New fonts in iOS 6
New fonts in iOS 6: I count five new font families total, but basically it comes down to Euphemia, a Windows font, and Avenir, from Linotype.(Via Philipp Tautz.)
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Two kinds of money
Benedict Evans posted a smart, comparative analysis of smartphone prices in the US versus the UK, to demonstrate the difference between iPhone and non-iPhone smartphones, and how that explains...
View ArticleMarco Arment reviews John Siracusa's review of Mountain Lion
Marco Arment reviews John Siracusa's review of Mountain Lion: Hilarious. ★★★★★
View ArticleSamsung is guilty
Samsung is guilty: I haven’t been following the Apple vs Samsung trial too closely, because frankly I find the whole thing rather distasteful. Distasteful that Samsung was, to anyone who has eyeballs,...
View ArticleSrsly, why wasn't Twitter's business model obvious from the beginning?
So Twitter is losing friends and alienating people. You can’t swing a nyan cat without hitting a blogger or podcaster criticising their recent developer-hostile announcements.Here’s what Twitter should...
View ArticleThe hot-day meat chaser
The hot-day meat chaser: David Stipp, writing for The Sydney Morning Herald:For one thing, the world’s top runners rarely compete in oddball races in rural Wales.Via Leo Widrich.
View ArticleA Mole of Moles
A Mole of Moles: The weekly “what if?” column on xkcd is my new favourite thing on the Internet:However, the flow of heat in the liquid interior is dominated by convection. Plumes of hot meat and...
View ArticleSketchUp not dead yet
Not long ago, I fretted over the destiny of Google SketchUp, the brilliant 3D modelling tool for non-CAD nerds. But now I am ever so slightly reassured by signs that the SketchUp team is still very...
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How to make a Time Lapse video
Like slow motion video, X-ray photography, and data visualisation, time lapse photography is a magic trick that helps us see layers of reality that are normally difficult for humans to grasp any other...
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How iPhone payments could work, with or without NFC
I believe it inevitable that Apple will eventually enter and disrupt the mobile payments market, and it doesn’t necessarily require NFC chips in the iPhone.The rumours of new NFC technology in iPhone...
View ArticleTo S or not to S
Normal people (that is, not me and probably not you) don’t upgrade their phone every year. Their upgrade cycle probably varies from person to person, but given that the standard mobile carrier contract...
View ArticleCall to action: iPhone needs an intervention
Dear friends and family of the iPhone,I’m writing to you now because I know that, like me, as people who love and care for iPhone, you must be very worried for its health. I think it’s high time that...
View ArticleiPhone 5 and iOS 6 in Japan
Spurred on by Gabe Glick, I thought it would be useful to gather together all the info I could find regarding iPhone 5 and iOS 6 for people in Japan. Please let me know if you see any errors, or if you...
View ArticleStartups, life, learning and happiness: The power of ignoring mainstream news
Startups, life, learning and happiness: The power of ignoring mainstream news: Joel Gascoigne:“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” -...
View ArticleWe're on a road to nowhere
Yours truly, being a dickhead on Twitter as @fake_iOS6maps1:Look, we left out transit directions because only losers take public transport. All iPhone owners drive BMWs, everyone knows that.I started...
View ArticleRGB⁵
While waiting in the tiny SoftBank shop in Ochanomizu for my number to be called, I noticed across the room they had a single demo unit of iPhone 5 on display. From that distance, I could see much less...
View ArticleTim Cook apologises for iOS 6 Maps
Today, Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly apologised for the clusterfuck that is iOS 6 Maps.For one reason or another, this Maps issue has become important to me, and though my ranting on...
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Welcome to the World
夢和 (Yuna) Elizabeth Hains was born on Tuesday, 12th February 2013, at 8:02pm in Tokyo. Mother and baby are both healthy and happy.I am so grateful for the many kind messages of congratulations and...
View ArticleNew York Day
Fantastic example of how to make a great time lapse video by Samuel Orr.Samuel has a kickstarter campaign to make a 20-minute film to be called “New York Year”. Just forty bucks will get you a Blu-ray,...
View Article"Once a man has children, for the rest of his life, his attitude is, ‘To hell...
“Once a man has children, for the rest of his life, his attitude is, ‘To hell with the world, I can make my own people.’” - — Jerry Seinfeld on fatherhoodYup.
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