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Tweetdeck updated with themes and new fonts

by Mike Schramm (Oct 15th, 2012)

Twitter clients are like political candidates these days -- everyone's got one they like, and no one really wants to hear about the ones they don't. For me, TweetDeck is still my client of choice. Even though I've heard good things about TweetBot for Mac and a few other options out there, ...

Light painting in stop motion with the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Sep 15th, 2010)

This is about the coolest thing done with an iPad since, well, the iPad itself was created. A firm named Dentsu London has used an iPad to create a series of stop motion shots assembled from sequential long exposure light paintings. They created a set of 3D graphics and then programmed the iPad to ...

Glowing Apple logo mod for your iPhone?

by Robert Palmer (Aug 18th, 2008)

iPhones.ru posted a video (with dialogue in Russian, I think) showing a first-generation iPhone that's been modified to light up the Apple logo on the back of the device when it's turned on. Sadly, it doesn't show how exactly the modification was made, though I conjecture it uses light from the ...

Some early free gems in the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Jul 10th, 2008)

Like Erica, I've been poking around the App Store all morning. Unlike Erica, I'm not brave enough to install the firmware without the official word from Apple, but in the meantime, here's a few free apps in there that are definitely worth a download right away. Advent: A free version of Colossal ...

mi Lite iPod skins

by Laurie A. Duncan (Oct 16th, 2006)

Have you ever wondered if your iPod could serve double duty as both a digital audio device and a funky portable strobe light? Me neither. But someone made it happen anyway. mi Lite, from Blue Box is a protective graphic skin that features tiny sensor switches that make your iPod light up and go ...