Think.

dorkgasm: I’m bored. We have a cat. These videos are bound to...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:36:13 -0700

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

I’m bored. We have a cat. These videos are bound to happen…

We have an awesome cat. I have a sadistic (awesome) wife.

I pass this building (the old Athletic Supply) daily, and as an...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:25:49 -0700

I pass this building (the old Athletic Supply) daily, and as an old fan of the now-defunct Sonics, it pains me to see the “For Sale” sign, and the possible future that the future owners will simply swap this treasure out for a 5-year pile of rubble, followed by a block of condos (that will go unsold, then turn to rentals) with eternally empty retail space on the ground level.

Just like the rest of SLU.

Two of my favorite things: Star Wars and cats.

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:37:14 -0700

Two of my favorite things: Star Wars and cats.

"I felt like my writing had a responsibility to me, which is a weird way of putting it—that it needed..."

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:28:34 -0700

“I felt like my writing had a responsibility to me, which is a weird way of putting it—that it needed to step up at this time. I wasn’t just Mick Jagger writing a song about death where death is some sort of skeleton clown who he’s taking heroin with along with Anita Pallenberg. I was writing about the death of my dad. It was a singular moment for me as a writer—”Okay, this is real. You’re not speculating now.””

- John Roderick in Paste

"Of course we’re human, of course we’ll make mistakes. But sometimes I feel that in search of..."

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:11:57 -0700

“Of course we’re human, of course we’ll make mistakes. But sometimes I feel that in search of eyeballs for these web sites, people don’t care about what they leave in their wake.”

- Steve Jobs

"Q: Your investors seem to want you to make an apology of some sort — would you be willing to do..."

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:51:33 -0700

“Q: Your investors seem to want you to make an apology of some sort — would you be willing to do that?
A Steve Jobs: [Long pause] To our customers who are affected by the issue, we are deeply sorry, and we are going to give you a free case or a full refund. We want investors who invest in Apple for the long haul, because they believe in us. To those investors who bought the stock and are down by $5, I have no apology. If we hit a bump in the road, it’s like having kids.”

- From the Q&A session at Apple’s iPhone press conference. Anyone asking for more than this is just looking for something to have a field day with on their blog. A full recall would be pointless, if their numbers are correct.

Ubernerd and fellow TeachStreeter, Scott, had an epiphany today,...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:34:50 -0700

Ubernerd and fellow TeachStreeter, Scott, had an epiphany today, and let me in on it. When you develop a large web app with multiple states (especially logged in and out states), it can be a pain to switch between those states. Logging in and out, or running two browsers (“Slo-fox” to quote Scott) gets old and wastes time.

So what did Scott realize? If you open a new window in (to use Chrome’s term) Incognito mode—or, in the parlance of our times, “Don’t keep my history because I’m surfing pr0n” mode—you can have one window open in the logged in state, and by default the Incognito window will run separately as a logged out state. Genius!

swindsor: Dear Chrome, Please stop “Aw Snappin” while the...

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:40:42 -0700

swindsor:

Dear Chrome,

Please stop “Aw Snappin” while the inspector is open. It makes my head hurt and want to throw my monitor across the room. Please don’t make me go back to Firefox. She’s broken my heart far too many times, and eats memory like a hog.

One of my biggest sore points with Chrome right now. I nearly went back to Safari, but it’s being a crashy lil bitch now, too—largely due to extensions, no doubt.

Still, nothing is pushing me back to Firefox. I’ll start using Opera (with it’s complete lack of 1Password support) before I’d do that. In all honesty, I’d probably use Opera full time (their inspector is FANTASTIC) if they’d allow a 3rd party plugin such as 1Password to work. Pretty much my only block (but a huge one).

dorkgasm: We just picked up Pixel today at PAWS and she’s...

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:48:19 -0700

dorkgasm:

We just picked up Pixel today at PAWS and she’s having no problem at all making herself at home…

“Hi, I’m Pixel, and I’m a Mac.”

Nothing like an expensive, portable kitty heating pad.

Meet the new addition to our family: Pixel

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:04:56 -0700

Meet the new addition to our family: Pixel

MSNBC rethinks news pages

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:49:02 -0700

Mike Davidson on MSNBC’s story page revamp:

This weekend, msnbc.com launched a sweeping redesign of the most important part of their site: the story page. The result is something unlike anything any other major news site is offering and is a bold step in a direction no competitor has gone down (yet): the elimination of pageviews as a primary metric.

