Archive for February 2008

Special icon treatments in the Mac Finder

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Two things I want for icons in the Macintosh Finder:

  1. Color-labeling icons in the Finder is OK — but I wish applying a label would wash the whole icon in color or surround it in a colored halo so that it were even more emphatic.
  2. And speaking of emphatic, I wish I could adjust the size of individual icons in any window (not just change the size of them all).

Air traffic visible in Google Maps

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I wish that when viewing Google Maps, I could see civilian aircraft when they’re located overhead (derived from the open air-traffic-control data). (more…)

Digital fridge door

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

I want a refrigerator whose entire front surface is a digital display, programmable to show pictures, text, websites, anything.