The footage, aka Lonelygirl15

[stray]

There's a funny documentary that's been playing on the History Channel recently called "How William Shatner Changed the World".

[Merusk]

There's a funny documentary that's been playing on the History Channel recently called "How William Shatner Changed the World".

Yeah I'm still surprised that it was a Star Trek: TNG episode that inspired the iPod.

[Lum]

The PADD from Star Trek:


My latest laptop:

[Margalis]

Dude, its a flat tablet that has a screen!

[Lum]

That you can write on!

It's like a PDA, only laptop size. It makes more sense than you'd think, mainly because handwriting recognition has gotten so much better (it can read my chicken scratch fairly adeptly). I take notes on it profusely and am totally addicted. Plus, you can twist the screen to roll out the keyboard underneath and turn it into a regular laptop. Basically, if it had voice recognition it'd be a PADD.

http://www.gateway.com/programs/convertible/index.shtml?rdr=status109

[Ironwood]

Indeed.  Those things are awesome, Lum, and we're going to be getting a few.

There's even ones with Fingerprint recognition and whatnot.  It's supersweet for a gagdet guy.

[Miasma]

We've had a few people here get those tablets, the novelty wears off in a few months.  They have all switched back to normal laptops now (which also have fingerprint recognition).  By the end they had perverted them into desktops with docking stations, full sized keyboards/mice and external monitors.  They would make sense for people who walk around a lot like warehouse managers but aren't very productive for typical office workers.

[Ironwood]

Our caseworkers do a lot of work out at the clients house.

[Righ]

Right. They're certainly niche, but its a decent sized niche, and for the right people they'd be excellent. It's good to see that it's not aimed at the top end of the laptop market, since I could imagine many potential customers in healthcare & government wanting them. Does anybody do a ruggedized version?

Edit: the only ruggedized convertible I could find is the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18. Around four grand.

[Nazrat]

Right. They're certainly niche, but its a decent sized niche, and for the right people they'd be excellent. It's good to see that it's not aimed at the top end of the laptop market, since I could imagine many potential customers in healthcare & government wanting them. Does anybody do a ruggedized version?

Edit: the only ruggedized convertible I could find is the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18. Around four grand.

Child Protective Services in Texas just issued these to their investigators.  They are pretty nice. 

I am holding my breath until I get them in the AG's office. 

[Lum]

We've had a few people here get those tablets, the novelty wears off in a few months.  They have all switched back to normal laptops now (which also have fingerprint recognition).  By the end they had perverted them into desktops with docking stations, full sized keyboards/mice and external monitors.  They would make sense for people who walk around a lot like warehouse managers but aren't very productive for typical office workers.

Where they really shine is in taking notes during meetings. Typing on a laptop is awkward and also considered rude sometimes, but writing on a slate is fine. OneNote and Evernote both do good jobs of organizing notes. When not in a meeting 90% of the time I'll have it in laptop mode.

[Tale]

Welcome back to amateur hour. One of the main actors posted this on his MySpace blog.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

not on lonelygirl15 any more

So yeah, today was an extremely shitty day for me. Basically to sum it up, because I dont want to get into the specific's I was told that I will not really be part of the LG thing anymore. That sucks. So I will be looking for another job in the resturant business. Thats what I was told, to start looking for another job today. It sucks to think that now I'm not a good enough actor to be on a show I was cast for, but hey, it is what it is. So I want to say to all of my new friends that it was a pleasure being able to talk with as many of you as I could. I will truly cherrish that in my heart. The breif time that I had was wonderful. I will still aspire to be a successful actor, looks like I've just hit a speed bump. Take care everyone, and good luck Jess, you were the best and I cant thank you enough for being in my corner. I cant thank you enough for the wonderful expeirence it was to work with you. Knock'em dead

His wiki entry name was changed to Alan Smithee (movie industry code for a filmmaker protesting being cut off from their creation). But then there was an official statement:

Dear Fans,

Tensions have been high in the Lonelygirl15 world. We would like to clarify a few things that have recently come up. First off, Yousef Abu-Taleb is NOT being fired from the show. The character of Daniel is still very much a part of Lonelygirl15. Secondly, we have NOT "gone corporate." To the contrary, we are almost completely out of money. We are still financing Lonelygirl15 out of personal savings and maxed out credit cards. The little money that we do have goes to pay for the actors and the few items needed to film the videos (P. Monkey eats a lot of bananas). Why are we still doing this? For you. We care as much about this show and this new medium as you do, and we are doing our best to keep it going. You might see some banner ads and Google AdSense popping up. We're gonna make some T-Shirts. We'll also be producing some DVD's. All we want to do is create a FANTASTIC show to entertain you.

Thank you for watching!

Miles, Mesh, Greg, Amanda, Vanessa, Jessica, Yousef, Jackie, Kevin

Huh? They've got a background in advertising, they created a huge Internet property, they run their own fansite, got huge media coverage ... and they're running out of money? All this time, they've never even put ads on their website, sold any merchandise or DVDs. And they've only started thinking about it now? That's pathetic. The cast should be on strike, not committing to work for free ...

Nov 10, 2006 7:51 AM
Subject: LG15 statement

I will start by saying thank you. I say thank you to all the fans for the wonderful support and positive comments I've received. I enjoy working with both the LG15 cast and crew. They have given me an incredible opportunity and I recognise all that they have done for me. I'm extremely lucky to have had the chance to have a fan base and I will never forget that, no matter what happens to the future of my career. I also want to say that I feel that you the fans of lonelygirl15 deserve to see a conclusion to our story that we have worked so hard to produce. Daniel will not be leaving, and I would never quit doing this show that I have come to truly love being a part of. I am very passionate and devoted to this project and the character that I have worked to produce. I truly have felt blessed to have had a chance to work on the show. I heard that we have run out of budget, but when we started working on Lonelygirl15 we had no budget either. So I say, when we started we had no money and when we finish it can also be without any money. I would do this project for free. I just want this project to work. I loved everything about this project, and still do. I think it has been a very compelling story and really want to leave you all, the fans, without a loss of an ending. I think that you all deserve nothing less.

For the future, when I said that you all have truly touched my heart I meant it. To all of my new friends who I have spoken with, or who have left me a wonderful comment, or message I say thank you! I want to say to you that I feel so lucky to have had you. This business is full of ups and downs and when its down it's a horrible feeling of worthlessness, but you all have helped me feel like an accomplished person, whether or not I succeed in the future. To all of you who I have not spoken to I want to apologise. I really have tried to respond to everyone who has commented to me. I do not take anyone of you for granted, and never will. In fact one of the best days that I can remember is the first time I sent out an autograph through the mail. I was so excited, that I took a nerdy pic of myself with the envelope right before I sent it out. It might sound strange, but to know that I was able to make someone happy by sending them a picture of myself with only my autograph on it, was so uplifting. It might seem corny, but that's why I would say that I am as big of a fan of you as you might be of me. I cannot stress how wonderful you all have made me feel in such a short time and if I am never able to do another project at least I will be able to look back at this time.

Thank you all, from the cast to the crew and most of all to the Friends!

I will never forget you all!