mechnik
so long and keep all your rotten fish.
Remembering Aaron Swartz
Ask HN: What is the meaning of life?
Google-Branded Touch Chromebook Planned
Vuzix Smart Glasses will take on Google Glass in 2013
An Expert on 'Extreme Productivity': Boost Results, Reduce Hours
Ask: What programming language is the most kickass?
The free bird leaps on the back of the win and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings with fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and is tune is heard on the distant hillfor the caged bird sings of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
Maya Angelou
What do you think about user defined movements for various actions?
Also, it does not need to be a screen touch. The phones have all sorts of sensors, maybe you could simply wink at it, tilt your head, tilt the phone...
Small circle, like spooning something, hooking a fish with a rod, or hooking spaghetti on a fork, would target the area, and the line length would control the size.
A simple(r?) overall movement, with one finger.
Ask HN: Could this work as an alternative to pinch-to-zoom for touchscreens?
What else might work to zoom?Has anyone patented drawing a circle with one finger? Clockwise and counter-clockwise could mean different things. Go clockwise to zoom, counter to shrink. Make a larger circle once, or make several small circles. Maybe not even a circle, but start drawing a right angle, left then up to zoom, down right to shrink.Better yet, build a generic utility to allow users to...
MIT researchers develop highly agile autonomous plane (video)
Galaxy Nexus phone back in stock on play.google.com
Since last midnight. Pre-ordered units shipping soon.
Absurd Samsung claim
" Samsung also made an absurd argument that a sales ban of the Galaxy Nexus would harm "certain "techie" consumers who value the pure Android operating system … and who will be unable to find any close substitute within the same price point." The court summarily dismissed the claim, citing Samsung's own frequent assertion that it sells more than one...