Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
From a New York Times interview with George Lucas:
For Mr. Lucas this was an opportunity to revisit imaginary turf that gives him great personal satisfaction. “Star Wars,” he said, is “a sandbox I love to play in.”
“It’s not a matter of trying to prove anything to anybody,” he added. “I ...
Posted in Movies, Star Wars |
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
One of my favorite books, coming to life on the big screen. Trailer via Apple.
Posted in Books |
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
Steve O'Grady:
Sadly, there are those in the PR world that have turned to the dark side, and have become little more than glorified spammers. Hell, one of the emails I received recently even contained the line, “I know I’ve spammed you a lot this year, hope you’ll indulge just one ...
Posted in Web |
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
If you haven't already seen the video, here's an excellent opportunity.
Posted in Video |
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Great documentation tool for step-by-step instructions. Available for Mac and Windows.
Posted in Software |
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Corey Gilmore plays with the latest BlackBerry OS beta:
Like scores of other people this week I jumped on the leaked beta of OS 4.5 for my BlackBerry 8830 and installed it as fast as humanly possible.
Someone at RIM needs to be arrested for crimes against typography.
Posted in Technology |
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
From a Reuters article about life after Steve:
"Some people say, 'Oh God, if (Jobs) got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And you know, I think it wouldn't be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple," Jobs told Fortune magazine earlier this year.
It says ...
Posted in Apple |
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Upcoming Pixar has posted three virtual tours of sets from Wall•e. The attention to detail is remarkable.
Posted in Movies |
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams refuse to vote because of their religion.
Younger sister Serena said she was "excited to see Obama out there doing his thing."
"I'm a Jehovah's Witness, so I don't get involved in politics. We stay neutral. We don't vote," she said. "So I'm not going to ...
Posted in Politics |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
John Gruber at Daring Fireball, summing up my feelings on Android:
One thing I should make clear, given some of the email I’ve gotten this week, is that I’m rooting for Android, big-time. My obsession is with wonderful, thoughtful software and gadgetry. I love the iPhone because it’s fucking amazing, not ...
Posted in Apple |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Nokia has made a cash offer on the 52% of Symbian they don't already own, and plan to open source the platform.
The Symbian Foundation platform will be available to members under a royalty-free license from this non-profit foundation. The Symbian Foundation will provide, manage and unify the platform for its members. ...
Posted in Technology |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
In their latest round of iPhone application announcements, TUAW claims that ApolloIM is going legit and heading for the app store. ApolloIM is a multi-protocol client based on a ported version of libpurple, the library under Adium and Pidgin. Assuming this is true, one can only hope for improved XMPP ...
Posted in Apple, XMPP |
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Hillary Clinton, a multi-millionaire, is asking her working-class supporters for help paying off her debt.
The New York Democrat is well over $20 million in debt, nearly half of which Clinton loaned herself personally earlier in the year when her campaign was virtually broke and faced life-or-death primary contests.
I wonder which half ...
Posted in Politics |
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google's Android Platform has been pushed back until Q4. From the article:
Google now says that the handsets won't arrive until the fourth quarter. And some cellular carriers and makers of programs that work with Android are struggling to meet that schedule, people familiar with ...
Posted in Apple, Google, Technology, Web |
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
This is going on my wish list. According to the shop.lego.com page, it will contain 3,803 pieces, stand at 16" tall, and only set you back $399.99. Still, nothing beats the Falcon.
Posted in Star Wars, Toys |