Google scanned every single issue of SPIN Magazine, from 1985’s inaugural issue with Madonna on the cover, to the most recent. Here’s a link. Enjoy…
– Dave
From Channel 9, this is the first of 3 videos introducing Microsoft’s upcoming “iPhone Killer”. Very interesting, well worth the watching, especially for iPhone developers…
– Dave
From the agile mind of animation artist Cyriak comes…Teddy Bear. And Pigeons! Found this on today’s BoingBoing. Really brings to mind the lovely animations done by Monty Pythoner Terry Gilliam. I think he would approve!
– Dave
Familiar with Neil Patrick Harris? He played Doogie Howser, was in the Harold and Khumar movies, then went on to star in How I Met Your Mother. Well, as it turns out, he was in another TV series that ran for 22 episodes, one you’ve likely never seen or heard of. The series was called Stark Raving Mad.
Two cool things about the clip that follows. First, it shows off Neil Patrick Harris’s comedy chops. He truly is gifted. And it also shows off Harris’s costar in the series, an actor who came from his own ensemble series and who went on to huge success after Stark Raving Mad. Of course, I’m talking about…well…why don’t you just watch and see for yourself. Enjoy!
– Dave
Big thanks to Daniel for turning me on to 15-year-old Jacqueline Mannering. She can definitely play. Enjoy…
– Dave
HP recently posted the video below on their Voodoo Blog. To me, the video shows several things.
First and foremost, the video highlights the ubiquity of Flash on the web. As far as I know, Apple still has no plans to support Flash on iPad. I’ve always heard that this was due to bugginess in Flash, as well as Flash’s cost in battery life. On the Mac, battery life is less of an issue, and the Flash code is isolated from the main browser code. If Flash crashes, the browser notifies you of the crash and then restarts Flash. Apparently, either this is not possible in the iPhone OS browser, or the battery cost of Flash is just too great. The video points out that tablets like HP’s Slate are based on Windows 7 and get Flash support by default as part of the overall Windows 7 experience.
The video also highlights the basic differences between Apple and Windows 7 vendors like HP and Dell in their approach to the tablet market. As they did with smart phones, Microsoft’s partners are working with a scaled down version of the desktop operating system. A process or application you run on your desktop has at least a chance of working on the tablet. Certainly, the browser experience will be nearly identical. Apple’s core approach is different, as different as the toolboxes offered by Mac OS X and iPhone OS. The SDKs for both are quite similar, but there are a vast sea of differences. Clearly, there’s no simple way to port an application from one platform to the other.
The video also shows off the HP device, gives it a real chance to shine. And, in my opinion, this is where Apple really comes out ahead. HP’s Slate is thick and chunky. The iPad is graceful, subtle, elegant. And thin.
All that said, I think this is going to be a very interesting new phase in the evolution of computing. Will Apple force Flash to change or, perhaps, open the door so a Flash competitor can enter the market? Or will the ubiquity of Flash eventually force Apple to allow Flash to play under iPhone OS. Interesting, interesting times!
– Dave
This is, perhaps, the best music video ever made. It gets better and better as it goes. Don’t think, just watch…
– Dave
Me so proud. 
This is the first college we’ve heard from, and definitely one of Daniel’s top choices. What a great day!!!
– Dave
In 1986, the Mets played the Red Sox in one of the most memorable World Series games ever played. Though the series itself was well played and closely matched, it was the incredible comeback in the bottom of the 9th inning of game 6 that came to define that series.
You remember, the one where the ball rolls through Bill Buckner’s legs?
Well, this rendition of events is played out using an early Nintendo baseball game. Genius! Could not stop watching, despite the cheesy graphics. Or perhaps because of. Thanks to Stubabes for the link. Enjoy…
– Dave
Jeff LaMarche is one of the smartest people I know and my coauthor on a number of books, including our latest, More iPhone 3 Development. Recently, Paul Mayson from Techshelf.com did an interview with Jeff and me. I just love how it turned out. If you are at all a fan of Jeff’s technical virtuosity or of our writing, this will give you a chance to get to know us both a bit.
Here’s the link to the Techshelf interview page.
And here’s a link to the audio file itself, for direct listening pleasure.
Thanks, Paul, and hope you all enjoy listening to this…
– Dave
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