August 2009
31 posts
Hidden Gems
Best use of the iPhone accelerometer: not having to rotate your pictures once you get them on your computer.
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Is the Tumblarity algorithm the Tumblr equivalent of the App Store acceptance/rejection rule set, or has it been (even generally) explained and I missed it? I know it counts likes/reblogs/follows, but does it do more than that? Is traffic considered?
WatchTuned GTR dyno pull (via Top Gear)
Watchyum9me:
How NOT To Wash Your Car
Push Mechanics
Can anyone point me to a site that describes in at least semi-technical detail the mechanics behind mobile phone push technology?
The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers →
The Bad Grammarian:
“So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe”. Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.
Pretty funny, but also pretty obvious. Link via @ckimmelshue.
Dick's won't stock Vick jerseys →
I’m somewhat torn on the whole Vick issue, given that I am a Virginia Tech alum, and he wasn’t [nearly as much of] a scumbag when he was there. More importantly, he has been sentenced and sent to prison, and then released.
All in all though, whether or not he really did “do his time”, it seems more than a bit unfair to me that shortly after being out of prison he’s...
My self-imposed ban on posting political items is becoming more and more challenging with time.
Watchlivejamie:
Moment Factory and PHOTONIC Dreams collaborate on an amazing LED video wall in Montreal. The installation includes tracking devices and low-resolution LED displays to show many different visualizations based on the presence and movement of people. (Thanks enemyswim!)
“The Google Maps API encourages the use of function closures, and the API event...”
– Google Maps API Concepts
If developers are glorified plumbers—we just push data through pipes we create—does that make front-end designers glorified janitors—they clean up after our messes?
n00b OS X Question
Should I just bite the bullet and preorder the $30 Snow Leopard upgrade, or should I wait for a Snow Leopard boxed set with iLife ‘09 (which I also want), even though I don’t want iWork ‘09?
Joe “Bean” Esposito - You’re the...
Hacking The iPhone Through SMS →
Really interesting article for geeks (even more specifically, developers) about the mechanics behind the recent iPhone SMS exploit. (via /.)
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Epic Fail Exemplified
BL: are you ready to defriend me forever?
Me: defriend you on account of?
BL: i am in [NYC, which is] arguably the pizza capital of the country
BL: and i just ordered from domino's
BL: my bad