How to Download YouTube Videos Onto your iPhone or iPod Touch(Without Jailbreaking it!)
Can’t get enough of the millions of cat videos populating Youtube? I understand how you feel. In this short tutorial, I will show you how you can download any YouTube video to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Best of all, it does not require you to jailbreak your device for it to work! Take that MxTube!
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Sponsored Tweets: Are you selling out?
The Money Whale!
SponsoredTweets is a new Twitter advertising platform that connects advertisers with Tweeters. Advertisers can create sponsored conversations on Twitter. Tweeters can earn money for spreading the word.
I can earn Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns using Twitter?! Oh, boy! I always knew that the day would arrive when I could got paid to send out snippets of text and links. Now, only Facebook needs to catch up.
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4 Damn, Good Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy an iPhone 4 Yet
The Day has arrived and Apple’s iPhone 4 is finally here. Thousands around the country are lining up en masse at their local Apple Store, the biggest line-waiting ceremony since the second Twilight movie (Shudder). Yesterday, your Facebook and Twitter feeds were littered with ecstatic status updates from the lucky few who pre-ordered and received the phone a day early.
YES! The iPhone 4 is the greatest thing since KFC’s Double Down! Nom nom nom!
In this post, I hope to convince you long enough to hold out and avoid the perils of being an early adopter. Hit that read more button already for crying out loud!
How to Set Up W3 Total Cache with WPtouch Plugin on WordPress
Like many problems with this site, I prefer to fix things when I cannot afford to ignore them any longer or the solution presents itself to me with little effort on my part. One of these growing problems that I chose to neglect showed up again recently when Eric from FWebDe sent me a reply via Twitter.
@loneplacebo Hey man, I’m stuck with the mobile theme on your site!
Of course, failing to properly identify the issue at hand like the great minds at BP, I sent him a reply soon after explaining:
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Steve Jobs Responds to Warren Buffet’s Philanthropic Pledge
Famous billionaire, Warren Buffet, made headlines yesterday when he pledged 99% of his wealth to charity. Collaborating together with the world’s largest philanthropic organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Buffet is also reaching out to hundreds of other rich Americans to pledge half of their own wealth to charity. So, what happened when Mr. Buffet contacted the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs via email? Let’s find out!
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How to Integrate Tweetmeme and Su.pr to Increase Your Blog Traffic
Recently, the fine people at AEXT.net wrote an article on how to integrate Tweetmeme and the Su.pr URL shortener. If you aren’t familiar, Su.pr is Stumbleupon’s URL shortening service. It appends a sharing toolbar which allows users to vote or review the page. As many bloggers know, the more “thumbs-up” an article receives, the more popular it will be on Stumbleupon.
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State of the LonePlacebo Address: Why I Blog
Citizens of the World,
These first six months has been a thrilling ride. I cannot express to you, my readers, how much I’ve enjoyed blogging about social media, technology, and design. LonePlacebo.com has become my outlet and creative playground. This blog gave me a voice and a place where I could be heard. When people asked about my interests and hobbies 2-3 years ago, I could only stumble on my own words. Things quickly changed, however, when LonePlacebo was born on Weebly.com over a year ago.
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Apple iPhone 4: “Thanks to Gizmodo, we don’t have to act surprised!”
It’s finally here, people. The end of the world. Pack your bags, tell your loved ones that you wish things could’ve ended better, and remember to kiss your neighbor’s cat goodbye.
Oh, shucks. It’s not 2012 yet. Alright. Nevermind. Check out Apple’s newest wonder gadget, the iPhone 4.
For more information, head over to the Apple website here.
Update! Watch the entire WWDC keynote by Steve Jobs here!
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