Archive for the ‘Cool’ Category
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Twinkle is the first iPhone product I'm looking forward to. Though it's Twitter-based and could be opened to being a blogging client, it has the essentials -
support for the camera
support for conversations
support for locations!
Looking forward to June!
Posted in Cool, iPhone | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I spent a couple of hours last night playing Mario Kart Wii against a few friends - one in Mallusk and two in London. I've written it up here on Lategaming.
It's a good game. You should try it.
Posted in Cool, Games, Made me laugh, Review | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Considerably better than the school canteen out at $BIG_COMPANY is pretty much everything else. Even McDonalds (because they at least give you WiFi).
Today I had lunch at Kainan Cafe, at the end of Royal Avenue. They have a blog as well which impresses me no end.
What you can see there ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Review | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Look at this.
"...four guys, a car full of props and gear, and a boatload of post-production time, can recreate the Normandy Invasion of WWII. All it takes is a lot of creativity, patience, and running. Lots of running, climbing, and, well, falling down.
Mike Cane on modern film-making:
"I bring up ...
Posted in Cool, Do Something Now | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
From the BBC:
"A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC.
ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope."
So, Mr Whiny ISP guy, ...
Posted in Annoyances, Cool | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Codeweavers writes: " Today we shipped CrossOver Games. I am very excited by this change; I have enjoyed computer games all of my life, and I like the idea that we can help others enjoy their new computers fully."
Oh noes!
I need more free time!
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Games | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
In an odd combination of non-day-job-work and play, I found this:
"I started working with the audio toolbox on the iPhone today. This morning, I added sounds to the little dice rolling application I've been writing. I recorded a total of fifteen sounds, five of a single die being rolled, five ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, iPhone | No Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Mike Cane 2008 provided the following interesting link:
A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author - in other words, anyone producing works of art - needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living.
Assume conservatively that your True Fans will each ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool | 6 Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
PeeJ noted this link to The Nerd Handbook:
Really it's a couple of pages describing how to meaninfully interact with a nerd who is painted for the most part as being a borderline Autistic with directional (and somewhat immutable) focus.
...control issues mean your nerd is sensitive to drastic changes in his ...
Posted in Commentary, Cool, Do Something Now, Made me laugh | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
I got this link initially from MacRumors
A new knowledgebase page from Apple:
If you are using Wi-Fi on iPhone or iPod touch and you experience unexpected results when tapping the Location button in Maps, you can refer the respective wireless router administrator to the following URL to update information that Skyhook ...
Posted in Bedouin, Cool, Wireless | No Comments »