XKCD is a genius.
[via xkcd]
The reality-distortion field of Steve Jobs & his aides strikes back. If you enjoyed the iPhone version you’re surely going to enjoy the iPad installment.
For the bookworms: this technique behind this brainwashing leading to side-effects like Apple fanboyism (fanboyedom?) is called NLP.
[via bodypainter99]
A pretty powerful algorithm for called Patchmatch will be a part of the new PhotoShop CS5.
This is pretty amazing although it will take some fun factor and the feeling of achievement out of photoshopping for most people.
If you’re into scientific papers or you’re just curious into theoretical background of this image manipulation magic - you can learn more in a paper presented at SIGGRAPH ‘09 titled PatchMatch, a Randomized Correspondence Algorithm for Structural Image Editing.
Thanks to Martin for this hint.