January 2011
2 posts
My new linklog →
Now with 50% less design, 100% less content and 200% more whitespace. This current blog will no longer be maintained (as if it was for the latter half of its existence).
John Gruber's Questions on Google Dropping H.264... →
This.
December 2010
4 posts
Demolition Lab →
Something to note
I’m sure I wouldn’t be the first one to notice, but note how Google calls Chrome OS devices Google Chrome notebooks and never refers to them as netbooks, despite the fact that they’re probably the first literal netbooks.
Weep; and when the world weeps with you, laugh, and you’ll be the only one laughing.
Ben the Bodyguard →
Killer HTML5 teaser site for an upcoming iPhone app.
Amazing creativity. (via Daring Fireball)
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
7 posts
On the new iPods
marco:
It’s not that they made the Nano worse
Considering that the new Nano isn’t at all cheaper, they did. I agree that the new iPod lineup is a strategy to coerce people into buying an iPod touch, but the strategy includes “making iPod nano unpalatable by removing features without lowering the price.”
Apple Revises App Store Guidelines →
In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.
Someone speculated it’s because Apple’s queasy about the imminent release of Windows Phone 7. Here’s a question though: What are the...
Mark Hurd Joins Oracle as Co-President →
In naming Mark V. Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, as Oracle’s new co-president, Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle’s chief executive and largest shareholder, has put his money where his controversial mouth is.
(via Daring Fireball)
How Disney Stores Open
So was in town this morning and thought I’d pick up a form from the Disney Store for a part time job advertised online. So it’s about 8.50, I can see the staff inside just getting ready to open so I just wait outside. In a few minutes one of the staff open the front door and I go to ask for an application form. She told me the store wasn’t open yet but she wanted me to...
Cookies →
A wonderful little story. (via Neowin Forums)
On today / last night's Apple Keynote
New iPods Goodbye third generation Shuffle, hello second generation. If you like to control your iPod through the buttons on the earphones (as I’ve grown to like) and want a tiny device, get the old ones while you can. If you miss the on-device buttons, get the new ones.
The new Nano is a regression. There’s a cool new interface, yes, but you lose the ability to take or watch videos....
July 2010
4 posts
Directus
If anyone wants to update or modify the archaic theme and release it for public use or anything, feel free. I had originally wanted to update it to include the latest features, but I never got around to it.
(The theme was, at one point, featured in the Theme Garden, much to my delighted surprise. This resulted in some minor popularity, and the Tumblr staff very kindly fixed it to include some...
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning →
Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the...
I am back
And will hopefully sort a few things out and resume blogging soon. Sorry.
April 2009
13 posts
return(0);
In an attempt to free myself of online distractions, I am now putting my Tumblr on indefinite hiatus. If you follow me, I urge you to unfollow me now. Old posts can still be accessed through the archive.
Articulate alpha 2 →
My extremely primitive and inelegant PHP-based semi-dynamic website generator. Download and use at your own risk.
“People are either just afraid of change or think it’s cool to jump on the...”
– David Lee
“Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by...”
– Ivan Chermayeff (via affremblequotes)
“We had a neighbor over for dinner, and he gave great advice, such as: Two drinks...”
– Jacob Hurwitz
Google's Love for Newspapers and How Little They... →
(via GMSTR)
The dark side of Dubai →
Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging.
(via inky)
“To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.”
– Berton Averre (via affremblequotes)
“Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.”
– Robert Orben (via livejamie)
WatchThis is so wrong, yet hilarious in a really weird way.
March 2009
8 posts
“Like a lot of people I have a bad habit of CMD-Clicking tab sets in my browser,...”
– Merlin Mann
wylie:
Everyone should be an artist.
Everyone is an artist, whether they realise or not.
Victims of Class Warfare. Did I Mention Me? →
As an unaffected bystander, I smirk at his ridiculous attitude. If I were American, though, I would most positively be outraged.
UPDATE: Looks like I got confused by a literary device commonly known as ‘satire.’
Fatal Distraction →
Forgetting a child in the back seat of a hot, parked car is a horrifying, inexcusable mistake. But is it a crime?
It’s agonising to see how everyone related, from the dead to the family, suffers (yes, I feel that denial / nonchalance is just one of the ways people deal with it - It can’t possibly not hurt) when something like this happens. There is no single victim, for everyone is...
Westboro Church Protest Meets Students’ Mocking →
wylie:
frothyparadise:
“The students held a sign reading ‘Figs Doom Nations’ and planted themselves across the street from the WBC, drawing from a Biblical passage in which Jesus disparages a fig tree. ‘If you need scanty biblical evidence for anything, we’ve got it,’ said fourth-year Carmel Levy as he handed out flyers containing biblical citations that read: ‘Jesus rebuked the fig as an evil...
February 2009
21 posts
Apple, Please Stop Being Silly →
UPDATE: The apps have now been approved.
The first season of Sean Howard’s terrific and ppopular web comic, A Modest Destiny, was set to be released as an iPhone / iPod touch application. A free version of the app, containing the first 57 comics, was submitted to the App Store for review. Yesterday, Howard posted an update:
Apple has rejected the app for content that is “obscene,...
staff:
Tumblrette is now the official Tumblr iPhone App! (and it’s free!)
Sweet.
Tropicana to Return to Old Packaging →
“I’m incredibly surprised by the reaction,” added [Peter Arnell], referring to the complaints about his agency’s design work, but “I’m glad Tropicana is getting this kind of attention.” Um, yeah, it’s the wrong kind of attention, the kind you would never want your client to get because of your work.
Safari 4 Beta →
I’m not liking the new UI so much (especially not the tabs), and I don’t really care for the fancier features, but this is nice:
If you’re using Safari on a PC with Windows Vista or Windows XP, you’ll feel right at home. That’s because Safari features a native look — just like other Windows applications — including a native title bar, borders, and toolbars. To provide a consistent...
On Drowning →
I used to manage a band called The Format. They ceased to exist one year ago today. It was a 4.9 quake in the grand scheme of the music world, causing damage to only poorly constructed buildings over small regions. The truly scary thing is that it didn’t occur anywhere near a fault line - not a single soul predicted it, let alone those of us who had built a house on top of the ground that ended...
Dinner with a Stranger →
livejamie:
Franke James received an unusual email from a stranger who invited himself and a guest to dinner at her house… in exchange for a $200 charitable donation. Read the rest in James’ illustrated story.
lol Theory
The theory that the internet phrase “lol,” meaning “laugh out loud,” can be placed at any part in any sentence and make said sentence lose all credibilty and seriousness.
ex 1. Doc: We need to operate on your colon lol, you have cancer.
ex 2. Jesus: Take this all of you and eat it, it is my body, lol.
ex 3. Me: Will you marry me? Lol.
(via livejamie)
Search Harper's Index →
John Gruber:
Searchable, linkable, tweetable archive of the entire 25-year history of Harper’s Index.
Insanely cool.
“I’d rather have a high IQ and be completely ignorant of it, than take an...”
– Kevin Cornell