Linked List: September 21, 2007

Friday, 21 September 2007

‘He Gets His Social Skills From His Father’ ★: My wife with the funny on Twitter.
A Better Analogy ★: The Macalope:

A better analogy would be someone who claimed they had something you knew existed but just hadn’t seen before. Like maybe an Indian Head nickel. And when you asked to see it they said, oh, they’d love to show you but you wouldn’t understand it because you’re not a coin collector. And you were like huh? C’mon, stop being a jerk and show it to me. And they said they couldn’t because the U.S. Mint might sue them.
‘A Singular, Unparalleled, Variety Extravaganza’ ★: Splendid work from the crackerjacks at Airbag Industries.
Photos From iPhone Event in Berlin ★: Great photos from Thorsten Wulff from the iPhone announcement in Berlin. There are a few more that aren’t in the photoset in his Flickr stream.
‘Unlimited’ Means ‘Limited’? What a Country! ★: Glenn Fleishman on O2’s iPhone data plans:

The data plans for EDGE and Wi-Fi are “unlimited” not unlimited. The footnote on O2’s information page says that unlimited “fair usage” is included. But that’s just garbage.
iPod Touch: State of the Jailbreak ★: Hackers still haven’t figured out how to “jailbreak” the iPod Touch to access the underlying file system. Strikes me as a good bet that the next iPhone update will be locked similarly — so get your iPhone hacking ya-yas out now, or be prepared to stick to the soon-to-be-outdated 1.0.2 iPhone software.
Macs Really Do Run Windows Better ★: Steven Frank:

Ever since Boot Camp appeared on the scene, there have been several comments about Macs being better Windows machines than Windows machines. The weird thing is it’s actually true.
From Boys of Summer to Men of Steel ★: A brief message from Paul Lukas on sports uniform design trends.
iLounge: Is Apple Going Rotten? ★: iLounge on the rash of recent “Boy, that sucks” decisions from Apple. I think Apple is going to do the right thing with crummy iPod Touch displays, but the other three issues are spot-on: new iPods don’t work with existing video-out docks and cables, instead requiring expensive new cables from Apple; if you bought games for your video iPod last year, you have to re-purchase the same games to play them on the new Nanos; and the whole ringtones racket.
Zengobi Curio 4 ★: My thanks to Zengobi for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed. Zengobi’s Curio combines mind-mapping, brainstorming, and project management. And it looks good, too. Through the end of September, use the coupon code “DARING” when purchasing and you’ll save 10 percent.
Bottled Drinks ★: Izze Sparkling Clementine Juice FTW.