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PCalc for iPhone 1.0.2 (1)
permalinkMy favorite App Store app keeps getting better. New in version 1.0.2 is a very nifty multiple-undo implementation — just swipe the numeric display to go back one level in the undo stack. (In addition to being a better calculator than Apple’s, PCalc is a full-fledged unit calculator too.) ★Shared by adam (0)
- adam said: from Daring Fireball "My favorite App Store app keeps getting better. New in version 1.0.2 is a very nifty multiple-undo implementation — just swipe the numeric display to go back one level in the undo stack. (In addition to being a better calculator than Apple’s, PCalc is a full-fledged unit calculator too.)"
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iHologram: Incredibly Cool (but useless) iPhone app (49)
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Old school gymnastics amazingness (3)
permalinkThis gymnastics routine is awe-inspiring.
- adam said: never realized how well-designed Olga Korbut's famous bars routine was...wish they had a slow-mo HD version
- Jordan Brock said: I was wondering the other day if Gymnastics is seeing the same level of improvement that other, more measureable, sports are seeing. For example, records are continually being set in swimming, athletics, rowing, cycling etc. But, probably because I don't know much about the sport, and because it's less tangible, is there the same level of improvement in gymnastics. If you look at this routine from 36 years ago, it's kind of hard to see how it could be improved upon.
- Denubis said: Ah. Some people... just *grok* physics.
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Red-Light Cameras Just Don&8217;t Work (41)
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Vito Rispo, on the danger of red-light cameras: In fact, six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the yellow light cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with cameras meant to catch red-light runners. Those local governments have completely ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light cameras, shorten the yellow light duration, and collect the profits instead. Despicable. (Via Jack Shedd.) ★Shared by adam (0) Alex Plank (3) Alfredo (13) bbebop (13) Bill (17) Brian (71) Brian (0) DamienG (8) Dave S (27) dj empirical (64) Donnie Berkholz (5) Doug Stewart (10) Drew (3) Eric Williams (0) Geoffrey Wiseman (11) gfurry (12) History of Blogging (176) James B (3) JDAL. (6) Jeffrey (4) Jim (4) jimyjoshi (1) JL! (3) Joey (0) Jordan T-H (8) Justin (7) Kartik Agaram (3) kebernet (73) Kelli (2) Kevin Etter (5) Masssimo (7) micampe (1) Michael (13) Nivi (18) phrakture (5) qbn (0) Rick (17) robby (0) Ross (16) stilist (1) Wes (4)Explore read eight notes- micampe said: ah, non si fa solo in italia allora...
- bbebop said: those dirty bureaucrats!
- James B said: Despicable indeed.
- Geoffrey Wiseman said: Wow - surprising, and fascinating.
- Nivi said: From the Department of Unintended Side Effects
- Doug Stewart said: Philly's increasingly doing this and it's terrible.
- adam said: "In fact, six U.S. cities have been found guilty of shortening the yellow light cycles below what is allowed by law on intersections equipped with cameras meant to catch red-light runners. Those local governments have completely ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light cameras, shorten the yellow light duration, and collect the profits instead."
- dj empirical said: as adam said, big surprise.
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Slo-mo skate video (10)
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Gorgeous slow-mo HD skateboarding video. You can really see the crazy things that the boards do in the air. (via justin blanton) (link)Shared by !&# (18) adam (0) Allan Haggett (15) Aneel (16) Ben Turner (45) dasmart (6) kevan (7) Mike (0) Travis Jon Allison (5) zappy (0)Contribute comment -
Michael Johnson's 19.32 (7)
onA look at just how crazy Michael Johnson's 200m world record is. Eyeballing the chart would suggest that the cutting edge of human achievement in the 200m is anything sub-19.7. A 19.59 at Beijing would be phenomenal. Then you scroll down -- way down -- and you hit Johnson's 19.32. Johnson has stated that he's fully prepared for Usain Bolt to break his record. (link)Shared by adam (0) Andrew (13) dhaynes (1) iomegadrive (6) Marissa (5) Phil Hull (0) Scott Reston (2)
- adam said: "Johnson has stated that he's fully prepared for Usain Bolt to break his record."
