Archive for November, 2008
An Apple Pie (har-har)
In: Food| Geek Finds
28 Nov 2008Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (via MAKE Mag) brings you a how-to guide for baking your own Apple Mac Mini Pie. (You won’t need to use carbon laser, like they did, to cut the Apple logo.)
“Cored” Processor </rimshot>
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- Tags: apple, mac mini, pie
“LCD” Cards and Paper
In: Good Stuff
26 Nov 2008I really enjoy nerd-chic design, like the previously posted ASCII curtains. These write-your-own cards and gift wrap are available from Yellow Owl Workshop.
zsn-it.com Now Mobile
In: Improvements
22 Nov 2008Many thanks to Billie for making our blog a mobile-friendly site. Peep us from your smartphone, ZingIT everywhere!
Google Brings LIFE Photo Archive Online
In: News
19 Nov 2008Millions of photographs from Life Magazine’s collection are now online at Google. From the Google blog:
We’re excited to announce the availability of never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. This effort to bring offline images online was inspired by our mission to organize all the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. This [...]
Geek Finds for the week of November 3
In: Geek Finds
16 Nov 2008Here’s a round up of the Geek Finds we had for last week’s huddle:
DD-WRT
A free Linux based firmware for many popular routers. Elph laid down the latest version on some of our Linksys boxes. DD-WRT.com
Sharepod
A Windows-only app that lets you backup your entire iPod, easily copy music from your (or a friend’s) iPod to your [...]
Google still scanning books
In: Books
10 Nov 2008An interesting update from the Google blog about their Google Book Search program. They’ve settled a law suit with the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers (AAP) and are moving forward on their plan to scan a vast number of books. Access to the books comes in a couple of different, confusing flavors but [...]
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Beautiful Day
In: Good Stuff
5 Nov 2008Just some apolitical eye candy for today. This is an aerial shot taken in May of the tulip fields in northern Netherlands. Thanks to the boys at Design Less Better for the much needed dose of zen.
The Secret to a 24/7 Culture
In: Leadership
4 Nov 2008At an Open Forum panel for ZingTrain’s Art of Giving Great Service seminar, one of the questions that came up was, “The whole Zingerman’s culture. When you go home after work, how do you turn it off?”
Turn it… off? The panelists all blinked at each other. Is that even possible?
Great service, honest communication, servant leadership [...]
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Silverlight, Bravo!
In: Geek Finds| Review
3 Nov 2008Not a single XBox owner in the crowd.
Silverlight, Micrsoft’s media delivery platform now used by Netflix, is a win for both Macs and PCs.
Macs, you can now Watch Instantly. Welcome to the club. High-fives from the PCs.
Windows users, things just got better. The annoying media acquisition & digital rights prompts are gone. Better still, [...]
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- Tags: mac, netflix, silverlight, windows
Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ Now On Mac
In: Geek Finds| News
2 Nov 2008Netflix announced on Friday the beta release of Microsoft’s Silverlight for Mac and Windows computers. PC users have been able to watch instantly using Internet Explorer for a few months, leaving Mac users jealous and desperately waiting. Now, thanks to Silverlight, Intel-based Macs (sorry PPC folks) can stream movies and TV with Safari and Firefox. [...]
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- Tags: mac, netflix
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