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MacRumors: iOS 4.1 Restores Field Test Mode
MacRumors iPhone Blog8 Sep 2010 | 4:20 pmGizmodo reports that iOS 4.1 has reincluded the Field Test mode to iOS. Field Test mode allows you to get a numerical figure for your antenna strength rather than the traditional bar measure. To get to Field Mode:- First, u... -
Post-apocalyptic Tokyo illustration series
Holy Kaw!8 Sep 2010 | 6:14 pmIllustrator TokyoGenso created an imaginative (and honestly, quite frightening) series of eerie scenes depicting a post-apocalyptic overgrown Tokyo devoid of all people. See a sampling below: Full series at Pink Tentacle. All the top art. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
HDR photo hands-on with iPhone 4 and iOS 4.1
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)8 Sep 2010 | 5:30 pmI've never used one of the HDR apps, so I was eager to try out this new feature using iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 4. Launching the camera now gives you an HDR option at the top of your screen. It's automatically set to off. When you toggle the option on, it will automatically switch the camera flash to off. Using HDR will provide you with two shots -- one normal shot and one with HDR utilized. For my test subjects I used: A shot of a window from a few feet away. A shot of a window standing at the window. A dark shot using the cat lounging next to the iMac as a model A well-lit shot using one of the… -
Unique iPad Cases Made for Personal Style
AppCraver2 Sep 2010 | 3:19 pmWhen you start looking for a case it can seem that there are more choices than there are iPad owners. There is an ocean of options: hard, soft, ultra-protection, ultra-stylish, colorful, classy, low-cost, high-dollar. Well, you get the idea. It helps to narrow the search by defining your criteria. For instance, right now I’m looking for a case that offers some protection but still makes it easy to remove the iPad for use, say when sitting in a coffeehouse. It must look at least as good as a naked iPad, and have some personality. Since I already own Apple’s basic iPad case, this…
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Square Busta
3 Sep 2010 | 11:18 amSquareBusta is a fun and addictive game where you must use the pieces that start appearing in piece pile, and build squares and rectangles with them before the piece pile fills up. Beware its starts slow but, it will speed up, and before you know it you don't know what to do with all those pieces. -
TERRY TOUCH™
3 Sep 2010 | 2:20 am16 year-old student works with app development studio to launch iPhone app For the past three weeks, ustwo™ has been working on a radical new iPhone app with the latest member of the team, Jack McLean – a 16-year old work experience student. Having recently finished his GCSEs, and unlike most teenagers over the summer holidays, Jack intended to spend his free time doing work experience, making sure his dreams of becoming a famous iPhone app developer became a reality. In just three weeks he developed, produced and launched Terry Touch™ - with some help from the team at ustwo™. The… -
Where is My Phone? v.2.1
31 Aug 2010 | 11:42 amLITTLE WORLDS’ CLEVER APP WHERE IS MY PHONE? NOW RUNS IN BACKGROUND; RE-CLIMBS THE CHARTS TO LAUNCH LEVELS; FIND YOUR MISSING IPHONE BY WHISTLING AND IT RINGS! New: No need to switch it on anymore as Apple’s iOS4 allows multitasking! Where is My Phone? 2.15 runs in background, actively detects your whistle, keeps being active all day without moving a finger to activate it every time. Trick your friends – whistle and your iPhone rings with your own voice messages, explosions, music, and animal noises LYON, FRANCE – AUGUST 31, 2010 – In a stunning reversal, Little Worlds Studio’s… -
Where is My Phone? v.2.1
31 Aug 2010 | 11:41 amIn a stunning reversal, Little Worlds Studio’s iPhone App Where is My Phone?—which launched in February and skyrocketed to Top 5 Paid App positions in several countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain – is now climbing back into the top charts once again. The resurgence of sales is the result of the dev team listening to their communities and making one upgrade: The app now runs in background because the dev team took advantage of the Apple’s latest iOS4 changes. Where is My Phone? makes it easy to find your missing iPhone. Instead of wasting time looking through desk…
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MacRumors iPhone Blog
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MacRumors: iOS 4.1 Restores Field Test Mode
8 Sep 2010 | 4:20 pmGizmodo reports that iOS 4.1 has reincluded the Field Test mode to iOS. Field Test mode allows you to get a numerical figure for your antenna strength rather than the traditional bar measure. To get to Field Mode:- First, u... -
MacRumors: iMovie 1.1 for iOS Adds 4th-Generation iPod Touch Compatibility, Video Clip Splitting, and More
8 Sep 2010 | 12:56 pmWith the new fourth-generation iPod touch launching today, Apple has released an update to its iMovie application for iOS, adding compatibility for the new device to the existing support for iPhone 4. The updates also adds several new featur... -
Apple Releases iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1
8 Sep 2010 | 11:46 amApple today released iPhone Configuration Utility 3.1 for Mac OS X, an update to the company's software to allow system administrators to deploy iOS devices in enterprise settings.iPCU version 3.1 adds support for new Mobile ... -
MacRumors: Apple Releases iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch
8 Sep 2010 | 10:08 amRight on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update, known as Build 8B117 and available for the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and second- and third-generation iPod touch models, brings several new featu... -
Page 2: T-Mobile to Begin Offering iPhone 3GS in U.S.?
8 Sep 2010 | 8:59 amWired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson yesterday tweeted that he had been told by a "T-Mobile manager" that the carrier will begin offering the iPhone 3GS "later this year", but that the iPhone 4 will not be offered.A T-Mobile ...
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Holy Kaw!
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Post-apocalyptic Tokyo illustration series
8 Sep 2010 | 6:14 pmIllustrator TokyoGenso created an imaginative (and honestly, quite frightening) series of eerie scenes depicting a post-apocalyptic overgrown Tokyo devoid of all people. See a sampling below: Full series at Pink Tentacle. All the top art. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Why freeways come to a stop [infographic]
8 Sep 2010 | 5:49 pmIf you’ve ever wondered why freeway traffic sometimes comes to a crawl (or worse yet—stops flat) but when you approach the apparent problem area, the traffic seems to be moving better—this infographic is for you. As it turns out, the term for this annoying phenomenon is a ‘shockwave’. Learn more about it (and see the full image) at The Future Buzz. Love infographics? So do we. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Lady Gaga pushing gender boundaries at University of Virginia
8 Sep 2010 | 5:38 pmThe gender studies department at the University of Virginia is hoping if they lead the horse to water, it will drink using Lady Gaga as the lure. New packaging for old classes is all the rage this season as the mama monster will be used to demonstrate the most recent incarnation of feminism in action. Gaga’s music and videos will be dissected for their social messages, but the class will also include that time-tested education tool, reading. Full story at The Frisky. Liberate yourself with feminism. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
10 odd iPad mods
8 Sep 2010 | 5:36 pmWhile it remains unclear why anyone would want to place a beautiful, sleek iPad into a retro casing, these ten bizarre iPad mods are still pretty interesting to look at. All ten at iPad Case Review. Total iPad coverage. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
5 interesting tidbits about Jerry Springer
8 Sep 2010 | 4:59 pmThe chair throwing, relationship dysfunction documented (or mockumented) on “The Jerry Springer” show has been ridiculed as the trashiest of the trashy when it comes to the cesspool known as daytime television. Although, surprisingly, the man behind the talk show boasts an interesting back story that includes stints in politics and radio. Learning more about Springer likely won’t make you view his show in a more favorable light, but at least you’ll learn a little something. Jerry Springer was born in London in 1944 at the Highgate Tube Station, which was being used as…
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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HDR photo hands-on with iPhone 4 and iOS 4.1
8 Sep 2010 | 5:30 pmI've never used one of the HDR apps, so I was eager to try out this new feature using iOS 4.1 on my iPhone 4. Launching the camera now gives you an HDR option at the top of your screen. It's automatically set to off. When you toggle the option on, it will automatically switch the camera flash to off. Using HDR will provide you with two shots -- one normal shot and one with HDR utilized. For my test subjects I used: A shot of a window from a few feet away. A shot of a window standing at the window. A dark shot using the cat lounging next to the iMac as a model A well-lit shot using one of the… -
iMovie updated to 1.1, requires iOS 4.1
8 Sep 2010 | 1:47 pmApple's official iMovie app for iPhone has been updated to version 1.1. The new update requires iOS 4.1 and is compatible with the new iPod touch. It also adds the ability to split up video clips, automatically loop music for a longer videos and updated Photos browser. There are a few other upgrades to help performance and reliability, and a new tips and indicators to help you use the app. High Dynamic Range photography is new in iOS 4.1, but since HDR requires multiple exposures of a still picture, there's nothing in the new iMovie app to similarly improve your videos. Current users can… -
Games updated for Game Center (soon)
