Photos of UPenn Weave Bridge by Albert Yee
Brilliant photos from Albert Yee the new Weave Bridge at UPenn show that it is pretty stunning. I love when people take the opportunity to make something beautiful in a place where…
Blog
Posts, notes, and things worth sharing.
Longer thoughts, quick observations, photographs, and links. All in one place, newest first.
The Boxee Box.
The Boxee Box, a mini-square-ish computer with the sole purpose of running Boxee on a television, is becoming more compelling with every press release. Made by D-Link this little box is being…
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…
Joining the drum line for Realtime RSS
I remember when I first learned about RSS. At the time my personal Web site was running on some homegrown content management system that I built myself using ASP. So I was…
Gravity Wells by XKCD
XKCD, which I suggested that you all subscribe to nearly one year ago, continues to amaze. Gravity Wells, a recent comic about the relative gravitational pulls of the celestial objects in our…
Adding one step to Aaron Swartz’s thoughts on hiring programmers
If you're in a hiring phase you'll want to peruse Aaron Swartz's thoughts on hiring programmers. The process that he walks through could, and should, be used for hiring just about anyone…
Eiffel Tower blueprints
Probably better described as yellowprints these "blueprints" are reproductions (presumably far better looking ones) of the original documents used to build the Eiffel Tower found in a book from 1900. I never…
GeoAPI now a service by Twitter
As you've probably read Twitter has acquired Mixer Labs who runs GeoAPI, an API for all things location, and plans to integrate that API and its team directly into Twitter's offerings. Brady…
Ways of reading by Mandy Brown
Crap. Crap. Crap. In March of this year I wrote: "Editor's note: I don't know Mandy Brown but her blog is definitely in the top three well-written blogs that I subscribe to….
What Brightkite could be. What Brightkite should be.
The line between what Brightkite offers and what Twitter offers their respective communities is arguably very thin. Both offer fantastic microblogging features including updates and notifications via SMS, the Web, and APIs….
Five best iPhone camera mods
Thanks to iSmashPhone for including my macro lens for the iPhone in their five best iPhone camera mods.
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…
The best of 2009 as told by me
In November 2008 I put forth a list of things I thought were the best Web sites, applications, and various other things that I came across in 2008. I said "They are…
Chillin with Pickles
Waiting for the coffee to finish brewing with my buddy.
The best shelf in the pantry
Kyle, I hope your jealous.
The Twitter blog takes one step forward and two steps back
The Twitter blog has a brand new design and it looks pretty slick. However, it no longer shows trackbacks and/or comments for each blog post effectively losing a few years worth of…
A 70-minute video review of The Phantom Menace
This is the best thing I've ever seen. Watch it. /via Every Star Wars geek I subscribe to. PS. There is a lot of backstory that goes along with this link. An…
Cure writer’s block by using Skribit
Skribit, the very same service I use to allow suggestions on First initial, last name, has finally opened its doors to the public. I suggest checking it out. See what I did…
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…
French toast made with cinnamon bread
Like last time I used this recipe. It was a little sweet for me (typically I do not order my french toast with cinnamon or powered sugar) but it turned out really…
Rt. 6 Bridge
Taken with my iPhone while getting gas one morning and cross processed in Mill Colour (iTunes link).
Tumblr’s Twitter API
Hot on the heels of Wordpress' Twitter API Tumblr has announced their own Twitter-like API for reading and writing to Tumblogs. I love that they came right out and said that they…
WordPress’ Twitter API
Wordpress.com, to be specific, now has an API that mirrors the Twitter API. This effectively allows any Twitter client, such as Tweetie or Hahlo, to read and write to Wordpress.com powered blogs…
Gorillacam by Joby
Joby, the makers of the Gorilla flexible tripods, have released a free iPhone camera application called Gorillacam that could be used as a replacement for the default camera app. Tripod not included…
TeuxDeux – A simple, designy, to do app
I've seen TeuxDeux recommended by several blogs that I'm subscribed to over the last few weeks so I finally took a few minutes to take a look. Turns out it is exactly…
Joining Project52
"Project52 is a personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year." I've never liked the…
Something is diverting the Twitter stream
Last night, long after my "sleep" preference that I have set up on Twitter, I got a text message from Paul Stamatiou via Twitter. I follow Paul, or @Stammy as he's known…
Yes, Panic has a blog.
In July of this year I conducted an interview with the co-founders of Panic about transparency in software development which was published in September. Prior to that interview in a short, off-the-cuff,…
Brushes. Inventoried and repaired.
Picked up a copy of Lessons from a Lifetime of Watercolor Painting by Donald Voorhees. I'm going to go through this entire book this winter. First step is to get my brushes…
Video: How to Measure Success by Colin Devroe at LessConf in Jacksonville, Florida
The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here. Video of my LessConf presentation is now available, for free, in its entirety courtesy of the guys at LessEverything. Duration: ~59minutes In…