June 2010
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L'iPad, 10 jours après...
Ben voilà, ça fait 10 jours que j’ai l’iPad. Qu’en dire, une fois l’excitation du début passée? Plein de choses. Pour ne pas (trop) polluer les feeds sur Facebook, Twitter, etc. je mets un break ici — la suite ci-dessous. Tout ceci n’est bien sûr que subjectif: je ne fais que recenser ici mes opinions, en espérant qu’elles puissent vous aider si vous...
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Power from thin air | The Economist
Wireless technology: It is already possible to send electricity without wires. Can devices be powered using ambient radiation from existing broadcasts? Jun 10th 2010 ANYONE whose mobile phone has ever run out of juice—which means, these days, more than half the world’s population—will like the idea of getting electrical power out of the air. The notion is far from new. A...
Cool Hunting: 27Letters
27LettersGetty Images introduces a new tool for those with severe cases of information overload Advertorial content: With digital media operating at a constant fever pitch—mostly fueled by the constant stream of recycled content—it’s difficult to sift through the massesto find the most relevant, original information possible. Cue 27Letters. The site, designed as a top-level filter for the...
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Good news about the middle-age brain - Holy Kaw!
Good news about the middle-age brain Posted Jun 7th, 2010 at 11:15 AM and seen 5296 times Share Forget version 4 of the iPhone as today’s big news. This is really important. Barbara Strauch, former deputy science editor of The New York Times published a book called The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind. Here’s the...
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Testing Google Talk -> Ping.fm -> Posterous integration… via Ping.fm Posted via web from André Fischer | Comment »
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Rant: You said it, Steve...
You just said it (again) at D8, Mr. Jobs: I think people are willing to pay for content. I believed it in music, I believe it in media and I believe it in news content. So here’s my question: where is all the damn content that we’re so eager to pay for? It’s okay for Apple to make everything available in the US - it’s your home, after all. But hey, there’s a whole...
Ah, nostalgia...
56K Modem Emulator (A.K.A. Sounds Broadband Users Never Hear) connect [home|huh?] via lazylaces.com Now here’s a sound I haven’t heard in a long time… Good times, good memories. :) Posted via web from André Fischer | Comment »
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Fractal Haze Could Solve Weak-Sun Mystery for...
A thick haze of organic material let the early Earth soak up the sun’s warmth without absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays, according to a new study. The model offers a new twist on an old puzzle: Although the sun was so dim billions of years ago that the Earth should have been a ball of ice, the young planet had liquid oceans capable of supporting life. “Given these recent papers, we can...
Le dossier de candidature a remplir pour devenir...
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Que Faire si iTunes ne reconnaît plus l'iPad ou...
Je ne suis pas le seul à qui c’est arrivé: depuis la version 9.1.1 d’iTunes, quand on branche son iBidule, iTunes ne le reconnaît pas. Redémarrer l’ordinateur, débrancher/rebrancher, jurer comme un charretier, rien ne sert. La solution, enfouie quelque part dans les tréfonds des fora de support d’Apple, est simple: Jeter iTunes (dans le dossier Applications) à la...
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What to do if iTunes Stops Seeing Your iPad or...
Ever since I upgraded to iTunes 9.1.1, I’ve had the situation where iTunes won’t see my iDevice when I plug it in. Apparently, I’m not alone in this. If this happens to you, the fix I finally found buried deep inside one of the Apple support fora is quite simple: 1. Drag your iTunes application to the Trash. 2. Empty Trash 3. Reinstall the latest version of iTunes. Hopefully...
May 2010
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Surreal?
Sent from my iPad Posted via email from André Fischer | Comment »
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iPad: My First Impressions
Oooo! Shiny! Having unpacked my precious and activated it in the Apple Store, and then left, one happy customer, I had to wait a bit to try it out. I’ve installed a bunch of things on it already: iWorks, among others (I’ll put up a more complete list sometime over the weekend). So, what is it like? It’s… Wait for it… (cue Barney Stinson) Awesome!!! The built-in...
My Precioussssss!!!