From a strategy POV, I love this. A few years back, when I was trying to get my first job in Seattle, I met the MSNBC team. This was right before they brought out their newer, much better looking colour-spectrum site design. I think what killed my chances, at the time, was the fact I was so strongly against the cognitive break caused by the inline ads and pagination on most news sites. Well, that or my smell.

It’s interesting to see this change happen. Granted, there are still some jarring ads that break the story text in half (and raise my ire), but by and large it’s a huge step forward for readers.

There are some stylistic oddities (Crofty makes a great point in the comments about the measure and the oddly floating headline) but I have a feeling they’ll get tweaked into something better over time.

"The Prime Minister says she does not believe in God, and that the ‘greatest compliment’ she can pay..."

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:22:33 -0700

“The Prime Minister says she does not believe in God, and that the ‘greatest compliment’ she can pay those with religious views is not to pretend she has them.”

- Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks to Jon Faine - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Prime Minister doesn’t believe in a deity, but the ABC still uses a capital ‘g’.
(via indefensible)
Just when we feel cool for having a black president, Australia go and get themselves a female atheist PM. I’m thinking we’ll have to one up them with an lesbian Asian scientist/socioeconomic strategist president next go round.

"So what happens when a US-owned and controlled restaurant chain markets Australian food? This month..."

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:47:41 -0700

“So what happens when a US-owned and controlled restaurant chain markets Australian food? This month their Bangkok restaurant’s outback feature is - prime New Zealand lamb chops. Ah well, the flags are almost identical anyway.”

- Aussie-themed US-run chain provides food for thought (via indefensible)
I felt like the only American to notice how unsettling the “we’ve been supporting our (american) troops for over 20 years” Outback Steakhouse commercials were. It’s bad enough that nothing served at their restaurants are even remotely “aussie,” and when they handed me a take-away container marked “tucker box,” no employee had a clue what that meant. I wouldn’t be surprised if the entire chain was started and continues to operate based on the founders’ vague recollection of Paul Hogan movies and episodes of Skippy.

Still play this. Still suck at it.

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:52:38 -0700

Still play this. Still suck at it.

From a series of Pixar meets Star Wars drawings comes the...

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:29:00 -0700

From a series of Pixar meets Star Wars drawings comes the essence of how my wife sees me: Sully (“KITTY!” as Boo calls him) from Monsters, Inc., mixed with Chewbacca.

Detachable Penis by King Missile This song and Black Velvet...

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:27:07 -0700

Detachable Penis by King Missile

This song and Black Velvet Flag’s cover of Institutionalized are the guilty pleasure songs the “alternative” radio station would play every now and then during my teen years.

And I loved it.

(via topherchris) DAMN STRAIGHT!

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:07:53 -0700

(via topherchris)

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Man killed by family for changing the channel

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:50:40 -0700

Man killed by family for changing the channel:

So, apparently a S. African man in his sixties decided he really wanted to watch a World Cup match on TV, so he asked for the remote so he could change the channel. After being snubbed, he got up and switched the channel himself. Normal TV channel spat, right?

Nooooooope.

His 68 year old wife and two kids (grown adult kids, mind you)… jumped him. They bashed his head against the wall. Only after it was obvious that he was badly injured (because, you know, 61 year olds shake off headers into the wall ALL THE TIME) did they call the authorities. He was dead by the time they arrived.

Now, what was on TV that was so important to see that it must be defended with deadly force against an elderly family member? A different World Cup match (wouldn’t be the first soccer-related death)? An important address to the nation by the president of South Africa?

No, what was on the TV was a “gospel program.”

Apparently they heard the “good news” and that news is “make sure no one touches that dial; use deadly force if necessary!” I’m sure Jesus is proud of these defenders of the faith.

maniacalrage: Recommended For You I logged into YouTube and my...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:21:42 -0700

maniacalrage:

Recommended For You

I logged into YouTube and my first video recommendation was horses boning. What the fuck. By the way, the video I watched that it based this recommendation on was a clip from the BBC show Top Gear. A clip, I should point out, which does not contain anything similar to horses humping each other.

I’m reblogging this not because I love pointing out some of the effed-up stuff making suggestions based on some algorithm produces (which I do love), but because it seems like something Clarkson, Hammond and May would end up comparing with driving an Audi or whichever car is on their current “not-cool” list.

soupsoup: Scientists discover animal that lives forever. (via...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:19:54 -0700

soupsoup:

Scientists discover animal that lives forever. (via @ranajune)

From the article:

Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. They’re now found in oceans around the globe rather than just in their native Caribbean waters. ”We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion,” says Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute.

I for one welcome our new jelly overlords! (Did I ever mention both of my home networks are named after deadly jellies? You’ll let me live, right?)