August 2008
51 posts
NYC.
Just an FYI for all my devoted readers, if I have any: I will be vacationing in New York through next week, so updates here will be bare if at all until I return. Trust me, I’d really rather be posting to tumblr rather than see John Lackey shut down the Yanks or devouring delicious, world famous New York Pizza. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to suffer for a little while.
July 2008
92 posts
NYTimes: Yankees Obtain Rodríguez in Trade for... →
Unfortunately it will not help the Yankees in the beat down they will be getting on Sunday by the Angels (I will be in attendance).
Look ma, no Flash →
And then rotates 90 degrees..
V8 →
Shaun goes angular.
The Scrolling Experience and “The Fold” →
Take away lessens: The importance of the “fold” is overstated, elements don’t need to be above the fold to be prominent, and that the interaction of scrolling a webpage is a lot more nuanced than above or below the fold.
Yiying Lu →
Fabulous work by Yiying Lu, including the infamous Fail Whale. Other work is clever, simple and smart.
Earthquake rattles L.A. →
We felt it in Orange County, too.
Underoos. →
“Listen. Strange serifs lying in ponds distributing type management software is no basis for a system of typography. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatical ceremony.”
The Survey for People Who Make Websites, 2008 →
Round two.
Dharma Initiative Rebranding →
Also: John is a nut.
Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit →
Gary Hustwit, who I got to meet at the USC screening of Helvetica has a new documentary called Objectified. The topic this time around? Industrial design. Fantastic!
WaSP Education Task Force Curriculum Survey... →
“During the second quarter of 2007, The Web Standards Project Education Task Force conducted a survey with the intent to develop a standards-based curriculum. The Task Force targeted Education Professionals in both secondary and higher education. Educators were asked to complete a series of nine questions.”
StupidFilter →
This should be a standard on all blogs and community websites.
MobileMe Status →
“Steve Jobs has asked me to write a posting every other day or so to let everyone know what’s happening with MobileMe …” Remarkable that Apple is doing this.
Field Tested Books Live →
I’ll be in NYC on the 1st and will miss this. That makes me a sad panda.
I Might Need A Lawyer After This
If there is a FSF nut-job in front of me in line at the Genius Bar when I have laptop in tote peppering a Genius about why the iPhone isn’t “free” I am going to punch that fucker in the face. End of story.
That is the latest scheme hatched by the FSF Propaganda Department. The grand plan is to send FSF activists into the Apple Store and quiz the resident Genius. There is, of...
One Hundred Pushups →
Saved for later.
Colour of the Day →
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
McSweeney's: Physical Theories as Women
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“Special relativity is the girl you meet at the dorm party while you’re dating electrodynamics. You make out. It’s not really cheating because it’s not like you call her back. But you have a sneaking suspicion she knows electrodynamics and told her everything.” Via Kotke.
Embodied Energy →
This is one reason why I think we need to focus on new technologies that negate the impact of energy consumption and not so much focus on using old energy in conservation. *cough* More *cough* Nuclear *cough* Energy *cough*
Silverback Screencast →
Andy Budd gives a quick walkthrough of Silverback, Clear:left’s sweet new usability testing app.
Pixar, and Why Persistence is Key →
Meagan Fisher: “It’s a story I think every creative person can learn from - know your technology, be forgiving of your early design efforts, constantly work on developing your style, and you will only get better.”
In other news, please don’t look at my portfolio from college.
Baby’s First Internet →
Fail. :)
NY Times: News Flash From the Cover of Esquire - ... →
If my paper materials start blinking and scrolling at me I will be pissed to no end.
“I’ve always liked images of robots - especially mid-20th Century...”
– Jeffrey Veen
A Quick Note on Heath Ledger
Give him the award. He deserves it.
Teens Get Drunk On Award-Winning Microbrew →
“Though none of the teens were able to comment on the Nut Brown Stout’s chocolatey aroma or its surprisingly smoky almond finish, Rosenthal did say that it had ‘fucked him up majorly’ and that he was ‘seriously payin’ the price.’”
Daniel Mall on the Dark Knight →
I’m not particularly a comic book geek, but I think it would be helpful to—instead of viewing this as a single movie—to view both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as two episodes of a single work. In that sense, The Dark Knight is an extrapolation of Batman Begins.
Eamo →
Very cool illustration work from Australia.
Free
I’ve scratched my head, read it again, scratched some more. Did some research on Wikipedia. Then went back and read it again to see if I got it then. I don’t. I’m still unsure of what the Free Software Foundation is getting at with their objections to the iPhone—and in particular what the whole movement’s goals are supposed to be.
The FSF and the Free Software movement...
Macworld: iPhone 3G shortage to last two to four... →
Demand for iPhones is much higher than Apple expected. I won’t need to go searching for a store that has them in stock, though. My first generation iPhone still works just fine, thanks.
Backup Battery for iPhone/iPod →
This will come in useful for my upcoming trips to New York and San Francisco.
Swiss Dark Side Poster →
On sale now. Hurry, there is only 60 59.
“Sagmeister just opened up with a story about a manatee giving itself a blow job....”
– Dan Rubin
Grawlix: @#$%&?!!! →
Ah fucking hell.
“Reggae goes from “kind of fun” to “unbearable” at...”
– Merlin Mann
What's Open →
Useful for night owls.
Keeping Tabs →
Ed Tenner details the history of tabs. Via 43 Folders.
Ork Posters City Neighborhood Posters →
Must … buy … asap.