July 2008
50 posts
Shorts Crack the Code →
You know why the guy in the middle photo is laughing? Because he feels like an asshole wearing a tie and shorts. And tell me the guy on the left looks comfortable.
When Play Becomes Work →
This article has the stink of truth all over it. When no one was paying me to learn web design, I couldn’t get enough of it. I would work deep into the night absorbing as much as I could. Now I can barely make it through a work day.
Red Sonja →
If ever there were a movie that did not warrant a remake, it’s this. This and King Solomon’s Mines.
Mobile Executives on the iPhone's Software... →
After hearing so much negative press on the App Store it’s good to hear that it’s actually doing well for developers.
Tesla #6 crash disturbs the sound of silence →
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Cringe worthy.
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MobileMe Sucks
I’ve had my problems with the .Mac service over the years. I’ve had my account since it was a free service called iTools. But I’ve had major synchronization issues, general performance issues, and data-loss issues throughout my years with this service. But I kept hope alive that they would fix the service and it would deliver on the promise.
When I first saw a demonstration for...
WatchApple should just go ahead and buy this idea from MagicPad and then implement a clipboard for copy/pasting from app to app. This looks like the perfect solution to me.
Denver ready to shatter heat record →
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I used to live in Tucson and I don’t remember being this miserable.
Metro Denver is so close to the heat-wave record it can almost touch it.
Free Software Foundation asks you to mob Apple... →
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And what, exactly, will this prove or accomplish? Is an Apple Store employee a policy maker at Apple, Inc.? Are the customers who actually need help going to be able to do…
Walmart is evil so I took off my clothes →
Interesting way to protest a stupid policy. I can admit that I wish I had been there (assuming she’s good looking).
10 Practical Tips To Keep Your Cellphone From... →
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This is seriously starting to worry me. Cell phones: Tobacco 2.0
Shirky’s Law and why (most) social software fails →
This is a long essay but worth a read.
cleversimon:
“The most successful social software starts out doing one task supremely well. That task is simple, useful, and original.” (via @codinghorror)
Watchbillbarol:
Rush tries their own song, “Tom Sawyer,” on Rock Band backstage at The Colbert Report. And scores 31%. Which either means “Tom Sawyer” is more technically challenging than it sounds, or Rush is more burned out than they look. Which would be saying something. (Via Laughing Squid.)
Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm Reviewed →
I’ve got to agree with the user score of 9.0/10 for this lens. It’s the perfect lens for every day shooting.
Apple’s new product is iTablet →
That’s right, put your balls out there.
Tarantino's Mind →
This short film is really cool, especially if you like Quentin Tarantino.
Unnecessary Knowledge →
Total time dump. But it’ll get you.
Yahoo Music follows MSN into DRM controversy →
Another loss for consumers as DRM shows how truly awful it is. And another nail in the coffin of the music subscription idea. It’s not that I’m old fashioned and just need to learn to embrace subscriptions. It’s that I don’t want to pay you monthly to listen to *my* music.
Zune Guy fed up with Zune, seeks to cover up... →
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Man, what a dick.
You fought a good fight, Zune Guy, but consider yourself expelled from The Social.
iPhone 2.0: The glory wore off →
This is spot on. I’m suffering from all of these problems and more. I’ve had to restore my phone 2 times since I bought it on July 11 and I have to restart my phone at least once a day for Mail to actually check for new mail. Miserable.
iPhone 3G Selling Twice as Fast as Original →
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Selling twice as fast at half the cost sounds even Stephen to me
AlleyInsider reports on AT&T’s Q2 financial results.
Vista ad: At one point, everyone thought the world... →
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This has the stink of desperation on it.
The campaign tries to be honest about Vista’s shortcomings while also providing reasons why users love Vista.
First Look: WordPress →
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Of course this comes out when I give up on traditional blogging in favor of microblogging.
This free app, which works with WordPress.com blogs as well as any self hosted…
Remote controller? You're soaking in it! →
Shared by Creative Friday Not a bad idea from The Macalope.