8 Sep 2010 | 1:35 pmAs you might have noticed if you've added a few friends in Apple's new Game Center service, the backbone social components are working great. But where, exactly, are all of the games? Developers have actually had access to Apple's service for quite a while now -- it was introduced to them under NDA way back at WWDC. But for some reason, Apple seems to be waiting on approving Game Center-enabled games. Fortunately, they're coming, probably as soon as Apple can approve them. Touch Arcade forum member Project-79 has been keeping track of which games have said that they'll be Game Center-enabled. -
How to speed up your iPhone 3G (while waiting for the release of iOS 4.1)
8 Sep 2010 | 11:00 amIf you're an iPhone 3G user who has upgraded to iOS 4, you're most likely pulling your hair out in anticipation of the bug fixes expected in iOS 4.1 (due to arrive this week). However, if you just can't wait that long, creativebits has a few tips you might like to try in order to improve the performance of your sluggish iPhone 3G. Delete all unused and unessential apps. Delete all unessential conversations from your SMS inbox. Clear your history and browsing cache in Safari. Delete your call history. If you don't use them, turn off Spotlight and MMS messaging. For all the details, check out… -
TUAW's Daily App: Skies of Glory
8 Sep 2010 | 6:00 amI actually picked up Skies of Glory a while back, but it wasn't until I finally nabbed my iPhone 4 this weekend that I got to see it running in its full, well, glory. Skies of Glory is a World War II air combat simulator -- it walks a nice line between simulation and arcade, as you don't need to worry too much about controlling the plane (the iPhone's accelerometer is used to great effect), but you'll still need to keep your bearings to take out enemies. It's challenging, but spending the time to get your plane lined up is actually pretty rewarding, not to mention that it's awesome to see a…
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Unique iPad Cases Made for Personal Style
2 Sep 2010 | 3:19 pmWhen you start looking for a case it can seem that there are more choices than there are iPad owners. There is an ocean of options: hard, soft, ultra-protection, ultra-stylish, colorful, classy, low-cost, high-dollar. Well, you get the idea. It helps to narrow the search by defining your criteria. For instance, right now I’m looking for a case that offers some protection but still makes it easy to remove the iPad for use, say when sitting in a coffeehouse. It must look at least as good as a naked iPad, and have some personality. Since I already own Apple’s basic iPad case, this… -
Oil Change for iPhone Won’t Change Much
31 Aug 2010 | 3:00 pmIf you follow the every three months/3,000 miles rule and have trouble finding a convenient place to get your oil changed, then let your iPhone find one for you with the Oil Change app. Oil Change is a location-based app that pin points nearby oil change franchises on the map and is also designed to sort the facilities by distance or price so you can comparison shop the service. Oil Change could be a rather convenient application to run if you are in unfamiliar territory and in desperate need of an oil change, but unless you don’t use a regular dealer or location for routine car… -
Stream Video from PC to iPhone with JumiCam
31 Aug 2010 | 12:30 pmJumiCam is an application that allows you to view webcam footage streaming from your home PC to your iPhone. It works with the Jumi Controller, which you have to install on your PC (not available for Mac yet). I was skeptical over trying JumiCam because many times apps that work with your computer over Wi-Fi fail miserably or at least require a major song and dance to get it working properly. To my amazement JumiCam was a relatively pleasant surprise.(...)Read the rest of Stream Video from PC to iPhone with JumiCam All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. | Stream Video from PC to iPhone with… -
iCademy – Discover Your iPhone
31 Aug 2010 | 9:30 amIf you’re new to iPhone or if you’re an iPhone user who hasn’t had time to discover everything your iPhone can do, then iCademy is an app worth perusal. A combination pictorial guide and hands-on user manual, iCademy highlights many of the iPhone’s useful features in an easy to navigate application. Learn about general use, how to use your browser and email more efficiently, troubleshoot basic problems, familiarize yourself with IOS 4 and learn useful tips all with a touch of a button. (...)Read the rest of iCademy – Discover Your iPhone All App Reviews © AppCraver.com, 2010. |… -
Save Betsy is Like Doodle Jump on the Farm
30 Aug 2010 | 10:27 amSave Betsy is another version of the accelerometer-based jumping game that has become so popular for iPhone. It is akin to Doodle Jump, but unlike Doodle Jump, the leader of all such games where iTunes rankings are concerned, Save Betsy, has a seriously twisted vegan (or anti-vegan) theme, but don’t worry, no cows were harmed in the making. Save Betsy stars Betsy the cow, who is trying to avoid the grills and meat grinders that will turn her into steak. As you lead her higher and higher, you can use her special ability to rid her path of meat-making obstacles, hide her in the haystacks, and…
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iPhone in Canada Blog: Tips, Tricks, and News for Canadian iPhone Users
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App Store Receives Game Center Section
8 Sep 2010 | 7:30 pmWith the launch of iOS 4.1 and the public availability of Game Center, the App Store has received a new Game Center section. The new App Store section is the ideal place to keep track of all the newly updated games that work with Game Center. At this time, there are not very many supported games but the titles are guaranteed to grow. This dedicated App Store section is similar to what Apple did when the iPad launched which was adding a dedicated iPad App Store. Now instead of browsing through thousands of games looking for titles that support Game Center, users need only look into the new App… -
iMovie 1.1 for iOS Updated: iPod Touch Support, Clip Splitting
8 Sep 2010 | 1:13 pmOne of my favourite apps for the iPhone 4, iMovie, has been updated for the latest iPod Touch. We’ve seen some amazing movies made with iMovie for the iPhone 4. Alongside this update includes some new features and much anticipated bug fixes. Here’s what’s included in the latest iMovie 1.1 update: What’s New In Version 1.1 • Compatible with iPod touch (4th generation). • Ability to split video clips. • Automatic music looping when video extends beyond music track. • Scrub to preview clips in Video Browser. • In-app Tips page that illustrates how to use key… -
iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Tool Coming Soon, Exploit Found
8 Sep 2010 | 12:18 pmWith today’s release of iOS 4.1, jailbreakers have been warned repeatedly (to the point where if you update, it’s your own fault!) to NOT update via iTunes. This game of ‘cat and mouse’ has been ongoing since the iPhone was first released. Let the games continue, right? For those who have invested in SBSettings, MyWi, My3G, and other tweaks, it’s hard to go back to a ‘stock’ iPhone. Hence, that’s why it’s worth the wait to hear from the Dev Team. MuscleNerd Sends an Important “Discovery” Update via Twitter It looks like an… -
iOS 4.1 Download Now Available in iTunes
8 Sep 2010 | 10:23 amToday is the day iOS 4.1 is scheduled to be released, as leaked by the Apple UK website. It looks like the update is now live in iTunes! Time to update (do NOT update if you want to keep your jailbreak!). Here are the release notes: iOS 4.1 Software Update This update contains improvements, including the following: • Game Center - Send and receive friend requests - Invite friends to multi-player games over the Internet - Play multi-player games by auto-matching with other players - View Leaderboards and Achievements - Discover new games from friends • High dynamic range (HDR) photos on… -
Dev-Team Warns Not To Update To iOS 4.1
8 Sep 2010 | 7:30 amWith Apple expected to release iOS 4.1 today, the iPhone Dev-Team has issued another warning urging iDevice owners to NOT update their device to iOS 4.1. We all know that it is difficult to fight the urge to update our iDevice, but by doing so this week could make future jailbreaking and/or unlocking impossible. As the Dev-Team notes, there is currently no known way to revert your baseband. By updating to iOS 4.1, the baseband will also update and users will lose the jailbreak and ultrasn0w unlock, possibly forever. This time of year there are lots of new iPhone owners, and not everybody…
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Touch Arcade
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E. Honda to Appear in Upcoming 'Street Fighter IV' Update
8 Sep 2010 | 7:33 pmAbout a month ago, we detailed the announcement from Capcom that the female character Crimson Viper would be added to the roster of Street Fighter IV for iPhone. And as we speculated then, she won't be alone. Today they have announced that original Street Fighter II combatant E. Honda will be joining her in the forthcoming update, following the previous update that added Cammy and Zangief as playable characters. Personally this announcement has me really excited, as E. Honda marks the completion of the original cast of characters from the arcade game, and he is also one of my favorites… -
First Online Multiplayer Game Center Updates – 3 Titles from Pangea Software
8 Sep 2010 | 6:23 pmWith the iOS 4.1 update that added Game Center out in the wild today, we're seeing an avalanche of new updates for older games that are utilizing these new features. Previously we've only seen games that received achievements and leaderboards, but now it seems that three games from Pangea Software are the first to offer real-time multiplayer. Here is the information for each game provided in the press release from Pangea: Nanosaur 2, $3.99 Nanosaur 2 is a 3D action-adventure game where you pilot a time traveling pteradactyl from the future. Previously, Nanosaur 2 was just a single… -
Firemint's 'Flight Control' and 'Real Racing' Game Center Updates Now Available
