Month: May 2010
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Example of the web’s free culture crossing into the real world
Today I was talking to the guy who was 2nd in the 1200 person line at the Ginza Apple Store iPad launch day. He said that people were using Twitter while waiting, complaining about the cold and hunger, and people who saw their tweets brought food! I saw a similar outpouring while watching @josephtame run…
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1HSNV9y25A?feature=oembed&w=500&h=374] Gandalf does Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Well done hunterdavis, well done. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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…that greedy bastard. (Picture seen at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.)
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…that greedy bastard. (Picture seen at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.)
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iPad SIM-locked in Japan
You’ve said “The iPad with 3G, which is locked to a mobile carrier…”, but it’s not locked. It’s unlocked. Mr Jobs says so in the keynote at 1:14:33. I’ve uploaded an excerpt of it here for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakJfz1X7aoI don’t see any reason at all that all iPad models won’t be supported for warranty issues globally.…
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Rooney’s beard is the best! Also: “Ronal… D’OH!” I wonder who directed this?
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日本男子今昔
日本男子今昔 via reddit
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Forcing Facebook to Federate: A question for developers
One of the biggest fears in deleting your Facebook profile is the lack of alternatives. The sheer monopoly that Facebook has in the SNS space is overwhelming, making it hard to abandon ship. The ideal situation for social networking in the future is federation. Standard protocols are decided upon, and customers rely on interoperable service…
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Answer to my question
Thanks to @ohpebbles for answering my question to Chapper’s last week. This season’s point spread was 67, with Chelsea on top at 86 and Pompey at the bottom on 19 points. Preben went back to the 1888/89 season and found the season with the widest point spread: 76. In fact, it was a tie between…
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Fraser Speirs: Getting really real on soft dev in the future
Excellent article. Some choice quotes: Be clear: I’m not saying OS X is dead, nor that Apple has no interest in improving it. I am saying that I suspect that the days of everyone buying a MacBook to get online are soon to be over. I’ve already written about how I see our three-Mac family…