The End of the Rickroll
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Nothing will ever beat this. Game over. It was fun while it lasted.
Archive for November, 2008
Nothing will ever beat this. Game over. It was fun while it lasted.
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 27th, 2008You may have noticed a lack of posts for the last week. Work, life, purchasing a home, and a secret project have kept me away. While I let things pile up even further over the long weekend, here's wishing you and yours a happy Thanksgiving. Unless you're not in the US, ...
Chuck Norris
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Chuck 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 ...
Hillary as Secretary of State
Monday, November 17th, 2008Obama 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.
Good Riddance
Monday, November 17th, 2008Jerry 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.
Best Cup Design Ever
Friday, November 14th, 2008This is exactly how products and marketing materials should be designed.
How Tim Bray Uses a Mac
Friday, November 14th, 2008Interesting insight into the workflow of the father of XML.
Die, American Auto Industry
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Alesh 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 ...
Ten Timeless Logos
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Logo 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.
50 Obama Facts
Monday, November 10th, 2008This list paints an interesting picture of our next President. He uses an Apple Mac laptop Macbook Pro? Air? Come on, we need details.
Lalala, Balmer Can’t Hear you
Saturday, November 8th, 2008From 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.” ...
iPhone Tethering Coming Soon
Thursday, November 6th, 2008MacRumors 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.
• Do Not Vote
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008This 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 ...