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Introducing Gmail Paper
2007-04-01 07:42:00
“Now that I have Gmail Paper , I understand the difference between labels and folders. I had one message with two labels, but when I tried to stick the paper version into two filing cabinets at the same time, it just wouldn?t go.”
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Apple releases Boot Camp 1.2
2007-03-29 12:37:00
Now includes full support for Vista, Apple Software Update, Apple Remote, AppleTime (no more out-of-sync clock), and other assorted hardware.
More About: Release , Camp , Lease , Ease

Yahoo! Mail announces unlimited storage
2007-03-28 03:45:00
Clever marketing on Yahoo !’s part. It’ll be interested to see how Google responds. (+digg)
More About: Mail , Storage , Rage , Yahoo Mail

Xtorrent & Inquisitor out of beta
2007-03-27 02:06:00
Two great OS X apps by David Watanabe were taken out of beta today.
More About: Torrent , Beta , Rent , Inquisitor , Sito

Family takes picture every year for 30 years
2007-03-19 20:22:00
“On June 17, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop, for a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.”
More About: Family , Picture , Take , Ever , Years

Secret Rant launches
2007-03-18 01:59:00
I just launched Secret Rant , a project I’ve been working on for a few weeks. Secret Rant allows anybody on the net to leave angry thoughts or messages without leaving any personal information. Think of it as anonymous blogging. The interface is as simple as possible. The idea behind Secret Rant is as simple as it gets. ...
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Facebook releases iPhoto plugin
2007-03-16 22:04:00
Enables direct uploading with the tagging of friends.
More About: Photo , Ebook , Book , Plugin , Release

OS X 10.4.9 causing serious problems
2007-03-15 20:07:00
If you haven’t upgraded yet, I’d recommend holding off until Apple resolves this.
More About: Problems , Serious , Problem , Sing

Possible aftermath of Google vs. Viacom
2007-03-15 04:33:00
“Yeah, Viacom will end up with a billion bucks. Its stock price will go up temporarily, but will drop the next day as Viacom?s investors realizes that Viacom has just put itself into a box. One from which it will not escape.”
More About: Google , Math , After , Erma

Mac OS X 10.4.9 released
2007-03-13 22:58:00
Includes several performance and security improvements. (Probably) last major update until Leopard!
More About: Mac , Released , Release , Lease , Mac os

My OS X workspace
2007-03-13 05:21:00
Efficiency is generally a top priority for Mac users — especially for those who use their computer for work. Using a few of Merlin’s tips, I’ve managed to transform my old distracting desktop into a fast-paced, organized, and overall productive workspace. Yes, it’s actually black. Click to enlarge. Probably the most apparent element here is the black ...
More About: Space , Work , Works , Pace

8-core Mac Pro coming soon
2007-03-13 03:04:00
Apple Store UK: “Now quad-core or 8-core processing power. Configure yours today.”
More About: Mac , Core , Ming , Mac Pro

Why homework should be rethought
2007-03-12 23:21:00
Great read.
More About: Homework , Home , Work , Thought , Should

The word ?wanna? traces invisible words in the English language
2007-03-12 23:19:00
“But wanna is actually very interesting, because it provides evidence for something predicted by syntactic theory, and something that ought to surprise you: there are invisible words in our speech.”
More About: Word , Words , English , English Language , Language

The genius of Apple marketing
2007-03-12 22:49:00
“The avalanche of headlines and TV news stories about the iPhone - which hits the market in June - already have generated $400 million in free publicity, says Harvard Business School professor David Yoffie.”
More About: Marketing , Apple , Market , Geni , Mark

Shutdown Day is approaching
2007-03-12 02:03:00
“The idea behind the experiment is to find out how many people can go without a computer for one whole day, and what will happen if we all participate!”
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Remember to change your clocks tonight
2007-03-11 00:34:00
Are your devices ready?
More About: Clock , Change , Clocks , Night , Your

Review: iDefrag for OS X
2007-03-11 00:29:00
Remember that myth about Macs not needing defragmentation? Turns out that’s completely false, and iDefrag is a simple, effective solution. I would have never known my drive was so fragmented if it weren’t for Boot Camp. After deciding to give Vista spin on a second partition, I downloaded Boot Camp and went through the setup. No ...
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MapWii.com: Find Wii Neighbors
2007-03-10 16:42:20
I’ve been having a whole lot of fun with the Wii I got yesterday for my birthday (review by the end of the week). I just discovered that every Wii has a unique Wii Number, which can be used to add friends and send them messages — mine is 1005 5931 8887 9875. (I’m not sure if there are any games you can play with friends yet, but I’ll keep an eye out.) MapWii.com is a nice Google Maps site that simply allows you to find people around you with Wiis and their Wii Numbers. Very cool.
More About: Find , Neighbors

