You probably shouldn’t be using any electronics if you live in an oven.
DIY Project: Build your own iPad Case
So Amazon is full of leather iPad cases that fail to impress, and you haven’t been able to find anything personal enough to call “yours.” But if you have some bamboo lying around (because everybody has that), an old coat you’re about to throw away, and some carpenter tools and supplies, you can roll your own.
37signals Buys Ember iPhone App, Makes it Free
Ember is a great Campfire application Federico and I occasionally use when we’re mobile. Jason Fried must have thought it was so great, it was worth buying the app from Overcommitted, then making it available for free on the iTunes App Store.
You can download the Campfire app (renamed) at this link. If you have a Campfire client and you’re interested in the mobile app, you can read our original review of Ember here.
[via TechCrunch]
Annamika for iPad is a Trippy Pixel Bender
Just in time for Inception I suppose, Annamika gives us some insight into the darkest dreams your iPad can conjure. It’s a world full of mind melting pixels and trippy visuals, all seemingly taking place through the virtual lens of an innocent kaleidoscope.
HyperMac Charges your iPad at 18 or 45 Degree Angles
Serious road warriors such as ourselves need to be prepared for any emergency iPad uses, such as for a quick game of Canabalt or to catch up on the latest news with Reeder. And when the batteries get low, we don’t panic. After all, we’re carrying the latest charger from HyperMac that doubles as stand to elevate our iPads up above those dirty hotel tables.
The Beauty of Apple’s Magic Trackpad
Surely this slate of aluminum is really pretty to look at. I don’t think anyone would deny that this gargantuan trackpad of love isn’t just so inviting to your fingers – looking at the gallery, I could dip my fingers right through the screen to touch it. But despite the invitation, is a giant touch surface like this actually practical? Without any hands-on experience yet with the Magic Trackpad, I will say yes.
My Thoughts on the Cult of Mac Controversy
When I look at websites like TUAW, The Apple Blog, Macgasm, or a site such as ourselves that talks about the well being of the developer community, I expect all of us to be role models for others to follow and an avenue for developer success.
Which leads me to Cult of Mac. By now all of us are aware of Sayam Aggarwal’s brazen tutorial on how to install pirated software with the intent of, “Try before you buy.” It’s a shallow cause.
New Mac Pros, 27” Display Tomorrow? [Rumor] [Update!]
The Mac community’s own John Gruber predicts we’ll see an awesome update to the Cinema Display line with the unveiling of a new 27-inch, 16:9 Cinema Display, accompanied by new Mac Pros and possibly speedier iMacs tomorrow or at a later date. This all comes at the return of The Talk Show, so Gruber must be in an incredibly good mood to give us this tidbit of info to chew on. Hopefully he’s right!
Update: Now there’s the inclusion of the Magic Trackpad we’ve been hearing about.
[Daring Fireball via Gizmodo]
Two New Ways to Elevate your iPad
The iPad has become our do it all tool for just about anything. When you’re not painting portraits with Brushes or navigating blimps, you may be using the iPad as a secondary display or as a handy cookbook. We’ll help you utilize those secondary uses via a pair of products that’ll help elevate your iPad to new heights.