September 2009
WOMAN FIRED FOR USING ALL CAPS IN EMAIL →
Vicki Walker, an Auckland (New Zealand) accountant, was sacked for sending supposedly confrontational emails with words in red, in bold and in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Lost or stolen Kindle? Amazon says you're out of... →
As the Kindle takes off in popularity, losses and thefts will as well. After hearing one reader’s tale of woe after losing his Kindle, we discovered that there are not that many options for recovery,…
How Real is the Threat of Autonomous Technology? →
Hollywood has made at least half a dozen films based on Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein. What makes the tale such an enduring classic are the moral questions it raises about creation,…
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Wisdom of Larry David... →
Larry David is one of our favorite angry old men.His combined neurosis and wit make for interesting on-screen situations for his characters, and of course genius writing.
August 2009
Google Voice for Newbies: Forwarding phone numbers →
In our last post, Heather learned how to make calls through the Google Voice homepage. Today, I want to explore why someone would link multiple phones to their Google Voice number. After…
Basecamp is "a must have practice tool"... →
Home Office Lawyer, a blog devoted to you guessed it, posts about 10 Must-Have Apps for the Mac Using Solo Practitioner. On the list: Basecamp. Finally, Basecamp is a must have…
PIG 05049 →
Named after a real pig, which was tagged with the number 05049 and raised on a Dutch farm, PIG 05049 by designer Christien Meindertsma, is a book that documents the products made from a…
"You’re writing for Newsweek, the premier magazine... →
“You’re writing for Newsweek, the premier magazine Americans turn to for week-old news when they’re sold out of Time.” - Now I’m doubly pissed that Gruber was out of town when I was in Philly…
Logitech SqueezeBox Duet review, simply awesome →
There once was a time when I assumed that setting up a quality home music network would be challenging and costly. I thought that my main options were either the (1) Sonos Music System or (2)…
Pear Note records audio and/or video while you... →
Pear Note records audio and/or video while you take notes. When you play them back, your notes will highlight at the time in the recording you typed them. This allows you to flesh out your…
Google Quick Search Box →
One of Mac OS X’s features that I use a lot is Spotlight. I use it to launch applications and files a lot since it’s much faster for me to hit the keystroke and enter the name of the app instead of…
Never what we believed in. →
Never what we believed in.
Always what we believed in. →
Always what we believed in.
Enough: Mailsmith →
I was a Mailsmith 1.0 user. I first started using it because it was good at cleaning up email text. This was under OS9. At that time, html email wasn’t such a big deal, like it is now. Since OS X,…
5 Things Wrong with Google Wave →
I would like to first state that I fully understand Google Wave is currently in developer state and that the next evolution is a limited beta. So an article about what is wrong with Google Wave is…
Google Translate now speaks 51 languages →
We spend a lot of time thinking about how information travels around the globe. After all, there are Googlers living and working in dozens of countries — and we’re pretty sure our products are used…
Yamaha 'not negligent' in first Rhino... →
You’ve probably heard about the hundreds of lawsuits Yamaha is facing over its Rhino side-by-side ATV. Well, the first case, Johnny Ray vs. Yamaha Motor Co. just concluded in Yamaha’s…
Bevy Review: A Powerful Application Launcher →
If you are like me, you probably have a ton of applications that you use, but you also don’t want to have then all on your dock. Bevy, by bergdesign, is an application launcher that will show…
WordPress Theme Releases for 08/30 →
Eximius
Eximius is a three column WordPress theme with left and right Sidebars. This free theme is widget-ready and SEO optimized. With simple yet elegant looks, Eximius is a very…
Samsung Application Store →
Good luck with that.
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Snow Leopard Screenshots Get Smarter Default File... →
Nice find by TUAW’s Michael Rose: on Snow Leopard, screenshots are no longer given names like “Picture 1”; instead, they get names that start with “Screen shot” and include the date and time.
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Apple Approves Spotify iPhone App →
Not available in the U.S. because Spotify itself isn’t yet available here, but it’s a good sign that Apple isn’t going to block iTunes Music Store competitors from the App Store.
