April 2010
83 posts
Conductive Finger-Buttons Allow Gloved Gadget... →
While shrink-wrapped pork-meat products might make great faux-fingers for chilly Koreans to operate their iPhones with gloves on, a new product from Quirky is higher-tech and much less…
"Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and... →
“Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. … But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.” - Steve…
Teabags Royal →
Hey, who’s hanging out in your tea? Oh, it’s Teabag Royalty!
"This is where Tumblr comes in. It’s the future of... →
“This is where Tumblr comes in. It’s the future of social networking if your image of the future features intelligent discourse. I love reading other Tumblr users replies, because they’re thoughtful…
Truer Words... →
from blog without a library
April 27 →
www.weareyoung.co.uk Tweet this!© 2010
Isotoma: How Google will kill Internet Explorer... →
I’d like to make a prediction. I’m probably not the first to make it, and I may be utterly wrong, but just in case I prove to be right, I’d like to have it on record.1
I believe Google is…
By Topherchris, internet genius. →
By Topherchris, internet genius.
What If You Had Bought Apple Stock Instead of That... →
If you’d bought Apple stock instead of a $5,700 PowerBook G3 in November 1997, you’d be sitting on a cool $1.3 million today. (Via Kottke.)
★
Iceland Jokes →
(Eugene Volokh) Reported by Michael Rubin (The Corner):
[1. I]t was the Icelandic economy’s last wish that its ashes be scattered over the EU.
[2.] Iceland goes bankrupt, then it manages to set…
dkoder:
Twitter Statistics Infographic →
dkoder: Twitter Statistics Infographic
The Nintendo 64 is secretly a koala. With a... →
The Nintendo 64 is secretly a koala. With a moustache.
See also: GameCube menu music/Famicom load screen music, P is for Paratroopa
[Important console shape news via Nintendo Everything]
Future Generations →
Apple employee #66: Mac, iPhone and iPad created... →
Filed under: Cult of Mac, iPhone, iPad
In his latest post at AskTog.com, Bruce Tognazzini highlights the similarities between Steve Jobs’s approach in bringing to market the…
Sprouted Or Dropped? →
World's most costly beer: The one that led an... →
Filed under: Rumors, iPhone
More on the ongoing saga of the wayward next-gen iPhone. Gizmodo just posted their version of the story behind the story: They say that an Apple…
Laser Pointer →
Now You’re Cooking With The Empire [WIN] →
Submitted by: Ruy Lopez via Submission Page
Volcano snuffer →
Ok my flight is supposed to leave Milan monday night but it seems likely it will be cancelled due to the ash in the air from the volcano. So I am without transport or accommodation soon. I…
iPhone To iPad Free Upgrade →
If you’re tired of waiting, this is the perfect way to have an iPad now.
Sorta.
[via]
Be sure to follow MacStories on Twitter.
April 17 →
www.weareyoung.co.uk Tweet this!© 2010
Now You’re Cooking With The Empire [WIN] →
Submitted by: Ruy Lopez via Submission Page
Fine Print Says Game Store Owns Your Soul →
mr_sifter writes “UK games retailer GameStation revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of customers, thanks to a clause it secretly added to the online terms and conditions for its…
7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation →
If you made an online purchase from GameStation on April 1, 2010, you may be surprised to discover that the company now legally owns your immortal soul.
Comment | View Article
Kitties Make the Best iPad Stands →
In keeping with the feline theme we currently have going here at Maclife.com, we thought we’d share this little tidbit from OS X Daily. Earlier this week, a few readers sent the popular Mac tips…
Unity vs. Section 3.3.1 →
David Helgason on the Unity weblog: Unity learned of these changes with the rest of you just last Thursday and today, there remains a great deal of uncertainty about these changes being final and…
Link: Passive-Aggressive Crash Reports →
Like many people, Garrett Murray is stuck using Photoshop, and stuck with its frequent crashes. Unlike many people, Garrett takes the time to write long complaints in Adobe’s Crash Reporter, and…
Planes or Volcano? →
We were wondering this today. Data here: http://bit.ly/planevolcano
Captchas By Pedobear →
Submitted by: Tom via Submission Page
Images of 4th generation iPhone emerge? →
Blog iClarified has posted several images of what a tipster is claiming to be the exterior casing for the fourth generation iPhone. The pictures are a little suspect for several reasons:…
Apple’s automagic GPU switching technology... →
Ars has a great technical article up about exactly how, when, and why Apple’s automatic graphics switching process occurs in its line of Macbook Pro laptops. For those not familiar with…
'Cure' is found for skin cancer, claim... →
‘Cure’ is found for skin cancer, claim scientists. Scientists believe that they have found a cure for skin cancer. Published: 12:25AM BST 11 Apr 2010. A vaccine being tested in the UK has helped…
Disabled Explorers In the World's Most Badass... →
Joel Johnson’s tech journalism has no peer. This is just one of many great stories he’s been doing over the past couple months
Turning On The Light to Pee at Night Causes Cancer... →
If there’s anything science is good at, it’s discovering new, strange ways for us to get cancer. Scientists have found a new one: Turning on the lights when you take a late-night…
If real life were more like the Internet →
Crashed on Quit Again →
Garrett Murray: Why would quitting the app cause a crash so frequently? This would be like if you worked in an office from 9-5 and every day at 4:59pm you became filled with rage and ran around…
Holga 120 3D Stereo Camera →
3D TV might be all the buzz this year, but Holga’s 3D camera takes a decidedly analog approach to cranking out dimensional images onto old-school 120 film. Add the 3D slide viewer for best…
‘House’ Season Finale Filmed Entirely With Canon... →
Greg Yaitanes, director of the episode, thinks the footage looks better than that from their regular cameras. Update: Another WordPress site craps out. Google has it cached, though.
★
New MacBook Pro: 10-Hour Battery, Hi-Res Screen,... →
Apple has, at last, updated its MacBook Pro Line with new CPUs and graphics. The 15-inch can now be had with Intel’s Core i5 and i7 chips and the 17-inch gets the i5 as standard and the i7…
New MacBook Pro models are out now →
Filed under: Macbook Pro
After an early morning bit of store downtime, Apple has released new MacBook Pro models this morning, as rumored/longed for/expected lo these many weeks….
Insert Tab Here →
Submitted by: Ben via Submit a Kludge!
This is the diagram I’m using to explain the birds and the bees to my son. – Ms. Fix-It
Big Meal →
A murder most fowl has been committed on Sesame Street! This nasty little kitty is smarter than Sylvester, because why settle for a teeny Tweety Bird when you can go for the Big Meal?
Link:…
Jean-Louis Gassée Gets It →
Jean-Louise Gassée: Who, in his right mind, expects Steve Jobs to let Adobe (and other) cross-platform application development tools control his (I mean the iPhone OS) future? Cross-platform…
I Can See the ‘Mountain View, Start Your... →
Ashlee Vance and Nick Bilton, reporting for the NYT: But Google is going one step further, exploring the idea of building its own slate, an e-reader that would function like a computer. Eric E….
Guessing Game: Edible Flags →
Whybin TBWA Australia and The Sydney International Food Festival cooked up a clever way to promote last year’s fest — they used iconic foods from the participating countries to recreate their…
Robert Love on iPhone OS 4 and Multitasking →
Google Android engineer Robert Love: As I stated in my previous post, the real concern with multitasking on an embedded, swapless device is memory consumption. Battery life is a straw man. So how…
Stormtroopers 365 →
This is a must for Star Wars geeks! Some of the photos are hilarious!=) One year of Stormtrooping action. Nuff said! Check it out here. Come on, you know you want to!:P
