August 2009
17 posts
If Famous Graphic Artists Were Web Designers… →
For years I’ve said designers aren’t artists. This is visual evidence to support my theory. I’m a designer.
A Developer's Auto Responder
I just wrote an email to my friend at Microsoft and he has an auto responder set up that, at first, caught me off guard. What a clever little code monkey.
using System; using Stuff; public class ReceiveEmail {
public ReceiveEmail(string fromAlias, string toAlias) {
Developer developer = GetDeveloperInfo(toAlias); if (Developer.OutOfOffice) { Email email = new Email();...
I hate my job...
My job is so fucking unbelievable. I’ll try to sum it up by first telling you about the folks I work with:
First, there is this supermodel wanna-be chick. Yeah, okay, she is pretty hot, but damn is she completely useless. The girl is constantly fixing her hair or putting on makeup. She is extremely self-centered and has never once considered the needs or wants of anyone but herself. She is as...
Human sex from the inside out →
I know there’s a joke about “getting up in that” somewhere but I’m not clever enough to find it.
Now that's a quote →
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“Part of our emergency is that it’s so tempting to do this sort of thing now, to retreat to narrow arrogance, pre-formed positions, rigid filters, the ‘moral clarity’ of the immature. The alternative is dealing with massive, high-entropy amounts of info and ambiguity and conflict and flux; it’s continually discovering new areas of personal ignorance and delusion. In sum, to really try to...
Apple's iPhone 3GS is No. 1 in Japan →
I feel like this is shocking news. It’s bigger to me than the success Apple has had anywhere else. My suspicion was that the Japanese mobile users were more sophisticated users and would shun the iPhone for everything it didn’t do. I was wrong.
What Email Service Do You Use? [Reader Poll] →
I have a Hotmail and Yahoo account, but I use Gmail.
Microsoft: Breaking up with IE 6 hard to do →
It’s their own fault. If they hadn’t rested on their laurels this never would have happened.
Bank Will Let Customers Deposit Checks by iPhone →
This is why I love USAA. I got an update to their online deposit agreement and noticed this bit about mobile uploads. I thought this was what it might be referring to but I still can’t believe it. Other banks keep trying to find new ways to screw their customers while USAA keeps finding new ways to make their customers’ lives better. Thanks, Dad, for being in the military.
Some NFL teams clamp down on Twitter use (AP) →
How is this enforceable? Especially the spectators.
HTML 5 Canvas and Audio Experiment →
Fabulous HTML 5 demo using the new canvas and audio elements (and using the aforelinked Modernizr library.)
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Facts Are Stubborn Things →
Strange timing to get this tweet from Obama right after I read this piece linked from John Gruber. I am one of the insured and I think it’s scary that I could be financially ruined for getting sick.
A Twist on the Apple Tablet
I remember a rumor about an iMac that didn’t have any computer built in. The reports stated there was a large slot on the side of the computer where the CD/DVD drive is on current iMac models. Instead of the computer being built in, the computer was removable so you could take it with you. At the time, it was thought that a laptop would slide in and dock there so you could use the larger...
Would you pay $100+ for a blockbuster game? →
No. No I would not.
Netflix Video Streaming Coming to the iPhone? →
According to a report from Multichannel News, the iPhone may be next in line to gain the ability to stream video via Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature. The feature is currently available on Mac and…