Linked List: July 9, 2009

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Regarding Eric Schmidt’s Position on Apple’s Board ★

I don’t understand why so many outsiders are concerned about this. If Steve Jobs and the other members of Apple’s board think Schmidt’s spot on the board poses a competitive conflict of interest, they’ll ask him to leave. If they don’t, then what’s the problem? Does Tom Krazit really believe he has a better grasp of Apple’s competitive position versus Google than Jobs? Does he think Jobs is too shy or polite to confront Schmidt?

iPhone 3GS Limited to 384 Kbps Upstream ★

I’d be disappointed if I lived some place where iPhone carriers actually provide decent bandwidth. I seldom break 100 Kbps upstream with AT&T.

The Dumb-Dumbs at Engadget Post Fake Chrome OS Screenshots ★

These purported screenshots were so bad my dog knew they were fake, and I don’t even have a dog.

A Robot Rises Over Tokyo ★

Awesome.

DateLine 0.55 ★

Free (and open source) Mac app that displays a simple, attractive calendar on your desktop. It’s useful, too: double-click a date and DateLine will take you there in iCal. I have it configured with the Window Level set to “Desktop icons”, so I can see it when I trigger Expose’s Show Desktop command. (Via Dan Benjamin).

New Challenger for Title of ‘World’s Worst Online Advertising Gimmick’ ★

Gavin O’Malley, reporting for Online Media Daily:

And consumers thought a blinking banner ad was hard to avoid. Taking attention-seeking to a whole new level, rich media company EyeWonder on Wednesday debuted a new home page-takeover ad that appears to manipulate a surrounding Web page by shrinking, stretching, crumpling or otherwise animating a real-time screenshot of the page.

The only way to beat this would be if they could figure out a way to get Flash to extend a finger from your display and poke you in the eye.

Best Method Name in Entire iPhone SDK ★

Private API in the iPhone 3.0 SDK with a method name that warns against using private APIs. It’s only funny because it’s true. (Via Jonathan Wight.)

Update: Craig Hockenberry files a bug against the method.