enjoying the new nyan cat notifications in the new Apple iOS 5.

enjoying the new nyan cat notifications in the new Apple iOS 5.



thanks, iphone. thiphone.

thanks, iphone. thiphone.




AnandTech on Apple’s iOS 4.0.1 signal-strength meter adjustment. Seems sensible. Click through for more great explanations and illustrations.

so it’s now going to show i have one bar of service instead of none.

AnandTech on Apple’s iOS 4.0.1 signal-strength meter adjustment. Seems sensible. Click through for more great explanations and illustrations.

so it’s now going to show i have one bar of service instead of none.



Forstall is quite literally claiming perfection while a hand model holds up this terrible example of everything that’s wrong with Apple’s commitment to typography.
                — Khoi Vinh dissects the rhetoric around typesetting in the new iPhone 4 promotional videos.


my old new phone

we’re talking about the industrial design of the “lost” iphone prototype over at gdgt and it got me thinking about my old LG phone I had in 2007. that phone to me was the hawtness, the only touch screen phone of its kind at the time. i had to import it from italy because it was only available from certain prada stores in europe.

LG PRADA KE850 w/customs form

i got a laugh from the customs form the seller filled out.



Analog Digital Clock by Maarten Baas

iPhone version of his “Real Time” clock, which he presented at last year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan

previously: Standard Time



ah yes, philippe starck. i have a couple chairs designed by him and a digital watch ring. i was pleased to see he’d wear dainese (as have i) and prefers virtual keyboards to mechanical ones. maybe my iphone isn’t total complete shit after all, except for the service. and i enjoyed this little interview with him.



yup, definitely back in san francisco.

yup, definitely back in san francisco.