Yearly Archives: 2012

Put the universe on your iPad

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MSNBC:

None of us living today will ever get beyond our celestial backyard in real life, but there’s a fleet of apps out there that can blast you through hyperspace to explore — and understand — the far frontiers of the cosmos on your tablet computer. The latest app is “The Wonders of the Universe,” a multimedia spin-off of physicist Brian Cox’s coffee-table book and TV documentary series of the same name.The app, sold by Harper Collins for the iPad 2 and the new iPad, organizes more than 200 interactive articles, two and a half hours of video and hundreds of graphics to do a show-and-tell that ranges from subatomic quarks to the largest scales of the cosmic web.

The article also mentions and has video of four other space-themed apps for the iPad: The Night Sky, Solar System for iPad, Solar Walk and my personal favorite, Star Walk.

Playa case holds your iPhone and condoms

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The Playa is a new iPhone case that includes a spot to hold two condoms. From the folks who brought you the iPhone case with bottle opener attachment.

The amazing history of beards

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Huffington Post: Interestingly enough, the study found that of women with minimal pop culture exposure, the majority surveyed find men to be less attractive when sporting a full face of hair. However, this same group of women also perceived bearded … Continued

Understanding a camera’s ISO setting

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Dave Johnson for Macworld:

I get a lot of questions about ISO—many photographers don’t seem to understand exactly what it does. Your camera’s ISO control determines how sensitive the camera’s sensor is to light. On most cameras, ISO starts at 100 and goes up from there; the higher the number, the more sensitive the sensor will be.

When photographers talk to me about things like this I imagine it’s like when I talk to them about my amp settings. However, this is a good article to help you get your head around ISO and what it means for your photos.

Become a guitar God with a new plug-in [Joke]

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This came out for April Fools, but I’m not much of an April Fools guy, so I didn’t post it. However, it’s so good, I had to let everyone see it.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and play the video. It’s hilarious.

Loop recording in Pro Tools 10

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Mike Watkinson for MacProVideo:

In this article we shall look more closely at the management of takes you have captured on a single playlist, and also how to manage multiple playlists and use them for editing composite takes.

Loop recording is a powerful tool if you know how to properly manage all of the takes. This article gives you some practical tips.

Android depends on iOS apps and developers

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I don’t know what happened here. But I can state the facts. As much as it hurts for Android loyals, they depend on iOS first apps. And that’s a shame.

Apple has been leading the way in hardware and software innovation for the past five years. It’s not too much of a surprise that developers try their apps on iOS first.

AirPrint

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Shawn Blanc:

If you don’t own an AirPrint-enabled printer, yet you want to print from your iPhone or iPad, you will need to install a 3rd-party app. But, which one? I found that with certain 3rd-party apps you get additional functionality and benefits beyond just being able to print from your iPhone.

Gun Runner

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Gun Runner is a new run-and-gun action game for iOS from a new studio formed by a former Freeverse producer.

RIM launches software to accommodate Apple users

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Research In Motion on Tuesday launched software that enables its large “enterprise” customers to manage Apple and other rival devices through the same servers as they use for the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet.

Translation: You win.

SpamSieve 2.9

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I used SpamSieve for years and loved it. The only reason I stopped is because I started doing spam filtering on the server.

Weather 2x

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I really like the interface of this app.

Hilarious vintage ads from the early days of the PC

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Daily Mail:

Companies such as Apple have made their name by marketing their products not just as technological tools but as glamorous and fun toys.But this marketing technique is nothing new, as these vintage adverts from the early days of PCs show.They portray computers as fun, easy to use – and even sexy, with the help of a few eager-looking models.

Look how sexy that 4800 baud modem is!

James Bond ditches martinis for Heineken

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CNN:

Ad Age reports that Craig’s tougher, darker Bond will star in an upcoming Heineken ad, which will do double duty as promotion for the upcoming James Bond flick “Skyfall.” “Skyfall” director Sam Mendes will direct the commercial as well.

Trying to be more like the beard are we Mr. Bond. Pfft.

92-year-old is New York’s oldest cabbie

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New York Post:

Over his storied career behind the wheel, he’s ferried movie stars such as John Wayne and Rock Hudson, suffered countless bad tippers — and tolerated passengers getting frisky in his back seat. Well, until the new hybrids arrived.

Imagine the stories he could tell.

[Via NextDraft]

iPhone tops sales charts at each of its U.S. carriers

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AllThingsD:

Led by the 4S, Apple’s iPhone line continues to rack up strong sales at AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. So strong that some believe it’s likely the top-selling phone at all three of those carriers.“Our March checks indicated the iPhone continues to extend its market share gains,” Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley writes in a note to clients today. “In fact, we believe iPhones are outselling all other smartphones combined at Sprint and AT&T and selling at roughly equal volume to all Android smartphones at Verizon.”That’s pretty astonishing, all things considered.

But Android is still “winning”.

Readability foul

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Ben Brooks has been all over this Readability debate. Another interesting read.

Mid-side recording basics

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Universal Audio:

But while XY microphone recording is the most obvious method, it’s not the only game in town. The Mid-Side (MS) microphone technique sounds a bit more complex, but it offers some dramatic advantages over standard coincident miking. If you’ve never heard of MS recording, or you’ve been afraid to try it, you’re missing a powerful secret weapon in your recording arsenal.

I love using this technique to record.

Oh balls

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Matt Burns and his article “It’s Time To Believe In RIM And The BlackBerry Again”:

RIM is beaten and laying on the floor. Together, Apple and Google knocked out the champ. Since then, they’ve started fighting each other, seemingly ignoring RIM as regains his strength. He might take another blow from time to time, but with a renewed focus he should stay on his feet from here on out. After years of savage beatings, he’s like the honey badger now and just doesn’t care.

At best, this article is misguided.

British MPs may get iPads

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BBC News:

Announcing its recommendation, Sir Alan Haselhurst, chairman of the committee, said the trial had cut MPs’ costs by “several thousand pounds” as they could circulate information electronically rather than in hard copy.