April 2010
Thoughts on Horses →
Another open letter from a CEO.
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Microsoft Confirms That ‘Courier’ Concept Will Not... →
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Microsoft taunts with products Itll never ship whilst Apple ships.
I win another bet.
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Le tour du monde en 80 secondes →
I favorited a YouTube video: Around the world in 80 seconds. Directed by Romain Pergeaux & Alex Profit. A project done in only 3 weeks. This route is a tribute to the famous Jules Verne’s…
Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Flash →
A letter from Steve Jobs about why they don’t allow Flash on iPhones, iPods, and iPads. (Notice he specifically uses the harsher “allow” instead of the much softer “support”.) Though the…
Gravité →
Gravité – synchronised musical goodness. [via]
Pothole Gardening →
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shame theyll get driven over
Pete Dungey (above) and Steve Wheen (below) pothole gardening is a novel way to fill a hole. There’s a lot of work to do at this…
"The telephone was an aberration in human... →
“The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so period where for some reason humans decided it was socially acceptable to ring a loud bell in someone else’s life and…
Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch: ‘Moving Forward’ →
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They could have done a lot more. Like working to remove flash from the workflow
Kevin Lynch: However, as we posted last week, given the legal terms Apple has imposed on…
maniacalrage: This review embodies what I think... →
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i spose it depends on perceived value in the marketplace. IE most of the apps are cheap or free
maniacalrage:
This review embodies what I think about most App Store…
Portsmouth Through a Lens →
Are you legendary with a lens? Think you’ve got the photo factor? Portsmouth City Council are looking for eye-catching and good quality photos that sum up the city’s culturally diverse mix, and the…
Flash →
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Amen.
Adobe should refocus their iPhone-deployment goal on the future of Flash: Establish Flash (the tool) as the premier tool for creating rich HTML5 content, the…
Epic and Honest Mobile Home Commercial →
I favorited a YouTube video: Cullman Liquidation is the 5th local commercial of our I Love Local Commercials Series sponsored by MicroBilt ( http://ilovelocalcommercials.com ) — Nominate…
First flying lap of the Silverstone Grand Prix... →
I favorited a YouTube video: I had the opportunity to do a flying lap around the new Silverstone Grand Prix circuit with Martin Brundle. There are some fantastic corners which will really…
First flying lap of the Silverstone Grand Prix... →
I had the opportunity to do a flying lap around the new Silverstone Grand Prix circuit with Martin Brundle. There are some fantastic corners which will really test the F1 cars.
30 Stunning jQuery Slider Plugins and Tutorials To... →
JQuery has overpowered Flash in a lot of web uses becoming a very powerful tool for web designers. One of these uses that I’m referring to is the image slider. Implementing this feature in your site…
This site is frustrating →
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HA - fuckwit :: the obvious point behind this website is to say “hey you believe in God without proof, well we believe in noodles, and since they already exist, that counts as…
Japanese Lots-o-Huggin bear commercial →
I favorited a YouTube video: vaguely remembered this toy from when I was living in Japan back in the day—got this off from one of my old VHS tapes I used to record off the TV with. Wanted…
Update on Flash Installer Asking Chris Messina to... →
Kudos to the Adobe Flash installer team — they looked into it, found how it happened, and wrote it up in a comment on Messina’s Flickr entry.
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Boris Vallejo Is The Most Manly Illustrator In... →
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the jesus painting - blasphemoniminal lol
Boobs! Dragons! Dragons and boobs! Men in thongs! Women in thongs! Swords! Snakes! Barbarians! Cakes! Perms! Rassling!…
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear Commercial (circa... →
I favorited a YouTube video: I totally had one of these growing up. I don’t even know what happened to it. My mom probably put it in the attic. I don’t like going in there, so it’s as good…
Testing Flash “Gala” Preview →
Electronista has a post reporting that Adobe has a new Flash preview release dubbed “Gala” (10.1.81.3). With the arrival of “Gala” Adobe has added support for H.264 video hardware decoding on…
Art Lebedev's Mixed Metaphor Coffee Cup: Somebody... →
The battery’s power level rises with the temperature—not the amount of caffeine. Bleary-eyed and hungover, somebody’s going to find this out the hard way. That’ll be that screeching…
Project Icons by bogo-d
Nearly 100 small icons... →
Project Icons by bogo-d Nearly 100 small icons for free use in your projects.
