March 2011
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Typeface magic: Chartwell →
It’s a family of OpenType fonts that render as pie, bar or line charts using ligatures. I’m still not sure I understand exactly how it works, so I’m inclined to believe that designer Travis…
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Songs for Japan →
This has got to be the best deal on iTunes right now, and all for a great cause. A total of 38 songs from artists like Katy Perry, Kings of Leon and Elton John. A good use of ten bucks, even if you…
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“During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes,...”
– Nina Kuscsik, First woman’s winner of the Boston Marathon
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For Japan: 50% off O’Reilly books →
Like Panic, PopCap and others, O’Reilly Books is taking what Americans do best — buy things — and turning it into a way to help Japan. As of 4:30 p.m. PT, raw consumerism has raised $100,000…
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Wife says "no," Apple says "yes" to iPad 2 →
Please let this be true.
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It's not as bad as all that →
Marc and jimcloudman both chime in today with some legitimate criticisms of the iPad as a device to do, as Marc puts it, “work of any significance.”
The biggest shortcoming, says Marc, is support for background apps:
What I’m dying for is the ability to manage multiple clipboards and the ability to transform or expand text based on typed input. Basically, I want utilities like...
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Harry Potter and the Secret of the Millennium...
x-posted from punchingIN
Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination opened at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center yesterday. With my 8-year-old daughter starting her sleepover birthday party mid-day, I decided to rescue my 6-year-old son from an afternoon of forced mani-pedis and check out what George Lucas brought to town.
Now, I should say up front that, while I’m certainly a fan of...
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Panic raises $56,224 for Japan →
x-posted from punchingIN
My $35 for Transmit are in there somewhere, which feels great, but I have to admit that the amount raised is much more than I had expected. Fantastic. Congratulations to the folks at Panic.
It looks like other developers are jumping on the bandwagon, too. Yesterday, I received an email from PopCap Games announcing a similar promotion this weekend:
On Saturday and...
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Panic: Let’s Help Japan →
x-posted from punchingIN.com
What a great idea. Panic is donating 100% of revenue from 10 a.m. March 17 to 10 a.m. on the 18th to the Japanese Red Cross and Mercy Corps.
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The one Panic app I’ve...
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U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by... →
x-posted from punchingIN.com
The right decision.
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“…when Ajdabiya falls, there is then nothing to stop Gaddafi and his thugs...”
– — Hana El-Gallal, a law professor from Benghazi, Libya, quoted in The Independent
x-posted from punchingIN.com
A gut-wrenching call for help from someone “on the ground” in Libya.
News yesterday was that the U.S. is pressing the U.N. Security Council to approve the use of...
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Put This On →
x-posted from punchingIN.com
Put This On was created by Jesse Thorn (@youngamerican) and Adam Lisagor (@lonelysandwich) and bills itself as being “for men who want to dress like grownups.” They do a terrific job curating a solid collection of wardrobe tips, eBay vintage clothing sales and grooming advice that is both practical and entertaining.
But it’s the semi-regular podcast that is the...
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iPad 2 In Hand →
x-posted from punchingIN.com
The line at the Alderwood Mall Apple Store was about 200 people long when I got there at 3pm. By the time I entered the store a little over 3 hours later, there were another 300 people behind me and I’d become friends with the pleasant old Brit who’d made the trip on the early-morning ferry from Orcas Island and planned to write a book about the iPad on...
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That’s a damn fine chocolate bar, right there
Dark chocolate is good for you, so I try and eat seven or eight pounds of it a week. (Don’t judge.)
The darker a chocolate is, the more beneficial it is. Darker chocolate has more cocoa in it. The more cocoa, the better. Kind of like Ke$ha, except exactly the opposite.
Milk chocolate is about 40% cocoa content. It’s like a brown, melty Big Mac in a foil wrapper. Avoid that, obvs.
Chocolate...
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Who said anything about "Carlgate?"
The folks at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) managed to speak to Yann Lecoreller and G. Carre, CEO of Awyse yesterday concerning the Talking Carl story I have been obsessing about all week. It is a very good summary of the history, but there is not much new information that I haven’t already reported here.
They do cover an abortive update to Talking Carl that Lecoreller posted earlier...
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I think I'm obsessed with Talking Carl
At this point, it’s not about the app. The drama surrounding the little red guy is shaping up to be more and more curious each day. Just a few moments ago, the following email arrived from the CEO of Awyse.
Subject: Apologies for the conviniences due to Talking Carl
To our valued customers,
I have received thousands of emails from Talking Carl customers who are upset about...
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Talking Carl is back
On Saturday, I posted that the star of the iPhone app, Talking Carl, had been unceremoniously booted from the app and replaced with a much-less-charming, anthropomorphic cardboard box character named, “C.” Users were up in arms, the app was getting skewered in the ratings, and I was taking the developer, Awyse, to task for this idiotic change.
First, the good news. As of a few hours ago, Talking...
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