Not content to diddle around on the iPod touch screen, David Lasnier made a stylus that he uses to draw with the Brushes app, producing results like his cat skull sketch above.
His first attempt involved an Allen key with a sponge tip (far left) but Lasnier hit on using the knife blade holder (center) sans knife, stuffed with a sponge. The resulting brush is very precise because the head is clean and firm. He dubbed it the “Free Capacitive Stylus, ” for instructions, see Flickr.
As Lasnier told Cult of Mac: “I loaded a painting app for my iPod touch because I draw a lot. It was more out of curiosity than with a real project in mind. One day I made a little stylus while at my day job, and eventually, one small object at time, began to do it seriously. In a month I made 40 little paintings.”
Lasnier has taken inspiration from what surrounds him at said day job, including staple removers, an iPod jack and pencils.
All images copyright David Lasnier, used with permission.
Hat tip to Studio Tota
rossboardman on February 20th 2009 in Apple, Mac OS X
Microsoft used an image of an ambling snow leopard licking its chops for the backdrop to its Live Search homepage on Thursday, prompting a few in the business and technology press to speculate why.
Among them, Ina Fried at c|net is likely furthest from the mark, with her suggestion Microsoft could have been showing a player’s tell that Live Search will be the default search engine in Safari’s tool bar when the next version of OS X launches.
Fried suggests that because Microsoft has money to spend and because it might be willing to do so in order to get the market share boost for Live Search that such a deal would bring, well, she admits the idea is a “crazy” one, but she put it out there any way.
Why it won’t happen: Apple doesn’t need the money and has almost never made it a practice to co-brand its products with services that suck.
rossboardman on February 20th 2009 in Apple, Mac OS X
The Cult team members are not famous for colorful desktops, but when I saw this little beauty I felt it deserved some link love. This gorgeous desktop picture (and its slightly spikier sibling) are now available for free from the generous hands of Wolfgang Bartelme, having recently made something of a splash of their own on Flickr.
Wolfgang is no stranger to design gorgeousness, having also created other desktop and iPhone wallpapers like Dashball, ColorFlow, and ColorFlow 2.
Download and enjoy.
rossboardman on February 19th 2009 in Apple, Mac OS X
Now there are two. Apple Thursday told service agents it will no longer support the 20-inch Cinema Display, leaving its new 24-inch LED Cinema Display and older 30-inch version as the only external display options.
In a bulletin, Apple said the 20-inch Cinema Display had reached its End of Life. As a result, the Cupertino, Calif. company would cancel any pending orders.
The news prompted speculation Apple may soon end support of the 30-inch display, leaving just the new 24-inch LED display designed for Apple laptops.
Apple stopped producing the 20-inch Cinema Display in late 2008 and Cupertino’s main distributor, Ingram Micro UK have none of the displays in inventory, according to Apple Insider.
In 2008, Apple discontinued its 23-inch HD Cinema Display when introducing the LED 24-inch Cinema Display.
Apple may refresh its line of Cinema Displays by introducing a 20-inch model that supports the new Mini DisplayPort, according to reports Thursday.
rossboardman on February 19th 2009 in Apple, Mac OS X
Jonathan Zdziarski, creator of the first iPhone forensics toolkit, has developed a new iPhone app called AMBER alert, aimed at helping find kidnapped children in the US.
These alerts are issued when missing child cases are granted Amber status – kidnappings of children under age 17 who police believe to be in danger of bodily harm or death.
Zdziarski’s iPhone application will provide a real-time feed of recent alerts including victim photos and information, suspect photos and descriptions, vehicle photos and descriptions and a reporting mechanism allowing users to report sightings.
The Amber Alert program was created in 1996 after the kidnapping and killing of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman from Arlington, Texas.
The free app is pending approval by Apple.
Via MacNN
rossboardman on February 19th 2009 in Apple, Mac OS X
