March 2010
"Sulcer’s winning purchase was, ironically, Johnny... →
“Sulcer’s winning purchase was, ironically, Johnny Cash’s “Guess Things Happen That Way,” which Sulcer downloaded for a mix of Cash songs he was making for his son.” - How awesome is it that the
NPR is streaming the new Frightened Rabbit album →
NPR is streaming the new Frightened Rabbit album: Streaming until the album is released on March 9
Logorama →
One of the films up for the Best Animated Short Oscar is called Logorama. It’s a Pulp Fiction-inspired ditty composed almost entirely of inventively used corporate logos. A screenshot is…
Using Thickbox in the WordPress Admin →
A complete guide to using Thickbox in the WordPress admin, despite the ingenious traps laid by the developers of the media manager and Thickbox itself. With this guide in hand, you too can shout out…
They’re All Out of You →
The Macalope: So far, 2010 has been dominated by non-stop iPad speculation and Macworld Expo, but it’s time to get back to basics: jerks!
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February 2010
‘Find My iPhone’ Rescues Two Stolen Phones at... →
Great story.
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FontShop Now Licensing Web Fonts →
Including great families like DIN and Meta. Even better, they work with Typekit for cross-browser compatibility and ease-of-use.
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"Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10... →
Sams Teach Yourself Basecamp in 10 Minutes [Amazon] by Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a new book that’s the most comprehensive guide to Basecamp we’ve ever seen. If you want to know everything there…
Which cities will flood when sea levels attack [... →
What does a metre sea level rise actually mean? This is how we visualised some of the data confusion.
BUSTED! Google Hackers Linked To Chinese... →
US analysts believe they have identified the Chinese author of the critical programming code used in the alleged state-sponsored hacking attacks on Google and other western companies, making it far…
Most Racist 911 Call Ever (Video) →
Louis CK shows us what a 911 call gone wrong sounds like.
G.M. to Close Hummer After Sale Collapses →
Hummer, the brand of big sport-utility vehicles that became synonymous with the term “gas guzzler,” is being shut down after a deal to sell it to a Chinese manufacturer fell apart, General Motors…
iPhone 3GS titanium mod →
Not sufficiently pleased with the plastic casing provided by Apple, Martin opened up his favorite CAD program and refashioned his phone into the much hardier and indubitably more awesome machine you…
Lingerie Model Head of All-Model Drug Smuggling... →
Police have issued the sexiest international arrest warrant ever for Angie Sanselmente Valencia, a former lingerie model who has (allegedly!) been training other models to move illegal drugs across…
Think cold cash for less pain →
Think cold cash for less pain: New research finds that simply the thought of money can make people feel less pain: Cash gives people an inner strength and can reduce their physical and…
How genetics works →
As information visualizations go, you can’t get much better than this. Tags: genetics infoviz
Fruitful multiplication →
Yitta Schwartz died last month aged 93. It’s estimated she may have had over 2000 living descendants, including more than 200 grandchildren. In 1953, the Schwartzes migrated to the United…
Inventory of the infinite canvas →
Inventory of the infinite canvas: Keeping track:
1998: Porphyria, webcomic
2009, Jan: And the Pursuit of Happiness, blog
2009: Dec: Pictory, showcase for photo stories
2009, Dec: GF1 Field Test
Beautiful Art Deco camera →
This handsome fellow is the Kodak Bantam Special, a limited-edition camera from 1936. Manufactured by Kodak, designed by Teague. (via monoscope) Tags: Art Deco cameras Kodak …
Blog: Josh Lewis » The iPad and the Importance of... →
Blog: Josh Lewis » The iPad and the Importance of Focus: You hate Jane, don’t you. Just say it. Go ahead, give her that netbook and slap her in the face. You jerk.
Meet Jane.
∞ Create a simple timer using LaunchBar and... →
The problem
I often find myself at my computer waiting for a specified length of time to pass before taking action on something. These waiting periods and actions aren’t the type you’d normally…
Something awesome is happening right now in the... →
Something awesome is happening right now in the skies above Manhattan.
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Every now and then I’ll read... →
patrickmoberg:
Every now and then I’ll read something that creates a really clear image in my brain. The following is a great example of that. I’m going to start trying to get those images…
3-D printer for manufacturing human tissue and... →
A pair of companies have developed a bio-printer that works just like a regular 3-D printer but instead of using polymer, it uses human tissue to print out skin, blood vessels, and livers. To…
Merlin Mann Interviews Clipstart Developer Manton... →
Nice interview, and if you haven’t checked out Clipstart, you should. (Click the “Download MOV file” link to get a nice big H.264 version right in Safari.)
