Engadget: Ikea cardboard digital camera - when Instagram isn't authentic enough
I have a feeling that home-modders and happy hackers everywhere will be quick to pick up one or ten of these when IKEA starts selling them.
Streakmachine
Righteous indignation starts here!
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2012-04-25
A Brief, Inaccurate History of the Mythical ‘iPhone Nano,’ 2007-Present
Harry McCracken goes over the history of one long-lived rumor; the iPhone Nano. This and the iPad Mini rumors are the zombie rumors that refuse to die and just keep coming back for more.
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2012-04-24
Coolest jobs in tech (literally): running a South Pole data center
Yet another brilliant article from Ars Technica. While I’m no stranger to cold weather, I’m not sure I’m made of the right stuff to do IT on the South Pole.
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2012-04-23
Huw Martin: Software, Hardware, and Flatpack Furniture
Huw Martin wrote a very interesting article about the recently announced IKEA Uppleva, which I have not really been paying much attention to. Martin’s article is well worth a read and I recommend it!
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2012-04-22
Two Years, And Counting…
It’s that time of the year again. That time when I contemplate for a while wether if I will renew the domain for another year and keep going. While this site is in no way as impressive, as well known or as respected as the very fine Macstories.net or The Bro Show of 70 Decibels fame, I have now been running Streakmachine.com for two years. One year younger than Macstories and roughly the same age as The Bro Show. I try to take this lightly as I have not really accomplished anything in the grand scheme of things. But I do appreciate and respect my small and faithful audience from all corners of the world.
I decided to do at least one annual review of how I’m doing with the site and this year I’ve realized a few things. First off, I’m still not overly focused on one singular topic. I hop around between a few different things, mostly whatever catches my eye at the time. I feel pretty comfortable with this and I’ll continue doing it and see where that takes me and the site.
Secondly, I have greatly reduced the amount of time and posts I spend digging into new Apple rumors and analyzing them to pieces, which was one of the things I did a lot in the early days of the site. I just don’t have the energy and the time to commit to going through all of the outlandish and base-less rumors that the rumor mill spews out on the Internet on a regular basis. There are too many rumors, they are too dumb and lack too much actual content to be worth spending time on, more often than not. I’ll go after rumors from time to time, of course. Just because I’m taking it more easy doesn’t mean DigiTimes gets off the hook that easily!
And third, my post frequency has become very irregular. I tried to write something every day as year two started, but when there are no real news to write about and I can’t think of anything sensible to write otherwise, I have found it more useful to shut up and not post anything. Also, I have started writing a book, which has taken me away from the writing I’m used to doing here.
I have a whole bunch of things I’m working on, some which I will gladly share with you soon and some I will talk more about as the appropriate time approaches. What I know right now is that I will keep doing my stuff here on this site for at least one more year. I hate to make more plans than that and since I don’t know what the future holds, I think that’s the best. The one thing I’m dead sure about is that I’ll be very busy in the time between now and when this site has its third birthday.
There will be more of the same, and I’ll try to toss in some new stuff, things I haven’t really tried before, from time to time. It’s still me, doing it for fun, although perhaps with more righteous indignation than before. Just for kicks, as always.
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2012-04-21
The Minimalists | Let’s Trade: Our Free Book for Your Review
Very nice.
I concur! Spread the word, get, read, review.
Source: zenhabits
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I hope to have a desk as nice as this, and as portable as it looks in the not too distant future. I’ll be writing wherever you find me, probably.
Source: simpledesks
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Davy Buntinx: The Podcasts I Listen To
Want something new to listen to? Curious about what podcasts people listen to? Well go check out which podcasts Davy Buntinx listens to and get inspired. It’s a really good list and I think it’s an excellent selection. I posted a list of what podcasts I listen to a while back, so feel free to check that out too.
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2012-04-11
Prototype Macintosh with Twiggy drive on eBay
Not something you find every day exactly. The word “rare” doesn’t quite begin to do this piece full justice. Go on, check out all the juicy photos in the auction.