8 Sep 2010 | 5:21 pmFollowing the fairly underwhelming first Game Center game Ms. Pac-Man, we're now starting to get into some of the good stuff. Updates with Game Center support for both Flight Control and Real Racing from Firemint have just gone live in the App Store. Each game will take advantage of achievements and leaderboards offered with Game Center integration. Firemint's previous Cloudcell online integration will still remain, so even if you can't access Game Center you'll still be able to access achievements and leaderboards like before. If you can possibly tear yourself away from… -
Ms. Pac Man is One of the First Game Center Games
8 Sep 2010 | 2:21 pmSo, Namco's Ms. Pac-Man is one of the first games to support Apple's new Game Center leaderboard system. As you can see from the screenshots, the game supports leaderboards and achievements through Apple's new social gaming network: I'm sure we'll see more Game Center supporting updates shortly. App Store Link: Ms. PAC-MAN, $4.99 -
Harbor Master HD Updated With Clever New In-App Purchase
8 Sep 2010 | 1:09 pmImangi Studios' Harbor Master HD has seen a number of additions since its original iPad launch in April. The base game includes a single map and can be downloaded for free, but they've since added four new maps for $0.99 each as in-app purchases. The map above is called the Bermuda Triangle and includes pirates, monsters and cyclones to make your line-drawing life a bit more difficult. But with the latest updates, they've also added a clever rewind feature that lets you restart the game right before that last fatal mistake: We've also added a really cool feature –…
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Lifehacker: iPhone
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iTunes 10 Plays Media from Any iOS Device, No Syncing Required [Annoyances]
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Mute Your Mac from an iOS Device [Mac OS X Tip]
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Nike+ Now Available with GPS Tracking (and Without the Shoe Chip Requirement) [Downloads]
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Access Gmail's Priority Inbox on Your Mobile Device [Gmail]
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Trapster Is a Free Mobile App to Help You Avoid Speed Traps [Downloads]
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Gizmodo
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iMovie App Updated for iOS 4.1, Finally Lets You Split Clips [IPhone Apps]
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Play These Game Center-Enabled Games Right Now [Games]
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Check Your iPhone 4's Antenna Reception With Field Test Mode In iOS 4.1 [IPhone]
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Apple iOS 4.1 Is Available Right Now [Apple]
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CBC | Canadian News
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Oilsands chat with Pelosi 'open, candid': Stelmach
8 Sep 2010 | 9:11 pmAlberta Premier Ed Stelmach said that the challenges about developing the oilsands were discussed during "open and candid" talks with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday night. -
Medical response in jails still seen as problem
8 Sep 2010 | 7:44 pmA review of nine deaths that occurred in federal custody between April 2008 and April 2010 shows recurring problems in responding to medical emergencies. -
Euthanasia debate straying off course: group
8 Sep 2010 | 7:29 pmQuebec's public hearings into assisted suicide continued in Montreal Wednesday, with an appearance by the president of the Right to Die With Dignity Association, among others. -
Manitoba judge complainant fired from job
8 Sep 2010 | 7:14 pmThe Winnipeg man who went public with sexual allegations about Manitoba Judge Lori Douglas and her lawyer husband says he has been fired from his job in part because of the explicit photos of her he kept on his work computer. -
'National' funeral to be held for Béchard
8 Sep 2010 | 5:15 pmQuebec cabinet minister Claude Béchard, who died Tuesday after a public battle with cancer, will be given a national funeral, Premier Jean Charest announces.
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Life of a legend
8 Sep 2010 | 11:28 pmHazel Journeaux is born in Port Daniel on the Gaspé coast of Quebec, the youngest of five children of a fishing-store owner and a homemaker. The family descends from Huguenots who fled religious persecution in France. -
Torre delays decision on future
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Wakefield becomes oldest pitcher to win for Red Sox
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Joyce to umpire near-perfect Galarraga's start
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Breeders Cup garnering quite a buzz
8 Sep 2010 | 11:13 pmWith $7.2-million of tickets already sold, interest is double that of last year's event
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Fool.com: The Motley Fool
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Google Just Optimized Your Brain
8 Sep 2010 | 6:09 pmThe search engine now knows what you're looking for before you finish telling it. -
Dividends Aren't Enough: Drug Companies
8 Sep 2010 | 5:44 pmThis simple secret can reveal a company's true generosity. -
Whoa! What Just Happened to My Stock?
8 Sep 2010 | 5:18 pmThese stocks just took off, but are they about to make a return trip to earth? -
Abominable Obamanomics
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Should You Buy This Cheap E&P Stock?
8 Sep 2010 | 4:33 pmLearn to find greatness where you least expect it.
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SFGate: Business & Technology
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Oil hovers near $75 amid US crude supply drop
8 Sep 2010 | 10:33 pmOil prices hovered near $75 a barrel Thursday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude inventories fell more than expected, suggesting demand may be improving. Benchmark oil for October delivery was up 1 cent at $74.68 a barrel at midday Singapore time in... Asia - United States - Business - Singapore - Energy -
Google search accelerates with 'instant' results
8 Sep 2010 | 10:28 pmGoogle Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests. The change, called "Google Instant," is the closest the 12-year-old company has come yet to realizing its... Google - search - Web search engine - Search Engines - Companies -
BP report blames itself, others for oil spill
8 Sep 2010 | 10:27 pmBP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at... Gulf of Mexico - BP - Oil spill - Environment - Business -
Appeals court lets government halt torture lawsuit
8 Sep 2010 | 10:26 pmA sharply divided federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a controversial post-Sept. 11 CIA program that flew terrorism suspects to secret prisons. The complaint was filed by five terrorism suspects who were arrested shortly after 9/... Boeing - Business - United States - Military aircraft - Boeing Co -
Fla. minister determined to hold 9/11 Quran burn
8 Sep 2010 | 10:25 pmA top general, the secretary of state, the White House and political and religious leaders from around the world have decried a plan by the leader of a small Florida church to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark the 9/11 attacks. The Rev. Terry Jones... Florida - United States armed forces - Afghanistan - Islam - Qur'an
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In Search of Enlightenment
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FDA Preliminary Analysis of Genetically Modified Salmon
4 Sep 2010 | 2:56 pmThe Globe has the scoop here. A sample:Salmon engineered in Eastern Canada to grow twice as fast as their wild counterparts are poised to become the first genetically modified animal approved for human consumption in North America.The DNA-altered salmon are “as safe to eat as food as other Atlantic salmon” and have “no biologically relevant differences,” the United States Food and Drug Administration said in a preliminary analysis of the fish released Friday. The federal food regulator is set to hold three days’ worth of public hearings later this month to review questions over… -
POLS 250 Trailer
29 Aug 2010 | 6:16 pmSeptember, and thus a new academic year, is quickly approaching. This year I will be teaching POLS 250 again. This is a full-year course (approx. 230 students) on the history of political thought. It is a required course for all our Political Studies majors here at Queen's University. We start with Plato and end with Marx. Should be lots of fun. Cheers, Colin -
Main Menu (August 2010)
20 Aug 2010 | 7:35 pmRecent posts on "In Search of Enlightenment" include:(1) Aristotle, Aging and Politics as the "Architectonic" Science (2) Research Statement (3) Egalitarianism and Ideal/Non-Ideal Theory (4) The Myth of "Homo Primaeva" (5) Discarding Our “Aging-Blinders” Cheers, Colin -
PNAS Study on Dietary Restriction In Mice
10 Aug 2010 | 9:54 amThe latest issue of PNAS has this study on the impact of calorie restriction (CR) and exercise on the nervous system of aging mice. Here is the abstract:The cellular basis of age-related behavioral decline remains obscure but alterations in synapses are likely candidates. Accordingly, the beneficial effects on neural function of caloric restriction and exercise, which are among the most effective anti-aging treatments known, might also be mediated by synapses. As a starting point in testing these ideas, we studied the skeletal neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a large, accessible peripheral… -
NatureNews Story on Limb Regeneration
8 Aug 2010 | 4:42 amFrom the time I was a young child I have always been fascinated by salamanders. They have the ability to regrow their tails and limbs. Why don't mammals have the capacity to do this? Could it be possible for humans to develop these powers? Imagine how incredible it would be if it were possible for a child to re-grow an arm or leg they lost in an accident. Or for a person to re-grown healthy cells in a damaged heart or brain. Sound like science fiction? Maybe not. This NatureNews story reports the latest findings from this study that suggests that the prospect of regenerative medicine is much…
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Joel on Software
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Fork it!
