to everybody from there.
11:03 AM Jonathan Keebler - Ex. Fire Eagle by Yahoo fireeagle.yahoo.net They provide security layer around location updates. Service = intermediate glue. Provide XMPP API. Can send updates about location from applications eg. mobile photos. Brightkite uses Fire Eagle.
11:05 AM Jonathan Keebler - Twitter did have an XMPP API but shut it down for business reasons.
11:05 AM Jonathan Keebler - Use presence to scale services in the cloud. If server drops offline or is busy, route work somewhere else.
11:06 AM Jonathan Keebler - XMPP/Jabber Server examples: Ejabberd, Djabberd, OpenFire (recommended for playing) www.igniterealtime.org, Tigase.
11:08 AM Jonathan Keebler - AMQP: open Internet Protocol for Business Messaging. AMQP Working Group of 16 companies e.g. MS, redhat, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase
11:08 AM Jonathan Keebler - AMQP architecture: #1 concern is speed e.g. some servers write messages in 10nanoseconds. Use a broker. Broker clustering = connect multiple servers into what seems be to be one service layer.
11:09 AM Jonathan Keebler - AMQP (vs. XMPP): much more flexibility. At core: concept of exchanges: Direct Exchange, Topic Exchange, Fanout Exchange.
11:12 AM Jonathan Keebler - Direct Exchange: create queue to subscribe to same routing key. e.g. usd.stock.msft
Topic Exchange: use prefix matching/regex matching on routing key e.g usd.stock.*
Fanout Exchange: simpliest/powerful. No routing keys. Send all msgs to all queues that are attached to it.
11:12 AM Jonathan Keebler - With AMQP, get “free” load-balancing. If clients use same Queue name, they will share the same Queue = really powerful concept.
11:15 AM Jonathan Keebler - Can declare Queues to be “durable” so they exist when no clients are connected. Persistence: msgs will pile up if you’re not connected and you’ll get them when you connect again.
11:18 AM Jonathan Keebler - AMQP + Ruby example (I’m not fast enough to transcript the code off Powerpoint )
11:20 AM Jonathan Keebler - XMPP: great for just sending messages. For load-balancing, AMQP
11:21 AM Jonathan Keebler - Exposing Publish-Subscribe API: easy for both
11:21 AM Jonathan Keebler - QUESTIONS
11:22 AM Jonathan Keebler - Does Amazon have a service like this? No real-time; you have to poll it. No guarantees how fast a message will get routed
11:23 AM Jonathan Keebler - PostRank: uses AMQP (tried XMPP – seemed like natural fit but didn’t offer enough routing capabilities)
11:23 AM Jonathan Keebler - END/APPLAUSE

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Walking Sandy the Cockapoo

Jonathan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:24:32 +0000

2:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - It’s a nice day out there in Toronto. I want to test the new ScribbleLive-Flickr integration, so I’m going to use AirMe to take photos as I go.
2:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - We’re headed over to Stanley Park (yes, Toronto has one too) to throw the ball around.
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3:56 PM Jonathan Keebler - Well that’s the end of my walk with Sandy. I think I found a couple of bugs in the Flickr integration, so this was a successful failure See you at #meshU tomorrow!

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New garbage pails with foot pedals

Jonathan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:40 +0000

In Toronto they’ve started installing these new garbage pails with foot pedals so you don’t have to touch the yucky flaps to deposit your…let’s say….bag full of dog shit. These things are like an answer to my prayers! I think it’s going to be a good week…

