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The iPad commercial from the Oscars – too fast?

Last night while watching the Oscars I saw this iPad commercial, which Engadget has shared, and I immediately thought it was too fast. I have seen the Keynote announcing the iPad and have poured over its features on the Web site – so I’m pretty familiar with what the iPad will do out of the [...]
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Using an Airport Express to extend a wireless network using the LAN port

Recently Eliza and I signed up for Netflix. Ever since moving into our new apartment I haven’t had the Xbox 360 connected to the Internet because of the location of my cable modem/router and because the Xbox 360 does not come Wifi-enabled by default. This hasn’t been too much of an issue since I haven’t been [...]
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The name iPad

Neven Mrgan just changed my perspective on the name iPad. I don’t particularly care for it. However, Neven compares iPad to the name of some of the top gadgets currently getting press. Turns out, iPad is an excellent name now.
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iPad impressions and keyboard wonkiness

I had published a placeholder link for the iPad when it was announced. I’ve now updated that post to include my impressions of the iPad based on the video, announcement video, and Web site. Kyle Slattery, whom you all should know by now, has also published a post about comparing the physical keyboard input with that [...]
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The Apple iPad

So, it has finally been announced. Now, what do I think about it? I have to admit that since it was announced, about 36 hours ago now, my opinion of the iPad has swung back and forth like a blade of grass in a stiff breeze. I sit here (on the couch no less) wishing I had [...]
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Apple Tablet roundup

On the cusp of an announcement from Apple later this afternoon (or morning if you’re in San Francisco where the event is taking place) I thought I’d roundup my favorite posts about the Apple Tablet up until today. I want a big iPhone too – Of course, I just had to include my own post about [...]
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Bernie the switcher

As you may recall Bernie has a support control center on his desk. Today I came into Viddler HQ to discover that he’s pretty much a switcher.
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I want a big iPhone too

The speculation about the upcoming product from Apple, presumably some form of tablet computer, is all over the place. The more I read the more I want. The more I want the more I wish. The more I wish the more I desire a big iPhone. I’ve thought about it a lot over the last several [...]
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The L5 Remote

Speaking of cool remote controls – the L5 Remote is a combination iPhone/iPod touch application + accessory to turn said iPhone or iPod touch into a remote control for your television, DVR, Blu-ray player, and just about anything else accepting IR input. Yes, please. But I’ll need a discount on two (one for my iPhone and [...]
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Chrome overtakes Safari for 3rd place among browsers

According to Mashable (via Net Applications via The Apple Blog) Chrome has surpassed Safari for third place among browsers in terms of market share. I’m as big an Apple fan as anyone but this is pretty well deserved on speed alone.
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Acorn 2.2 almost ready but you can get it now

Acorn, my image editor of choice on the Macintosh, is nearing a new release. Gus Mueller, the developer behind Flying Meat software, has a page set up to download the very latest builds of his products. You can now grab a beta copy of Acorn 2.2 which has a slew of excellent updates to test [...]
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Waterproofing your iPhone

As reported by Danilo Campos on Twitter “Any ziplock bag you happen to find in your kitchen will waterproof your phone while allowing the screen to respond.” So I gave it a whirl and it works! Neven Mrgan, who I heard this through, brought up a few great uses for this. He said “This means I [...]
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Why I bought Tweetie 2 for iPhone

I don’t buy a lot of iPhone applications. My reasons are that I don’t have a lot of extra money for such things and that many times I end up getting rid of an application a few weeks after installing it. In other words; why buy applications that I will not end up using long term? However, [...]
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My poor buddy list

In late August I opened iChat, as I typically do, only to see that no one was online. Having quite a few people in my buddy list this makes for a strange occurrence. I rarely see an empty buddy list. A few hours go by and I check it again, still – no one. After [...]
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Giving Instapaper a whirl

Instapaper, a read-later service by Tumblr’s Marco Arment, has been popping up in front of me for months. I’ve seen two of my friends, Justin and Jonathan, rave about it. So I thought it was time I gave it a spin. This morning I’ve installed the bookmarklet from the site, installed the free version of the [...]
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The official Flickr iPhone application. Stick with the mobile site.

Flickr recently released an official application for the iPhone (link opens iTunes). I agree with John Gruber, the design of the application is well done in many areas but it doesn’t feel very “Flickr-like” and isn’t as good as Flickr’s mobile site for the iPhone. My biggest gripe, besides the application crashing every few minutes, [...]
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Cicada skins

After climbing a tree at Lehigh University in an attempt to capture a cicada I ended up finding several skins left on a tree at about eye level. Go figure. There is tons of information on Cicadas on Wikipedia. Worth perusing.
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Chris Clark’s proposal for minimizing windows on Mac OS X

With Snow Leopard comes a markedly better way of handling window minimization into the Dock however Chris Clark feels as though it could be done better. His proposal is to minimize the windows directly behind the application icon on the Dock. I like it.
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This is not Things roadmap, yes it is

More opaque than transparent but I believe this is a pretty good mix. Cultured Code shares some insight into upcoming version(s) of Things. More software companies should offer insight like this.
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Workspace pano

Inspired by Chris Masto’s Workspace shot on Flickr – here is my way-too-messy desk. Made with Pano for iPhone.
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