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- iRosary
Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends
Could this be the oddest iPod accessory ever? Shiny Shiny has discovered the iRosary concept design. It uses standard iPod earbuds and a single bead. The idea is this: Reciting the rosary is boring to young folk. The iPod is not boring to young folk. Combining the two can help bring piety back into vogue.
The single bead moving along the cable creates a measurable pulse that can be translated to the sound of traditional beads on a string. "Due to technical possibilities, the new rosary can help a person to learn the prayer; the right mysteries are inserted automatically and there are various modes for choosing the degree of difficulty." Users can choose from "Infidel", "Believer" and "Shepherd" settings--playing back the matching MP3s as the bead is moved.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/11/irosary/#comments - Best Buy offers last second Nano + Chocolate gift set for Mom
Filed under: iPod Family, Holidays
Face it. It's nearly Mother's day. If you're desperate for a present that says "I love you Mom" and you've got lots of money to spend, consider this Best Buy exclusive. For only $205, you get a 4GB iPod Nano with a gift box and chocolate. It's an in-store item only, so you'll have to actually go over to a Best Buy retail brick & mortar store to track this down. I recommend that you call in advance to make sure they've actually got the gift set in stock before visiting.
And while you're there, check out their crash & dent table. My girls picked up several Game Boy Advanced cartridges recently for between $2 and $4 each. They were also burning off iPod accessory inventory, primarily ugly iPod cases and disposable battery boosters at that same table. Selection will, obviously, vary by store.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/11/best-buy-offers-last-second-nano-chocolate-gift-set-for-mom/#comments - iPoetry
Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends
Professors at UPenn did see
That iPods could play poetry.
They built an archive called PennSound,
Collected recordings from all 'round,
Posted them and made them free
For download by you and me.
Contemporary and avant-garde,
Allen Ginsberg but no Avon Bard,
Donald Hall yes; no Angelou,
Gertrude Stein is in there too.
Formatted as MP3s
With author permission, royalty free.[1]
iPods were made for fools like me
UPenn offers iPoetry.[1] "There's very little commercial value in poetry recordings." Charles Bernstein, PennSound co-director
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/11/ipoetry/#comments - T-Mobile? Or Vodafone?
Who will win Europe's iPhone distribution deal? I've been hearing Vodafone for a long time now but today TechDigest posts that T-Mobile may have the edge. Those usual suspects, the 'unnamed sources", are back. And this time those know-it-alls are saying that T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom, has taken over the lead.
Unfortunately, T-Mobile does not seem to have a big presence, at least according to the article, in France, Spain or Italy. Also, it's unclear whether the iPhone will have a eurowide release or be introduced in different countries in stages.
There's still, what, eight months or so before the iPhone bows in Europe. Is the iPhone going to get an exclusive deal? Who do you think will be the provider? Or will there be many operators and none of this exclusive nonsense?
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/11/t-mobile-or-vodafone/#comments - The Little Things: Infinitely large targets
Filed under: OS, Software, Cool tools, Productivity, Odds and ends
Some of the unsung wonders of working in Mac OS X are the features influenced by Fitts' Law. I first saw this concept mentioned and articulated by John Gruber in his Fitts's Law and the Apple and Spotlight Menus portion of a Tiger Details page he was maintaining after the launch of 10.4. In fact, I might as well just quote John for a summary on the basics of Fitts' Law:The gist of Fitts's Law is that the time it takes to point to a target - in our case here, with your mouse or trackpad - is a function of the distance and size of the target. Bigger and closer targets are easier to hit.
The beauty here is in how Apple has leveraged this concept with Mac OS X's UI, right down to the reason behind the menubar being pinned and always accessible at the top of your display. Basically speaking, there are five primary targets that are dead simple to hit, without even having to look at them: the four corners of your display and the menubar (and sure, the Dock could count as a sixth, but I'm leaving it out for now). You can easily just fling your mouse 'up' and hit the menu that governs the application you're working in (or any you can quickly switch to); it might seem like a minor detail, but it's one that makes it a lot easier to land on the menu you need and keep working.
The four corners of your display are even easier, according to Fitts' Law, since they are what John called 'infinitely large targets.' You can close your eyes and fling your mouse 'down and to the left' and know that you've hit the lower left corner of any display. Attach an action like invoking Dashboard or an Exposé view to those corners (accessible via the Dashboard and Exposé System Preferences pane) and you have just enabled a powerful way to access information and organize your windows. Tack on a 3rd party tool like MaxMenus, CornerClick (a download is available but their site is under renovation) or Spanner and you open up even more possibilities for using these incredibly easy targets to enhance the way you work.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/05/11/the-little-things-infinitely-large-targets/#comments - Apple "wrestles" with 3rd party iPhone apps
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Steve Jobs, Apple, iPhone
Will the iPhone open up to 3rd party apps? Steve Jobs says that Apple is wrestling with the decision, according to Tech.co.uk.
Contradicting earlier statements that the iPhone would definitely be a closed platform, Steve Jobs cracked open the door a bit. Supporting this semi-statement is the upcoming Developing Websites for iPhone session at WWDC.
Apple may be thinking of web based apps as their third party "in" to the iPhone. Developer Bruce Gee of Gee Three dropped us a note saying that "In many ways, this is a very open approach to getting lots of new functionality on the iPhone. We'll have to wait and see how these apps work over the network, but it could be interesting."Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
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