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This photo blows my mind. Is that a laptop and a cell phone?...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:21:00 -0500

This photo blows my mind. Is that a laptop and a cell phone? Which timeline are they in? (photo James Minchin III via petervidani)

Daily Lynchian Thoughts.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:20:09 -0500

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.

Visual Acoustics Trailer (via mxvltr)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:15:12 -0500

Visual Acoustics Trailer (via mxvltr)

topherchris: laughingsquid: Portal 2 ...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:31:36 -0500

topherchris:

laughingsquid:

Portal 2

Nice.

Yes. Please.

The Beatles at the beach. (via jayrobinson)

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:58:11 -0500

The Beatles at the beach. (via jayrobinson)

Slink-O-Matic Helps You Slink Your Slinky (via laughingsquid)

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:15:59 -0500

Slink-O-Matic Helps You Slink Your Slinky (via laughingsquid)

1Password 3.3.0

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:04:40 -0500

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).

I work for these guys as of today.

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:25 -0500

I work for these guys as of today.

So this happened to Goodsell on Wednesday. (moistdeluxe).

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:22:24 -0500

So this happened to Goodsell on Wednesday. (moistdeluxe).

Smokescreen: a Flash player written in Javascript

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:26:23 -0500

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 summary:

Incredible.

You don’t have to go to college.

Sun, 09 May 2010 14:45:47 -0500

You don’t have to go to college.

Oh awesome. In Fall 2010 you can turn your iPad into a...

Thu, 06 May 2010 13:05:14 -0500

Oh awesome. In Fall 2010 you can turn your iPad into a laptop.

Missing the point, perhaps?

Actor Zach Galifianakis watches the lift off of the Marine One...

Wed, 05 May 2010 21:43:30 -0500

Actor Zach Galifianakis watches the lift off of the Marine One helicopter carrying President Obama from the White House on Sunday, May 2. The actor was touring the White House. (gettyimages via fatmanatee)

The best. (via fuckyeahlost)

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:18:40 -0500

The best. (via fuckyeahlost)

But seriously. This is how it’s starting to feel. (via oh,...

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:58:14 -0500

But seriously. This is how it’s starting to feel. (via oh, internet)

instapaper: Put This On: Put This On, Episode 2:...

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:04:21 -0500

instapaper:

Put This On:

Put This On, Episode 2: Shoes

iTunes / Vimeo / YouTube
Clothing Credits
Funding Credits
Related Posts

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 and Adam Lisagor, who are both awesome.

I love Put This On and it was a thrill to see Marco’s Instapaper ad at the end.

One small nitpick though, I wish the iPhone had been in Airplane Mode. Details, details…

An apology…

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:51:00 -0500

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.

That stranger finds a website that wants to post the picture and they sell your wallet intact for $1.

Your partner finds their naked body on the Internet. Shit hits the fan. HARD.

The site that posted the pictures looks at the ID in the wallet and calls up with an offer to return the wallet. “Don’t worry, all the money’s still there!”

Then that website posts another article saying how dumb you were for leaving your wallet behind. And instantly millions of people associate your name with a stupid mistake.

How do you feel now?

Library of Congress Acquires Entire Twitter Archive

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:02:19 -0500

Library of Congress Acquires Entire Twitter Archive:

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?

People who live in glass houses…

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:53:00 -0500

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

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:27:32 -0500

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.