Trash that code!

I was reading one of Brent Simmons’ blog, when I came across this.

Interesting to hear what developers without obsessive tendencies  think about starting over.

Pinch gesture in Safari on Mac

As handy as many of the new multi-touch Mac gestures are (especially four finger expose commands), the pinch gesture in Safari has its faults. The following screenshot of Vimeo shows how more advanced CSS styling can render the enlarged text unreadable:

 

MacBook Air

After much consideration, I purchased the latest MacBook Air model yesterday evening, and so far, I am thoroughly impressed. To be fair, I am upgrading from a PowerBook G4 12″. I find that the new Nvidia 256MB video cards are well worth the wait. My PowerBook’s dedicated 64MB video card lasted a long time, but when this thin, mobile wonder debuted with a video card 4 times its ability, I was impressed. Of course a 1067Mhz frontside bus compared to the PowerBook’s 167Mhz bus, not to mention added DDR3 ram and the dual-core Penryn processor, also helped. Here’s what I’ve noticed in my 12 hours of owning the Air:

I can stream HD video without any hold ups whatsoever, while (legally) downloading a >1GB application from an FTP, and still having enough RAM to keep Mail, Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto running in the background. Stunning. More than I would have ever expected.

On other small topics, I was surprised by the Air’s sub-keyboard speakers. Not bad! The packaging is remarkably small, making the Air seem even more suave.

A follow up later…

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I’d head over to “We Heart It” in a heartbeat. Many great finds and gems, and you can join in under a minute for no charge.