CRTC Hearings on New Media LIVEBLOG

Jonathan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:49:00 +0000

2:33 PM Jonathan Keebler - CTV is going to step up to the mic at 3pm.
2:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - Shaw Communications is being quizzed right now. CRTC wants proof that a levee on their internet service would drive their customers to lower-cost internet plans like they maintain.
2:35 PM Jonathan Keebler - 10 minute break before the next group goes up to speak
2:39 PM inkcanada - I’m with the Globe, *that* was more melodramatic than the afternoon soaps #crtc
2:41 PM bmattb - Jim Shaw thinks that ALL content on Youtube is made with no money, “for free”. NOT TRUE! I spent $20 bucks on those tights and the cape.
2:41 PM bmattb - Konrad Von Fickenstein sounds like a really bad Bond character. http://tinyurl.com/dm7qae #CRTC
2:42 PM Jonathan Keebler - CTV is stepping up to the microphones. I can see Richard Kanee, Stephan Argent at the table.
2:50 PM Jonathan Keebler - CTVglobemedia is represented by Rick Brace, President of Rev, Business Planning and New Media. Joined by Stephan Argent (VP Digital Media), Bill Keenen (Dir. of Tech), Richard Kanee (Dir of Business Dev), Kevin Goldstein (VP Regulatory Affairs)
2:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: 10 yrs since CRTC looked at new media. High speed access pervasive. Infinite # of websites “compete with us directly”. Internet broadcasting perposes: promotion, additional “window” for viewers on another platform. Core focus: traditional broadcasting. CTVgm recognizes importance of new media platforms. CTV #1 Canadian-owned online video destination. TSN.ca served 700k streams on trade deadline day. CTV.ca 10M video streams per month.
2:55 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Proprietary video destinations served more streams than all other broadcasters combined. Praised technical implementation by Apple. 12k hours of video online on their video platforms at this time. Geo-gating US content. Ventured into usergen with “Upload Yours” on Comedy to find new talent. Launching new radio sites with on-demand library
2:57 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Financial revenue has been “modest”. Regulation will reduce ability to be nimble. Want modernization of copyright laws. New media in Canada must continue to develop without any oversight as it has thus far.
3:00 PM Jonathan Keebler - Von Finckenstein (CRTC): You say our findings from 1999 are equally relavant today?
3:02 PM Jonathan Keebler - Rick Brace: New media: great promotional impact, and “catch-up”. Our core business is traditional broadcasting and continues to be. “None of us has a crystal ball” but conventional/specialty TV will continue to be relevant in the future.
3:03 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Issue they face: How do we measure it effectively to monetize it effectively? Brought Mr. Keenan to answer technical questions about inability to measure accurately.
3:04 PM Jonathan Keebler - Bill Keenan: “would echo their sentiments”. Go to great effects to maintain metrics for video they serve: it’s challenging. To scale out to all audio/video in Canadian, “it’s a more than daunting task”. Given traffic shaping technologies available right now, ISPs probably could measure how much traffic is audio/video.
3:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Keenan: Challenge “lies in dispersion of ISPs” across the country.
3:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - CRTC: We have 5 ISPs with 90% of country. Wouldn’t that just be measuring in 5 points?
3:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - Keenan: It would be 5 organizations doing the measuring, not 5 points.
3:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - CRTC: If Rogers rolls out their portal, would you participate in it?
3:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: We’ve had a couple of meetings with Rogers about that. For us, what do we do to make sure subscriber revenue is protected is most important (traditional TV). We need it to be universally accepted (couldn’t just be them, not Shaw). “I wouldn’t rule it out of hand”
3:09 PM Jonathan Keebler - CRTC: Does it really make a difference if ppl watch your shows on Rogers or your website?
3:09 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: We couldn’t shut off CTV.ca so would we do it in both? Difficult questions. Not at a point at this time to say that would work
3:11 PM Jonathan Keebler - Goldstein (CTV) talking about wireless undue preference provision. Zzzzzz
3:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: “Our experience with wireless has been very modest”. Still in its infancy
3:12 PM pollyprissypant - Is it just me or are Konrad’s questions all over the place?
3:12 PM Jonathan Keebler -
3:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Wireless not giving us tools to let us monetize it
3:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - Kanee: Wireless has failed to evolve. Market incredibly small
3:14 PM Jonathan Keebler -
3:14 PM tyffanie - : Interesting point. Wireless providers aren’t neutral in their choice of New Media content viewable by consumers. #CRTC Just look at Bell!
3:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - CRTC: If wireless broadcasting takes off, there should be an exemption for undue preference.
3:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: “So not an issue at this point”
3:16 PM Jonathan Keebler - Leonard Katz (CRTC): Heard from Sports industry that it has been successfully monetized in new media. Why is it readily possible for Sports genre but not for other ones?
3:16 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Sports = wildly popular niche (“consumed very aggressively”). Our highlights: Sports, CTV, MTV and BNN. “it’s a very low margin business”. “you’re a victim of your own popularity”. “smallest portion of revenue from video at this point”. “We’re really in the infancy stage….really has a way to go”
3:18 PM Jonathan Keebler - Katz (CRTC): Is there something unique about “scripted” industry that prevents it from being economic?
3:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: Not unpopular, but more costly because of rights. Less monetizable.
3:19 PM pollyprissypant - Leonard Katz – trying to draw conclusions about non-scripted material being more easily monetized. That’s just not true…
3:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - Argent: Difference between short-form and long-form content. Proprietary video player they developed: that technology “has to be fed” with new features to increase enjoyment.
3:20 PM Jonathan Keebler -
3:21 PM Jonathan Keebler - Timothy Denton (CRTC): What’s a port number? (let’s get this on the record)
3:22 PM Jonathan Keebler - Keenan: secondary to IP number, their is a port number. Whereas IP is the house, port is the door (good way of explaining it)
3:22 PM Jonathan Keebler - Denton: Would you say modern applications spoof a port? Called out Skype!
3:22 PM pollyprissypant - Did that guy just call Skype an annoying protocol?
3:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - He did!
3:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - Keenan: Deep-packet inspection: opening all the packets would be prohibitively expensive.
3:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - Rita Cugini (CRTC): Talking about “Upload Yours” on Comedy Network. What is the business case for this?
3:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: The business case: promote this as an opportunity. “Bit of a talent search”
3:25 PM Jonathan Keebler - Argent: Promotion component, yes. But also “experiment responsibly”. 500 uploads since Jan 19th; indication that there is some interest there. Key piece: internet by nature is interactive. Users: want that 2-way dialogue.
3:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - Kanee: Comedy responding to audience demand in the market (from Canadian comics) (e.g. sites like Funnyordie.com). Attempt to find content that could make it to air.
3:28 PM Jonathan Keebler - Cugini (CRTC): Web poll on CTV.ca: Why didn’t you ask people how much time they spent watching online video?
3:28 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: didn’t think about it.
3:29 PM pollyprissypant - HA! That was awesome. CTV forgot about video…
3:29 PM Jonathan Keebler - Michel Arpin (CRTC): Since early Jan, haven’t you gotten greater interest from advertisers on your various sites? (based on earlier comments today)
3:30 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: It’s welcome news that talent rights are cleared on that front. 2 issues: availably inventory, measurement.
3:30 PM Jonathan Keebler - Arpin: heard a lot of people saying “follow the money”
3:31 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace: The rest of the group are actively involved with the industry to improve measurement system. Working with Comscore but a lot of work to do in that area.
3:32 PM Jonathan Keebler - Argent: Re: measurement question: Wild discrepancies between their internal metrics, and Comscore metrics. Very challenging business to reflect back to advertisers, who watched what. Very anxious to find accurate measurment system.
3:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - Arpin: Will CHUM consider iPhone application for their radio stations?
3:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - Argent: Hard to ignore iPhone. When CTV acquired CHUM, the radio platform online was not very developed. Launching new online radio platform in few weeks. Have not opened discussions with Apple about iPhone product.
3:35 PM Jonathan Keebler - Arpin: Will new media radio offerings meet Canadian content requirements?
3:36 PM Jonathan Keebler - Brace and Argent trying not to answer question.
3:36 PM Jonathan Keebler - Kanee: Intent to compliment what they are doing on broadcast. Not attempting to build new business online. Really to service local loyal audience members, extend experience.
3:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - Stephen B. Simpson (CRTC): When radio became portable, big change to radio industry. Given that you have younger age-group properties that use mobile, are you attempting to reach them but not through telephony e.g. wifi.
3:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - Kanee: “Our core business is not developing delivery technologies”
3:39 PM Jonathan Keebler - End of CTV segment with the CRTC.
3:40 PM Jonathan Keebler - That’s it for my liveblog of the CRTC festivities this afternoon. If you would like to continue the party, you can always create your own liveblog for free at ScribbleLive.com. Thanks for watching!
10:37 PM Jonathan Keebler - hi

