Pocket launches Mac app

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Pocket, the popular “save for later” service for iOS and the Web, now has its own official Mac client.

Mac mini (Late 2012) and iMac (Late 2012): About Fusion Drive

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Apple’s Support Page just posted additional details about the Mac mini (Late 2012) and iMac (Late 2012) Fusion Drive announced at Yesterday’s Apple Event.

As Apple says, “Presented as a single volume on your Mac, Fusion Drive automatically and dynamically moves frequently used files to Flash storage for quicker access, while infrequently used items move to the hard disk.”

There are some interesting tidbits such as you can only have one partition on the hard disk, third party utilities “may or may not” work (not unexpected) and some details about using Time Machine backups.

iPad resales surge over 700%

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MarketWatch:

As soon as Apple unveiled the iPad mini Tuesday, the first thing many consumers did was sell their old iPads.

Two major resale sites reported eye-popping surges in business in the run-up to the iPad Mini launch. Some 140,000 devices were put up for sale on Gazelle Tuesday – a 700% spike from the day before, says Anthony Scarsella, chief gadget officer at the site.

While some people are trading in first and second generation iPads, both Nextworth and Gazelle say that nearly 70% of their resellers are dumping the iPad 3.

How about you? Are you dumping your iPad for a newer model any time soon?

Denny’s to launch Middle-Earth inspired menu

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Advertising Age:

You may never be able to try lembas — a fictional bread that Frodo subsisted on through part of his journey to Mordor in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy — but Denny’s thinks it might have the next best thing. The company is about to roll out a Middle-Earth-inspired menu as part of a tie-in with “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”Menu items include 11 breakfast, lunch and dinner items such as “Hobbit Hole Breakfast,” “Frodo’s Pot Roast Skillet,” “Gandalf’s Gobble Melt” and the “Build Your Own Hobbit Slam,” which includes limited-time items such as “Shire Sausage.”

I don’t eat at Denny’s now. I sure won’t be going in for this.

Pumpkin carving, Southern style

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Having lived in the South for a period of time, I can tell you that this video is not the least bit surprising or unusual.

For sale: 2 bedroom, 4 bath apt for only $50 million

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Yahoo! Homes:

In what world does a two-bedroom apartment cost $50 million?Why, Midtown Manhattan, of course.Naturally, this apartment at 50 Central Park South is no ordinary two-bedroom apartment. For one thing, it’s bigger than you might imagine for a two-bedroom. But it’s also smaller than you might imagine for $50 million, at 4,500 square feet. Even by Manhattan luxury standards, we’d say that’s worthy of a double-take, or at least a surprised blink: $11,000 per square foot.Apartment 33 occupies a full floor at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, one of just a dozen residences at the Central Park Ritz.

Hard to imagine an “apartment” being worth that kind of money but then again, like the old saying goes, “The rich are different from you and I.”

Apple vs. Samsung: A peace treaty

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CNN:

WHEREAS, the respective Parties, the Apple Fanboys (also known as “Apple Fanbois,” “Fanb0yz,” “iPhoners” or simply “The Mac Faithful,” among many other names) and the Samsung Fanboys (also known as “Apple H4terz,” “Galaxians” or “Androiders”) seek a lasting peace, both online and off, and…WHEREAS, online forums, queues for new products and technology blogs have become polluted with smack talk, useless feature comparisons and Photoshopped ads meant to deride and belittle each other’s device preference, and…WHEREAS both sets of Parties recognize that a competitive market is both critical and necessary for continued technological innovation to benefit all, especially early adopters…NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree to abide by the agreements herein, enumerated in the terms of the articles set forth below.

This is actually pretty darn funny.

How cork is made: an illustrated guide

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Wineanorak:

It all starts in the forest. Cork oaks are harvested every nine years, once they reach maturity. It doesn’t harm the tree, and the cork bark regrows. Most cork forests are in Portugal and Spain.

Cork is one of those things you never think about but, when it comes up and you read a story like this, you discover it’s actually kind of fascinating. For example, it never occurred to me that cork was actually tree bark.

Appeals court rules against Seattle’s curbs on yellow pages

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The Seattle Times:

Seattle can’t limit distribution of yellow-pages phone books with an opt-out registry, and it can’t charge a fee to publishers who want to leave commercial directories on your porch, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.The court ruled the city’s law is unconstitutional, saying yellow pages are protected, like other publications, by the First Amendment.

Even though more than 79,000 people wanted to opt out, Seattle, like a lot of places, can’t seem to stop the flood of various yellow pages-type directories that show up on our doors. I don’t know of anyone who likes them or anyone who uses them enough to justify not being allowed to opt out of having them tossed on our doorsteps.

BBC film crew detained at gunpoint at Area 51

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Huffington Post:

A BBC film crew was detained after it breached the back gate of the top secret military facility known as Area 51 while filming a new documentary about UFO conspiracy theories.During the incident in the Nevada desert, a camouflage-dressed guard carrying an M-16 told a member of the British team, “We could make you disappear and your body will never be found,” according to a crew member.“Eight guards wearing combat fatigues immediately came out with their assault rifles and they grabbed us, forced us to the ground and we were all made to lie facedown in a row on the tarmac with a gun at our back.”

You intentionally ignored signage and walked onto a top secret US government base? I’d say you’re pretty luck to A) not be in jail or 2) not be in a shallow grave out in Area 51.

Time-lapse video of the Space shuttle Endeavour’s trek across L.A.

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Los Angeles Times:

The space shuttle Endeavour made its final journey last weekend, traveling 12-miles from Los Angeles International Airport, through Inglewood, to the California Science Center in Exposition Park.

This is a very cool time lapse video of the trip. Some of the views of the neighborhoods it passed through are fascinating. Thanks to Tom Negrino for the link.

Microsoft Surface will start at $499

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Microsoft has officially unveiled pricing for the ARM-based Surface tablet, which goes on sale October 26, and it’s in the same ballpark as an iPad.

So, the man fell to earth. Does it matter?

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Esquire:

Red Bull Stratos was, by all criteria, a PR triumph. Fifty television channels covered the jump live, seven-million people watched it stream online, and @redbullstratos has 235,000 followers and counting. But beyond the dazzle, beyond the slickness and the spectacle, is Felix’s achievement really that important?

I won’t ruin the writer’s conclusion for you but what do you think? Was it “just” a corporate sponsored PR stunt? A “leap” forward to science? Something else?

The best Cosplay from New York Comic-Con 2012

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io9: New York Comic-Con is officially over, but the glorious cosplay images live on forever! We saw a whole heap of crazy innovative costumes this year such as Lady Blue Beetle, a gang of Neverending Story cosplayers, a few Korras, … Continued