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Sir Patrick Stewart talking euphoric about the internet, Twitter, iPhone and games. This man is awesome.

GeoMapLookup, the web app to geolocate IP adresses and domain names, got a new icon and custom map marker. Furthermore GeoMapLookup is now on Twitter with an open ear for feature requests and feedback. The latest tweet will be displayed below the info box on geomaplookup.net.
To update the icon of your iPhone home screen link [...]

Follow the latest Apple news and keynote live coverage on your iPhone. The link collection at http://next.cinnamonthoughts.org/ provides access to iPhone formatted news and rumor sites and will be updated with links to live coverage once they become available.
Please leave link requests to iPhone friendly Apple news sites (i.e. formatted to display nicely on the [...]

GeoMapLookup now uses the new Google Maps API in version 3.
The iPhone version includes a zoomable and pannable mini map while the desktop version benefits from the new technology and a clean and modern looking map.

Try GeoMapLookup at http://geomaplookup.net

Alex Roman created this wonderful, completely animated film named The Third & The Seventh. This is truly a piece of art.
After watching this I wonder when an average computer will be able to render pictures and animations as realistic as these in real time.
Watch the film in HD or take a look at some stills [...]

The geolocation app to identify the geographical source of an IP address or host name GeoMapLookup got a new mini map for its iPhone version. It is zoomable and cycles through the most important zoom levels (with a nice CSS animation) by simply tapping on the map. The button to open iPhone’s integrated Google Maps [...]

While moderating (mostly spam) comments on this blog (cinnamonthoughts.org) today, I came across a pingback that looked a bit strange so I followed the link and discovered this:

The blog reposted several of my posts including the one on Reeder and my latest Emojinator update without linking to my blog or giving credit. It looks like [...]

A cool video on YouTube showing the launch of a Saturn V model rocket. Scale 1:10 might sound small but it’s freaking huge for a model rocket!

As a small gift for christmas, I’ve updated Emojinator with some nice changes:

Added fullscreen mode. To use it, add Emojinator to your home screen: tap “+” in MobileSafari and select “add to Home Screen”.
Replaced “Send to” buttons with text explaining copy and paste.
Removed confirm dialog on Emoji selection to speed things up.
Removed text input field. [...]

At space.com you can take a tour of our corner of the cosmos. Like the famous National Geographic poster it gives you a good sense of how small our solar system (and every other) really is. Truly fascinating.

Every Safari user on Mac OS X should take a look at ClickToFlash which makes your browsing through the Flash infested World Wide Web pleasant again.
Using ClickToFlash, all of those icky Flash bits that have infected most webpages on the internets are replaced with a nice, smooth gradient and the word “Flash” set in a [...]