cine + octo = boo

so i’ve had several blog posts stewing about in my head…rather than let them pass off into oblivion, i’m piling them all into the duckpress and mulching them into a fine pulp…for you. enjoy.
thursday’s trainride home was an interesting dive into user feedback. we met up with a chap named [redacted] who really, really, really [...]

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the museum let us make lego robots, fun!

after running through all of our errands early on saturday, team boo packed up and headed off to the san jose museum of art to check out the robots: evolution of a cultural icon exhibit. first, we walked through the superlight exhibit, which was excellent to say [...]

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the 3G draws a line at the valley fair apple store

the hoopla surrounding iPhone day part deux has been pretty well covered. from server meltdowns to the confusion surrounding rate plans and upgrade eligibility, the day was pretty much packed full of drama. at the valley fair store, crowds were met with disappointment as some [...]

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ipod Touch Lyrics.JPG
Originally uploaded by FreaksAnon

a friend of mine has been playing around with iTunes lately, and has passed along several neat little tricks that enhance the overall experience. i’ve been a little pressed for time of late, so messing around with this stuff hasn’t been top priority, but i took some time to dig [...]

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a flickr photo of mine is being used in a post about AT&T wifi at Starbucks over on the Wired blog network. the wonders of creative commons never cease. thanks Dylan!
AT&T is expanding wifi accessibility to users of their more premium products (think iPhone users on AT&T wireless and those who subscribe to U-Verse). it’s [...]

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everyone is anxiously awaiting the release of the apple SDK for iPhone apps, and yesterday Gizmodo posted news about the “readiness” of the 1.1.3 firmware for third-party apps. but until those wonderful apps land, many are turning to web apps to sooth the longing (myself included). the sad truth is, there are very few useful [...]

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so the Macworld 2008 keynote has come and gone, and it looks like the leaks were more accurate than many believed. after weeks and weeks of speculation, Steve Jobs introduced the Macbook Air, an update to Apple TV, iTunes Movie Rentals, the Time Capsule, and an iPhone firmware update.
here are some thoughts on the announcements:

iPhone: [...]

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i just read about the 1.1.3 firmware leak over on Gear Live (see Gizmodo’s video depicting the leak in action), and it looks pretty cool.
the good: drag and drop app icons! home screen web bookmarks with pagination! multi-recipient SMS! google maps GPS (via cell tower triangulation) and hybrid map view! huzzah!
the ‘meh’: still no MMS? [...]

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swapped out the doom and gloom of the old theme for the minimalist goodness of Chris Pearson’s Cutline Wordpress theme. i prefer the contrast of the header image in the original layout — the soft blue of the sky against the black specifically. however, Cutline is closest to how i’d imagined my blog would look, [...]

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d meets the iphone, originally uploaded by [177].
not only was 2007 the year the iPhone was born, but alongside Apple’s foray into the cellular market came a new innovation that was likely unintended by Jobs and company — the iPhone empowered thrift shopper.
while waiting it out in a customer service line on Christmas Eve (i [...]

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