August 2011
12 posts
Hiatus. Back later.
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“The mouse is a desktop device. Sure, you can bring a portable one to hook up to...”
– The Mouse Is Dead. I Just Killed It. Now Can We Move On? | TechCrunch
Wondering how many times the “Think of the environment! Don’t print this!” footer at the bottom of some people’s emails ended up creating a second, nearly blank page when someone printed out the email.
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Touch Usability - Touch Usability - Lion... →
When people start writing explanatory blog posts about gestures, you’ve jumped the shark, Apple.
July 2011
42 posts
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“For those of you under the age of 25, a magazine is a blog made out of trees”
– How the Editor of Windows Magazine Became an Apple Fanboy | Cult of Mac
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Thanks to the signature ‘ding’ from Gilt, I always know when it’s 9 am. All I need is 23 more service providers and I have a full clock.
Found a minor problem with OSX Lion: I can’t drag a layer within the Layers palette in Photoshop without it crashing Photoshop. That’s ok, I don’t ~ever~ use layers.
“Merge folders
When you try to combine two folders with the same name, the...”
– Finally.
Apple - OS X Lion - Over 250 new features. Read about all of them.
Unhonk
Cars should have an unhonk sound, so when you accidentally honk at someone, you can undo it.
Google+: It’s like a “do over” for Facebook friending
Bestest sound in the whole wide world: Stereo sound of two Bichon Frise pups eating ice
El sonido más acogedor en todo el mundo: El sonido en estereo de dos perritos Bichon Frise comiendo hielo
“Make every detail perfect. Limit the number of details.”
– Haga que cada detalle sea perfecto. Haz limite al número de detalles.
@Jack (via sabbatical)
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“I love the smell of exhaust and homeless man urine and cheap doughnuts in the...”
– Teresa Strasser: City Mom: I Love the Smell of Exhaust in the Morning
On the upcoming Mac OS X Lion "Resume"
One of the features being touted about Mac OS X Lion is the idea of application “resume”. That is, if you decide to shut down your computer and restart it (whether right away or at a much later date), you’ll come right back where you started: running the same apps, with the same files open, and even the same text selected.
And that’s precisely what I don’t want my...
Dear teleconference vendors: When I’m supposed to enter the call ID and press #, let me press * if I screw up the number. Please?
