{"id":236,"date":"2011-05-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/236\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-05-01\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T22:00:00","slug":"twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-05-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/236\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-05-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>500-year-old book surfaces in Utah &#8211; Yahoo! News <a href=\"http:\/\/yhoo.it\/ijUjsK\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/yhoo.it\/ijUjsK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/62584778251186176\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>B and N Nook Color Update brings Apps and Flash: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LKGsvH5\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/LKGsvH5<\/a> via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/engadget\" class=\"aktt_username\">engadget<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/62615693564198912\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Penguin Launches Book Country, An Online Community for Genre Fiction (Publishers Weekly)  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/62978460745859072\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RIP Typewriters: Last Mfgr Closes <a href=\"http:\/\/on.mash.to\/gJVzIF\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/on.mash.to\/gJVzIF<\/a> (Taught me to touch type, but I often cursed my typewriters!) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/62979512056545280\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cue Happy Dance&#8230; The CW renews &#039;Supernatural,&#039; and 4 more shows! EW.com  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63338460039221248\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\" class=\"aktt_username\">DarkWoofer<\/a> I&#039;m really enjoying it. And I&#039;ve had the opportunity to read scripts several weeks ahead while writing my SPN book. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63467159128510464\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DarkWoofer\" class=\"aktt_username\">DarkWoofer<\/a> Another benefit is that my Supernatural book won&#039;t fall into a black hole like Monolith did after Angel was cancelled! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63467319225090048\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Listen&#039;g to Rolling Stone stream of Stevie Nicks&#039; new album. Love what she&#039;s done w\/ Poe&#039;s Annabel Lee  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63473337766129664\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Massive thanks again to @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/crackberry\" class=\"aktt_username\">crackberry<\/a> &#8211; today I received the Blackberry Playbook I won in their launch day contest  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63652953977917440\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Perfect timing! AT&amp;T releases OS 6 for my Blackberry model (Bold 9700) today &#8211; same day I receive my free Playbook <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63653387325014016\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> First T&#039;storms stopped me. Now I&#039;m trying to get my BB back on track after upgrading the to OS 6. Then &#8211; PLAYBOOK! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63688988975833088\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> Amazon promised a Playbook Kindle app at launch, but nothing yet. I want that. And a Netflix streaming app. To start&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63691369654394880\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MarryOhotnicky3\" class=\"aktt_username\">MarryOhotnicky3<\/a> I&#039;ll check it out. I heard Netflix web streaming won&#039;t work on Playbook anymore, thus the need for an app. Thx. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63697976522051584\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> Unboxed! Has &quot;new car&quot; smell. Set up network w\/ WPS. Downloading 287MB update now. Keyboard has click feedback. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63698377195536384\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> I have Netflix on my ipod touch; thought it would be that much better on bigger Playbook screen. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63698458799906816\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MarryOhotnicky3\" class=\"aktt_username\">MarryOhotnicky3<\/a> How can you see what kind of movie database they have? Not clear from &quot;How It Works&quot; section&#8230;? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63699335606566912\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> We use Wii for Netflix on TV. Okay quality. Not HD. Thought about Roku but only have 1 HDMI port on our set. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63703798710931457\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PlayBook: Logged into my amazon cloud player. Works fine! Need to change PB mode to showcase so I could run in background. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63703996816297984\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> Auto-Pairing w\/ my Bold didn&#039;t work. Had to do manual pairing. Got BB Bridge OTA since AT&amp;T hasn&#039;t released it. It&#039;s working. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63705372816449536\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> Unfortunately, our BluRay preceded the ubiquitous Netflix enabled models. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63706536970686464\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> The stereo speakers are WOW on the PlayBook. \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63706653572341760\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> Supposedly a standalone on-board email\/contact app is coming by summer. Also aMail is awaiting approval (3rd party email app) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63726506379186178\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/1to1Discovery\" class=\"aktt_username\">1to1Discovery<\/a> I&#039;m not sure if I should leave Bridge connected continually or not. Accelerated battery drain on either side&#8230;? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63737121684459522\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Playbook: Trying Xfinity&#039;s Play Now feature. Doesn&#039;t like the browser it detects. Trying anyway. Seems&#8230; stuck. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63739316152709121\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tried another Xfinity play-now video on the PlayBook and it&#039;s working. Cool! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63740291378712576\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mixed results w\/ Xfinity Play Now on PlayBook. Game\/Thrones protests browser; Smallville worked. Multiple providers feeding Comcast hub? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/63741344799133697\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"aktt_credit\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/alexking.org\/projects\/wordpress\">Twitter Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500-year-old book surfaces in Utah &#8211; Yahoo! 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