2 Sep 2010 | 11:43 amThe Stack Overflow Blog: “The Unix world loves to take sides. I don’t have to blog about this; Freud already did, in 1930. He called it ‘the narcissism of minor differences’” Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job that doesn't drive you crazy? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people. -
A new WordPress Stack Exchange
31 Aug 2010 | 8:10 amWe’ve been opening new Stack Exchanges left and right on a variety of topics. In almost every case, the Stack Exchange appears to duplicate the content of an existing community. For example, our WordPress answers site (now in beta) covers the exact same material as WordPress.org’s existing forums. This is nothing new to us at Stack Overflow, which purported to cover the exact same material as hundreds (if not thousands) of other programming sites. There’s no rule that says that there needs to be exactly one Q&A website per topic. There is, however, a compelling case for the Stack… -
Simplicity vs. Choice
19 Aug 2010 | 11:14 amSometimes I think a pretty good business model would be to copy the applications that 37signals makes, but make them more complex. More features, more promises—generally, just more complicated. Here’s the video from a talk I gave at the Business of Software conference last year: I’ll be speaking again at this year’s conference in Boston, October 4th-6th. Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job that doesn't drive you crazy? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people. -
The growing empire of Stack Exchange
16 Jul 2010 | 6:57 pmWe launched three new Stack Exchange sites this week! Gaming Cooking Pro Webmasters We’ll have three more for you next week, too. Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job that doesn't drive you crazy? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people. -
Domain Names
12 Jul 2010 | 7:56 pm“We decided that individually-branded sites felt more authentic and trustworthy. We thought that letting every Stack Exchange site have its own domain name, visual identity, logo, and brand would help the community feel more coherent. After all, nobody wants to say that they live in Housing Block 2938TC. They want to live in Colonial Manor. Never mind the connotation of, well, colonies.” Domain Names Need to hire a really great programmer? Want a job that doesn't drive you crazy? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people.
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Jon Udell
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Geodesic tomato suspension dome
22 Aug 2010 | 9:50 amEver since I saw tomatoes growing in a greenhouse that had a suspension system to hoist them up, I’ve wanted to do something like that. I’ve also been wanting to make a structure using Starplate connectors. This year the two ideas came together to create a tomato suspension dome. The structure The kit The Starplate kit is just 11 metal plates that accept 2-by-3s or 2-by-4s on edge, like so: I used 8-foot 2-by-3s. Around the edge of the pentagonal base I planted peas, pole beans, and morning glories. Inside, it was all tomatoes and basil. Although I used indeterminate vines, they… -
Attack of the giant sunflower
21 Aug 2010 | 8:01 pmI had a hunch that if I grew sunflowers in a fenced enclosure inside the chicken run they’d get big, since that’s the most fertile part of my backyard. Tonight I measured the tallest at 10 feet, 8 inches (3.25 meters). It’s stout, too, I feel like I could almost climb it. Impressive! Yeah, but how impressive? And, even more interesting to me, how can we find data to help answer the question? Perhaps with a sequence of searches like so: “1-foot sunflower” “2-foot sunflower” …etc… “26-foot sunflower” “27-foot… -
Web spreadsheets for humans and machines
30 Jun 2010 | 9:13 amLast week Kevin Curry dug into some data about school violence in his district. In this case the data was made available as HTML, which means it was sort-of-but-not-really published on the web. Kevin writes: Whenever I come across data like this the first thing I want to know is whether or not it can actually be used as data. In order to be used/usable as data the contents of this HTML table need to be, at minimum, copy-and-paste-able into a spreadsheet. Or, alternatively, the HTML table needs to be parseable as data. In this case, I was surprised to find that a couple of tools I normally use… -
The network is the keyboard: Patterns of scalable communication
29 Jun 2010 | 6:17 amLast week Scott Hanselman summed up the principle of keystroke conservation like so: There are a finite number of keystrokes left in your hands before you die. Next time someone emails you, ask yourself “Is emailing this person back the best use of my remaining keystrokes?” Several of the comments on Scott’s post focused on the notion that keyboards will one day be obsolete, and that speech recognition will break the typing bottleneck. But that’s not the real bottleneck. The keystroke conservation principle is just one way of getting at the notion of scalable… -
The arrow of WordPress time
28 Jun 2010 | 7:40 amWakened this morning, about three o’clock, by Mr. Griffin with a letter from Sir W. Coventry to W. Pen… So begins today’s installment of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, as rendered by Phil Gyford. It’s a remarkable project that maps January 1, 1660 (the start of Pepys’ famous diary) to January 1, 2003 (the start of Phil’s Moveable Type recreation of the diary) and has continued faithfully ever since. The Pepys blog is enhanced in all sorts of useful ways. People, places, and topics are cross-linked with indexes, places are mapped, all references are viewable on…
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VITAMIN
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Around the Web: Summer’s End in Django Meetings
8 Sep 2010 | 6:38 pmHey there! Summer is officially over, no more fun day Fridays or extra holidays, we’re back to a regular posting schedule! And, it’s Wednesday, so this mid-week roundup is devoted to all things business and development. Some links are newsworthy, some retweeted across Twitter, and others just meet our “awesomeness” requirement, and regardless we hope you’ll enjoy them. Without further delay: Back to school articles are everywhere, but here’s really good profile on Sal Khan, Bill Gates’ favorite teacher Some really good tips on code clean up with Textmate,… -
Carsonified is hiring!
8 Sep 2010 | 9:27 amWe’re looking for two amazing new people to add to our team here at Carsonified HQ. You’ll get some nice benefits like … Four-day Work Week: The office is only open on Monday to Thursday. We want you to have an extra day to get out and live life away from your Mac and the Internets. Brand new iPhone 4. Bam. Your own MacBook Pro (we’re not a Windows kind of company). A big Apple Cinema Display. A comfortable Aeron Chair. You sit in your chair for most of your life. Might as well not wreck your back. Lunch on the house - every day. We buy a nice lunch for everyone every… -
8 Minutes with Type Designers
8 Sep 2010 | 8:00 amProduced by Fonts.Com what follows are four two minute interviews with respected typeface creators. Each interviewee discusses their proudest achievements, favorite typefaces, sources of inspiration, web fonts and the future of typography. Alice Savoie – Co-Creator of Ysobel Typeface Nadine Chahine – Arabic Type Specialist and Creator of Neue Helvetica Arabic Robin Nicholas – Creator of Arial Typeface Akira Kobayashi – Type Director Linotype -
iPhone App and JavaScript Online Conferences
8 Sep 2010 | 7:24 amWe’ve got two affordable conferences coming up, and you can attend them from the comfort of your home or office. You can also ask the speakers your questions, so it’s a great way to learn and expand your knowledge. JavaScript Online Conference Monday Sep 13th Date: Monday (!) Speakers: Christian Heilmann, Simon Willison, Stuart Langridge, and Drew McLellan Topics: Strategies for Progressive Enhancement, Rediscovering JavaScript: The Language Behind The Libraries, Writing Understandable JavaScript, Building Reusable Components Register today iPhone App Development Tuesday Sep 28th… -
Mastering the Art of APIs – Part 1
7 Sep 2010 | 5:00 amEditors Note: In his first article for Think Vitamin Simon Plenderleith looks at the wonderful world of APIs. Simon will be back with two further posts on APIs complete with code examples to get you started. Many sites and web services now provide APIs for us data hungry developers to consume. These APIs deliver a wealth of valuable data that you can integrate into your sites and apps to create a richer user experience. Like most features however, using third party APIs that you have no direct control over can have its costs too. In this article I’m going to discuss some of the key issues…
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Successful Software
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I’m a millionaire!
