Tech Today w/ Ken May

You might have noticed that Facebook changed last night. Inline photos are a little bigger, the top bar a little blockier, and a news ticker now rests in the upper-righthand corner for real-time updates. Overwhelmed? We’re here to help. More

Woke up to a scary and confusing new Facebook? Us too! We’ll have more to say about it shortly, but in the meantime, here’s a nice little shorthand chart to guide you through Facebook’s latest facelift. More

After months of leaks and speculation, it seems as if Apple is finally ready to unveil its next iPhone. AllThingsD pegs the announcement date as October 4th, which falls in line with most of the previous rumors concerning the next iPhone’s fall rollout.

With Steve Jobs gone, his hand-groomed successor Tim Cook is expected to take over the dog and pony show. Apple’s future likely hinges more on his on-stage presence than just a piece of hardware.

Steve Jobs is a masterful salesman. He previously used his keynote addresses to show the world why they wanted his latest toy. He would pull the product out of his pocket, pull back a black sheet or simply stand in front of a massive screen and, even for just a few moments, make the most mundane feel life-changing. That was the power of Steve Jobs: his passion alone drove sales. Surely if Steve likes it, then we will, countless Apple loyalists said after each Applenote.

But Tim’s in charge now. He’s at the helm of Apple’s massive machine and to delegate the role of chief Apple spokesperson to anyone else would undercut his own role completely. During Steve Jobs’ medical leave, Phil Schiller took over the keynotes for Macworld and WDC, but per AllThingsD’s source, Tim is going to take the stage and announce the next iPhone. It is, after all, his company now and he has massive New Balances to fill.

Tim should have some help, though. Steve Jobs rarely did keynotes alone. Expect department heads and marketing people to play wingman and help Tim Cook along.

October 4th. That’s (reportedly) the day that Apple will move into the Tim Cook era with a little help from the iPhone 5.

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Report: Next Apple Media Event Is October 4th, To Star Tim Cook And The iPhone 5

I’ve always had this running thought in my head, what would a documentary about me be like? Do you ever think that? There’s documentaries about musicians for example, recovered footage, their story, how they became great. Maybe i’m hugely egotistical, but it’d be interesting, for me at least. During the Geeks on a Plane trip to South America i got to know Ben from Micro-Documentaries who shot a bunch of great short videos of the trip . We thought about having Ben come down to Uruguay, but we did get in touch with some great local Uruguayan video producers to work with us, Nui . They’d worked on the ‘ tribute to the ball ‘ video about football. We had them in and spend a long day shooting around the office. They created an awesome little documentary about Cubox .

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Cubox The Video

In March we shot some video about Cubox , my company, trying to explain to people who we are, where, and how we work. Here’s the one about the Cubox Consultants .

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The Cubox Consultants

In case your jaw has not been hitting the floor enough lately, here is an exquisite photograph of the Milky Way seemingly wedged into a mountainside of Nepal:

Holy. Haleakala Annapurna. [Click to himalayanate.]

This stunning photo was taken by the gifted photographer Anton Jankovoy, whose pictures must be seen to be believed. They are surpassingly beautiful, and not just his astrophotos.

He took the one above in Annapurna, a region of Nepal that has been uplifted as a whole piece (called a massif) and reaches elevations of over 8000 meters. I recently spent a day in the Rockies at just less than half that elevation and it was tough; the air pressure was only about 2/3 what it is at sea level — and I’m used to living at an elevation of 1600 meters or so. At 8000 meters, the pressure drops to just 1/3 of that at sea level, and the air is so thin it’s difficult to imagine actually hiking there. But clearly, people do.

And judging from Anton’s photo, it may very well be worth the trouble of visiting. What must it be like to stand in that spot and see first hand such astronomical and geological magnificence?

Tip o’ the lens cap to Parker Evans. Image used by permission of Anton Jankovoy.

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The Milky Way from the top of the world | Bad Astronomy

The last camping stove I owned was a 15-pound ’70s-era Coleman behemoth that took longer to light than actually cook a meal on. So to now use the 1.5-pound Sol cooking system and the Sumo Ti mug is nothing short of magical. More

To the delight of shopaholics everywhere, Visa has announced that it’s jumped on the Google Wallet bandwagon — giving card users access to the snazzy, new NFC payment system. Much like MasterCard’s announcement last week, the licensing agreement will allow Visa users to link their credit, debit and prepaid cards to Google’s offering for fast mobile payments in places that accept the service. The credit card company has dabbled in mobile payments before through payWave, but with plans to integrate into GW, we’ll surely be seeing more of it in the near future. As momentum over the NFC-powered mobile phones grows, it will be interesting to see if the Real Housewives can part with their phones long enough for their assistants to pay for those Manolos. Check out the full PR after the break.

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Netbooks run basically the same OS as your desktop PC, but their portability and low cost mean that they’re made to run a bit slower. By overclocking you can push it just over the speed bump to where it’s a bit more usable. Here’s how to overclock your Atom-based PC or netbook. More