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the green room blog: What will the Apple Tablet Look Like?

Sat, 21 May 2011 01:07:28 -0400

the green room blog: What will the Apple Tablet Look Like?:

I thought I’d put together a few of Apple’s patents to give you a clearer understanding of what the rumoured Apple Tablet will look like when it’s announced later this month.

Size and Shape - Apple patent showing basic size and shape of the Apple Tablet.

Unique touch screen…

the green room blog: Rumour Roundup: the Apple Tablet

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:16:11 -0400

the green room blog: Rumour Roundup: the Apple Tablet:

A visual guide to the many months of rumours surrounding Apple’s rumoured Tablet. Click on the image for a higher resolution version.

Note: Below you will find a list of sources with a number, these numbers correspond with the numbers in the graphic above.

Unique tablet UI: …

Cdixon Tumblog: Things startups do and don't need

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:14:13 -0400

Cdixon Tumblog: Things startups do and don't need:

Things startups do need

Sunny office

Windows that open

Democratically controlled music system

Two forms of internet access

Beer on fridays

EVDO cards

Video game system

Good coffee maker

Proximity to public transportation

Proximity to park

Heating that goes all night

Health care plans…

jakegarland: You know you’re a bunch of assholes when…

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:12:43 -0400

jakegarland:

You know you’re a bunch of assholes when…

Neven Mrgan's tumbl: The many sliders of Photoshop CS4

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:49:02 -0400

Neven Mrgan's tumbl: The many sliders of Photoshop CS4:

Preferences > Memory Usage

Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast

Filters

Blur (note the rendering of the thumb arrow)

Layer Blending

Layer Style

Threshold

Color Balance

Things to keep in mind:

These can be found in just Photoshop; I can’t imagine what I’d find…

superamit: I’m calling it now: The laptop starts dying...

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:47:39 -0400

superamit:

I’m calling it now: The laptop starts dying tomorrow.

IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE

As someone in both the photo and the tech world, I’ve seen (and spoken about) the point and shoot camera’s declining relevance.

Ten years ago, they couldn’t make those thing fast enough. Then one day someone put a camera into a phone.

It took a while, but the cameraphone has slowly, quietly, and almost completely replaced the point and shoot for many people. Cameraphones are simpler, more convenient (smaller) and, for 99% of situations, they are good enough.

When you need a really great photograph you use an SLR. The rest of the time, you use a phone. The point and shoot is dying, relegated to a niche middle ground.

IT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AGAIN

The same’s about to start happening in the computer hardware market. Laptops have always been a compromise solution. They’re awkward and unergonomic, slow compared to their desktop counterparts, have poor battery life, and are just as complex and confusing to operate as their larger brethren.

Enter the iPad. Simpler, more convenient, and for 99% of uses, good enough. See a pattern?

Yes, the first version will be flawed. Yes, it will be hard to tear your beloved laptop out of your hands. Yes, it won’t live up to all of its promises. Yes, it will take time. Maybe years.

And, like your cameraphone, it’s going to sneak up on you. But one day, pretty soon, you’ll realize that you haven’t used your laptop in days. That you tend to grab your iPad first whenever you need to visit a website or answer email. That your laptop never leaves your desk anymore.

It starts tomorrow.

staff: Now testing: Ask Me The new Ask feature lets your...

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:45:59 -0400

staff:

Now testing: Ask Me

The new Ask feature lets your friends or readers ask questions that you can choose to answer on your blog.

You can enable it from the Community tab in your blog’s Customize area.

They even come with a bunch of new theme variables for designers to format them:
{block:AskEnabled}
    {AskLabel}
{/block:AskEnabled}

{block:Answer}
    
        {Question}

        
            {AskerPortraitURL-24}"/>
            {Asker}
        

        {Answer}
    
{/block:Answer}
Enjoy!

early-onset-of-night: Say hello to mechanically separated...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:25:27 -0400

early-onset-of-night:

Say hello to mechanically separated chicken. It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties. Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it.

Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.

There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually. Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.

But, hey, at least it tastes good, right?

High five, America!

Update: Below follow some of my responses to all the controversy this post has created. Christ, some of you people act as if I told you there wasn’t a Santa Claus.

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staff: Now testing: Replies This very beta new feature allows...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:24:45 -0400

staff:

Now testing: Replies

This very beta new feature allows people you follow to reply to your posts. So far, this feature only works from the Dashboard and only on your primary blog. Some big updates are on the way. :)

You can enable it by checking off Customize → Advanced → Enable replies.

many questions answered - Delos Chang

joe-stone: A little Illustrator-drawn infographic I’ve been...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:23:28 -0400

joe-stone:

A little Illustrator-drawn infographic I’ve been playing around with. I probably could have included more characters, but I had to draw the line somewhere.

I Am Aladdin: The Illuminati Message Behind Rebecca Black's 'Friday'

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:22:47 -0400

I Am Aladdin: The Illuminati Message Behind Rebecca Black's 'Friday':

callurgirlfriend:

Let’s begin with the very name of the song, ‘Friday’. The name of this day of the week, which follows Thursday and comes before Saturday (Sunday comes afterward), which is the sixth day of the week. 6 being the number of the beast.

In the opening scene, Rebecca wakes up from bed and sings…

generic1: The World According to San Francisco. I was...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:21:35 -0400

generic1:

The World According to San Francisco.

I was distractedly editing this in a coffeeshop and a guy leaned over and said, “I’m going to Cocaine this week.”

I was so confused for a second.

This is hilarious - Delos Chang

staff: The Tumblr Backup app is ready for beta...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:20:22 -0400

staff:

The Tumblr Backup app is ready for beta testing!

