Nov 30
There have been many discussions in the past about what to do with your Apple boxes once you’ve unboxed your gear, and some people even think Mac boxes make great furniture, but this may be the first case I’ve seen of people using old Apple boxes purely as home decor.
Mike and Regina shared their idea with Apartment Therapy, an NYC-based home design blog… “Here’s a great way to save money, spruce up your apartment, and reduce waste. If you buy something small and have a nice-looking product box, then save it and use it as a decoration. Small cubbyholes or nooks and crannies can be spiced up for free and do the environment a favor. From consumption and waste to useful art. I happen to be partial to Apple products so I use their excellently designed boxes in my apartment instead of buying more stuff to decorate with. I save money, and save on the landfill.“
Sure, with Apple the packaging is part of the appeal, but as much as I like the way the boxes look, I’m not sure I’d want to decorate my home with them. My office perhaps, but not my home. I’d prefer to let the products themselves be the focal point. My Cubes are always conversation starters when people spot them all over my apartment, but if I left my Cube boxes on display it would look I have a serious storage problem, not a flair for design.
I think one of the commenters on the AT post summed it up nicely: “If they sold Mac boxes at West Elm in persimmon these people would be all over’em like white on rice.“
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Nov 30
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, OS, Switchers, Apple
According to MetaFacts 2006 Home PC Brand Profile Report, 46% of Apple’s base is over the age of 55, compared with 25.2% of other platforms. The Home PC Brand Profile Report is “one of a series of summary reports on specific topics based on the results of MetaFacts’ 2006 Technology User Profile (TUP) study, which reveal the changing patterns of technology adoption and use in American households and businesses.“
Dan Ness of MetaFacts says “Apple can claim long-time loyalists, but its future among the young technoliterati is an interesting dynamic, with a higher-than-average share of US home’s primary PC users falling into this age group.“
I say “With age, comes wisdom.“
Other interesting tidbits in the report include the fact that Apple users are buying more portables than desktops, even as their primary home computer, which isn’t as surprising as it used to be. Why tether yourself to a desk when the couch is so much more comfy?
All you have to do now is teach Grandma that the Internet and the application used to browse the Internet are not one and the same and you’ll both be set.
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Nov 30
woodblock100 writes -
“I needed a teleprompter to help me make better looking videos for my website on woodblock printmaking, so I built this one, using nothing but a few pieces of scrap wood and glass, and only free software.
When recording videos, I discovered that I’m not much of an actor … namely, I can’t remember my lines! I tried to get around this by printing out a large-type ’script’ and hanging it up next to the camera, but when I looked at the resulting video, it was obvious that I was reading something, and not looking directly into the camera. There was only one solution … build a teleprompter!
Here’s how I did it, in just a few minutes, using a couple of scraps of wood, a scavenged piece of glass, and an old shirt …” - Link.
Related:
- DIY Plasti-Prompter - Link.
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Nov 30
Word started spreading yesterday afternoon that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would be making an appearance at the LA Auto Show this morning, and that he might even use the appearance to announce a new biofuels initiative. Fifteen minutes before he appeared, one of his people also said an announcement was coming. Unfortunately, all the buzz was wrong — the Governator did appear, and praised the show itself (this is the 100-year anniversary), the automakers there, and the state’s initiatives to minimize emissions spewed from millions of California cars, but announced no new plans for biofuels. He was joined by executives from BMW, GM, Tesla, Honda and Daimler-Chrysler, as well as a representative of the Union of Concerned Scientist. We all received a press release noting the governor’s environmental achievements.
Needless to say, we were a bit disappointed. The governor’s appearance did, however, underscore the theme of environmental impact running through the show, and variety of strategies (some really impressive, some notably disappointing) the auto industry is implementing to address personal transportation’s heavy environmental footprint. So far, we’ve seen lots of hybrids and fuel cell concept cars, so were happy to see the Tesla Roadster (an electric vehicle) get prominent placement at this morning’s news conference. One point that industry reps have also been making throughout the show — fuel cell cars are electric cars. We don’t know if these means that hydrogen represents the primary means by which car makers will pursue electric vehicles; we do know that they’re pretty excited about it in spite of the long timeline projected for commercial viability of fuel cell cars.
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We spent the morning wandering about the huge 
