February 2012
Apple gives a shit
Via Gruber:
Joanna Stern:
“I could go on and on about how much better the touchpad experience is on the Air, but the big question I’ve always had is: why? Why is it that other laptop makers haven’t mastered the touch experience and Apple has been able to make it work so fluidly, even with another operating system?”
Because no one other than Apple gives a shit about doing the hard...
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If this is what major label money is doing for Of Monsters and Men, I have some hope.
I really hope they stay weird.
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Fired RIM execs 'chewed through restraints' on... →
bigweek:
You can’t make this stuff up.
RIM setting a standard we can only aspire to…
January 2012
No More Résumés, Say Some Firms - WSJ.com →
saila:
(via Instapaper)
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Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...
– Jonathan Coulton writes a smart post about MegaUpload, SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Copyright, and being an artist amongst pirates. Grab a cup of coffee on this snowy/rainy Saturday and make this your morning read. (via spytap)
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And what have we seen? A recurring pattern. To use the terms Obama first...
– Andrew Sullivan’s take on the Obama administration is the most cogent and honest I’ve read.
Andrew Sullivan: How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics - The Daily Beast (via hellbox)
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Buying Love →
There’s been discussion about Microsoft paying out “splifs” in exchange for each Windows Phone they sell. Basically a manufacturer incentive to the reseller. Some are making a big deal out of Apple and Google never having done this, but Gruber points out that there have certainly been payouts made by certain Android handset manufacturers. I’ll do him one better: carriers...
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dorkgasm:
Greg and I adopted a sweet 6mth old ginger kitteh yesterday and, although he’s still a little shy, he is an absolute cuddlebutt! Meet Pixel’s little brother - Vector Lenn Bowers!!
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Cat Fight!
animalsbeingdicks:
Slowly…almost there…just one more…step…DIE BITCH!
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After working with iOS & Android, I can say it’s not about openness,...
– Scott Windsor
When Scott says this, you know it’s true. Watching Scott go from adamant Android supporter to happy iPhone user and developer speaks volumes about how Google is really missing the mark.
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For those of you following along with Sherlock S2… →
Bean and I just finished the first episode of Sherlock series 2 (thank you BBC and a nice UK proxy server), and she came across the blog that Watson keeps in the show, including the broken hit counter. Read through the posts to keep your mind active while we wait for the other two episodes (and I am NOT looking forward to that horrid time that will eventually follow where we wait a year or more...
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[I hate] People who hate cats. Do you hate babies? Do you hate bunny rabbits? Do...
– Kat Dennings
Well, my evening was painfully awful, and awkward....
venomousswan:
I think next year I’m going to stay at home and play D&D.
More umbrella swordfighting?