I joined the guys from the FatDads podcast for episode 42, in which we discussed the iPhone 4S, cell phone carriers in Canada and my new house.
Category: Site News
512 Pixels iPhone Wallpaper
I got bored this afternoon, so I made this:
Click on the image for the full-resolution version. It’s Retina Display-ready.
Update: Here’s an iPad version and one for use “inside” your iPhone, which works way better if you don’t fill up the bottom row.
70Decibels ‘Podcast Provider’ in iTunes
70Decibels is now a featured “podcast producer” in iTunes.
This is a huge step for Myke and the gang. I’m super excited.
70Decibels
I’d like to congratulate my buddy Myke Hurley on launching 70Decibels, a new network for his excellent podcasts.
If you’ve never checked out Myke’s podcasts, this really is the time. The Bro Show and Enough - The Minimal Podcast are two of my favorite technology shows. The App Orchard with Joshua Schnell of Macgasm is excellent, as is Myke’s own show, The Hurley Bird. Need a laugh? Check out 11 Minutes. I laugh every time I listen.
The Syndicate
I’m happy to announce that starting the first week of November, I will be offering RSS sponsorships here on 512 Pixels. I’m also happy to announce that I’ve joined a brand-new RSS sponsorship network named The Syndicate to make this better than it could ever be if I was working on my own.
The Syndicate is a network of technology, design, development, and business writers offering RSS sponsorships on some of the best-known sites in our corners of the Internet.
‘Great Expectations’
Speaking of podcasts, I go to join the boys on The Bro Show this week to talk about the iPhone 4S. Go check it out.
Thank You, Listeners
I woke up to a text message from Myke, sharing this news with me about our new podcast:
Introducing the Ungeniused Podcast
I’m happy to announce that Myke Hurley and I have started a new project together. A podcast, naturally, given Myke’s awesome gifts.
The show’s name is Ungeniused, and it isn’t a technology podcast, like you might expect.
Ungeniused is a podcast dedicated to exploring how far down the rabbit hole one can go on Wikipedia. This often means talking about things no one should know anything about.
We just launched the first episode. In it, Myke and I discuss reality TV’s history, and some simply terrible examples of what can happen when it all goes wrong.
Eat at Chili’s on September 26, Help St. Jude Save Lives
Our son is a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital here in Memphis.
When he was six months old, he was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of brain cancer. He’s received over a dozen rounds of chemotherapy, numerous operations, countless MRIs and hours of physically, occupational and speech therapy at St. Jude.
Josiah will never be “out of the woods” with his cancer, but today, he’s basically a normal almost-three year old. He’s a picky eater, loves Hot Wheels cars and just about every Pixar movie.1 He’s legally handicapped, but the way he plays with his little sister, you might not notice that he limps and doesn’t have good use of his left hand.
The Move
I’ve gotten a bunch of emails from people since re-launching the site under the name 512 Pixels. I thought I’d answer the most popular questions here.
So, why did you change names?
First of all, it had nothing to do with this.
It boils down to this: while I loved the name Forkbombr, I didn’t think it played well, long-term.
What about old links? Aren’t they all broken now?
Old links are fine. Thanks to the magic that is the .htaccess file and mod_rewrite commands, forkbombr.net/anything redirects to 512pixels.net/anything. Here’s the code to make that happen:
Welcome to 512 Pixels
I’d like to welcome you to 512 Pixels, my new home online.
I’m proud of what I accomplished at Forkbombr. But I felt now was the time to re-launch my writing, for many reasons.
So, why the name?
The original Macintosh’s screen was 512 pixels across, helping set the standard screen resolution of 72 DPI. The Mac’s GUI paved the way for computers and design as we know them today. Nothing has been untouched since 1984. I want to pay homage to that with my work.
Three Years
Three years ago, I launched Forkbombr. Thankfully, I’ve dropped the upper-case B in the name since.
In the time since launch, I’ve published 2,462 posts. As plain text files, that’s right at 3 MB of writing. It’s weird to think about three years of work that way.
Over these last three years, Forkbombr has proven to be more successful than I had ever dreamed it would be. It is still super humbling every time I get a reader email or someone new becomes an RSS subscriber.