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Finally! Eric Schmidt Joins Google+
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has finally gotten the message and joined Google+. The former Google CEO wrote his first public message on Google+ earlier today, a simple post with links to his thoughts on Steve Jobs (Schmidt served on Apple’s board of directors until 2009, when the competition between Android and iPhone became a major conflict of interest). I recently criticized Google’
Apple’s iOS 5 Error 3200: Now Trending Worldwide
If you’re trying to upgrade your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iOS 5 this afternoon, there’s a pretty good chance that it isn’t going to go smoothly: Twitter is currently teeming with complaints that users are suffering from an “internal error” as iTunes attempts to activate each device. The issues are so prevalent, in fact, that ‘Error 3200′ is now a worldwide trending topic on Twitter. Ouch. Th
Google Plus Gets Real-Time Search & Working Hashtags
In a rare appearance by engineering SVP Vic Gundotra himself, today's Google Plus update video introduces real-time search and actual hashtag support. "We're trying to make it easier to follow and contribute to live events on Google+, including breaking news, sporting events, and many others," Gundotra says. Google Plus search results now update instantly, and hashtags are now clickable, taking y
October 12, 2011: The Day SMS Began To Die
I’m not generally one to predict the death of things. I’ve rarely been known to herald a shiny new Device X as a “Device Y Killer!”, and I’m a firm believer that Facebook is doing a perfectly good job of being “the new Facebook”. Pundits love to make these crazy claims because they’re easily forgotten and rarely does anyone call them out for being wrong after a few years have passed. With that sai
design
Organizing Your Bookcase The Playful Way
We stumbled on this really cool animation film about organizing a bookcase. We found it creative, fun to watch and quite inspiring, which is why we decided to share it further. Some people choose to arrange their books alphabetically, other by size. But if you take a minute and analyze, there are endless ways you can tackle this organizing issue. A while back, we presented an idea on Freshome tha
Day and Night Print by Jason Dean
Jason Dean of The Best Part has done it again, releasing a creative new print that reminds me of a creepy movie I recently saw called The Orphan in which the little girl’s drawings dramatically changed when a blacklight was shown on them. Jason’s Day and Night poster looks like a pleasant town scene until you turn off the light. At night, the poster glows in the dark, revealing a completely differ
Must-Have Accessories for Today’s Laptop
My laptop weighs about 20 pounds. OK, I’m exaggerating, but at about 3 years old, it’s already completely outdated, clunky and ready for retirement. Laptops are getting smaller and lighter – something I remember wishing for when I used to travel for work quite a bit. I’d love to get my hands on a new, ultra-fast lightweight laptop. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love my tablet for watching movies a
Brush Up On Your Metric
I miss you, Metric System. (via brainpicker)
Live Modern: Suntro House 
2Modern Blog • 14 hours ago
Dancing Cups 
Yanko Design • 20 hours ago
apple
The Last Time I Saw Steve Jobs
One of my favorite stories heard this week. So great. ★
★ The iPhone 4S
This is the easiest product review I’ve ever written. The iPhone 4S is exactly what Apple says it is: just like the iPhone 4, but noticeably faster, with a significantly improved camera, and an impressive new voice-driven feature called Siri. Siri Siri feels like old-school Apple. Newton-esque, at least in spirit. Sculley-era Apple was obsessed with this sort of thing — natural language processi
iOS 5 features: Custom notification sounds and alerts now available
In January, I called on Apple to allow iOS users to customize the notification sounds on their devices beyond the nearly two dozen built-in sounds offered on the iPhone 4 and iPad. Back then I said, "The iPhone has been on the market for going on four years now, and yet we still haven't been blessed with the ability to use our own sounds for these alert tones. My only question: why the hell not
RAM vs. Energy Consumption
So why didn’t the iPhone 4S go from 512 MB to 1 GB of RAM? Only Apple knows for sure, but I found this blog post from Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky interesting: Something that might not be obvious is that minimizing memory usage on low-power platforms can prolong battery life. Huh? In any PC, RAM is constantly consuming power. If an OS uses a lot of memory, it can force device manufacturers to i
visual design
Freebie: Twitter UI GUI PSD
Updating your Twitter profile can give you really unnecessary headaches. In today’s post, we proudly present to you a Twitter UI GUI template, designed by Shelby White which has exclusively been released for Smashing Magazine and its readers. As usual, the theme is abso
Ingela P Arrhenius 2D puzzle
I’m a big fan of Ingela P Arrhenius’s illustration work, so I was excited to see that she’s recently developed a 2D puzzle featuring a cast of characters drawn in her signature style.
