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HBO decided to publish the entire first episode of Aaron Sorkin's latest TV-series Newsroom to YouTube. When I visited that page on YouTube yesterday I saw that the views were only at…
To give you a taste of how Kim Dotcom rolls watch this interview with him from earlier this year. He really is smooth.
Shawn Blanc: If Apple had reimagined the iOS Home screen last week I expect it would have had much in common with the way Launch Center Pro works. He might be right….
Kim Dotcom, as he's now called, couldn't be deeper in the legal mire going against non-other than the actual US Department of Justice yet he still finds the time to work on…
John Gruber, on why Microsoft needs to be the one making Surface (and not a third-party like HP or Sony): The intention is obviously to slow the iPad down, but the radical…
Filipe Kiss shares a great way to beautify, and arguably make more readable, the git log. I shared this with a few people via IM yesterday and last night I realized how…
Dr. Drang heats his water up in the microwave for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Here is why it isn't a moment longer: The annoyance came from the turntable in the microwave…
Yesterday I wrote: I think Microsoft should focus and invest in making this their flagship product… Joshua Topolsky of The Verge on Microsoft's "shift" with the Surface: That's a big shift, and…
Wayne Barz, the Manager of Entreprenuerial Services at Ben Franklin Technology Partners in Northeastern, Pennsylvania thinks that question; "What is your exit strategy?" is hurting business and that the early days are…
Microsoft Surface, a name that was reserved for Microsoft's table-sized device not that long ago, is now a tablet device that runs Windows 8 and comes with an ultra-thin keyboard. Actual judgements…
Just when you thought podcasts couldn't get any geekier Andrew Pontious and Wolf Rentzsch have launched The Edge Cases Show. Bring your own pocket-protectors.
Speaking of Andrew Kim, check out this thoughtful pieceon an experiment for donating to an arboretum. Oh, but I have to say the main reason I'm linking to it is that he…
I know I'm a bit late on this but I'd be remiss not to mention that Aperture 3.3 and iPhoto 9.3 can now share the same photo library. This is huge. My…
Buzz Andersen is starting something new again and writes down his thoughts on why: If I had to identify a theme in my career thus far, it would probably be that I’m…
Haiku OS: Haiku is an open source operating system currently in development that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the Be Operating System, Haiku aims to become a fast, efficient, simple to…
The Theme Foundry, who is arguably doing the best work in professional WordPress theming, just announced that all of their themes already support WordPress 3.4's new theme customizer. We’ve been keeping an…
Tumblr Kit: A jQuery framework for ajax loading post content via Tumblr’s v2 API and rendering it in your document using customisable JsRender templates. See the demo. Interesting. Works well and is a…
Brett Terpstra, the guy behind nvALT (among many other things) which is literally open all day long on my Mac, was recently featured on Shawn Blanc Sweet Mac Setup series. Excellent all…
Colin Nissan (great name, by the way) writes The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. Great list… here's one tip: STUDYTHERULES,THENBREAKTHEM Part of finding your own voice as a…
I have so much food envy right now.
I've been thoroughly enjoying the archive of The Infinite Monkey Cage Podcast – a very scientific and nerdy podcast aboutastrophysicsamong other things. It stars Brian Cox of the Wonders of the Universe…
The latest release of Reeder for iPhone has just hit the App Store. All sorts of goodies in this release – copiously described and illustrated by Shawn Blanc. However, a big, big…
The latest version of WordPress has been released featuring a pretty great live theme preview feature. Theme developers will need to do a few things to make their themes compatible. Upgrade!
Chris said not to share this list but also said that every rule on this list was breakable so here is me breaking the rules and sharing the list anyway. My favorite…
Andrew Kim, at the speed of light, has already reviewed the new iPad Smart Case. Spoiler: he doesn't love it. I had high hopes for this case but it's simply lacking in…
CodeIgniter 2.1.1 has been released. Looks like a pretty solid point release to sure up a few pain points. I use CodeIgniter to build Nilai so I'll be working on upgrading this…
More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.
All photos taken with iPhone 4 using Hueless.
This is going back to mid-May but I've wanted to chime in on this NPR article about Pizza Delicious in New Orleans and their attempt to use Facebook Ads to drum up…
Foursquare just updated their iOS application and I think it is great. MG Siegler sums it up: A day into using it, I agree that new Foursquare is a significant improvement in…