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One hour to go
Apple Store guys had us form an orderly queue (this is Switzerland after all) and are going to bring out coffees. Hooray, that’s what I call service! Posted via email from André Fischer | Comment »
06:30, Waiting…
Outside the Apple Store in Geneva. There are already about 15 people here, standing or sitting on the pavement. The atmosphere is quiet, serene (for now). Posted via email from André Fischer | Comment »
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Bing WTF?
Er… what, now? And no, I didn’t shop this, it’s an unretouched screen capture from my iPhone… Posted via email from André Fischer | Comment »
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Do We Cut The Umbilical Cord Too Early? New Study...
Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far reaching benefits for your baby according to researchers at the University of South Florida’s Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying...
A Mass Effect Movie? Gimme!
Mass Effect to invade the big screen This could be a good thing or a bad thing… EA have just confirmed that they’re making Mass Effect into a movie. The franchise has been acquired by Legendary Pictures, who are best known for their co-productions of The Dark Knight, Clash of the Titans, 300,Watchmen and, um, The Hangover, as part of their co-financing agreement with Warner Bros. Casey Hudson,...
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Slashdot Games Story | Video Gamers Have Power...
Games: Video Gamers Have Power Over Their Dreams on Wednesday May 26, @05:50PM Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 26, @05:50PM from the nocturnal-excursions dept. canada games ...
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Exagération ?
Y en a qui poussent un peu, non ? ;) Posted via email from André Fischer en Français | Comment »
Le Coin Francophone
Image via WikipediaEt hop, voici le côté francophone de mon blog, qui lui se trouve sur andrefischer.posterous.com. Je ne sais pas encore trop bien si je vais avoir le temps d’y mettre tout ce que je mets si facilement sur le blog anglais mais bon, on verra bien. C’était gratuit, alors pourquoi je ne serais pas tout aussi gratuit en montant un blog en français ? Posted via...
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Daring Fireball: Who Can Do Something About Those...
Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes? Saturday, 30 January 2010 Robert Scoble has a good analogy: Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that? I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like banks, e-commerce sites, and others. Why not? Because those sites were coded specifically for the dominant Internet Explorer...
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From big city limits — iPad App Crisis
iPad App Crisis Apple’s iPad has been out for a few months now. I think it’s a neat device with lots of opportunities to integrate more aspects of our lives together. The media outlets, however, have yet to address a particular issue that could be crippling to the iPad medium, and that is cost and advertising. The consumer pays for the app itself, say GQ Magazine or Time. $5,...
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Two Days Till Christmas!
Image via WikipediaI can’t wait! The iPad launches on Friday, 28th May here in Switzerland and, although the price is somewhat inflated compared to the USD one, especially considering the current exchange rate, I’m still chuffed as hell about getting one.Initially, I thought of going for the 64GB WiFi model, but reason took over and I’ll settle for 32GB WiFi. I don’t feel...
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Indexed » I shouldn’t have eaten that.
I shouldn’t have eaten that. May 14th, 2010 Jessica Hagy Posted in consumption | That’s exactly the lunch I had, and this Indexed card couldn’t be more apposite… Urgh. Posted via web from André Fischer | Comment »
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iiiConverter - Convert Files for iDevices →
This is a free online service that lets you convert a plethora of file formats for consumption on your belovéd iDevice. The process is about as easy as you can make it on an online service:
Upload up to 5 files in one go.
Wait for the converstion to be done.
Download converted files.
Drag to iTunes.
Sync.
The formats available as of this writing are:
For Text: doc, fb2, html, lit, lrf,...
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Watchdapperapps:
An overview of many, many GTD (Get Things Done) iPad apps, including developer Scott Hasbrouck and his featured app Paperdesk. Also multiple Exchange accounts in 4.0 (and currently in jailbreak) and how to print from your iPad with Print Central.
via The iPad Show
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Test from Ping.fm… :) via Ping.fm Posted via web from André Fischer | Comment »
Test from Ping.fm… :)
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What's your ringtone?
I don't know, my iPhone's on AT&T
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Steven Frank : I need to talk to you about... →
Awesome discussion of “Old World” vs. ”New World” comuting, i.e. the contrast between the current “do anything, and all at the same time” machines running operating systems like Windows, OS X, Linux et al, and the so-called “closed” devices like the iPad, with their task-centric, file-system-less design.
