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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 and the handle on the measuring cup. I’d put the cup in with the handle pointing out, and 2:45 later I’d open the […]

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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 it’s an important one. The announcement of the Surface shows that Microsoft is ready to make a break with its history — a history of […]

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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 not the time to ask such a question. Perhaps the only aspect of your business’s future that is less certain than your 3rd […]

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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 about the hardware aside (since, unsurprisingly, these aren’t yet on the market) this looks like the best work to come out of Microsoft […]

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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.

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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 did a wonderful portrait and it wasn’t in watercolor so I couldn’t feature it on my other site.

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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 affair with photo library managers is long. I can tell you that switching between two applications – no matter how I tried to […]

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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 on a lifelong search for ways to build things I am passionate about, in ways I can be proud of, with people I […]

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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 use, easy to learn and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels. This project seems to have been around since […]

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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 eye on WordPress 3.4, and now that it is released we’re proud to announce that our 4 most recent themes (Portfolio,Chalk,Duet, andAnthem) support […]

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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 pretty great framework already.

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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 the way through. So much software. I’m an app junky, and I try everything that I’m remotely interested in. Even some things I’m not. I […]

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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 writer is finding your own grammar. Don’t spend your career lost in a sea of copycats when you can establish your own set […]

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I have so much food envy right now.

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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 and Wonders of the Solar System series – which I adore.

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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 thing that most posts aren’t mentioning is that Reeder 3 for iPhone supports Shaun Inman’s Fever. Why is this a big, big thing? […]

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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!

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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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 is #3: 3.Start writing. I’m a bit biased but I truly believe everyone should have a blog. And a Twitter account. One thing […]

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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 proper execution. This is the first time I’ve ever been disappointed this badly by an Apple product. I’m returning it tomorrow. I’m glad […]

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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 weekend.

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More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.

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All photos taken with iPhone 4 using Hueless.

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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 some more business. The campaign cost them $240 — almost $1 for each new Facebook fan they got from the campaign. "Is that […]

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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 a lot of ways. There’s always been a lot more data than check-ins flowing through Foursquare, but much of it was hidden behind […]

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I use Google Maps almost daily. Not just for traveling or directions but also to explore the world around me. So, I’m happy that Google is investing time, energy, technology and lots of money into Maps. I’m not too happy about this bit from Frederic Lardinois at AOL Techcrunch: Google doesn’t want to say when […]

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I’m going with a notebook today.

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Found, in the alley behind the Viddler offices.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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Narrated by Tom Waits. I recommend 720p fullscreen. /via David Karp.

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According to The Verge Apple has added a Do Not Disturb option to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center. (Wow, that was a lot of capital letters.) Might we also see this feature in the upcoming iOS 6? This is great for my focus training program. I’m very much looking forward to Mountain Lion.

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If I would have found this mushroom sooner it could have been dinner.

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Lars Martinson’s website usually averaged a hundred hits per day. He submitted an ebook to Reddit and received nearly 50,000 hits in a single day. Great right? Well, not really. He only sold 23 ebooks. He also learned a few valuable lessons and he jotted them down in 3 Things I Learned When My Site’s […]

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I’ve had an Apple TV for a while now and I love it. I use it all the time. And, I’m guessing, with Mountain Lion I’ll be using it a lot more. But I’ve got no reason to upgrade to the latest Apple TV (save the 1080p resolution) since the software updates come around for […]

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Great presentation by Joe Kraus on the Culture of Distraction and how we’re all training ourselves to be less able to focus on any one thing. STOP WHAT YOUR DOING AND WATCH IT NOW. 🙂 My take? I think I’ll develop a training program that works the opposite way. Over a year ago in a […]

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Absolutely stunning photography from Timothy O’Sullivan in the 1860s and 1870s. He would have had an amazing Instagram account.

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Paul Miller, a writer for The Verge, somewhat recently decided to take a year off from the Internet. You can call it a stunt if you’d like to – but it is turning out to be one of the most interesting public experiments I’ve ever seen online. A recent piece and video by Miller was […]

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CNet takes a good look at Samsung’s new Chromebook 5 550. It appears that the launch of Google Drive has done wonders for Chrome OS.

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Casey McCallister has put together some great filters for Adobe Lightroom that resemble the filters in Instagram. Some say they aren’t perfect replicas but I couldn’t see how they could be. I think they’re pretty good. Good idea. And I’m glad he’s charging for them. /via The Verge.

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Yesterday, while I was sick on the couch, I did what I usually do when I’m sick. Watch Contact. I’ve never read the book from which the film was adapted – Carl Sagan’s Contact. But this led me to poke around and I found something I’m thoroughly enjoying. Jodie Foster reading an abridged, and performed, […]

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