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how are swimmers smashing so many world records? (1)
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- adam said: "Have you noticed that every Olympic swim event is also a record smasher? It seems like every swimmer (and not just Phelps) is seconds ahead of the daunting green world record line, smashing it to smithereens. So how is all this record breaking possible?"
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Big Contrarian → Divide. (23)
onThere’s a bit in this three-year old article that Gruber linked to about Apple’s design process that caught my brain: Products get worked on in parallel by all departments at once—design, hardware, software—in endless rounds of interdisciplinary design reviews. Managers elsewhere boast about how little time they waste in meetings; Apple is big on them and proud of it. “The historical way of developing products just doesn’t work when you’re as ambitious as we are,” ...Shared by Abhishek (6) adam (0) Akeem Williams (0) Andrew Ferguson (9) andy bons (4) Boris Mann (3) Chris Hitchcock (9) douglas (13) ephes (5) Geoffrey Wiseman (11) Homer Gaines (7) j_b_f (0) James (14) JR Boyens (1) Kyle A Koch (2) Nice Fish Films (46) plindberg (9) Rafe Colburn (1) Sean (4) sturob (10) Toby Cox (0) voidfiles (11) Wilson Miner (3)
- James said: Word: "Teams must collaborate throughout the project. Designers challenging engineers to at least try their idea. Engineers reminding designers that the supply of time and money being finite, choices have to be made. The two together defining more perfect solutions that ship, and work not just correctly but elegantly."
- JR Boyens said: "You hack of hacks!"
- Andrew Ferguson said: "As an engineer, nothing infuriates me more than hearing a designer talk about something as “an engineering problem”. You absolute bastard. Why are you designing something that you aren’t even sure will work? Why bother opening Photoshop if what you’re producing is little more than a fantasy-world mockup? Do you have any idea how little talent it takes to envision perfect solutions?"
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Kottke’s Jakob Nielsen Winamp Skin (7)
onStill funny, eight years later. (Thanks to Dave Miller.) ★
- Dedalus said: When you take a recommendation as a law...
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When can paying people become counterproductive? (7)
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I’ve posted in the past about how points can be used to drive user behavior. Last week the Washington Post explored when play becomes work, and talked about some of the downsides of using rewards systems: More than three decades ago, Edward Deci, a social and personality psychologist at the University of Rochester, found the first experimental evidence of a phenomenon with wide relevance to the way most Americans conduct their personal, professional and social ...Shared by AbhishekGoyal (1) adam (0) Drew Olanoff (125) Ed's NextInstinct (3) evhead (17) Jason (1) Justin Ribeiro (2)- adam said: The implication for social media and user generated content businesses is that creators create for love, not money, and that paying them with money may in fact be counterproductive. Instead, creators want adulation.
