OS X keyboard shortcut symbols
I’ve been on a Mac now for months, and those perplexing little symbols for keyboard shortcuts have been driving me crazy. I finally broke down and searched to figure out exactly what they all mean. I found a table at a site called OSXkeyboardshortcuts.com which has exactly what I needed: OS X Keyboard Shortcuts.
Simplicity in software
Almost every person I know that has been involved with software design should find this comic about software simplicity funny.
4 Popped-Collars
I can’t help but laugh every time I see this picture. Seriously.
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(Via David Chartier’s I’ve Tumbled, and I can’t get up!)
Incredible short takeoff and landing
A pilot friend of mine figures that there must have been at least a 30 knot headwind when this video was taken. Sounds reasonable to me.
(Via A Welsh View.)
Airplane Photography
Check out this arresting set of airplane photos.
From the photographer’s site:
Flying an airplane was one of my earliest dreams. Building and flying all the model planes I could afford, I became intimately familiar with aircraft design, and at the age of 17, I received my pilot’s license.
Heavy metal, as the wide body jets are known, is the ultimate achievement in engineering and design. While aircraft evoke many different feelings, since 9/11, no one can ever again look at a large airliner without the distant but ominous memory of how easily they were turned into weapons by a small band of terrorists. They are a symbol of how vulnerable our highly technological society has become.
In this portfolio I explore a typology of the varied cruciform shapes of jet aircraft flying precisely overhead as if frozen in space. I have decontextualized these highly detailed photographs to express the complexity and beauty of form. That these giant conglomerations of aluminum, can gracefully lift from earth is amazing. That they can return safely some hours later on another part of the globe is even more amazing. My aircraft photograph.
[via LFSTYL]Â
