September 2010
Apple to Provide Live Video Streaming of... →
Imagine the pressure on the guy that set up this system fro tomorrow’s (alleged) iTV event. If this stalls it will be the headline. (Via Apple)
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August 2010
“Who does Mel Gibson have to punch in the face around here to get people to stop...”
– The A.V. Club
Sometimes you just need to listen to Tom Sawyer loudly to make it through a long work day.
“Media is all about building habits. Successful producers bind an audience to...”
– Revision 3’s Jim Louderback on why viral videos aren’t worth it. Wise words. Read the whole piece. (Via Advertising Age)
Iranian Government Runs Public Warez Server →
(Via TorrentFreak)
I can’t wait to write some killer data visualization apps on the iTV.
The Sleep Light 'Breathes' →
In July 2002, Appled filed a patent for a “Breathing Status LED Indicator” (No. US 6,658,577 B2). They described it as a “blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator in accordance with the present invention mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing.”
I started college in 2002, which meant all of my friends were suddenly living in small dorm rooms where they and their...
Why isn’t anyone speculating about iAds in iTV? I’d watch an iAd for a TV show.
Hungover Owls →
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Could self-aware cities be the first forms of... →
I like io9 because they ask questions like this:
Pay TV LOSES Customers For The First Time Ever →
Is Internet TV finally catching on? Are people actually hooking up Boxee and ditching Comcast en masse?
Whoops, false alarm. People just don’t have money and no one’s buying new houses. (Via Business Insider)
Why Is Piranha 3-D Getting Good Reviews? →
How refreshing: a bad movie that doesn’t try to be good. (Via the Atlantic Wire)
Video Demo of Google TV →
“Just like that* I’m watching the Tron trailer on YouTube in HD.”
* After typing ‘Tron’ on a keyboard, cycling through two menu options, loading the YouTube page, changing the video to HD with a mouse, and hitting full screen.
I hate to harp on this, but this is too ridiculous. (Via VentureBeat)
“We have boxes of rejection letters, letters saying ‘You have no talent and...”
– Edie Vonnegut on her dad’s vast collection of rejection letters, which will be showcased in the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, opening this autumn. (Via guardian.co.uk)
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The New Gilded Age: NYT Trend Pieces for Aug 18th
“A Classic Cookbooks Returns, Canned Soup and All”
“The Six-Figure Fish Tank Catches On”
Google TV Is a Tough Sell Among Would-Be Partners →
This WSJ report should come as no surprise. Google is being rebuffed after asking nicely for access to the networks’ content. Still, the geek-space is taken aback: TechCrunch’s Nicholas Deleon mocks Hollywood, saying they’re ‘not exactly the most forward-looking place to do business.’
Maybe. But maybe the networks see no good reason to bend over backwards just...
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Dan Sartain cracked the pop code years ago....
Will Motherboards Soon Offer On-Board Storage? →
Can’t wait for this: a cache of quick temp storage, OS, and applications while the bulk of your media is in the crowd. Thinner, more durable devices, with epic battery life. (Via CrunchGear)
The Eye Scanners from Minority Report are Now Real →
And they’re being installed throughout a Mexico city. (Via Gizmodo)
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“Step 3: Now you are ready to tendorize the side of the steak that you have been...”
– How to Cook a Great Tasting Steak, wikiHow.
Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain →
To simplify it so a computer science guy can get it, Kurzweil has everything completely wrong. The genome is not the program; it’s the data. The program is the ontogeny of the organism, which is an emergent property of interactions between the regulatory components of the genome and the environment, which uses that data to build species-specific properties of the organism. He doesn’t...
Watch25 woodworms, wood, microphone, sound system | Zimoun 2009 (Link)
WatchJustin Bieber slowed down 800%. Sounds like Godspeed and Sigur Ros remixed by Animal Collective, and surprisingly good! (Via Gawker)
Update: We’ve been had. (Again) Here’s the (still excellent) original.
If I’m understanding this correctly, lie detectors are only admissible as plot devices.
“He predicts, apparently seriously, that every young person one day will be...”
– WSJ profiles Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
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How should I feel that my new camera has preset color settings to lighten and darken skin-tones?
"Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Lamentable Weekend Gross —... →
Sorry for the rant, but I can’t believe people are shocked this bombed. This has become routine: a movie from a cult source that strongly appeals to the loudest voices on the Internet always* forsakes the mass market. The internet gets excited, assumes everyone is as excited as their network. Then the movie flops.
Examples: Kick Ass, Firefly, & Snakes on a Plane.
Upcoming examples:...
“We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source...”
– Google’s response to Oracle’s lawsuit.
Ellison has impeccable timing. Google looks pretty ridiculous trying to defend the open web as it relates to their phone OS on the heals of their net neutrality killing collusion with Verizon.
“It appeared that [the terrorists] would have young women, who became pregnant,...”
– Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX).
Well. The terror of a terrorist plot like this will keep me up at night for the next twenty, thirty years. Or maybe that’s the terror at the thought that somebody actually elected Gohmert. (via squashed)
This is more complicated than the Obama birth certificate...
The number for JFK lost-and-found is not in service. The fact that this department can’t find itself doesn’t bode well for my headphones.
Update: the new number I got from Virgin doesn’t work either. Impressive.
I just ordered the parts to fix my MacBook Pro from my iPad. There’s a metaphor in there, but I’m too tired to find it.
Google: 25% Of Queries From Android 2.0 Devices... →
This wouldn’t be because the keyboards are slow and inaccurate, would it?
On the iTV
A few points on the rumors swirling around the iTV:
The lack of 1080p: I disagree with VentureBeat’s analysis of the rumored iTV’s lack of 1080p HD. They argue this will hinder the adoption of the device. Engadget reports the issue arrises because Apple’s A4 chip lacks the processing power to drive full HD video. But this is an odd suggestion: all ARM chips lack the power for...