January 2008
54 posts
It’s Coming →
Jan 28th
“wow india is full of walls rikki bogen”
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Jan 28th
Copy and Paste Implementation, Exchange Support... →
SvenonTech.com claims to have tracked down an Apple representative at Macworld who was willing to speak about the reason why Copy/Paste has not yet arrived in the iPhone. The validity of the comments are in question as it seems unlikely that an Apple employee with this knowledge would necessari… read more
Jan 28th
Light Still Shines On The Fair →
Light Still Shines On The Fair Originally uploaded by Alec Feld Cool looking photo
Jan 28th
Twitter / Merlin Mann: My poor sleeping wife has... →
Jan 28th
Jan 28th
First MacBook Air Benchmarks →
We benchmarked the MacBook Air against the MacBook and MacBook Pro to see how it held up comparatively. Predictably, the MacBook Pro outperformed its counterparts in the majority of our tests. But the MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Intel, 2 GB RAM) went toe-to-toe with the MacBook (2 GHz Intel, 1 GB RAM) in many of our tests, falling just short in most. read more
Jan 28th
Gigantic Stuff: Gigantic 500x White iPod Earbuds... →
Jan 25th
The Coldest Places on Earth →
40 degree weather not so bad after all. Yeah I said 40! I live in Southern California. read more
Jan 25th
“This picture of Jim Brader shows what it’s like to be a meteorologist in Alaska....”
– mental_floss Blog » The Coldest Places on Earth
Jan 25th
The CANADIAN DESIGN RESOURCE » Expo ‘67 Pavilion... →
Jan 25th
Jan 25th
Gigantic 500x White iPod Earbuds Not a Joke →
I kept looking for the punchline on these 500xl speakers designed exactly like a giant pair of gigantic white earbuds that come with an iPod. I didn’t find one. Thor sized ear buds read more
Jan 25th
I have added some vfx shots. →
There are now some vfx shots in the Digital Compositing section of Deinterlaced. Here is the page Enjoy michael
Jan 23rd
January 30th is International Delete Your MySpace... →
Thanks, What a fantastic idea. We have sliced bread and this. can we push this up to say “Now”. read more
Jan 23rd
Jan 23rd
Heath Ledger is Dead →
TMZ has learned that Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY. IMDB another source for the story read more
Jan 23rd
Mac OS X 10.5.2: Optional Translucent Menubar;... →
Some screenshots of the new features found in the Mac OS X 10.5.2 seed have been detailed by BabyGotMac.com. Amongst the new features: - Transparency in the menu bar is now optional and can be set in Desktop Preferences: - DVD/CD sharing preferences, allowing you to share your optical driv… read more
Jan 22nd
Next-gen Apple MacBook Pros to gain multi-touch... →
Just one of many improvements on the new MacBook Pro. read more
Jan 22nd
Parasite makes ants look like berries to entice... →
“It’s just crazy that something as dumb as a nematode can manipulate its host’s exterior morphology and behavior in ways sufficient to convince a clever bird to facilitate transmission of the nematode,” Dudley said. read more
Jan 22nd
Frozen Waves. Yeah take a look. →
So cool!
