Linked List: August 20, 2010

Friday, 20 August 2010

Irony 

Brian Lam left his phone behind in a restaurant; now, thankful that an honest patron turned it in.

UPDATE: Here’s a screenshot, from before Lam locked his Twitter account. And Google’s cache.

Big Words 

WSJ interview with Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG:

The first LG tablet, which will run on Google Inc.’s Android software, will set itself apart from Apple Inc.’s iPad by focusing on the ability to create content, rather than simply display it, Mr. Ma said in an interview.

Mr. Ma said that the iPad is a great device, but he doesn’t do much work on it. “Our tablet will be better than the iPad.”

RipIt 

My thanks to The Little App Factory for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote RipIt, their excellent, award-winning DVD ripping app for Mac OS X. RipIt is just great, with an easy, one-button UI. Great for ripping DVDs to a format that can be played on Apple TV, iPhones, and iPads.

Even better: use coupon code “DARINGFIRE2010” and save 25 percent.

1980 Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford Interview 

On The Today Show, one week before the premiere of The Empire Strikes Back.