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Drang, on DST⇢

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The Good Doctor:

I like Daylight Saving Time, and the advantages it brings more than make up for the slight disruption in my schedule. In fact, the most annoying thing to me about the DST changeovers is hearing people complain about them. The “lost hour of sleep” is especially rich. Who are these hothouse flowers who always get exactly the same amount of sleep except for that terrible day in March? To hear them talk, you’d think they never stay up late watching a movie or reading a book. Only prisoners have such regimented lives.

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Microsoft, Mozilla and iOS: Pouting Isn’t Fun for Anyone

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt:

Two and a half billion dollars.

That’s how much Morgan Stanley’s Adam Holt estimates Microsoft (MSFT) may be leaving on the table by not offering a full version of its Office suite (Word, Excel, etc.) on Apple’s (AAPL) iPads.

But Microsoft hasn’t released Office for iPad. While the usefulness of such a suite of applications is lost on users like me, there’s no doubt the company is leaving (what the kids call) a metric shit ton of money on the table, even with Apple taking 30 percent off the top.

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The Brushed Metal Diaries: An Introduction, a Trojan Horse and a History of Abuse

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While most people think of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther or some drunken loser when they hear the term “brushed metal” in the context of UI design, the interface is far older than either of those two things.

Think back to the summer of 1999. People were canning fruits and vegetables in preparation of Y2K, Cher was on the radio everywhere, and people could walk around in denim vests without living in fear of being punched in the face.

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Apple’s Not A Parent⇢

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Jim Dalrymple:

The simple fact is, as parents, it’s up to us to monitor what our kids do with technology or any toy. If you choose not to use the included controls because they are a hassle, then that’s your choice. You made that decision.

This.

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RSS Sponsor: Igloo Software⇢

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My thanks to Igloo Software for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week.

At Igloo, we believe that working with other people doesn’t have to be complicated — it’s about three things: content, communication and collaboration. It’s why we integrate our core suite of apps around social tools to create an intranet you’ll actually like.

Your Igloo’s core apps include: \* Blogs to share news and progress updates \* Calendars that sync with your favorite software \* Document storage, securely available anywhere \* Forums to keep your discussions and ideas together \* Microblogs, a private Twitter-like stream for your team \* Wikis for living, collaborative documentation

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