The PanShi is a combination of daring and lazy. On one hand they were trying to make some thing new and better. On the other hand you can see exactly how the designers just copied the ZhanChi CAD file and made a few small modifications. These modifications include wider “wings” on the edges, and a […]
42mm Dayan ZhanChi Review
I said it twice in the video review: it’s just a ZhanChi. But when you hold it and play with it, it feels like so much more. I imagine it has something to do with our perception of small things being cute? The stickers are pretty decent actually. Historically DIY’s specialty cubes from China have […]
Returning to Facebook
About a year ago I decided to leave Facebook for three primary reasons. Privacy issues. I was getting less out of the network than I was putting in. Trivializing human interaction. Through the month of October and November I’m going to re-explore those points. Perhaps the way I feel about them will have changed. While […]
Making of FiveTimer for Android
I had just come back from Iceland and a summer of otherwise developing an Android app for the trip. With all the design and programming paradigms still in my head I decided I should try to make another one. I’ve always wanted to port FiveTimer from iOS to Android, but the time or opportunity never […]