Pictos, the Icon Font

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August 31st, 2010 ×Discuss

The normal practice among web developers for icons have always been to embed them in images and use CSS to display. We do this so much, we hardly think about it at all any more. Pictos, however, is a clever way of taking a step away from this. Instead of using images, you embed the Pictos font and use that instead.

Simplenote Gets an Update

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August 25th, 2010 ×Discuss

My favorite note taking app, Simplenote, has just been updated

Camera Phone Lenses

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August 19th, 2010 ×Discuss

Fisheye, macro and wide angle lenses available for use with camera phones.

My iOS Pet Peeve

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August 18th, 2010
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For me, there’s one thing missing when it comes to the conceptual design behind Apple’s iOS. That for devices which are clearly made for media consumption (although certainly not exclusively), there’s still no simple way of actually getting the media onto the device.

Say I have a tube map in PDF format for example. Shouldn’t I just be able to easily copy over this file from my computer? It bugs me that there’s still no easily accessible file system structure in the OS. I’m not saying I need root access, I just want to be able to save stuff. It’s equally (if not more) frustrating that you can’t save a file (for example a video) from Mobile Safari straight to the device.

Your Lucky Day

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August 18th, 2010 ×Discuss

High quality short about the chaos that a little lottery ticket can set about.

Fancy a Bite?

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August 17th, 2010 ×Discuss

This just made me incredibly hungry.

Stands for iPad & iPhone

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August 6th, 2010 ×Discuss

Check out these neat little stands called MoviePeg. There’s a bigger version for your iPad and a smaller one for your iPhone. Aah, the marvels of capitalist society.

Microsoft Doesn't Get the iPad

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August 3rd, 2010 ×Discuss

A good write up from Ars Technica’s Peter Bright about the challenges Microsoft is facing with their touch based Windows and “Slate” devices.