A la peanut butter sandwiches!: Archive

John Gruber asks “Not sure how they’re going to justify that later this year if iPad-esque Windows 8 tablets hit the market on schedule”. I think they’ll justify it quite easily: Windows 8 tablets will count as PCs because they run Windows, a PC OS, but iPad still won’t because they run a smartphone OS. Similarly they won’t count Android tablets as PCs. I predict the...

Jan 13th

Corporations are not people; I hold this truth to be self-evident.

Jan 7th

Jan 5th

Freemium Mac app records your Skype/iChat/FaceTime... →

Free download records up to 10 minutes of audio, pay $10 to unlock unlimited recordings - reasonable! Yet another reworking of rougeamoeba’s cool & robust Audio Hijack tech. via tidbits.com/article/12699 via macsurfer.com

Jan 3rd

Dear enemies, Have a crappy year, okay. Thanks! : p p.s. all non-enemies, please disregard

Jan 1st

Dec 25th

Space Opera FTW! →

A free download of David Weber’s On Basilisk Station, first book of Honor Harrington series (of which books 13 & 14 are coming in 2012), with space warfare modelled after 18th century naval tactics. I haven’t read it yet, but it comes well recommended. The 2nd novel is a free download too. (if in doubt, download the EPUB format)

Dec 1st

I've been using "easy git", a wrapper script for... →

I’ve had to use git a repository lately, and this has made working with it dead easy.

Nov 27th

Oct 12th

Someday I'm going to watch this movie* again &... →

* Primer by Shane Carruth - infographic (warning an svg). (Re-) found the chart in article on io9.com. Also, read the one word review and watch the 3-part explanation video.

Oct 7th

“Here’s to the crazy ones.”

Oct 6th

Even If

Even if evidence for human causes of climate change was uncertain, 50-50 say, the wisest course of action would be immediate and drastic reduction in carbon emissions vs. waiting for more study. “The cliff ledge beneath me might be giving way, but I won’t reach for that branch until I’m certain.”

Sep 20th

A phenomenal article I had completely forgotten... →

… which is a very bad thing. These are inspirational ideas that need to be studied by everyone who does what I do. (what is it I do again?)

Sep 16th

Sep 11th

“My assassin walks along beside me, he holds a little knife just to remind me...”

– http://www.last.fm/music/Cub/_/My+Assassin - reject all crap songs also called “My Assassin” by the likes of Creed (certainly), or L Cohen (whoever that is)

Sep 8th

that guy from the how I met your mother tv show wrote & directed an indie movie happythankyoumoreplease. it’s no garden state but then again what is. pirates, arr, ye know how to find ‘er. co-stars silk spectre 2 although she’s bald and doesn’t kick anyone’s teeth out hence is unrecognizable

Sep 8th

Someone tell Keith Olbermann that the Apple - Samsung legal fight, about which he joked on Tuesday’s episode of Countdown and, curiously, linked to his piece on a NASA asteroid mission and on which he asked for the scientist guest’s uninformed opinion, that at issue is not the idea of a tablet computer but the specific design of their tablet computer: appearance and form-factor....

Aug 31st

separating ad inserts, glossy from newsprint. the smell of an asian market in a strip mall down the street. a dad playing a kind of soccer with his kids on a basketball court, painted an unlikely blue and red. salsa in my kd. catching up on week-old podcasts, highlights: lightning round on dg radio, letters segment on rebel fm, theme song to retronauts.

Aug 29th

Steve Jobs == Honey Badger →

Aug 27th

Aug 25th

“it doesn’t have to be magic to be magical”

Aug 25th

From the alternate universe where Apple never had... →

or who knows, in that universe maybe Palm would have made something cool

Jul 23rd

Jul 17th

The app (/ driver) Coolbook really is essential for original MacBook Air models. I installed it for testing (arr!) but when I’m able to will be paying for it for reals. If aftermarket SSDs compatible with this thing continue to get cheaper it might just be worth keeping.

Jul 7th