RT @Hermida CRTC keeps new med… RT @Hermida CRTC keeps new media exempt from broadcasting regulation...
Dear CRTC, so far this year yo… Dear CRTC, so far this year you have squashed inflight...

“Perfect online business” is porn? Well DUH!

Jonathan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:50:34 +0000

I don’t know what I said on Facebook to make them start giving me all these stupid get-rich-quick ads, but somehow I don’t think famous pr0nstar Ron Jeremy gave his consent to be used in this ridiculous ad (don’t ask me how I can recognize him in such a tiny image). Either way, ironically I think this ad is actually correct. The “perfect online business” probably is starring in adult movies, so touché Facebook ad scammers

Business lunch on Foggy Dew pa… Business lunch on Foggy Dew patio = Lobster Boy! ...

I can’t believe I’m pissed at a charity

Jonathan — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:04:51 +0000

I’ve been getting telemarketer calls all day (I know by the 5 second pause when I say “hello?”). I couldn’t stand it any more (especially considering that I’m on the National Do Not Call List) so I finally I picked up at 7:30pm tonight. It was the [CENSORED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HURT A CHARITY]. I told them I make all my donations through umbrella charities, and asked to be removed from their call list.

I heard somewhere I long time ago that if you ask to be removed from their list, they have to do it (I’m not sure if that’s legal or not) and I’ve never had a problem before. Tonight the operator said, “Please hold for my supervisor.” So I held on the line for about 30 seconds to have a guy come on the line and ask me what the problem was. I said politely that I would like to be removed from their call list, to which he replied that Canadian legislation exempts charities from the National Do Not Call List, and that they would contact me again next year. I said that I did not want to be contacted again ever. He said that they would not contact me again during this drive, but they would try again next time in-case I changed my mind.

I argued with the guy that this was ridiculous, and I wanted to be removed from the list. He wouldn’t do it and just kept repeating that under Canadian legislation, they can contact me as a registered charity. Finally I had enough and yelled at him that he was being a prick and I hung-up. Are you serious? This charity refuses to stop calling me at all hours of the day?

If you get a call from 1-800-891-1928, that’s them. It’s your choice whether you pick up or not, but I feel horrible that a reputable charity has such jerks working for them. It was really off-putting and I encourage you to support the United Way or the Red Cross if you want to help.

I really wanted to end this blog post with a note that I later did donate to the [CENSORED], but to be honest, I’m still too pissed off

The sky is PISSED OFF outside!… The sky is PISSED OFF outside! Watching the CN Tower...
Already pissed at the $0.05/ba… Already pissed at the $0.05/bag charge in Toronto. Going to...

My musical taste algorithm

Jonathan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:47:55 +0000

After watching what last.fm selects for me for a few months, I think I’ve almost figured out the algorithm for my personal musical taste. If a band matches any of these criteria, I will probably like them:

The lead singer has a very distinctive voice
They are English (but not from London) and Indie
The lead singer has a beard
They were played on ‘The O.C.’
Their song talks about California or NYC
The music video has crappy animation
The band’s name starts with “The”
They use computer beats (i.e. from Super Mario)
Their lead singer looks like he’s having a seizure when he sings
Their lead singer wears geeky glasses frames

President Obama’s First Dance: Beyonce (At Last)

Jonathan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:42:37 +0000

For everyone out there looking for the video of President Obama and Michelle Obama’s first dance to Beyonce’s ‘At Last’, here you are. Happy inauguration day, my American friends