2 Sep 2010 | 2:08 amWell, not in pounds or dollars. But, according to WordPress.com and to my considerable surprise, this blog has now had over a million impressions since I started it, 3 and a bit years ago. OK, I know Joel Spolsky or Jeff Atwood probably wouldn’t get out of bed for a meagre million impressions, but I still couldn’t resist crowing about it. As you can see in the graph below the traffic is very uneven, dominated by a few posts that made it on to the front page of social news sites. In fact over 40% of the total impressions come from just 5 (2%) of the posts: Post Impressions The… -
10 things non-technical users don’t understand about your software
24 Aug 2010 | 7:50 amIf you are writing consumer software you have to understand that you and your average user have a very different level of understanding of computers. When you first start doing support it can be a shock to realize just how vast this gulf is. It doesn’t mean that your users are stupid, just that they haven’t spent the thousands of hours in front of a computer that you have. Below I have summarized a few of the things I have come to understand about non-techies through answering thousands of support requests relating to my own table planning software. 1. Copy and paste It is very… -
Selling your software in China
12 Aug 2010 | 4:25 amI think a lot of people in the software business are wondering whether China will soon become a significant market for software and/or a source of competition in existing markets. So I was very interested to read a forum post about the realities of selling software in China from Felipe Albertao, an ex-Silicon Valley software engineer currently living in China. He kindly agreed to expand his forum post into an article for this blog. Disclaimer: Although I live in China, I absolutely do not claim to be a China expert. I accepted Andy’s kind invitation because I have not seen anything at all… -
2010 microISV Pain Point Survey
6 Aug 2010 | 3:28 amRussell Thackston is running a survey to try and find out which tasks cause microISVs the most pain. He is then going to use the results of this survey to guide further research at the microISV Research Alliance at Auburn University. I have completed the survey and will be interested to see what the results are. You can take the survey here. You could win an iPod touch or an iPod shuffle. The survey will run until 21st August. Filed under: microISV, software, surveys, videos Tagged: microISV, microisv research alliance, pain point, survey -
Mike Dulin, 1944-2010
2 Aug 2010 | 3:30 amI was very sad to read in the ASP forums at the weekend of the death of ASP President, Mike Dulin. Mike and I crossed paths a number of times. I met him several times at ESWC and SIC events, often listened to his Shareware Radio podcasts, interviewed him for this blog and exchanged quite a few emails related to the Shareware is dead – long live Shareware! article I wrote recently for the ASP blog. I spoke to him by Skype only a few weeks ago. Despite long term health problems, Mike devoted considerable time and energy to the ASP and it was under his leadership that the ASP finally…
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The Mandarin's Tea
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First Reading on Meditation
1 Sep 2010 | 12:43 pmHave a moment for yourself, brew a cup of tea, and read and re-read this quote for 10 times. It will only take 30 mins: "Ego is able to convert everything to its own use, even spirituality. For example, if you have learned of a particularly beneficial meditation technique of spiritual practice, then ego's attitude is first to regard it as an object of fascination, and, second to examine it. -
Tea and Meditation
31 Aug 2010 | 3:17 pmTea is my calling--or is it my fate to follow the leaf? I have been a book designer for over 15 years now. In the very beginning, novels and big book titles were my most coveted projects. Throughout my career, I've designed for every kind of book a designer could hope for. Spiritual titles were merely part of my workload until recently, when my calling began to reveal itself and the path that I -
Jin Jun Mei & The Rose Program Chocolate
21 Jul 2010 | 6:52 pmUnlike expresso with chocolate, tea and cocoa are not a common paring... or should it be?Over the last weekend, I have had the pleasure to meet with a wonderful author who celebrates healthy and finer things in life.Bringing up tea as my natural subject of choose, she rewarded me with a private commissioned chocolate bar made with 70% cocoa."I have travelled all over the world to find the best -
Thoughts on Brewing Tea....
6 Jul 2010 | 9:09 pmIt is all about ratio, the volume of tea to water, the size of the vessel, and how long the brew is. Many people choose to brew tea the easy way, the safe way, and foolproof way....To me, using less tea leaves and longer steep is like brewing tea bags, you can not go wrong, just lesser steepings and muted taste. Perhaps 30% of the tea true flavor?The whole idea of Kung-Fu tea brewing is to -
The Classic of Tea
15 Jun 2010 | 6:22 pmStarted reading the first Chapter of Lu Yu's thoughts on Chinese tea:"Every Tea hour must become a masterpiece to serve as a distillation of all tea hours, as if were the first and with no other to follow..." —Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD.)A moment translated a thousand years later. A uniquely Mandarin's attitude.
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Tea Obsession
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Mood for Fall
4 Sep 2010 | 5:42 pmFall is here. Season's changed so is my mood. Sitting in the sun on a Saturday afternoon sipping a cup of tea is leisure. Fall is harvest season, human body is also in harvesting mode, although we do not hibernate, but our body collect nutrients and prepare for winter. Tea to drink during this time has moved toward matured selections, such as darker oolong, black, aged or cooked pu-erh. Taoism emphasize on living according to nature's changes. It's the season that tea trees begin to bud. So my take for this afternoon is 2003 Liu Bao flower buds. Sweet and soothing, just the right amount of… -
Dat mythical tree
29 Aug 2010 | 9:36 amI heard of it, I talked about it, I got my palate around it this morning!Jiang Mu Xiang! Ginger Mother Fragrance --- sold for 60,000RMB per 500 g this year, almost $10,000.Yesterday my Korean friend called me up in the morning, interested me in going to the Fowler museum at UCLA. A temporary exhibition of Koran potteries by 5 contemporary artists and burial figures from the 19th century is currently held at Fowler. I jokingly said to my friend, let's take a pottery making class afterward.Three other exhibitions are held at the same time. Textile making from Indonesia, Masks and other ritual… -
Shine on me
28 Aug 2010 | 1:41 amI have been raising this little Chao Zhou Zhuni pot for about a month with old bush Dan Cong teas. A layer of shine is my pride and happiness. :D -
27 Aug 2010 | 10:35 pm
27 Aug 2010 | 10:35 pmI should be at a party in Hollywood. Instead of having fun socializing, it's a night for staying in shells of my oyster world. A sandalwood incense, a flickering flame, a pot of 1978 Dan Cong, allow my mind travel back in time to where it belongs. -
Top 40 tea blogs award in 2010
21 Aug 2010 | 10:38 pmThank you all readers! My blog has received the top 40 tea blogs award in 2010. I am very grateful for your patronage of the blog. Your encouragement is my drive to continue writing about tea "regularly"! As I should have keep up with posting materials in the past couple of months. Change of work load, change of store location caused plenty of unsettling emotions. I apologize for the lack of posting lately. Everything should get back on track shortly. Many thanks to you all!
