April 2010
33 posts
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Questionably Code of the Day.
<ul class=”news”>   <li>1 <a href=”http://www.hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesnews2008/news20080910-05.html” target=”_blank”>http://www.hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesnews2008/news20080910-05.html</a></li>    <li>2</li>    <li>3</li> </ul> Creative. Sigh, fixed.
Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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“Here in The Magician’s Nephew, the theme of love and loss is treated with...”
– Michael Ward, Planet Narnia (Loc. 4177-86) I aspire to someday write with the eloquence and deeply meaningful insight that Michael exhibits throughout this delightful book in his analysis of one of my greatest heroes. I have been clipping many quotations from the book as I’ve been working my...
Apr 28th
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“Given its poor sales numbers, we can safely say that most of Zune’s...”
– Too Zune to pass judgment: a review of the Zune Marketplace This post is over a year old, but just as true as if it were written yesterday. I still think the Zune devices are better media players then anything else out there and the Zune marketplace is not only the best music application and...
Apr 28th
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“When people disagreed with president Bush and rationally debated his choices,...”
– David Chartier’s blawg (When people disagreed with president Bush and…) Seriously dead on.
Apr 28th
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“I just want to send you a personal email to ensure that you read it. The...”
– The Tale of Apple’s Next iPhone - Iphone 4 - Gizmodo via one of the commentators Chris ‘S-Express.’ Well put indeed. Also worth noting, two and a half hours after Chris posted this he was banned by Jesus Diaz. I’m impressed they didn’t remove the comment though.
Apr 27th
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“Our technical goals are to never lose data, be very fast, and favor boring and...”
– Pinboard Blog
Apr 27th
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“Remember that I’m in the parody business and not the truth business.”
– Scott Adams Blog: That Lost 4G Phone 04/26/2010
Apr 27th
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“Journalist shield laws are about journalists being able to protect sources who...”
– Good Luck With the Shield Law Argument
Apr 27th
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“Jason Chen got everything that was coming to him. Gizmodo stole the iPhone 4G...”
– Facebook | Robert Hallock
Apr 27th
“Gizmodo quit being journalists when money changed hands. That’d be true even if...”
– David Demaree (via chartier)
Apr 27th
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“I hope Apple and the Great Jobs knows what they’re doing. Such movement by...”
– Adobe pulls the plug on iPhone, ceases all Flash and AIR development I’m willing to give Sebastian the benefit of the doubt here in the long-term, an open platform may eventually be the best option out there but these open platforms need achieve a focused level of maturity for user experience...
Apr 22nd
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“First, I’m fascinated by their apparently cavalier attitude regarding the legal...”
– Daring Fireball: Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone Bravo @Gruber, bravo. You could not have said this any better.
Apr 22nd
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“In a response, Apple indicated its preference for a variety of up-and-coming...”
– Adobe scraps work to bring Flash apps to iPhone | Deep Tech - CNET News Apple isn’t exactly the biggest proponent of open standards all the time, as we know from the iPhone App Store, but they’re exactly right here. Adobe is every bit as closed about their own proprietary formats and...
Apr 21st
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“I can’t help but scratch my head none the less; Gizmodo is extremely...”
– Shoot the Devil: Gizmodo and the next iPhone
Apr 21st
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“Why I would do this is easy. I connect to more people through Twitter than I do...”
– I, Cringely  » Blog Archive  » Why Twitter is Worth More Than Facebook (At Least to Me) - Cringely on technology
Apr 20th
“If there was ever an argument that bloggers are not journalists, Gizmodo just...”
– Jon Maddox (via chartier)
Apr 20th
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“I guess I’m looking at books more abstractly since I’ve begun...”
– This is a response I wrote in a discussion asking for digital book support within Delicious Library; I would find it valuable, especially since I own significantly more digital books then physical these days and I think that will become increasingly common. Well, at least among the people who would...
Apr 18th
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“I don’t know how to code and I know if I did - it ain’t a hard fix!”
– Sync to web or desktop other then Mac? Right, glad we’re clear on that.
Apr 14th
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“There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451. Afterword from the 1982 Edition
Apr 12th
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“There is truth to this, but I think it’s absurd to think that a third-party...”
– Tao Effect Blog » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1 Fair and thoughtful points worth considering. However, you lost me at Firefox. Firefox is exactly the right example of what Apple doesn’t want; a relatively good app that doesn’t conform to the native OS...
Apr 12th
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Irony.
Hmm, way to call that one preshit: Slate’s Farhad Manjoo doesn’t seem to be happy about iAds (The actual content on the site is highlighted.
Apr 12th
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“The Master Chief isn’t a very well developed character, and he’s not...”
– Frank O’Connor On Mastering The Halo Franchise - X360 News at IGN - Frank O’Connor
Apr 12th
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“We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the...”
– Apple Vs Adobe: Steve Jobs Responds - Steve Jobs on the 3.3.1 TOS
Apr 12th
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“Microsoft just refused Machinarium for XBLA after a half year of talking with...”
– Machinarium refused for XBLA | xblafans.com - Quoting Jakub Dvorksy of Amanita Design
Apr 10th
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“Silly as it may seem to object to someone distributing material that many people...”
– kung fu grippe — My first “FAIL!” review
Apr 10th
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“The deserved portion is brought about because the fact that you’re talking...”
– Lance Winters, Vice President & Distiller of St. George Spirits in short video about their Absinthe Verte Hyperbole aside, good absinthe is delightful once you’ve acquired the taste for it.
Apr 10th
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“Now, just to be clear, let me unpack the three most salient parts of that...”
– kung fu grippe — Regret — /rɪˈgrɛt/ (v.)
Apr 10th
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“One of the things that makes our community so awesome is that you guys are tech...”
– More signal, less noise: cleaning up our comments
Apr 9th
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“Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 do not support...”
– Image/png support for Favicon in Internet Explorer
Apr 7th
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Chartier on the iPad
chartier: You know the part at the end of The Matrix where Neo dies, then comes back, flexes his muscles, scares the Mr. Smiths, and sees the world entirely in code? That’s what it’s like to own an iPad.
Apr 7th
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“This might slowly change as vfx facilities become their own studios and start...”
– A Matte Painting Journey: Change the VFX industry
Apr 5th
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“The closed nature of Apple’s devices is absolutely no threat to the beautiful...”
– 1FPS
Apr 2nd
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