August 2009
Designing type with cars: idsgn (a design blog) →
“When two type designers, an interactive artist, and a professional race car driver got together… a font was born.”
Know your type: Gotham: idsgn (a design blog) →
I love this typeface.
20 Technothriller Tropes We Hope Never to See... →
Hilarious run down of the most overused cliches in summer movies.
July 2009
“Jason is a great poker player and he is right that you need to double down on...”
– Double Down, But Only On The Right Hand (via fillup)
I Quit The iPhone →
volvowagon:
Arrington ditches the iPhone.
Images of Disney’s Steampunk Interactive Game →
This is amazing … I would totally play this DIsney game.
inessential.com: Anatomy of a feature →
“Oh, it’s easy, just a quick http call. I could write a script to do it in like 20 seconds.”
Source: Lamar Odom will return to the Los Angeles... →
Sweetness…
Apple's Chickenshit Approval Process Has Gone Too... →
A year after we said we still need the iPhone app black market, nothing’s changed. To wit, GV Mobile’s available on Cydia right now.
There’s No App for That « Riverturn Blog and Talk... →
As has been widely reported at this point, we are very sorry to announce that Apple removed our VoiceCentral app from the App Store. This happened suddenly, swiftly and with virtually no advance notice from Apple.
REVIEW: GI JOE - THE RISE OF COBRA →
CHUD likes it! I knew it! This is going to be the best movie of the summer, I KNOW IT.
Lessons Learned: Embrace technical debt →
The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. Many conclude that technical debt is a bad thing, and that teams that incur technical debt are sloppy, irresponsible or stupid.
In this post, I want to challenge that idea, by talking about real-world situations where debt is highly valuable.
Is the iPhone causing Apple to lose the plot? →
LOL. Is Apple REALLY using old neo-con GOP rhetoric now? We’re doing it to PROTECT AMER-I-CA!
“Apple wants to make jailbreaking illegal because it supposedly threatens our nation’s cellphone tower infrastructure, and thereby threatens our national security.”
“Taking control of the BBP [baseband processor, which regulates connections between the phone and tower] software...
“John Carmack of id Software: “If [iPhone] games could have a reasonable shelf...”
– From The Top » Blog Archive » The Emperor’s New Clothes
“With the latest app rejection being Google Voice, I am one step closer to...”
– Where do I sign up? « carpeaqua by Justin Williams
Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying an iPhone →
slackr:
couldn’t agree more…
Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created |... →
Transparent aluminum!!! It’s like Star Trek!
Bashiok on Class-Specific Drops | Random Ranting |... →
Re: Diablo 3 changes to itemization.
A Cyst, A Scalpel, and Lots of Beer →
not safe for anyone; Internet, you never let me down
MySpace Overtakes Evite On The Event Planning... →
Hurtful comments are hurtful.
William Shatner Makes Sarah Palin's Speech Into... →
This is fracking amazingly hilarious. TO THE FUTURE!
Does Silicon Valley noise detract from long-term... →
Encountering the Silicon Valley echochamber I grew up in Seattle and worked there for many years, and finally moved to the Bay Area in 2007 because I wanted to be at the epicenter of the…
How to Send Full Resolution Photos from Your... →
If you email photos from your iPhone using the standard “share” button, it shrinkifies them to a squee 800x600. But if you copy and paste them into the email app, you’ll get the full delicious…
Blu-ray releases on July 28th 2009 →
Shared by iomegadrive
zomg. BSG, the Complete Series on Blu-Ray. Needs.
Filed under: Blu-ray
Universal really comes to the rescue this week with a very nice slate of releases. As if
“Once you switch to Windows 7 Media Center there is no going back. It might not...”
– Windows 7 Media Center review
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule →
I wonder where I fit in this break down. I feel it’s somewhere down the middle, leaning toward manager’s schedule.
Must. Stop. Brain. Drain.
fillup:
I could not agree more. We should be begging people to come here.
continuations:
I just ran across an article titled “Skilled Immigrants on Why They are Leaving the U.S.” in BusinessWeek (via Techmeme). It is not surprising to find diminished job prospects in the U.S. as a key reason, but I was shocked to read that the wait time for a Green Card for Indian and Chinese citizens is...
How Many Content Subscriptions Do You Want? →
fillup:
spiridellis:
Disney CEO Bob Iger told a tech conference crowd yesterday that his company is interested in putting up more content online, but it won’t be free, and it might require a subscription. From…
Op-Ed Columnist - And That’s Not the Way It Is -... →
fillup:
Hear, hear, brother.
12 Standard Screen Patterns for Designing Web... →
This is pretty neat. I think it might even be print out worthy.
WatchThis is fun … but absolutely of no use me thinks to unraveling the mysteries of the show.
valan:
Mysteries of the Universe: The Dharma Initiative
Evolution of a Revolution: Visualizing Millions of... →
At its peak, a search for “Iran” on Twitter generated over 100,000 tweets per day and over 8,000 tweets per hour. The plot just below shows the growth in volume of information in the number of…
How to read the Wall Street Journal online without... →
via @temojin & @AndrewWarner
'Dexter' season four trailer (video) --The Live... →
I don’t know how they do it, but this season looks even more intense then the last…
Google Latitude for iPhone Is a Lame Web App... →
slackr:
WTF!?
I am about to call Comcast
lacrossestick:
To get cable and internet set up. Again. In my apartment. They are the only affordable alternative to satellite and DSL, and they know it. I’m fairly certain Comcast is Satan’s above-ground HQ. How else would a nationwide cable company get away with treating every single one of its customers with 100% derision? Anyone who has had contact with this big fiery asshole of a company...
Foxconn iPhone Worker Sun Danyong's Final Messages... →
So sad…
This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were... →
This is badass. I need Surface now…