The NeXT Logo
When Paul Rand designed the NeXT logo in 1986 he developed a proposal book for Steve Jobs, that explained the process that led him to the final design. I’m not a fan of the logo, but reading about Rand’s thinking and thought process, and what influenced his decisions, is pretty damn interesting. Damn smart designer, he was. You can see and read scans of the booklet on Imprint. You can also find
Introducing The 6 + 1 Model For Effective Copywriting
AIDA. Attention, interest, desire, action. It’s the classic copywriting formula, studied and used by almost every copywriter on the planet. Well, I’m not a fan. Not because it isn’t accurate, and not because it doesn’t work. If your writing can get attention, grab inter
Stunning Aquatic Themed Digital Art 
Psdtuts+ • 1 day ago
business
The Secret to Dealing With Difficult People: It's About You
Do you have someone at work who consistently triggers you? Doesn't listen? Takes credit for work you've done? Wastes your time with trivial issues? Acts like a know-it-all? Can only talk about himself? Constantly criticizes? Our core emotional need is to feel valued and valuable. When we don't, it's deeply unsettling, a challenge to our sense of equilibrium, security, and well-being. At the most
RIM: I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up
Research in Motion can mend the infrastructure failure that led to what is now a metastasizing three-day BlackBerry service disruption, but recovering from the PR nightmare it has caused will likely take quite a bit longer. Despite RIM’s repeated reassurances and apologies, ill-will toward the company is building, with public outcry mounting and growing calls for compensation from users all over
The six data-savvy work personas
From data scientists to data-savvy managers, data is playing a bigger role in how we do our work. According to a recent study by Factiva, there are at least six different personas that workers take on, illustrating the different ways we relate to this data. We can enhance our chosen data expertise and highlight our capabilities by understanding these personas. The problems I spoke with Greg Merkle
A new option if you want to invest in startups
Just a decade ago, if you wanted to invest in a startup you had to know someone. A lawyer, an accountant, a friend of friend would give you a referral to a company looking to raise money, or they’d invite you to invest with them. That’s how you got in the door. You had to have a lot of money to play – often $50,000 or more. And the startups you’d see were from your geographical region. That tradit
First, make rice 
Seth's Blog • 18 hours ago
Jim the Realtor: "Market is a buzz" 
Calculated Risk • 1 day ago
data visualization
Where people don’t use Facebook
Remember the Facebook connections map from a while back? It showed digital friendships around the world by connecting locations with arcs. Visual arts graduate student Ian Wojtowicz mashed that with NASA's well-known map showing Earth at night, and the above is what you get. The black areas represent Facebook coverage, and the yellow areas are where there are people not using Facebook. It's like
Review of Switzerland’s First Open Data Camp
After a lot has been discussed about Swiss open data at the opendata.ch Conference in June, Hannes Gassert, Oleg Lavrovsky, and I felt the time was ripe to bring designers, developers and ideators together to actually build something. We initiated a national two-day hackathon with the name make.opendata.ch, which was took place simultaneously in Zürich and Lausanne on September 30 and October 1 20
Top 100 SciFi and Fantasy Books Flowchart
SF Signal has created The Top 100 SciFi & Fantasy Books Flowchart, a decision tree flowchart for NPR’s list of the top 100 books. They have a high-resolution printable version available too. Over the summer, NPR solicited the input of its listeners to rank the top science fiction and fantasy books of all time. Over 60,000 people voted for the top picks which were then compiled into a li
When data guys triumph
Cade Massey and Bob Tedeschi for The New York Times on the book, now turned movie, "Moneyball" and how it's made data-backed thinking sound less crazy: At its heart, of course, "Moneyball" isn’t about baseball. It’s not even about statistics. Rather, it’s about challenging conventional wisdom with data. By embedding this lesson in the story of Billy Beane and the Oakland A's, the book has lured mi
Taste Buds 
Information Is Beautiful • 9 days ago
photography
Tower and Dome
Rogers Centre's dome illuminating the surrounding towers on a hazy evening. Seen from Toronto Islands Ferry.