It’s quite a long post, but an...
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Maria's Notes: Bookmark on Delicious on iPad →
When I see something on web I want to save I add it to my Delicious. As I browse more often using my iPad I needed a way to bookmark on Delicious. The process of adding this bookmarking is similar as described for Instappaper but different javascript.
- Go to delicious.com in Safari on iPad….
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Ruby Apps on Smartphones →
Rhodes Mobile is an application development framework for creating Smartphone apps using the Ruby programming language. Looks very cool from where I’m sitting, especially since you can compile your application for all major smartphone platforms, including iPhone, Windows Mobile, Android, Symbian from just one set of source code.
Don’t look at it for gaming, though - it’s more of...
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Punching Through a Recalcitrant Windows Proxy
So you’re behind a dreadful Windows Proxy that makes using tools such as ruby’s package manager gem unusable because of the arcane authentication protocols used.
(If you didn’t get what I meant just there, don’t worry, you probably don’t need what this article is about.)
The problem I’m talking about is having to use an application that only supports basic...
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ReclaimPrivacy.org - Facebook Privacy Scanner →
Now why the hell isn’t this built into FaceBook?
My guess: because they truly don’t give a shit about privacy. In fact, the less the better.
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Peter Serafinowicz: "Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones... →
Excellent article by actor/writer/director Peter Serafinowicz on “piracy” and why he does it. This guy is on “the other side of the fence” and yet has a ton of good reasons for doing it.
A very refreshing read indeed, and I can only say, I wholeheartedly agree with him! Good on you indeed, and I will now go and grab whatever bits of your show I can find, because before...
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First Steps with Windows 7
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my iMac’s hard disk packed it in and I had to replace it. Once I had restored it, I was faced with the question of what to do about the Boot Camp partition I had on it before.
I used to have a Windows XP partition, essentially because I refused to install the utter horror that is Vista; but now, I had to re-think. I’ve ordered Windows 7 Ultimate,...
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Pownce & Schmownce Refugee. [andrewszombie]: I... →
Found this post and just felt like replying to the silliness in it. Unfortunately, the author didn’t seem to include commenting on his Tumblr blog, so I actually have to reblog this… Bleargh.
I would also like to highlight to all iPad owners out there who spent $500 of their hard-earned money on that device.
You could of spent it on an actually desktop computer, which would be more...
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Just a test post from the phone - in audio format....
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Jarsh's Tip of the Day →
Jarsh’s Tip of the Day: If you have your business logo on your car don’t drive like an idiot/asshole/etc. I won’t give you my business.
Too true. I tend to make a mental note of same, and avoid spending money there when I can. Spend money on anything, that is.
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I Love Time Machine!
So my iMac’s hard disk packed it in. It was strange, the machine started getting slower and slower on startup (under OS X – under the Windows Boot Camp partition, it didn’t seem to have that problem), until it then went to a strange mode of going to sleep while starting up.
Long story short, I looked around for the Apple dealer closest to home (Echallens), and found Comac in...
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'Starving Yogi' Astounds Indian Scientists →
One of those “WTF?” things. On the one hand, part of me screams “Hoax!”, but then I ask myself “Where’s the money?”.
If he’s really been without food and water for seven decades, then that’s one of the longest-term planned con-jobs ever. So that makes no sense, either…
Clearly, the world is weirder than I give it credit for.
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Only Old Fogies Hate the New Facebook, Research... →
Well, I guess that makes me a truly antediluvian fart, then. I really hate what Fuckerberg and his cronies are doing with Facebook and its increasingly insane privacy policies. Oh, that reminds me: stop asking me to play MafiaFarm or answer quizzes on the sexual habits of spiny anteaters, I won’t. Now get off my lawn!
Follow the link in the title for the full article from Wired.
The...
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Steam for Mac — That Special Apple Touch →
Wired’s Alt Text has a nice little piece on how the Mac versions of Steam games will differ, for example:
You will be able to defeat zombies by spreading rumors that Apple is coming out with a new color of iPod Nano, at which point they all run off to reload Engadget over and over.
Made me laugh, anyway. Always a good thing, early in the morning. ;)