Link of the Day [7.16.08]

broderic on July 16, 2008

I saw a post on TUAW where the author, after reading an interview with one an Apple VP in charge of hardware, laments that Apple deems “cut and paste” a low priority. I think that John Gruber at DaringFireball.net (It’s a daily read, right?) tries to make sense of “cut and paste’s” low priority. He’s right in a way.

I really don’t miss it much. It would be handy, and I can see the need. I just wonder how would you implement such a feature.

Look at what’s available in the two versions of iPhone: the touchscreen, home button, on-off button, mute switch, and volumes. Which of these would you use to implement “copy and paste?” How would you even select the item? Tap-drag? Three finger tapping? Press home button while tapping? Some of these gestures feel awkward. Some of them are uncomfortable. I wonder what Apple will do. And can we live with it for the next 30 years?

http://daringfireball.net/2008/07/copy_and_paste

Link of the Day [7.13.08]

broderic on July 13, 2008

When I was a wee lass living on Cedarhurst Drive, I had a birthday party in which I received a model kit of the USS New Jersey. It was an easy thing to assemble, and I loved to look at it and play with it with my army men.

One day my older brother got the HMS Hood as a model kit. I have no idea why. So we tried to put it together, but failed miserably. We didn’t understand the concept of glue. The hull never stayed together properly as we tried to assemble it. Then we hit on a brilliant plan. (I would like to say he did, but I have to include myself as a source of blame in this dunce affair.) We decided to melt the plastic together. For this, we used matches.

“Hold the hull together,” he said, “while I hold the match underneath it and melt the two sides.” Brilliant last words.

As you can tell, it turned into a disaster. The flame burned through the plastic putting a big hole in the hull. My brother became so mad at the outcome that he snatched the model from my hands and snapped it in two.

There went our model ship building craze as we knew that we didn’t have the patience to build one.

Yet, thirty years later, I feel like building model ships. Here’s a link to one that would be cool. I guess I have to learn what modeling is all about.

http://www.hlj.com/product/FUJ42145

Historical footnote: the HMS Hood was sunk in naval combat with the German battleship, Bismark, on May 24, 1941.

Link of the Day [7.11.08]

broderic on July 11, 2008

Aya Hirano was the voice of Haruhi Suzumiya. She’s big in Japan. And, seemingly, like all idols, she’s got a blog. It’s in Japanese, but each of her posts is accompanied by a picture. I like to look at them, because it is either her cuteness or something she’s eating at the time. (Sometimes its also of stuff in Japan.)

http://www.hiranoaya.com/cgi-bin/diary/sfs6_diary/

Link of the Day [7.08.08]

broderic on July 8, 2008

Will Shipley wrote a little library/media collection application called Delicious Library which was recently rewritten for Leopard. In this 2.0 version, he finds an awesome bug. It’s an epic tale of debugging wherein you get down into the mind of a developer. The best part is the fact that he thought it through while playing a video game. That’s always the case. For inspiration will strike in the oddest of moments.

Read the tale. Buy the software. Delicious Library 2.0 is a fine application to have on your new Mac.

http://wilshipley.com/blog/2008/07/pimp-my-code-part-15-greatest-bug-of.html

Link of the Day [7.07.08]

broderic on July 7, 2008

If they are really making a live action Robotech movie, then they’re gonna need to cast the trio of Sammy, Kim, and Vanessa real well. Because if they miss out on this casting, the rest of the movie’s gonna suck. Of course, we all know it’s gonna suck because it isn’t the way we imagine it. My imagination is much better than some Hollywood corporation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_Bunnies