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ebutterfly: @gruber The other major Italian beer, Peroni, is also very good. Moretti is one of my faves. 39 minutes later reply
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tritchey: @gruber I went over to a friend's house that just got AT&T's U-verse installed yesterday, and Safari was the default browser about 2 hours later reply
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matthewbuchanan: @gruber Look in the right column of http://mloughran.com under the title "You". 8 minutes later reply
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cbarrett: You know what I take for granted? NNW Sync. Thank you so much @brentsimmons. about 2 hours ago reply
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boredzo: @cbarrett Weather Underground says 99° for Mountain View. Down here, OTOH, it predicts 76°. 38 minutes later reply
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djlemur: @cbarrett that's why it's called the Weather Widget O' Lies about 1 hour later reply
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gruber: @cbarrett Yes please. I definitely want it. Email me at gruber @daringfireball.net about 2 hours later reply
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cbarrett: @gruber I can definitely keep an eye on Weird Stuff for you, though -- they say crazy stuff like this comes through all the time. about 2 hours later reply
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iancmyers: @gruber That game would be an excellent way to teach Jonas about harnessing the power of sunlight. 5 minutes later reply
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chockenberry: @gruber And additional fun can be had by shining the laser on a reflective surface (like a stop sign.) A great study in human curiosity. 22 minutes later reply
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eduo: @gruber FWIW, the whole problem is with the US demanding an automatic transmission, really. (it's "Fortwo", btw) about 1 hour later reply
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galego: @gruber did it two weeks ago; was a cakewalk. perhaps I'm doing it wrong? 6 minutes later reply
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andrewmac: @gruber Totally agree. Then again, It's one of the defining experiences of modern fatherhood. Way to go. 12 minutes later reply
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ampressman: @gruber flew with my 2 yr old to seattle on american airlines, wouldn't let me board early, everybody glaring at me as I put the seat in 15 minutes later reply
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garymcm: @gruber Do you mean in the airplane seat? I thought that was not allowed? 15 minutes later reply
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GlennF: @gruber Research indicates that car seats in airplanes don't offer much help in an actual accident. 17 minutes later reply
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macanima: @gruber: Can you even fit car seats into an airplane seat? It seems like a logistical impossibility. 19 minutes later reply
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zamoose: @gruber Ever gotten a child's car seat STUCK in an airplane and had to have the stewards help you undo the bloody thing? Man are YOU lucky. 23 minutes later reply
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raminf: @gruber The best part is the kid spends most of the flight in one's lap or getting walked up & down the aisle :-) 27 minutes later reply
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jasonrutherford: @gruber Thanks for reminding me. I'm about a month away from having to do that again. 27 minutes later reply
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bynkii: @gruber: Also, with a kid, get the entire 3-across behind the 1st class bulkhead. That way he has some "get out of the seat" room 42 minutes later reply
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bynkii: @gruber: Yep, did it a few times. Beats holding them in your lap every time 42 minutes later reply
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cfihelp: @gruber perhaps try this on your next trip: http://www.kidsflysafe.com/ (worked for our 15 month old) about 1 hour later reply
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charlesa: @cfihelp That "CARES harness" looks good. My only concern would be whether the belt blocks the tray table. Aren't most tray tables inset? about 5 hours later reply
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noelrap: @gruber I used to tell the gate agents that they could let me on first, or I could clog up the entire boarding. Their choice. Often worked. about 1 hour later reply
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washavexian: @gruber if you board really late the attendents usually feel compelled to do it for you to save time, and they do a great job about 1 hour later reply
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gpenston: @gruber Yeah, and boy does it suck. Luggage + carseat sucks too. We got this crazy car seat that transforms into a stroller just for this. about 1 hour later reply
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jdickerson: @gruber If rushed car seat installation weren't a daily challenge it'd be a wacky contest on a Japanese gameshow. But done in peanut oil too about 1 hour later reply
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charlesa: @gruber It's getting them *out* that I always find to be a pain in the ass. Britax Marathon, great car seat, airline belt buckles notsomuch. about 4 hours later reply
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gruber: @rentzsch I like the little touches in TapeDeck — like how when you slide the tape drawer in or out, the sound is in stereo. 6 minutes later reply