Presidential Inauguration 2009 LIVEBLOG

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:43:21 +0000

10:51 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Bush just left the whitehouse in a motorcade together
10:52 AM Jonathan Keebler - Damn, that car is seriously bulletproof. NBC said it has the same armour as a battleship
10:53 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama won’t get to drive a car again for about 4 years
10:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - I hear crowds cheering, but no one is allowed anywhere near the cars
10:55 AM Jonathan Keebler - I wonder what Obama and Bush are talking about in the car…
10:56 AM kmays - Inauguration day! I’ve been waiting for this for 8 years. And it’s flurrying here.
10:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - There are saluting military officers lining almost every foot of the car route
10:59 AM Jonathan Keebler - We’re about 1 hour away from Obama taking the reins
11:00 AM Jonathan Keebler - Should Obama really be in a car with license plate “1″? Shouldn’t he be in a decoy at the back or something?
11:01 AM Jonathan Keebler - The first ladies have arrived at the ceremony. Michele Obama is wearing a yellow dress. Nuff said
11:01 AM Jonathan Keebler - Bush and Obama walking in together
11:02 AM Jonathan Keebler - NBC has to talk about Cheney’s wheelchair about every 5 minutes He hurt his back while “packing”.
11:03 AM Jonathan Keebler - Did the NBC commentator just say that JFK appeared “headless..umm..I mean hatless” during his inauguration?! What a slip!
11:03 AM charlie_lytle - About to watch Obama make this inauguration his bitch!!
11:04 AM drewfield - is watching the inauguration with with his 2 younger kids. Great lesson in history and providence.
11:05 AM Jonathan Keebler - Lots of famous people in the crowd…of course.
11:06 AM Jonathan Keebler - It seems like the cameramen are in a desperate quest to get shots of every Kennedy in the crowd. OH! THERE’S ANOTHER ONE!
11:07 AM pollyprissypant - Love the secret service code names for the Obamas and the Bidens…strangely poetic for the men in black. Renegade, Renaissance, Celtic?
11:07 AM mpoli - Thinking about walking over to Times Square to watch the inauguration. They are airing it on all the big screens there
11:08 AM Jonathan Keebler - Al Gore in da house!
11:09 AM Jonathan Keebler - How are they going to get wheelchair-Cheney down all those stairs? He’s probably going to have to take the freight elevator
11:10 AM pollyprissypant - I thought half the people making their way to the dais were already dead…you learn something new every day! Walter Mondale? Who knew?
11:11 AM mattdev - There is a sea of people at the inauguration.
11:12 AM Jonathan Keebler - Al Gore getting his hand-shake on! Wow, people love him. Lots of hugs for Tipper
11:13 AM Jonathan Keebler - While we’re all watching this, there’s a bunch of movers at the White House moving in Obama’s stuff.
11:13 AM pollyprissypant - How did Dan Quayle get an invite to this? Maybe I don’t want to know.
11:13 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Capital Building looks amazing with all the American flags everywhere.
11:14 AM Jonathan Keebler - Old President Bush is walking…with a limp. Still beats Cheney’s wheelchair
11:14 AM Jonathan Keebler - Jimmy Carter just arrived. Probably there to pimp his new book that came out today.
11:14 AM Jo_Crew - watching the inauguration – it’s just all getting started. What a day!
11:16 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Clin-tons just arrived. Hilary looks so happy. Bill looks pleased. They are holding hands though
11:17 AM pollyprissypant - Hillary and Bill…good times. Wonder how she feels about the fact that Joe Biden got to choose between Sec of State and VP?
11:18 AM Jonathan Keebler - Just 15 mins to go!
11:19 AM arosefull - The Boy is napping, but Momma’s gonna wake him up to hold him in her while watching the inauguration at noon!
11:21 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone seems really happy to see the 1st President Bush.
11:21 AM pollyprissypant - Jimmy Carter looks great and so does Rosalynn! Wow…I think they might know the secret to life and youth.
11:22 AM Jonathan Keebler - GIANT applause for the Clintons coming out
11:23 AM Jonathan Keebler - The official bible that will be used for the swear-in just arrived.
11:23 AM pollyprissypant - I think the crowd is getting the idea that they are mere minutes away from experiencing one of the most important moments in their history.
11:24 AM Jonathan Keebler - Reports that the crowd has had a lot of “clogs” and “security snafoos”. Not sure what that means
11:24 AM Jonathan Keebler - There are literally moving vans in-front of the White House right now
11:24 AM tracymueller - WHOA. Just saw a full crowd shot of the inauguration for the first time. Incredible.
11:25 AM Jonathan Keebler - The First Daughters just arrived. They are so poised at that age. Amazing kids
11:26 AM ashleyjill - has goose bumps! Watching the inauguration!!!
11:28 AM Jonathan Keebler - LOL NBC is shooting the Obama daughters through bulletproof glass which is making their heads all funhouse mirror. They aren’t going to like that
11:28 AM Jonathan Keebler - Laura Bush making her way on to the stage. “Polite” applause from the crowd
