Well now, this adds a little twist to things.

I haven’t had a chance to play these, but they are pretty sexy.

Esquire:

Stealing magic has become a commonplace crime. Teller, a man of infinite delicacy and deceit, decided to do something about it.

Fascinating story about the magic of Penn & Teller and how magicians protect their secrets.

A coalition of liberal advocacy groups has announced plans to challenge AT&T’s policy of blocking FaceTime video chat over its cellular network. AT&T has insisted that the policy does not raise network neutrality concerns, characterizing the uproar over the policy as “another knee-jerk reaction” by the consumer groups.

The name says it all. Go.

Eric Slivka:

Later that evening, I checked my AT&T online account and to my surprise saw that I was eligible for full subsidy on the iPhone 5: $299. I then canceled my Verizon pre-order and resigned myself to camping out this Friday to buy my iPhone 5 on AT&T because pre-order shipping estimates had long since moved out to 2-3 weeks. AT&T did call back on Saturday to confirm with me that due to my status as a valued customer I was eligible for full subsidy, and I thanked them while sharing just how close they’d come to losing me as a customer.

Lots of bad stories around about how AT&T is handling the pricing of iPhone 5 upgrades today, but there’s a good one too.

The German government urged the public on Tuesday to temporarily stop using Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer following discovery of yet-to-be repaired bug in the web browser that the software maker said makes PCs vulnerable to attack by hackers.

If you had any friends that cared about you, they’ve been urging you to do this for years.

Great tip from Dave Caolo.

The Thunderbolt Option Card for the Apollo audio interface provides greater UAD plug-in instances, improved performance at higher sample rates, and reduced UAD plug-in latency versus Apollo’s standard FireWire connection.

A great option for those that picked up an Apollo interface.

Now you can easily remove image imperfections or just about any image element you want, so your pictures look their absolute best.

That’s what I love about the Pixelmator guys. They keep making amazing software with features that everyone can use, not just the pros. Check out the video on their site to see the healing tool in action.

Not only is Pixelmator 2.1.1 out today, but they are also sponsoring The Loop this week.

A trivial question posted on Samsung Mobile’s official Facebook page has produced a ton of unexpected answers favoring Apple’s new iPhone 5.

“It doesn’t take a genius.”

So, let me get this straight. Android is open and freely available until it’s not… and the Open Handset Alliance is even more open, unless you try to use something else — then you get threatened… but openly.

I think that’s it.

Michael Zhang for PetaPixel:

At Leica’s special event last night, after the new Leica M was announced, company owner Dr. Andreas Kaufmann revealed that they’ve got a very special limited edition version of the camera planned — one that’s designed by legendary Apple designer Sir Jonathan Ive.

Zhang calls it “the mother of all limited editions based on one simple fact: only a single unit of the camera will ever be produced.”

The camera Ive will design will be auctioned off, the proceeds going to charity.

I’m sure there are a few iPhone users out there who feel exactly the same as this cute li’l guy.

Tina Roth Eisenberg put together a list of minimal WordPress themes at Swissmiss. Definitely worth a look if you’re pondering a new design.

A tweet by Nokia making fun of iPhone 5 and/or Samsung. This coming from a company that has to fake its camera demos and can’t ship.

[Via CNET]

I love all that can be done with CSS3. At some point your readers just have to update their browsers.

There’s no love lost between Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos and Canada’s big Internet providers: “It’s almost a human rights violation what they’re charging for internet access in Canada,” Sarandos said during the Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment conference in Los Angeles Wednesday.

You said it, brother!

Much respect to 70-year-old farmer Pedro Martin Ureta for making such a great forest.

I’ve live blogged a lot of things, but I don’t know how he did this.

We’re incredibly grateful for all of your support and hope you’ll join us on the next phase of our journey as part of Google.

Shawn Blanc’s list of three criteria on whether you should continue using a product or not. I like his list.

Through the program, Yahoo employees will have a choice of phones: iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, HTC EVO 4G LTE, or Nokia Lumia 920.Yahoo is also going to pay its employees data and phone bills.

Marissa Mayer is making a lot of good moves to make her staff happy.

I think Samsung forgot one:

“Stolen from Apple.”

Google’s Andy Rubin talking to Aliyun OS’s John Spelich:

So there’s really no disputing that Aliyun is based on the Android platform and takes advantage of all the hard work that’s gone into that platform by the OHA.

You mean like how you stole iOS and built Android? Never good when that happens Andy.

[Via Electronista]

Philip Elmer-DeWitt for Fortune:

In the popular imagination — and in Samsung TV ads — the people willing to wait in line for days to buy the newest Apple (AAPL) gewgaw are hopeless fanboys and fangirls who need to get a life. That attitude is so 2007.

Elmer-DeWitt notices an interesting trend in the folks who camp out the earliest – at least in some cases, they’re doing it either in a craven attempt at self-promotion or to raise awareness of a charity or cause they’re supporting.