Articles in the “links” category

Tube Optimizer: How To Get The Most Cable Channels For Free

Posted last year, mid-April

We cancelled our DirecTV service earlier this year and are living with a digital antenna, Netflix, Amazon VOD, Apple TV, network websites (e.g. ESPN3, BBC, NBC, CBS, etc.) and a mDP-to-HDMI adapter. It’s perfect for us, and we’re saving $1,200/year. Mint.com has a drill-down on how you can pull it off: If you are looking [...]

Satellite Photos of Sendai, Japan Before and After the Tsunami

Posted last year, mid-March

The Atlantic: It’s almost impossible to grasp the scale of the tsunami that slammed into Japan yesterday following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast near Sendai. The quake was a global-scale event, shifting the axis of the entire earth by four inches. These satellite photos may help you grasp just how much water moved from [...]

This Is What 44,000,000 Horsepower Looks Like

Posted last year, at the start of March

NASA has released this beautiful, crystal-clear video of Discovery’s launch. It was taken from an HD camera mounted on the left solid rocket booster, during liftoff of the shuttle for mission STS-133. (via)

The Force

Posted last year, mid-February

This advert for the new Passat is excellent. I’m pretty sure my son Benjamin is under that helmet…

Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million on the Mac App Store

Posted last year, mid-February

…in just 20 days. Unreal. I’ve been giving this app a test drive for the past month — as a full replacement to Photoshop — and it’s holding up surprisingly well.