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Core Image-based image editors

A gaggle of sub-$100 image editors written atop Core Image: DrawIt – $49 LiveQuartz – Free ChocoFlop – Free Acorn – $39.95 Image Tricks – $14.95 Pixelmator – $59 I haven’t spent time on any of these but a comparison … Continue reading

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So who DID win the 2006 Tour de France?

I wrote a slightly longer post on this topic but lost it to a rare browser crash. It included nice links to the news story of Floyd Landis’ lost appeal to the USADA, as well as to news of all … Continue reading

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Newsflash: trashifarians (freegans) stealing food from the truly hungry

Via Newsweek by way of getrichslowly.org a well-written, gentle criticism of the Trashifarian movement: The freegans, most of whom are educated and capable of contributing to the economy, aren’t sharing the surplus wealth of the West with those who are … Continue reading

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Google 411

Scott recently mentioned Google had a free mobile 411 service. Yesterday I tried it out on a couple of local places. You can say “Map it” when you get the results, and they send you a text message containing the … Continue reading

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iPhone agony

The iPhone is very slick and the available features are intuitive and easy to use. It’s an awesome, Internet-enabled, media-playing monster monster of a modern telephone. Unfortunately, features that aren’t readily apparent just aren’t there. For example, Google Maps recently … Continue reading

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