Download (Mac OS X, requires 10.5 or higher)

Unlike other publishing sites’ approach to backups, our goal was to create a useful copy of your blog’s content that can be viewed on any computer, burned to a CD, or hosted as an archive of static HTML files.

Wherever possible, we use simple file formats. Our backup structure is optimized for Mac OS X’s Spotlight for searching and Quick Look for browsing, and we’ll try to use the same structure and achieve the same benefits on other platforms.

Release notes:

Sorry, there’s no Windows version yet.

The output is minimally styled in a plain theme to ensure complete backups, zero external requirements, and a consistent data structure. Custom theme code is included in the backup as a separate file.

To view the backup in a browser, open the index.html file.

Photosets are not yet fully downloaded.

The following are not backed up:
Private tumblelogs

Submissions

Notes

Feed-imported posts

Audio files from reblogged posts

You can launch the app every few days and re-run the backup in the same place, and it effectively performs an incremental media backup: image and audio files are only re-downloaded if they don’t already exist in the target folder. Text content and post data are re-downloaded in full every time.

If you have private posts, be careful if you make the backup publicly available. Private posts are included in a private folder, and their images or audio files are included in the standard images and audio folders.

Are you a programmer? Each post’s XML data, as specified by our API, is embedded inside an easily-parsed-out HTML comment in each post’s HTML file, in case you want to do anything cool with it.

(via marco)

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jeannr: I made a flow chart, that we might better...

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:02:07 -0400

jeannr:

I made a flow chart, that we might better understand.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, and now I’m only falling apart.

Tumblr Staff: Fixing Content Attribution (Once and For All)

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:00:36 -0400

Tumblr Staff: Fixing Content Attribution (Once and For All) :

Back when we launched two of Tumblr’s most unique features, reblogging and the Tumblr Bookmarklet, we devised automatic “via” links in post captions as a simple solution for attribution. Three years later, this solution has gotten us pretty far. But it’s easy to spot some real shortcomings:

• It’s hard.

Delos Chang - wow tumblr is awesome

Inception

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:59:51 -0400

halphillips:

Inception is one of those movies people theorize about, so here’s my take. I have not read about it or looked it up except to check the characters’ names, so this is based solely on what I got from watching it. Needless to say, tremendous spoilers follow for those who have not seen it.

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beenlookingforthemagic: How to Tour in a Band or Whateverby...

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:52:07 -0400

beenlookingforthemagic:

How to Tour in a Band or Whatever
by Thor Harris

1-Don’t Complain. Bitching, moaning, whining is tour cancer. If something is wrong fix it or shut the fuck up you fucking dick. goddamn.

2-If you fart, claim it.

3-Don’t Lose shit. Everybody loses shit. Don’t fucking do it. Asshole.

4-Don’t fuck anyone in the band. There are tons of people to fuck who are not in this band. Dumbass.

5-If you feel like shit all the time, drink less beer at the gig. You will play better & feel better. What are you… a child? Some have the endurance for self abuse. Most don’t.

6-Remember the soundman’s name. He will do a better job.

7- Eat oranges. Cures constipation & prevents colds.

8-Masturbate. Duh… Where & when? Be creative. You’re an artist right?

9-If YOU can’t carry your suitcase 3 blocks, it’s too goddamn big.

10-Respect public space in the van. Don’t clutter, you Fuck.

11-If you borrow something, return it. Not Fucked Up.

12-Do not let the promoter dick you or talk you out of the guarantee. If there were not enuf people there, it’s their fault.

13- Driver picks the music.

14-One navigator only (usually sitting shotgun). Everyone else shut the fuck up.

15-Soundcheck is for checking sounds. Shut the fuck up while everyone else is checking.

16-Don’t wander off. Let someone know where you are.

17-Clean up after yourself. What are you… a goddamn toddler?

18-Touring makes everyone bi-polar. Ride the waves as best you can and remember, moods pass. So don’t make any snap decisions or declarations when you are drunk or insane.

19-Fast food is Poison.

20-The guestlist is for friends, family & people you might want to fuck. Everyone else can pay. They have day jobs.

21- Don’t evaluate your whole life while you’re sitting in a janitor closet waiting to go on. You think you’re above having shitty days at work? Shut up & do your goddamn job.

This list was written under the influence of lots of esspresso & anti-depressants while on tour w/ such greats as Shearwater, Swans, Smog, Lisa Germano, Angels of Light, Bill Callahan & many more. I hope this list will help you get along w/ your co-workers whatever your job is. Contributions to the list by Jordan Geiger, Kimberly Burke, Brian Orloff, Brian Phillips Celebrity Gang Bang, Kevin Schneider, Jonathan Meiburg, Michael Gira and some other folks.

Thanks for not being an asshole, Thor Harris

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canisfamiliaris: The most subversive protest of all:...

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:50:46 -0400

canisfamiliaris:

The most subversive protest of all: An Egyptian protestor kisses a riot police officer.

(via kateoplis)

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Dear Tumblr

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:49:42 -0400

oatmeal:

If you’re going to go down, you might as well blame it on an imaginary animal like Twitter did with their infamous Fail Whale. I’ve taken the liberty of creating this animal for you:

Please use it.

Please oh please.

-The Oatmeal

Update: Tumblr used the TumblBeasts! Check it out :D

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Nothing Insightful: Introducing "Aristo", A jQuery UI Theme

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:48:49 -0400

Nothing Insightful: Introducing "Aristo", A jQuery UI Theme:

For those that arn’t familiar with jQuery UI, it’s essentially a collection of jQuery plugins that try to do for user interaction what jQuery did for JavaScript. Like it’s parent library, jQuery UI does its very best to remain cross browser compliant. It is easy to implement. It is …

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