January 2010
108 posts
Ogori Cafe →
The cafe where you get what the last person ordered & paid for.
Stupid.
Is it just me or has the iPad bought out the stupid in people!?
Everyone’s complaining about “missing features” that are clearly included according to the tech specs page, complaining about “usability faux pas” without having ever seen/used/interacted with one and complaining about the lack of Flash Video when all the major players are dedicated to HTML5 as the next...
“The iPad isn’t going to waltz in and just change the world, the way that...”
– Ars Technia
Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up →
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“When [Kevin] Dunbar reviewed the transcripts…, he found that the...”
– Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up
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Wicked PDF Plugin →
My new best friend.
A PDF generation plugin for Rails that uses the wkhtmltopdf library.
It’s special because it uses WebKit to render the page in the background then convert to PDF, so you can use your existing CSS and templates to create PDF’s without creating bespoke templates.
woot!
How to use a semicolon →
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Facebook Notifications
Ok, it’s time to reconsider my notifications on Facebook and other social networks.
I’m not sure how many of you have it enabled, but the new Push notifications on the iPhone app is quite shiny but overall there’s a few shortcomings.
Right now I have both Push and Email notifications enabled and I probably check my Facebook page 4-6 times a day.
In most cases, I check my...
“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson
Rock Band 'Opens Up' to Allow Any Band Playable... →
Finally an API/Platform allowing artists/hackers/kids to mix their own Rock Band tracks.
“Icelands 44 acre data center campus is currently under construction. The...”
– Iceland Gets Major Data Center Project « Data Center Knowledge
YUI Compressor TextMate Bundle →
Oooooh, SNIHY!
Pitty it doesn’t add the minified versions to the project automatically though.
The Perfect Summer →
Came across some awesome summer photos on Flickr.
More by Reinis
You can always do less →
Via 37signals.
The Tip Jar by Obadiah Parker →
@brianna first introduced me to Obadiah a few years back. I could never get sick of listening to his covers.
<3
the selby →
A great site/book on the spaces (houses, studios, etc) of creative folk.
/me wants to go buy stuff for the house now.
Proposed Web video restrictions cause outrage in... →
What the hell is up with the worlds governments?
Is the internet and the trafficking of information so terrifying to them that they aim to take away all our civil liberties?
When will this madness end?
Google Apps
I recently migrated all my email over to Google Apps.
I’ve been incredibly impressed with it’s simplicity and speed.
Should have changed months ago.
Natures design flaws →
A great site listing natures design flaws.
There’s some pretty interesting stuff in the list, like Goose bumps, the apendix, regneration and sperm.