July 2008
Virtualization Short Take #15 →
A whole lot has been buzzing around in the virtualization space over the last week or so, a lot of it as a result of the release of VMware Infrastructure 3 version 3.5 Update 2 (what a mouthful!)….
Two auto performance meters for iPhone →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Software, Tips and tricks, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store
I’ve seen a lot of fun accelerometer uses in the App Store so…
Jersey towns hosting foreclosure tours →
Time for another get together. Mark your calendars, cancel your trips, and tell the inlaws to buzz off.
This Saturday, August 2nd at 5pm
Shannon Rose - http://www.theshannonrose.com/
98 Kingsland…
TUAW Hands-On: Square Enix's Song Summoner for the... →
Filed under: Gaming, Multimedia, Software, Features, Apple
Square Enix dropped a huge bomb at E3 a few weeks ago with the fact that their latest Final Fantasy title, number 13,…
Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 Available →
The best (in my humble opinion) option for virtualization on Mac OS X, VMware Fusion, now has Beta 2 of Fusion 2.0 available for download. You can read VMware’s announcement of the new beta as…
unfolded dog →
Unfolded dog. In case you have nothing else to do. Wo designed this originally? Anyone know? (via supercolossal)
Catching the Wild - The Coat Stand →
I remember how much I loved westerns movies when little, so I suppose that’s why this odd and innovative piece of furniture, Catching the Wild, appeals to me. It’s a coat stand made of steel and…
Interesting Pillows: Part -2. →
Interesting Pillows: Part -2.Here are few more interesting pillows we came across. Get Cosy: Designed by Berlin based Bombdesign, which looks for new interpretations of the…
I didn't even know this existed in the first... →
vintage sock stretcher with hooks. made me smile.
System Administrator Appreciation Day. →
System Administrator Appreciation Day.July 25th, 2008 was the 9th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day, a special international day, a day to show that you truly appreciate the hard…
Mygazines.com - upload. share. archive. →
nuff said
Magazines Are Being Pirated on a Massive Scale →
Mygazines.com is a new online community where users scan entire magazines and post them online for free browsing. Seen above, for example, is a complete copy of the August 2008…
Stephanie Syjuco →
interesting work
Top Gear Confirmed To Be Back Third Week In... →
Forum member robybobey was driving around his town this morning when he spotted James May and Oz Clarke filming a segment for their Oz and James’s Big Wine Adventure TV show.
robybobey managed…
Stuff Korean Moms Like →
97% true
US Dealers Out of MINIs →
We’ve been watching this happen over the last few months as on-hand MINI supplies dwindled from 5 days, to four, then down to 2 days. Now, they are out. From Autoweek.com. The nation’s…
MacBook Updates Rumored To Include Glass Trackpad →
CWmike writes to tell us that Seth Weintraub has been hearing some interesting rumors surrounding the next iteration of Apple’s MacBook line. “I have been hearing some interesting things about…
Know Your Stuff Inventories Your Home [Featured... →
Windows and Mac OS X: Offered as a free download from the Insurance Information Institute, the Know Your Stuff Home Inventory software is a full-featured tool for cataloging your…
Scenes From An 1975 IBM Slide Presentation →
It’s 1975 And This Man Is About To Show You The Future (thanks for the laugh Erin)
The Online Photographer: OT: Video Advice? →
nuff said
OpenSSH with Kerberos and Active Directory →
I ran across this handy white paper about OpenSSH on Linux using Kerberos authentication with Windows and Active Directory. There’s not a whole lot in there that isn’t also covered in my Active…
Amazon Explains Why S3 Went Down →
Angostura writes “Amazon has provided a decent write-up of the problems that caused its S3 storage service to fail for around 8 hours last Sunday. It providers a timeline of events, the immediate…
Being Original by Photographing the Impossible →
© Li Wei
In times when one would think that any subject in photography has been explored, we find the work of Li Wei, a Beijing-based artist-photographer, whose theme is to photograph…
Who is Amung Us: Live Geo Stats →
This is quite interesting, a map you can embed into your page that updates live with the geo-location of readers. Developed by http://maps.amung.us/ the map is easy to set up and only requires…
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Camera on a... →
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Remember the first time you flew in a plane and looked down to…
Conduit Design →
Making a silk purse from a sow’s ear, architect Stanley Saitowitz has designed a warm, rich space from the systematic guts of a residential condominium building. Conduit, a new…
The new generational gap →
The New York Times has just published the first in a series of articles that will look at how the Internet and other technological and social forces are changing the way people read. As…
hee seung chung →
work by hee seung chung. see more here.
