September 2008
44 posts
Print PDFs directly to iPod →
beautiful.
Pass parameters with the Delegate class →
neat trick if you’re ever stuck in AS2
Daring Fireball Linked List: Google Comes Out... →
Always good when the G gets behind political issues. Why should they just stick to advertising?
Sept. 25, 1878: Yes, Smoking Is a Health Hazard →
“Surely gallantry, if not common honesty, should suggest the practical inference from this fact.”
Android and T-Mobile G1's Five Worst Flaws
Daring Fireball Linked List: Android and T-Mobile G1’s Five Worst Flaws
Gruber says it best (again):
“If Android developers tend to take the easy way out and just target the lowest common denominator of device capabilities, then the platform will never rival the iPhone — and it will only fall further behind each successive year.”
So let me get this straight: Android means I’m going to have to go back to carrying 2 devices, an iPod AND a phone? Screw that!
“This show is so bad, that I deleted my free download episode because it was an...”
– iTunes Store Link
Most IMPORTANT Point EVER Made by Bill Maher!!! →
September 19, 2008 HBO Real Time with Bill Maher
Two Space Shuttles + One Rainbow →
Great picture of Atlantis & Endeavour together on the launchpads with the support tower retracted. STS-126 (Atlantis) is the last mission to Hubble, LON-400 (Endeavour) is a contingency rescue…
Microsoft's 'I'm a PC' campaign created with Macs →
…not even Microsoft itself can wean itself off the Mac…
“I just this meme, is it dangerous? ROFL”
– link
Daring Fireball: There's Nothing There →
If people were to ask me why I believe Microsoft is dead in the water (and has been for years), I’d point them to John Gruber, who explains it best.
iPhone 3G has a hidden data matrix code →
fsjk85 at the Australian Whirlpool forums was playing around with his camcorder’s NightShot function when he found something interesting…
Get Extra Sleep with iNap →
Great idea. Doubles as a makeshift alarm if you program your house into it and manage to strap your iPhone to a member of the zombie horde.
wondering if this is the end of his Origins phase, or fat Elvis period…
Rarely Seen Space Shuttle [PICS] →
These photos deserve a wide viewing audience: the amount of thought and engineering that goes into every launch is immense; each successful take-off represents the Mankind’s finest effort, and is a…
Nike Women: Nicola Sanders | Creativity Online →
Nicola Sanders and her talking body parts
Apple iPod nano Fourth-Generation (8GB/16GB) |... →
An incredibly in-depth review of everything that’s changed in the new nano. It’s good to see the hard work at the Mothership getting the attention it deserves. Say what you want about them, but this…
Western Digital offers 500GB notebook drive →
WOW. Just WOW! If it weren’t for the fact that it spins at 5400 and my MacBook Pro spins at 7200, I’d be all over this!
NASA Image of the Day →
“The dichotomy of being on a spacecraft dedicated to improving life on the earth and watching life being destroyed by such willful, terrible acts is jolting to the psyche, no matter who you are.” -…
Apple details next-gen Nike+ system with GPS, wear... →
So your iPod could tell you about points of interest based on the gps unit in your shoe. Now if they can just put a microphone and speaker into the soles of the shoe, we’d be done.
WatchWicked Cool Post-It Note Movie - Geekologie
iPod timeline [image] →
A brief history of iPod, in a timeline. Interesting to note the 2nd generation 120GB iPod classic announced yesterday goes for the same price as the original iPod mini did back in 2004 which had only…
GTD Overview →
an introduction to getting things done, including an overview of Things. (I use Things on iPhone exclusively, not the desktop app, and love it â even if I haven’t figured out all the features…
AJAX contact form →
An AJAX contact form that actually works (with mootools) â although I did have to hack at it a bit.
Watch TR2N Trailer Tron 2 Better Version : Teaser Trailer
Apparently: “John Lasseter got behind the project. Disappointed with the direction Steve Lisberger was going in, Lasseter hired Lost writers Eddie Kitsis & Adam Horowitz to overhaul the screenplay.
“But the guys at Disney weren’t yet convinced that Kosinski’s vision of Tron 2 would be commercially viable. So Kosinski spent...
Abrams on Fringe: Science, Conspiracies and 'The... →
“What made X-Files so great is that they’d do a number of shows that have nothing to do with the mythology. Fringe is closer to E.R. almost, where you have these ongoing relationships and story…
NBC’s THE OFFICE Writers Are Scripting... →
Sony has hired Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, writer-producers on the American version of “The Office,” to script a “Ghostbusters” movie that would reunite Venkman, Stanz, Spengler and Zeddemore.
Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With... →
As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning…
USB Tape Hub - I Want One Of Those →
because, really, who doesn’t?
iPhone 1.1.2 update boosts clock speed →
interesting, I just found out that while the ARM chip is capable of running up to 600MHz, it’s clocked to around 400MHz to save on battery life. Smart.
Git vs Svn Comparsion →
a good rundown on the differences (ha!) between git and svn version control methodologies
Snow Patrol to release iPhone app with new album |... →
This is just about the coolest idea I’ve heard in a long time. How about $9.99 for an app that includes the album. Awesome. Good riddance to optical discs and paper booklets.
Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits, Santa... →
Great article on why old MacBooks had the 3GB RAM limit, and how Windows users are getting scammed. Boy I’m glad I upgraded to the MacBook Pro SR. Can’t wait for Snow Leopard!
What Does 200 Calories Look Like? →
great point of reference
I Love Stars - menu extra, by Potion Factory →
I’ll tell you what I love: simple apps that do one thing well. This is perfect for rating tracks in iTunes. Check out all the nifty features (and attention to detail!). Let’s see how useful this is…
Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples →
A useful rundown of some common navigation graphic styles. Useful for inspiration.
Easy Vertical Centering with CSS →
fantastic walkthrough of a simple solution to a common problem
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Do You Speak American? →
PBS microsite quiz of American accents
Google on Google Chrome →
Come to think of it, this sounds a lot like Fluid (fluidapp.com), and Safari 4.