July 2010
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The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut →
A short but great parody on Stieg Larsson’s book.
June 2010
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Extremely Useful
May 2010
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April 2010
7 posts
“The telephone was an aberration in human development. It was a 70 year or so...”
– Rick Webb about this.
My thoughts exactly for the past 15 years.
The Rules of a Gentleman →
Bonus: fittingly beautiful design.
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Fembots have feelings too. At last a new track...
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Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Technology & Liberal Arts →
The following image is helpful when considering some of the negative, dismissive, and asinine iPad reactions seen in the tech press. It was used towards the end of Steve’s keynote, in one of those heartfelt - some would say corny - passages he doesn’t get enough credit for.
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March 2010
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“People use equipment as a crutch. They don’t want to put in the hours on the...”
– Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson /via minimalmac
February 2010
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“The problem is, in hardware you can’t build a computer that’s twice as good as...”
– Steve Jobs in 1994
January 2010
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Flux 2 & Stuf reviewed at videoedtechreviews.com... →
I know it seems “wysiwyg” and “dreamweaver-like” and all kinds of non-hardcore, but I kind of like the idea of Flux 2 as a tool of many, at least for prototyping or starting up a project. It supports HTML5 and CSS3, and all sorts of awesome integration with javscript “packages”, but isn´t really mentioned on any of the bigger web dev blogs. It even supports...
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Alex Payne's Minimalism in Software →
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Some things to think about...
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
The greatest technology contributions that Apple has ever made are the ones that are so obvious they are often overlooked. Apple essentially created the language of computer UI. In fact, they have done so twice now.
Xerox/PARC legends aside, it was Apple that pushed and popularized the very idea of...
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“I tell people that if it’s in the news, don’t worry about it. The very...”
– Bruce Schneier /via charliepark and marco
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“The human mind delights in finding pattern—so much so that we often mistake...”
– Stephen Jay Gould /via butdoesitfloat, jeremyturner and merlin
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“The Internet hasn’t changed the way we think,” argues neuroscientist Joshua...”
– Begley, “Does the Internet Change How We Think?” /via newsweek
“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much...”
– The Economist (via mudd up, peterwknox) (via marco)
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24 ways: The Web Is Your CMS →
Great tutorial on the use of Yahoo Query Language for mashing up APIs and combining them in Yahoo´s server farm before return.
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“Tablet devices that are just for viewing magazines have an audience the size of...”
– /by @andjdavies: Tablets. So hot right now…
I so agree about the current tsunami of pure “e-readers”.
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mowglii - Itsy Twitter app for Mac →
Small and minimal but some tricks up its sleeve like inline images. Maybe something for the Mrs. ?:)
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“Where zen ends, ass kicking begins.”
– Hyde (That 70s Show) /via mnmal
Web Analytics in Real Time - Clicky. →
Seems like a nice (and popular) real-time alternative to Google Analytics. It also tracks shorturls and twitter, but I guess Google won´t be far behind on that after just launching goo.gl and all.
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WatchPerfect animation (and funny):
No Time For Nuts Digital short from the dvd Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Reblogged from stevenbeelen´s most awesome blog.
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What Will the Apple Tablet Mean for the Smarthome? →
If the tablet was to be used to control multiple smart home sub-systems from unique apps this would result in a great deal of repeated opening and closing of each application. One potential way around this would be to have a common web interface to all devices - perhaps using something like HomeSeer and xAP / xPL. Or perhaps the larger form factor of the tablet will allow for a battery big...
“It’s really hard to be simple, it’s much easier to look simple”
– Davide Butler on “Redesigning Design” (via quartodisecolo and sid05)
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December 2009
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“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”
– Albert Einstein (via joelaz)
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Auto-detect language being typed in MacRuby... →
Merbist shows another cool feature available in Cocoa, and how it´s used in Macruby.
I´m really intrigued by Macruby btw.