A Conversation on Risk - Jason →
I favorited a YouTube video: Jason, a 40-year-old father of two daughters, talks about how risk is everywhere, in skateboarding and in life. You have to learn how to manage it. IMPORTANT…
The U.S. Military's War On PowerPoint [Military] →
There’s an insidious force plaguing our nation’s military. It’s vaster than any insurgent network, though much closer to home. It confounds our commanders and keeps our generals up…
Pencil vs. Camera →
These awesome photos were done by Ben Heine. More pictures after the break.
[via LikeCool]
Good Luck Feigning Ignorance →
Nick Bilton surveys legal opinion on the Gizmodo case: In contrast to Mr. Zimmerman’s views, David Sugden, a California lawyer who specializes in intellectual property litigation, said the state…
Langstone Harbour Flickr Group →
Langstone Harbour is one of my favourite places, in contrast to Portsmouth’s busy main harbour Langstone Harbour is quiet, heavily effected by it’s strong tides and also a haven for wildlife. I…
The Scale of the Universe →
The Scale of the Universe is another one of those web-thingys designed to help us understand scale. There’s some nice chilled music for the journey too. [via]
Let’s Colour Project →
Dulux’s Let’s Colour Project proves without doubt that there’ just not enough colour in the world. The team is out and about colourising the world and their blog is a wonderful place for…
Scott Campbell: If You Don't Belong, Don't... →
The mostly black-and-white collection of works includes ornate latticed designs and cursive phrases “tattooed” with lasers into dollar bills. Stark images of makeshift tattoo…
BNP Paxman interview with Nick Griffin Newsnight... →
I favorited a YouTube video: Paxman is considered the best the BBC has, but he couldn’t rattle Nick
Adobe Flash Player Installer Requires You to Force... →
Another great Adobe installer.
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Transmit 4.0 →
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just upgraded
Been beta testing this for a while. It’s very nice. My favorite feature: With the new Transmit Disk feature, you can now mount any of your favorites in the…
Twenty Ten starting →
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Looks a bit messy, busy and confused to me. Certainly no Kubrick or K2
The new Twenty Ten theme is now live on WordPress.com and the default for all new blogs created on the…
The State of Web Development 2010 – Web Directions →
What are the current Web Directions? John Allsopp is back, with results from his latest State of Web Development 2010 survey.
There is a ton of content here, and the data is made available….
App Store submission offers wireless iTunes sync... →
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I cant imagine Apple approving a 3rd party app doing this. No doubt Apple are working on it.
A developer has created an application that allows the iPhone and iPod touch to sync…
Dilbert's missing 4G phone →
Filed under: iPhone
In an interesting experiment to see how long it takes to have a comic published, Scott Adams the famous author of work-humor comic “Dilbert” penned a pair of strips…
Stages of a photographer →
Shouldn’t the HDR Hole actually extend below the baseline? Larger version is here. See also Clayton Cubitt’s three-step guide to photography: 01: be interesting. 02: find interesting…
Dilbert on the Lost Prototype iPhone →
“It worked great until my fourth stein, then it started misspelling everything.”
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Police Seize Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen’s Computers →
Uh-oh, looks like someone may have committed a felony. Update: From Gizmodo’s report: Here is all the documentation (Jason Chen’s personal details are pixelated).
So, Gray Powell’s personal…
Sony shutting down Japanese floppy disk sales by... →
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ha Sony always ahead o the curve - ATRAC fools!
Believe it or not, Sony managed to shift 12 million 3.5-inch floppy disks in Japan last year — presumably to die-hard
Hot vs. Cold by umar123
These soft blur... →
Hot vs. Cold by umar123 These soft blur wallpapers are all the rage these days, but we keep posting them because, well, they always look nice on our desktops.