[all hee seung chung. top to bottom: no matter where, of comfort no man speak. moving tableau #3. moving tableau #2. 2007.]
Inside Outside: Evolving Graffiti →
“Your visual has been kidnapped. This is a part of my hostage. Pay now!” wrote French street artist, ZEVS boldly to a huge advertiser. He also sent them a paper finger from the hand of a…
Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? (Om... →
Om Malik / GigaOM: Russia, The Final Frontier For Data Centers? — Updated: To paraphrase (and mangle) StarTrek’s famous tagline: Can Russia be the place where Internet…
RRRRING →
RRRRING by David Billy. (via fanny)
Reports Are Coming In: Top Gear America Looks Good →
The reports are coming in and while most are purposely vague (most attendees felt they shouldn’t spoil it for everyone), they did say that the chemistry is there and it should turn out to be a…
Verizon FiOS TV Delivers 100 High-Definition... →
Verizon: Verizon FiOS TV Delivers 100 High-Definition Channels to New Yorkers - on the Network Built for HD — FiOS TV in New York Metro Area Now Offers More HD Channels Than Time…
Computer Support Specialists and Systems... →
govt analysis of SAs
Ion USB VCR →
Time to dig out your 80’s porno stash. The Ion USB VCR ($230) lets you transfer your old home movies and other VHS videos straight to digital. It offers a… Visit Uncrate for the full…
Noah's Ark Replica By Johan Huibers. →
Noah’s Ark Replica By Johan Huibers.A dream which took 14 years to manifest, for which the work began in May 2005, and finally it was on April 28, 2007 that the exhibit opened in Schagen,…
Google Sari By Satya Paul. →
Google Sari By Satya Paul.‘Oogle’ (“G” in the Google logo is replaced with “O”) as they called it, is a designer sari by Satya Paul a leading fashion designer from India, costs about $300 and…
Photography For Real Estate →
nuff said
Microsoft Makes trueSpace Free: Head to Head with... →
We have always had a soft spot for trueSpace, the 3D software package from Caligari. It was one of the first modellers we used back 10 years ago for ActiveWorlds. Google SketchUp has…
George Lucas frozen in carbonite →
Lucas goes Solo. This is just, this is just not right. …
Watt's New? Low Energy Lamp →
Netherlands designer Lotte van Laatum has gone one step further with her glass pendant lamp Watt’s New? shaping the energy saving bulb’s tubes into petals to complete the design. We first…
Panasonic's Latest Pocket Rocket →
Manufacturers continue to churn out pocket-sized “pro” cameras — Canon G9, Sigma DP1, Ricoh GX200, et. al. — and sooner or later they will get it right. Panasonic’s latest foray into this…
Strange Architecture →
Normally we’re hating on those YouTube video slideshows set to music but this one’s an exception with some truly odd and inspirational buildings. via frame…
Coles's Death Ruled a Suicide →
A medical examiner said that Scott Coles, the late chief executive of real-estate lender Mortgages Ltd., died on June 2 as a result of suicide induced by alcohol, oxycodone and zolpidem.
Paint Or Die But Love Me →
No it’s not real but you’ve got to give French designer John Nouanesing props for his collection of concepts including this table which while needing some structural help is pretty fun.
Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds →
freakin awesome. Generates beautiful word clouds based on your input
Arn Kim Ran MacRumors While a Full-time Doctor... →
On top of running a bitchin’ keynote liveblog, MacRumors owner Arn Kim was up until recently a full-time medical doctor. He’s a friend who I’ve come to rely on as a sounding board for Apple…
Can Scanning as a Service Clean Your Desk Off? →
Does your desk look like this photo? No comment on where the photo was taken, of course… There’s hope! Pixily just launched, with a business model that could be described as “NetFlix…
An Important Part of Having a Great Eye is... →
Elisabeth Biondi, visuals editor of the New Yorker magazine on photographer Pieter Hugo’s “The Hyena Men of Nigeria:”
‘Some people have said to me that Pieter’s subject is so dramatic that it…
The big question on everyone’s mind in Hollywood... →
The big question on everyone’s mind in Hollywood has been…
How could CRANK 2 get more crazy than the original film?
SIMPLE.
GIVE JASON STATHAM A PUPPET HEAD!
(Kudos to the LA Times for…