Gmail Mail Fetcher: Auto-POP3 Mail Retriever
2007-03-10 16:42:20
My Gmail account was just updated with the Mail Fetcher feature — a tool that got a lot of publicity a few months ago when only very few users received the functionality. I’m assuming Google has decided to give the functionality to a much larger Gmail audience, or I’ve moved up on the Gmail beta list. For me, the Mail Fetcher is a great way to move a mail account to Gmail without losing a single message. Before, it was nearly impossible to move older messages to a Gmail account from your POP3 or IMAP account. Now, I can download all of the 2,500 messages from my IMAP account into my Gmail account and officially make the switch. The download frequency seems pretty inconsistent but still reasonable. From what I can tell, the feature is designed to check for mail every 3 minutes. However, at the time of writing my account hasn’t been checked for 15 minutes. Not a huge deal, considering 200 messages are downloaded at a time, but it’s a good thing to keep i...
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Stevie J. spotted with supposed iPhone
2007-03-10 16:42:20
“Either he talks to himself when listening to music, or he’s got an iPhone in his pocket.” Looks like a children’s sporting event. Could it really be the iPhone?
More About: Iphone , With , Spot , Pose

WordPress How To: AdSense After First Post
2007-03-10 16:42:20
One of the hardest aspects of designing a site is the placement of non-obtrusive ads. I’ve found that placing ads after the first blog post on the homepage is the most ideal place for ads if you don’t have room on the sidebar. Luckily, placing your ad code after the first post is pretty easy with Word Press. First, navigate to your theme directory (/wp-content/themes/yourtheme). Open the file with the layout for each individual post (varies from theme to theme — theloop.php in K2, index.php in most others). After the line that contains if (have_posts()), add the following code: <?php $count = 1; ?> Next, find the end of the post loop, usually where there’s a </div> or something to that effect. It’s usually pretty obvious where the HTML ends. Under the line of code that ends the loop (<? } ?>, <? endif; ?>, or <? endwhile; ?>), add this line, making sure you add your own AdSense code: <?php if ($count == 1) : ?>   ...
More About: Wordpress , Adsense , How To

Wii: Everybody Votes Channel
2007-03-10 16:42:20
Nintendo just released a voting channel for the Wii called Ever ybody Vote s. The simple channel only has a few features. Upon launch, it asks the user questions and the user can both vote and predict which choice will win at the end of the poll’s closing time. At the moment, they only have strange questions like “Which century would you prefer to live in?” and “Would you rather live in a house on a mountain or on the beach?” However, I’m just happy to see some form of interaction from the Wii using the internet. Hopefully the question suggestion feature will bring in some better questions in the future.
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Google Valentine?s Logo Theories
2007-03-10 16:42:20
There have been some questions pointed at Google about the absence of the “L” in Google from their Valenti ne ’s day logo. After their “official statement,” a few interesting theories have been made. Barnabe Googe was an English poet during the 16th century, well-known for the one line of poetry, “I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die.” Debbie Googe is a former member of the band My Bloody Valentine. Since the L is usually green, the stem could be the L. You can’t spell love without an L — some depressed graphic designers at Google maybe? Google made a mistake and we’re reading too far into it.
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Heroes meets The Office
2007-03-10 16:42:20
“If you’re watching this that means I’m already dead.”
More About: Office , The Office , Heroes , Hero , The O

Tumblelog craze
2007-03-10 16:42:20
After witnessing the recent tumblelog trend, I’ve decided to take my blogging in a direction that I’ve wanted to for a while now. I’ve stripped down my site and used quite a few homemade WordPress mods to allow myself to post very frequent short links to sites of interest. (Expect a how-to on that soon.) Nothing changes — same RSS address, archives have been carried over, in-depth write-ups will still be written, etc. Simply more content will be posted daily. Since I’ve been wanting to try this for almost a year now, I figured this is a better method than relying on a fly-by-night startup for a separate blog. (These changes may seem sudden, but this has been a side project of mine for a few months.) Feel free to let me know what you think. Since this WordPress solution is mostly homebrew, I’d love to hear any suggestions.
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Social network Virb goes public
2007-03-10 16:42:20
MySpace gone right.
More About: Social , Public , Work , Network , Soci

Animation of a Pulp Fiction speech in type
2007-03-10 16:42:20
Very cool.
More About: Animation , Fiction , Anima , Type , Pulp Fiction

Apple Updates iTunes & QuickTime
2007-03-10 16:42:20
Apple just released iTunes 7.1 and QuickTime 7.1.5. The iTunes update adds full-screen Cover Flow with support for Apple TV, while QuickTime was updated with simply a few security and bug fixes. (Huge gaps between posts will end soon — just working out some design and functionality changes with WordPress.)
More About: Apple , Itunes , Dates

WordPress 2.1.2 Patches Serious Hole
2007-03-10 16:42:20
WordPress 2.1.2 was released to patch a huge security hole in 2.1.1 added by a cracker. Definitely upgrade ASAP if you upgraded to 2.1.1.
More About: Wordpress , Word , Patches , Serious