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lrusso: sparkleneelysparkle: rebuttal from jez commenter (via...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:10:20 -0500

lrusso:

sparkleneelysparkle:

rebuttal from jez commenter (via erniebuffalo)

I love this so hard

I don’t get it. Why is this person bragging about being a doormat?

ilovecharts: yeahapparently: (via papertissue) This would...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:44 -0500

ilovecharts:

yeahapparently:

(via papertissue)

This would have been a much more appealing chart with this source image. Hell, I cc0’d the damn thing so you wouldn’t even have to attribute it to me.

Maybe I will do this later today.

Shotgun Aimed Squarely at Foot

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:53:00 -0500

Oh yes, I also just typed up a 750-word memo on starting up a Tumblr for one of the programs in my...

internerd: vickigrunewald: stevensaysello: (via...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:51:09 -0500

internerd:

vickigrunewald:

stevensaysello:

(via whiskeyred)

Always wear protection.

This is actually the best way to prevent water from getting into a firearm. Parachute Regiment taught me this trick

Usually not with a lubricated condom, though.

This is what my CMS looks like today. The awful part is that...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:47:14 -0500

This is what my CMS looks like today.

The awful part is that this is kind of an upgrade.

bestrooftalkever: webkitbits: Anthony Calzadilla has recreated...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:31:00 -0500

bestrooftalkever:

webkitbits:

Anthony Calzadilla has recreated an animated Star Wars AT-AT Walker purely with CSS3. Hopefully we’ll start to see things like this being integrated into games that run purely in the browser.

I can’t figure out if I’m excited for new technologies like HTML5 video and CSS3, or worried that a company like Apple can just decide what we are (and aren’t) going to be using in the future by incorporating (or not incorporating) elements into their new products. It seems an awful lot like their personal beef with companies like Adobe is unjustifiably informing their strategies. Jobs says the flash is buggy. Does anyone else actually think so? Flash may bug out from time to time, but I would say I relaunch Finder more times than I restart my browser due to a flash crash.

As someone who makes my living working on powerful, customizable machines (especially Apples), their new direction of Apple and the iPad induces some serious worry for me.

BRB, creating a Final Cut Pro that will run on Linux.

Companies like Apple have always held sway over what we will and won’t be using. The recent Blu-Ray/HD-DVD war is a pretty good example of how technological merits often play no role in determining what tech gets adopted.

As for this “new direction of Apple”, I think you’d be hard-pressed to name another company that’s placed more emphasis on vertically integrating its product lines since 1998.

And yes, Flash is indeed a buggy, resource-chomping mess. I think if you spent more time in the browser and less time doing heavy lifting in FCP, your Flash-crash/Finder relaunch ratio would be about 10:1.

That said, I don’t think Flash is going anywhere just because Apple and Adobe have had such an acrimonious divorce. Flash is just too good as a pacifier.

Wait, wait—the company trying to build a web-based operating system thinks the Internet needs to be faster?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:06:06 -0500

Wait, wait—the company trying to build a web-based operating system thinks the Internet needs to be...

soupsoup: The Rebranding of MTV’s Iconic Logo From the...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:39:18 -0500

soupsoup:

The Rebranding of MTV’s Iconic Logo

From the article

…the new design/ facelift will reflect the new MTV, a channel that is now less about music and more about a different kind of a lifestyle. It is about reality shows and trends.

I hope the new logo is a turd.

greenfog: justojusto: Photojojo rocks! The Collapsable Camera...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:27:00 -0500

greenfog:

justojusto:

Photojojo rocks!

The Collapsable Camera Extender

want!

Maybe the rest of the Internet consumes less caffeine than I do, but I can’t imagine anything but blur coming out of this device.

Making the Internet better, one scalable vector graphic at a...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:03:17 -0500

Making the Internet better, one scalable vector graphic at a time.

[check it out]

Ok, look—you can be a dick and act like script typefaces are the...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:30:00 -0500

Ok, look—you can be a dick and act like script typefaces are the devil incarnate and ignore the fact that people are going to use them no matter what. Or you can steer people toward script fonts that don’t completely suck.

Your call.

bettershirts: Comic Sans Appreciation #3 I hear you: Helvetica...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:25:00 -0500

bettershirts:

Comic Sans Appreciation #3

I hear you: Helvetica is too overplayed. Futura is too sterile and too hipster. Then Comic Sans Appreciation #3 is the shirt for you.

It pays homage to the most reviled typefaces of our times with Myriad, a real font for designers. It’s one of Adobe’s prize properties, used extensively in advertising and branding, yet the name is fairly among those who’ve never burned off a few hours wrestling with Illustrator.

[buy the shirt]

thedailywhat: NSFW. [reddit.] You know what I hate? Arial....

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:56:48 -0500

thedailywhat:

NSFW.

[reddit.]

You know what I hate? Arial. What the hell is going on with that “J”?

"In 1983, two years into his term, Reagan’s approval was 35%, unemployment was 10.8% and the GOP had..."

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:21:00 -0500

“In 1983, two years into his term, Reagan’s approval was 35%, unemployment was 10.8% and the...

more wiki contributing. This time: converting x-height...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:57:54 -0500

more wiki contributing. This time: converting x-height comparisons to vector graphic.

See it in action at Akzidenz-Grotesk.

(via youmightfindyourself) Oh man, the fastback seatstay-seat...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:10:00 -0500

(via youmightfindyourself)

Oh man, the fastback seatstay-seat tube junction. One of the very few touches of retro style bikes that I find alluring.

I’m guessing (with very little evidence) that this is a 3rensho.

A little SimCity 2000 proof, in think you case I’m just...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:05:00 -0500

A little SimCity 2000 proof, in think you case I’m just blowing smoke.

jamesnord: Was there any reason to build a city in SimCity...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:44:00 -0500

jamesnord:

Was there any reason to build a city in SimCity other than to ruthlessly destroy it?

If there was I never got it.

This is trending? Tumblr, come on…a stolen, lossy JPG from a WordPress blog with an obvious comment? About 15-year-old video game?

Low bar.

At least let me add something useful: here’s the classic Mac OS download. Here’s an emulator that can play it (OS X version). Here’s the old Mac System 7 OS that the emulator needs to run. You’ll also need a Mac Quadra ROM—link to that on this page.

How it works:

Download/install Basilisk emulator.
Download SimCity 2000
Download Apple System
Download Mac ROM
Make a 100MB (or so) disk image in HFS format. (do this with Disk Utility).
Install System 7 on that Disk Image
Copy the contents of the SimCity 2000 download to that disk.
Open the emulator.
In the Preferences section of Basilisk, select your ROM and set the Disk Image to mount when the emulator runs
Keep messing with things until it works (this will take a while).

TIPS: Try altering the file extension of your disk image (“.img” is what works for me). Google is your friend.

"There are more communist countries than there are countries not using the metric system."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:47:00 -0500

“There are more communist countries than there are countries not using the metric...

lifeaquatic: cameronr: And there you have it. Hey look,...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:45:05 -0500

lifeaquatic:

cameronr:

And there you have it.

Hey look, Pedobear is now one of the Olympic mascots! Any Chinese figure skaters with fake birth certificates better watch out…

Oh dear. What is that, Polska?