The Talk Show: Live From WWDC
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Linked List: April 27, 2007

Battery Update 1.2 for MacBooks and MacBook Pros 

“Updates battery firmware and improves battery functionality.”

Bearskinrug: ‘The Swap Meat Scrapbook’ 

Limited edition collection of drawings and artwork by Kevin “Guy Who Designed the New DF T-Shirt” Cornell, on sale at the Coudal Partners Swap Meat. (Check out Santa Maria’s and Weychert’s letterpressed print while you’re at the Swap Meat, the cool stuff from Philly just keeps coming.)

BSTwitterApp 

Brent Simmons wrote an example Cocoa app using the Twitter API to show techniques for hybrid desktop/web apps:

Folks who aren’t developers sometimes think that apps like Twitterrific are 90% under-the-hood plumbing and a 10% sprinkling of user interface. The truth is more likely the opposite: 10% plumbing, 90% user interface.

Uncensor the Internet With Greasemonkey 

Firefox Greasemonkey script to turn silly swear-word spellings like “sh*t” and “f*ck” back into real words. (Via Andy Baio.)

Unfortunate Placement of Yahoo Ad in Ballpark 

Hilarious, at least if you’re a web nerd. (Thanks to Dave Smith.)

Most Obnoxious Animated Web Ad I’ve Ever Seen 

As seen on Philebrity. Why not just come to my office and poke me in the eye while I try to read your web site?