Year: 2012
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A man’s life does not result from the things he possesses
I found myselfnoddingmy head in agreement with Shawn Blanc’s It’s Just Stuff: I may drive a Jeep because I’m a Colorado boy at heart, and I may own a charcoal grill because I like things “pure”, and I may own Apple gadgets because I have an affinity for fine software. So yes, you can tell
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Delivery Status – A package tracking widget for Mac OS X
The post on GAget was mildly popular. I’m happy about that. It means that more people are seeing a useful Mac OS X Dashboard widget than may have otherwise. Especially since Apple hasn’t updated their Dashboard widget directory since very early in 2011. Well, here is another widget I suggest taking a look at. Whenever
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How to speed up Mail.app just a bit
This isn’t anything new and it has been covered elsewhere in much more detail. However, there are a few ways to speed up Mail. I’ve tried two. One I highly recommend, the other is up to you because I don’t want to be responsible for any problems that may arise as a result of you
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How to use services in Mac OS X
Let me just admit this right off the bat; I don’t use services in Mac OS X. I’ll use an Alfred extension or two in order to make my life a little easier but I’ve never really tried to get services to stick in my workflows. I’m going to change that. This article by Kirk
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The definition of Incubator
This edition of real words doesn’t really come from me but rather from Wayne Bartz who manages the Ben Franklin TechVentures incubator in Bethlehem, PA where Viddler was annexed for the first five or so years. He seems a bit miffed at people mistaking an incubator for an accelerator. The best argument I could use
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Thoreau on sunsets
Henry David Thoreau, on January 7, 1852, pretty much nails my thoughts of every evening. We never tire of the drama of sunset. I go forth each afternoon and look into the west a quarter of an hour before sunset, with fresh curiosity, to see what new picture will be painted there, what new panorama
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Eric Schmidt as CEO of Microsoft? No. How about Rubinstein?
Robert X. Cringely predicts that Eric Schmidt could be Microsoft’s next CEO replacing Steve Ballmer. I’m not saying it wouldn’t or couldn’t happen but I will say it would be an even worse move than when the Board decided Ballmer was a good choice to replace Bill Gates. At the end of his piece he
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Everyone is making bread. You should too.
That artisan style bread recipe I published the other day has spurred on a few people to make their own. It really is very, very easy to make this style of bread. It is rewarding and delicious to boot! So, if you’re reading this and you sorta kinda wanted to try to make your own
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More benefits of turning off comments
Over four years ago whether a blog should or shouldn’t have comments was a heavily debated topic in the blogging community. Back then I wrote about one possible benefit of disabling comments. One of the benefits I see coming from disabling comments is the number of links you end up getting back to your site.
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An artisan style bread recipe
Artisan bread isbest described by thinking about the person who makes the bread. An artisan baker is a craftsperson who is trained to the highest ability to mix, ferment, shape and bake a hand crafted loaf of bread. They understand the science behind the chemical reactions of the ingredients and know how to provide the
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Paper stop motion Mario
Jeremiah Warren recreates level 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. using paper and stop motion animation. It is remarkably well done.
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The Night Sky for iOS
For the last few nights I’ve been playing around with The Night Sky on iOS. It is really fun to use and a wee bit magical. If you want an app on your iPhone that has some wow-factor – this is it. Everyone I’ve showed this app has purchased it immediately after seeing it.
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Why movie revenue is down
Roger Ebert gives six reasons why he thinks movie revenue was way down in 2011. Here is one of them: 3. The theater experience. Moviegoers above 30 are weary of noisy fanboys and girls. The annoyance of talkers has been joined by the plague of cell-phone users, whose bright screens are a distraction. Worse, some
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Om Malik on the tech start-up scene in Berlin
Om Malik on the tech start-up scene in Berlin: The lack of classical German industries means it is a city with fewer jobs than other parts of Germany. It also means the city has lower wages compared to the rest of Germany and much of Europe. The sprawling nature of the city means that Berlin