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June 19, 2006
"A mirror does not reflect evil, but creates it."
Body of publisher, friend of Cheney, recovered from Chesapeake Bay via
ShadowBook lets you change virtual desktops by waving your hand over the light sensors on PowerBooks and MacBooks Pro (MacBook Pros? I never know. It's like with the iPod mini. What's the plural? iPods mini, or iPod minis? Personally, I think it should work like the plural of attorney general (attorneys general) just because it sounds cool and is so rarely used...). via
The guy behind ShadowBook also recommends that developers explore the undocumented CGSSetWindowWarp function in the OS X API, which could allow all sorts of cool stuff:
• 3D Exposé replacement: "rotate" the screen, so can you can see windows from the side and pick one out
• Fish-eye window manager: keep full-sized windows in the center of the screen; shrink and warp when they reach the edge
• Rotational virtual desktops: something similar to the FrontRow menu, where the windows would be on the outside of a cylinder. You could zoom out slightly, then spin the cylinder to get to the windws you want.
• Wobbly windows: pretend that the windows are only pinned to the desktop at the top, and use the motion sensor and some simple physics to wobble the windows.
The Nintendo DS was inspired by the old Nintendo Game&Watch handheld systems, which had two very simple LCD screens in a clamshell design. Nostalgia for my old Game&Watch was one of the reasons I bought a DS. Now, Nintendo plans to release a Game&Watch compilation for the DS.
Posted by Jon Rubin at June 19, 2006 10:32 PM
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