iDiary by Kim

How realistic is new Polanski film “The Ghost”?

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:28:00 +0000

How realistic is new Polanski film “The Ghost”?:

BBC:

“I don’t think the film is accurate in every detail, but by and large I think the law is reasonably well represented and presented,” [Christian Wenaweser] says.

“On balance I would say that it helps the larger public understand how international criminal justice can work.”

thedailywhat: Threadless is celebrating ten years of being...

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:46:53 +0000

thedailywhat:

Threadless is celebrating ten years of being incredibly awesome with an incredibly awesome All-Tees-For-$10 sale…

Yay for Threadless!

Safari 4 in Safari 4

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:00 +0000

Safari 4 in Safari 4:

webkitbits:

Joshua Jones has made an experiment in WebKit which clones the Safari 4 interface with CSS3 and does not use any images.

Don’t know how webOS apps’ interfaces get composed, but this feels to me like taking Palm’s approach to creating apps one step further. Any out there have a CSS–based UI?

Palm’s new ad reminds me of a Windows Phone 7 Series...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:07:00 +0000

Palm’s new ad reminds me of a Windows Phone 7 Series video.

Need for Speed World Announces Its Beta We’re going back...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Need for Speed World Announces Its Beta

We’re going back to Rockport! And Palmont, though in my mind it’s a less exciting city.

But not console compatible? That blows. At least port it over to the Mac if they’re insisting on keyboard–and–mouse gameplay. EA’s heard of the Mac right?

breefield: Mock up of Things for iPad. Wait, find a girl,...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:25:52 +0000

breefield:

Mock up of Things for iPad.

Wait, find a girl, settle down and propose all to be done today?

Joking aside, seeing this has finally given me a reason to be excited about iPad. I still want handwriting capabilities though.

The USA, As One–Big–Neighborhood Or “The USA,...

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:01:51 +0000

The USA, As One–Big–Neighborhood

Or “The USA, Australia–ised”.

Can’t find/Haven’t found it on GOOD’s site, but judging by the URL it’s submitted by a user named “keaney”. Never even knew GOOD does user submissions.

grom: “I like to eat” serie by Motorbot

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:58 +0000

grom:

“I like to eat” serie by Motorbot

The Amazing Matchstick Aircraft

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:06:24 +0000

The Amazing Matchstick Aircraft:

Step 1: Take a razor blade and slice a wooden matchstick in half (make sure to leave the red tip intact).

Step 2: Use glue, and the remaining half of the matchstick to design your plane.

Step 3: Catch a bunch of flies and put them in a jar. Place the jar in the freezer, and in…

Photo

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:15:10 +0000

Watching F1: 2010 Bahrain GP

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Weren’t tire blankets going to be banned this season? Did someone change their mind or were the BBC commentators talking rubbish last year?
Everybody has the first three letters of their surname as their abbreviation, but Schumacher’s is “MSC”?
Wonder what Glock’s talking about with Richard Branson. Kinda hard to see Branson understanding the technical stuff.
That’s a very broken–sounding Hispania.
Still haven’t heard anything about what happened to Petrov’s Renault?
Tough luck Vettel.
So Vettel’s got a broken engine, Alonso and Massa might overheat their very precious engines, and Hamilton was almost overheating his brakes. It’s like rock, paper and scissors. Well, maybe not.
Is there really any point replaying Hamilton overtaking Vettel? There wasn’t any drama.
Rosberg should get Vettel no problem right? What’s the gap?

Just watched the F1 qualifying. I already knew the grid, but...

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:38:00 +0000

Just watched the F1 qualifying. I already knew the grid, but seeing the 2010 cars and their paint schemes in static ain’t quite the same as seeing them in motion.

Sauber’s colour scheme is my favourite this season. It’s not quite as striking as Brawn’s last year, but it’s like a slightly more mature or more professional variation of it. Which I prefer.

EMs and IFRAMEs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:49:56 +0000

staff:

Those funky IE–only attributes we were injecting in themes have been adjusted to be 100% valid XHTML. Same for the Submit, Ask, and Answer forms.

We also switched the Rich Text Editor to use and tags instead of s and s.

fuckyeah.

The Orb House by Bojan Simic

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:15:36 +0000

The Orb House by Bojan Simic

I’m not familiar with R class cars in Forza — I tend to...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:43:19 +0000

I’m not familiar with R class cars in Forza — I tend to play around with the S–and–below classes — so I’m not sure whether all R2 cars drive like it, but this Furai…

How the hell does it manage to stick on to the track so damn well‽ Compared to a R3 F430 GT2 that I can barely handle on a good day, the amount of grip this thing has makes me wonder if Turn 10 hadn’t accidentally made it four–wheel drive instead of rear–wheel drive.

And those taillights…

"Really excited about today’s release of Gowalla for webOS. Pre and Pixi owners: Get it!"

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:50 +0000
“Really excited about today’s release of Gowalla for webOS. Pre and Pixi owners: Get it!”

- @jw

Time’s running out. Will need to decide soon whether I want to try a different smartphone once my iPhone contract runs out next month.

I just found out that Bigelow is Cameron’s ex–wife.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:02:00 +0000

I just found out that Bigelow is Cameron’s ex–wife.

Compare the lowercase A, I, N, P, O, and T. We all know that...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:51:00 +0000

Compare the lowercase A, I, N, P, O, and T. We all know that Apple’s ~~pushed back~~ altered iPad’s UK launch date, so should that be the excuse for the discrepancies in the anti–aliasing/hinting/whatever–the–proper–technical–term–is between the “magical and revolutionary” and “Coming late April” lines?

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:32:00 +0000

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

thedailywhat:

Short blurb describing the video above as being a rather observant parody trailer in which actors self–referentially reenact many clichés often utilized by academy award-baiting films.

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer Analysis I didn’t notice...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:02:23 +0000

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Trailer Analysis

I didn’t notice the difference in size between Elites and SPARTAN-IIIs until he pointed it out.