Twine
Connect real life tasks/objects to the internet. Like IRL @ifttt. Want to hook up things to the Web? Maybe you want to get a tweet when your laundry’s done, or get an email when the basement floods while you’re on vacation. Even if you’re good with electronics and programming, these are involved projects. Instead of ...
Helveticize Your Web
It’s been fun to see new scripts and themes developed to “Helveticize” the web, starting with Google Reader, then Google Calendar, Gmail, and now Twitter. If you’re a Helvetica lover, you’re in luck. Get rid of multiple fonts and cluttered interfaces and give your apps a minimalist makeover. It is just a visual makeover, though, ...
Low-budget Mac
“The breakthrough is done, OS X runs on Apple TV!” wrote “Semthex,” the anonymous hacker responsible for the mod, at his website. “Now we got (the) low-budget Mac we ever wanted.” (via Hackers Dissect Apple TV to Create the Cheapest Mac Ever)
Hack This (Please)
In Hack This (Please), Andy Kessler writes about the benefits of true hacks (“clever solutions to an interesting problem) and the “new breed of users out there, computer-literate consumers who don’t think twice about altering the look, feel and functionality of a product.” Mass customization is the next big thing. It sounds like an oxymoron, ...
Geek’s revenge
“A comical look at how the Recording Industry Association of America’s website keeps getting hacked – and how the RIAA, which is trying to stop the free sharing of digital music files online – doesn’t appear to understand the basics of website security.” “ The RIAA site was hacked Monday for the sixth time in ...