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McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:19:59 -0500

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero. :

Wow.

Graph of the Day

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:56:00 -0500

Graph of the Day:

EDIT: Whoops, nevermind. Apologies.

I had to link to this. That red line is nearly unbelievable.

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Joseph Mathewson Reviews the Nokia Lumia 800

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:48:53 -0500

Joseph Mathewson Reviews the Nokia Lumia 800:

Nice layman’s write-up. Overall positive, but I love this line:

It feels odd pressing the IE icon for anything other than browser testing.

Made me chuckle.

Chris Ziegler on HTC Making It Rain (Phones)

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:04:42 -0500

Chris Ziegler on HTC Making It Rain (Phones):

I enjoyed this piece on The Verge. Awesome bit here:

It’s simple: make a large high-end device, a smaller value device, and a QWERTY device. Maybe one or two other specialty form factors, tops. That’s it. Update them once a year, and keep the names the same.

Goodness knows you’re running out of names, anyway.

Zing.

What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem - Boing Boing

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:50:00 -0500

What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem - Boing Boing:

Great piece by Rob Beschizza for BoingBoing; I just got to it today in my Instapaper queue.

Love this bit:

But Sony rarely iterates, even when it’s onto something good. Everything is a one-off. It treats a billion-dollar business the way a microbrewery treats ales with silly names.

The rest of the piece illustrates how this is the opposite of Apple’s hardware design process.

And here:

Companies like Dell and HP will chance across good design every so often, but companies like Sony make good designs then abandon them intentionally because they’re blind to their own good design choices.

Hard to understand.

The Asus MacBook Air, sort of – Marco.org

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:10:31 -0500

The Asus MacBook Air, sort of – Marco.org:

Here are Marco’s notes on the Ars review of the Asus Zenbook. The two photos of the Asus vs. the MacBook Air internals are astonishing. The layouts are identical.

Shameless.

Shopping in L.A. with Jesse Thorn: Style: GQ

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:42:52 -0400

Shopping in L.A. with Jesse Thorn: Style: GQ:

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More Amazon Tablet Details

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:44:34 -0400

More Amazon Tablet Details:

Way more info from MG Siegler about the Amazon tablet being announced tomorrow. The question now is: even if the hardware is kind of half-assed, is it still worth getting one just to get into Amazon’s tablet ecosystem early? I think part of that will depend on price — if the hardware is lacking, the price will need to reflect that. Amazon has tons of room for error here. Let’s hope they see that, and act accordingly.

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Thanks to Todd at Celestial Teapot

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:25:05 -0400

Thanks to Todd at Celestial Teapot:

A quick thanks to Todd over at Celestial Teapot software. Not only does he write the single decent XML validator I could find, but he answers support email himself. On a Sunday. From his iPhone. And he finds bugs in like 2 minutes. Ninja.

Oh, and did I mention he writes another little app you may have heard of, called Fluid? Yes, that Fluid.

Thanks Todd!

Goddam ninja.

Instapaper’s (anti-)social network – Marco.org

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:14:40 -0400

Instapaper’s (anti-)social network – Marco.org:

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via Frank : Designers vs Coding

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:28:55 -0400

via Frank : Designers vs Coding:

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Chip In For Series 2 of Put This On

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:14:10 -0400

Chip In For Series 2 of Put This On:

Come on, you cheap bastard.

AT&T, T-Mobile Deal vs. the DOJ

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:27:12 -0400

AT&T, T-Mobile Deal vs. the DOJ:

Bloomberg has the story. DOJ:

AT&T could obtain substantially the same network enhancements that it claims will come from the transaction if it simply invested in its own network without eliminating a close competitor.

Good point.

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parislemon: Apple’s vision for the future of computing versus...

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:08:27 -0400

parislemon:

Apple’s vision for the future of computing versus Microsoft’s vision for the future of computing.

Any questions?

Joanna Stern Reviews Another Android Tablet

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:57:39 -0400

Joanna Stern Reviews Another Android Tablet:

Good times:

It sounds harsh, but when you can pick up the iPad 2 or the Galaxy Tab 2 for just $499, the $50 you save by getting a K1 doesn’t seem close to worth it — unless, of course, you think there’s some value in buggy software.

mostexerent: ToKYo (via j-p-g)

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:15:06 -0400

mostexerent:

ToKYo

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Daring Fireball Linked List: Quotes From Android Partners on Google's Acquisition of Motorola

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:58:17 -0400

Daring Fireball Linked List: Quotes From Android Partners on Google's Acquisition of Motorola:

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Glorious Renders Of Apple’s New Spaceship Headquarters | TechCrunch

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:52:31 -0400

Glorious Renders Of Apple’s New Spaceship Headquarters | TechCrunch:

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blog, blecch

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:06:38 -0400

blog, blecch:

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An iOS Developer Takes on Android

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:29:48 -0400

An iOS Developer Takes on Android:

Nick Farina on developing for Android, from an iOS dev’s point of view.

I really like this bit here:

Which is a long way of saying that everything on iOS is drawn using OpenGL. This is why animation on iOS is so hopelessly fast. You may have noticed that -drawRect is not called for each frame of an animation. It’s called once, then you draw your lines and circles and text onto an OpenGL surface (which you didn’t even realize), then Core Animation moves these surfaces around like pulling on the strings of a marionette. All the final compositing for each frame is done in hardware by the GPU.

The way Nick worded that really helped the concept of hardware acceleration (and how it helps the iOS devices) click for me, in a way it hasn’t before. Great piece.