MacBreak Weeking

The bitch is back.

I’ve peed, made tea, and even have my pick ready. Let’s do this thing.

Will add notes and links below as warranted.

Update 2010-09-14_16-12-22

Episode’s up…

MacBreak Weekly 212: Ninja Throwing Stars

Importing shurikens, 27” Cinema Display, iOS developer guidelines, improving the app store, and more.

Linkage

DYNAMIC CASH GIVANATION, VIDEO #7: CA$H PROOF!!! from Merlin Mann on Vimeo.

Dwayne Schubert, Jr. (a/k/a “Da Cash Duke”) shows cash proof. THIS IS NOT M L M !!!

Fart apps they hate. Pimples? Awesome.

The negative words are most interesting to me: in addition to complaints about the price, one word is especially telling of a prevalent attitude I’ve seen for a while: useless. More than any other adjective, reviewers condemn apps they don’t like as “useless”. Subjectively, I usually see this in contexts in which the app doesn’t have a minor feature that the reviewer wants, or where it doesn’t perform well in a rare use-case, so the reviewer unfairly declares the app “useless”. This demonstrates a curious psychological effect of modern western culture that I’ll write about soon.

Goddamn, that Marco is one smart cookie.

My Picks

  • Calvetica - Gorgeous and functional iPhone calendar replacement. Aces
  • Pro HDR - make cool fakey HDR

Look! Magicshopping Wonder Space!

And…we’re out.

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See you next time, my nerd brethren.

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