Has anyone else noticed that iA Writer's "focus mode" turns your iPad into a TRS-80 Model 100? Some of you are too young to remember the Model 100. I travelled with one of these bulletproof boxes for years, starting in 1984. It ran forever on AA batteries. It had a full-size keyboard for touch-typing. The acoustic couplers would connect you to … [Read more...]
Angry Birds Challenge
July 10, 2011 by
I've been spending way too much time with Angry Birds lately. One of the variant games (Angry Birds Seasons) has been releasing one new level every day, and I can't go to sleep until I get three stars. I haven't updated this post yet, but I have three stars on every level released so far from the basic game and both the Seasons and Rio variants. … [Read more...]
iPhone/iPad Lockscreens
July 7, 2011 by
Last week, I managed to leave my iPhone in a different building across campus. Boneheaded move, I know. But it was returned to me before I even finished my next meeting (in yet a third building on campus)... before I even realized it was missing! How? I'd gone to the trouble of setting up a custom lock screen for my iPhone (and my iPad; see … [Read more...]
Why I love my PhotoJojo lens
June 14, 2011 by
iPhone 4 pictures taken from the same position in a hotel ballroom, before and after attaching the lens. Click to embiggen. (This is Gov. Perdue of North Carolina speaking at the Southern Growth Policy Board; confusing, because we had our own Gov. Perdue in Georgia until six months ago!) Standard iPhone 4 photo With PhotoJojo … [Read more...]
An Embarrassing Image
April 2, 2011 by
34 million points and counting. This is all @ajaimk's fault. (Click to embiggen. ~2000 pixels square.) … [Read more...]
Greek CAPTCHA?
February 4, 2011 by
Now that's a first: And the truly bizarre... I typed 'formap ?j)' and ReCAPTCHA accepted it! … [Read more...]
Waiting for Angry Birds Rio
February 1, 2011 by
This represents entirely too many hours of my life... … [Read more...]
Speaking of Costco
January 4, 2011 by
Speaking of Costco: Scored a case of Mexican Coke there last week! Real cane sugar, no HFCS! Yum. via twittelator … [Read more...]
Favorite iPhone/iPad Apps
November 26, 2010 by
It surprises people that, as a well-assimilated Apple fanboy, I didn't buy the first generation iPhone. I was in the store on launch day, I had one in my hand, my credit card was burning a hole in my pocket... and I left without one. I used my Treo for nearly another year until the 2nd generation iPhone (confusingly named 3G) was released. I wasn't … [Read more...]
