July 2008
54 posts
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June 2008
61 posts
Tickets are being booked for Italy in October! Woo...
Summer needs to fly by. Go away Summer!! Bring on the Fall!
“…your eye instinctively detects something different, something thrilling...”
– [via this great article] I’m officially freaking out in anticipation of THE DARK KNIGHT. Christopher Nolan is getting it right. Very right. I will be seeing it, in all of it’s IMAX glory, at precisely 12:01am, July 18th. Anyone who cares to join me is more than welcome.
Vertigo Theme →
This is a gorgeous Tumblr theme. Well done!
Katy Perry - "One of the Boys" Review... →
…courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic.com.
Oh by the way, for anyone curious…She used to be Katy Hudson, the contemporary Christian singer…[huh?] who had a self-titled album in 2001, which was co-produced by none other than the great Otto Price. If you don’t know who Otto Price is, don’t worry about it. If you do, then that means something to you....
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More on MagCloud from Derek Powazek →
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MagCloud - Publish Your Own Magazine
rubinrecommends:
“MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and we’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.”
VERY curious how this will all work out. Not recommending the service because I’ve never used it/it’s brand new but the idea is very interesting.
This DOES look interesting. It looks like...
Introducing: The Photo Board Tumblr Theme →
I designed a Tumblr theme to solve a particular need/want that I had and I thought others might enjoy it.
This theme is not really intended for everyday blogging use. It was designed for a very specific purpose: To display PHOTOS and LINKS in a way that makes perusing them, and “brainstorming” very easy. (Other types of Tumblr posts will only appear in the Dashboard, not on the...
“Barack Obama’s new airplane includes a conference room, a kitchen, and a...”
– Hilarious article By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine
“Tiger looked at the doctor and said, ‘I’m playing in the U.S. Open,...”
– …the moment when Woods first learned of the stress fractures, and doctors told Woods the preferred treatment for the stress fractures was three weeks on crutches and three weeks of inactivity. FOX Sports on MSN
Short Film by Hillman Curtis: Bridge →
This one’s good. I haven’t been a huge fan of the last couple of his, but I like this one.
Viva la Safari! →
I love seeing the backlash against Firefox and the correspondent praise for Safari. (A great link here.) (And another here.) Seriously folks. Safari is the browser. It’s just better. And it’s just rad. The only, I repeat, ONLY reason I use Firefox is the truly awesome Firebug web development plugin. As soon—the very minute!—that Safari’s Web Inspector is equivalent to...
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Get Smart Preview (on iTunes) →
This looks pretty good.
Lost in Translation is on Hulu →
Steve Carell is a comedic genius. His timing and...
MooTools 1.2 →
jstn:
Finally released last week, representing a long-term rehaul of the previous version with nearly zero backward compatibility. MooTools is the Javascript framework I imposed upon Vimeo and stills remains my favorite. While I was building Muxtape I tested Prototype/script.aculo.us, jQuery, and YUI but kept coming back to Moo. To me it feels very lightweight but never underpowered, and I just...
“In branding, floaty, ambiguous concepts that appeal to the ego like ‘I’ and ‘me’...”
– A very intriguing article regarding Apple, the MobileMe platform, and the [possible] future course that Apple is pursuing…via lonelysandwich
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WatchMINDBLOWING!!
The Happening - Rotten Tomatoes (!) →
I think it’s fair to say I won’t be seeing this in the theater. Or maybe ever. The Lady In The Water was possibly the biggest movie disappointment ever. And they are calling this one worse. Amazing.
To be fair…A more positive review of the M8.
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Leica M8 Field Test, Iraq →
jstn:
An actual photojournalist tears apart the M8 with many examples. I liked this in part because I think it’s a shame that Leica has neglected to become the Leica of the digital era, and in part because just this guy’s experience wearing the camera around his neck tells me more about it than the typical velvet-pillow treatment of your average review. It seems pretty obvious who Leica is...
Ballmer: buy Vista and downgrade to XP for free →
Hilarious.
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Some good libertarian thinking...
I like it…
jakoblodwick:
There’s been some tension between us lately. I feel it and it puts me in a bad mood, and I don’t think you like it, either. But there’s an easy way to nip it in the bud:
When the newest social intiative pops into your head, some new plan that will make everything better for a particular disadvantaged minority, I promise not to bitch about it if you promise to...
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“Some people buy pancake mix. I buy flour.”
– My wife, MaryAnn, as my kids and I praised her amazing homemade blueberry pancake breakfast this morning.
More on 1Password
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: 1Password is quite possibly the single most handy app I’ve ever used. (And don’t take the word handy too lightly…read on…)
Some apps are great because they let you do things you could never do before (SketchUp comes to mind). Then there are apps that truly empower you to do great tasks that were before unruly or much...
“I’m getting a little tired of how small the photos are on Flickr (in...”
– Me.
Are photographers really a threat? →
Great article.
WNYC - Radiolab: Pop Music →
This is so good. I love this show and this episode is especially interesting. (It’s not JUST about “pop” music. It’s about the way music affects us and some fascinating stories along the way.) You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes here. Highly recommended.
Sigur Ros. Gobbledigook.
Get this song (in...
Josh Staub →
evandenlinger:
This guy is from my hometown…
Amazing stuff there.
This man is certifiably insane. →
Seriously. If anyone takes this man seriously, they are equally as insane. Steve Jobs will light himself on fire in Times Square before he licenses Blackberry or Windows Mobile software.
Plainview →
SUPER handy full-screen browser app for the Mac. Great for presentations (even has a “presentation mode” for multiple sites).
I also love the nod to There Will Be Blood with the icon. In case you don’t get it…
…and yes, my current portfolio site(s) are Flash-based. That will be a-changin’ soon.