Mittwoch, 12. Januar 2005

Turn your iPod into an iPod shuffle. Three easy steps for turning any iPod into an iPod shuffle, courtesy of [base "]mhusson[per thou]: 1. Get a Post-It note 2. Get your iPod 3. Put the Post-It note on the iPod Now you can enjoy the iPod Shuffle[base ']s cool new feature without having to go buy a new player. Enjoy! See, you just saved yourself a hundred bucks. [Via kottke] [Engadget] 8:37:14 PM    comment []

TextWrangler Is Free!. Boy, the MacWorld Expo is just full of goodies. First all the new stuff from Apple. Then Bare Bones Software cuts loose version 2 of TextWrangler [~] a text editor for Mac OS X [~] and announces that it's available for free! While TextWrangler doesn't have quite the feature set of BBEdit, it's still a dandy piece of software. And you can't beat the price. Load it up on your shiny new $500 Mac Mini and you'll be coding like Deane in no time! (well, maybe. No guarantees, though.) [Gadgetopia] 8:32:13 PM    comment []

Anthenea. Anthenea habitats are more like a raft than a boat. The UFO-styled pods have mainly been used on water so far but the self-contained Anthenea can actually be placed anywhere. They are best suited for water however, where their glass windows provide deepsea viewing without the need of a wetsuit. There are three models, the cozy studio, two-story loft and the 1,900 square foot king which provides room for all the comforts of home. They all feature posh interior details like Bang & Olufsen stereos and flatscreen TVs. I[base ']d still prefer something with a motor but it[base ']s a neat idea for anyone who likes to stay in one spot. [Luxist] 2:37:19 PM    comment []

The chew and type kit Apparently many of us eat lunch in the company of our PCs and staplers. Not only does the phenomenon have a name - "workersí desktop dining" - it has also given way to the designing of dedicated utensils. Vesselís Workplace Dish Set wraps up neatly in a desktop-size placemat made to fit in front of a keyboard. This plastic kit packs a personal workplace place-setting, including a plate, bowl, cup, and utensils. Can be stored flat or upright. $39. (via iconoculture ) - regine [Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women] 2:36:13 PM    comment []

Guardian Angel bags Dutch designers Hein van Dam and Carolien Vlieger are behind the designs of handbags showing the outline of a gun, a crucifix or a knife. Developed in response to media reports of growing fear of crime in their home city of Rotterdam, the "Guardian Angel" bags are being sold to women to protect them from robbers. Their collection also includes laptop-bags with 3D patterns of milk and fruits because "Robbers love your laptop, but they hate milk and fruits". - regine [Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women] 2:35:18 PM    comment []

Tierra y Luna Rugs. Like the author of Funfurde, the design-centric blog where we first saw them, we think these rugs are nerdishly cool. They are made of virgin wool and the earth rug is almost 100 inches in diameter and costs $2354.80. The moon rug is half the size and costs $707.60. Not quite living room friendly but these would be great fun for an office or game room. [Luxist] 2:12:01 PM    comment []

Collection of political graphics. The Center for the Study of Political Graphics is the largest collection of Post World War II graphics in the United States. It collects, preserves, and exhibits posters relating to historical and contemporary movements for social change. Via AEIOU. [we make money not art] 11:27:22 AM    comment []

MSN Search supports RSS. This is very cool, and it's a differentiator for their search service because Google doesn't do it, nor does Yahoo, Jeeves, etc. It's also nice because they listened to us at the design review meeting late last year in Redmond. It was nearly unanimous among the bloggers that RSS support should be part of the search engine, both on the sending and receiving sides. Now one half has been taken care of. I'm sure this feature will gain wide use among bloggers. Very good. [Scripting News] 11:23:01 AM    comment []

Yamaha YSP1 Released in Canada. Yamaha has released its YSP1 "Digital Sound Projector" multi-channel surround system in North America[~]well, Canada, which is just like North America, but with wolves. We talked about the system perhaps just a bit disparagingly in November, prompting a few of you to explain that the 42-speaker component was actually quite fantastic[~]certainly a better speaker than we were writers, you explained. Now you'll have the chance to purchase it and tell us how much better, presuming that the Canadian release means the United States will get the product, as well. (Thanks, Jenny!) Product Page [YamahaCA] [Gizmodo] 10:18:52 AM    comment []

Pictures from the zoo (more CES) Motorola's snow boarding event, to demonstrate I don't know what. Microsoft's Connected Home presentation which featured Star Search-style dramatic vignettes about refrigerators talking to televisions and garage openers. Cheapo but cute bendy space man radios from GPX. Mouse pads from Hong Kong with silicone breast wrist rests. One of about a million vendors showing projection displays. TV/DVD players for kids from Changhong. Fake fur mobile bags from Golla. Obviously not a part of CES (there is nothing edible in the Convention Center, bring lots of quarters for vending machines), but here is the patisserie in "Paris" near the Eiffel Tower. I think we must have been used to not eating by then because we gawked but we didn't even buy one pastry. - Mia [Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women] 10:03:51 AM    comment []

Mac mini and iPod Shuffle: First Hands On Pics. MacMerc got hands on with the Mac mini and iPod Shuffle already and posted their pics up to flickr. [Gizmodo] 10:01:44 AM    comment []

The Apple iPod Shuffle. Guess that explains the shuffle banner! So we also got you hooked up on the new iPod Shuffle, too: their new flash based player, as we just found out, will come in 512MB and 1GB sizes (for $99 and $149, respectively), and can act as a USB 2.0 mass-storage device by taking off the cap on the bottom. (Hasn[base ']t Apple learned anything about flash drives with caps?) It will have have no display as you can see (we[base ']re on the fence about this), but it is interfaced with simple play/pause, volume up/down, track foward/back buttons, and a slider on the rear that engages the player and plays songs in order or shuffled. In that little 3.3 x 0.33 x 0.98-inch package you[base ']ve also got a USB-rechargeable 12-hour battery. The whole thing weighs 0.78 ounces, and is shipping now, yo. Not too shabby for a flash player! Thanks, guys. We[base ']ll make sure not to do that. [Engadget] 10:00:12 AM    comment []

APE7 in the 3rd Dimension. [Eyebeam reBlog] 9:58:29 AM    comment []

The Apple Mac Mini. So Apple[base ']s released the details on their new Mac Mini, but we know you[base ']d rather see [OE]em here with all the rest of the gadget goodness, so here you go! (Did we mention their site[base ']s been up and down?) So, as you can see, the slick anodized-aluminum box houses a slot-loading drive (DVD/CD-R), DVI (and VGA by included adapter), Ethernet (10/100, not Gigabit, unfortunately), USB 2.0, Firewire, audio out (but no audio in[~]this is a big deal!), a v.92 56k modem, and is 6 x 6 x 2.5-inches. It will be $499 with a 1.25GHz G4 processor and 40GB hard drive, and $599 with a 1.42GHz CPU and an 80GB drive. Both will come standard with 256MB RAM, a 32MB ATI Radeon 9200, iLife [OE]05, but can be customized with up to 1GB of RAM, an 80GB drive, integrated Bluetooth and Airport Extreme (what the rest of us call 802.11g WiFi). It should be in stores Jan. 22nd, but some time around Jan. 20th we[base ']ll more than likely be getting the first reports of huge supply shortages, and on Jan. 23rd we expect they[base ']ll be all sold out[~]this is going to be a huge seller to Mac first-timers, and a necessity to Mac vets who want a second box in the den. So it goes! [Eyebeam reBlog] 9:56:21 AM    comment []