An Icy Morning, Searching for Hot Coffee
New Facebook… Do you like it? I notice my Facebook Page has about 25,000 Subscribers. I don’t know what to do over there… This blog is always the mother-lode of everything… kind of like the main diary of sorts. Anyway, frankly, I’m flummoxed by Facebook… any suggestions? An Icy Morning, Searching for Hot Coffee Driving across the frozen bits of Iceland in the summer is always scary. I drive ac
Spotted Owlet by Sasi - smit
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Empty Apple
Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. He was a true visionary and he changed the world. And I'm not even an Apple user (except for an iPad).
Bent Road 
[daily dose of imagery] • 8 days ago
deco
diy project: book bookends
We grew up in a family of readers, and our mother saves every book she’s ever read. She has bookshelves everywhere, books stacked on the floor and a constant towering pile next to her bed. We got inspired to start organizing our own book collections, and came up with this idea when we found old hardbacks selling for 10 cents each at a book sale. We created these bookends made by, well, books! Our
Novelty on a Roll: Designer Toilet Paper
In the world of home decor, is there anything worth leaving alone? A few companies have delved into the personal "powder room" decor preferences of folks, offering designer toilet paper as an alternative to the plain old white tissue options.Read Full Post
Not All 4G Are Created Equal: HSPA+ VS LTE
Mobile Carriers have been touting the coming of 4G as the next standard of mobile internet. Now all the carrier are claiming they have the fastest network, and adding on to seemingly random letters, like HSPA+ or LTE, to market their network. Still don't know what network is the fastest? Let us clear the air for you right here...Read Full Post
diy project: upcycled fabric + paper owls
It’s been rainy in Oakland of late; I forgot how cool and crisp it can get here during the fall and winter rainy season. I’ve been breaking out the extra layers and lighting candles the past few days, and I’ve been wanting to find a fun and cozy project I could work on indoors while listening to the rain. Anne Weil of Flax & Twine created these fabric and cardboard owls as invitations to a pa
living in: breakfast at tiffany’s 
Design*Sponge • 1 day ago
Stolmen Bike rack, all Ikea items 
IKEA Hackers • 1 day ago
cooking
Full on Oregon: A story around talented people and beautiful food
Portland’s Farmer’s Market On the third and last day of our stay in Portland, we are promised a visit to the Saturday farmer’s market. I am glowing with excitement. I’ve heard a great deal about the markets of the West Coast, and after seeing Seattle’s and San Francisco’s, I’m impatient to see a new one for myself that morning. When I wake up, the sunlight cracking past my bedroom blinds assures
Sardine Rillettes
Oolala. Say the word "sardines" around people and you get one of two reactions. Either they love them... or they don't. I haven't found many inbetweeners. Obviously, given the title of this recipe, we fall in the "love them" camp. As in seriously love them. Fresh sardines, canned sardines, heck, I'll even happily eat sardine sushi. Growing up we always had several cans in the pantry.
