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Navigon Shows off Mobile Navigator 1.5

Navigon has updated their Flickr Photostream with some shots of the upcoming 1.5 release. New features appear to be a connection to twitter and facebook (meh), a cool looking 3D terrain view (in app purchase sadly), and a "my routes" feature. Additionally you can now zoom in the 3D birds eye view, there's a new "SOS" feature that shows you a bunch of information about where you are and what's close (sorry, that was in 1.4 it looks like). Of all the features the 3D terrain looks sexiest, but hard to say if I'll get it as it's more $$ and lets face it, I'm a cheap bastard.

Apple Releases Aperture 3

So looking through the What's new in Aperture 3 page, it looks like some people's dreams will come true, with "Faces" and "Places" from iPhoto appearing, brushes for retouching (echoing the local adjustment brushes from Lightroom), presets (they didn't have those before?), and what looks like a gorgeous full scren browser for browsing and viewing. Rounding out the major features is new slideshows with advanced affects, ability to combine video and audio with your photos, etc (sounds like they mixed in some Final Cut/iMovie in there as well).

All I can say is I kinda wish I a) wasn't already invested in Lightroom (come on Adobe, bring us Lightroom 3!!!) and that my main and most powerful computer wasn't a windows machine.

Reddit ProTips

Know when that snarky bastard says "protip, just [something something]"? Check out the list of reddit supplied protips at the What is your best PROTIP? discussion.

Google and "Social"

Scoble has a good post on The social failings of Google. Rumors are that they'll release something new and amazing in the "social space" tomorrow (Tuesday). Guess we'll see what they have up their sleeves, and if whatever it is (gmail + wave + google reader?) is going to threaten the Facebook / MySpace world.

We Love XKCD

Super cool video featuring a ton of internet personalities passed over by @halkeye. Check out we love XKCD.

The Official Wife Crying at Movies Site

I just found Crying Wife.com via SmodCast. It's basically a guy who video tapes his wife who cries easily, after watching movies. Before you flame the guy for being an insensitive prick though, read his FAQ and then flame him :)

Japanese Star Wars Tuna Ad

Dear Internet. I have no words to explain this: Japanese Star Wars Tuna Ad.

De-OMG-ifying Rails

Via @coderpath and @srbaker comes this git commit log for the Rails 3.0 code to "deOMGify" the code. Great read and great comments.

iPad UI Conventions

Put together in a iPad UI Conventions set on flickr. Via Daring Fireball.

The Worst Superhero Movies Of All Time

IO9 has collected The Worst Superhero Movies Of All Time so you don't have to. Some real stinkers in there...

The Thickness of Napkins

Contrast The Blog has a nice little look at The thickness of napkins and compares it to computer software and hardware.

Fax Machine Timeline

I present to you, without much comment, the Fax Machine Timeline over at Doghouse. Well, maybe "ha!" is the only comment....

Amazing Aliens Rap

Friggin' amazing Amazing Aliens Rap.

Airbender's Superbowl Trailer Comes Out Early

IO9 has a teaser trailer for The Last Airbender. Looks pretty sweet!

Doom iPhone Code Review

Doom Iphone code review. Cool.