Minimal Universe

Minimal Universe collect posts from our favorite minimal-related blogs listed on the right.
  • Minimal Mac: Buy The Shirt!

    Minimal Mac: Buy The Shirt!:

    Go buy the Minimal Mac tshirt.

  • WorkFlowy - A Better Way to Think

    WorkFlowy - A Better Way to Think:

    I use plain text files (via Notational Velocity and Simplenote) to organize my thoughts and brain dumps, however this little web application is so stupidly simple (and free!) that it’s hard not to give it a try.

    It organizes your information in hierarchical trees where you can add notes and other pieces of info, all via the keyboard, no need to the mouse!

    (Suggested by Vince, thanks!)

  • Buy The Shirt!

    The title says it all. You will now see a new (albeit, temporary) addition the the menu items. There, in the menu near “archive” and “rss” is “minimal mac t-shirt”. Click that. Launch the store. Buy one. They are $19.95 with shipping included. There is a $10.00 USD shipping surcharge for International orders. It’s also $3.00 extra for XXL. Sorry for this, but I could not absorb that extra cost into the price.

    As stated previously, I’ll keep it open for a bit but will close it and stop taking orders in a couple of weeks (or sooner, depending on sales). I will give fair warning before that happens, so stay tuned.

    Also, as stated, these will be printed on a premium, athletic cut, t-shirt. I normally wear a large and the large fits me well but with a trimmer profile then a regular cut shirt. Order a size up if you are used to a looser fit.

    As usual, please hit me up with any questions via the methods spelled out on the about page.

    Now, what are you waiting for? Buy one!

  • Today’s tactical watch is the Kobold SEAL Tactical....



    Today’s tactical watch is the Kobold SEAL Tactical. Rugged, extremely shock resistant, geared towards extreme diving and other activities with a mechanism that has a very simple output: it displays only the time.

    Tactical watches have to be simple. Operators in the field depend on their tools for survival and don’t have the time to start messing up with features that are not needed.

    As most of you know I have a thing for these rugged time pieces, I tried several models and brands myself while I was in the service.

    If you want to see more like these and other precision instruments, I am co-hosting another blog called Precision Instruments



  • Geek luddites | Watts Martin

    Geek luddites | Watts Martin:

    The model we’re moving toward, though, is premised on the idea that computers shouldn’t require routine tech support. Again, look back at game consoles: an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 is a fully programmable computer with networking capability, offline storage, removable media, the whole shebang, yet all of that is invisible to the user. What file system does a Playstation use and what directories does it put your downloaded games in? The correct answer is: “Who gives a shit?”

    And if what you do with a computer is spreadsheets and flow charts and word processing documents and slide presentations, web browsing and media watching and game playing, even recording music and editing photographs and writing text adventures, there’s an excellent case to be made that you should not have to give a shit about any of that, either. But right now—no matter what platform you’re using—you kinda do.

    Which is what I’ve been ranting about for a few years and several posts in here. The whole post is really interesting.

  • Marco.org: Developers don't rush to new platforms

    Marco.org: Developers don’t rush to new platforms:

    marco:

    A common fallacy is assuming that any new platform in an exciting market — recently, smartphones and tablet computers — will be flooded with developers as soon as it’s released, as if developers are just waiting outside the gates, hungrily waiting to storm in.

    In two recent cases, that’s exactly…

    Another superv analysis by Marco. This time about software developing for the new markets, the tablets and why the new hardware vendors and the segmented OS developers don’t get it.

  • Close the Laptop (and Change Your Life) | 3NL

    Close the Laptop (and Change Your Life) | 3NL:

    practicalopacity:

    I want to live free, unencumbered, and fully absorbed — fully alive — in every moment I get.

    This is a great post about someone who finally woke up and smelled the digital coffee. Be Pavlov, not the dog.

  • Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It | Daring Fireball

    Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It | Daring Fireball

  • Weissraum Dental Surgery

    Oh, dear. The sound of the dreaded drill from a recent dentist visit still lingers. The good news is that dental patients, in München can now reduce physical discomfort from dental procedures and still keep a healthy smile.

    Weissraum Dental Surgery, by Stuttgart-based Ippolito Fleitz Group, has been named “Germany’s most beautiful dental practice” for 2010. The design space takes full advantage of the building’s original historic character and architectural features; the stucco ornaments and ceiling heights are superb.

    The term ‘weissraum’, which means white space, comes alive through a clean design of white architecture. The walls and ceilings glow in bright white. The white washed oak floor and the purple sofa in the seating area break the monastic whiteness of the space—a relaxed lounge-like, calming atmosphere.

    A progressive architectural translation of the term “white space.” I am left wanting more of Ippolito Fleitz Group’s understated goodness.

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  • Apple’s Next Macintosh OS | Monday Note

    Apple’s Next Macintosh OS | Monday Note:

    A few days ago, I downloaded a neat little utility to silence the startup sound on my new 11” MacBook Air. How much did the developer make? Zero, it’s freeware; the programmer didn’t want to spend the time and money to set up a commercial site. How much would I have paid for it from a Mac App Store? Less than $5, more than 99 cents.

    And this is just one of the reasons why I know the Mac App Store will be as much of a success as the iOS one. There are a ton of developers who would rather release freeware then to go through the sausage making that is e-commerce. In the new world, these fine folks can let Apple make the sausage and they can collect the cash. Great post as a whole, with many other interesting insights, by former Apple CEO Jean-Louis Gassée.

  • Daring Fireball: Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It

    Daring Fireball: Going Flash-Free on Mac OS X, and How to Cheat When You Need It:

    OK, now that the Chairman has laid out some clear and concise instructions, with a workaround for the (increasingly rare) times one needs it, I’m going to give this a swing.

  • Mantis Lamp

    Mantis Lamp is a prototype LED designed by Moritz Böttcher and Sören Henssler. The compact nature of the LED Strips allows for the construction to be consisted of no more than a few wooden pieces and an aluminum tube. The light can adjust in height, and rotate continuously.

    The lamp comes in two different color variations: black stained ash and maple white pigmented. The maple white definitely attracts my attention. Its airy, clean, and elegant composure is just something I would love to have sitting on my desk next to me. I also like the fact that, instead of trying to hide the wire with a white or neutral color, the designer chose to emphasize its presence by giving it a bright contrast.

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  • Dish Exec: Hulu Is Destroying the TV Industry

    Dish Exec: Hulu Is Destroying the TV Industry:

    Yeah, right….

    Tell you what: if cable or satellite TV didn’t charge a ridiculous amount of money to give you crap tv full of commercials, then people wouldn’t go to sites lie Hulu in search for content.

    Oh, and another note, to the networks: I, and I think most of the people here will agree with me in this, rather wait 24 hours and see my favorite series with no or little commercials on a site like Hulu than to watch it on your network where there’s 2 minutes of show and 15 minutes of commercials.

  • The IV drip of pleasure you get from solving one little problem at a time | 37Signals Blog

    The IV drip of pleasure you get from solving one little problem at a time | 37Signals Blog:

    The overwhelming way: Head down forever and hope there will be a big payoff at the end.

    The problem: The finish line always seems like it’s miles away. You spend 99% of your time anxious and only experience joy at the end (if ever). Sometimes you’re so intimidated by the idea, you give up.

    A more soothing approach: Break what you’re doing into smaller, incremental units. Then you get to celebrate each step of the way instead of waiting until the end.

  • Banish Flash Cookies

    onethingwell:

    I honestly can’t think of a good reason to allow Flash cookies space on your computer.

    To banish them forever, under Linux:

    rm -r ~/.macromedia ~/.adobe
ln -s /dev/null ~/.adobe
ln -s /dev/null ~/.macromedia

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