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No typing or keyboard references at all. But James Kendrick does offer these gems: I’ve read on the web that the Tab is just a Galaxy S smartphone grown bigger. I’ve tested Samsung’s smartphones, and find the Tab is exactly as described, and that’s a good thing and: Think of the online activities you do…
No typing or keyboard references at all. But James Kendrick does offer these gems:
I’ve read on the web that the Tab is just a Galaxy S smartphone grown bigger. I’ve tested Samsung’s smartphones, and find the Tab is exactly as described, and that’s a good thing
and:
Think of the online activities you do on an Android phone that would be even better on a larger screen, and you have the primary usage scenario for the Galaxy Tab.
Yay a really big Android phone, it’s not a tablet!
Nice walkthrough with screenshots by Mashable for those of us with no Facebook account. Also I will never purposefully email someone with a Facebook email account – mark my words.
Nice walkthrough with screenshots by Mashable for those of us with no Facebook account. Also I will never purposefully email someone with a Facebook email account – mark my words.
Rafi Sela on how Israel manages airport security: Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death. But they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes … and that’s how you figure out the bad guys from the good…
Rafi Sela on how Israel manages airport security:
Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death. But they will never look at you, at how you behave. They will never look into your eyes … and that’s how you figure out the bad guys from the good guys.
Makes TSA look pathetic.
Richard Knox: Brenner says if Rez’s dose calculation is right, pilots and very frequent fliers could exceed the recommended annual radiation dose limit of 250 microSieverts. That would require going through the scanner 250 times, by Rez’s dose calculations, rather than 2,500 times, by the government’s. These things are just bad no matter how you…
Richard Knox:
Brenner says if Rez’s dose calculation is right, pilots and very frequent fliers could exceed the recommended annual radiation dose limit of 250 microSieverts. That would require going through the scanner 250 times, by Rez’s dose calculations, rather than 2,500 times, by the government’s.
These things are just bad no matter how you slice it.
That teaser is up on Apple’s website right now, most are speculating that this means there will be some sort of cloud syncing solution. Which would negate people’s primary argument against the MacBook Airs, which is that they do not have adequate storage – if all your media is in the cloud then local storage…
That teaser is up on Apple’s website right now, most are speculating that this means there will be some sort of cloud syncing solution. Which would negate people’s primary argument against the MacBook Airs, which is that they do not have adequate storage – if all your media is in the cloud then local storage becomes mostly irrelevant for 90% of users.
However, I am not sold on the cloud storage/syncing angle just yet. And I certainly hope that Apple doesn’t shove such a feature into the already bloated iTunes. Don’t get too wrapped up in the rumors from this today – nobody knows what this means aside from a select group at Apple, and they are not talking.
A great write up on the Kindle 3 from Justin Blanton, including this nugget: The Kindle is for long-form reading—nothing else—and I hope it stays that way forever.
A great write up on the Kindle 3 from Justin Blanton, including this nugget:
The Kindle is for long-form reading—nothing else—and I hope it stays that way forever.
People always have trouble shopping for me, I never know why, seems pretty straight forward to me. Throughout the year I keep a list of things that I see that I would like, but that I don’t need. Some of the things I end up buying before Christmas (and my Birthday which is right after…
People always have trouble shopping for me, I never know why, seems pretty straight forward to me. Throughout the year I keep a list of things that I see that I would like, but that I don’t need. Some of the things I end up buying before Christmas (and my Birthday which is right after Christmas), but most things I don’t buy. That said if you need a gift idea for the geek in your life see if some of these ideas might help.
Note: I am providing links directly to the product page, if it is available on Amazon I will provide an affiliate link in addition to the direct link. If you want to help support the site use the affiliate link, but don’t be silly about it – if you find it cheaper elsewhere buy it there.
So you have a Mac user in your life and they seem to have everything, well there is always more software and here is some great software that any geek would love to have (just be sure to check if they have it first).
Same rules as above apply, but this can be bought for both Mac or Windows users.
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I so very hope that they bring a lawsuit against this guy, I would love to hear a Judge being forced to rule on the legality of the over reaching means that TSA uses to force citizens to submit to this absurd crap. (I do apologize to readers who are tied of hearing about this,…
I so very hope that they bring a lawsuit against this guy, I would love to hear a Judge being forced to rule on the legality of the over reaching means that TSA uses to force citizens to submit to this absurd crap.
