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Month: September 2012

  • Perfect Bacon Cooking Method

    Published September 30, 2012
  • ‘Does Apple have a Scott Forstall problem?’

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt writes an interesting and rather scathing article on Scott Forstall. I’m not sure the maps and Siri problems are fire-able offenses because both were things Apple had to do and both needed user feedback to get better. Now it’s true expectations weren’t managed well, and that’s not good, but fire-able? However if it […]

    Published September 29, 2012
  • Assorted iPhone 5 Thoughts

    There’s not much reason to write an iPhone 5 review, as John Gruber truly said it best: I own things that cost and remain worth more (e.g. my car). But I own nothing this nice. There is however a few things that I have noted in my week plus of using the device that I […]

    Published September 29, 2012
  • Quote of the Day: The Macalope

    “And Fake Steve is dead, but the self-important drama queen lives on.” — The Macalope

    Published September 29, 2012
  • Much Smaller

    Chuck Skoda: What was more unexpected was the size of the Lightning connector. The marketing images don’t quite do justice to how small it is, and the size isn’t the end of the improvements. It’s really small — blew me away when I saw it t first. The connector actually seems delicate, but at the […]

    Published September 29, 2012
  • Review: Parallels Desktop 8 vs. VMware Fusion 5

    Published September 28, 2012
  • ‘California Bars Employers From Demanding Employees’ Social Media Log-in Info’

    Sarah Jacobsson Purewal: It’s officially illegal for employers and universities in California to request social media log-in information—that is, user names and passwords for Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail—from employees and students. When I first heard about this being a common thing when trying to get a new job, I honestly thought it was a joke. […]

    Published September 28, 2012
  • “My Wife Did It”

    Chris Morran on a TSA agent stealing an iPad ABC intentionally left behind: “I’m so embarrassed,” he explained to ABC. “My wife says she got the iPad and brought it home.” When asked how his wife, who is not a TSA officer, could have “found” the iPad when it had been left at an airport […]

    Published September 28, 2012
  • Apple Crime in NYC Spikes 40 Percent

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Mumford & Sons Are the Biggest Thing in Music Right Now

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Software Driven

    John Gruber on the iPhone 5 camera: Looking at the EXIF data, the big difference is that the photo shot with the built-in Camera app on the iPhone 5 had an ISO speed of 2500; the other three all maxed out at 800. It appears the iPhone 5 can go up to ISO 3200. I […]

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Google’s Motorola Ad Faked an Address to Beat Apple Maps

    Honest question: why did they need to fake an address to “beat” Apple? Why not just show Street View versus Flyover? Seems like that is more honest and more telling of the feature dis-parity between the two. Another way would be to show one of the many “melting” bridges, or to advertise your market leading […]

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Subtle UI Changes in iOS 6 and the Case for the Blue Status Bar

    Published September 27, 2012
  • iPhone 5 Wallpaper Pack

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Wedge — a Mac Client for App.net

    Published September 27, 2012
  • The Apple Weather App

    For the larger iPhone 5 screen size, Apple didn’t just scale up their weather UI. They added to it.

    Published September 27, 2012
  • ‘Different People Have Different Hands’

    Lukas Mathis on the iPhone 5’s screen size: There is no one perfect screen size that fits everybody’s hands. He has a screenshot of what looks to be the iPhone 5 commercial. The thing that strikes me most about that commercial is that Apple is clearly trying to convey to skeptics that you can easily […]

    Published September 27, 2012
  • Note on RSS Feeds

    After today I will be turning off Feedburner and sticking with just the built in RSS feed system. Most of you that use Google Reader should roll over to the new feed (in theory) without having to do a thing. However if you don’t use Google Reader you will need to replace the Feedburner URL […]

    Published September 27, 2012
  • The B&B Podcast #78: Listener Q&A

    A fun episode of Shawn and I taking questions from readers. Everything from bags to coffee roasting.

    Published September 26, 2012
  • Why Your OS Name Matters

    Apple has, to my knowledge, never exclusively used a non-numeric name for their operating systems since OS X. Yes, they refer to 10.8 as “Mountain Lion”, but they also fall back on the “10.8” monicker when needed. I’m reminded of just how important this fact is by the exploit found on Android devices and it […]

    Published September 26, 2012
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