January 2010
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Apple's YouTube Channel →
Yet for some reason they’re not allowed to upload the iPad keynote as one movie? Google no likey Apple?
To be honest though, I thought this would never happen; thought Apple would rather push for QuickTime instead. Though I suppose there’s no worry of being part of a Flash–dependent site now that YouTube is using the H.264 codec and has started publicly testing their HTML5 player.
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“By far the most notorious of these whimsical requests is the legend that Van...”
– Snopes.com
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WALL-E Original Crew Jacket →
Why…? Why will you only ship to the US…?
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Apple iPad first hands–on →
On the bright side, Engadget says the demo units are running iPhone OS 3.2. So there’s always hope that come March, maybe April, Apple will hold their iPhone roadmap event for OS 4, this time with something actually new.
Handwriting please.
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Following the Liveblog: "Come See Our Latest...
I made dinner early so I don’t get hungry during the keynote.
I’ll be following Engadget’s.
They started on time? That’s rare.
Did Engadget mean to type “a user”, or “our users”? I’m going to “our”.
There we go: Moses holding up the Ten Commandments.
“Key tasks” being freeform scribbling and sketching? Please say...
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“Today is not only the day when Steve Jobs announces a product, it’s also...”
– @mantia
And to those people I say, “Welcome to 2009.”
I overheard someone discussing this piece of news today, and secretly I was thinking, “Geeks have been dreaming about this for about a decade, and we started taking the rumours more seriously just before the...
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10–inch…11–inch…who cares? Give me a screen that’s A4–sized.
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Designer Bikes →
Monocle:
As the concept of urban mobility gains momentum, bike manufacturers are harnessing the world’s best industrial designers to re–invent locomotion on two wheels. Monocle’s Sarah Balmond reports on design innovation in Copenhagen and [The Chinese Takeaway].
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Self–taught siblings triumph in maths examination →
The Times:
A girl of 10 and her brother, 9, got GCSE A*s after teaching themselves maths. Meera and Raam Songara were given maths books by their parents, Dipak and Ruksmani, when they were 4 and 5.
Oh, me? I just sat an exam that I know I’ve done enough but could’ve been way better if I had revised properly, rather than hopping on to eBay or Facebook or Tumblr all them time.
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If they’re really pushing for the whole merging–MacBook/computer–and–iPhone–into–one, the–thing–that–slips–perfectly–between–a–laptop–and–a–smartphone–in–the–product–line concept — which I think makes perfect sense without prior knowledge of what this thing is totally capable of — the RAT should revive the old “iBook” moniker. Personally I still haven’t gotten over the fact...
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Verdana Pro →
Speaking of fonts…
I quite like the Condensed font actually, except for the capital R.
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Matrix of fonts bundled with Mac OS X, Windows,... →
Handy little chart all by itself, but also confirms that all my corrupted fonts are the ones installed by Office.
I don’t use Office anymore, so deleting them should be fine. Until someone gives me a Word file that uses Footlight MT Light.
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German government warns against using MS Explorer →
Shit just turned seriously serious people. Get the fuck off IE!
Or don’t upset the Chinese government be a champion for human rights. Whichever’s easier. Your choice.
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Just the type →
mrgan:
Let’s assume the rumor about Steve Jobs being “extremely happy” with the tablet is true. This could be for one of two reasons:
He’s happy because the tablet is awesome, or
He’s happy because he got it his way.
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…isn’t Steve Jobs just the type to walk out on stage this month, show a beautiful new handheld computer, and then go something like,
“So, how do...
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“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on...”
– Official Google Blog
What took them so long?
(via @ihnatko)
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Is there a code of best practice for creating places on Gowalla? Like should you create just one spot for a university, or should there be individual spots for each building on the campus etc.?
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Sleep Talkin' Man →
mattbraunger:
This lady wrote down everything her English husband said in his sleep for a couple nights. Fantastic.
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Just noticed that LMFAO’s album had been removed from Spotify.
Hey! I was listening to that!
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The Happiest People →
Nicholas Kristof:
Hmmm. You think it’s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth.
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“OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES will be...”
– @DisneyPictures
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Facebook 3.1 iPhone App Brings Push Notifications... →
I’ve always wanted everybody to use Facebook as their phone book — which is why I’ve replaced the Phone icon on my iPhone’s dock with that big blue F — if only just so I stop getting requests to join “Lost phone, need numbers” groups. It’s the old promise of Plaxo et al: an online address book that updates itself automagically on all the devices you own and will...