Thunder For My Ringtone

I want thunder for my ringtone.

Cover Flow Status

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Why isn't there a Cover Flow view in the new .Mac Web Gallery?

Maybe they thought they should tone it down a bit. It's not that they couldn't implement it. We know Carousel is done in Flash (the rest of the views are AJAX). We know Cover Flow for photos can be done in Flash. We know people will see their photos in Cover Flow view once the new Finder ships in Leopard. Why not use it here?

Cover Flow Status

August 5: Justin.tv adds Cover Flow browsing of live video clips

The World

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Lifted from her desk.

A Trip to the Moon

This is in the floor in our bedroom, next to the dresser. A big-ass severed wire I think, a lil under an inch across. I always thought it looked like the Smashing Pumpkins moon. Or more, the Simpsons version. From an episode I might be imagining.



Image from Le Voyage Dans La Lune

The Thing

Now when I type on my laptop I do it sloppily, expecting the computer to fix my mistakes. That's after 30 days with the thing. What will I expect from my devices after a year?

Cover Flow Status

April 4: GarageSale adds a Cover Flow interface to browse Ebay auction templates
April 9: Ironic Sans proposes the Digital Jewel Case
May 22: Flow List Component enters beta testing
May 26: YouTube adds new interface for embedded videos, with Cover Flow/Dock-based elements
June 16: Covered (a Windows clone) hits 0.3
June 18: More Ideas Than Time thinks Cover Flow will become the browsing UI on multi-touch devices
June 19: Leopard build 9A466 screenshots leaked
June 26: iCatalog implements Cover Flow to browse Amazon
June 28: iStereo, Cover Flow-based car stereo, proposed
June 29: iPhone with Cover Flow released
July 7: Internet Explorer 8 to have Cover Flow?
July 27: Cover Flow for Safari proposed
July 30: Amarok 2.0 sneak peak

Oblivion

Breath

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Made from images by Caren Hession

Breath

Image by Caren Hession

Experience Nearly Complete

Small Thoughts on My iPhone

Being a person that sees what's been done wrong much more readily than what's been done right, the following leans away from my true sentiment. I lurv the fucking thing.

What's good about the software:

Cover Flow is as close to the dream as we've seen, far-and-away better than Cover Flow on a computer.
It really does feel like it's from the future (my MacBookPro feels antiquated now).
Can be unplugged without ejecting, thank god.
The lock sound is even more satisfying than emptying the trash.
Google Maps.
The AT&T is well kerned.
Helvetica.

What's good about the hardware:

Tiny ring around lens is machined with concentric circles.
Fit-and-finish is tight, reveals are near-invisible.
External volume buttons, finally.
Screen quality is superb.
It's solid, when dropped it bounces stably and survives relatively unmarred.
Light, runs cool, slips into tight jeans.

What's bad about the software:

Inconsistent use of round screen corners app-to-app.
No native remote control functionality of iTunes, Cover Flow-based or otherwise.
No native remote control functionality of iPhoto.
No native remote control functionality of Keynote.
No native remote control functionality of DVD Player.
No native remote control functionality of Quicktime.
No native remote control functionality of Front Row.
No "click to open in new page (tab)" when using Safari (workaround).
Cannot set web images or images in an email as your wallpaper.
Cannot save web images or emailed images.
Cannot save web images or emailed images to Photos.
No contacts icon on the home screen.
No integrated/aggregated message inbox.
No way to search your contacts in Phone, even though you can search your contacts in SMS and Maps.
Cannot display incoming caller information on the host computer's screen via Bluetooth.
No proximity based-scriptability via Bluetooth (workaround).
No precaution taken to avoid "open" wireless networks that just forward you to a payment/login page.
When the system is choosing between EDGE and WIFI, it always chooses WIFI even if the EDGE is actually faster.
No voice calling or any other use of voice recognition.
No audio recording functionality.
No video recording functionality.
No podcasting functionality.
No zoom in Camera.
No filesystem, even for photos (cannot upload pix to Flickr or otherwise blog them).
Cannot share the iPhone's music library via Bonjour on your local network.
Cannot listen to music libraries shared via Bonjour on your local network.
Cannot share the iPhone's photo library via Bonjour on your local network.
Cannot browse photo libraries shared via Bonjour on your local network.
It is far too easy to accidentally call someone.
Dictionary does not contain word-shortenings common to IM and SMS.
Cannot set a "home zipcode" or "home city" in Maps.
Rich emails must load completely before they are marked as read.
Cannot "mark all as read" in Mail.
No "delete all" option anywhere in the system.
SMS and email messages shouldn't error out, they should queue up and wait for signal sufficient to resend (can't write multiple texts on the subway).
No vibration used for tactile feedback when typing.
Cannot save/export SMS messages to host computer.
Cannot save/export notes to host computer.
Cannot save/export voicemails to host computer.
Cannot remove icons from home screen (kids don't give a fuck about stocks).
Cannot rearrange order of cities in Weather.
Weather does not allow the user to select Brooklyn, it instead defaults to New York City.
Weather icon should be updated live just as the calendar icon is.
Cannot set a default alarm sound for Timer.
Cannot use the iPhone as an EDGE modem via Bluetooth.
Cannot use the iPhone as a WIFI card over USB with a host computer that lacks WIFI.
Cannot see other iPhones on your local network via Bonjour
Cannot transfer contacts (vCards) from iPhone to iPhone.
Cannot configure notifications (unique sound/vibration combinations) per individual event.

