Fantastic screen saver for OS X and Windows.
Phantom Butterflies ∞ (11/05/08)
Library Applications
9th of May, 2008
There’s two broad kinds of applications.
- Library applications like iTunes, Things, YoJimbo, iCal and iPhoto, etc.
- and Process applications like Photoshop, Preview, Quicktime, Firefox, GarageBand, etc.
There’s a third, less prevalent kind that doesn’t deal with data at all, applications that just do things like OmniDazzle. I argue that you could put any application into one of those categories, perhaps with overlapping — eg. Firefox processes webpages one at a time but stores things like bookmarks. I have a problem when applications don’t act like they’re in the category they’re in. Continue reading →
Lightning + Volcano Eruption ∞ (09/05/08)
In the middle of the night. Absolutely amazing photographs. Click to see higher resolution versions (but not much higher).
The stuff dreams are made of ∞ (09/05/08)
A $6000 giant inflatable ice berg is the first thing I’d buy as a multi-zillionaire.
Piet ∞ (07/05/08)
A graphical programming language with source code that looks like abstract paintings. Via Waxy.
The day the music died ∞ (06/05/08)
Mark Pilgrim on Microsoft shutting down it’s PlaysForSure servers that verify the music you “purchased” is actually yours. The ability to play PlaysForSure music will soon be extremely unsure.
Soundamus ∞ (04/05/08)
A service that creates a feed of upcoming album releases based on the music you listen to at last.fm. This was made for me! Keeping track of when your favourite bands are releasing music is a burdensome task and often I don’t find out about new releases until months after they’re out. This service solves that and all I need to do is type my last.fm username and subscribe to a feed. This is a seriously fantastic app. Via Waxy.
Clothing Inventory
2nd of May, 2008
I have a clothing problem.
Excluding my extravagant $300-on-one-outfit splurge a few weeks ago, I haven’t really been shopping for clothes in over a year. My favourite pieces of clothing are literally worn so often they’re falling apart. A pair of shorts I’ve had since mid high school has worn through the ass — there’s no rip or tear, they haven’t been grazed, they’ve literally been worn down until there’s nothing left. Continue reading →
Double Negative Examination
30th of April, 2008
The last few exams I’ve taken have all included double negative questions which, when they’re multiple choice and worded the way they are, makes it really hard. I’ve gotten questions wrong where I knew the answer but was so confused by the cryptic question I marked it wrong. Continue reading →
Twistori ∞ (30/04/08)
The best use of Twitter data I’ve ever seen and beautifully executed, I could watch it for hours. The words love, wish, think and hate are big players in my Tweet Cloud. As a side note, not to pick on Twistori but why does everything have to be “the first step” — Twistori works great on it’s own, move on!
First person spot for Nike Football ∞ (30/04/08)
It seems both reckless, amateur and extremely well done. I love the dacking.
Parents pray for dying daughter rather than take her to a doctor and then she died ∞ (30/04/08)
Family and friends had urged Dale and Leilani Neumann to get help for their daughter, but the father considered the illness “a test of faith” and the mother never considered taking the girl to the doctor because she thought her daughter was under a “spiritual attack,” the criminal complaint said.
She had diabetes. As someone with a sister who has diabetes I know exactly how treatable it is and how horrific the consequences are if it’s not treated. This makes me sick to the pit of my stomach. Via Kottke.
Where do people find the time? ∞ (28/04/08)
Fascinating talk from the Web 2.0 conference with some commentary from Clusterflock too.
My mom has often asked me, in a tone of disdain, how people find the time to do so much stuff on the Internet—stuff that she thinks is, with a few tiny exceptions, worthless—and I’ve been saying to her for years, “They spend less time than you do slackjawed in front of the TV.”
9 Phrases Women Use ∞ (28/04/08)
From Tumblina and 9 phrases men use from Testumblrone. Read the women’s first. Very funny. Via Ross Hill.
Sticker Pack 2 ∞ (28/04/08)
Another fantastic extension to the set of icons I use in OS X.
Brisbane BarCamp ∞ (27/04/08)
The second Brisbane BarCamp is on at the end of next month. I was overseas for the first but I’ll definitely be attending this one. I’ll also be presenting on something like creating WordPress themes or GTD or blogging, I don’t know, something I’m an “expert” on. There’s where and when details on the Facebook event page. So if you want to see me talk some shit in front of a projected TextMate, come along!
Mentos, Diet Coke Record ∞ (26/04/08)
Is that it now? Are we done with the amazing phenomenon that is putting Mentos in Diet Coke? Cool photos nonetheless. Via Coudal.
Twitter Shitter ∞ (24/04/08)
Funniest (non-xkcd) online comic I have read in a long, long time from Penny Arcade. Via Waxy.
Science Machine timelapse ∞ (23/04/08)
Very cool HD timelapse video of the creation of Science Machine by Chad Pugh. I was going to buy the print until I measured out how big it was.
OS Form Elements ∞ (23/04/08)
This is something I’ve been meaning to make myself for a long time. It’ll come in really handy.
David Heinemeier Hansson’s A Way to Make Money Online ∞ (22/04/08)
Packed full of absolutely fantastic advice. My favourite stuff is all about not needing to rush, you just need to be good. Also trying to take focus off “being the best”, you don’t need to be the best, you just need to be good. My favourite quote:
You don’t have to be a fucking genius.
What have you been denying yourself? ∞ (21/04/08)
I took the question to mean something you could very easily obtain but are not — like fasting or abstinence or something like that — not something just because you lack the money — like a BMW 5 series. Great comments nonetheless. Clusterflock is one of the few places where I still love the comments.
The Milky Way suspended in a glass cube ∞ (21/04/08)
This is super cool. It’s three dimensional so you can see what it looks like from different angles. Quite a hefty price tag though — 80,000 Yen or 827AUD.
Photoshop Killer: Scribbles
17th of April, 2008
What bothers me most about Photoshop is the administration — creating new layers, having to select between layers, making shapes by way of first making a selection, having to confirm transformations, etc. They’re barriers to the flow of creativity. It’s a big part of the reason I use Illustrator, drawing an object creates it’s own pseudo layer that works just like a layer without the forced administration. Objects can then be moved and modified freely. Anyway, Scribbles is a relatively new drawing app with a super simple and intuitive interface and layer system.
Bruce ServicePack ∞ (17/04/08)
This has got to be a joke but it seems like it would have just been too much work to be a joke. I love the “see what’s on your employee’s laptops” line. I am just at a complete loss for words, how does this stuff even get made?