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The world’s most expensive scissors

The world’s most expensive scissors

Great brands *must* begin with great products. Great products stand the test of time, and almost always have a fascinating story behind them. Here’s a perfect example: the world’s greatest (and probably most expensive) Bonsai scissors, crafted for 50 years by Yasuhiro...

Jony Ive to Depart Apple

Jony Ive to Depart Apple

Chance Miller, reporting for 9to5Mac: Apple’s chief design officer Jony Ive is leaving the company after more than 20 years. Ive will form his own independent design firm. Apple will be a client of Ive’s new design firm, but he will not be an Apple employee. In a...

A cliched post

A cliched post

I'm going to be short and to the point, here. I swear I am. This is a cliched bit of writing I am about to do, so I am apologizing upfront for it. I am sorry. I am sorry for what I'm about to say. Now, here we go. It's been a long time since I last posted anything to...

On Community

On Community

When I was a socially awkward teen, one of my main hobbies was playing around on computers. I didn't just want to run programs or play games, I wanted to understand everything about them - how they're built, what each part of the hardware does, how they communicate...

The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

After a year of teasers and trailers that reveal little of the plot of the new Star Wars movie, we finally get a broader look at Episode VII, which comes out in theatres December 18. The new trailer also marks the opening of online ticket sales....

Marco Arment to podcasting community: Big Money is coming

Marco Arment, writing on his site marco.org: This time, I’m not too worried about Pocket Casts and Castro. Well, a little — that instinct never fully leaves a person. But even after Pocket Casts ships their silence skipper and volume booster shortly on iOS and Castro...

It’s Kindergarten Eve. Here are my thoughts.

Tomorrow, my son Adam will take his first step into a larger world. Much to my chagrin, he's not becoming a Jedi (yet), but he is attending his first day of kindergarten. Adam, his mom and I met with his teacher a few days ago, forked over some cash for supplies and...

Phil Schiller confirms USB-C was an Apple Invention

Phil Schiller confirms USB-C was an Apple Invention

Back in March, John Gruber mentioned on his podcast The Talk Show that he heard the USB-C port Apple announced they were using for their new MacBooks was an invention of Apple that was given to the standard bodies for USB. Gruber also said that the politics were such...

The Scariest Cry You’ve Ever Heard is Right on The Horizon

Casey Liss on Tuesday wrote a story on his site about an incredibly trying time in the life of every parent of an infant - when your baby is sick, inconsolable and you feel helpless. I am no stranger to this feeling; when Adam was a wee baby, he had bouts of...