- BBC – Dimensions – Index
BERG produce a site that helps you understand the scale and distances of things in the recent, and not so recent past. If the Apollo 11 astronauts had landed at your front door, could the distance they walked have enabled them to buy a pint of milk? How far away from your parents house would the German trenches have been, if WWI had happened where you grew up? And so on, and so forth. Nice!
- BookBook for iPad – BookBook for iPad – Twelve South
If I didn't have my Dodocase, or if, god forbid, anything should happen to it, I'd want one of these, I think.
- rejectamentalist manifesto
China Miéville has a blog. I believe this may be relevant to our interest
- Science Digestive: My application for a job as a Homeopath
In case were weren't aware NHS Tayside are offering a £68,000 a year job for a fucking homeopath, despite having laid off 500 people due to the current round of cuts. The level of angry this makes me is hard to fucking describe – it is a near perfect example of the counter to the "well, it can't hurt, and it might help some people" argument that others put forward. Anyway, setting incandescent fury aside for a moment, here is an amusing read: A qualified neuroscientist applies for the job.
- Washington, We Have a Problem | Politics | Vanity Fair
interesting article on the daily routine of the Obama presidency, and the difference between the media now, and the media of a decade ago.
Tag: ipad
Bookmarks for August 3, 2010
- Visual Poet: Good, but buggy idea
I'm not paying for it now, because as this review makes clear, it's not quite yet fit-for-purpose, but I want to check back in on this one later.
Bookmarks for July 29, 2010
- erwtenpeller – War of the Worlds – SoundCloud
Dubstep remixes of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.
- Google Alarm | F.A.T.
Ever wondered just how much Google is learning about you? Turn this on, and see. I'm not posting this as a dig at Google, but rather just in a "be informed about what information about you goes where".
- Ping Pong Battle for iPad on the iTunes App Store
Requires an iPad and 2 iPhones to play. Suspect that it's not going to be set-the-world-on-fire exciting, but it's worth a look, I think, if nothing else than because it's a reasonable innovative idea that is bound to have other applications.
- Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever
I've been Instapapering stuff ever since I got my iPad for weeks now, and not quite finding the time to get it all read – to the point that when I'm done with my current book, I'll probably spend a week or two's commuting time catching up on them, rather than picking up another book. So obviously, what I need to make my backlog truly huge is a trove of excellent instapaper fodder. (If you are an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad user who isn't making use of Instapaper, you're missing out on one of the best things about them.)
Bookmarks for July 23, 2010
- Janet Fitch's 10 rules for writers | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times
Actually, these aren't half bad, and if I could make more of an effort to remember them, it'd probably lift my writing quite a lot.
- Wayward Alzheimer's patients foiled by fake bus stop – Telegraph
Architectures of control, right here. Nice.
- The ever-arrogant Apple « Observatory
I admit to coming off like a bit of an Apple fanboy, but still, this piece really nailed something for me: if Apple are sometimes arrogant (and I don't think there's a dispute about whether or not they are) then it's because they've earned the right to be by leading the way in personal computing on a technology level for decades now. They may not have been the most successful financially, but they've been the game changing-innovators since before the iPod, never mind the iPhone and iPad. And if someone comes along that can humble them, then I will sincerely welcome them but it hasn't happened yet. The reason I buy Apple products is that they're the best on sale at the moment, and as soon as someone comes along that offers me a better experience, I'll switch.
- Stuart Roebuck: Mobile Proxy Cache content modification by O2
I'm a little fucked off about this, but not quite willing to throw my toys from the pram over it – not least because I can't, having just signed up for another 18 months. But it's one to keep an eye on, and one to be professionally aware of, at least, as more clients start asking up for iPhone/iPad tailored content.
Bookmarks for June 15, 2010
- USB Typewriter by usbtypewriter on Etsy
Why no, there is no practical reason to get one of these. Why yes, I do really really want one.
- Frank Chimero: What is the future of print design?
Key quotes: "we break stuff before we know what replaces it, and we invent things before we know what they are for" and "If I’m thinking as a normal consumer, I don’t really care terribly much about what the future of ink on paper is going to be. I care about what the future of content is going to be."
- mir.aculo.us with Thomas Fuchs » Blog Archive » Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast
Useful reference for the reasonably near future, I suspect.
Bookmarks for May 17, 2010
- Tabloids Turns Twitter Into a Beautiful iPad Magazine
This looks really good. I suspect I shall want this, possibly along with a second twitter account to subscribe to news-based twitters.
Bookmarks for April 23, 2010
- YouTube – The iPad DJ: @ranajune
I know there are a couple of DJ types reading this. And a few people who would *like* to be DJ types, but are having cost issues with some of the kit required. Check this out.
Bookmarks for April 13, 2010
- YouTube – Alice for the iPad
Let's see the Kindle do this. Kids are going to love reading this….
Bookmarks for January 29, 2010
- Adria: elBulli Restaurant to Close for Two Years – TIME
Bugger. Eating at ElBulli was pretty much the top spot on the "things to do before I die" list, and yeah, he's going to re-open, but it's still an experience I'm unlikely to ever get to have, in it's current form. I shall revise it to "Eat Ferran Adria's food", but it's still saddening.
- stevenf.com – I need to talk to you about computers.
Excellent article on the place for an iPad in the history of computing, and the generation shift that is occurring. For myself, I am having to keep reminding myself that I don't need one as a priority, that version 2.0 will be much better, and so on and so forth. I really do want a decent ebook/magazine reader…
- xkcd: Spirit
I found today's XKCD near-heartbreaking on a number of levels. Why aren't we trying to get it home, for fuck's sake? I know it's not alive, but it's out there, and we're not even trying to go after it…