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Olympic medals by population (8)
onIn terms of population, the Bahamas won more medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics than any other country, by more than double. For a country of ~21 million, the super-fit Australians make a good showing on the list. Update: And here's a listing of medals rated by wealth. (thx, noah) (link)Shared by adam (0) cat_aidg (6) Cort (5) Dustin Hillard (13) Eduo (52) Jeffrey (6) Kelly (1) mac (17)Contribute comment
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2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony - The Big Picture - Boston.com (247)
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Beijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. (24 photos total)A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)Shared by aaron (0) Abhishek Kumar (29) adam (735) adam (0) Adam Fuhrer (56) Adam Hupp (0) Ade Rowbotham (0) Adrian (0) adriana (3) Airam Ferrer (1) Amr Awadallah (0) Andre Figueiredo (5) Andrew (30) Andrew Acomb (7) Andrew Louis (2) Angad (1) Anthony van Beek (2) April (28) Ariadne Gomes (6) ariel (7) arsalan (20) astroprof (3) atul (71) Aurélien Bompard (7) Benjamin (824) BenQu (3) Bjoern (1) bloggointestinale (21) Bo Madsen (0) Bojan Krizanic (0) Brad (1) Brad Garland (6) Brandon (12) Brent Parsons (0) Brian J. Cohen (7) Brian Moore (13) brokekid (117) Bruce (2) C (1) Charles VIARD (18) cheicro (2) Chris (6) Chris (8) Chris (0) Chris (12) chris (305) Chris Broadfoot (2) Chris Gansen (4) Chris Glass (4) Chris Maughan (3) Chris Stamas (9) Clash (123) Class4 (3) cnxiake (0) coolsin (9) Craig Childs (4) Dan N. (3) Daniel Boud (0) Daniele (0) danutz (0) dare (1) Dave (2) Dave (0) Dave Keffler (53) David (14) david henderson (3) David O'Halloran (6) David Wallace (11) Denis Gobo (22) DippinBits (18) Donncha O Caoimh (10) Dorn (9) Douglas (0) Dramagirl (0) Elizabeth (9) embee (32) Eric (5) eschnou (9) Esther (9) Fairlop114 (0) fatih gül (7) fernanda (0) Fleep (3) florian (1) Foo Yong Hwee (1) forest (1) Galez (8) Garin Fons (0) garish (0) Garret (5) Geoff K (9) Greg Panayotou - www.direct2brain.net (0) Gregor J. Rothfuss (9) gulyaszoli (16) Harold Maduro (6) Henry Yuen (1) hikikomori (48) hustwj (18) Ian D (1) ikera (2) Inkh (0) insk (1) jacobo (5) JAFO (7) Jake (7) Jan Henckens (0) Jared (1) Jason Pratt (1) jasonpettus (22) JC (6) Jean-Philippe (7) Jeff (5) Jeff Hertlein (11) Jeffrey Adams (0) Jim Williams (3) Jking243 (2) jmather (0) Joe Lencioni (13) Joey Doll (3) John Bruxy (0) Jon (3) jon|k (12) jonviray (5) Jorge Quinteros (11) Josh (13) Joshua (0) Josi (0) joycapri (0) Julien Dumail (0) Justin (4) Kacy (1) Kajivar (26) Kaveh Dorafshan (4) Kesor (8) Kevin (30) Kevin Rose (10) Kim Jacobs (19) Krazy (109) Kye S. (3) kyo (13) Laughing Squid (13) Leon (5) Leslie (0) Liam (16) lizunlong (4) Lori-Lyn (2) Mahdi Ebrahimi (21) Maksim Berjoza (18) Mari Hsu (9) Mario Garza (0) Mark (10) Marshall Bose (0) Martin (9) MASTERMIND (38) MDRoz (10) meti (0) MH (25) miasarmento (110) Michael (33) Michael Fidler (6) Michiel Gardner (4) Mike F (387) Mo (0) moonboy (10) mumuyama (0) Nick Fornarotto (0) Nick Zamonis (1) none (11) onling (5) p3n9 (0) Pål Degerstrøm (27) Pat (3) Patrix (12) Paul Beaulieu (8) Paul Buchheit (11) Peter H (24) philco (2) Philip (1) Philou (9) Prakash (16) Preoccupations (38) Randy Shapiro (0) Ranjani Ravi (10) Ravi Karandeekar (21) red (0) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (176) Ricardo Giesta (9) Richard Leland (1) Rigonatti (0) Ritu (421) RJO (14) Robert (4) Robert Sefer (6) Roy Liu (6) Ruben Llibre (11) Ryan Parker (19) Sam Ee (0) Sara (1) Sean (0) Sean Shaghaghi (16) Shane Keener (3) shark (17) Sid (26) Siva (1) slip (1) spacyT (0) Sparanoid (13) stane (9) Stella d'Oriente (14) Steven (0) Stina (1) Sunil Garg (2) Sven (12) Sylvain (13) taddeo (0) Tamlyn Rhodes (1) tapir (15) Thaths (2) TheDudeAbides (2) Theotrek (0) TheQ! (8) Tita Alex (0) Tobias Feijoo (6) Tom Q (7) Tony (6) turker (7) TwisterMc (8) Venson Kuchipudi (0) Victor Vasquez (4) vyom (4) wcaw (48) web (4) Wiep (3) William (3) WizarKID (0) yaos (13) yoshy (312) Yunus Tunak (5) zar (5) zheng le (1) 振杰 (12) 游戏列表 (1) 蓝槐 (4)Explore read 14 notes- Jake said: Should be fun on the ol' HDTV
- p3n9 said: Bigger photos, and more importantly no watermark
- 蓝槐 said: RSS只有一张照片，请点进去看全文
- Sylvain said: Impressionnant
- Shane Keener said: I have to say that the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics were amazing. Despite all of the "show"manship, China put on an amazing display for the world.
