June 2007
74 posts
iPhone Gets Dismantled!
Gallery: iPhone Take-apart
Here’s Think Secret’s iPhone dissection.
and….
Here’s one by ifixit.
WatchFox News Reporter Gets Her Microphone Jacked At Apple iPhone Event
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The Mentos Intern →
Trevor, a real live Mentos intern will answer your questions and do your simple bidding. You can schedule his time from reviewing a paper to calling your girlfriend to saying she’s beautiful. He’s the Fresh Maker
TIME MAGAZINE's 25 Sites We Can't Live Without →
Pownce: Share Stuff With Your Friends
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Color Inspiration from the Masters of Painting →
WatchCasey Kasem’s Death Dedication
The AT&T/iPhone Moral Quandary →
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Apple's iPhone Guided Tour →
YouTube Screensaver →
A great way to display the top 10 most watched videos on YouTube for that day. It is displayed in a brilliant 3D environment with reflections. Customizations Include: - Show/Hide video titles - Show/Hide descriptions - Show/Hide addition dates - Adjust change speeds
The McSweeney's Store's Big Sale →
From McSweeney’s site: McSweeney’s is holding a big sale and auction to make up for $130,000 lost in a distributor bankruptcy; click here for the full story. A thousand thanks to everyone who has helped out the past few days. The sale is going great, and we are humbled by all the encouragement and support. We’ve still got pieces from Art Spiegelman, Miranda July, John Hodgman,...
Firstborn children are the Cleverest →
Firstborn children score significantly higher in IQ tests than their younger siblings, according to a large study of 250,000 military draftees. The researchers say the difference is due to social, not biological, factors, as younger siblings have higher IQs if they are raised as an eldest child following the death of an older brother or sister.
Google says Vista Search Changes not Enough →
We inspected Microsoft’s joint filing and found that Microsoft is not going to allow a complete override of the default search service in all Explorer windows, and that the company also rejects Google’s concerns about performance.
How to Soundproof an Apartment to Muffle Your... →
My wife is a professional percussionist. After three years of hearing her play marimba, djembe and conga in our living room — and hearing me fumble around on our upright piano — our neighbors wanted assurances that we would keep things quiet in our new home.
Watch74 Baskets in 36 Seconds
Digital Da Vinci Codes: Thousands of Leonardo's... →
The Leonardian Library in Vinci, Tuscany, is making the Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus — two collections of scientific and technical drawings — available as a free digital archive called e-Leo.The EU-financed project will also digitize the Windsor folios and 12 notebooks from the Institut de France for a total of 12,000 pages.
5 things you prob didn't know you could do in... →
I spent part of today at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA talking to some of the folks behind Google Docs & Spreadsheets, part of Google’s Web-based office suite. One of the things I was itching to know about were some of their favorite features that often don’t get the limelight, or that people simply didn’t know about.
WebKit Gets a New Web Inspector! →
The WebKit framework now sports a completely new Web Inspector.
Report: Sand more deadly than sharks →
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Waves and sharks aren’t the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade when sand holes collapsed on them, report father-and-son doctors who have made warning of the risk their personal campaign.
Awesome Youtube Search Engine looks like Apple's... →
Top 20 Magic Trick Tutorials Of All Time →
Be the life of the part, or get the interest of that girl. These are the 20 most amazing magic tricks tutorial videos that you will find anywhere.
Blockbuster's Blu-ray Endorsement Having Major... →
Blockbuster’s decision to support Blu-ray in all of its 1,450 stores is having a bigger impact than it seems. A tipster at an unnamed retailer tells us they’ve had more HD DVD player orders cancelled over the last few days than they’ve seen over the entire lifecycle. The kicker? All of them were cancelled because of the Blockbuster announcement.
LifeHacker: 13 book hacks for the library crowd →
Today, in the interest of lifehacking your bookshelf, I’m rounding up my favorite 13 “book hacks” for getting the most from your bound literature. The first three hacks provide ways to integrate your computer with your local library, from a web-based notification tool to a Firefox extension to a killer Mac-only menu bar app.
Is The Internet Dumbing Us Down? →
New book argues that YouTube, Wikipedia and Web 2.0 will ruin our culture. Andrew Keen wants to start an argument. And his new book “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture” shows that he knows how to do it. A relentless attack on the beloved Web 2.0 touchstones of user generated content and “the wisdom of crowds…
Digg Meets Wikipedia - News Site Coming →
The main attraction with Thoof, which is beta invite only now, is that it will tailor the news based on your interests and not just based on the community interest. In addition, it adds a Wikipedia element, allowing users to submit stories and then other users to edit those stories with better sources.
Customer Service Hell:T-Mobile...Hot Spot - NOT!! →
Here my horrible story of customer service from t-mobile…had one yourself? DIGG IT! Make them hear the story.
Wired Reviews: Leopard Adds Polish and... →
Flipping through documents, browsing other computers on my network and cleaning up my desktop — such things are hardly capable of sustaining one’s interest for more than a few seconds, let alone producing joy. But joy is exactly what I felt as I pointed and clicked my way around the visually immersive world of Mac OS X version 10.5…
Video Editing 2.0 →
There are a bunch of other online video editing tools, and we’ll take a brief look at some of them below (though again, don’t expect Avid).
Google Solar Panel Project →
In the last 24 hours, Google produced 6,783 kilowatt-hours of electricity from the sun.
Art that Doesn’t Suck; It Masturbates - PICS →
Controversial Czech artist attempting to erect his 50ft masturbating art ‘piece’ which erupts like old faithful atop Prague’s national theater is facing stiff opposition. He may not be able to get it up.
“It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health,...”
– How to Become an Early Riser
WatchJon Sterwart 1991 on Comedy Central’s “Short Attention Span Theater”