Jul 02
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PodWorks 2.9.4

If you’re a regular user of PodWorks, my venerable iPod song copying application, and you upgraded your iPhone or iPod Touch to OS 3.0 recently, you probably noticed that the app no longer reads your song library properly. As it turns out, Apple introduced a very big change to the iPod database format in 3.0—the biggest, in fact, since the introduction of the original iPod way back in 2001! Fortunately, I had a small break while I waited for Apple to approve that other little project I’ve been working on, so I was able to spend some time adding support to PodWorks for 3.0 iPhones and iPod Touches.

I haven’t done rigorous testing to prove this claim, but I believe that with this new 2.9.4 release, PodWorks now supports everything from the original iPod to the most modern of iPhones on both Tiger and Leopard. If anyone finds evidence to the contrary, please let me know!

Jun 25
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Theremin-Controlled Super Mario Brothers

(via carlsensei)

Eat your heart out Project Natal!

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Chromatics “In the City”

This has become one of my favorite “walking around New York City on a rainy day” songs.

Jun 24
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Xerox Star (via feltron)

Xerox Star

(via feltron)

Jun 23
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Jessica Hische Hand Typography (via matthewb, Brian Everett) From Lettercult’s roundup of the best custom lettering from the first half of 2009. I’ve been wishing I could afford to hire Hische to redo my site ever since I saw her work on Culinary Culture.

Jessica Hische Hand Typography

(via matthewb, Brian Everett)

From Lettercult’s roundup of the best custom lettering from the first half of 2009. I’ve been wishing I could afford to hire Hische to redo my site ever since I saw her work on Culinary Culture.

Jun 22
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Ian Matthews: “These Days”

Almost every time I eat lunch at Frankie’s Spuntino on the Lower East Side, I’m compelled to fire up Shazam at least once to figure out what awesome-but-obscure song is playing. The other day this beautiful, folk/country cover of Nico’s “These Days” by Ian Matthews came on (someone at the LES Frankie’s seems to really favor alt-country), and I was impressed how well Matthews’ interpretation suits the song.

Jun 19
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Andy Warhol Paints Debbie Harry on an Amiga

(via Projectionist)

Evidently Warhol did a fair amount of Amiga experimentation, so this wasn’t just an one-off promotional appearance. As a former Amiga 500 owner, I’m surprised I was unaware of my old machine’s downtown cool factor. This makes me want to delve into Commodore history a bit more.

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Noah Kalina: Hotel Delmano Interior One of my favorite bar rooms anywhere—it looks positively ripped from the pages of Domino Magazine. I love the shelves running along the ceiling—they make the place look like a liquor library.

Noah Kalina: Hotel Delmano Interior

One of my favorite bar rooms anywhere—it looks positively ripped from the pages of Domino Magazine. I love the shelves running along the ceiling—they make the place look like a liquor library.

Jun 17
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iPhone/iPod OS on Mac Pro

(via Matt Gemmell)

This reminds me of that world in Super Mario 3 where everything is big.

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“Kottke in Bed” iPhone Sketch (via Neven Mrgan)

“Kottke in Bed” iPhone Sketch

(via Neven Mrgan)