September 2009
Flickr Gallery of Sydney’s Red Dust Storm Sep 27, 2009
Absolutely gorgeous photos, most of which are straight out of people’s cameras. Curator, Tom Coates, summed it up best: Difficult for me to describe how beautiful this one is in any way that would exceed the photo itself.
One Billion-Pixel Mosaic of the Galactic Center Region Sep 25, 2009
Oh my stars. (Via Jordan Smith.)
Daring Serif Style for NetNewsWire Sep 25, 2009
A re-link in honor of NetNewsWire 2.0 for iPhone. Because “when reading lots of text on a MacBook Pro, I prefer a serif. lots of text on iPhone, sans. Lots of text in a book, coffee.” (Via me.)
Geoff Teehan’s Home Screen Proposal Sep 24, 2009
This may be the most attractive proposal for a new iPhone home screen I’ve seen. Though Cameron and Sean don’t think it would be too useful, I would happily trade it as my new default.
“Rise of the Tablog” Sep 23, 2009
Man, I think Nick is spot on: The result of all this is that it’s even harder to find blogs that you can read for pleasure. (Via Patrick.)
Share on Tumblr From Fever Sep 21, 2009
How to add Tumblr sharing to your Fever feed reader. (Via LKM’s Stuff.)
Widescreen Hack for Yojimbo 2 Sep 20, 2009
John Hicks updates his 3-panel widescreen hack to work with Yojimbo 2.0.
“Writing in the Age of Distraction” Sep 19, 2009
Cory Doctorow: The single worst piece of writing advice I ever got was to stay away from the Internet… Cory’s advice reminds me a lot of Natalie Goldberg’s tone in Writing Down the Bones: just write.
Custom Fluid Style for Simplenote Sep 16, 2009
John Hicks wrote some custom CSS to better use Simplenote in Fluid. Also, the Simplenote crew has posted hi-res versions of their icon. Even though it’s exponentially more ugly at 550 pixels than at 57, at least it will match … (More)
Sebastiaan de With’s Snow Leopard UI Roundup Sep 11, 2009
Awesome as always. And I did not know about those new Exposé tricks.
Minimal Desktop Day Sep 11, 2009
Love scoping out other people’s computer desktops? Today is your day.
Postbox Sep 9, 2009
A new $40 desktop email client for Mac and Windows that boasts some tall-order features, such as a Gmail-style conversation view and the ability to search through attachments only.
BezelHUD for Quicksilver on Snow Leopard Sep 6, 2009
This Quicksilver interface is, in my opinion, the best Quicksilver interface. It broke on QS version B56a7 for Snow Leopard, but Ben Cochran has updated it. (Via Julius.)
Colin Devroe Talks to Steven and Cabel About Coda Sep 4, 2009
Steven Frank: “The next stop for Coda is 2.0.” Also, Colin’s input from web developers regarding text editors is right on par with what’s seen in the Mac Setups: by far the most-used editor is TextMate.
‘La Premiere’ Sep 3, 2009
A very likable short film based on the story of the Lumiere Brothers and the invention of the cinema as we know it. Also worth watching (if not even more so than La Premiere), is The Butterfly Circus.
Yojimbo 2.0 Sep 1, 2009
The long-awaited, somewhat-doubted update to Yojimbo. It’s $20 to upgrade, unless you bought version 1.5 in the past 9 months. Yojimbo 2.0 comes with a polished UI, a new icon, and a slew of well thought-out usability additions related to … (More)
First & 20 Sep 1, 2009
An extremely clever and fun website by Tory Hobson showcasing iPhone Home Screens. There’s a great lineup of people so far, including yours truly.
