July 2010
18 posts
Apple Safari Extensions Gallery →
Interesting that Twitter gets its own section while Facebook does not, and that most of the Facebook-related extensions are about blocking or otherwise taming Facebook. Though I suspect it’s a reflection of developer preferences rather than an explicit decision on Apple’s part.
“Several people have told me they like the iPad because it lets them bring the...”
– The Acceleration of Addictiveness. I disagree with much of what Graham’s written here, but I find this metaphor amusing nonetheless.
“1Password can now sync automatically using Dropbox! Also known as “syncing to...”
– Agile Blog. Yes! My one nit-pick with 1Password has now been resolved!
“It’s sad. Several generations of college students learned their grammar...”
– 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via)
“I recently left zineland and did a bunch of freelance work and hooboy do people...”
– Real Editors Ship (Ftrain.com)
“The thing is that Univers was released in 1956 by Deberny & Peignot, a small...”
– Bruno Maag interviewed by Creative Review for The Helvetica killer
Orbital
viafrank:
Too hot.
Too cold.
Just right.
Notepad.cc: A Piece of Paper in the Cloud →
cameronmoll:
This is crazy simple. Load up the page, start typing. Change the URL if you’d like, add a password too, share with others or reference the URL on other devices (including iPad).
Brilliant.
Indeed.
“Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD), the organization that...”
– Brattleboro Solid Waste. Hooray!!! (it’s about time…)
“HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L’ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED...”
– Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? A “must read”, and do click on the videos to play them as you reach them.
Quick Tip: Tuning Condensed Fonts with WebFont... →
Nice tip about changing your font size when web fonts aren’t available.
“Latency is bad, too.”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Is AT&T Capping 3G Upload Speed? So much for my high hopes.
“At this cafe, you get what the person before you ordered. The next person gets...”
– cabel.name: Kashiwa Mystery Cafe
Daring Fireball: iPhone 4 3G Data Performance →
The much improved latency will be a boon to those of us who occasionally need to remotely login to servers using SSH while out of the office!
“Well, sure, Dad … I suppose you could buy an Android-based phone, if...”
– iPhone 4 review: It’s a brand new, better smartphone
June 2010
10 posts
Corning Gorilla Glass →
This is the glass on the iPhone 4. “Reduced scratch resistance” (@1:40) doesn’t sound like a good thing.
“7 Awesome Ways Barnyard Animals Are Like Communism”
– Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website Traffic
“Enough of this bullshit. I’m gonna go get hammered with Papyrus.”
– I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.
Court: Drivers must use signals in rotary -... →
Um… “no shit”? The fact that this even merited discussion in court goes a long way towards explaining why our roads are filled with such poor drivers. Do we not require people to become familiar with the law before we give them licenses?!?
“The article clearly struck a nerve around the Internet, and it also struck a...”
– Readability Updated: An End To The Yank Of The Hyperlink. Nice!
Can't decide how I feel about "begin … end while...
$ irb
>> puts 'hi' while false
=> nil
>> begin puts 'hi' end while false
hi
=> nil
>>
This strikes me as violating the Principle of Least Surprise, but it sure did come in handy just now…
“Nicola Marzovilla runs a business, so when a client at his Gramercy Park...”
– To Develop Young Tastes, Look Past the Children’s Menu - NYTimes.com
May 2010
22 posts
WatchiPad + Velcro = ♥
“Organisations and groups may have quite different strategic goals in terms of...”
– Physical Coercion vs Rubberhose (via)
“No logo, no front. Once you open the package and remove the cover, you cannot...”
– About Blank :: notebook. Lovely, but it gets better: quality paper, opens flat, printed with subtle white lines, and the whole thing is 100% recyclable.
“But most people aren’t payroll clerks or accountants or cashiers. I use a...”
– Numpads Gone Wild · Black Pixel
“But all of this really doesn’t the matter. The real question is does the...”
– Review: AT&T 3G MicroCell - bijansabet.com. Duh.
apophenia » Blog Archive » Facebook is a utility;... →
The first insightful thing I’ve read about the latest Facebook kerfuffle.
“Fascinating idea: the ElasticSearch search server provides an optional memcached...”
– ElasticSearch memcached module. Nice.
“Divide the dollar: gives you a way to prioritize options, features, etc. by...”
– LukeW | UX Lisbon: Design Games. Sounds like a useful (if gimmicky) way to get stakeholders to set priorities (which is often impossible—everything is always top priority).
“A feature added for no other reason than to draw management attention and be...”
– Duck. Brilliant.
chillout song :: zefrank.com →
Really a lovely thing for some random people on the Internet to do to help a stranger feel better.
“Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing service suffered its fourth power outage in a week...”
– Car Crash Triggers Amazon Power Outage « Data Center Knowledge. You know, unless you actually test your failover equipment regularly, you have no idea if it works. That’s why, back when I used to run a hosting business, nothing made me happier than rebooting servers, pulling ethernet...
“Just as with the Exxon Valdez spill of more than 20 years ago, the recovery...”
– A Spill’s Dirty Secret § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
“Phishing isn’t (just) about finding a person who is technically naive. It’s...”
– Locus Online Perspectives » Cory Doctorow: Persistence Pays Parasites. Worth reading. Definitely an “it could happen to you” (or me) moment.
“We now live in a RGB, not a CMYK world.”
– 2010 Trends article on LogoLounge.Com
“The notion that you’re trying to control the process and prevent error screws...”
– Inside Pixar’s Leadership « Scott Berkun (via Frank Chimero)
The GiveWell Blog - Exploring how to get real... →
Suprisingly high. (via Josh)
