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Canary Vaqueando

andresdouglas — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:11:44 +0000

Ingenious Japan Relief Poster

andresdouglas — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 03:05:33 +0000

Saw this on my run today. Thought it was really great, integrating the idea of a used bandage, stained with blood and pain, with the Japanese Flag. I wonder who made it. If you know, please leave it in the comments.

DNS Servers Up, Service Restored

andresdouglas — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:45:03 +0000

That was quick. Service is back up and fully functional, unless you can prove otherwise. Sorry for the down time.

Downtime: DNS Servers are down

andresdouglas — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:44:29 +0000

If you’ve used Bakodo in the last hour or so, you might have seen that the rich set of results you are used to were not showing. The main site also seems to be down. We’ve traced the problem back to our DNS service handled by www.101domain.com. We’re working with them to restore the service, which should be back as soon as some changes to their DNS servers propagate fully.

Sorry for the inconvenience, we’re working to fix this.

Andres

Bakodo 3.2 hits the AppStore

andresdouglas — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:38:56 +0000

With it’s latest iOS 4.2, Apple introduced a bug that was causing inconsistent behavior on 3GS iPhones using the AVFoundation framework. Bakodo uses this framework for its realtime barcode scanning and therefore some of our 3GS users were experiencing a crash of Bakodo on launch.

The fact that only some of our users were experiencing the crash meant we had to rely on our users to debug the problem. We’d like to thank all the users who submitted crash reports and sent us information about what was happening. I’d like to extend a special thanks to user David Coviello Jr (@DavidQT69) for being one of the first to report the crash and continue to help us out with testing of the new builds. Your help is much appreciated.

Because of the review process of the AppStore being stopped during the last week of December meant we had to wait a bit longer for the update to hit the market. We didn’t sit idle, and worked even throughout Christmas to fix even more bugs and add some features, such as the much-requested storing of QR Codes in your history, as well as QR Code scanning for 3G iphones. All and all, 3.2 is a solid update which we hope you enjoy. You can grab it here. Made with love by team Bakodo.

We thought this update would be a great way to start the year. Happy scanning in the 2011!

Andres

I Saw Cthulhu The Squid

andresdouglas — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:57:30 +0000

New York Times Balloon QR Code :)

andresdouglas — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:24:45 +0000

User Karolis sends in this link to the making of the NY Times magazine cover. A QR Code made out of balloons! Nifty!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/19/magazine/ideas2010.html#A_Behind-the-Scenes_Look

San Francisco: I want my money back

andresdouglas — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:50:33 +0000

Download now or watch on posterous

IMG_2152.MOV (1000 KB)

Delta: a bigger, archaic and shittier airline

andresdouglas — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:23:25 +0000

I'm not writing this from 30,000 miles, somewhere approaching Chicago, not thanks to the non-free wi-fi most Delta flights don't have. Instead I'm still stuck in smallest state in the nation.

Here's what happened:

PVD airport. Flight at 5:45 am. No sleep. Arrive airport 5:09. 2 Delta staff members by the self-checkin kiosk. Not a soul self-checking-in. Stand in Elite Checking Lane. I have flown over 35 times (enough to be a Gold Member) with Delta, AirFrance and other incompetent airlines in the the Flying Blue program, so I'm entitled to stand there. Nobody moves. One staff member busy with another customer. Two more staff behind the counter chatting. 2 Kiosk staff also chatting. 5:14am. Ahem. I haven't been at fault for missing a flight in the last 4 years. An old lady finally takes me on. Fumbles for a couple minutes. 5:16 am. Oops. Too late to check bag. Less than 30 minutes before likely delayed flight departed. System won't allow. No manual override. You're shitting me. Old lady is chirpy, says sorry with a smile. Think of an upgrade. Lady kills any possibility with the ultimate "I'm not going to charge you". No shit, sherlock. Just the fact that you said that was so wrong. Rescheduled for a flight two hours later. Because my bags could not make it to the airplane in less than 29 minutes in the smallest airport in the nation. Fuck my Delta loyalty and my hundreds of thousands of miles. Fuck TSA. Why doesn't a twentieth-century domestic airline fly to VGO, Spain so that I don't have to step foot on another Delta or AirFrance flight ever again?

Providence Geeks Dinner TONIGHT (Wed.) 5:30 – 8:30pm at AS220 featuring Bakodo

andresdouglas — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:44:34 +0000

Our very own Andres Douglas will be presenting at Providence Geeks dinner, tonight! Don’t miss it if you’re in the area!

All are welcome – please join us and spread the word!

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