Digital Spittle

Jun 01

“Newton, Reconsidered” — Apple’s Newton MessagePad PDA at Twenty | Techland | TIME.com

May 31

Best Standing Desks | The Wirecutter -

Great review. The last few years I have been considering one

Yocto Alarm Clock for iOS is free, full featured and very nice | -

May 30

Is Mark Zuckerberg's Poor Tipping the Reason Italy Hates Jews?

John's Tumblr: Computers = Trucks -

lilly:

A couple of years ago at D8, Steve Jobs said on stage something like this: computers as we know them won’t go away, but they won’t be used nearly as much. They’ll be like trucks: most people don’t drive around in them all the time, but they’ll use them for special purposes, to get particular types…

“RIP Arthel Lane Watson” — Doc Watson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

May 26

Bruce Conner primal scene of punk rock at the Denver museum of contemporary art

Bruce Conner primal scene of punk rock at the Denver museum of contemporary art

May 24

May 23

Microsoft Launching Office For iPad In November [Rumor] | Cult of Mac

May 22

Salt cured anchovies and marinated peppers

Salt cured anchovies and marinated peppers

Sidecar comes out of beta, reinvents phone calls -- Engadget -

Lets all try this, disruptive is good

May 21

NYPD Arrests Artist Who Installed "I Heart NY" Bag For Planting False Bombs: Gothamist -

cvxn:

storyboard:

Liam Sarsfield of MetaLab on Building Tumblr Themes
The idyllic seaside township of Victoria, British Columbia, is home to MetaLab, an interface design agency that’s discovered a profitable business in custom-built and à la carte Tumblr themes. So profitable, in fact, that themes are the main work product of a spinoff company called Pixel Union. Creative director Liam Sarsfield has strong opinions on what makes design beautiful — and how best to make it.
When was MetaLab formed, and by whom?
MetaLab was founded in 2006 by our commander-in-chief, Andrew Wilkinson. He had gone off to journalism school thinking that he wanted to change the world; he quickly realized that that wasn’t the way that he wanted to do it. He took up residence in his parent’s basement, and that’s how it started.
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TOWNSHIP? Uh, it’s the damn capital of the province, y’all…

cvxn:

storyboard:

Liam Sarsfield of MetaLab on Building Tumblr Themes

The idyllic seaside township of Victoria, British Columbia, is home to MetaLab, an interface design agency that’s discovered a profitable business in custom-built and à la carte Tumblr themes. So profitable, in fact, that themes are the main work product of a spinoff company called Pixel Union. Creative director Liam Sarsfield has strong opinions on what makes design beautiful — and how best to make it.

When was MetaLab formed, and by whom?

MetaLab was founded in 2006 by our commander-in-chief, Andrew Wilkinson. He had gone off to journalism school thinking that he wanted to change the world; he quickly realized that that wasn’t the way that he wanted to do it. He took up residence in his parent’s basement, and that’s how it started.

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TOWNSHIP? Uh, it’s the damn capital of the province, y’all…

“Silicon Valley Can Do Better Than Facebook” — Silicon Valley Can Do Better Than Facebook | TechCrunch