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Category: Technology
15 Minutes of Fame for a Life of Unrespectable
via TUAW:
The FBI agrees with Auernheimer’s assertion that this exploit is of national interest. So much so,CNET reports, that they raided Andrew Auernheimer’s home on a warrant (we assume “Escher” is a pseudonym). They found “illicit drugs,” and Auernheimer is now being held on felony charges.
I like hackers. They’re a needed group of nerds. But instead of going for the fame, contact the company and let them know in private. Don’t be a jerk and blab on about it. You’ll gain much more respect as a “freelance security research team”.
What Does the New iPhone Screen Look Like?
I’m very much a visual person. So I whipped up this little graphic demonstrating the supposed* new resolution of the next iPhone. Just how big is 960×640 in comparison? I threw in a couple of other sizes – 800×600 was the resolution of my first desktop computer.
Interesting and maybe unrelated, but by default iMove 09 outputs ‘HD” at 960X540. A coincidence I’m sure.
*We’ll find out on Monday!
A Quick Rant on Formats and Content
Do you know what I find to be the most frustrating thing about this whole Flash vs HTML5 thing?
Anyone using Flash is in the content creation racket. I’m not just talking about video, but navigation, apps, games you name it. And if you’re creating content you’re most likely concerned wether or not people can see what you’re creating.
I do a lot of browsing on my Mac and iPhone and you know what happens when I come across a flash doohicky that doesn’t work?
I leave.
I don’t bookmark for later. I just walk away.
As someone who develops web content, if people are walking away from the stuff I’m trying to get out there because I have some egotistical hang up about the openness of (insert framework,language,codec here) then I lose customers, I lose relevance and I lose the job.
If you’re a content creator and you can walk away from however many iPhone users and iPad users there are, great. But I don’t know too many people who can afford to do that.
(Sidenote: Do you know which application is in the iPhone/iPad/iPod dock by default? Not the App Store, but Safari. What does that mean?)
Hipstamatic
I’m totally digging the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone. It’s a recreation of a camera developed in the great wilderness of Wisconsin in the early 80s by two brothers. The whole story is being kept alive by the older brother of the two Hipstamatic creators.
The app is very slick and plays a great homage to the cheap all-plastic cameras of yore. With the tiny viewfinder, different films and lenses and the always different results it’s a blast to watch your photos ‘develop’.
The best thing about the app for me is the high-pitched whirring of the flash when you turn it on. Perfect.