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NPR: Jazz & Blues
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When Jazz And Not-Jazz Converge
8 Sep 2010 | 1:47 pmThe Dirty Projectors is a weird rock band. Guillermo Klein is an idiosyncratic Latin jazz composer. But their bodies of work converge in several surprising ways. Where do you see alignments, intentional or not, between jazz and its fellow genres?» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Lee Ritenour: A Half-Century Of Jazz Guitar
8 Sep 2010 | 6:01 amWhen Ritenour visited the KPLU/Jazz24 studios on an unseasonably cool August afternoon, he arrived with a rhythm section hot enough to raise Seattle's temperature a few degrees: drummer Will Kennedy and bassist Melvin Davis. Together, they laid down three delightful tracks.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
First Listen Bonanza: Superchunk, Robert Plant, More
7 Sep 2010 | 11:26 amThis week on NPR Music, we've got a whole bunch of full CDs to hear as part of our Exclusive First Listen Series. The albums, including new music from The Walkmen, Blonde Redhead and Mavis Staples, won't be out for another week, but you can hear the full recordings streaming online. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got select highlights from the First Listen Series, plus a look back at the recent All Tomorrow's Parties music festival.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Sounds Escape From Soundscape Archives
7 Sep 2010 | 9:48 amAt a time when jazz was at a low ebb in the public eye, a New York venue hosted a lot of prominent free jazz and Afro-Cuban musicians. Radio station WKCR is now broadcasting and online archiving tapes from Soundscape recorded between 1979-1983.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Dr. John And The Lower 911: An Unbroken 'Heart'
7 Sep 2010 | 7:30 amThe organ lays down a slow and sanctified groove, as if a hymn is about to begin, but then a driving drummer speeds up the pace. The organ sings out and a percussive, bluesy piano elbows in. Dr. John is messing with our minds, sliding from church to boudoir as his charmingly grizzled voice describes how his lover has had a "Change of Heart."» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Google News: Jazz Music
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Redhouse Family Jazz Band is first in fall music series - Arizona Daily Star
9 Sep 2010 | 12:01 amRedhouse Family Jazz Band is first in fall music seriesArizona Daily StarTogether they create a music influenced by Latin, fusion and contemporary jazz as well as R&B, funk, folk and traditional American Indian sounds and -
Lincoln Center, Cuba Get Jazzy - Wall Street Journal
8 Sep 2010 | 8:04 pmLincoln Center, Cuba Get JazzyWall Street Journal"Musicians in New York were picking up the percussive elements and throwing them into jazz or classical music." There are, however, continuing political -
Glass Museum hosts Saturday concert by jazz musician Paquito D'Rivera - Elmira Star-Gazette
8 Sep 2010 | 7:08 pmGlass Museum hosts Saturday concert by jazz musician Paquito D'RiveraElmira Star-GazetteHe became a composer and a synthesizer of new musical forms, developing a style that fuses jazz and classical music in unique ways that mirror his Latin and more » -
When His Music Stopped, Their Work Began - Wall Street Journal
8 Sep 2010 | 3:06 pmWhen His Music Stopped, Their Work BeganWall Street Journal"He was a perfectionist," said the jazz vocalist Jeanie Bryson, who shared her East Brunswick, NJ, home with the guitarist—a man who had first been her -
When Jazz And Not-Jazz Converge - NPR (blog)
8 Sep 2010 | 1:48 pmWhen Jazz And Not-Jazz ConvergeNPR (blog)Guillermo Klein's music is chock full of remarkably similar individual signatures, though it clearly could be assigned to the category of Latin jazz. and more »
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NHL.com News in English
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Crosby homers as Penguins take batting practice
8 Sep 2010 | 4:31 pmPITTSBURGH (AP) - If the Pittsburgh Pirates need an answer to their power-hitting problems, maybe they can find it across town in Penguins star Sidney Crosby. The former NHL MVP homered into PNC Park's right-field seats while taking batting prac... -
Despite changes, 'Canes roster has familiar feel
8 Sep 2010 | 4:21 pmRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Turns out two of the newest Carolina Hurricanes aren't really all that new. Former Hurricanes Joe Corvo and Anton Babchuk are back with the team after spending some time with other clubs. And while two of Carolina's most re... -
Red Wings sign F Kirk Maltby to 1-year contract
8 Sep 2010 | 12:21 pmDETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings have signed forward Kirk Maltby to a one-year contract. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced the signing Wednesday. The two-way contract means he can play in Detroit and for the Grand Rapids Griffi... -
NHL Calendar
8 Sep 2010 | 5:41 amSept. 17 - Training camps open. Sept. 21 - Preseason games begin. Oct. 7 - Regular-season begins. Oct. 7-10 - NHL Premiere Games, at Helsinki, Finland (Carolina vs. Minnesota); Prague, Czech Republic (Phoenix vs. Boston); Stockholm, Sweden (Co... -
Toews and Kane participate in NYC EA NHL 11 launch
7 Sep 2010 | 5:22 pmJonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks teammates and recent rivals at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, will face off again Wednesday afternoon, this time on the streets of Manhattan at the NHL Powered By Reebok Store. The reigning Stanl...
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nhl hockey - Google News
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Optics offside in arena gambit - National Post
Globe and MailOptics offside in arena gambitNational PostFor hockey-nut Harper, the idea of returning an NHL team to Quebec City while also bolstering a make-believe 2022 Winter Olympics bid is personally enticing After Years Without Team, Quebec Could See Revival In NHLAHN | All Headline NewsFor those considering whether to invest public money that would aid a Canadian Macleans.ca (blog)NHL return to Quebec no sure betMontreal Gazettebettor.com (blog) -Toronto Sun -Globe and Mailall 216 news articles » -
Toronto Maple Leafs: Five Questions Facing The Team In 2010-11... - Bleacher Report
24 Hours VancouverToronto Maple Leafs: Five Questions Facing The Team In 2010-11...Bleacher ReportIt's not often that an undrafted player finds himself on the first line of an NHL hockey team in his rookie season, but that's exactly where Tyler Bozak Kadri answers NHL wake-up callYahoo! SportsLeafs to give new icing rule a test runToronto SunBlackhawks announce Toronto Rookie Tournament rosterNHL.comToronto Star -The Toronto Observer -TSNall 147 news articles » -
Kesler realizes dream as cover boy for NHL 2K11 - NHL.com
New York Daily NewsKesler realizes dream as cover boy for NHL 2K11NHL.com"I've always wanted to be on the cover of a video game, and to be on the cover of NHL 2K11, it's an unreal feeling. I grew up on 'Ice Hockey' on Nintendo NHL 11 REVIEW NHL 11 Review (Xbox 360)Operation SportsNHL 2K11 Article RatingNew York Daily NewsWhich current players will own their sweater numbers in NHL history?Yahoo! Sports (blog)dBusinessNews San Francisco (press release) -MarketWatch (press release) -Adrantsall 41 news articles » -
NHL 11 offers goodies for established and new fans - NHL.com
NHL.comNHL 11 offers goodies for established and new fansNHL.comEnter Electronic Arts, which might be offering a new "best" way to fall in love with hockey. EA Sports launched its newest game, NHL 11, on Wednesday in Kane and Toews launch NHL 11NHL.comBlackhawks Stars Kane and Toews Help Launch NHL 11Biz of Hockey (blog)all 6 news articles » -
Coyotes Pack Report – #1 - Fanster.com (blog)
NHL.comCoyotes Pack Report – #1Fanster.com (blog)In these 'Pack Reports' will be news from or about the Coyotes, the NHL and Hockey in general. Phoenix Coyotes single game tickets go on sale this Friday! NHL could soon ask for Glendale cashPhoenix Business JournalCoyotes still a big problemMontreal GazetteKey deadline approaches for Coyotes, GlendaleBizjournals.comAZ Central.com -NHL.comall 44 news articles »
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Innovation Weblog
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Creative Whack Pack expanded and enhanced for iPhone and iPad
Roger von Oech, author of several best-selling books on creativity and the popular Creative Whack Pack card deck, has released version 5.0 of this powerful, engaging ideation tool for the iPhone as well as the iPad. -
Do you encounter resistance to creativity at work? Try guerrilla creativity
Have you ever been on a course, say project management, leadership or even assertiveness and then wondered why you had such a hard time dealing with colleagues or perhaps loved ones when you returned? -
Visual Meetings is a field guide to visual techniques for group creativity
In his fascinating new book, Visual Meetings, David Sibbett makes a convincing case for why teams ought to use visual techniques for group facilitation. -
Twig: A promising idea capture tool for Mac OS X
Eastgate, the developer of the powerful Tinderbox information management and idea capture program for the Mac, has released a preview version of a lighter-weight application called Twig. -
Stephen Shapiro explains why open innovation is the new paradigm of work
Stephen Shapiro explains the thinking behind open creativity and why he wrote a book and created a card deck called Personality Poker.
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In Pursuit of Elegance
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In Pursuit of Elegance Paperback Edition Out Today!
