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There’s a crazy fog situation happening in Chicago right...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:50:29 -0600

There’s a crazy fog situation happening in Chicago right now

Time-o-meter

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:10:47 -0600

If we measure speed with speedometers, altitude with altimeters, and acceleration with accelerometers, why do we measure time with clocks?

Just installed new track lighting in the kitchen. Leveling up my...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:55:49 -0600

Just installed new track lighting in the kitchen. Leveling up my Handyman talent.

The Minimalist’s Guide to a Jailbroken iPhone

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:14:00 -0600

The Minimalist’s Guide to a Jailbroken iPhone:

This is almost exactly why I jailbroke my iPhone.

I didn’t do it to add a ton of features, although I have added discreet functionality where there previously was none. More precisely, my reason for jailbreaking was to reduce the unnecessary bits and clean up the UI.

And I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to go back. iPhone OS 4.0 is gonna have to be pretty heavy on the breakthroughs to get me to revert to factory settings.

Another white Russian drinking a White Russian

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:43:00 -0600

Another white Russian drinking a White Russian

minimalmac: What we believe in.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:48 -0600

minimalmac:

What we believe in.

AppleInsider | Office for Mac 2011 to feature co-authoring, ribbon interface

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:28:36 -0600

AppleInsider | Office for Mac 2011 to feature co-authoring, ribbon interface:

minimalmac:

Not what we believe in.

(via prettyprecocity) Totally. Also, RTFM.

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:57:08 -0600

(via prettyprecocity)

Totally. Also, RTFM.

Chu haz a krown

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:41:33 -0600

Chu haz a krown

Microsoft Office, Version Bland.0

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:07:29 -0600

Microsoft Office, Version Bland.0:

The post title links to an incredibly astute article over on Brand New. The following is my take on the subject.

When it comes to form and design (or aesthetics in general), Microsoft is like a neanderthal with a club: successful not for tact or elegance, but merely for size and sheer brute force. Where else are you gonna go? iWork?

That said, the mandatory identity renewal that comes with a software update has benefited Microsoft in the past, especially in the Mac incarnations of their products.

Honestly, the new logo is acceptable for me. The shape is reminiscent of its predecessors; it’s an evolution for the mark while staying recognizable as Office-related. Kudos. No complaints here.

But those icons make me want to puke myself inside-out. It’s like they combined the existing Office 2007 icon set with the DNA of an inbred second cousin to Adobe’s application icons.

At least three people should be fired for this:

The artist(s) who created the icons
The art lead(s) who directed the artist(s) to pursue this aesthetic course, and
The suit(s) who gave the go-ahead to unleash these hobbled atrocities on an unsuspecting public.

In what appears to be a preemptive defense against the inevitable ridicule, Microsoft’s blog post regarding the update attempts to ~~spin~~ explain that it’s not just about the “desire simply to ‘make it look pretty.’”

Well, no kidding.

“THE DOUBLE DEW IS TOTALLY XTREEEEEME!!!”

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:12:55 -0600

“THE DOUBLE DEW IS TOTALLY XTREEEEEME!!!”

"My hotel doesn’t have a thirteenth floor because of superstition. But c’mon, man. People..."

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:22:40 -0600

“My hotel doesn’t have a thirteenth floor because of superstition. But c’mon, man. People on the fourteenth floor, you know what floor you’re really on.”

- Mitch Hedberg on Mitch All Together

These were worth being woken up by the doorbell earlier than...

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:28:20 -0600

These were worth being woken up by the doorbell earlier than expected this morning.

Shaded Grid

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:32:56 -0600

Shaded Grid

Grime

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:27:36 -0600

Grime

"Your inbox is not your to do list."

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0600

“Your inbox is not your to do list.”

- Merlin Mann via Digital Frost

Holiday Cookie

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:08:36 -0600

Holiday Cookie

Tumblarity HOLY EFFING ESS! My Tumblarity actually hit double...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:10:24 -0600

Tumblarity

HOLY EFFING ESS! My Tumblarity actually hit double digits! I just had to record this momentous occasion with a blog post.

Wetting myself with sheer WTFitude.

Abstraction So true. So very, very true. And I couldn’t...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:51:06 -0600

Abstraction

So true. So very, very true.

And I couldn’t resist the reference to Maru.

Weekend Mode for Twitter Clients

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:20:54 -0600

Weekend Mode for Twitter Clients:

This is a pretty genius idea. If Loren Brichter were to add this functionality to Tweetie for Mac, I’d probably keep it open more often on nights and weekends.