Game makers can create their own remote applications, allowing them to configure the buttons any way they like.
Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook... →
Shared by Creative Friday I remember a time, not so long ago, when Apple sold ~1M Macs a quarter. Times are changing.
As expected, Macs fueled Apple’s quarter. Apple shipped 2,496,000 Macs in the…
Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs... →
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Why the hell would Apple need to do this? Does MS have a post Steve Ballmer plan?
The story du jour revolves around Steve Jobs, specifically his health and how thin he…
This Car Seat Is Finally On Sale! [Signs] →
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One of the rare laugh-out-loud moments for me.
If you’ve been waiting to buy the fancy Britax car seat and you live in New Jersey, now’s your chance. It was…
Web App Development →
This article is timely as I am struggling with people in my company over this very issue. We’ve always done waterfall application development and the very idea of an agile solution makes these old developers curl up in a ball on the ground and cry. FTA:
“The new process, which some champions call “application development 2.0,” contrasts markedly with the traditional...
Armpit-based displays provide odd form of... →
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What? No way this can be serious. None. No way.
Filed under: Displays, Wearables
Not that London isn’t the unofficial home to weird ads or anything,…
iPhone 3G Sold Out Nationwide →
I just went through all states and there are only 3 locations with some availability of an iPhone 3G. Pretty much sold out.
Creative Friday Archive →
For the very few people that read my blog, all of the articles still exist. I don’t think I’ll be making anymore updates but you never know.
Take Psychedelic Pictures with Your iPhone... →
Shared by Creative Friday If you have a moving target like, say, a small child. You already knew this.
Wired’s How-To Wiki demonstrates how to exploit the iPhone’s unusual shutter…
Creative Friday is Broadcasting →
My shift away from the traditional web site online to a broadcasting web presence is complete. I may revisit how this is displayed but the overall functionality and message is what I’m after.
Google Reader + Tumblr = Sweet
I am liking Tumblr. Not only can I write my useless blog entries but I can use it’s ability to import a feed directly as a way to share articles and my thoughts on those articles at the same time. Now when I’m going through Reader and find an interesting article I just click the “Share with note” button and leave a short, Twitter-like note with the article and it appears on...
This is Gotham. →
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awesome photography
There is something both desolate and optimistic in Daniel Fell’s photography. His photos of Chicago remind me why I love the city, and why I’m…
iPhone 3G shortage could last for a month →
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Makes standing in line for 7 hours on launch day a little more tolerable. A little.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iPhone
Contrary to other analysts’ …
Ink
My goals and priorities are changing. My family is still my #1 priority but after that everything shifts. New house? Big lawn? Fatter? No more of that, thank you.
Part of that has a lot to do with breaking out of the prison of my own design. As I work toward paying off all debt I can see the end of the tunnel and it has me thinking about what I’ll do when that last bill is paid. I think...
Is This Thing Ugly or What?
I know that my interim design is an eye sore. I’m working on it. I played around a little bit with the HTML/CSS template for Tumblr last night but didn’t have the energy to finish the job. I’m happy to report that the whole thing is customizeable so I’ll be getting on that soon. I don’t want to hurt your eyes any longer than I have to.
iPhone manufacturing costs down from last year →
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I like my new iPhone but it doesn’t feel as solid or crisp as my original iPhone.
The last five days have been all about breaking down the iPhone 3G—how the big release…
Quick Mobile Me Tip →
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The only problem is that your email address is @me.com and not @mac.com. I’m a Mac nerd. If I don’t have @mac.com that makes me just a narcissistic nerd.
Has…
Change is Afoot
Why should I make you come to my little place on the web just so I can display content to you? Wouldn’t it be much easier if you could just subscribe to my words, images, thoughts, videos, and work? I think what’s happening with the social networking or *shudder* Web 2.0 is that people are starting to figure out that I want this wealth of information aggregated to me using tools that I...