(I do apologize to readers who are tied of hearing about this, but this issue is simply too important to sit by and do nothing.)
A great interview between the L.A. Times and Oliver Reichenstein of iA (best known perhaps by readers for their great Writer iPad app). This is much more than just talking about Writer or iA, Reichenstein talks a lot about the direction tablets are taking: The lean-forward/lean-back change is hard on the iPad, but if you…
A great interview between the L.A. Times and Oliver Reichenstein of iA (best known perhaps by readers for their great Writer iPad app). This is much more than just talking about Writer or iA, Reichenstein talks a lot about the direction tablets are taking:
The lean-forward/lean-back change is hard on the iPad, but if you have a program that helps you just do one certain task, iPad can be useful. It’s that single-mode atmosphere that makes the iPad fun and strange at the same time.
A nice beta build of 1Password for Windows – 1Password is one of the best programs you can get for your Mac, and it appears they put a lot of time into making it great for Windows as well. Windows users, check this out ASAP.
A nice beta build of 1Password for Windows – 1Password is one of the best programs you can get for your Mac, and it appears they put a lot of time into making it great for Windows as well. Windows users, check this out ASAP.
A call to action from National Opt-Out Day: The government should not have the ability to virtually strip search anyone it wants. The problem is compounded in that if you do not want to go through the naked body scanner, the government has made the alternative perhaps worse! In an effort to try and make…
A call to action from National Opt-Out Day:
The government should not have the ability to virtually strip search anyone it wants. The problem is compounded in that if you do not want to go through the naked body scanner, the government has made the alternative perhaps worse! In an effort to try and make everyone comply with the scanners, the government has instituted “enhanced” pat downs. There are reports from travelers across the country about how the TSA now touches the genitals and private areas of men, women and children in a much more aggressive manner. We do not believe the government has a right to see you naked or aggressively feel you up just because you bought an airline ticket.
They want to do it Wed Nov 24th, also known as the day before Thanksgiving, perhaps one of the busiest travel days of the year. If I was flying that day I would be in, are you?
Umm this does nothing, but I still bought it.
Umm this does nothing, but I still bought it.
I very rarely agree with anything Gizmodo says, in fact I do not enjoy Gizmodo at all – instead of trashing them in comments I decided to unsubscribe and just steer clear of them. Someone who’s opinion I value pointed me to this article posted by Joel Johnson of Gizmodo. In the article Johnson went…
I very rarely agree with anything Gizmodo says, in fact I do not enjoy Gizmodo at all – instead of trashing them in comments I decided to unsubscribe and just steer clear of them. Someone who’s opinion I value pointed me to this article posted by Joel Johnson of Gizmodo. In the article Johnson went off on all readers of Gizmodo, not just the commenters.
I can certainly understand why, some of the comments that have been written about things that I have written (in places like Hacker News and Reddit) have been down right nasty. Instead of writing back, I just stopped reading them. I setup this blog from day one to not have comments, not because I don’t enjoy engaging with people, or want what I say to be the final say, rather because I want commenters to own what they say to me.
If you are going to say something nasty about what I write you can only do so anonymously on sites like Hacker News and Reddit, otherwise you need to use Twitter, Email, or your blog. That means it will be associated with you. I have been told I was wrong countless times in emails and on Twitter – each time it was a civil and well reasoned comment.
I love every email I get from readers, the depth and care that is typically put into sending that email to me is amazing. The conversations change and effect both the commenter and I. I have only had one bad email from a reader, which is amazing to me.
Comments fail because when people believe that they can hide behind a cloak of anonymity they decide that they can be as mean or nasty that they want. Comments fail because most all comment systems fail to make the commenter own what they are saying.
I disagree with most of what Johnson posted, it seems misplaced and angry – that said I can’t say that I blame him for posting it. Though there are much better ways to deal with commenters that how Gizmodo dealt with them, for instance they could just turn them off for a bit like Engadget did a while back.
Build and Analyze is a new podcast with Marco Arment (creator of Instapaper) and Dan Benjamin (podcasting extraordinaire), I just listened to the first episode and it was truly great. Set aside some time this weekend to check it out.
