The Apple faithful are all a-twitter about the possibility of Apple introducing a tablet computer at the end of this month. … [Read more...]
Augmented Reality at Georgia Tech
April 9, 2009 by
Interesting article on Augmented Reality research at Georgia Tech here. One of the linked videos demonstrates a Virtual Pet application on a current generation iPhone. The iPhone overlays an animated image of a dog on realtime video input from the iPhone's camera. The result is a pet that appears to reside in the real world in front of you. … [Read more...]
Wanted: Macintosh Archaeologist
March 22, 2009 by
Here's the situation. I have about three cubic meters of obsolete computers, peripherals, and other electronic crap sitting in storage. A couple of ancient Macs (including a pair of PowerBook 2400c "netbooks"). Miscellaneous printers and scanners. Disk drives. A fax machine. At least one stereo system. A handful of Handspring/Palm Treos. Probably a … [Read more...]
Clarifi
December 2, 2008 by
Just received my Clarifi from Griffin Technology. It's an iPhone case that includes a sliding macro lens. Check out the difference with and without the lens in the photos above. Click the image to see the full-size version. (Random scrap of paper from my desk; no deep philosophical significance.) Well worth thirty bucks from … [Read more...]
Favorite iPhone Apps
December 1, 2008 by
Okay, Mike Schinkel has been assimilated. Good work, all! I sent him a list of "must-have" iPhone applications, he tweeted about it, and now people are asking what's on my list. … [Read more...]
Do the Right Thing
November 6, 2008 by
I had a hardware problem with my MacBook Pro today. Apple delivered a model of stellar customer service. I figured the least I could do in return was write about it. … [Read more...]
Traffic
November 2, 2008 by
The effect of having your iPhone Web app listed on Apple's directory: http://tinyurl.com/6s8nyr … [Read more...]
Mac OS X Time Machine advice
October 27, 2008 by
Apple's Time Machine has saved my bacon a couple of times. It's not the only backup strategy I use (I'm trying to store more in the cloud), but it's a darned useful one. When switching to my new MacBook Pro, syncing up with my ten months of old Time Machine backups got hopelessly confused. And I had wanted to repartition that external disk … [Read more...]
What if Apple built an alarm clock?
October 18, 2008 by
So I'm in a hotel room this morning, planning to sleep late, and I was awakened by the hotel room alarm clock at 7:00 am. It was dark. I hadn't set it the night before, so I had no clue as to where the buttons and switches were positioned. I hammered on the top, I slid switches on the side, I seriously contemplated just smashing the damned thing … [Read more...]