Sydney Dining
If I ever get back to Sydney, I may never leave. And not just because it takes the better part of a full day to get there, or to recover from the jet-lag, which Australians know about all-too-well…since for them to go anywhere, it’s a considerable journey as well. But what I found interesting was whenever I told any locals how great their city was, they’d say, “Yeah, it’s pretty great.” Most of t
Baked Quinoa Patties
On the subject of packing food for airplane flights, it appears that a number of you were curious about how I go about it. The specifics. So I thought I'd share a few more photos, and include a more detailed explanation. My lunch-on-the-go is an ever-evolving system which (currently) involves a collapsible container, two thick rubber bands, and a plastic fork/spoon thing. All food goes in one co
Cooking For One 
Chocolate & Zucchini • 1 day ago
apple and honey challah 
smitten kitchen • 14 days ago
roasted tomato soup with broiled cheddar smitten kitchen • 22 days ago
fashion
The Shoe Trailer
An airstream trailer is the last place you would expect to be trying on a pair of beautiful Laurence Dacade boots, but thats what I did this weekend! Bootleg is the world's only shoe boutique run out of an trailer. What a brilliant idea! Bootleg is located on South Congress in Austin, nestled in with a few other food trucks. You'll find lots of hard-to-find designers inside Bootleg, like
Day of the Dead
>> Timing is never my strong point and whilst I *SHOULD* be bleating on about Kenzo's S/S 12 debut avec Humberto Leon and Carol Lim (which I happen to think is a stroke of genius pairing...), instead, I pull out this old codger from the backwaters of Kenzo's A/W 11-12 show where the set was made up of these Mexican festival lights. I promise there's a point though as LN-CC have
Here’s One Depressing Take on the Career of a Fashion Editor
Mary-Kate Steinmiller. Teen Vogue fashion market editor Mary-Kate Steinmiller: “I’ve always said that in this industry you have to accept that there is always, always going to be someone ahead of you on the masthead, prettier, better dressed, skinnier, with more money, more respected, invited to more parties and smarter than you. So really you just have to do you and do you the best you can.”
Streetstyle Factor 
Style Bubble • 14 hours ago
Happy 2nd birthday The Blonde Salad! 
The Blonde Salad • 18 hours ago
Prints Charming 
KARLA'S CLOSET • 22 hours ago
KARLA'S CLOSET • 22 hours ago gaming
Breaking Bad remains great, but we miss geeky chemistry of early seasons
Breaking Bad began with an amazing premise: what if a man with nothing to lose had to leverage whatever skills he had to make the most money in the shortest possible time? Walter White was a chemistry teacher with a mind for science and cancer that was going to eat him alive. He turned to cooking meth to earn as much money as possible before he died, pairing with an ex
Trailer: Lone Survivor
Move over, Silent Hill: there's a new psychological survival horror game in town. Jasper Byrne (Soul Brother, Soundless Mountain II) released a new trailer for his upcoming 2D action game Lone Survivor today, and it features a couple of animated sequences and scenes that had only existed as static screenshots posted elsewhere. To sum things up, the story is about a lone protagonist who might be
BeGone Gets New Map, Weapons, Features
Back when we first featured browser multiplayer shooter BeGone, it had a single map, 5 vs 5 maximum action and plenty of missing features. Since then it has come rather far, and now feels a hell of a lot better to play. First off, there are now five maps in total, which provide a nice bit of variety. There are also new weapons to try out, and a virtual economy brewing that allows you to store u
MDK2 gets $15 HD re-release on PC, looks and plays great
MDK2 is a cult classic, filled with inventive gameplay and well-written humor. The game isn't talked about as often as other rare games, and it's a shame; it was something special on the Dreamcast, PC, Playstation 2, and most recently the Wii. Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog, has created an updated, high definition version of the game for PCs. It's out today, exc
To the Moon Coming November 1 
IndieGames.com - The Weblog • 15 hours ago
PSA: Compromised PSN info used in mass access attempt 
Joystiq • 22 hours ago
android
Verizon wants to monitor your web habits, if this bothers you -- opt out
Priacy policies. A touchy subject for some and if you're a Verizon customer who is concerned with such things you'll want to make sure you're up-to-date on some new privacy policy changes happening. Verizon has updated some of their terms this week and those updates, now state that Verizon will use your info for "certain business and marketing reports" and for "making m
Google Plus adds hashtags and real-time search
Google+ is in the news today. In a rare appearance by engineering SVP Vic Gundotra himself, today’s Google Plus update will introduce real-time search and full working hashtag support, much like how Twitter currently is. The new update is said to be rolling out in stages today and I’ve just tried it with no such luck but we can expect to see it available for everyone shortly. Real-time search is a
Asus Transformer 2 Bringing Quad-Core to the Masses November 7?
