砷士的筆記本: 09/20/11

世界第一小！一粒米做成的壽司

你可能想不到這世界上居然有需要鑷子幫助才能完成的壽司，但這些號稱世界最迷你的壽司確實是小到一般人用筷子都很難夾得起來！

Steve Jobs: Apple Almost Went Bankrupt Because It Failed to Innovate [Mac Blog]

Steve Jobs: Apple Almost Went Bankrupt Because It Failed to Innovate [Mac Blog]:

In 1996, just before Steve Jobs returned to Apple and made it the business-school case-study success story it is today, the biggest thing in Jobs' life was Pixar, which had recently launched Toy Story. He also had NeXT, which wasn't the world-changing computer company Jobs wished it would be.

Jobs appeared on PBS' Wall $treet Week program with Louis Rukeyser who first asked him about Pixar and then asked Jobs what went wrong at Apple.

Oh gosh. You know I haven't been there in a long time. My perception may not be complete. But from the way I see it, Apple was a company that was based on innovation. When I left Apple ten years ago, we were ten years ahead of anybody else. It took Microsoft ten years to copy Windows.

The problem was that Apple stood still. Even though it invested cumulatively billions in R&D, the output has not been there. People have caught up with it, and its differentiation has eroded, in particular with respect to Microsoft.

And so the way out for Apple -- and I think Apple still has a future; there are some awfully good people there and there is tremendous brand loyalty to that company -- I think the way out is not to slash and burn, it's to innovate. That's how Apple got to its glory, and that's how Apple could return to it.

In the interview, Steve Jobs, always the marketer, talks up Pixar's Toy Story CD-ROMs as "dynamite" and says they will "set a new benchmark" for what CD-ROMs could be.

Jobs' performance speaks for itself. Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 billion in stock, which made Jobs the largest shareholder in Disney and gave him a spot on the Disney board.

Apple is now the most valuable company in the world, and its stock price just today hit an all-time high of $411.50, valuing the company at more than $380 billion.

OS X Lion Ultimatum iPhone Theme Looks Awesome (Video)

OS X Lion Ultimatum iPhone Theme Looks Awesome (Video):

If you happen to have a jailbroken your iPhone, then you may want to check out this new theme called OS X Lion Ultimatum, which is designed to give your iPhone the look and feel of OS X Lion.

The video below shows the them in action, and as you can see it gives your iPhone the look of the Mac desktop, and as you can see from the video it gives you the OS X Lion menus, finder functions, stacks, launchpad and much more.

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Awesome Daft Punk Replica Helmet Complete With Programmable LED Faceplate (video)

Awesome Daft Punk Replica Helmet Complete With Programmable LED Faceplate (video):

If you are a fan of Thomas Bangalter’s helmet from the Daft Punk music duo. Harrison Krix of Volpin Props has created his very own awesome replica helmet which took around 4 months to build from scratch and even includes its very own programmable LED faceplate. Watch the video after the jump to see the construction process and the helmet in action.

Daft Punk Helmet

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Handmade Luxurious Wool Felt iPad Case

Handmade Luxurious Wool Felt iPad Case:

If you are looking for a more “natural” iPad case the Tilt iPad Heritage case might well be worth look. Its constructed from natural materials, using 100% wood felt and semi-vegetable tanned leather.

Each case is handmade in Italy and the felt material used in the case design enables you to roll it up to provide a number of different support options for either typing or viewing media on your iPad.

Tilt-iPad Heritage case