September 2007

Yeeaahh Booyyy!

Ben Gray got a personal phone call from the office of Steve Jobs I was so pumped when Ben finally made the switch. But after three faulty iMacs in a row, that just sucks. He wrote an email to Steve … (More)




WordPress 2.3

WordPress 2.3 Dexter is in the wild.




Mint: Year Two in Review

Mint: Year Two in Review Shaun Inman’s smash hit product, Mint, is two years old and has nearly 8,000 users. I thought Rob Goodlatte summed it up perfectly in the comments – It’s one thing to have a lot of … (More)




iPhone, 4GB – They’re still available

I thought for sure they would be sold out by now. But no. You can still buy a 4GB iPhone for $299. UPDATE: Sold out. Curious if the price drop actually slowed sales of the 4GB model. People that were … (More)




Daredevil

Daredevil – Mugger in Germany foiled by blind judo expert [via "Cous"]




Jason Kottke and his 68 cents

Jason Kottke and his 68 cents – Meg shrugs and says, “you should post that to your blog.” I get that comment all the time from friends, family, and sometimes even people I don’t know. For some reason it bugs … (More)




Art is Worthless Without Admirers

Art is Worthless Without Admirers Cameron Hunt – I hate Internet Explorer with a burning passion just as much the next web designer, but I think discriminating users based on browser choice is downright rude. Who am I to question … (More)




Perfect Preview with MarsEdit

Perfect Preview with MarsEdit One of the most time-saving features of MarsEdit is its Preview window, which uses the power of Safari’s WebKit to render a browser-perfect version of your post before you send it to the blog. This is … (More)




Open Letter to Steve Jobs, From an iPhone Owner

An Open Letter To Steve Jobs, From An iPhone Owner Thanks. You didn’t have to do it, but you did. And that means a lot. [...] Motorola never apologized, or thanked me for being an early adopter. The idea of … (More)




CNN on the iPhone Price Cut

Early Adopters Sour of iPhone Price Cut From what I have seen, there are far more articles talking about the $200 price cut than articles talking about the overhaul of the iPod lineup. Proof that Apple’s hottest product is still … (More)




Search is Added to Google Reader

“We Found it!” Google has added search to their feedreader. Personally, I don’t use Google Reader. But the majority of shawnblanc.net subscribers do.




Do Unto Others

Do Unto Others Cameron Hunt – I’ve un-followed most of the tumblelogs I follow on Tumblr Dashboard. I put most of them in my bookmarks, and I’m going to visit them instead of read their content on the Dashboard. 99% … (More)




Links to help get out of debt

Links to help get out of debt Josh speed links to some great resources. I’m always on the lookout for financial tips, especially in terminology I can easily understand. Here’s a list of some sites and resources that have been … (More)




A Brief Message

A Brief Message …we’re betting that brevity paired with smart editorial — and the occasional felicitous illustration — will go a long way… Amen.




William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Listen to the audio of William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech in 1949.




iBAM.net

iboughtamac.net Not only is this a great new bookmark, but Brent is a cool guy. A couple weeks ago, I decided to start playing with RSS feeds and automated search links, etc. What I ended up with was a one … (More)