I'm still pretty happy with Middleman for this site, and I thought it was time to share some of my experiences with Middleman extensions. I haven't made any yet, nor have I needed to use that many, but I have a couple of recommendations.
The new Mac Pro announced at WWDC is the first in a series of new Mac hardware to be inspired by Heineken. Jim Dalrymple, who replaces Jony Ive as the SVP of Industrial Design at Apple, revealed the design inspiration in a series of slides.
I'm nearly done watching Season 4 (iTunes, Amazon) of Justified, which I still really enjoy. Although it has clearly amassed enough of a following to make it through four seasons, and pick up some Emmy awards, almost no-one I know watches it, which...
Google's services are "sticky", resistant to change. People who use a Google service often want to continue to do so and choose related services and devices at least in part on their compatibility with those services.
For instance, heavy users of Gmail would be less likely to buy a mobile phone that just won't work with Gmail, because that would make it difficult to send and receive email on a service they have used for years and value.
Apple services (iCloud, Maps, etc) have some stickiness, but it's not as strong, which makes it easier for users of those services to switch services, and potentially to adopt products that aren't tied into Apple's ecosystem, like an Android phone.
Chris Hadfield is returning to Earth shortly, but in the meantime, he has posted a video of Bowie's Space Oddity:
It's pretty great. Simply doing Space Oddity in Space with the space station and Earth in the background really helps it resonate.
My son has taken a break from Batman to dig into the first season of 'Ultimate Spider-Man' (wikipedia, itunes), so this is as good a time as any to give my impressions:
I had been considering trying to do some stop-motion work with my son as a hobby, and I'd been eyeing iStopMotion, so when it came on sale in the latest MacHeist, I knew immediately that I wanted it, so I ordered the MacHeist.
Knowing that iStopMotion had an option for an iPhone remote camera, and that I had a joby gorillapod that would do nicely, I also ordered a Glif from Studio Neat.
I'm not convinced that Kmart's "Ship My Pants" ad is right for their brand, but it's probably true that Kmart's brand is such that getting attention is good, even if it's controversial:
However, I am surprised that it took so long for this ad to be made for someone. It seems, in retrospect, like 'Ship My Pants' is a joke that would have been made much earlier. I'm surprised it took so long for someone to do this ad, I guess.
John Gruber notes that we rarely see reviews of products after they've been used for an extensive period of time:
It shouldn’t be that surprising that a $200 device isn’t built all that well. What should be surprising is analysts and pundits who automatically assume a low price means a winner.
That's true. Actually, a lot of reviews are on the basis of a very short period of examination, or possibly even just on the basis of reviewing the literature about the product.
A roundup of upcoming Thunderbolt devices included this Blackmagic MultiDock:
I’m still keeping my eyes open for a thunderbolt drive dock, as I posted back in March.
It has lots of features that are nice, but I don’t actually need. It's rackmount...