Ünnecessary Ümlaut

After an hour in the 82° Mill Valley sun, my friend James’ iPhone reached “muy caliente” and flashed this Spanish-tinged warning.

Of course, his iPhone is no stranger to extreme conditions: See the rest »

Pretty cool way to make the announcement. Wonder if they’ll have their own iPhone app like Coachella.

The 2nd annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival hits San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park August 28th–30th. Visa presale tix begins April 15th.

One question—Pearl Jam, Dave Mathews Band, and Beastie Boys as the headliners—What year is this?

A ton of vids and articles exploring the possibilities of Augmented Reality are popping up. Here’s a grip of ’em:

iPHONE: Augmented Reality iPhone Demo via Touch Arcade.
Game researcher and director of Georgia Tech’s Augmented Environment Lab (yes, there is one) Blair MacIntyre shows a virtual reality pet crossed with the iPhone’s realtime-video feed. It’s a demo now, but only a matter of time before I use it to create a virtual French Bulldog.

See more … See the rest »

I always thought TouchGrind on the iPhone was like skating with blinders on. Though one of the cooler uses of multi-touch, it begs for what’s in the vid above. No coincidence it’s from the makers of TouchGrind (App Store), Illusion Labs.

BONUS VIDEO: See the rest »

Mardi Gras, yet another wondrous tilt-shift vid from the guy who brought you mini-monster rally Metal Heart and coastal shrink Bathtub IV. See what else Keith Loutit has tiny-fied.

Then get the TiltShift App for your iPhone and miniaturize your still pics.

The built-in Safari search on iPhone is okay. If you like türd. Thankfully, Inquisitor‘s been ported as an App. Giving suggestions and site descriptions, before you even tap. Damnit, that rhymes. 

Get it free on the App store now.

Saw this in my in-flight mag coming back from LAX. This was as far as the Vagabond got. Presumably, before they moved on to Sudoko.

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