Isaac Z. Schlueter shares his story of opting out of the new TSA millimeter wave scanners and backscatter X-Rays. “Yeah, it’s messed up. Did you know that the UCSF oncology department thinks they pose a serious health risk, especially to children or anyone at risk for breast cancer?” Check out the whole story and addenda. Also, read the UCSF Letter of Concern here and the FDA response letter here. Stay informed and share your knowledge with others. ...
My iPhone recently corrected “Kung Pao Chicken” to “King Pap Chicken”, which is not nearly as appetizing. The “Damn You Auto Correct!” site has far more hilarious examples of one of Apple’s finer, and funnier, technologies in use on the iPhone.
Seth is spot on. Many people in the United States purchase one or fewer books every year. Many of those people have seen every single episode of American Idol. There is clearly a correlation here. Access to knowledge, for the first time in history, is largely unimpeded for the middle class. Without effort or expense, it’s possible to become informed if you choose. For less than your cable TV bill, you can buy and read an important book every week. Share the buying with six friends and it costs far less than coffee. ...
Text adventures on your Kindle? Done.
A skilfully written parody of T.S. Eliot’s, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Go read it.
We call this workhorse “ū—” in tribute to an untranslatable Inuit word meaning, “the moment when Family Leader finds himself sweeping yak hair from the [ice-covered lean-to] while his angry wife screams heavily-distracting criticism of Family Leader’s time use.” Since it’s untranslatable and we don’t speak a word of Inuit, we’re not sure what that word would be. But, we definitely thought “ū—” sounded cool and a little Eskimoey. Also, we had to come up with a name that wasn’t already on the App store. So. ...
Due is the perfect app for repeating tasks and quick little reminders for things that you would otherwise forget within moments. Aside from offering a quick way to enter reminders, Due also stores preset timers that you can flick on and off as needed, and the logbook of past reminders allows you to reset a reminder with a single tap. I purchased Due yesterday, and it has already earned a spot on my iPhone home screen. Get it here. ...
This is an excellent little iPhone application that has made its way on to my home screen. It allows you to save text messages – and even the recipients for the canned message – for those frequently sent items so you can access them with a single tap. You can also expand upon a canned message quickly and easily when you select it or add additional recipients on the fly. It’s also handy if you just want to store groups of recipients for text messaging at a later time. Check it out. ...
According to this article on a British study of music and cycling, participants were willing to work harder when the tempo of the music was increased during their workout. As the researchers wrote, when “the music was played faster, the participants chose to accept, and even prefer, a greater degree of effort.” Note that even though they put more effort in to their workout, the riders did not say that it felt easier. The workout was more difficult overall, but not unbearable. ...
We have submitted a design concept to a competition being run by New York designer Richard Smith. The Dollar ReDe$ign Project hopes to bring about change for everyone. We want to rebrand the US Dollar, rebuild financial confidence and revive our failing economy.