Nutsmuggling » Aside

Creepy Santa for Palm

Davide — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:42:18 +0000

Palm new website introduces a creepy impostor who presents himself as Santa Claus. He could feature in Dexter’s next season.

Via @blankbaby.

PS: As you see, I decided I am going to post asides, it’s quite time, and I’ve been lingering too much over this

Base 1.0 for managing SQLite databases

Davide — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:24:50 +0000

I had been wating for this for a while; it will come in handy, both for Rails and iPhone development: Base, an app for managing SQLite databases.

(Via Daring Fireball.)

simplynoise

Davide — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:54:34 +0000

Scientists say that our artificial sound-proof environment aren’t that natural, and paradoxically might be even distracting. Too much silence = bad!

Here’s the solution: simplynoise, a white noise generator.
The interface is a monument to usability and simple design.

Check it out!

Via Hivelogic

Micheal Dell vs Steve Jobs: FIGHT!

Davide — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:41:24 +0000

Apparently Michael Dell is ready to rumble, but some smart commenter put a funny twist on the threaten:

Michael Dell wouldn’t fight Steve Jobs – he would outsource the fight to someone in India.

Memorable.

Apple and the corporate market

Davide — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:24:34 +0000

Aaron Hillegass on Apple’s attitude towards the corporate world:

Corporation: Hey, does Cocoa include something to help us write apps that talk to our Oracle database?

Apple: Um, nope. But isn’t GarageBand cool?

Corporation: Hmm.

That’s what I call synthesis.

Via informIT.