support engineer. f/oss advocate.
I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.
-Steve Jobs (on Android)
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This is my new summer jam. Avicii’s summer single “Levels.”
The song features house roots, four-on-the-floor beats, beats made for dancing, and use of modal harmonies amongst other unique attributes. The song samples Etta James’ “Somethings Got A Hold On Me,” which was recently covered by Christina Aguilera in the motion picture “Burlesque.”
Link. (Order on Amazon)
The 2011 Frozen Black Edition M3 Coupe. With only 19 of these matte black beasts being produced, the price of $80,000 seems like a steal. Featuring a capable 4.0-liter, 414-horsepower V8 engine, the M3 Frozen Black Edition accelerates from 0-60 miles per hour in under 4.5 seconds.
Link. (Press Release)
The miracle is this the more we share the more we have.
-Leonard Nimoy
“To prepare for HBO’s lLady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden’ concert special, create Gaga in your own image. Sirloin dress, Voltron costume, sperm-and-ovary headpiece: Mix-n-match!”
via GQ.
I unexpectedly jumped on the white iPhone like I said I would. I never expected that Apple would actually launch it, but they did. I can’t wait to start developing for it!
GNOME 3.0 is officially here. Originally announced in July of 2008, the GNOME 3 desktop is a step in the future of computing. The unique interface brings beauty, speed, and reliability. Focused on workspaces, the key component, GNOME Shell organizes applications and windows using the new window manager based on Metacity and Clutter, Mutter. GNOME 3 is available to try from GNOME3.org, and will be available in mainstream distributions like Fedora and openSUSE later this year.
Link. (Press Release)
The Bugatti 16C Galibier, four seat luxury sedan featuring a W16 8.0L engine with twin superchargers. Expected to reach market in 2014, running a modest $1.4 million USD, the Galibier is capable of reaching top speeds up to 217 miles per hour. Built on the same platform as the Audi A8, the car accelerates from 0-60 miles per hour in under 3.5 seconds.
”When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.”
- John Lennon
After 25 years, the MIT Media Lab has a received a new identity. To be accurate, more than 40,000 new identities. Designed by E Roon Kang and Richard The, the new logos are generated using an algorithm in order to provide each employee their own logo. The design encompasses all collateral, business cards, letterhead, website, animations, signage etc.
Link. (Video and additional Visuals)