For tablet fans eager to see how NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor performs, the wait might not be much longer. Next week, ASUS chairman Jonney Shih will take the stage at the AsiaD conference, joined by NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. The joint appearance lends credence to rumors that have surfaced pinning the launch of the ASUS Transformer 2 to November 7th. Along with the potential release date, Tabl
Source: Galaxy Nexus (Nexus Prime) Will Have 1.5GHz Dual-Core TI OMAP 4460
A few more juicy bits of info regarding the Nexus Prime have fallen into our laps, once again thanks to a reliable insider with access to the soon-to-be-announced Verizon device. According to statements issued to the moderators over at Android Forums, the device our source has personally used was running a dual-core 1.5GHz TI OMAP 4460 processor. This is in contrast to earlier reports that
8 Things I Want in My Ice Cream Sandwich 
Android.AppStorm • 22 hours ago
do it yourself
How-To: Skull Truffles with Custom Mold and Walnut Brains
Our favorite maker holiday, Halloween, is right around the corner, and Make: Projects community member Marc Brownlow shared his awesome Skull Truffles how-to with us just in time. In true maker spirit, just making the truffles wasn’t enough — he uses polymer clay to sculpt little skulls and then food-grade silicone to make the mold. The result? Tiny white chocolate skulls with bittersweet chocola
You Just Sunk My Battleship…
…and me! Spotted on Google+, a game of Battleship played with shots… er for the shots. I love the use of salt/pepper shakers(?) for the bridges on the carriers. Hope this is team sport, otherwise this is a wargame that takes real casualties.
Wireless hackerspace music control
The crew at the Netherlands-based Bitlair hackerspace love their music, and have set up a digital jukebox for their workshop using mpd and fookebox. One problem that you run into with a bunch of different people working in one place is that everyone has their own distinct taste in music. The rhythmic “wub wub wub” of Dubstep might be great for some while leaving others trying to solder while simu
Scratchbuilt: M65 Atomic Cannon
Architect Paul Gaertner built this beautiful 1/72 scale replica of the so-called “Atomic Annie” US M65 nuclear-capable 280mm artillery piece, and its two specially-built tractors. In 1953, the first M65 successfully fired a 15 kiloton nuclear artillery shell (shot Grable) at the Nevada Test Site. Ultimately, 20 of the huge cannon were produced and deployed. Of these, 8 are known to survive, on
Sweet octocopter takes the RED Epic to new heights 
Hack a Day • 14 hours ago
Autumn Bird's Nest Fascinator 
Craftzine.com blog • 1 day ago
Recipe: Savory Bread Pudding Craftzine.com blog • 1 day ago
cinema
Apple Debuts a Must-Download New Movie Trailer App on iOS Devices
Well there you go, now you can stop reading FirstShowing. All you need is an iPad, this new trailers app, and you're good to go for every new trailer that comes out. Apple has debuted a new app today, on the same day as the new iOS 5 upgrade, titled iTunes Movie Trailers, a free download on all iOS devices including the iPad. It connects in with the Apple trailer page, which is where most new tra
On nudity and sex and Shame
Above: Photo (censored) taken during the filming of "Shame" in New York. When it comes to sex and nudity in the movies, at some point the fiction gives way to a recording of the actors getting naked. Steven Soderbergh reportedly said on one of his commentary tracks that, especially when famous actors are involved, "the minute they take their clothes off, it becomes a documentary." I thought of
VIFF #3: Almodovar gets skin deep
Pedro Almodovar's movies are so beguiled by lustrous surface textures and colors (fabrics, hair, makeup, architecture, upholstery, jewelry) that the title "The Skin I Live In" (or "The Skin That I Inhabit," as I've seen "La piel que habito" translated elsewhere) would serve well as the name of his artistic autobiography. A shimmering horror-farce-melodrama quilted together from scraps of Georges
Bruce Willis Plans 'A Good Day to Die Hard' for Valentine's Day 2013
Back in July we learned that director John Moore (Max Payne) would step up to direct Die Hard 5, and the story might take John McClane and his son to Russia for the action. Now we not only have confirmation on that news, but a release date and an official title for the next installment in the long-running action franchise starring Bruce Willis. An official press release today revealed that A Good
