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Sony Don't Get It →

The announcement, made at the IFA technology fair in Berlin, was timed to coincide with an Apple media event in the US.

This has probably backfired immensely. You just don’t try and steal the show from Apple because you’ll fall flat on your face.

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Has anyone ever looked so cool?

(via tmblg, sickeninglysweet)

The Conversation Episode 27 →

It’s been out on the interwebs for a while, but I can’t tell you how important what Merlin, Jeff and Dan say in this episode of The Conversation is. Just go listen.

On RSS

Sometimes I think (and maybe I’m the only one) that I have to read everything that arrives in my RSS reader, after all, I chose to subscribe to it.

It’s worth considering an RSS Reader (in my case, NetNewsWire or Reeder on iPhone) a newspaper. You buy it, but you don’t read every article in it.

Sometimes, you’re not going to want to read an entire story, sometimes on that day, the article doesn’t resinate with you. That’s all right.

As I said, this could just be a problem I suffer with. But if you do. It’s worth thinking about and remembering when you’re confronted with a rather large unread number or when you find yourself reading an article that you’re not really enjoying all that much.

After writing this, I’m starting to think, this really is only me.

Fillerama →

We’ve all been there. You’re creating a website and need some filler text. Normally, your first stop would be to the classic ‘lorem ipsum’ generator.

No more. Chris Valleskey has created a text generator that instead of filling your designs with Latin, spurts out Futurama quotes.

Now, if you’ll excuse me. I’m going to design a website.

Shawn Blanc Talks About His Tools →

Perhaps I’m not as efficient at writing these long-form articles as some other bloggers are, but for me they take about 20 – 30 hours of work. There is so much research that goes into the article just so I can get my mind fully wrapped around the history and backbone of it, and not just my own use-case scenarios. Secondly, and one of the most difficult aspects, is deciding what the *feel* of the article is going to be about. It can’t just be a list of features and screenshots, it has to convey something that transcends version numbers and release notes.

This is exactly why I love reading Shawn’s writing. You can see in every sentence that he’s writing about something he genuinely cares about. 

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Idea Cafe, the brainchild of Chris Bowler has launched. A super slick design and some great products to boot.

Isn’t it remarkable that we live in a time where one can have an idea and create a professional product or service that’s marketable to a worldwide audience in a short timeframe and without the huge backing of a multinational corporation?

South Africa

A couple of weeks ago I returned from a two week hockey tour to South Africa. It was an incredible experience. Playing hockey, visiting townships, going on Safari and in general just having a good time with friends. It had everything.

Being in a country I’d never been to before offered much in the way of photographic opportunities.

I noticed that I was spending a lot more time thinking about the shots I was taking, apposed to shooting anything that moved. As a result, I’ve taken less photos, but I’d say I was happy with a larger percentage of them. Moreover, I found that unless I was looking for a specific effect, I didn’t touch the photos as much as I’d have expected and instead executed the odd crop or change to the exposure.

I did feel limited, being stuck at the 35mm my prime lens offered. Though I was intending not to purchase a second lens for another few months I’m becoming more and more impatient.

Here are those few photos that stand out as my favourites.

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I chose to download (and pay a little extra) for Starcraft 2 because it’s more convenient.

28 hours is not convenient. Since I started downloading the game I’ve had two chances to walk into a shop and buy it for most likely a cheaper price.

Not particularly impressed.

Update: Turn off P2P. Makes things run a lot smoother and faster.

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I’ve just returned from a two week hockey tour to South Africa. Many photos were taken to reflect some amazing experiences that I intend to share here over the next couple of days.

For now, here’s, what is for me, one stand out picture.