7 Sep 2010 | 11:12 amI am pleased to announce that the paperback edition of In Pursuit of Elegance is on sale as of today! You can purchase it at any book retailer, and online at: -
How to Be a Good Boss
3 Sep 2010 | 10:23 amIf you’re a boss, what do your employees really think of you? If they had a choice, would they continue to work for you? What are the hallmarks of a good boss? And as a good boss, what do you need to accomplish every day?These are just some of the major questions Stanford professor Robert I. Sutton seeks to address in his new book, Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best...and Learn from the Worst, which is a sequel to his stunning bestseller The No Asshole Rule.If you’re not familiar with Bob Sutton’s books or blog, Work Matters, now is the time to get… -
It's a Mad App World (A Modern Fable)
31 Aug 2010 | 6:45 amThe following cautionary tale of the times is based on a recent factual occurrence. Lessons learned, as relayed to me by the protagonist, are included. Names have been changed to protect confidences. ______ Once upon a time, a small business owner named Karinne wanted to create a mobile app based on her consulting and training tools. Her methods and tools had brought her great success. In fact, she had published a successful book about them. Her business was booming, and she wished to capitalize on the growing market for mobile apps. Karinne looked around for a skilled,… -
The 10 Best Travel Tips
22 Aug 2010 | 9:14 pmA large part of my work as a business author is speaking and conducting workshops all over the world, which of course entails a good bit of travel. Like most author/speaker/consultant types, I step on a plane several times a month. Still, I’m a relative newbie, having just under four years of experience. While I’ve collected a few do’s, don’ts and lessons learned along the way, the best list of travel tips I know of is the one by Dan Pink, author of four bestselling books, including his latest hit Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates… -
How to Rekindle the Entrepreneurial Spirit
16 Aug 2010 | 9:53 amOver the past year I’ve had the chance to work with a number of small to medium sized companies, mostly private. Coming from a background of working mostly with much larger, publicly-traded organizations, the change has been refreshing. Things happen quicker, ideas flow more freely, and the atmosphere is in general more invigorating. Still, I’ve detected a sentiment, a feeling, sometimes verbalized, but mostly unvoiced. As business begins to boom, or, more accurately, re-boom, and the danger of survival is replaced with success and more abundant resources, it goes something…
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How to Change the World
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How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard Rock
24 Aug 2010 | 6:47 pmIn the last few weeks two companies have released services that enable you to take tweets and turn them into a newspaper or magazine format: Paper.li and Flipboard. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li and Flipboard newspapers. If you’d like to learn how to do this for Paper.li, click here, and for Flipboard, click here. -
Need example of a personal story of enchantment
19 Aug 2010 | 10:19 amI would like to include a few personal stories of enchantment in my next book. I am looking for examples of how people, products, services, organizations, ideas, or causes swept you off your feet. Specs: Written from your personal experience, not an external, academic view. 150-200 words Ideally, all the basics would be in your essay: who, what, when, why, and how. As an example, here is how something enchanted me: The second most enchanting moment of my life occurred in 1983 when Mike Boich showed me a Macintosh prototype. (The most enchanting moment was meeting my wife.) This life-changing… -
Best Twitter Client for IPhone and iPad
16 Aug 2010 | 9:43 pmAfter searching for months, I’ve come to the conclusion that Twitbird is the best iPhone and iPad Twitter client. If you’d like to see why, check out my post at the American Express Open Forum. -
How to get a free copy of my first book, The Macintosh Way
2 Aug 2010 | 10:01 amInformation wants to be free, and I just freed some. I got the rights back for my first book, The Macintosh Way, and I’ve made it available for free here. Hope that you find it useful. -
How to Find Freedom
28 Jul 2010 | 9:25 amLet me confess: I’m addicted to Twitter and email, and my addiction increases the more I have to do something important like write a book. Luckily, I stumbled across applications called Freedom and Anti-Social that really help. I explain how they works here at the American Express Open Forum. If you’re have a tough time prying yourself away from online fun, they could really help.
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Entrepreneur
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Finding the Right Kind of People for Your Workplace
8 Sep 2010 | 11:08 amIn many ways, new employees are only as good as their ability to understand your company's culture and mission. Here's how four companies put their hires in the best position to succeed. -
Why Business Owners Are Heading Back to Campus
7 Sep 2010 | 12:01 amMany successful entrepreneurs are becoming serial students as they look to expand their skills and grow their businesses. -
Making Millions on Crowdsourced Homework
3 Sep 2010 | 12:01 amHow skipping high school helped Student of Fortune founder Sean McCleese find success in the tutoring business -
Turn Any Laptop Into a Multimedia Masterpiece
2 Sep 2010 | 4:55 pmPlextor's PX-B120U external, USB-powered Blu-ray drive adds data backup and high-def video capabilities to even the most basic portable PC. -
Your Business's All-inclusive Tech Solution
2 Sep 2010 | 11:32 amSutus and other similar devices combine phone, file, e-mail and web servers into 1 magic box.
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VentureBeat
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Livescribe signs a $39M funding deal for its smartpens
8 Sep 2010 | 9:01 pmSmartpens are looking like a smart move at Livescribe. The company announced it has raised $39 million in a third round of funding to further build the market for its Echo and Pulse smartpens, which have tiny computers inside them. First launched in 2008, Livescribe’s smartpens have sold more than 500,000 units. They allow students and professionals to be more efficient, recording lectures and linking the playback of those lectures to written text. If you want to play back a section of a lecture, you simply tap on the written text. You can also use the pens to run writing-related apps… -
Is Google still feeling lucky? (video)
8 Sep 2010 | 1:29 pmIt’s hard to be as big as Google and still be fun. One bit of the search engine’s late-’90s whimsy that has survived to this day is the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, which instantly takes users to the first search result for a query, with no intervening pages or ads. Some are now asking if the new Google Instant search, which whisks people straight to a search-results page, meant the button had run out of luck. Ben Gomes, a longtime Googler working on search, told me that “I’m Feeling Lucky” is still alive and well. “I’m Feeling… -
Coming Oct. 18: DiscoveryBeat 2010 speakers to explain the secret recipe for getting content noticed
8 Sep 2010 | 1:00 pmVentureBeat is gearing up for our second annual DiscoveryBeat 2010 conference and are pleased to announce our first speakers. Our conference on Oct. 18 — expanded to a full day of proceedings — will highlight the evolving landscape of discovery — the key problem of how to get your content noticed. Last year, it was complicated enough as app developers tried to make their wares stand out on Facebook and the iPhone. But now, with so many new platforms coming into the picture, app makers and their partners have to worry about how to get their content noticed on many different… -
Want an easy way to bring your games to the webOS platform?
