The misguided Twitter guide for the new tweeter
So, you're new to Twitter. Welcome! You're about to tweet your first tweet – but there are some things you need to know first. Some rules to live by if you will….
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Transmit 4
The latest version of Transmit makes me believe there is still hope for great software on the Mac. It is the first application I've downloaded that is truly great in months.
Steve Jobs says \”Nope\” to Mac App Store
In my "Is there a future for Mac software?" post I postulated: "I sometimes sit and wonder what sort of applications could have been made for the Macintosh if, say, Apple had…
GREEN-LIGHT
GIZMORON
Meet Flip comes out of hiatus with GIZMORON. Flip always seems to make the wrong decision, doesn't he?
How to annoy competitive people
Another instant classic from Savage Chickens.
The BeetleCam Project
This is the BeetleCam. Created by Burrard-Lucas Photography it is a DSLR camera mounted on top of a camouflaged RC car. Not exactly revolutionary – but using it on the African plains…
Live chat – No Reservations – Food Porn 2.
Tonight's episode of No Reservations, Food Porn 2, will be the first episode in many episodes that I will be watching "Live". I figured I might as well take the opportunity to…
The new iPhone, reportedly.
Reportedly this is the new iPhone that is due out this summer. Reportedly it has a ridiculously fine, nearly as good as print, screen. Reportedly it has a front-facing camera that could…
Random 60: Kid toys
Special guest, and Viddler Systems Administrator, James Cross and I discuss kid toys.
Random 60: Mountains
No question this time. Just Mountains. Special guest is Viddler's Lead Designer Andrew Smith.
Three great small features of the new Macbook Pros
Michael Gartenberg on three smaller, but I think fantastic, features of the new Macbook Pros released today by Apple: "Better battery life. An automatic way to switch between discrete and integrated graphics…
Twitter is missing out on the app up sell
Twitter has rolled out its advertising platform called Promoted Tweets. It takes actual tweets from participating brands and pushes them onto the top of relevant search results and shoves them into the…
My Top Sites in Safari
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I'm back to Safari. I still love Chrome but Safari's latest update made it edge out Chrome for speed. Speed, it seems, is the killer feature for me in…
Steve & Irene’s in Child’s, PA
Just adding Steve & Irene's, a simple hoagie shop in Childs, PA, to my favorite places within two hours of home list. Eliza and I ordered two hoagies for lunch today and…
Email comment replies to commenters using the CommentMailer plugin for WordPress
Sorry for the long title but I'm guessing that this post will be found by people searching for this more than those of you that subscribe to my blog. For a long…
Green light to Penn Station
Taken yesterday going south on Broad St. It was a hot but beautiful day in Philadelphia. Wish I could have stayed longer. At least I got a Pat's Steak & Cheese.
Engadget, Viddler and the iPad
At the end of a link from John Gruber's most-excellent Daring Fireball to Engadget's review of the Joojoo he wrote: "(Ironically, Engadget’s video demos are only available in Flash. Why would a…
Ch-ch-changes on the site and ads
Just a quick link to the site because I've switched to a different template from The Theme Foundry. I was itching to do a theme from scratch myself but thought better of…
The first fishing trip this year
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go fishing for the first time this year. I didn't catch a thing and only had a single bite but it is early in the season…
The time waster is every developer’s bane
Every developer's bane is a problem that seemingly has no cause or solution. Most times, after wasting hours and hours and hours trying to solve the issue, I will discover that there…
A short review of Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Make no mistake, Crichton's posthumously published Pirate Latitudes is an adventure book. This book has everything you'd expect in a pirate adventure; pirates, warships, KRAKEN!, cannons, lewd women, drunken brawls, and hurricanes….
Random 60: Learn to play music?
Special guest Nick Ogozaly and I ponder whether or not people should expand their horizons by learning to play an instrument in this episode of Random 60. What do you think? Sound…
Is there a future for Mac software?
Warning: This post may have a slight taste of jealousy when you bite into it at first but I tried my best to only use a teaspoon. iPhone was, as Scott Forstall…
Game Table for iPad
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Many of the third-party iPad applications I've seen so far have me wishing that I wasn't so sure that I'm not getting one. Game Table for iPad is no exception….
Hud Growl theme from Komodo Media
Several years ago I turned off Growl. I found it to be far too distracting. The little blobs of horribly designed text popping up above my work every few moments reminded me…
The seedlings need a do-over
This is how I found my seedlings this morning. I'm fairly certain they will not recover so I lost about two weeks of growth. The culprit? My cat Pickles. The blame? Me….
Homemade nest box shots
Wildlife photography isn't an easy venture. It takes patience, a lot of time and a bit of luck. Unless of course you create your own environment for the shot you want. That…
iPad – Guided tour videos
Apple has just released guided video tours of using iPad. There are guided tours for just about every application that will ship with the device.
Style guides make code collaboration easier.
In this week's Monday By Noon article Jonathan Christopher covers establishing style guides in code to make collaboration between multiple developers easier. Although it may seem like an anal attempt at control…