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DETAIL. DESIGN STUDIO — Everything Matters →
DETAIL. DESIGN STUDIO is a creative design and communications company. We help our clients develop clear and consistent vision for their brand, products, services and environments. We specialise in…
★ So Dan Lyons Called →
And he’s all, “I guess you saw that ‘Dear Gruber: You’ve Been Pwned’ thing I wrote last week over at Fake Steve. Haven’t seen a link to it from Daring Fireball, so just checking to make sure…
newmedia.hhs.gov -- Social Media 101 →
A few thoughts on how to minimize traffic loss... →
A few thoughts on how to minimize traffic loss when using whole-site Flash content: Flash Detect Flow
Blackwater Founder Accused in Court of Intent to... →
The founder of Blackwater USA deliberately caused the deaths of innocent civilians in a series of shootings in Iraq, attorneys for Iraqis suing the security contractor told a federal judge Friday.
A Call for Open Source Genetic Engineering →
American farmers are incredibly inventive, innovative, and accomplished. They can do whatever we ask them, we just need to give them a new set of requirements…
France obtains tax suspects' Swiss account details... →
France has secured the names and details of some 3,000 suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts in what the budget minister described as a first in its battle against banking secrecy.
Ducati Hypermotard 1100s by SC Project →
SC Project Advanced Exhaust Systems is one of Pramac’s Racing official sponsors in MotoGP and at the Brno round two weeks ago presented this one off Ducati Hypermotard 1000S with…
(via palahniukandchocolate) →
(via palahniukandchocolate)
Museum of Animal Perspectives →
A bunch of videos that show the world from the perspective of several animals, including an armadillo, a wolf, a scorpion and a house fly. Here’s a bison’s view of moving with a herd: …
The $7 Million Inkjet Counterfeit Scam →
Making counterfeit money, it turns out, may not be as difficult as it seems. Albert Edward Talton, a man from Lawndale, California, figured out how to generate $7 million dollars in bogus…
NYC parkour →
Rocketboom recently profiled some parkour practitioners in NYC. Is 35 too late to take up a new sport? Tags: NYC parkour sports video
On donkeys, the "little pistons" of... →
Susan Orlean travels to Morocco to find out about donkeys for Smithsonian magazine. The medina in Fez may well be the largest urbanized area in the world impassable to cars and trucks, where…
Wrist-mounted flamethrowers →
A man demonstrates a pair of wrist-mounted flame throwers in his garage. This somehow does not end in tragedy, but I see a very painful sneeze in this fellow’s future. (via minizud) …
Man in a van interview →
Jimmy Tarangelo lives in Manhattan in a van down by the river. He doesn’t like paying rent, but he does like living in Manhattan. So what does he do? He lives in a van down by the river,…
Celebrity GPS voices →
I had no idea you could get celebrity voices for your GPS navigation device. There’s Mr. T (“what does he say if you need to go to the airport?”), Yoda, KITT from Knight Rider, Michael Caine…
Farewell, Reading Rainbow →
Reading Rainbow is going off the air today after 26 years, making it the third longest running show on PBS (after Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood). Nothing about this on…
Widescreen vs pan and scan →
This video features a number of directors talking about the difference between viewing films in widescreen vs. pan and scan. Martin Scorsese: [Converting to pan & scan] is, technically,…
Is Pentagon Trying To Shape War Coverage? →
The Defense Department has ordered profiles of reporters writing about Afghanistan and graded their coverage as “positive,” “negative” or “neutral” according to the independent military newspaper…
This is a failed robbery attempt with multiple... →
Radio Contact Lost With Chandrayaan-1 →
India’s lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft lost contact with ISRO’s ground station early on August 29. “We are not able to establish contact with the spacecraft. We are not getting the data, we…
20 best new features in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard →
20 best new features in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard So you think Apple’s new OS has little to offer? Think again,.
The Best and Worst in Web Design →
In the early days of the Internet, web sites looked awful, really really awful! Back then there was a great excuse for the poor and blind standards, nobody knew any better. So, to find web sites as…
UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment To Iran →
The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran in violation of a United Nations arms embargo. The UAE two weeks ago notified the UN Security Council of the…
The Most Terrifying Device I Have Ever Seen →
DO NOT JERK IT!
New Rules For U.S. Border Searches Of Portable... →
The Obama administration unveiled new rules for searching computers and other electronic devices when people enter the United States, attempting to address concerns about violating privacy and…
Miami Hacker Will Do Hard Time →
The Miami computer hacker who prosecutors say perpetrated the largest identity fraud case in U.S. history is heading to jail after agreeing to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated…
Surface Area Required to Power the World From... →
An infographic showing the surface area Required to Power the World From Solar Panels alone