8 Sep 2010 | 12:51 pmThe Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) is a new component of the webOS SDK that lets developers use C and C++ alongside the web technologies that power the SDK and even mix them seamlessly within a single application. The PDK brings new functionality to webOS, including immersive 3D graphics, and gives developers who have built games for other platforms an easy way to bring their titles to the webOS platform. The webOS PDK takes its name from the way that C/C++ components integrate into webOS applications. The webOS platform is built on standard web technologies, with an application environment… -
Apple launches Game Center social hub for iPhone with 4.1 update
8 Sep 2010 | 11:51 amApple released the 4.1 update for its mobile operating system today, activating features such as the Game Center social hub for multiplayer game fans. The highlight of the update is Game Center, which is a social network for gamers much like Ping on iTunes is a social network for music fans. With Game Center, you can send and receive friend requests. You can invite friends to join multiplayer games over the internet. And you can play multiplayer games by automatic matchmaking with other players. You can view leaderboards and achievements in games that are integrated with Game Center, and you…
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A VC
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Contrarian Investing
7 Sep 2010 | 3:41 amMy favorite investor is the contrarian. I know a lot of momentum investors that do well and I respect their approach to investing. But it is not an approach I can wrap my head around. My favorite quote on contrarian investing is from Baron Rothschild who supposedly said: the time to buy is when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own That is the kind of thinking that drove me to put a bunch of money into the market directly buying stocks in the fall of 2008, which I blogged about frequently here. It was very hard to raise a venture fund focused entirely on early stage web… -
Coworking Spaces
2 Sep 2010 | 4:26 amI've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. My favorite of the bunch is Betaworks, based here in NYC. Betaworks is more than an incubator, but they have shown that they can make the incubation model work with projects like bit.ly and chartbeat. But one aspect of incubation that I like very much is the idea that multiple projects are sharing the same workspace. The term for this kind of work setup is coworking. There are various approaches to coworking. There is the shared space model. Foursquare, Curbed, and Hard Candy Shell have shared a single office for… -
Some Thoughts On Convertible Debt
31 Aug 2010 | 3:18 amSeth Levine has a long and thoughtful post on convertible debt vs equity. If you are an entrepreneur or active in the angel/seed sector, you should read it. He wrote it in response to Paul Graham's tweet that said: Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note. I am sure that Paul was talking about angel/seed rounds and was not suggesting that convertible debt has "won" as the preferred financing structure in the venture capital business. But since our firm does participate in select… -
Symbology
28 Aug 2010 | 6:04 amWhen you want to look up information on publicly traded companies, it helps to know the ticker symbol. Microsft's ticker is MSFT, Google's ticker is GOOG, Apple's ticker is AAPL. Every publicly traded company has a ticker. But private companies don't have tickers. And as more and more private companies are attaining status and drawing the attention of mainstream media and the investment community, it is time for that to change. Yesterday Stocktwits and Second Market proposed a set of tickers for popular privately held companies. The proposed list of tickers is here. I'd… -
Angel Liquidity
27 Aug 2010 | 7:09 amLots of talk these days about new forms of angel/seed capital. But less talk about the most vexing issue facing the venture ecosystem over the past decade - that being the shrinking amount of liquidity on the way out. If you look at how much money has been raised by venture firms, including the seed and super seed categories, versus how much money has been returned in the past ten years, the ratio is not good. At some point the investors who fund the venture capital asset class will not be able to keep funding it. The asset class needs to focus on liquidity. M&A continues to be the one…
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Livescribe signs a $39M funding deal for its smartpens
8 Sep 2010 | 9:01 pmSmartpens are looking like a smart move at Livescribe. The company announced it has raised $39 million in a third round of funding to further build the market for its Echo and Pulse smartpens, which have tiny computers inside them. First launched in 2008, Livescribe’s smartpens have sold more than 500,000 units. They allow students and professionals to be more efficient, recording lectures and linking the playback of those lectures to written text. If you want to play back a section of a lecture, you simply tap on the written text. You can also use the pens to run writing-related apps… -
Is Google still feeling lucky? (video)
8 Sep 2010 | 1:29 pmIt’s hard to be as big as Google and still be fun. One bit of the search engine’s late-’90s whimsy that has survived to this day is the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button, which instantly takes users to the first search result for a query, with no intervening pages or ads. Some are now asking if the new Google Instant search, which whisks people straight to a search-results page, meant the button had run out of luck. Ben Gomes, a longtime Googler working on search, told me that “I’m Feeling Lucky” is still alive and well. “I’m Feeling… -
Coming Oct. 18: DiscoveryBeat 2010 speakers to explain the secret recipe for getting content noticed
8 Sep 2010 | 1:00 pmVentureBeat is gearing up for our second annual DiscoveryBeat 2010 conference and are pleased to announce our first speakers. Our conference on Oct. 18 — expanded to a full day of proceedings — will highlight the evolving landscape of discovery — the key problem of how to get your content noticed. Last year, it was complicated enough as app developers tried to make their wares stand out on Facebook and the iPhone. But now, with so many new platforms coming into the picture, app makers and their partners have to worry about how to get their content noticed on many different… -
Want an easy way to bring your games to the webOS platform?
8 Sep 2010 | 12:51 pmThe Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) is a new component of the webOS SDK that lets developers use C and C++ alongside the web technologies that power the SDK and even mix them seamlessly within a single application. The PDK brings new functionality to webOS, including immersive 3D graphics, and gives developers who have built games for other platforms an easy way to bring their titles to the webOS platform. The webOS PDK takes its name from the way that C/C++ components integrate into webOS applications. The webOS platform is built on standard web technologies, with an application environment… -
Apple launches Game Center social hub for iPhone with 4.1 update
8 Sep 2010 | 11:51 amApple released the 4.1 update for its mobile operating system today, activating features such as the Game Center social hub for multiplayer game fans. The highlight of the update is Game Center, which is a social network for gamers much like Ping on iTunes is a social network for music fans. With Game Center, you can send and receive friend requests. You can invite friends to join multiplayer games over the internet. And you can play multiplayer games by automatic matchmaking with other players. You can view leaderboards and achievements in games that are integrated with Game Center, and you…
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First Students, Now Amazon Launches Amazon Mom
8 Sep 2010 | 5:33 amThis summer Amazon launched a program for college students named Amazon Student which provides a central portal for products geared towards college students. The big benefit of the program is free Amazon Prime membership which provides two-day shipping for free and overnight shipping for $3.99 on nearly anything Amazon sells. Yesterday Amazon launched Amazon Mom – a program geared towards parents and caregivers (and yes Dads can register). Amazon explains, “Amazon Mom is a free membership program aimed at helping parents and caregivers, from the prenatal days through the toddler… -
Startup Weekend Comes to Austin
7 Sep 2010 | 3:31 pmI’ve covered the worldwide Startup Weekend events over the past couple of years. The concept behind Startup Weekend is to bring the community together in a different city each weekend to create a startup (or multiple startups) during the weekend. This weekend the Startup Weekend tour hits Austin, Texas. You can register for the event now and the organizers note that there is a limit of 75 participants. You can also select to attend only the graduation ceremony on Sunday (which is what I plan to attend). The event will be held at the CoSpace coworking facility in central Austin. The full… -
Post Holiday Web Jobs
7 Sep 2010 | 5:20 amNow that the summer is over, it’s time to get a new job! Check out the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you. Featured Jobs: Director of Engineering at Buddy Media Creative Director at Viewpoints Network More Jobs: Senior Ruby Developer at Extole Web Programmer at Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Operations Systems Engineer at eMoneyAdvisor LLC Website Developer at Thought Equity Motion Employers – Join other top companies on the CN Job Board. Post your… -
Three Ways To Save On The New iPod Touch
5 Sep 2010 | 1:03 pmLast week Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a new version of their most popular iPod, the iPod Touch. I’ve wanted to buy an iPod Touch for a while but my friend Andreas kept telling me to wait as the new model would be introduced in early September and might include a camera. So I waited…and he was right! The new iPod Touch does have a camera – actually two cameras – and includes a bunch of other new features that made it worth the wait. I did sadly learn that the camera is not as good as the camera provided on the iPhone 4. If you read CN regularly, you already know I am… -
How Packaging Has Changed
3 Sep 2010 | 6:26 pmIt’s amazing to me how much packing products for shipping has changed over the years. I remember my early college days as a youngster working at The Wiz selling computers and how large the boxes were for each computer. Even if the computer was a small desktop (with a powerful 386 processor!), the carton that the product was delivered to the customer in was huge. Even though most manuals are never read, they weighed a lot, were large and required room in the box. Fast forward to 2004 when I purchased my first laptop (I had work laptops prior to this date) – the Dell laptop was…
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Reddit co-founders reunite at Hipmunk
8 Sep 2010 | 6:00 amHipmunk, an ambitious foray into the packed travel-search market, was founded by one of Reddit's creators and has just brought the other one on as its head of marketing. -
Vail Resorts unveils ski slope geolocation system
30 Aug 2010 | 2:55 pmAs apps like Foursquare and Facebook Places permeate the mainstream, one ski resort operator is hoping that it can use similar tech to its advantage. -
MySpace finally plugs into Facebook
30 Aug 2010 | 1:32 pmIndividual users and--more importantly--artists and musicians using MySpace can now push their updates to Facebook, an effort that MySpace probably hopes will keep them from jumping ship entirely. -
Angry Digg users flood home page with Reddit links
30 Aug 2010 | 8:32 amLongtime users express frustration with dramatic changes made to the social-news site, attempting to carpet-bomb the front page with links to a rival site. -
In protest, Reddit rolls its own pot ads
27 Aug 2010 | 2:07 pmParent company Conde Nast tells social-news site to quit running ads promoting marijuana legalization, saying it doesn't want the revenue from them. Reddit's solution: run the ads and don't charge for them.
