Archive 5. July 2012

Soulvers Features | Acqualia. "Calculator" rethought. I wonder why so many desktop computer calculators desperately try to replicate the UI of old pocket calculators. On mobile devices, it makes sense - the pocket calculator UI with multi-function keys is quite efficient for such small form factors - but on the computer, I much more often simply use a Python shell or an iPython notebook. Soulver is a bit like that, only focused on classic calculations and with linking of lines, so that you can build spreadsheet-like solution sheets. Quite clever.

Samsung: Compact camera EX2F with extra bright lens - Golem.de. It then came completely unexpectedly out of the blue into play. I don't think anyone had it on their radar - if I were still looking for an interesting compact camera, this would be one of the more interesting devices alongside the Sony RX100. However, for me, the GF3 has now taken the place of compacts, and even the RX100 can't keep up with it.

iBookstore blocks Czernin anthology as ‘too explicit’. That's where all understanding stops - control fetishism and prudery don't go together. And unfortunately, no longer just of American origin - in .eu, the UK is just developing something like this as a "standard" for itself. Beautiful new dumbed-down world ...

Fuse4X – The Easiest and Fastest Way to Create File Systems for Mac OS X. MacFuse is currently going the way of the dodo, so there's a need for an alternative if you want to load userspace filesystems (e.g., if you want to mount an SSH server). This version also looks more interesting than OSXFuse, because OSXFuse primarily aims for compatibility with the old MacFuse, while Fuse4X primarily aims for compatibility with the Linux reference and should make porting userspace filesystems easier.