June 2011
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New goal: reach Colonel and obtain the gold visor on or before 7th July. I wanna look spick and span for Bungie Day.
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Gowalla for Windows Phone 7 Is Here! →
Gowalla:
We have been working behind the scenes to bring Gowalla to Windows Phone 7, and as of today, it’s officially here!
Was wondering whether I should wait for the WP7 version of the N9 later this year, but sod it. Trophy. Now.
Congratulations Gowalla, you’ve sold a Windows Phone. Microsoft owes you one.
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If a black hole is just a ridiculously dense package of matter, is it possible to blow it apart with a ridiculously powerful bomb?
Or is that very troll physics‑y?
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Just watched the Platforms Kickoff presentation from WWDC. That was the keynote I was hoping for.
Also, Federighi seems much more comfortable on stage than he did back in October during the Back to the Mac event.
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Watching F1: 2011 European GP
I didn’t notice the Qualcomm logo on the MP4‑26 two weeks ago.
Button’s gotta be tired by now of talking about the Canada win, right?
Maybe there really is nothing else to talk about with the rest of the field, but it feels like the BBC is giving McLaren a bit too much coverage.
I wanna see some more of those Brundle segments where he explains the formula.
Wait, Humphrey and Eddie...
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A few phone calls, two trips to their store and two SIM swaps later, O2’s customer support has finally wised up — or is finally willing to let on — that the reason my iPad hadn’t been able to access the Internet over 3G for the last week or so is because they blocked me for being on an iPhone tariff. Something about iPads sending out different “data signatures” and putting a heavier...
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Mom didn’t appreciate Layer Cake. I’m disappointed.
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Yesterday: bought Monopoly Streets from Xbox Live Marketplace, lost the entire day. Definitely the best computer version of Monopoly ever, except for the annoying character voices.
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Just went into the living room and saw Isner and Mahut on TV. Thought I was watching a rerun of last year’s Wimbledon, but nope, those two are playing each other again this year. What are the odds.
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Shit, I may have left my MacBook’s charger in Nottingham.
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Batman Boost as The Dark Knight Rises at Wollaton... →
Batman’s in town?
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“Pei it Forward. #ArchitectFilmName”
– @dougbartow
Foster Gump?
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Credit Where Credit is Due →
maniacalrage:
And what’s the situation [at Tumblr] like now? I’m happy to report it’s much better. Downtime and outtages seem very rare these days — I’ve only seen the error page once in two months. And, just recently, Tumblr has begun adding new features and redesigning the UI again.
He’s right. It was encouraging to see the new Dashboard last week.
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AwesomeMod has finally been updated! I can play Generations!
Now I just need to go buy Generations.
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Watching F1: 2011 Canadian GP
Rainy… Mmm…
Wait, so now F1 is moving over to the bach‑rain pronunciation as well?
Am I remembering wrong, or did Red Bull and another team have a boat race or something here last year?
Oh yea, I forgot how good Alonso’s last two starts were.
Huh, Vettel hasn’t named Webber has a rival.
Yes, but Formula One will be going to the home of Gowalla Austin next year.
I have high hopes...
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I don’t understand how people can say that Bit.Trip Beat is a good game on iOS.
For starters, the text is horrible. It might have been fine on the Wii, but here on the iPad, it’s really difficult to read.
Things can get flashy. Really flashy. It’s probably part of the challenge, but it made my eyes hurt.
But worst is the gameplay. You have to use the touch controls because...
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Since Apple’s aiming to cut the cord, I wonder how much of iTunes has been built into iOS 5’s Music app, particularly the library management features like comments, ID3 tag editing, smart playlists etc.
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RoaringApps →
A site for checking app compatibility with Lion.
It doesn’t have every single app — Butler’s not here, for example — but at least I now know that Live Mesh doesn’t work, and should therefore stop thinking about signing on to the Mac Developer Program.
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Owl City and Austin City Limits Live Go Gowalla! →
I resist going out of my way to do fake check-ins just so I can earn special Gowalla pins, like the voting one. But this? An Owl City pin? I must have it.
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Following the Liveblog: WWDC 2011 Keynote
Microsoft will have to wait.
The thing I want to see most in iOS 5 is probably a built-in sleep timer in the iPad’s iPod app. I’m also willing to bet a small amount of money that webOS’ card metaphor Mission Control makes an appearance in iOS 5.
Think I’ll give Ars Technica a go this time. I’ve never followed their liveblogs.
Still covering old ground on Lion;...
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The Scoop about iCloud and Time Capsules →
The way I read it, is that this is the beefing up of an existing MobileMe feature, where you can access a hard drive connected to an AirPort Extreme or Time Capsule over the Internet. Except you now have tighter integration where the line between remote and local storage is hidden, blurred, removed. Kinda like what local iDisks were supposed to do, only that they were presented as a separate drive...
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