Why Did NBC Censor SNL on the Web? (18)
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As I noted (to much derision from the peanut gallery) back in August, Tina Fey bears a striking resemblance to Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin. It seemed like an innocuous observation to me - they both looked pretty similar to me. Vindication from comments like “you are trashing the site with the political drivel” came several weeks later when Tina Fey appeared on Saturday Night Live impersonating the political candidate. The skit was subject to ...
Bob Staake New Yorker Covers (3)
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Speaking of The New Yorker’s endorsement of Barack Obama, here’s the story behind the cover for this week’s issue by Bob Staake. According to Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing, Staake still uses an old version of Adobe Photoshop 3.0 running in Classic. I’m actually less surprised that he uses such old software than I am that he uses Photoshop instead of Illustrator. ★
Scientists Plan to Decimate Our Enemies With Dinosaurs (10)
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It is no secret that there has been a major shift towards UAVs for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. With big contracts on the line, researchers are scrambling to come up with the next big breakthrough in unmanned military technology. One group of researchers believes that the "next big thing" could be a dinosaur (or "flying reptile" if you want to be all accurate about it) that existed 115 million years ago. These scientists ...
Fruux Syncs Contacts and Calendars Across Macs [Featured Mac Download] (12)
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Mac OS X only: Free preference pane application Fruux syncs Address Book, iCal, and tasks between different Macs. To use it, just install the preference pane and create a new account with Fruux. Once you've verified your account, go ahead and run your first synchronization. Fruux uploads your contact and calendar information to the cloud so it's ready to sync to any of your other Macs. Just wash, rinse, and repeat with as many computers ...
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Ben said:
"Crazy potential" if it manages to become cross browser and cross platform.
Star Trek Mac Lost In Space? (2)
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This is the actual Mac plus that Scotty tried talking to in Star Trek IV, spotted and photographed by Marcin Wichary at the Star Trek: The Experience exhibition shortly before it closed last month. Note how shiny and clean this particular Plus is. Bet it boots up shiny and clean, too. And if it has problems, it can run a Level One Diagnostic. Now that the Experience has left the Las Vegas Hilton, it has ...
New Google Spreadsheets Design Live (16)
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Google has rolled out their new interface design to the last of the Google Docs trio, Spreadsheets (presentations and Documents already had this new style). The tabs are replaced by an application menu. Google had announced this change last week; in the announcement they said that these changes would also allow them to have room to add more features and that users should “Stay tuned.” [Thanks Hebbet and Avrohom Eliezer Friedman!] [By Philipp Lenssen | ...
Steve Jobs: Thanks, I’ll Park It Myself (7)
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Image by lodev via Flickr Maybe it’s a perk of being consistently named among the most influential people of one’s era. Perhaps it’s bravado borne of having put a ding in the universe. Whatever it is, Steve Jobs seems to think nothing of driving a car without license plates and parking in handicapped parking spaces, as the picture above, captured on September 30th by Flickr user lodev shows. The pic is but the latest in ...
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raddevon said:
In a way, I admire the guy, but some things make me think he must be a real jerk.
Steve Jobs not injured in bizarre bicycle accident (4)
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Just called Steve Dowling to ask him about this photo that’s flying around the Interwebs which supposedly shows Steve Jobs in a bit of distress after flying over the handlebars of his bicycle. The story broke on CNN and then was picked up by Reuters, TechCrunch, Silicon Alley Insider, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, GigaOm and Valleywag. “It’s not true,” Dowling said. I said, which part isn’t true? The part about him falling off his bike or the ...
iPhone the most popular ebook reader (11)
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Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touchForbes is reporting that the iPhone has become the country's top eBook reader. The claim is based upon the number of downloads of Stanza [App Store link], an ebook reader for the iPhone and iPod touch (395,000 and counting), versus the number of projected US Kindle sales (380,000). For those unfamiliar with Stanza, it's a free application that lets users download books over the air, as does the Kindle. All ...
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Ed said:
Stanza is the free ebook reader that I was referring to at Tea the other day.
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Laurent said:
et ça fait 2 ans que j'en parle... attendons la suite
Fake Steve also has not had a heart attack. Just in case you’re wondering. (4)
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Maybe you’ve heard about this already. CNN briefly ran a report this morning that Dear Leader suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. Katie Cotton says it’s not true. See the whole thing here. Apparently it was a citizen journalist site and it looks like they got punked. Or is it pwned? I can’t remember what the kids are saying these days. Suspicion is short-sellers doing this to tank the stock. Which ...
Core Animation Isn't Just for Animation (4)
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Often when I'm talking to somebody about how they're designing their app, I suggest they use Core Animation to implement the user interface. More times than I can count, I've gotten a puzzled look followed by the now-familiar "but I'm not really animating anything" response...
OSX Market Share Hit 8.2 Percent In Sept: Back-To-School Sales Credited (1)
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Apple’s share of the operating system market hit 8.2 percent in September, research firm Net Applications announced Wednesday. The numbers mark the first time the Apple OS has risen above 8 percent. The new numbers reflect a 0.45-point advance from August’s 7.86 percent market share. In June, OS X approached the 8-percent mark, reaching 7.94 percent. Mac OS X broke the 7 percent barrier in December 2007, moving to 7.31 percent from 6.8 percent a ...
Another zen Mac desk (4)
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Here’s one for the ZOMG THERE MUST BE NO CABLES VISIBLE types among you. Yes, you know who you are. This is the iDesk. Of course, you knew it would be called that. You’re looking at this and you know you must own it, because Mummy can’t make the scary cables go away otherwise. And once you have it, you too can set up your iPhone and your iMac in blissful harmony. All that crummy ...
Netflix “Watch Instantly” Coming to Mac (3)
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I don’t know about you but my favorite corporate blogger is now Brent from Netflix - or as I like to call him - “The Bringer of Good News.” Netflix announced on Wednesday the addition of 1,000 movies to its “Watch Instantly” collection, which on its own is a welcomed announcement. But at the end of blogger Brent’s announcement was this little gem: And, for all of you Mac users (of which I am one) ...
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Danh said:
Yay... Mac users rejoice... with this and the Xbox 360... I will never have to starve for movies ever again.
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