A new version of Google’s Android SDK pre-release is out. From ars technica it looks the changes to the API can affect already developed Android applications. Google has also added an issue tracking system, and improved the UI. Other new additions include layout animations, geo-coding, new media codes, improved Eclipse plugin with a new manifest editor. See changes overview
As more and more retailers gravitate towards Blu-ray over Toshiba’s HD DVD, rumors are afloat, that Microsoft is going to dump HD DVD for Blu-ray in the X-Box. X-Box with Blu-ray could be out around May 2008.
A list of 25 very cool, makes you want to have it, kind of Gadgets. The on/off mug is definitely cool, and the PieLamp + Bookshelf design is interesting.
NYTimes article on Susan Jacoby book, “The Age of American Unreason.”, where she takes a look at not only Americans lack of interest in essential scientific, civic, cultural, and general knowledge; but also why they don’t think it matters.
“This is just like Pearl Harbor,” one of the men said.
The other asked, “What is Pearl Harbor?”
“That was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War,” the first man replied.At that moment, Ms. Jacoby said, “I decided to write this book.”
DoubleKiller, a freeware windows application for finding and deleting duplicate files.
“DoubleKiller searches single or multiple directories for duplicate files by comparing any combination of file name, size, modification date and content. “
the hamatsu explains fixed-pitch Monospace fonts, provides historical context of these fonts, and gives a list of five fonts for programmers.
“Now when you’re working on a program, website, or any other body of code, there’s only one thing you’re really looking at. Text. And lots of it. So naturally it’s important for the text to be easy to read and comprehend.”
Denis Kortunov of TurboMilk lists the ten commonly observed mistakes in icon design.
“On the one hand, screen resolutions are increasing, hence enhancing icons. On the other hand, we still have good old pixels. Icons sized 16×16 and even smaller are still widely used.”
Aperture 2, Apple’s photo editing and management tools, with over 100 new features, is now available at the Apple Online store, selling for $199, and upgrades for $99. If you are Windows user, then Adobe Lightroom at $299 is your option.
Lightroom is a better tool than Aperture is many aspects, and seems like it was built for photographers by photographers. So, it will be interesting to see how Aperture 2 fares.
At 2ft 9in, Aditya ‘Romeo’ Dev from Phagwara, India, is the world’s smallest bodybuilder.
“Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight.”
Kotaku’s impressions of the new Grand Theft Auto IV from Rockstar Games.
“We decided we wanted to go back to the basics and reimagine the world,” Jeronimo Barrera, Rockstar Games Vice President of Product Development, says. “The results have been incredible.”
“The beauty of our games is that we don’t hire a research firm to figure out what we should be making games about.”
“IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.”
Now, only if users, designers, and developers can stop using and enabling IE, so it can follow Netscape into retirement, and put an end to that generation of browsers for good.
Will.I.Am’s rendition of Obama’s January 8th New Hampshire primary-night speech.
“And then came New Hampshire…
And i was captivated…
With Obama leading in pledged delegates — 908 to 877, there is hope. If anything, Clinton’s lead based on more superdelegates, 223 to 131, vindicates Obama,
“The stakes are too high and the challenges are too great to play the same old Washington game with the same old Washington players and expect a different result,”
Niall Kennedy shares a neat little trick, along with examples, for improving user experience by using JavaScript to sniff visited links from a user’s browser history.
“Sniffing a visitor’s browser history has good and evil implications. An advertiser can determine if you visited Audi’s website lately, drill down on exact Audi models, and offer related information without ever placing code on the Audi website.”
Or, someone could check if you visited any sites you shouldn’t be visiting!
A neat post showing the origin of some of the tech company logos.
“Did you know that Apple’s original logo was Isaac Newton under an apple tree? Or that Nokia’s original logo was a fish?”
CNN, your Political Ticker blog which is hosted under WordPress.com’s VIP Hosting is still using the default WordPress favicon, rather than the CNN favicon.
