Friday, October 31, 2008

So sad.


More lame advertising from Microsoft.

Department of the supernatural.


Use your Mac's wireless to check for supernatural activity in your area. Halloween only.

The two-dimensional world.


Japanese man petitions to marry comic book wife. Why not?

Great Halloween costume idea.


Via Tony Delgrosso.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Zeppelin to tour again.


But without Robert Plant. Should go over like a... led zeppelin.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Google Earth now available for iPhone.


Free download. This is my current location.

JJ at work.


Saturday night, Eagle/Yellow Cab dispatch office, Fairbanks, iPhone cam.

Warning of the day.

Please remember to help.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

"Le Cube."


HD cable box with DVR and video on demand from French cable provider Canal+. My GCI box in Alaska looks a little different.

Watch the election results with Bruce Schneier.


On Election Day he'll be hosting a thread on Making Light. Who's Bruce Schneier? See here. This is even better, complete with RSS feed.

'Bout friggin time.


Netflix finally will start bringing its streaming video to the Mac. Pretty funny that it's using Microsoft's technology to do this.

Model S moving closer to production.


Slowly but surely.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Thrift store find.

This should help in the morning. Mobile post.

Wassup 2008.


Political commercial of the year?

Clocks.


All sorts of brilliant clock designs.

Way to go, Apple!


From the press release:

Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees' same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person's fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Baby fail.


Via FAIL Blog.

Chena Small Tracts.


A small one here in town.

Multitouch comedy.


SNL: Fred Armisen's "Magic Map" take.

The "Constitution-free zone."


2/3 of the US population lives in it.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Ron Howard's call to action.

The Real America.


Jason Jones visits Wasilla, AK. His interview with its current mayor is a gem.

Anticipating this election's dirty GOP tricks.


Salon on where Republican voter suppression is most likely.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

David Sedaris on undecided voters.


"To put them [undecided voters] in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?" To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked. I mean, really, what's to be confused about?" Via The New Yorker.

Type for you.


Fun with fonts!

Crystal Method download.


Free download of "Now is the Time (Vote '08 Remix)."

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Security theatre.


I feel safer now.

We need you bad.


100,000 in St. Louis.

Android won't let me do this.


No Remote.

If wishes were horses.


We're headed to the same place, I think.

Best phone ever.


Just implant it. Why mess around? It's green!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Hide your web browsing at work.


This got some press at Lifehacker. If I had to go into an office again, I'd just bring a secure thumb drive. Illusory privacy for the 90s, and even then....

Ugly use of the new black as a GUI element, too.

RiP.


Just premiered in Canada. Looks great.

Hardcore Facebook.


Wife changes profile; husband kills her with a cleaver. Jesus.

Friday, October 17, 2008

"Financiapocalypse."


Via Jalopnik. Fun in Detroit.

Help wanted.

"Looking for a Sarah Palin lookalike for an adult film to be shot in next 10 days.

Major adult studio.

Please send pix, stats etc. ASAP

Pay: $2000-3000

No anal required

• Location: LA • it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests • Compensation: $2000-3000"

Via Best of Craigslist.

It's getting to be that time of year here.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

What is this?


Best explanation so far.

Nvidia's new chipset.


Full-on review of Nvidia's GeForce 9300-9400 graphics chipset, which is shipping in Apple's new portables. I hope it works out better than the 8600M GT, which has been the Achilles' Heel of some late 2007-early 2008 MacBook Pros (keeping my fingers crossed).

Hands-on look at Google Android.


No video player, but Street View looks great. Via Lifehacker.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

"Advanced Style."


"Proof... that personal style advances with age."

Bushco endorsed waterboarding.


Not surprising, but read it and weep.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Apple's new laptops.


Don't like glossy? Tough cookies.

Brands.


Alternative movie posters with brand integration.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Holland Doc.

Genius at work.

Acting like a dick.

Paul Hipp. Thanks, Craig!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Smells like 2000.


Let's see: you have to have a product, a business plan, and customers willing to pay for this. Oh, yes, and profits. Jon Stokes on Web 2.0 in the Valley.

Why the iPhone is not like a BlackBerry.


Trying out Bloom, a new iPhone/iPod touch application by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers. Create your composition, instrument, and artwork by tapping the screen. Ambient, of course, and while you relax, the generative player will take over to create new compositions and visualizations. Eno calls it "a 21st century music box. You can play it, and watch it play itself." Indispensable.