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Bob Dylan sings Mama Said Knock You Out →
From Wikipedia: Bob Dylan has this song on his playlist for Episode 2 of The Theme Time Radio Hour, during which Dylan memorably recited a full verse of the song. The playlist for…
Mama Said Knock You Out →
I favorited a YouTube video: Bob Dylan and Steve Merchant perform the hit song with guest appearance by LL Cool J.
Homeless Oscar picks →
Greg Sloane, who calls the streets of New York home, thinks that Avatar should win best picture at the Oscars. “I hope ‘Avatar’ wins so they keep it in theaters longer,” he said. “It’s three…
EU Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Google →
You’ll never guess who’s leading the charges against them.
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"They tried to trace her via her Pomeranian lapdog... →
“They tried to trace her via her Pomeranian lapdog but found it registered to a disused warehouse.” - Possibly my favorite detail in the story of Angie Sanselmente Valencia, a former lingerie…
Rob Goodlatte →
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Single buyer bags 10 Aston Martin One-77 Supercars →
In the normal world of ours, we can only dream of owning “a” supercar, however, to dream of owning 10 supercars, either you’ve got to be a lazy bum with a lot of lazybones or you are someone…
New approach to generating truly random numbers →
New approach to generating truly random numbers.
The German team has now developed a true random number generator that uses an extra layer of randomness by making a computer memory element, a…
YouTube Version of Your Humble Narrator’s Macworld... →
Now that the whole thing has been posted to YouTube, you can watch from Flash-less devices such as your iPhone or Apple TV, or even sans Flash on your Mac if you’ve signed up for YouTube’s HTML5…
Computing Simplicity? →
Computing Simplicity?:
When I published my post titled, “Dear Mr. Jobs” last week, I heard a couple of comments about my “cluttered” menubar. It got me thinking about the current move towards…
Mimeo and the Kleptopus King →
As anyone on Dribbble already knows, I have been hard at work on my next iPhone/iPod touch game for the past two months. With the public launch of Dribbble imminent (I haven’t heard anything…
Mimeo and the Kleptopus King →
Shaun Inman’s upcoming iPhone platform game. You collect power-ups not to upgrade your character but to upgrade the world. Looks glorious.
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SSDs and the MacBook Pro →
Check out the side-by-side comparison late in the video of the time it takes to launch 10 apps simultaneously from an SSD versus a traditional hard disk.
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Ridley Track →
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Ted Rall is Kickstarting a reporting trip to... →
Ted Rall is Kickstarting a reporting trip to Afghanistan: He’s trying to raise $25,000 to get there, report and get home to write a book about it. No media outlet will cover his expenses so he’s…
Free Software Foundation’s Open Letter to Google... →
Free Software Foundation to Google: With your purchase of On2, you now own both the world’s largest video site (YouTube) and all the patents behind a new high performance video codec — VP8. Just…
Back that thang up! →
A friend of mine recently suffered a devastating loss. His MacBook Pro hard drive died taking with it a bulk of his data. I know how it feels. It has happened to me in the past and I have seen it…
Total Tweets Per Day →
Especially remarkable considering how much more reliable Twitter has been for the last year or so.
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The net is moving irreversibly to include... →
Originally posted in New Rules …everything of the world. As the net takes over, many observers have noted the gradual displacement in our economy of materials by information. Automobiles…
Improving Your Commute →
Road traffic is a challenging societal problem, and with the increasing crowding of areas in and around cities, it is only becoming worse. With the proliferation of wireless connectivity,…
Pista Concept →
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Ephemera: The Mac tool for Instapaper & ebook... →
Ephemera: The Mac tool for Instapaper & ebook reader enthusiasts:
Ephemera – If you are looking for a simple way to get your Instapaper cache into your eBook reader (It supports just…
Flash, Google, VP8, and the Future of Internet... →
Jason Garrett-Glaser, currently lead developer of x264, on the state of Internet video. Thoughtful, detailed, insightful analysis.
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RIP iPod [Geek & Mild] →
RIP iPod [Geek & Mild]: From the consumer’s perspective, I don’t see a compelling reason to keep the iPod around. If presented with the option of either an iPod Classic or Nano model or a touch…
Aegis Prototype →
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