Monthly Archives: July 2010

Why I ‘m trying to tap more and click less (with my trackpad)

Posted on Saturday, July 31, 2010 by Rex Hammock

My MacBook Pro spent a couple of days this week hanging out with the service folks at Nashville’s MacAuthority. The less-than year-old (so therefore in warranty) MacBook needed its trackpad replaced. It seemed odd to me that something so new … Continue reading →

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Flipboard: The product is great, the hyperbole is grating

Posted on Friday, July 30, 2010 by Rex Hammock

Flipboard says 130 publishers have reached out to them and the response has been “universally positive.” I’m guessing Conde Nast, publisher of the New Yorker, wasn’t among them as one of Flipboard’s “Suggested Sections” (at least when I signed on … Continue reading →

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Morning quiz: Google knew it, do you?

Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 by Rex Hammock

For a blog post I’m writing, I was trying to remember the name of a movie I saw 15 years ago. I typed the following words and phrases into Google and hit “return”: movie italian restaurant chef brothers. Google nailed … Continue reading →

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Spectacular 3D video projected onto a building

Posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Rex Hammock

Something to be awed by on a Friday morning: [via: Zee]

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Okay, okay. This Steve Jobs presser parody video was too hard to pass up

Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 by Rex Hammock

The weird thing is, despite Steve Jobs being the butt of the joke below, most of my Apple-fan friends will see this as a “tribute piece.” I guess that’s why it’s called irony. As a reminder to those just catching … Continue reading →

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