December 2010
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seanr: We were playing Mario Kart. 'Twas epic.
m: why was it epic?
seanr: 32 races
m: you could have gone the full 64
seanr: 32 is the full amount. We were thinking of doing it twice for 64.
m: I was just making an architecture joke
seanr: That architecture joke went over my head like ... a coffered ceiling?
m: system architecture
seanr: oh right
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The Google Blacklist Christmas Card →
http://www.googleblackchristmas.com/
Unfortunately requires Flash, but amusing all the same. Mildly unsafe for work.
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Title Junk →
http://daringfireball.net/2010/12/title_junk
Good advice from Daring Fireball about creating webpage titles.
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Spelling differences between British and American... →
http://www.essays.se/essay/197522dbb6/
An essay on the differences between British (“formal”) and American (“informal”) English.
British: through, night, light, high
American: thru, nite, lite, hi
Sadly, the writer is serious.
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Wired: Re-imagined Star Wars posters for Mondo →
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/12/olly-moss-star-wars-mondo/
I’ve seen a bunch of these floating around before, but here they all are together with a detailed write-up.
The art is from various artists, available through Mondo. One of my favourite sets is the Bounty Hunters set by Australian-based Ken Taylor.
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Chrome for a cause →
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cause/#tnc
An interesting way for Google to do some data-gathering, as well as donate to charity.
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What's on your home screen?
What’s on your home screen can say a lot about you. Have you just stuck with the home screen Apple gave you when you bought your iPhone? I’d say the answer for most people is “yes”. After all, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to swipe through multiple screens to get to what you want. Yet every swipe you don’t need to do makes it easy to navigate.
Then...
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Rear-facing cameras on iPads
Leaks of photos supposedly showing cases for the next-generation iPad have surfaced. One interesting feature they show is a small hole for a rear-facing camera.
Now, I certainly believe it’s quite possible the next iPad will include a rear-facing camera. All the same, I think it is a curious inclusion.
There are many apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch that make use of the...
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Google Maps & label readability →
http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability
I have been bashing Google a lot recently. But I still think there are four things that Google does better than anyone: Search, Maps, GMail, and the Chrome browser. This article shows just how much care and thoughtful design goes into Google Maps. If only they put this much effort into their other offerings.
(via Daring...
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Android hardware buttons →
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/12/06/android-hardware
John Gruber on Daring Fireball links to comparisons between hardware buttons on the various Android handsets.
Google’s philosophy of throwing a bunch of options out there and seeing what sticks does not make for good user experience. It just confuses things. Put the work in to get it right the first time.
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Short comings of iOS 4.2 on iPad
iOS 4.2 was released last week, bringing to the iPad the long awaited improvements that have been available on the iPhone for months. Additionally, new features like AirPrint and AirPlay are available for all iOS devices. Yet while the features the iPhone has enjoyed, like multi-tasking, bring great possibilities to the iPad, the new features seem half-baked.
AirPrint only works with certain HP...
November 2010
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