From Andrew Pouliot comes a great tip about using the Core Animation debug mode both on a touch device or in the simulator. This really helps get to the core of blending and where your app can stand to speed up.

“It’s an assault on the senses, a barrage of crazy imagery. Imagine that you went back in time to the late 1960s and found Terry Gilliam, fresh from doing his weird low-fi collage/animations for Monty Python. You proceeded to inject Gilliam with so many steroids his penis shrank to the size of a hair follicle, and you smushed a dozen tabs of LSD under his tongue. And then you gave him the GDP of a few sub-Saharan countries. Gilliam might have made a movie not unlike this one.”

(Via io9.)

(via stevenf.)

I like Girl Talk. A biomechanical engineer that makes wicked mashups. Wired has a story on a song from the latest Girl Talk album, Feed The Animals. There are 35 samples in the song, expertly blended. Amazing.

Graham Lee with a great explanation of authentication and authorization with beer and WWDC.

Ms. Taken is a clever fake engagement ring hidden in a key fob. The real kicker is the parody of Lonely Island’s Jizz In My Pants song/video.

(Via Geekologie.)

Batteries Feel Included: 309: “Step Eleven: Pause for ten seconds to allow the incrediblness of the situation to sink in. There will be no reason for her to doubt your claim, because your beard will make you appear many years older and your cuts would add weight to the idea that you’ve come from a post-apocalyptic future where a war is currently taking place.”

I’ve been on the hunt for a motorcycle for a bit. Due to a confluence of events I was on the hunt for a bike this weekend. One popped up on Craigslist yesterday and I went to see it this morning. After a test ride and a little negotiation I am now the proud owner of a 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 750. Her name is Betty. There are a couple of cosmetic things to take care of. The engine is in great shape and It has less than 7k miles on it.

I hadn’t been riding in the last few months so I was nerveous to get the bike home. I had nothing to worry about. I rode Betty the 25 miles on highways easily.

A few months ago I took a motorcycle safety course and then after that I went and got my motorcycle license. I haven’t gotten a motorcycle yet as I’ve been busy with life things like moving in with my sweet heart and getting married.

The itch is firmly there now though. I want a motorcycle. I’m looking in the 500cc to 750cc range. I’m really liking the cruisers like a Kawasaki Vulcan or LTD. Ideally I’d love to have a bike I can do some work on myself and get to know really well.

I really need to get some gear and start test riding. This weekend I’ll get back on the hunt for a great helmet and go from there.

On a related note, here’s a great photo set of 1960s motorcycles from Britain.

Vroom! Vroom!