Linked List: August 27, 2008

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Chase Jarvis: Advance Testing the Nikon D90 ★

Speaking of amazing cameras, the upcoming Nikon D90 DSLR shoots video. Video, I say, with all the exposure and depth-of-field control of an SLR camera. Should sell for around $1300.

I’m not aware of any other SLR that shoots video, included the just-released and similarly-priced Canon EOS 50D.

PCalc for iPhone 1.0.2 ★

My favorite App Store app keeps getting better. New in version 1.0.2 is a very nifty multiple-undo implementation — just swipe the numeric display to go back one level in the undo stack. (In addition to being a better calculator than Apple’s, PCalc is a full-fledged unit calculator too.)

iPhone Password Lock Can Be Bypassed With Double-Tap of Home Button ★

The worst part is Apple fixed this months ago for the 1.1 OS.

Red Digital Cinema ★

Terrific profile in Wired by Michael Behar on Red Digital Cinema. Founded and led by Oakley founder Jim Jannard, their Red One movie camera is, dollar-for-dollar, the best and most amazing camera in the world. It sells for $17,500 — but if you think that sounds expensive, consider that the equivalent film camera rents for $25,000 per month, not including the (very expensive) cost of film.

The most amazing part is that the core technology didn’t come from a company like Canon or Sony — Red created it themselves.

Social Networks: The Case for a ‘Pause’ Button ★

Merlin Mann on FriendFeed’s “fake follow” feature.

‘All the Parts’ ★

iPhone commercial banned in the U.K. for claiming “all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone”. Flash and Java are cited as exceptions.