Andrew Kim reviews the new iPad Smart Case
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…
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CodeIgniter 2.1.1 released
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…
Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen & The Roots Sing \”Call Me Maybe\” (w/ Classroom Instruments)
More "Music Room" stuff, Jimmy. Instant classic.
Seneca Lake, Late Spring 2012
All photos taken with iPhone 4 using Hueless.
Pizza Delicious and Facebook Ads
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…
The new Foursquare app
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…
Google Maps will get better 3D
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…
Notebook over iPad
I'm going with a notebook today.
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A brief history of John Baldessari
Narrated by Tom Waits. I recommend 720p fullscreen. /via David Karp.
\”Do not disturb\” option in Mountain Lion
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…
Mushroom potential
If I would have found this mushroom sooner it could have been dinner.
Traffic, or popularity, isn’t always good
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…
Will apps be announced for the Apple TV next week?
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….
Joe Kraus and the Culture of Distraction
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…
The American West photographed by Timothy O’Sullivan circa 1870
Absolutely stunning photography from Timothy O'Sullivan in the 1860s and 1870s. He would have had an amazing Instagram account.
Paul Miller’s year offline is incredibly interesting
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…
The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550
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.
Instagram filters for Adobe Lightroom
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…
Jodie Foster reads Carl Sagan’s Contact
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…
The Middle Ages: Then vs. Now by Pleated Jeans
Pleated Jeans presents – The Middle Ages: Then vs. Now. I still carry around a leg of turkey from time-to-time. /via Laughing Squid.
Jay Torres and food truck etiquette
I love street food. Jay Torres, who used to work on a food truck, has some great lessons in food truck etiquette to share. Listen up. I’ve been wanting to write something…
A tribute to the AeroPress
Adam Lisagor of Sandwich Video presents AeroPress "Ritual": I laughed out loud (or, LOL'd as the kids say). /via Jay Torres.
Bits about being or feeling finished
I think everyone who is addicted to their work runs into this problem of constantly feeling like there is more to do. And let's face it, all of us that have been…
Google removes 1 million links a month from search results
David Kravets for Wired: Each month, Google removes more than 1 million links to infringing content such as movies, video games, music and software from its search results — with about half…
Matt Mullenweg on a much more simple WordPress
First, yes please. Now, Matt Mullenweg on what tablets should mean to WordPress: How we democratize publishing on that sort of platform will not and should not work like WordPress’ current dashboard…
Coda 2 and Diet Coda now available
Coda 2 and Diet Coda are now available. 50% off until tomorrow. Just picked up my copy. Take that Duke Nukem.
gTar – The first guitar that anyone can play
Speaking of Kickstarter (I've mentioned it many times). gTar, a guitar-playing learning tool that uses an iPhone to teach you how to play, is a new project on Kickstarter that seems to…
Justin Kan’s first programming experience
Justin Kan about his first experience using programming on the job: A couple more hours of applied effort and I had a macro that looped through all the images in a directory…
Om Malik interviews Kickstarter founder Perry Chen
Om Malik sat down with Perry Chen for a really great and in-depth interview about the success of Kickstarter. I think, we’re able to offer people the ability to overcome that one…