June 2007
65 posts
Sunil Doshi: My brother-in-law’s 10-month-old twins and a dog starving for attention mean a house that looks like a tornado came through. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
iPhone, The Morning After
So I’m not going to really review it here, because everybody else has said the same thing a thousand times. Here are some personal observations/hints/etc. from the last 24 hours.
Waiting at the Apple Store was a blast. There was a lot of Mac camaraderie, free water and coffee, gawking and berating from others. The best part was actually walking into the store, though. As you walked in, there...
Sunil Doshi: Best buying experience ever. 20 Apple employees clapping as you walk in. Handhelds used for checking out. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: I should have shaved. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: The news cameras have arrived to reveal our desperation to the world. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: To all the haters… I’m about to go get in line. It’s not often in this fragmented world that you get to experience the mob mentality. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
The iPhones That Didn't Happen →
Sunil Doshi: My wife is worried for my safety due to reports of iPhone muggings: http://tinyurl.com/2b5zeo (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: I’m in some 90s revivalist mode… my Last.fm page is littered with PJ Harvey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Pearl Jam (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Wooster Collective: Shit We're Diggin': Max... →
“There is no compositing, no shortcuts, just lots of blood, sweat and tears, and a huge Kinkos bill!”
WatchiPhone Day - Everybody wants one. But not everybody’s going to get one!
iPhone Availabilty at Your Local Apple Store →
Sunil Doshi: Just dropped my shivering-with-fear dog off at the groomer. 5 years in, she still doesn’t know if we’ll come back. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Dyson Airblade Video →
The vacuum maker’s take on the public restroom hand dryer. I don’t expect to see these at a rest area anytime soon.
Paris Hilton Looks Strange →
Those pictures of her leaving jail don’t look like her. Did she get some work done in there?
The best pictures yet of the new MINI Clubman →
Coming out early next year.
Forget The Verve, Led Zeppelin Are Getting Back... →
With John Bonham’s son, Jason, at the drums.
The Verve Are Reuniting →
Hopefully the results will be better than Richard Ashcroft’s uninspiring output.
iPhone Review (kind of)
I played with an iPhone last night… well, in a dream. I know that the hype machine fully has a hold of me when the objects of my affection start becoming figments of my imagination. Anyway, I played with one, and remember… it’s closer that you got.
Apple solves the keyboard problem by splitting the difference. As soon as I had my hands on the iPhone, I started playing with the keyboard. It...
Portable Bubble Wrap on your keychain →
More iPhone Tidbits
Some quick things I noticed about the iPhone from watching the Guided Tour:
It looks like you can’t associate a song with a ringtone. The demo showed him picking from a list of generic-sounding ringtones like “Digital”
The mail settings don’t allude to a live connection to the server. It seems like you have to set an interval to check for new messages. I hope this isn’t true.
It has an airline...
The Midnight Sun Game →
A baseball game played in Fairbanks, Alaska in the middle of the night to celebrate the Summer Solstice.
iPhone - A Guided Tour →
This is almost becoming more than I can handle.
Wildcharge: Wireless charging for your gadgets →
Coming July 9
Sunil Doshi: Getting tile put in your only bathroom is not good for your prostrate. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Not Buying It →
An article about extreme anti-consumers and environmentalists, known as Freegans. (NY Times, free registration may be required)
Girl Talk Undercover →
The Pittsburgh-based DJ on keeping his night job a secret from his co-workers.
Summer Test: Electric Lawn Mowers →
Electric mowers for when the mechanical one isn’t cutting it.
Sunil Doshi: Hooray! Google Reader’s mobile site finally renders well on the BB Pearl. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Knocked Up got a lot of the pregnancy anxiety right. Baby books be damned! (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Forgot to mention I saw Ray Romano at a sushi place in Universal City last week. Looked like he hadn’t shaved since the end of his show. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Finally got some real furniture. No more sitting on milk crates. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
The Last Temptation of Al Gore →
If Steve Jobs told me to run, I would. Come on Al!
Sunil Doshi: LA, Pittsburgh and DC in 24 hours. Not fun. I guess I don’t have the chops to be a jetsetter. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Back in the ‘Burgh. The percentage of plastic has definitely gone down. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: It was 80 in LA yesterday and people were complaining about it being too hot. The local news described today’s 85 as a “scorcher”. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: It’s always disconcerting when something you thought would be fun turns into a nightmare. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: I feel like I’m in an episode of Entourage. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Cheesy dudes in lobby discussing if Tera Patrick can dance for a role in a movie they’re pitching. A dancing porn star? Sounds like gold. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Five Reasons to Take Your Kids to a Sanctuary →
(via Ryan)
Television Writers discuss the last episode of The... →
Sunil Doshi: Trying to pay attention to my email at The Roosevelt pool. This is where beautiful people go to die. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Finally in my lush Comfort Inn room in Irvine. Living like OC royalty. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Just read that LeBron has an ownership stake in Cannondale Bikes. This year the NBA Finals, next year The Tour? (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: The alternate security checkpoint @ the Pittsburgh airport rocks. Just jumped ahead of 200 people. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: It took me 45 seconds to crash the Safari Beta… on the Safari page (apple.com/safari) (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Ford Escape... →
Posting the link for a friend who is thinking of getting one of these.
Sunil Doshi: The Sopranos finale was the television equivalent of blue balls. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)
Sunil Doshi: Optimash Prime (http://tinyurl.com/233a6q) is great, but Darth Tater (http://tinyurl.com/2274ap) will always have my heart. (via Twitter / Sunil Doshi)