11:29 AM esquareda - Wow! #inaug09 suuuurre is a different scene compared to the previous inauguration. Sheesh – already with all the #change
11:30 AM Jonathan Keebler - The hype around Obama’s speech is insane! Expectations are sky high
11:31 AM Jonathan Keebler - Michele Obama and Jo Biden coming out onto stage. Everyone’s still talking Dr. Biden saying on Oprah yesterday that her husband was offered Secretary of State
11:32 AM Jonathan Keebler - There’s Bush, coming out of stage for the last time as President. He looks quiet and solem.
11:32 AM serenajones - I’m totally smitten for the voice over guy of the Inauguration.
11:33 AM MDM - Lets do this thing!
11:33 AM Jonathan Keebler - Yah, the voice-over guy is awesome. Sounds like a movie-trailer guy
11:33 AM Jonathan Keebler - As Bush nears the stage, he slaps on a smile
11:33 AM MDM -
11:34 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone is quiet on the stage; almost holding their breaths waiting for Obama to arrive
11:35 AM Jonathan Keebler - Michele Obama is holding a red box. Might have the Obama family bible in it
11:35 AM MDM -
11:35 AM Jonathan Keebler - hahaha Here comes Cheney being wheeled out.
11:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - Ruffles and flurishes being played
11:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - Out comes Bush, Cheney.
11:36 AM demersdesigns - Inauguration fedora count: in the millions. FTW #inaug09
11:37 AM Jonathan Keebler - And here comes Joe Biden, looking extremely happy. It’s amazing that his mother gets to see him sworn in as VP.
11:37 AM MDM -
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11:38 AM Jonathan Keebler - First shot of Obama nearing the door. He looks focussed and calm
11:39 AM agent5959 - is watching the inauguration and feeling confidence about the upcoming year
11:40 AM MDM -
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11:40 AM Jonathan Keebler - Obama about to walk out and see that massive crowd
11:40 AM daltonsmommy - Is getting a little emotional listening to the inauguration.
11:41 AM pollyprissypant - The crowd is going wild, I’m starting to tear up and there is Obama. (also my 2500th tweet)
11:41 AM Jonathan Keebler - Everyone’s eyes trained at the door where Obama is about to come out
11:42 AM MDM -
11:42 AM TundrasIgloo - The crowd is going wild out there on the mall. Idon’t ever remember an Inauguration that had people so excited.
11:43 AM MDM -
11:43 AM Jonathan Keebler - And here is Obama. The crowd goes wild! American flags everywhere
11:44 AM Jonathan Keebler - Man, that guy is a cool customer! Looks completely calm and composed
11:44 AM MDM -
11:44 AM Jonathan Keebler - Chants of “Obama, Obama, Obama” from the crowd
11:45 AM MDM -
11:45 AM Jonathan Keebler - The whole crowd goes silent as Dianne Feinstein takes to the podium
11:46 AM MDM -
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11:46 AM Jonathan Keebler - Big emphasis on peaceful transition of power
11:47 AM Jonathan Keebler - “Supremacy of the ballot over the bullet”
11:47 AM angelas_notes - Watching the inauguration – my heart is breaking.
11:47 AM MDM -
11:47 AM Jonathan Keebler - This moment will be remembered as the “turning point for real and necessary change for our nation”
11:49 AM MDM -
11:51 AM Jonathan Keebler - Opening prayer
11:51 AM julees - Why do we have to pray at the inauguration?
11:51 AM julebanville - C-span won’t show people turning their backs on Rick Warren. #inaug09 #inauguration
11:52 AM inflatemouse - The last time I watched an Inauguration was 16 years ago. (Clinton’s 1st). #inaug09
11:52 AM MDM -
11:52 AM markeliasaputra - : Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose-Driven Life” leads the prayer at the inauguration ceremony.
11:52 AM Jonathan Keebler - Lord’s Prayer. The atheists must love this
11:53 AM MDM -
11:53 AM Jonathan Keebler - Aretha Franklin up to sing “My Country is of Thee”
11:54 AM Jonathan Keebler - Wow, she is great
11:54 AM MDM -
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11:56 AM MDM -
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11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Robert Bennet, Utah takes the podium to introduce John Paul Stevens
11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Oath of office is next. The moment is finally here!
11:57 AM MDM -
11:57 AM Jonathan Keebler - Joe Biden swearing in.
11:57 AM MDM -
11:58 AM MDM -
11:58 AM TameekaTime - whoa … the whole office just stopped working and is now watching the inauguration
11:58 AM MDM -
11:58 AM Jonathan Keebler - Joe Biden is now officially the Vice-President of the United States of America
11:59 AM suewolfe - is watching the inauguration with joy and hope in her heart!
11:59 AM pollyprissypant - Joe Biden is being sworn in. Take note as this will be his only gaffe-free moment in office.
11:59 AM Jonathan Keebler - Yo Yo Ma and friends performing a new work by John Williams
12:00 PM MDM -
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12:01 PM Jonathan Keebler - BTW, at this moment the executive branch of the US is Bush and Biden.
12:01 PM MDM -
12:01 PM Elizabethx817 - I’m so excited to watch the Presidential Inauguration right now! Go Go Obama!!
12:01 PM Kerrysherin - I can’t stop crying…there’s not a dry eye through this whole inauguration!
