November 2009
7 posts
BetterTouchTool →
Provides additional gesture shortcuts for the Magic Mouse and MacBooks. I’m trying this for three finger tap for Exposé immediately.
Theme Park Maps →
A pretty comprehensive collection of theme park maps. I had a mild obsession with theme parks - well, roller-coasters at any rate - when I was a kid, as I’m sure most do, so looking at the ones I’d been to was a nice bit of nostalgia.
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October 2009
7 posts
Speechbreaker →
You have the tools — do your worst.
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App Store Expense Monitor →
If you’re brave enough, use this application to view and track how much money you’ve wasted spent in the Apple App Store.
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Chapel Club →
London-based indie band Chapel Club caught my ear this evening with their rather impressive track “Surfacing”, currently available for streaming on their MySpace page.
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Finer Things in Mac →
If, like me, you’re interested in the nuances of OS X, particularly in the evolution to Snow Leopard, “Finer Things In Mac” is documenting many of the smaller changes and is also a great way of discovering tricks you might not already know about.
“Don’t worry if someone else is already working on your idea. I’m certain they...”
– Rands In Repose — Hurry
Springboard Exposé →
A concept video from Ocean Observations for an Exposé-like feature on the iPhone’s Home screen.
September 2009
8 posts
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OS X Dock - 'Ghost & Glow' Edition →
Keith Lang, designer at Plasq who make applications like Skitch, has some interesting ideas for improving the Dock’s behaviour when files are dragged to applications. The mockup provides a much better visual cue for which applications can accept the filetype in question. See also his previous iteration.
Meta Keywords & Google →
Matt Cutts from Google on meta Keywords: “We don’t use that information in our ranking even the least little bit”. Amen.
-webkit-font-smoothing →
A font-smoothing property has been added to Webkit allow adjusting of text sub-pixel anti-aliasing. This could be useful.
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Libraria da Vila bookstore in Sao Paulo →
Libraria da Vila looks like an amazing piece of architecture. From the rotating bookshelves repurposed as doors to the huge, comfy areas for reading it really brings the focus back to what’s so great about the printed word. I hope it proves successful.
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August 2009
6 posts
Websites That Don't Work Without www →
It’s time to name and shame.
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Elbow — Running To Stand Still
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