Laura’s posterous

Laura’s posterous

Laura R  //  I'm Laura, and this is my blog. I am a film & theater teacher. I also make films. I hope you enjoy them. My company: http://olivestreetfilms.com

Nov 21 / 6:33am

quote from today's NY Times

"Science doesn't work because we're all nice. Newton may have been an ass, but the theory of gravity still works."--Gavin A. Schmidt
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Sep 29 / 6:32pm

dare I post this here? Blogging Barfight (Mashable)

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Sep 20 / 7:04pm

no more fugly!

Posterous has themes! Yay!! For me, that was the only thing missing from this almost-flawless blogging platform, and I just knew the guys would deliver. I love the dark-and-moody theme, of course, and hopefully the fancy look might motivate me to post more. I also spruced up my company blog, which doesn't look all that different but at least has more relevant colors. Have fun customizing!
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Aug 28 / 2:29pm

Peek maps: interesting...

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Aug 13 / 6:33pm

wall of coney island museum

wall of Coney Island museum

You can check out more of my pics of Coney Island here.

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Aug 13 / 6:31pm

coney island freak show emcee

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Jul 28 / 4:10pm

cycorder test

and apparently, it doesn't auto-rotate after all. Boo.
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Jun 27 / 5:14pm

iPhone voicememo fun!

  

LR

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May 23 / 10:13am

Google voice, worth every penny

I bought a Google Voice number on eBay, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I paid less than $100 for the area code I wanted (after some minor haggling; some area codes had an asking price of over a thousand), and so far it's been totally worth it. The ability to track, screen, and best of all, block calls for free (ok, minus what I paid up front) is priceless.

The other huge feature is voicemail transcription. Without getting into a huge rant here about how much I loathe voicemail--a simple web search can lead you to several blog posts and articles with similar sentiments--one of my peeves is the fact that voicemail requires you to have to stop what you're doing, log in (usually), listen to the message (sometimes several times, if the sound quality is poor or the speaker mumbles), and occasionally have to replay it to write down some other info. Voicemail transcription, when it's accurate, saves you all of that agony. Google voice transcription is by no means flawless, but does improve with use.

I should note that, prior to my GV bid, I had been using PhoneTag, a vm transcription service that offers a free trial week and reasonable monthly or per-use fees. PhoneTag's transcription, by the way, is excellent, and worth it if you're mainly interested in this feature alone and can wait for the Google Voice beta to go public...
...which, so I hear, will be "soon".
 
Sent on the go from my Peek

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May 10 / 4:27pm

Slate Article: You Have No New Messages—Ever

Finally, someone who actually tells the truth about this outdated, awkward technology. PS< I'm in the market for a Google Voice account, can anyone help me out? Willing to negotiate.
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