January 24, 2006
The $3,500 Level
Since last year, Apple's PowerBooks and iBooks have included accelerometers that sense when the computer's been dropped (so the drive heads can be parked, I guess). Make points to Pall Thayer's OS X widget that uses the accelerometer to turn your PowerBook or iBook into an overpriced carpenter's level.
Thayer laments on his website,
You know it's sad, but a typical sign of today's pop-culture; I'm an artist. I have a number of projects online that I'm very proud of. But it's beginning to look like the most useless thing I've done (my average monthly hits have gone up by about 25,000 since I created the Carpenter's Level), is going to be my best known, my greatest contribution to society.Posted by johndanseven at January 24, 2006 09:05 PM