Best of 2012
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_Drive Fusion Drive] - Because spinning drives are slow and SSDs are small and expensive. I'm classifying this as software instead of hardware because the cool business is in the logical volume special sauce that makes the 2 discrete drives work together. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_Drive Fusion Drive] - Because spinning drives are slow and SSDs are small and expensive. I'm classifying this as software instead of hardware because the cool business is in the logical volume special sauce that makes the 2 discrete drives work together. | ||
| - | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mountain_Lion Mountain Lion] | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mountain_Lion Mountain Lion (10.8)] |
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8 Windows 8] Microsoft steps out on a limb and makes some significant changes to their desktop OS. Including in this Best Of list for their risk taking (compared to the OS X 10.7 -> 10.8 evolution) rather than any specific feature of the new OS. | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelmator Pixelmator 2.0] (late 2011, close enough) introduced content-aware fill and other fancy features | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelmator Pixelmator 2.0] (late 2011, close enough) introduced content-aware fill and other fancy features | ||
* [http://www.git-tower.com/ Tower] is a pretty good Git GUI for OS X, although it's pretty slow with big repos | * [http://www.git-tower.com/ Tower] is a pretty good Git GUI for OS X, although it's pretty slow with big repos | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 2 December 2012
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Events
- Amy and Warren got married
- Madeleine and Ben got married
- Guelph Park is unofficially renamed to Dude Chilling Park
TV
- New Girl (started towards the end of 2011, but close enough)
Films
- Live at the Beacon Theater (November 2011, but close enough) - Louis CK releases his comedy special through his web site for $5 instead of through HBO or another distributor, and makes Internet history. Also, it's funny.
- Dangerously Delicious - Aziz Ansari went the same route as Louis CK and it was also funny.
Books
Written and read in 2011:
Read in 2011:
- Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Theatre / Other
- Venus In Fur on Broadway. Wickedly sharp, funny, and erotic. Nina Arianda won 2012 Best Actress at the Tony Awards for her performance.
Music
Music Videos
Technology
Games
- Letterpress
- Sega's been doing some good work releasing classic Dreamcast games for iOS, like Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio. Also Sonic CD.
Hardware
- 13" MacBook Pro with "Retina" Display. Finally some high DPI love in a compact laptop!
- T+A DAC8 High end DAC performance at mid-range prices. Computer audio (USB inputs in addition to SP-DIF/AES) DACs are finally coming into their own in ~2012.
Software
- Fusion Drive - Because spinning drives are slow and SSDs are small and expensive. I'm classifying this as software instead of hardware because the cool business is in the logical volume special sauce that makes the 2 discrete drives work together.
- Mountain Lion (10.8)
- Windows 8 Microsoft steps out on a limb and makes some significant changes to their desktop OS. Including in this Best Of list for their risk taking (compared to the OS X 10.7 -> 10.8 evolution) rather than any specific feature of the new OS.
- Pixelmator 2.0 (late 2011, close enough) introduced content-aware fill and other fancy features
- Tower is a pretty good Git GUI for OS X, although it's pretty slow with big repos