Three Reasons: Carlos 
The Criterion Current • 1 day ago
gardening
Tomatoland: a great reason to grow your own tomatoes
By Jim McCausland, Sunset Magazine Authored by award-winning food writer Barry Estabrook, Tomatoland (Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 2011; $19.99) offers a riveting overview of our most-loved vegetable, from its humble origins on the west coast of South America to its place as a $5 billion-per-year fresh market crop. While the book does expose commercial excesses in Florida tomato produ
How to save tomato seeds
Want to save tomato seeds for next year? Tomatoes are a great choice for beginning seed savers. Here’s how you can make sure you’ll never go another summer without a taste of your favourite variety. As tomato season winds down (booo!), it’s time to think about saving the seeds of your favourites. Tomato plants that produced early, resisted disease, and had prolific and flavourful fruit are good
Before & After: A Camping Party
Life and preparing a magazine has preceded my regular posting here but I thought this was a perfect set of images to share. We made over our back yard on Saturday afternoon from it’s normal simple serenity to something entirely different. Creating a temporary garden movie theater and transforming the place for a party was for the sake of a ninth birthday party campout celebrat
Perhaps the simplest water garden ever
By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer I caught up with fellow garden blogger, Cindy McNatt (Dirt Du Jour), last week at her own garden in Tustin. I found much to like there, but this quiet spot may have been my favorite. An inviting bench under the shade of an apricot tree with this object in dappled shade to hold my attention and encourage me to linger. Just a large fish bowl filled wit
Gourd Projects 
Studio G, Garden Design &am... • 28 days ago
Ideas for Using Wire Planters 
Life on the Balcony • 31 days ago
wedding
Moroccan Zen Wedding by Michael Daigian Design + Traci Griffin Photography + Shannon Leahy Events
Wow, I’m totally loving that this couple had both their ceremony and reception at their gorgeous home. The modern, part Zen part Moroccan theme blended perfectly with their all white living room which housed their ceremony. Michael Daigian Design handled all the florals that enhanced the couple’s theme and can I just say that we are absolutely loving the bold color palette. Lucky for all of us Tra
Philadelphia Wedding by La Petite Fleur + Lori Gail Photography
The parade of smitten-worthy weddings is continuing with a stop in Philadelphia and it’s singing a sweet ode to casual elegance and whimsical details all crafted by La Petite Fleur. Sunny stripes, gorgeous flowers, a fabulous cake… it’s all making an appearance and Lori Gail Photography didn’t miss a single smidgen of the goodness. Check out the gallery for a whole lot more. Click here to see
Oregon Forest DIY Wedding
Wedding Wednesday indeed. As we wave hello to the weekend ahead of us, this midweek giddiness also means we’re only halfway through sharing the weddings I have lined up this week! Jessica Hill Photography shot a woodsy wedding full of whimsy in Oregon. I’m convinced this is the it state for magical backdrops, but you tell me. Isn’t it gorg? View more. View all images in the galleryWoodsy,
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Underwater elegance… 
Bridal Snob • 15 hours ago
world news
Rain dampens Wall Street protests
The number of Wall Street protesters shrank Wednesday after cold, damp weather moved across Manhattan, leaving a core group of demonstrators to hold up a fourth week of encampments in New York's Zuccotti Park.
Black Death genome sequenced from DNA in 14th century skeletons
Genome of Black Death bacterium is remarkably similar to that of modern strains that cause bubonic plagueEuropeans must have thought it was the end of the world. War was spreading across the continent, there was famine after flooding made crops rot in the fields, and an incurable plague was wiping out entire settlements.The Black Death is considered to have been the deadliest pandemic in history.S
Bullish Apple investors start calling for dividend
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is starting to hear a common refrain from investors: Show us the money.
Blackberry problems spread to US
Blackberry users on both sides of the Atlantic are now suffering loss of services, with phone-maker RIM blaming an email backlog.
PlayStation hit with new attack 
CNN.com • 11 hours ago
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