The Night Sky for iOS
For the last few nights I've been playing around with The Night Sky on iOS. It is really fun to use and a wee bit magical. If you want an app on…
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Why movie revenue is down
Roger Ebert gives six reasons why he thinks movie revenue was way down in 2011. Here is one of them: 3. The theater experience. Moviegoers above 30 are weary of noisy fanboys…
Om Malik on the tech start-up scene in Berlin
Om Malik on the tech start-up scene in Berlin: The lack of classical German industries means it is a city with fewer jobs than other parts of Germany. It also means the…
Diego’s Soul Patch
You may remember that Jorge Garcia and his girlfriend Bethany Shady had a podcast for behind-the-scenes LOST stuff appropriately named Geronimo Jack's Beard. Well, Garcia and Shady are back with a new…
If you make a reservation, keep your reservation.
Joanne Cronin on restaurant reservations that end up in no-shows: This problem isn't limited just to Irish restaurants as I've also noticed similar complaints emerging from English tweeters. Understandably, restaurants are annoyed…
Molloy & Sons, Donegal Tweed
I found this interesting, perhaps you will too. Molloy & Sons is a weaving business in Donegal, Ireland.Sadly I didn't visit Donegal during our visit to Ireland this past October. However, I…
Birds of the same species sing different tunes in the city than in the country
This makes sense. Sabri Ben-Achour for NPR reports that birds sing different tunes in cities than they do in the country. The buildings, noise and other factors in city life make it…
Google has over 60 million profiles. Not users.
I'm glad someone is finally saying it. Eric Eldon for Aol/Techcrunch: "That’s not 62 million active users, though — a point that everyone covering these numbers seems to have missed. It’s just the…
How to add personal documents to your Kindle
Somewhat related to my last, Adi Robertson on The Verge provides a quick step-by-step on how to add personal documents to your Kindle. I'm cataloging these in hopes of one day buying…
Send e-books to your Kindle using Calibre
Last night I needed to transfer an EPUB file to Eliza's Kindle from my Mac. It turns out that Kindles no likey the EPUBs. (I didn't know this, I've never really used…
Will the next Apple TV be really inexpensive?
Horace Dediu of Asymco thinks so. Him, on Twitter: I'm starting to believe that if and when Apple TV is updated the hardware price will be surprisingly low. As you may very…
Why the Louis C.K. \”experiment\” will not work again
At least, not in the same way. Andrew Mayne wrote on Google : "Much of the sales were generated by the news sites and blogs covering the story. This works great once,…
Sharing screenshots with Dropbox and Alfred
Alex Knight proposes a pretty painless way of sharing screenshots using Apple's built-in screenshot utility, Dropbox, and an Alfred extension. I think I'd still prefer Skitch but if you don't this seems…
Using search as the location bar
Joseph Parish on The Verge: "Experian Hitwise has released its yearly search term statistics and once again, Facebook and YouTube top the list. The remainder of the top 10 includes three more…
Book covers for The Hobbit from all over the world
The Tolkien Library features covers for The Hobbit from all over the world. Most of which are fantastic. Oh, and you saw the teaser trailer, right? /via Coudal Partners.
GAget – A Google Analytics Widget for Mac OS X
The Mac OS X Dashboard is something I seem to use less and less. I think the Dashboard widget is a fantastic way to build small applications or utilities to help people…
PHP 5.4 to have a built-in web server
I'll leave the comparisons to other languages and frameworks out of this and just say that I'm happy to see that PHP 5.4 will have a built-in web server for doing things…
Skitch for iOS
Wow, I never saw this coming. Skitch, an application I've written about many times, is now available on iOS. /via CNet.
The King Arthur Flour blog is amazing
I suggest subscribing to The King Arthur Flour blog. Watch this video (embedded below) on how they use their blog to market their product. But, it doesn't sound as humdrum as that….
Tips for using Tweetbot
If you're using Tweetbot on your iPhone I suggest following @tweetbot on Twitter. They tweet a bunch of great tips like this one: Tap and hold on an Avatar to quickly Follow,…
A fair and balanced comparison of the Kindle Fire and iPad 2
Well, not really.
cdevroe.com on Google
If you use the Google you may want to add the CDEVROE.com page to your Circles. So, to recap, you can now subscribe to cdevroe.com in the following ways; RSS feed, @cdevroecom…
Fred Astaire would have been a huge hit on YouTube
I like to think that this little number by Fred Astaire, if performed today in a random living room in an unassuming midwestern city using a song from the weekly Top 40,…
The definition of ignorant
The definition of ignorant is simply"lackingknowledgeorawareness". The realword series features words that are often misused.
Whiskey stones
A friend of mine gave me whiskey stones as a gift. They're great. If you have a whiskey that you'd like to cool down without watering it down you simply toss a…
CNN for iPad
The CNN for iPad app is nicer than the CNN.com website.
Mumble
We've been experimenting at work with Mumble. It is a voice chat server that is typically used by gamers. It makes for a great audio backchannel to an otherwise text-only watercooler.
The definition of Communism
Many people born over the last half-century have the habit of misusing, abusing, or flat out being ignorant of the true definition of words. Myself included. So I thought I'd start a…
Homemade pizza recipe
As you may well know I love a good New York style pizza. But this recipe from Joanne Cronin reminds me how much better homemade pizza is. "Sometimes there's nothing quite like…
Netflix 2.0 for iOS
Just as I was saying that the best UI for Netflix was on the Apple TV comes Netflix 2.0 for iOS. While the Apple TV Netflix UI is still better this version…