September 2009
12 posts
Grado takes on the earbud with the GR8 →
These are technically in-ear monitors, not earbuds (there is a difference). Can’t wait to hear how these stack up to my Shures, though.
August 2009
54 posts
Pirate Party of Canada →
Much like the Swedish party, this new Canadian political party is dedicated to copyright reform, net neutrality, open government, etc.
Tactical Canned Bacon →
The world needed this.
GSM, black boxes, and iPhones: the tech that... →
Impressive stuff. Really looking forward to the iPhone app, which seems like a big step forward.
IKEA Catalog from 1965 →
Looks like the set from a Bergman film.
Federal Government Mulls Web 2.0 →
I’m really impressed with the initiatives that some of these gov 2.0 superstars are pushing forward with in the U.S. We Canadians should be envious.
SIGG stainless steel water bottles contained BPA... →
So people move away from plastic bottles toward stainless steel ones (marketed as “BPA-free!”) and, it turns out, they contained BPA all along.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard →
Turns out the release date and boxart rumors were true. Release date this Friday.
Hillary Clinton Redefining State Department and... →
Good article from the Washington Post talking about how Clinton is redefining diplomacy. Particularly interesting part about technology:
”Our diplomats are going to need to have skills that are closer to community organizing than traditional reporting and analysis. New connecting technologies will be vital tools in this kind of diplomacy.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter
KFC Has A Bacon Sandwich That Uses Fried Chicken... →
First it was the “Famous Bowls”, and now this. What monstrous concoctions will they think of next?
Yahoo Recommends Firefox Users To Switch To The... →
Apparently, Yahoo recommends browsers based on what their latest business alliances are.
“Everyone’s happy. NOT! Fin.”
– My girlfriend on French films.
NYC Subway Ridership, 1905-2006 →
Awesome visualization.
"Women should not be trade commissioners" →
Amazing internal memo from the Australian government in the 1960s who were suggesting that women were not fit to be trade commissioners. Amazing how things change in such a short period of time.
Why Packaging Matters More than Ever. →
How U.S. Departments of Defense and State Differ... →
The Unusual Metro Systems of the Soviet Union →
You know, these are beautiful compared to the DC Metro.
Palm Pre Reports Your Location and Usage To Palm →
Opt-in is always the best approach. Palm needs to fix this if they hope to keep the trust of their users.
The fact is that, as the underdog whose financial future rests on the Pre, they can’t afford to screw up. Not even on a small issue like this.
Apple again offers matte screen option for 15-inch... →
Thank you Apple! Now I can upgrade (but maybe not just yet!) ;)
Watch(500) Days of Summer — The missing dance number.
“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to...”
– Peter Drucker
Amazing Lightning Show Over Toronto →
Some wonderful pictures of the storm over Toronto last night.
What Comes First: Internet or Breakfast? →
Guilty as charged. I admit that I check e-mail in bed on my iPod Touch when I wake up.
TwitterForBusyPeople →
Useful tool for un-following dead accounts that haven’t been updated in a long time.
xkcd - Supported Features →
I’m constantly reminded of magazine articles that have run for the past decade. “Linux is ready for the mainstream” or “The year of the Linux desktop”. Never happened.
Build a Backyard Wood-Fired Pompeii Oven →
I need to work on owning a backyard first…
“The quality of your Photoshop is inversely proportionate to the version number.”
– Jason Santa Maria
Steepster →
Very cool idea. A social network focused on tea drinking.
Mint →
Mint has been one of my favourite web apps for a while now. It’s a well-designed and simple financial manager. Quicken for the modern age.
Comcast adopts DNS hijacking, imposes irritating... →
Comcast is an awful company and never ceases to amaze me.
If anyone was in doubt that net neutrality was necessary, here’s a perfect example. It starts with small things like this.
She & Him - Why Don’t You Let Me Stay Here? →
Video with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Kind of a cool tag-along with (500) Days of Summer. I like this.
Mac OS X 10.5.8 →
Update now available through Software Update. Above link details all the improvements.
IE6 No More! Popular Web Companies Start Project... →
It’s about time. IE6 (and Internet Explorer more generally) continues to be a plague for web development.
What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later →
Great (blunt) presentation on the necessity of social media marketing in business.
Web font services join fray as .webfont format... →
The .webfont standard is really important for the future of the web. Being limited to the same 10 fonts (many of those which no designer would ever use) for the next decade would be a real setback.
What's your douchebag name? →
Yes, Michael Arrington is a massive douchebag.
The prospects of Microsoft Word in the wiki-based... →
Great article discussing how MS Word is increasingly deprecated as a writing tool. Obviously there are some users for whom a comprehensive suite like Word will still be useful, but I tend to agree with this author’s findings. Even when I was still in University, I began using simpler and simpler tools to accomplish what I was getting at. I rarely fire up Word anymore - not even at work.
25 Classic Fonts That Will Last a Whole Design... →
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RadioShack Rebrands as "The Shack"
Following on the heels of successful campaigns like Pizza Hut’s “The Hut”, RadioShack is clearly showing its savviness with the “cool kids” market by rebranding as “The Shack”. Not to be confused with the never-completed movie, Ernest Goes to The Shack.
Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with the... →
Bobby mac owns your mind.