A sign of the times, as it is closing the same day the Mac App Store opens.
Sparrow Mail Beta 7
This morning, the team behind Sparrow, a minimal Gmail client for the Mac, dropped the 7th beta of the software.
The low-profile labeling system is my favorite addition, by far. Selecting “Archive and Label” will move the message into that mailbox, so it shows up where you expect it to in Mail. Here’s a screenshot of what I meant by a “low-profile” design.
Wonder why I have [Gmail] in all my label names? Check out this guide I wrote concerning Gmail, IMAP and Mail.app.
TSA Missed Loaded Gun at IHA
TSA checkpoints at airports are at the front lines of preventing terrorism. When you go through security, you expect to be scanned and searched. And you expect TSA to prevent contraband from getting on planes, but as we’ve learned, that doesn’t always happen.
Houston businessman Farid Seif says it was a startling discovery. He didn’t intend to bring a loaded gun on a flight out of Houston and can’t understand how TSA screeners didn’t catch it.
Nearing the height of last year’s Christmas travel season, TSA screeners at Bush Intercontinental Airport somehow missed a loaded pistol, one that was tucked away inside a carry-on computer bag.
“I mean, this is not a small gun,” Seif said. “It’s a .40 caliber gun.”
Holy shit.
[via my friend @deevahs]
So, This is Probably Magic
My wife, who was an ESL teacher before being a mom, watched this video speechless.
Graphing the Flame Wars
The one about the Apple II is especially interesting.
Susan Kare Selling Prints of Classic Icons
Susan Kare is offering signed prints of original Mac OS icons, including the Bomb, the Smiling Mac and even the Alert icon.
Prices are pretty reasonable, at least for the smaller sizes:
- 8.5” x 11” edition of 200: $89
- 17” x 22” edition of 200: $129
- 24” x 30” edition of 100: $349
- 30” x 40” edition of 100: $499
These prints will make great gifts for any hardcore Apple nerds in your life. Needless to say, I’m probably ordering the dogcow one for myself.[1. Naturally.]
What’s Next for Delicious
Dropbox Hits 1.0
The easy-to-use, super reliable file sync software Dropbox wasn’t even a 1.0 product until this morning, which is kind of hard to believe, given how well it works.
Seriously, it’s awesome. It makes iDisk look like it was built by 8 year olds. If you aren’t using it, you should go sign up. If you do so via that link, we’ll both get some extra space, even on free accounts.
‘The Big Picture’ Posts Year in Review
Pardon the Dust
I’m having a few issues with RSS and Twitter, so please forgive any weirdness you see this evening in the feeds. Thanks!
Inmate Cites Festivus Belief
A Festivus for the rest of us? A convicted drug dealer in California thinks so. He cited his adherence to the holiday celebrated on a famous episode of “Seinfeld” to get better meals at the Orange County jail.
The Orange County Register reported Monday that Malcolm Alarmo King disliked the salami meals served at the jail, so he used his devotion to Festivus as a reason to get kosher meals reserved for inmates with religious needs.
On Challenger
Gizmodo has a great photo up of the space shuttle Challenger being driven to the launch pad for its first flight ever.
The photo is chilling, considering what would happen just a few years later.
Trivia: I was born the exact day the shuttle exploded, killing all seven onboard. The 25th anniversary is about 6 weeks away.