Year: 2010

Keynote Theme Park releases 360 Elements, Nation Elements

Posted by | Sep 18, 2010 | , |

Keynote Theme Park (http://www.keynotethemepark.com/) has released 360 Elements and Nation Elements Keynote themes. Keynote is the presentation component of Apple’s US$79 iWork suite.

360 Elements, are looped QuickTime movies made with transparent background for use with OS X Keynote presentations. Each set includes isolated letters A-Z, 0-9 and six symbols centered within a ring that slowly rotate. Each set is available for immediate download for US$5.95 or four white or four black sets for $14.95 each.

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Einstein is NewtonOS running on other operating systems

Einstein is NewtonOS running on other operating systems

Posted by | Sep 18, 2010 | , |

Einstein (http://code.google.com/p/einstein/) is a platform developed by Paul Guyot to get the NewtonOS running on other operating systems. On the Mac platform, it requires Mac OS X and an iPhone, iPod or iPad.

It was written and released by Paul Guyot several years ago, but got a shot in the arm earlier this month when Matthias Melcher got it up and running on iOS and posted a video of himself running it on his iPhone, notes “Panic Blog” (http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/09/newton-never-dies/).

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 17

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 17

Posted by | Sep 18, 2010 | , |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Stigmergy Games has announced Virion SD Lite 1.0, a free lite version of its first title for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a puzzle game loosely based upon real biological processes. Features include a synced soundtrack to gameplay to enhance emotion and pace, introduction of player portrait profiles for multiple users on a single device and language free via use of image based instructions for gameplay.

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Sunday is Talk Like a Pirate Day

Sunday is Talk Like a Pirate Day

Posted by | Sep 17, 2010 | , |

Arrr, mateys, mark Sunday, Sept. 19, on your calendar. Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD). Though not exactly government sanctioned, it was launched in 1996 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy) — pictured — who proclaimed Sept. 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.

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Greg’s bite: iPad sales, Slate OS war, Apple’s game platform

Greg’s bite: iPad sales, Slate OS war, Apple’s game platform

Posted by | Sep 17, 2010 | , |

Well, who would have thought iPad would cut into laptops sales. … read that: PC laptop sales. Mac laptops, unaffected. Sort of like viruses and worms, PCs are suffering while the Mac is unaffected.  

While there might be a slight dip in the steep growth curve for Mac laptops, they are still selling very well despite the recession. One only has to use an iPad a while to swear off a desktop computer or PC laptop for a lot of applications.

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