May 2008
30 posts
April 2008
68 posts
T-Mobile sucks
I hate T-Mobile and the utter crap they call service. It’s ruined my day too many times. Bastards.
eXtreme Type Terminology—part 4 →
Not for the faint of heart, but a good read on punctuation.
Reshaping personality →
Credit goes to F for finding this article. I’ve read the first page, and the rest is on my Instapaper.
AA Boarding Pass & iPhone →
On the way back (San Antonio to Dallas) I asked the gate agent if he thought the PDF of my boarding pass would scan. He said, “I don’t know. Let’s try it.”
Woz isn't going to buy a cloned Mac, trust me. →
Less for the analysis and more for the hilarity.
Dubai is nuts!!! →
An old article, but still amazing.
Fine tune your Mac's volume—TUAW →
I told some people about this, and it looked like TUAW discovered it as well :) I like the cool things that are hidden. I just wish there were like an Easter eggs list or something for the Mac.
Tips for Dating an Apple Coder →
MapJack - Like Google Street View, but better →
Suspending Life →
When we humans are cut or injured, our bodies naturally produce small quantities of hydrogen sulfide. In essence, the body may be trying to put itself into suspended animation to survive the injury, an instinct held over millions of years in our genes. Yet whenever one of us is dying, say from a heart attack, our first instinct is to give that person oxygen.
WatchMario Theme Played with RC Car and Bottles Video
The World Factbook - Current account balance →
Hmm…
Toughest race in the world →
Welcome to the world of lunatics and masochists - that’s what it says when you visit the “About” page on the official site of Le Marathon des Sables. And I don’t think they’re just saying that, I think they mean it. After all we are talking about 243 km of desert over a period of 6 days. That’s 5 and a half normal marathons of running through the sand, with a backpack on, in a temperature of...
Not once, but twice →
Google: A certain amount of evil is now OK →
Why You Should Consider Setting up a Photoblog →
Blogs are a fantastic way to track your progress. If you were to take a second to search through the archives of my personal blog, my growth as a photographer would be beyond merely evident. It’s so fun for me to look back and see how far I’ve come, particularly when I’m feeling discouraged by the prospect of how far I still have to go!
Apple IIgs laptop conversion →
Well, he took an Apple II and made a laptop out of it.
Flickr: The Fluid Icons Pool →
Cover Flow for a more Fluid browsing experience →
Might be useful, probably just pure eye candy…
Computer Wins a Game Against a Go Master
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30K application lines + 110K testing lines:... →
This sounds like the paradigm that J has been programming under. The way they put it, it sounds like a very nice reward-based system :D
On Taste →
from the text:As a practical matter, I think it’s easier to see ugliness than to imagine beauty. Most of the people who’ve made beautiful things seem to have done it by fixing something that they thought ugly. Great work usually seems to happen because someone sees something and thinks, I could do better than that.
Basic Instructions: How to Share Your Enthusiasm →
Haha so true. Oh man and I just noticed the logo at the top left of the page! XD
xkcd—Electric Skateboard →
Whoa, so cool!
Skitch →
Interesting app for sharing images. Watch the video to see what I mean.
American Babysitter
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20 Percent of Scientists Admit Using... →
Gentium →
J or I found this font a year or so ago. It is now out of beta, so I redownloaded it. Check it out at the link above. In addition, the spec has some interesting things about how certain design decisions were made in the creation of the font. Check it out!
The Game Loop →
from the text:The game loop is the heartbeat of every game, no game can run without it. But unfortunately for every new game programmer, there aren’t any good articles on the internet who provide the proper information on this topic. But fear not, because you have just stumbled upon the one and only article that gives the game loop the attention it deserves.
Chimp Outsmarts Tube →
Fainting Goats →
Smoothing out the Creases in Web Fonts →
A nice article describing the differences in font rendering between Mac OS and Windows. Check out the links too.
Newzald: font creation from start to finish →
“You know you’re a digital photographer when… You gaze into the bright...”
– Digital Photography School
Brain Rules →
A media-rich site with good information on how the brain works. The “12 Rules” section at the bottom of the page contain the meat of the content. The section on sleep may be especially relevant to some.
Sedona Method →