12:02 PM MDM -
12:02 PM chattchic - Crying watching the inauguration…
12:02 PM MDM -
12:03 PM Jonathan Keebler - A very hopeful, happy piece of music by John Williams
12:03 PM ShireenJ - Itzak Perlman, Yoyo Ma and two others play Air and Simple Gifts, a composition made just for this inauguration.
12:03 PM MDM -
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12:04 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama became the President 4 minutes ago officially
12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama’s oath of office up next
12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Crowd cheering as they stand
12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama raises his hand
12:05 PM MDM -
12:05 PM Jonathan Keebler - Big bumbles from Judge Roberts
12:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - And that’s it! Obama is sworn in. President Obama
12:06 PM MDM -
12:06 PM Jonathan Keebler - Marines playing ‘Hail to the Chief’
12:06 PM MDM -
12:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - And the crowd goes wild!
12:07 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama steps up to the microphone and looks out over the crowd. Crowd cheers “Obama, Obama”
12:07 PM MDM -
12:08 PM pollyprissypant - I honestly don’t understand how there are people in my office not the least bit interested in this. This is history! Be a part of it!
12:08 PM MDM -
12:08 PM Jonathan Keebler - “My fellow citizens, I stand her today humbled by the task before us, grateful of the trust you’ve bestowed”
12:08 PM Jonathan Keebler - “I thank Pres. Bush for his service to our nation”
12:08 PM MDM -
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12:09 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we are in the midst of crisis…our nation is at war…”
12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “(there is a) sapping of confidence across our land”
12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “The challenges we face are real…but know this America: they will be met!”
12:10 PM MDM -
12:10 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We have chosen hope over fear”
12:11 PM Jonathan Keebler - We are a “young nation” but “the time has come to set aside childish things”
12:11 PM MDM -
12:12 PM Jonathan Keebler - “all are free, all deserve a chance…to persue their happiness”
12:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - Our ancestors: “For us…they fought and died…”
12:13 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Our capacity remains undisminished”
12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and (start the work) of rebuilding America”
12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we will lay new foundation for growth”
12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we will restore science to its natural place”
12:14 PM MDM -
12:14 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will transform our schools and colleges to meet the demands of a new age”
12:14 PM MDM -
12:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - “What the cynics don’t understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them”
12:15 PM Jonathan Keebler - “The question is not whether our gov’t is too big or too small”, it’s about whether it works or not
12:16 PM MDM -
12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - “we reject as ‘false’ the choice between our safety and our ideals”
12:17 PM MDM -
12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - Bush is slumped in his chair
12:17 PM MDM -
12:17 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Know that American is a friend of each nation and each man/woman/child who seeks a future of dignity and we are ready to lead once more”
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12:18 PM Jonathan Keebler - Our ancesters know “our power grows through…the force of our example”
12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will not apologize for our way of live, or waiver in its defense…You cannot outlast us and we will defeat you”
12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness”
12:19 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We are shaped by every language and culture”
12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds will someday pass”
12:20 PM MDM -
12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - “To the muslim world, we seek a new way forward…based on mutual respect”
12:20 PM Jonathan Keebler - We will judge you based on “what you build not what you destroy”
12:21 PM Jonathan Keebler - “We will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your hand”
12:21 PM Jonathan Keebler - (1st World) We cannot ignore struggling nations, “The world has changed and we must change with it.”
12:22 PM MDM -
12:22 PM Jonathan Keebler - (Spirit of service) “must inhabit us all”
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12:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Our challenges may be new…but those values on which our success depends…these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet course of progress thoughout our history”
12:23 PM Jonathan Keebler - “New era of responsibility”. “we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and our world:
12:24 PM MDM -
12:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - “This is the price and the promise of citizenship”
12:24 PM Jonathan Keebler - “This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed”
12:25 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Let us mark this day of rememberance of who were are and how far we have travelled”
12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - George Washington: “‘Let it be told to future world that in the depth of winter’…America in the face of our coming dangers in this winter of our common hardship”
12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - “God bless you and God bless the United States of America”
12:26 PM MDM -
12:26 PM Jonathan Keebler - Huge applause from the crowd
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12:27 PM MDM -
12:27 PM Jonathan Keebler - Elizabeth Alexander, poet takes to the podium with her poem “Praise song for the day”
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12:32 PM pollyprissypant - Also…how much would it suck to have to follow that speech? Man, I have the greatest respect for this poet.
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12:34 PM Jonathan Keebler - “Praying not for our nation but for the community of nations”
12:34 PM sigheti - Correct me if I am wrong: the Obama inauguration was the largest public speaking ever. How many people (just) there?
12:34 PM maymaym - Transcript of Barack Obama’s #inauguration speech is available here: http://is.gd/gAPZ Might mine the #inaug09 address later…. (via @halans)
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12:38 PM pollyprissypant - I always forget how much religion plays a part in these official US ceremonies. Throws me off everytime. Rev. is a fantastic speaker though
12:38 PM Jonathan Keebler - That was actually an amazing prayer by Rev. Lowery
12:38 PM MDM - I love the end of it.
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12:39 PM pollyprissypant - I know Bill Clinton has his head bowed in prayer, but it totally looks like he’s asleep. You know if anyone was going to…it would be him.
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12:40 PM Jonathan Keebler - And with that, Obama makes his way off the stage
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12:42 PM pollyprissypant - RT @torontostar Read Obama’s inaugural address: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/574111
12:42 PM jtcours - Based on the way Internet routing’s bouncing around, half the world must be streaming the inauguration, and the other half texting about it.
12:43 PM MDM -
12:45 PM Jonathan Keebler - A crowd of 3M people are trying to leave the National Mall. This could be interesting
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12:45 PM Jonathan Keebler - The official flags of the presidency are making their way from the stage.
12:46 PM Jonathan Keebler - There’s a fog lifting from overtop the crowd. Seriously. How did they plan that?
12:48 PM Jonathan Keebler - Photos of Bush and Obama walking through the Capital Building
12:48 PM MDM -
12:48 PM Jonathan Keebler - Bush is about to make his official departure on formerly-Marine-1
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12:49 PM pollyprissypant - Bush is heading through the rotunda and out to the helicopter. Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out (athough let it hit Cheney)!
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12:50 PM pollyprissypant - Love this: RT @jtobin It took the White House all of 1 minute to begin blogging: http://shortn.it/MX9C
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12:50 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama walking Bush out to the helipad
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12:51 PM Jonathan Keebler - Farewells between the former and current VP
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12:51 PM Jonathan Keebler - So long, Cheney
12:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Bush making small-talk on the stairs
12:52 PM MDM - Dick Cheney hurt his back packing. That’s funny.
12:52 PM pollyprissypant - Cheney looks like Mr. Potter from It’s a Wonderful Life…evil personified.
12:52 PM Jonathan Keebler - Fun fact: Bush will only get Secret Service security for 10 years from today
12:53 PM cbcnews - @thecbc Hundreds watch Obama Inauguration in CBC Atrium http://tinyurl.com/85z9zu #inaug09
12:53 PM Jonathan Keebler - Goodbye hug between Bush and Obama
12:54 PM Jonathan Keebler - And with a wave, Bush boards the helicopter
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12:54 PM Jonathan Keebler - The end of the Bush era of American politics
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12:55 PM Jonathan Keebler - Obama and Biden standing on the stairs, watching the helicopter lifting off
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12:56 PM Jonathan Keebler - Former-Marine-1 lifting off. Joe Biden salutes from the stairs
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12:57 PM Jonathan Keebler - All the newsrooms are a-gasp as the helicopter slowly flies over Washington
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12:58 PM Jonathan Keebler - And that is it. Congratulations President Obama! A great moment in history

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