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GreaseKit in 64bit Safari →
Tristan O’Tierney has compiled a 64bit version of GreaseKit (Safari´s Greasemonkey equivalent) which together with the latest SIMBL 64bit beta bring userscripts to Safari in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
I like to be able to use Helvetireader in my fave browser.
“Men have become the tools of their tools.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via minimalmac)
October 2009
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Somebody should make a phone like this
via boing boing gadgets
The Sinclair Sovereign, a pocket calculator from 1976. … or even just a universal remote control like that, all the Pronto lookalikes look like shit and don´t fit in anyone´s hand.
(via my http://thomas.boehm.no)
The trouble with recorded opinions
The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the “why” out of the equation — as in “why would I want this?” The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’. There is no evidence that...
The Original IBM ThinkPad
This is the notepad (the pencil and paper kind) that in the late 80s / early 90s inspired an IBM researcher to name the company’s new mobile computer the ThinkPad. To me, the IBM ThinkPad was the classic laptop computer to have. At least that was the case until I went full time Apple and the Chinese got a hold of the brand. At any rate, it is interesting to see the little promotional...
Fat Wallygator
I’ve always thought Wally’s yachts were amazing but this is just a fat Wallygator. The same nice touches though:
You can tell by the headline that this $143 million yacht is giving me an attack of the green-eyed monster. It’s a joint venture by French luxury goods manufacturer Hermes,and Wally, a Monaco-based shipbuilder* and, as someone who doesn’t get particularly...
September 2009
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Spectacular Thermaltake Level 10 arrives
Spectacular Thermaltake Level 10 arrives Remember that unusual and beautiful design concept for a Thermaltake PC case we showed you last March? When we visited its designers, BMW DesignworksUSA in California, they hinted that this product would eventually be available for you and me, and they weren’t kidding. Our pals at MaximumPC got a hold of one, and here it is in all its glory, the...
Leica X1
via l-camera-forum.com
Leica Camera AG, Solms, presents a new generation of Leica digital cameras ‘Made in Germany’ – the LEICA X1. The LEICA X1 is equipped with a CMOS sensor in APS-C format, just like those used in semi-professional DSLR cameras. Together with an all-purpose LEICA ELMARIT 1:2.8/24 mm lens, the particularly large sensor for this class of camera offers outstanding picture...
August 2009
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Waiting for dinner
(via my http://thomas.boehm.no)
Electric eniCycle: the Segway for geeky circus...
Ever since the dramatic debut of the Segway years ago, inventors have been emboldened to step up with their own transport innovations, the latest of which is called the eniCycle. Created by Slovenian inventor Aleksander Polutnik, the unicycle-like vehicle is powered by an electric motor and features a self-balancing gyroscope system, allowing even those of us not trained at the circus to...
July 2009
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The Langskip - a 55 ft. Viking style yacht is a...
There is no other yacht in the world that compares to it. Built in Germanischer Lloyds A class, it is strong enough to take you on a voyage across the oceans, but also has a shallow draft of 1m so you can take it on the inland waterways of the world. No other yacht of this size offers you this way of cruising. The one you see here is 55 ft long and has a beam of 14 ft. But we can also build...
This could get ugly..
See the full gallery on posterous The young stallions taunting the bulls at the farm.(via my http://bohtho.posterous.com)
Inventions that changed the world: Mikhail...
via gizmag.com
It’s the most effective killing machine in human history - a gun that, on its 62nd birthday, is still killing as many as a quarter of a million people every year, in every corner of the globe. Invented by a gifted tank mechanic to save Russia’s motherland from the invading German hordes in WW2, the AK-47 went on to rise to global prominence during the proxy battles of...
Muji disguises its shower radio as a shampoo...
via dvice.com
Actually a baby powder bottle.
(via my http://bohtho.posterous.com)
Why won´t your wife let you buy this wagon?
via dinosaursandrobots.com
1962 Ad for VW Bus. The same font and layout VW uses today I think.
(via my http://bohtho.posterous.com)