What's bad about the hardware:

Edge between the aluminum and black portions of the back casing does not line up with the bottom edge of the screen on the front casing.
After removal from a pocket, the phone is hard to orient when viewed from the front, as it is visually symmetrical along both axes.
Holding a significant portion of your hand over the black plastic "antenna portion" of the back housing immediately degrades signal strength.
When booting, the Apple logo is not centered on the screen.

Obvs:

No landscape keyboard in all apps.
No GPS.
No 3G.
No text iChat.
No audio iChat.
No disk mode.
No Microsoft Exchange support.
Hardware impediment to third-party headphones.
Not one LED to indicate status.
Battery not user-swappable.
No ability to browse/purchase from the iTunes store over the air.

Third-party Apps Needed Upon Release of Hack or SDK:

Salling Clicker
iStumbler
Twitteriffic
Flickr (uploading and native viewing (fullscreen with zoom) of web-hosted libraries).
Last.fm/Audioscrobbler
Pandora
Skype
Meetro
Voice Candy
Ambient Orb
Delicious Library

Six Thoughts

They think of everything.

I love their dedication to the paper clip as Mac maintenance interface.

Why isn't it bent out already? There's plenty of room in that bag. They didn't make they're own paper clip, it's stock.

What a waste of resources: steel, conversion into paper clip, shipping, cello, conversion into bag, shipping, paper pulp, conversion into label stock, ink, presstime, shipping, fulfillment, shipping. Everyone who has an iPhone has a paper clip.

I hope it's fake.

Or I hope it's a joke. A joke about Clippy.

Via Daring Fireball

Close Your Eyes

Still from the M.A.S.K. portion of 80's Cartoons Intro Overload! Part 3.

Skream

If this is what came out of the Bushwick Jeeps on late Sunday nights, it'd feel like my city.

Shiny

Image by Kenneth Cowan

Via TRUE

Polite Technology

"Our standards allow development of technology that no longer feels like technology. This 'polite technology' requires no computer or technical infrastructure to operate, allowing the technology to be transparent." - Ambient Devices

Lighter Knife

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Why haven't I seen a Swiss Army knife that is also a lighter? They're bright plastic pocket objects exactly the same size. So often useful in the same situation.

I've seen flashlights of both varieties, flints, even frickin' lasers. But never basic fuego.

Call Me Nostalgic

A call just came in on my iPhone. A restaurant confirming a reservation. I was listening loudly to a record with fullscreen Gaslight going on the TV, twittering on my laptop. Totally distracted.

Neither machine popped a dialog or overlay announcing the incoming call. Neither identified the caller with picture icon. The mini didn't pause iTunes. Music is still blaring. Only the phone knew someone was calling.

Is this functionality too much to ask for? Can't they talk to each other? I used to achieve the above (and more) using a T610 and Salling Clicker on a TiBook running Panther. This was years ago.

As I say all too often, WTF? Why can't the phone do this?

Someone In Packaging

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Someone in packaging should make potato chip bags (and bags of all sorts) that are perfed every inch all the way down until you're four from the bottom. You wouldn't have to stick your arm into a greasy tunnel, and you could always see your chip options before selecting a chip. It's part of what makes a warm paper bag of roadside potato chips the miracle that it is. Just tear that shit off on you're way to the dregs.

Alternate plan: ditch the plastic and make a tearable bag. 'Bout time.