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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

  • pinboard - Awesome replacement for delicious plus much more. LOVE this.
  • Shuriken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • cashduketriple7doublewhatwhatmoneysupplyincomemuse78dotcom.com - Yes, I own this domain. For this:

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 !!!

  • MarkdownMail — Compose & send HTML emails using your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch from Second Gear - This is my new go-to on the iPhone. Essential for any Markdown nerd.

  • Rob Rhyne on Briefs’s Rejection From the App Store

Fart apps they hate. Pimples? Awesome.

  • Alternative Mac software - AlternativeTo.net - Very useful way to find software that does what you need.

  • Marco.org - Most common words unique to 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews

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.

  • State of the Art - With a Private MiFi Hot Spot, Be Online Wherever You Like - NYTimes.com - Read the comments.

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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