- Andrew Louis said: Great shots.
- hikikomori said: Wow.
- arsalan said: these are stunning photos -- be sure to click through to the article to see all the pictures here.
- Tom Q said: Fantastic images from Beijing Opening Ceremony
- Jon said: omg
- Elizabeth said: Ok, I'm planning on skipping the Olympics this year, but I'll admit these photos are fantastic.
- Thaths said: An excellent collection of photos from the opening ceremonies.
- Mo said: wow, these shots are just gorgeous
- Tita Alex said: Superba poza!
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State Supreme Court rejects noncompete clauses (26)
onThis is one area where Michigan has actually been fairly progressive for a long time. Basically the company would have to prove that a) the move wasn't beneficial to you at all and b) that the only reason for the move was to hurt the company you left. If moving to a competitor is beneficial to the individual in the least, even a signed non-compete clause would be thrown out as invalid.Shared by adam (0) Andrew Boardman (64) Atomic Chicken Ranch (0) Brian Newby (1) Bryce (8) Caleb Elston (13) Chad (134) Chad Dickerson (1) Chris Gansen (4) Chris Miller (1) Christian (1) Clint Ecker (11) Dan (10) dryan (6) Dtrizzle (0) Eric (11) Eric Mortensen (26) greenergrad (12) Greg (8) jon with no h (1) Justin Miller (8) Michael (13) nathos (2) R. Francis (8) San Franziskaner (1) Satyajit Grover (5)
- Dan said: I thought this was already de facto, but now it's de jure. Or vice versa.
- Atomic Chicken Ranch said: A win for the little guys!
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ideas are just a multiplier of execution - O'Reilly ONLamp Blog (17)
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Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by to ideas execution startup process entrepreneur business gtd web2.0 entrepreneurship inspiration - More about this bookmarkShared by adam (0) chrishawn (3) digidigo (6) jeffmincey (4) Jeremy Gould (2) kev (3) nigeldgreen (0) parc (3) Piotr (16) Ryan Joseph (8) Sean Harding (0) Shane V (2) TheOpie (15) undependent.com (7) Veken (4) Wa (0) Yakaledo (2)- TheOpie said: Ben, take note. All your ideas are worth nothing until executed!
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Rich people rooftops NYC (10)
onA photo series of some elaborate roof decks and gardens in NYC. (thx, rob) (link)Shared by adam (0) Andrew Ruess (97) bafonso (0) Calle (0) cisellis (14) Czarski (0) Davis S (11) neha (0) Tim (1) voidfiles (11)
- Davis S said: I want
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14 Ways Starbucks Has Tried to Revitalize its Brand (2)
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“We’re not this young, beloved, entrepreneurial enterprise anymore… We have to do business in...Shared by adam (0) Fernando (7)- adam said: #4. Banish the breakfast sandwich#5. Bring back the breakfast sandwich
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Contrasting reviews of MagicPad (6)
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While Apple waits on manpower/priority celestial alignment to someday enable the long requested cut, copy, and paste functionality in the iPhone OS, Proximi’s MagicPad has decided to take multi-touch into their own hands, and provided something far more than what they describe as a proof of concept: a rich text editor which, a few limitations aside, brings Apple’s OS future very much into the App Store present. Text Selection Apple provides a user experience for ...
