ohh, apple's STOCK is dying, not its ceo. gotcha.

While Steve wittingly quashed the rumors of his terminal illness once again to open his keynote address today, the delivery of his new products was underwhelming...mainly because the products themselves weren't the mind-blowing, industry-altering gadgets the public was expecting. And their stock suffered; down nearly 4% today, hitting lows not seen since April.

The products revealed were a slimmer, sleeker iPod Nano, update v2.1 for iPhone (coming Friday...fingers crossed for copy/paste function), and HDTV availability on iTunes. See what I mean? Nothing too fancy or too interesting. But hey, they have really cool colors for Nano, so at least your iPod won't look as depressed as you, Apple shareholder!

Full video of the keynote here.

spider with a viral bite (oh, and its enormous)

So, like, I know the Brits are weird and all...but this? A giant robotic spider repelling down the side of an office building in Liverpool? I don't quite follow. There are speculations on Engadget's comments section that its a viral campaign for Ghost in the Shell, a popular anime program (it resembles one of the characters).

Whatever it is, its certainly viral. Just like that full-sized UFO crashing near London Bridge promoting the Vauxhall Insignia car in the UK, its another attention-grabbing installation...not sure if its directing people towards cars or anime, but hey, its certainly interesting.

buffer.me from shitty design

As reported on TechCrunch this morning, Buffer.me has launched a private beta site, bringing sleek and intuitive design to the Youtube experience. And its about damn time...the Youtube site has become less and less appealing (search function, video UI, cluttered layout, etc), and has caused me to revert much more to watching Youtube videos only when they are embedded on third-party blogs, news or websites. The other video sites out there have a sleek, appealing layout and UI (Hulu, Vimeo), why can't Youtube? Well, wish no more. By the way, this whole site was concieved and designed by one dude.

Buffer.me