JNathan

Doxie Go. This months toy. (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:33:43 +0100

Doxie Go. This months toy. (Taken with instagram)

Batch.

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:02:25 +0000

Choice

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:34:30 +0100

Nice to see the love reciprocated.

The numbers on the back of the City shirts on Saturday will also...

Thu, 12 May 2011 11:33:41 +0100

The numbers on the back of the City shirts on Saturday will also feature another link to Manchester and the city’s past. The historic Manchester coat of arms will feature at the base of each number, a discreet nod to a tradition of using the Manchester emblem whenever City play at Wembley.

Who Runs Twitter?

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:40:35 +0100

What kind of CEO isn’t in charge of the product? Especially a company with exactly one product.

Dave Winer

"Nobody “opens” the parts of their business that make them money, maintain barriers to competitive..."

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:48:38 +0100

“Nobody “opens” the parts of their business that make them money, maintain barriers to competitive entry, or otherwise provide significant competitive advantages.”

- Marco gets it.

AirPlay and AV Receivers

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:40:07 +0100

The announcement of AirPlay gave me hope. But 7 months later the current landscape is still rather grim. The only AV receivers that support AirPlay are well into the upper-mid and high end of the market. There is the Marantz SR7005 (£1,100+), the Pioneer VSX-1021 (£699) as well as models from Philips and Denon. While fine devices I am not sure I can justify that kind of outlay for the one additional feature my Onkyo TXSR308 currently lacks.

However, I think I have just come across an excellent compromise. For years I have raved about the AirPort Express and how it could turn any set of speakers “wireless”. Back at uni when my audio needs were slightly more primitive I was more than happy with the APX hooked up to my Harman Kardon Soundsticks, and sending audio to it via AirTunes or the AirFoil plugin from the folks at Rogue Amoeba.

My APX had been gathering dust since I bought my Onkyo but after another search for AirPlay enabled receivers I realised a lower budget solution was sitting right in front of me all this time. A simple 3.5mm <> RCA (or Optical) cable could connect the Express to any of the receivers audio inputs. I am now able to pipe *any* audio from any application on any of my devices to the receiver.

It is still a bit of a hack in that it requires an intermediary device to get the audio from the device to the speakers, but other than that it is a seamless experience. And it is much more ideal than using the Apple TV or Xbox 360 as the middle man. Neither of which have the greatest UI for navigating large music libraries, and require a change in video input.

Disney/Pixar has released retro posters to promote Cars 2....

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:29:45 +0100

Disney/Pixar has released retro posters to promote Cars 2. Paris, France, Porto Corsa, Italy and Germany are all represented beautifully.

Joshua Topolsky: This is my next project

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:04:22 +0100

Joshua Topolsky: This is my next project:

joshuatopolsky:

They’re building for the web as it is now. From the perspective of a journalist who also happens to be a huge nerd, that’s a match made in heaven. SBN isn’t just another media company pushing news out — it’s a testbed and lab for some of the newest and most interesting publishing tools I’ve ever seen. In short, I was blown away when I saw what kind of technology they’re using to get news on their front page and engage audiences, and even more blown away when I started talking to them about what could come next.

my shipment of Kirin arrived.

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:04:48 +0100

my shipment of Kirin arrived.

Present from Poland.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:02:50 +0000

Present from Poland.

Bing cupcake

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:51:14 +0100

Bing cupcake

"But at a time when other popular search sites such as Yahoo!, Excite, and Lycos have all morphed..."

Sat, 23 May 2009 14:50:00 +0100

“But at a time when other popular search sites such as Yahoo!, Excite, and Lycos have all morphed into diversified entertainment portals, is there really a future for a pure, advertising-supported search tool?”

- BusinessWeek, September 1999

Little N Large @ Basils 50th

Mon, 11 May 2009 21:01:11 +0100

Little N Large @ Basils 50th

“Noteboek (English title: Notebook) consists of 4 short...

Fri, 01 May 2009 10:35:53 +0100

“Noteboek (English title: Notebook) consists of 4 short experimental films where I try to confuse the reality.
In these films, illusions and expectations are challenged.” (via Evelien Lohbeck)

"There’s a nagging feeling that we’re doing it wrong, that there are some leaps forward we’re..."

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:16:24 +0100

“There’s a nagging feeling that we’re doing it wrong, that there are some leaps forward we’re missing, that we’re still stuck in 1984. I feel as if it’s my responsibility as a software developer to help figure out what comes after the desktop metaphor, and I feel a little bad that we haven’t delivered it yet.”

- Brent Simmons: On the state of computing

Brilliant move by a local BMW dealer in responding to a national...

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:14:00 +0100

Brilliant move by a local BMW dealer in responding to a national Audi ad. Audi’s 2009 A4 ad on the left side of the street says “Your move, BMW.” Santa Monica BMW comes back with an M3 ad across the street that says “Checkmate.” Now that’s advertising. What do you do if you’re Audi? (via Santa Monica BMW’s Checkmate - (37signals)

Last FM’s new Boffin tool. The cloud represents my music...

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Last FM’s new Boffin tool. The cloud represents my music collection coupled with Last.fm tag data (which is user generated).

A whole new way of listening to your music without the mundane process of manually tagging everything yourself.

via editorialcartoonists.com

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:23:39 +0000

via editorialcartoonists.com

Back to the Future Sneakers - NIKE | Random Good Stuff...

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:06:53 +0000

Back to the Future Sneakers - NIKE | Random Good Stuff “When I saw Back to the Future I was really obsessed with these sneakers and of course the floating skate board. These sneakers are available in various sizes right now at Ebay. Buy it now price: 1,200 bucks.”