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Stapled Shut: How a Misprint Got Me a Sweet New Monitor
Learn how a misprint in this week’s Staples advertisement could get you an HD monitor for a lot less than you think.
The Looming eBook Quandary
Thanks to the leverage of their iPad distribution agreements with Apple, the big book publishing houses won their recent price skirmish against Amazon.com, but will the victory be a Pyrrhic one?
Ask a Mac: Why Use Wordpress’ New Thumbnails Feature?
Ask a Mac No. 2: How you can use the new Wordpress image thumbnail feature to liven up the online experience of iPhone (and other smartphones’) visitors to your site — even if the theme you currently use isn’t set up for it.
I Love the SarcMark :-|
Sarcasm shouldn’t require a neon sign. The SarcMark, too artificial and inauthentic to convey true sarcasm, will be the Esperanto of punctuation — a seemingly good idea when invented, and with its own (small) cult of adherents — but ultimately irrelevant.
Virtual Ennui
Twitter. Tumblr. Social media can ensnare us alongside only those who agree with us. When those who disagree with us are automatically silenced we can fall prey to a virtual ennui.
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World Peace at Hand
I nominate the new Internet Movie Database (IMDB) app for the iPhone for the Nobel Peace Prize. Just think about all the arguments it has settled.
Today’s Find: Cool CSS Tool
Some cool free software to help you learn how CSS works to make sites luverly.
Magazines on Computer Tablets o’ the Future?
The folks at Bonnier, publisher of Popular Science and other magazines, are working with Berg on prototypes for digital magazines to be displayed on tablet computers of the future (are you paying attention, Apple? — actually, I’m sure they are).
Ask a Mac
First edition of Ask a Mac: AirPort Express to the rescue! And here’s a way to delete individual calls from your iPhone’s Call History, as well as claim rightful access to virtually every piece of data on your iPhone.
‘Glee’ Withdrawl + Cryptostickography + HOT-ner Edition™
NBC’s “The Sing-Off” is quick to suck at the teat of FOX’s hit show choir series, “Glee.” Low-fi stick figures are perfect for teaching us about high tech. And what good is Taylor Lautner with his shirt on? Plus, what’s up “In the Heights”?