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jhembach: @gruber And to round off the trifecta, turbo.264 from Elgato if what you're looking for is speed... still having issues with filesize though 2 minutes later reply
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reppep: @gruber I like MPEG Streamclip over VH; it's free, and I've had excellent results. 2 minutes later reply
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bbum: @gruber Seriously. I find myself setting VH to "optimize for all devices" and dropping any videos onto it. Works everywhere and t 7 minutes later reply
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bbum: @gruber ... and that + decent quality ismore important than perfect quality and no worky in random places. 8 minutes later reply
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wilssa: @gruber Hmmm...I shall have to explore VisualHub, never used it before. 9 minutes later reply
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shaveblog: @gruber VisualHub does a fine job transcoding DVDs if you first rip them to your drive as a VIDEO_TS folder. Drag that into VHub and voila. 9 minutes later reply
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epplegacks: @gruber What did it do this time? It's awesome the only discs it can't handle for me are the Alien Quadrilogy special features. 23 minutes later reply
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dsyzdek: @gruber Handbrake is the shit but always am a little apprehensive when the MBP is too hot to touch for 4 hours... 24 minutes later reply
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aragost: @gruber: next up: who wins in Dawson Leery vs Chuck Norris? And KITT vs Mystery Machine? Seriously, ISD vs Enterprise - no match. about 1 hour later reply
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MDBenson: @gruber yes, it is indeed the shit, especially if you can find a certain other DVD app to go with it... about 1 hour later reply
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nathanziarek: @gruber make sure to get MetaX for maximum impact about 2 hours later reply
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lstoll: @gruber if only handbrake would transcode files other than DVDs... it would be killer. about 2 hours later reply
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kortina: @gruber saw tinydb.org on your blog. you have any comments/suggestions/criticisms/requests? about 2 hours later reply
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AceyTech: Pub Timeline: Laughing at how many people tweet @gruber(or anyone, really) not realizing that if he doesn't follow them, the tweet is lost. about 3 hours later reply
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chris56s: @gruber yes, yes it is. I ride the bus to and from work, and thank Handbrake every time I'm watching a flick on the iPhone. about 3 hours later reply
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mdhughes: @gruber @majicDave Which would win in a fight, the 2001 monolith or the TARDIS? about 6 hours later reply
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dwaite: @gruber The phone makers used to think they were 'good enough' before the iPhone. As long as they shoot for good enough, I'll stick to AAPL 1 day later reply
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zulaica: @gruber Yes, yes it is. I'm currently using it, actually, and was about to tweet the same sentiment. 2 minutes later reply
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Larzzzz: @gruber i completely agree that handbrake is outstanding. 2 minutes later reply
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jimeh: @gruber its not the shit, its the Alpha & Omega of awesomeness :D 2 minutes later reply
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bobtiki: @gruber it is, in fact, the shit. That is some five-star excrement there. Poop of the highest order. 4 minutes later reply
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mbuckbee: @gruber Don't forget to get the cool replacement icon for Handbrake. F the pina colada. 6 minutes later reply
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ChrisW357: @gruber - Yes, it's awesome. very much worth donating to. 7 minutes later reply
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GlennF: @gruber Handbrake: I can't figure out how to make it automatically grab all episodes on a TV DVD, though. Lots of manual queuing, lang s 8 minutes later reply
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snfettig: @gruber Handbrake makes normal "the shit" stuff really look like shit - it is ueber the shit or super "the shit" concentrate. 10 minutes later reply
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franksting: @gruber it sure is, making movies for my daughter is a breeze 16 minutes later reply
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rands: @gruber With VisualHub FTW -- http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/ 18 minutes later reply
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fraserspeirs: @gruber Handbrake + FairMount + Visual Hub comprise my holy trinity of video wangling apps. Hbrk is *very* good at pegging multicore. 20 minutes later reply
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doublejack: @gruber: HandBrake is the shit. Oh, hah! Was that a rhetorical question, or what? Sorry, my bad... 21 minutes later reply
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roguecnidarian: @gruber Verily: especially the Command-line interface, enabling one to use it remotely. 28 minutes later reply
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mzarra: @gruber @bobtiki @fraserspeirs and Meta-X to tag everything properly afterwards! 29 minutes later reply
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