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I’m noticing that people outside of the Bay Area are excellent giving articulate directions. I...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:35:18 -0700

I’m noticing that people outside of the Bay Area are excellent giving articulate directions. I think it’s because they don’t all have iPhones.

The hood of Snoop’s car. The best us how the Lakers stars...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:53:02 -0700

The hood of Snoop’s car. The best us how the Lakers stars are basking in awe.

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:43:39 -0700

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.

In Aspyr’s new DS game Treasure World you set out on a...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:10:00 -0700

In Aspyr’s new DS game Treasure World you set out on a treasure hunt upon WiFi waves. By finding stray stardust (stray WiFi signals) you hunt for your quarry.

area/code’s plundr was the first to use this idea a few years ago. In fact, the seafaring reality augmented over Google Maps had to inspire this game.

I love the way audio is utilized in Treasure World: set your character to scan for stardust and hop in a car or onto your bike and listen to the sound of coins pinging as you pass in and out of WiFi zones. (Via Offworld)

AT&T Saw 65,000 Texts Per Second Following Michael Jackson's Death

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:34 -0700

AT&T Saw 65,000 Texts Per Second Following Michael Jackson's Death

NASA - LRO’s First Moon Images

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:38 -0700

NASA - LRO’s First Moon Images

Michael Jackson First Artist to Sell Over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:21:10 -0700

Michael Jackson First Artist to Sell Over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week:

In life he helped the record industry achieve it’s former glory. In death, he hammers nails into its coffin.

*Check out his traffic on torrent sites for further proof.

"If this really is your business plan — if you figure you can build a company by winning over..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:18:58 -0700

“If this really is your business plan — if you figure you can build a company by winning over some tiny percentage of iPhone users who are unhappy enough to switch — well, I pray for your souls.”

- Fake Steve seems much more sympathetic to the real Steve this time around. (Via The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs)

himmelsblog: THE PERFECT WAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY. [via.]

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:55:37 -0700

himmelsblog:

THE PERFECT WAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY.

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There’s no better metaphor for San Francisco’s...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:41:29 -0700

There’s no better metaphor for San Francisco’s Mission District than a $110 messenger bag/cooler for Pabst. Irony included. (Via Timbuk2)

AI and friends in Press Hop. #1 Autotune Jam of the Summer. (via...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:43:14 -0700

AI and friends in Press Hop. #1 Autotune Jam of the Summer. (via djsteveporter)

Wow NY Times. I knew times were tough, but jeez.

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:06:34 -0700

Wow NY Times. I knew times were tough, but jeez.

"Thing is – spoiler alert – halfway through the film, the Ghostbusters realize that NYNEX isn’t..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:55:46 -0700

“Thing is – spoiler alert – halfway through the film, the Ghostbusters realize that NYNEX isn’t a phone system at all: it’s the embedded nervous system of an angel – a fallen angel – and all those phone calls and dial-up modems in college dorm rooms and public pay phones are actually connected into the fiber-optic anatomy of a vast, ethereal organism that preceded the architectural build-up of Manhattan. Manhattan came afterwards, that is: NYNEX was here first.”

- BLDGBLOG delivers your Ghostbusters fan fic of the day. (Via BLDGBLOG)

"Critical consensus on Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is overwhelmingly negative. But the..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:09:03 -0700

“Critical consensus on Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is overwhelmingly negative. But the critics are wrong. Michael Bay used a squillion dollars and a hundred supercomputers’ worth of CG for a brilliant art movie about the illusory nature of plot.
Oh, and I would warn you that there’ll be spoilers in this review — except that, really, since I still have no idea what actually happened in this movie, I’m not sure how much I can spoil it.”

- Charlie Jane Anders just killed all the other Transformers reviews. (Via io9)

The Dieline directs our attention to the packaging of one of my...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:51 -0700

The Dieline directs our attention to the packaging of one of my favorite single-malts, The Glenrothes. To refresh the design, The Glenrothes made two changes that have quickly spread to competing brands seeking to capture the premium status the packaging evokes.

Inspired by behavior they noticed in the scotch’s tasting room, designers created the “hand-signed” label to create a personal, hand-crafted aura. To support this perception they also went against whiskey conventions and printed the birthdate (1979) rather than the age (15 year) on the bottle.

Small touches, to be sure. But when paired with the minimalist packaging the impression is consistent and powerful. (Via The Dieline)

He’s owning the top albums, too.

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:28:58 -0700

He’s owning the top albums, too.

This has been a terrible day for the 80s.

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:51 -0700

This has been a terrible day for the 80s.

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed a record-breaking and totally insane $55 $60.6 million..."

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:25:11 -0700

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen grossed a record-breaking and totally insane $55 $60.6 million at the U.S. box office yesterday. For comparison’s sake, that one-day total eclipses 2009 Oscar nominees Doubt and Frost/Nixon’s combined domestic gross for their entire theatrical run.”

- Taste is overrated. (Via New York Magazine)

HP is porting their calculators to the iPhone. Yet another...

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:19:45 -0700

HP is porting their calculators to the iPhone. Yet another example of how the iPhone is white-label hardware.

There’s a bit of irony here as well. To get the initial money to start Apple, both Steves sold their most prized possessions. Jobs sold his VW microbus and Woz sold his HP scientific calculator. 33 years later and he’s right back where he started.

YouTube Mobile Uploads Up 400% Since iPhone 3GS Launch

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:16:44 -0700

YouTube Mobile Uploads Up 400% Since iPhone 3GS Launch :

When Apple unveiled their video interface at this year’s WWDC it became apparent why certain features were left out of the iPhone in the previous generations. The team at Apple are perfectionists. The interface for video is worth the wait, as it is for all much delayed features: MMS, copy/paste, etc.

Now we have quantitative evidence: all on their lonesome Apple quadrupled mobile uploading to YouTube with the release of the iPhone 3GS.