January 2010
10 posts
“[…] it becomes obvious that the iPad is not a big stretched-out iPhone, but...”
– Gruber nails. it.
Faster Loading Through Eval() →
You can get around this with some trickery, it turns out, by downloading your JavaScript, not as actual script, but as something else. The Gmail team wrapped their scripts in comments. I’m trying to simply download my scripts as strings.
“The print publishing industry should be so lucky to have iTunes do for them what...”
– NYT on The Tablet and Apple’s Relationship With Content Publishers on Daring Fireball
Top 10 Places You Can’t Go →
#8. Contrary to popular belief, Disneyland has a full liquor license which is used when the place closes down to the general public to accommodate private parties. But there is one place in Disneyland that is always open to sell booze: Club 33. Club 33 is a private club located in the heart of the New Orleans Square section of Disneyland. Officially maintained as a secret feature of the theme...
“Four years after we posted our first homemade videos to YouTube and they spread...”
– Merlin:
Damian of OK Go on their record label’s stupid insistence on prohibiting embedded playback of their new video.
Regardless of the fact that this is a ridiculous move by EMI, this video is fucking awesome.
Apple vs Health & Safety
Apple stores don’t have “no smoking”. Legally they need them but they “ruin the design of the store”, so for every apple store in the UK they pay £50 a day to keep their windows sign free. Crazy shit.
Can anyone verify this is true? It doesn’t really surprise me, but it’s still crazy.
(via @utku)