February 2010
January 2010
iPad Tumblr Roundup
mikehudack:
doublethink:
Given that you have to pay to get the device, pay more for 3G, THEN pay $30 a month, THEN pay for content, all in addition to paying similar fees on your regular iPhone, I can’t see a lot of people investing in this thing unless it does more than an iPhone does, and right now it really doesn’t. The Kindle, at least, is much cheaper. I can’t replace my iPhone with this...
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– » Conan O’Brien, “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien” (via editorlisa)
Conan’s outro was amazing and inspirational. My brother (who used to be an NBC page) has been giving me the play-by-play of the raw deal Conan got from NBC. I don’t think I really “got” the whole...
“Goodnight Springton! There will be no encores!”
– David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap, The Simpsons “The Otto Show” 3x22 (via suicideblonde)
“Last night, Harmonix launched the open beta of Rock Band Network, a radically...”
– Rock Band Network Is Creating An Exciting New Industry In Music Gaming
Woah. Awesome. (via rickwebb) (via tedr)
“I don’t see other graffiti writers as my competition anymore,” B.N.E. said. “Now...”
– B.N.E., the Graffiti Writer, Gets a Manhattan Exhibition - NYTimes.com (via tedr)
Dear Tumblr,
I really wish Disqus comments could be baked into the main dashboard / timeline view.
The lack of commenting really has me down recently.
Yours,
-dpstyles97
In the dozen years since brain surgery brought relief from debilitating epileptic seizures, Diane Van Deren has become one of the world’s top endurance runners. She regularly competes in long-distance tests of perseverance, 100 miles or more through wicked terrain and tortuous conditions. She won the 300-mile Yukon Arctic Ultra two years ago, pulling a sled through the depths of winter, and was...
Kottke on Momofuku Ssam
“Call it overrated if you’d like, but Ssam Bar is still the only place in NYC (or perhaps the world) where you can eat, using chopsticks, German-inspired cuisine served to you by a native Spanish speaker while drinking a glass of sparkling red wine and listening to 90s hip-hop in a restaurant conceived by an American junior golf champion from Virginia whose parents were from...
“When you think of the idea of “checking-in” at a venture in a mobile app, you...”
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Yelp Enables Check-Ins On Its iPhone App; Foursquare, Gowalla Ousted As Mayors
sawickipedia: As anyone who has worked in the casual gaming space already knows - game mechanics can’t be copyrighted and are quickly imitated. Just ask Popcap about the gazillion Bejeweled/Match-3 knock offs it’s...
Foursquare. Everywhere.
In case you haven’t heard, foursquare is now available everywhere in the world. Big week for us and special shoutout to the team for making it happen. (whew!)
foursquare:
Hey all -
So this has been a pretty big week for us. Since we launched last March, our #1 most requested feature has been “please add my city!” After a few months of work, we thrilled to announce that we finally...