Inside Apple’s New Flagship Third Street Promenade Store

I got a sneak peek inside Apple’s new flagship retail store during its construction. The location is in the lot formerly occupied by the Borders book store. The build requires the tallest construction crane currently in Santa Monica because the ceiling implements one of Steve Jobs’ last patents: the glass roof. Apple store employees will apparentlyContinue reading “Inside Apple’s New Flagship Third Street Promenade Store”

HTML5 Class Update

Hi everyone, Here is some of the information I mentioned last night: GitHub Repositories The weather apps: https://github.com/quantumtom/noaa https://github.com/Socktan/goes The jQuery Mobile boilerplate demo (unmaintained for past nine months) https://github.com/quantumtom/webkitlab I know Phillip is working on getting the slides from class. I’ll make sure to let you know when he’s got them. Please reply withContinue reading “HTML5 Class Update”

Nexus 7 with floppy drive for retro-gaming

Using the StickMount app available on the Play store, which allows users to mount/dismount mass storage devices, he was able to connect the ASUS-made tab to a USB hub and hook it up to a keyboard, mouse and, most amusingly of all, a floppy drive — to play Ultima on DOSbox, of course. via ULTIMAteContinue reading “Nexus 7 with floppy drive for retro-gaming”