Posts filed under "asides"
Ferrari F2012 - Typically (and I hate to admit it) Ferrari usually make pretty Formula one single seaters…this year’s thing is an absolute abomination.
Cover Browser - Probably one of the greatest websites I’ve stumbled across ever. Covers of comic book series….I don’t know where to start.
Volkswagen’s Autostadt - At first I wasn’t sure if this was real, or an architectural rendering. It’s real, and it’s insane.
App Icon Template - Excellent resource and something that I’m hoping to be using in the not too distant future.
There Everyday - This stuck with me as very true. Building your site’s following is down to delivering consistently. In recent years, I’ve not really continued up with my site, but that’s to be expected since it’s not my day job, and I’ve been writing it for over 8 years now. I’ve been working hard on updating things around here a bit, which should start appearing shortly.
Bill Gates Interview - Excellent interview with Bill Gates. It goes into some details with regards to the comments Steve made in relation to Gates.
Cerebral Interviews - The official Broken Kode newsletter, powered by TinyLetter. Been meaning to do something like this for a while. The goal is to craft 12 useful and entertaining emails in the year 2012. No more no less. Published at the end of every month.
iBooks Author - It’s a mixture of Microsoft word and Indesign but you get the added bonus of being able to publish and sell your wares on the Apple iBookstore…it’s going to be fun to see what comes out of this.
Sonora - A fast, lightweight music player for OS X. The killer feature of this app is speed. For me, the quality applications that I use on a regular basis are generally defined by their speed. Speed is such a fundamental element in any app because it’s that element which really defines the quality of the code behind it.
Second Crack - Marco has finally released his Second Crack static file blogging engine. My issue? I have NO IDEA how to actually make it run. The instructions are for a geek level a little above my height. I’m sure it will develop, for now I’ll just monitor and observe.
Have Faithe, Be Merrie - Go download this little Christmas song from Billy Corgan (was released today via the Smashing Pumpkins newsletter).
Automate posting in Wordpress from Calepin using IFTTT - I have a massive post coming up about my preferred blogging solution, but right now, I’m experimenting with Calepin. I really would like a self hosted version, but this workaround is interesting. The thing is that using this system the site would depend upon my server, Dropbox, Calepin, IFTTT and WordPress all working nicely together. As opposed to Dropbox and my server (along with a self hosted version of Calepin).
http://www.brokenkode.com/automate-posting-in-wordpress-from-calepin-using-ifttt
Pixeled Mind - Go and download some excellent wallpapers that honestly fit in with my design requirements on my iPhone. Also I really love the post-it note png that has a ‘thanks for downloading’ message in it. Just a lot of class in that.
iPen - Don’t own an iPad (yet, I’m holding out for the 3rd revision, always wait a couple of versions on a new Apple product), but when I do get one, this will be a key accessory for me.
John Carter Trailer - Disney does seem to like these sorts of things. It’s like they’re trying to recreate Pirates of the Caribbean, first with Prince of Persia and now with this. Hopefully the story will be as fun as former rather than latter…
Noah Case - I like this case, but it’s extremely pricey to even think about. Still it’s nice little niche projects like this that are inspiring (via minimal mac )
Roll Pen Case - From my new fount favourite website (Jetpens), is this truly awesome pen case. Definitely getting myself one of these.
Humans TXT - Interesting initiative. I guess this is the equivalent of an artist signing their drawings, but since oftentimes a website is the work of several people, this is a nice way to give credit. Usually I include some of this information in my CSS file, but this is an interesting alternative.
Christmas Catalog - Some excellent suggestions for those wondering what to get your man this Christmas.
The Insanely Great History of Apple - Great print. Can you imagine the research that went into this!
http://www.brokenkode.com/the-insanely-great-history-of-apple
Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses - Probably the funniest shit I’ve seen on the net in a good long while. Honestly can’t stop laughing at this. (via kottke )
Inkling - Definitely an interesting technology. Don’t know if it will be useful to me, but it would be fun to try. Beats the whole scanning routine.
Like a Genius and a Sacred Whore - One of my favourite comic book writers of all times, Alejandro Jodorowsky answers some questions, I’ve read better interviews, but the recap of his works at the beginning is excellent. I even have a whole post to be written about the man, been working on it for a while now.
Drawing for the President - One of my favourite artists in the world (well when he used to draw on a regular basis), Joe Quesada, getting commissioned to draw something by Barak Obama….nice.