Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson:
“I asked where the bathroom was and he said, ‘Right this way, sir.’ He was very nice,” Robertson shared on Live With Kelly & Michael. “He walked me outside, pointed down the road and said, ‘Good luck.'”
Stuff like this happens to me as well. It especially pisses me off when it happens in the hotel I’m staying at.
Matt Gemmell:
Whatever a person’s excuse might be, it’s difficult to get past the idea that this is someone who has failed to comprehend and internalise the rules of a language they’ve used almost every day of their life. That’s the magnitude of the negative impression being created. It’s like publicly, repeatedly demonstrating that you can’t tell the time, or count – and that you bizarrely don’t see those deficiencies as particularly worrisome or problematic.
I’ll be the first to admit that I make some very stupid mistakes when I write. They are not from lack of understanding and it horrifies me each time it happens. (I took extra time with this post).
Jim and Dan discuss Apple’s September 10th event, a lower-cost iPhone, Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 update, App Store vs. Google Play revenue, and more.
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CARROT is a hilariously twisted AI construct who wants nothing more than for you to get out of bed every morning. Her witty spoken dialogue, beautiful songs, and innovative wake-up system will have you starting each day with a smile on your face.
If you have to wake up, it might as well be “hilariously twisted.”
Cool app that helps you plan ahead for upcoming expenses. I like apps like this that do one thing and does it well.
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People are scared of beards.
This is just weird. Go to any YouTube video and when it starts playing type:
1980
A missile command game comes up and starts to attack the video. You may have to type it in a few times before it works.
It looks pretty good. I still think Calendar and Contacts look a bit stark, but not as much on the Web site with the subtle color changes.
Marketcircle makes some great products for Mac and iOS.
This is great.
Larry Ellison talking about Google’s Larry Page:
“We just think they took our stuff, and that was wrong,” Ellison said in an interview with Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning,” which was aired on Tuesday.
When asked if he thought Page was evil, Ellison replied: “I think what they did was absolutely evil.” He fell short of vilifying the man himself as evil.
Early Bird tickets are available for another great looking conference in San Francisco.
This is cool. Be sure to watch the graph changes at the bottom.
But what must have sounded like a good idea in the marketing meeting quickly dissolved into chaos. People aren’t stupid. They figured out that the only way to get the voucher was to burst the balloons, and they showed up equipped to do so with BB guns, knives on sticks, and other tools.
That’s never going to end well.
The solar-powered system, which Musk previously described as a cross between a Concorde, rail gun and air-hockey table, would shoot as many as 28 passengers in each enclosed capsule through a low-pressure steel tube at up to 800 miles per hour, according to the 57-page design plan.
It will be very interesting to see if Elon Musk or someone else will actually build this.
Storm Sim is the audio experience of a thunderstorm in your pocket. The app is more than a pre-recorded loop; it dynamically generates storms in real-time so it’s always unique and it never repeats.
It supports nearly infinite customization. Add more lightning, dial back the rain, or include a splash of freight train; get that perfect night’s sleep or just relax after a busy day.
Includes sleep and wake timers, AirPlay, LED Clock, add-on packs, and more. It’s a Universal app for iPhone and iPad that supports iOS 5 or higher.
Jim’s note: I showed this app to my wife and not only did she like it, she said she wished she had when the kids were smaller.
The Surface isn’t Microsoft’s only blunder – touch-enabled PCs running Windows 8 are selling like shit, according to analysts.
Auto Adjust is a photo rescuing app for iPhone and iPad designed to fix photos as fast and as pain free possible. Contrast stretching, levels, curves, color correction, and noise reduction are right at your fingertips without having to dig through menus and popovers. There are no “Projects” or photo libraries that are stuck in the app. Photos are saved to your camera roll and photo stream at their original size with all EXIF and metadata preserved.
Samsung Wallet hit the Google Play Store on Thursday and bears a strong resemblance to the Passbook feature Apple includes on iOS. The app was announced in beta for developers back in February, but it has only just now made it to the Play Store. It is compatible with the Galaxy S3, S4, Note, and Note 2.
The DOJ is looking a lot like the paranoid conspiracy theory guy that lives down the street.
That’s pretty good.
Today we’re introducing an updated ad experience we think is more attractive for users and more effective for advertisers.
Oh thank you, thank you Google, I really wanted ads in Google Maps.
Shawn Blanc has a great article on how he recently self-published his new book, including the tools he used and the problems he ran into. Worth a read.
Speaking of Benedict Evans, here’s another great post looking at Amazon’s profits, or lack thereof.
Yesterday I mentioned that yet another NYT story on a brush-with-danger aboard an airliner was suspicious.
Let me rephrase that: The story the imperiled traveler told is phony, and America’s best paper shouldn’t have credulously passed it along.
Five major U.S. publishers objected to the Justice Department’s proposal to limit Apple Inc.’s influence in the electronic-books market, saying it would effectively alter their existing settlements with the U.S. government.
It’s like a giant soap opera.
Something has to be done with these guys to stop them permanently.
Jim and Dan are joined by Peter Cohen the other half of The Loop to discuss AMBER alert disruptions, The Newton’s 20 year anniversary, PDAs as the predecessor to the MacBook Air, the sale of the Washington Post to Jeff Bezos, and more.
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I’ve been watching Barley for the past few months and I’m impressed with what I’ve seen. The company provides an inline editor, so you don’t need experience in coding to build a Web site. They provide unlimited storage, hosting and templates to get you started.