Jan 22nd
Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth →
Astronaut Self-shot Over Earth Originally uploaded by eric.genn One day I to Will have a picture of me doing that…………… Yeah i know it won’t happen. Great Photo. thanks
Jan 22nd
It’s here! Time Warner moves to “tiered Internet... →
Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. read more
Jan 17th
WTF? MacBook Air SuperDrive can only be used w/... →
For some reason, Apple has decided to hobble the MacBook Air SuperDrive. Despite being a USB device which should work with any Mac or even PC, it will only work with the MacBook Air. This of course sucks. read more
Jan 17th
The Library of Congress Shares Over 3,000 Photos... →
Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos from two of our most popular collections are being made available on our new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist. read more
Jan 17th
iPhone v1.1.3 causing major issues with SMS... →
Apparently, a lot of iPhone users are experiencing issues related to out of order SMS conversations. read more | digg story
Jan 17th
Sun buys MySQL →
Didn’t see that one coming. Blog contains details to what this could mean for both companies. May as well be one of the most important takeovers of 2008 already! read more
Jan 17th
Coming to the Mac in 2008: ‘Spore’ →
Electronic Arts plans to release the much-anticipated new game on several platforms at the same time, including the Mac. read more | digg story
Jan 16th
Jan 16th
MacBook Air doesn’t have a user-replaceable... →
We sort of understood it with iPods, and we grudgingly accepted it with the iPhone, but the MacBook Air has a sealed, non-user-replaceable battery, and that means we’re suddenly a lot less in love. We’re digging for details on how much it’ll cost to swap out — and what Apple expects road warriors to do when their slick new ultraportable dies… read more
Jan 16th
New Apple MacBook Air Is World’s Thinnest →
It’s real and I want to buy one and lick it. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It’s ultra-thin, has a solid state drive and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity. read more
Jan 16th
Apple unveils the Apple TV Take 2! Admits first... →
Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn’t quite work out — so it’s back with a new model that can access iTunes directly — and streams movies in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround. read more
Jan 16th
Apple Announces Time Capsule Home Server for Macs →
At Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house. Details and pics to come, but for now we’re celebrating the pricing: 500GB for $300; 1TB for $500. read more | digg story
Jan 16th
Mt. Awesome →
Mt. Awesome Originally uploaded by Dogan2 Floating Kinda cool.
Jan 15th
Jan 15th
Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote speech leaked? →
“We’re used to seeing the online tech world go crazy with rumours and speculation in the days before Macworld, but this year a new element has been introduced to the mix. Steve Jobs’ keynote speech, that he is due to make on stage at the Moscone Centre in San Francicso on Tuesday 15th January, has apparently been leaked via Wikipedia. ” read more
Jan 14th
Ex-Dodgers Star Johnny Podres Dies →
GLENS FALLS — Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75. read more
Jan 14th
Where to find LIVE coverage of the Macworld 2008... →
There are several blogs big and small covering the Steve Jobs Macworld 2008 Keynote - here is a growing list of where you can find the most comprehensive Macworld Keynote coverage. read more
Jan 14th
Can Apple save WiMax? →
Sources tell us that Apple may include WiMax, the high-speed, long-range wireless broadband technology, in an ultraportable 13″ notebook computer, and possibly across the entire MacBook Pro line. read more
Jan 13th
Words of the Bathroom Stall Prophets →
“Don’t hate me because I am beautiful. Hate me because I did your Dad.” read more | digg story
Jan 12th
Jan 12th
Sir Edmund Hillary dies aged 88 →
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. read more
Jan 11th
Virgin Galactic to Offer Space Cruise Thru Aurora... →
Richard Branson has been busy thinking up new ways to get people excited about private space tourism, and he ’s come up with something pretty spectacular. He’s offering to fly the affluent into the world’s biggest lightshow, the Aurora Borealis. read more | digg story
Jan 10th
5 Extremely Cool Research Facilities. PICS →
Amazing, just like their first set. read more
Jan 9th
Macworld Big News: DVDs to include iTunes Videos?! →
If this is true it would be a very daring move for Apple to take over the desktop video player space… read more
Jan 9th
Apple Announces Penryn Mac Pros and Xserve →
Apple today revised the Mac Pro and Xserves with a new architecture and the recently released Penryn Processors. The Mac Pro combines two 45-nm Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz and up to 4TB of internal storage. The standard 8-core configuration starts at $2799. read more
Jan 8th
Jay-Z, HP’s star endorser, uses a Mac →
Jay-Z and girlfriend Beyonce seem to be Apple fans. No surprise there: Plenty of musicians use Macs. What is surprising? Jay-Z was in one of those Hewlett-Packard “hand” ads last year touting HP laptops. read more
Jan 8th
The 10 Deadliest Mountains Known to Climbers →
These legendary peaks have attracted adventurers over the centuries. But extreme weather, perilous crevasses and even mystical spirits can turn expeditions into fatal endeavors. read more
Jan 8th
Jan 7th
Music Industry Is Dead: Apple Launching Label w/... →
Looks like there might another major announcement at MacWorld. BGR it’s confirmed” that Apple is launching a record label with Jay-Z, who’s set to step down from Def Jam. read more | digg story
Jan 5th