Holy Fucking Shit
Monday, December 22nd, 2008I would like to think that if I were ever in a plane crash, I would get clear of the burning wreckage and call my loved ones before reporting it on Twitter. Some people feel differently.
Archive for December, 2008
I would like to think that if I were ever in a plane crash, I would get clear of the burning wreckage and call my loved ones before reporting it on Twitter. Some people feel differently.
Ecofont
Thursday, December 18th, 2008An attractive new sans serif claims to reduce ink usage by up to 20%. How? It has holes in it. Eco-friendly or not, this is a decent-looking font at reasonable sizes.
Wait For It…
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008If you aren't a fan of How I Met Your Mother, it's because you haven't watched it. For everyone else: Barney's blog The Bro Code
Softwear
Monday, December 8th, 2008I can't tell if this is real or a hoax. I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to prominently feature a guy with poor English, a sweater vest, and an awkward bulge, yet this weird retro hipster thing seems out-of-range for them. (Via Drew)
Weak Storm
Friday, December 5th, 2008David Pogue posts reader reaction to his review of the Blackberry Storm. Unsurprisingly, it's a piece of crap. Consumer-focused user experience and design isn't what RIM is good at, so why would anyone have any reasonable expectation that their first iPhone-alike would be worth anything?
Oh Thank God
Friday, December 5th, 2008Following up on the super hot rumor that Obama uses a Zune, MacUser shares news from the Wall Street Journal (seriously?) that our next President is, in fact, an iPod user. Why was this ever a story? I mean, we already know he uses a MacBook Pro. How would he even sync ...
What About the iPod?
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Gene Munster seems to think that the iPod is dying. This may sound like a bad Slashdot troll, but he appears to be completely serious. So pay attention when Munster says the iPod faces a bleak future. Rising unemployment and credit problems will just make it tougher for shoppers to justify ...
What a Great Idea
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas has a fantastic idea: a moratorium on income tax for January and February. "Think about how much you would have if you didn't have any social security or income tax withheld from your pay check, or if you didn't have to pay those taxes for January and ...
Apple and Anti-Virus
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008The Internet is all atwitter about a recently posted Apple Knowledge Base article that recommends anti-virus software. This is a shift, according to some, from the ideology that Macs are magical fortresses of awesomeness that no malicious code could ever penetrate. TUAW sums up the problem with this logic: Let's be fair: ...