For many, the Mac has become their alarm clock of choice, as it can provide the extra customization that your ZZZZ’s need.
To help you decide which of the popular alarm clock programs to pick, The Unofficial Apple Weblog has put together a Tabulator showdown between Alarm Clock, Alarm Clock Pro, Awaken, and Aurora to see which is the winner.
There’s not clear cut winner, so it’s up to you to decide, but whatever you go with, chances are you’ll sleep easier knowing that you’ll wake better as well.
[TUAW - Tabulator: Alarm Clock Showdown]
DJ Earworm’s United State of Pop is an incredibly impressive mashup of the 25 most popular songs of 2007. (According to Billboard.)
Besides saying that it’s amazing, it’s hard to describe, so just give it a download and see what you think. (But prepare to be united.)
[DJ Earworm - United States Of Pop]
A popular program’s icon is something that you probably interact with on a daily basis, so it’s always interesting to get into the mind of an icon designer to see just what decisions they’re making during their design process.
Sebastiaan de With is the man behind the new icon for Flow (an FTP client for the Mac that is heavy on both form and function) and his work is fantastic.
The end result is a swirl (or is it a flow) of colors that grabs the eye and demands clickage, but the steps that he takes to get to that end result are what’s interesting.
Flow there now.
[Cocoia Blog - Designing Flow's Icon: Our Favorite Attractor]
[Flow]
[Via: Shawn Blanc]
Yahtzee is “a British-born, currently Australian-based writer and gamer with a sweet hat and a chip on his shoulder”.
He also does pretty sweet reviews of popular video games for a segment called Zero Punctuation.
Here’s his take on Super Mario Galaxy:
[Via: The Escapist]
Ed Janssen is This Charming Man, and creates jewelry pieces that “tend to be quite iconic, reflecting the everyday through a lens of humor that gives his pieces personalities of their own.”
His “knuckle sandwich” necklace is definitely his most popular piece, and for good reason, as the brass knuckles between two pieces of bread has taken on a cult status for its good looks and subtle charm.
Who’s hungry?
[This Charming Man]
[Via: NOTCOT]
If you’re getting ready to stuff your turkey filled self into a car to camp outside of your favorite store at 5:00 in the morning so that you can save a few bucks off your holiday shopping, then be sure to do your homework first!
Black Friday Ads is the official Black Friday website, and features scans of all of the most popular store’s Black Friday ads, as well as hot deals for both online and offline shopping.
Use it to map out your plan of attack, and you’ll find yourself a much happier (and richer) gift giver this year.
[Black Friday Ads]
On Saturday, I had the chance to go and see Formula D’s “The Finals” at Irwindale Speedway (yes, I did get stuck on Interstate 5 on the way down from San Francisco due to that massive accident), and I must say, if you’re at all a fan of the four wheeled machine, make sure you check out one of Formula Drift’s events at a track near you.
If you’re not familiar with the sport, think of drifting as two automotive ballerinas battling it out in a boxing match. It’s gracefully controlled mayhem, and in my opinion, it’s easily the best form of four-wheeled entertainment on the planet.
Continue reading ‘…It’s Tuner Tuesday: Formula Drift?’
The end of 2006 means it’s time to go back in time and recap the most popular posts in the blogging world from the past year, which also means it’s a good time to catch up on some great content that you might have missed. The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Gizmodo took the time out to link together some of their best, and they’ve definitely got some must reads, so if you haven’t already, go check them out.
[The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
[Gizmodo]
