August 2010
6 posts
Daily Lynchian Thoughts.
bbook:
I cannot hear about the new Netflix app that will stream movies onto your phone anytime without thinking about THIS.
I had the exact same thought.
July 2010
2 posts
1Password 3.3.0 →
Now Dropbox syncing for 1Password not only keeps your Macs in sync, but will do the same for iOS devices.
I love apps using Dropbox to handle their cloud syncing for them. It’s basically what MobileMe should have been (and used to try to be, though I think they’ve given up that charade).
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June 2010
2 posts
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Smokescreen: a Flash player written in Javascript →
Simon Willison:
Chris Smoak’s Smokescreen, “a Flash player written in JavaScript”, is an incredible piece of work. It runs entirely in the browser, reads in SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS), extracts images and embedded audio and turns them in to base64 encoded data:uris, then stitches the vector graphics back together as animated SVG.
I don’t think I can top Marco’s one word...
May 2010
4 posts
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You don’t have to go to college.
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April 2010
7 posts
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Watchinstapaper:
Put This On:
Put This On, Episode 2: Shoes
iTunes / Vimeo / YouTube
Clothing Credits
Funding Credits
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This is the debut of Instapaper’s first ad! (At the end. But watch the show. It’s good. Make a “Watch Later” folder on Instapaper and save this there if you don’t have 10 minutes to watch it now.)
And it’s made by Jesse Thorn...
An apology… →
Anything I could say about the Gizmodo/prototype iPhone/Apple story has been said, so I’ll just repeat Craig Hockenberry’s response to those defending Gizmodo:
Let’s put the shoe on your foot:
You’re drinking beer with some friends.
You leave your wallet behind at the bar.
Some stranger finds your wallet and opens it up. Inside is a naked picture of your partner.
...
Library of Congress Acquires Entire Twitter... →
For a nice exercise in “why the hell are they doing this?” try replacing “Twitter” with “Facebook” and “tweet” with “status update”
Yes, I know tweets and status updates serve different purposes for may people. But inclusion in the Library of Congress? Really?
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People who live in glass houses…
aayush:
preshit:
Slate’s Farhad Manjoo doesn’t seem to be happy about iAds
(The actual content on the site is highlighted.
It’s like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
I missed this hyprocracy when I read this article originally. Thanks, Instapaper (which, had I not paid for, I’d be happy to have an unobtrusive ad in).
Square: No just a little boys
lonelysandwich:
Will Wilkinson sent me this grab of YouTube’s auto-caption (which he delightfully refers to as “Mad Libs for deaf people”) on the Square promo.
Here’s another good one:
I’m pretty sure that’s not what I said.
It also really thinks that Square has something to do with the Senate.
March 2010
10 posts
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WatchThe wonderful Claire McCaskill and Schiller both appeared on The Colbert Report last night. See the full episode here while it’s online.
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fuck yeah computer science! →
How did I not know about this Tumblr?
February 2010
17 posts
WatchFrom Justice to Jay-Z. This blew my mind the first time I saw it.
“The answer is as easy as it is counter-intuitive: Tumblr is a New York company...”
– Why Tumblr Is Kicking Posterous’s Ass. And this is exactly why I want a job on NYC.
“It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there was a Starbucks in his...”
– Neven Mrgan summarizing exactly how absurd I feel the ReadWriteWeb/Facebook login thing is. Also check out marco’s post on the subject.
“As one wise friend observed to me this week, AppKit may be the next Carbon....”
– Daring Fireball
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Rendr
If you design themes for Tumblr (or ever have) and are like me, you may find the workflow cumbersome. First you mockup, deign, etc. then you make it Tumblr-theme-happy. Then comes the process of sticking it into the Customize interface.
Something doesn’t quite work correctly? Fix your HTML, copy/paste back into the customize box and repeat. Back and forth. Maybe you’re editing a live...
bencochran.com →
I finally got a matching theme designed for my blog, personal homepage, and code/project pages.
Now, to do my actual Rendr writeup.
January 2010
19 posts
“This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law...”
– President Barack Obama, SOTU address.
(via thedailywhat)