One last effort. A slow, but firm, shove of the chips. All in. Palm’s only hope to save a company once synonymous with smart handheld devices: the Pre. Their eyebrow raised, daring you to call. They flip. Full house. Respectable. Decent. Impressive even. But not the highest hand.
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Think of it like this. The software is agile, smart and capable. The hardware, on the other hand, is a liability. If Palm can get someone else to design and build their hardware—someone who has hands and can feel what a phone is like when physically used, that phone might just be one of the best phones on the market.
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I can’t wait to see what Palm gets dealt in their next hand.
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TheiPhoneBlog joins Twitter
Let’s face it, the iPhone and Twitter are the peanut butter and chocolate of the mobile age. They “just work” together.
via @TheiPhoneblog: Now with Mo’ Better Twitter! | The iPhone Blog.
Damn straight.
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The Apple Store That Almost Was
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Before there was the Apple Store that we know and love today, there was the Apple Cafe — well, almost. On November 12, 1996, Apple announced plans to open a chain of cybercafes around the globe. State-of-the-art, even by today’s standards, Apple Cafes promised health-conscious food (served up via a high-tech ordering system), video conferencing with neighbouring diners, and on-demand access of movies and music videos. A screenshot from an old promo gives us a few clues as to how some of this might have worked.
via Guifx Blog : Blog Archive : The Apple Store That Almost Was.
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THIS. IS. AWESOME. L4D 2 Gameplay Edition.
YouTube – Left 4 Dead 2 – E3 09: Multiplayer Gameplay.
THIS. IS. AWESOME.
Gameplay order:
#1: Safe Room
#2: Garden Maze
#3: Stop The Alarm
#4: Axe Ownage
#5: Dock Start
#6: Kitchen Smoker
#7: Fire Ammo
#8: Frying Pan Domination -
Things my girlfriend and I have argued about
Margret’s four-hundred-and-fifty-second most annoying habit is to stealthily turn off the central heating (then light the gas fire in the room she’s in, natch). I’ll suddenly notice that, sitting typing at the keyboard, I can see my own breath while from the bedroom one of the kids will call out, ‘Papa, I can’t feel my legs…’ And I’ll shiver down the stairs to find the central heating set to ‘Summer/Hypothermia/Cryogenic Suspension,’ and Margret in the living room watching the TV in a door frame warping furnace.
via Things my girlfriend and I have argued about.
It’s not talking about me (somewhat obviously), but it’s still one of the most hilarious things on the interwebs at this point in time.
It is a little long – reading the whole thing in one go isn’t recommended. Unless you’re studying for exams. And procrastinating. :p
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I won the FlashMint.com premium WordPress theme giveaway!
The final date has passed and the following people have won a FlashMint WordPress Template: Benny Ling, Simon | Teenius and Amanda. Congratulations to the winners!
via Giveaway contest – FlashMint.com Premium WordPress Themes.
So it turns out that I’ve won a free premium WordPress theme. Cool, yeah?
What isn’t so cool is that most of the designs suck. It’s not the designs themselves, it’s just that the design’s aren’t me. For a personal blog, that’s important.
What to do? If I do choose a theme and it’s not customisable to my own requirements, then I probably won’t use it. If I choose a theme and don’t decide to use it, well, there’s not a whole heap I can do about that either.
I’ll probably choose a theme just for the hell of it – and use it on another site I’m developing at the moment. Radi8’ers, this one’s for you. 😉