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Apr 11

The Dream of the 90s (Hackers)

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Do you remember how ridiculously inaccurate the hacking depictions were in Hackers?  Ever wanted to just slap haphazardly on your keyboard and feel like Crash Override or Acid Burn?  Well, now you can thanks to Hacker Typer!
Hack the Planet!

(io9)

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Apr 11

Congrats, Apple

I’m not sure how encouraged by the mothership they were to do this, but a group of Apple employees have submitted their own video contribution to the It Gets Better series. And bravo to them! Regardless of whether or not Apple was directly involved, it’s nice to see such a thoughtful addition to a great project.

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Apr 11

The Flip Camera is No More

Luckily, the Media Commons has been exploring a move to iOS devices for mobile video recording (and editing and photography and research and ARGs, and…) because the latest news from Cisco could have been devastating.  The networking company has decided it no longer actually wants to be into consumer electronics and is nixing the popular Flip line.  Since our standard Media Commons model is almost entirely based on Flip cameras at the moment, this will certainly force us to move even more quickly towards an iOS-flavored future.  Just glad we’ve already started the groundwork…


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Apr 11

For Example

I mentioned the other day how excited I was for the new apps that bring Apple’s iLife suite to the iPad 2.  Well, it looks like a band has gone and recorded the first album entirely with GarageBand on the iOS.

As Wired reports, Ultramod has put together an indie-punk “record” using nothing for recording and editing but the $5 app and the $500 iPad.  The result, Underwear Party was produced for tens of thousands less and is already for sale for $10 online.

What did Ultramod think of this stripped-down process?

“I see [the GarageBand app] as an everything-combined-into-one package,” said Max “Bunny” Sparber, The Ultramods’ lead singer. “Both new musicians and professional musicians are going to be very surprised with what they can do with it.”

I couldn’t agree more.  Listen to a track to see just what this inexpensive solution can do.

(From my iPad blog)


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