Build and Analyze is a new podcast with Marco Arment (creator of Instapaper) and Dan Benjamin (podcasting extraordinaire), I just listened to the first episode and it was truly great. Set aside some time this weekend to check it out.
What you need to know to stop the ‘porno-scanners’.
What you need to know to stop the ‘porno-scanners’.
John Gruber on setting Safari’s user agent string to Mobile Safari – iPad: This trick makes video work in Safari on Mac OS X — with no Flash — from Flickr, Vimeo embeds, TED, MSNBC, and probably any other site that offers video that works on the iPad. This doesn’t work for all video, but…
John Gruber on setting Safari’s user agent string to Mobile Safari – iPad:
This trick makes video work in Safari on Mac OS X — with no Flash — from Flickr, Vimeo embeds, TED, MSNBC, and probably any other site that offers video that works on the iPad. This doesn’t work for all video, but it should work for any video that works on the iPad.
Very clever and he mentioned this on the last episode of The Talk Show and I have been using that trick ever since, why you ask? I defer to Gruber:
Both Safari and my entire computer as a whole run better today than they did before I uninstalled Flash. Uninstall Flash on your Mac and see for yourself.
If you want to get a lot of emails, leave out someone’s favorite writing tool. At least that is what I learned with today’s look at Mac writing tools. I got a lot of suggestions from people, and while I don’t have the time nor the desire to check them all out I thought I…
If you want to get a lot of emails, leave out someone’s favorite writing tool. At least that is what I learned with today’s look at Mac writing tools. I got a lot of suggestions from people, and while I don’t have the time nor the desire to check them all out I thought I would share them with all of you. Here they are in no particular order, with what I know about them or copied and pasted from the site.
I will be updating this as more come in, so feel free to get in contact if you have more, be sure to also check out the original writing tools post.
The OpeniBoot project: OpeniBoot is an open source implementation of iBoot for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It allows booting of unsigned code such as linux kernels on the device. There is also and OpeniBoot console (oibc) which can be connected to from a libusb enabled computer. OpeniBoot is critical for the booting and…
The OpeniBoot project:
OpeniBoot is an open source implementation of iBoot for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices. It allows booting of unsigned code such as linux kernels on the device. There is also and OpeniBoot console (oibc) which can be connected to from a libusb enabled computer.
OpeniBoot is critical for the booting and usage of linux on the iPhone as it sets up and initializes many devices ready for the linux kernel to take over. Many iBoot functions are replicated here, however when booting iOS iBoot is chainloaded from the NOR to guarantee iOS will boot without problems even with OpeniBoot installed.
Pretty neat stuff going on MacGasm has a video of it in action. MacGasm reports that the project is hoping to get Android OS up and working on the iOS devices – which would be kinda neat.
Someone wrote a program to install the needed files on your Mac that will allow AirPrint to work as it was announced by Steve Jobs. You still need 10.6.5 and iOS 4.2 to make it work. I have not, and will not try this, so buyer beware. [via MacStories.net]
Someone wrote a program to install the needed files on your Mac that will allow AirPrint to work as it was announced by Steve Jobs. You still need 10.6.5 and iOS 4.2 to make it work. I have not, and will not try this, so buyer beware.
I started by trying to talk about how I write, more specifically the workflow that I use, but that turned out to be rather pedestrian and boring. Then I thought I would write a review of the software that I use, specifically Ulysses, that too seemed boring. Then it dawned on me that I have…
I started by trying to talk about how I write, more specifically the workflow that I use, but that turned out to be rather pedestrian and boring. Then I thought I would write a review of the software that I use, specifically Ulysses, that too seemed boring. Then it dawned on me that I have tried just about every writing tool out there ((I am too poor to try all the iOS writing apps, so I am limiting myself to Mac apps.)), so why not give people my thoughts on these pieces of software. The only problem is that I have tried so many I can’t remember them all, so here are my thoughts on the ones that I do remember. ((Please email me if I left out one you were wondering about, I probably have tried it at some point.))
I know there are a lot of programs that have been left out, if your favorite is missing please email me, or just accept my apology. I have probably tried it, but forgot about it completely.
Be sure to check out the updated list of reader suggestions that I missed.