Better Elevation

Chuck Norris is an idiot:

On Nov. 4, the pro-gay community obviously was flabbergasted that a state that generally leans left actually voted right when it came to holy matrimony. But that’s exactly what happened; the majority of Californians — red, yellow, black and white — voted to define the margins of marriage as being between one man and one woman. California is the 30th state in our union to amend its constitution in doing so, joining Florida and Arizona in this election. Like it or not, it’s the law now. The people have spoken.

Ask yourself a simple question.  Would a loving, forgiving, benevolent God encourage the use of a constitution — a document designed specifically to protect and guarantee the rights of the people — to deny rights to an entire group based solely on their choice of who to love?

It’s sad that this man has an entire meme built around how awesome he is when, in reality, he’s nothing more than a frightened, ignorant little man.

Obama offered her the job, and it looks like she will accept.  This is either a very positive action, demonstrating Obama’s willingness to work with his former enemies, or a fantastic slap in the face to Clinton.

Jerry Yang is stepping down as CEO of Yahoo.  The press release is worth a laugh, if only for how much effort they put into finding something nice to say about the man who ruined the company and tanked their retirement.

This is exactly how products and marketing materials should be designed.

Interesting insight into the workflow of the father of XML.

Alesh Houdek on the poor state of the auto industry:

The legion of workers it employs are the only plausible argument for saving it, but ultimately you’d be doing them no favors. Bailing out an industry and then regulating it to “improve” really is straight Socialism. And even if Republicans are right that this is the time to throw everything they’ve ever stood for out the window, the problem remains that Socialism does not work. Good money after bad. Delaying the inevitable.

(Via ziz - source)

Logo Design Love has a list of ten logos that transcend the era in which they were designed.  Numbers two and ten are favorites of mine.

This list paints an interesting picture of our next President.

He uses an Apple Mac laptop

Macbook Pro?  Air?  Come on, we need details.

From Macworld:

“I’m not saying they’re not going to be a factor, but we’re in a world with Symbian, we’re in a world with BlackBerry, we’re in a world with Linux Mobile,” he said. Google might be a factor someday, but right now these competitors “look a little tougher to me.” “We’ll see what happens to Google in that fight,” Ballmer said.

Notice he doesn’t even mention the iPhone, which is currently kicking his ass.  Microsoft’s mobile strategy, it would seem, is to pretend the competition doesn’t exist.

MacRumors hears from CrunchGear and their own sources that iPhone tethering is on its way.  This from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph De La Vega, of all people.  This feature will theoretically be built into the 2.2 software, coming soon.

St. Peter unvotes.

This flies in the face of conventional election day fare, which suggests that motivated voters encourage the unmotivated to do the same, but please, don’t go vote today.

I am speaking, of course, to the lazy or undecided voters who, upon being pressured by friends and family, would head out to the polls, select a presidential candidate based on the opinions of others, and randomly choose senators, representatives, and amendments.  Just stay home.  You’re not helping.

The right to vote is just that, a right.  It is not a mandate, an obligation, or a duty.  It is not compulsory.  Our leaders should be elected by informed, intelligent Americans who, regardless of their political views, have at least formed them based on fact, study, instinct, and personal interest.  Despite popular myth, high voter turnout does not beget stronger leadership, nor does it indicate an informed electorate.  And we cannot afford to have our next president selected at random.

If you are still undecided or apathetic, I’m asking you, as a favor to America, to just stay home.  Your ignorance might doom us all.

We’ve secretly replaced Kevin Smith with Judd Apatow.  Let’s see if anyone notices.

MTV Games and Apple Corps have announced an exclusive Beatles game from Harmonix, the Rock Band folks.  This is not, however, a Rock Band-based game.

The game will be a journey that will take you through the entire Beatles catalog, from the first album to the last. There will be an interactive music performance involved using music controller peripherals, but they stress that the game is not a Rock Band title. Visual exploration of the Beatles will be a big part of the game, though they were not prepared to discuss more on that at this time.