Doodle 4 Google is one way that Google let's you know that they haven't completely lost their soul as a company.
Big corporations could learn alot about image preservation from Google who arguably could, and some say are, becoming an evil empire without looking like one.
11.21.2005
11.16.2005
ABC7Chicago.com: Randomly assigned license plate found objectionable
Poor Bastard.
Imagine if your license plates arrived in the mail and declared you the anti-christ.
Heh. The funny thing is if you requested this same combination of letters it would probably be denied.
Imagine if your license plates arrived in the mail and declared you the anti-christ.
Heh. The funny thing is if you requested this same combination of letters it would probably be denied.
Taking designs from nature...
It's often said that to find inspired design ideas, one need only look at nature... or nature artists in this case.
Firefox logo 'inspired' by a work by Georgia O'Keefe
Firefox logo 'inspired' by a work by Georgia O'Keefe
Invisible foil hats: Fourth image down from the top.
I was reading through some old posts last night and came across this one. The nice thing about having a blog is being able to go back and look at some of the crazy stuff you've done. At least the crazy stuff you were willing to own up to doing in the first place.
MAKE: Blog: Beck video with Sony QRIOs now live...
MAKE: Blog: Beck video with Sony QRIOs now live...
The QRIOs are Sony's dancing robots that were on display about a year ago. If you saw the initial video you've got the idea. Beck appears as one of several transparent-blue images on a screen behind the robots as they dance for what appears to be a crowd of Japanese reporters.
I've dug Beck since Odelay, I'm partial to "Where It's At" for the lyrical genius that it is, and although this isn't quite on par with his best work it's still pretty good.
The QRIOs are Sony's dancing robots that were on display about a year ago. If you saw the initial video you've got the idea. Beck appears as one of several transparent-blue images on a screen behind the robots as they dance for what appears to be a crowd of Japanese reporters.
I've dug Beck since Odelay, I'm partial to "Where It's At" for the lyrical genius that it is, and although this isn't quite on par with his best work it's still pretty good.
11.15.2005
Stupid Political Games
Rice brokers Gaza border crossing deal
Condoleezza Rice, the American secretary of state, has helped secure an agreement between Israel and Palestine to open the Gaza Strip's borders. After all-night negotiations, Ms Rice announced that the main ...
Ugh, could they be more obvious that Condi is going to run for the presidency in '08? The picture looks like Deb took it in her basement while waiting for Uncle Rico to get there. The flag in the background, the makeover to soften her image, I wouldn't be surprised if she was told to think of seahorses to get her to relax. Not that I have anything against Rice, it's just annoying that the think the public isn't going to recognize the obvious efforts to presidentialize the candidates.
11.14.2005
Homemade Flame Thrower
Holy Cow!
I'd build the "ultimate super soaker" version of it if I thought I could restrain myself from actually trying it as a flamethrower.
I'd build the "ultimate super soaker" version of it if I thought I could restrain myself from actually trying it as a flamethrower.
11.10.2005
CSSVista Review
Grade: Incomplete
I got CSSVista installed yesterday, here at work we already had copies of the Windows Installer 3.0 and the .Net Framework 2.0.
CSSVista delivers just what it offers:
"edit your CSS code live in both Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously."
This is very cool and could be extremely helpful in some cases. However, if it's not in that sentence, it's not in the software. The File menu has one option: Exit. The View menu has one toggle: Split View. The Tools menu, the most robust of the three contains these options: Edit CSS, Automatic CSS Refreshing (in other words, Live! Refreshing of the output).
There is no option to Save your work without copying and pasting it to your favorite editor. There is no context menu, no right-click copy.
I'm an avid reader of 37Signal's blog Signal v. Noise and understand less.
I will be watching CSSVista, because as Nathan Pitman says "I think this liitle application has some great potential!".
11.08.2005
Candy Order Form
It's that time of year again. Anyone interested in ordering candy should return a completed order form, available in PDF & Excel formats. We will be taking orders for candy until January. Just a reminder, we do get busy around the holidays. If you want orders for Thanksgiving or Christmas submit them early to ensure delivery by the desired date.
If you have any questions let me know or post a comment here.
If you have any questions let me know or post a comment here.
CSSVista Launched
CSSVista: Live CSS editing with Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously
How cool is that?
Downsides: WinXP only. A myriad of dependencies you're not likely to have installed on your machine (.Net Framework 2, Windows Installer 3). The latter dependecy requires Genuine Windows Validation, "hmm what's that?" I wondered.
Oh! You have to actually have a legally licensed version of WindowsXP and be able to prove it for the install to work.
Wonderful.
How cool is that?
Downsides: WinXP only. A myriad of dependencies you're not likely to have installed on your machine (.Net Framework 2, Windows Installer 3). The latter dependecy requires Genuine Windows Validation, "hmm what's that?" I wondered.
Oh! You have to actually have a legally licensed version of WindowsXP and be able to prove it for the install to work.
Does it matter if your copy of Windows is genuine? Yes, if you want the confidence of knowing that your software is legitimate and fully supported. And only genuine Windows customers can receive product downloads, Windows updates and special offers.
Wonderful.
11.07.2005
Mozilla Extension: IE Tab
Mozilla Update :: Extensions -- More Info:IE Tab - All Releases
IE View always open IE-only pages in newly launched windows of Internet Explorer, IE Tab can open them in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
IE View always open IE-only pages in newly launched windows of Internet Explorer, IE Tab can open them in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
11.05.2005
Friends of Bob & Tom Comedy Tour
Last night we went to the Friends of Bob & Tom Comedy Tour featuring:
David Crowe ****
Greg 'Flute-man' Warren ***
Mike Birbiglia *****
Auggie Smith *
(*'s = iTunes style ratings)
It was a great night of comedy. David Crowe was the opening act and acted as host for the remainder of the show, he was a pleasant surprise as I didn't recognize his name. Mike Birbiglia stole the show in my opinion. He looked absolutely comfortable on stage and delivered laugh after laugh (highly recommended). Auggie Smith got caught up in the smoking ban, which appeased a lot of the audience so despite the equine death he kept whipping. Flute-man is Flute-man not much more, still funny though.
Although much of their best material can be heard on Bob & Tom, if you go the the Friends of Tour you get to hear them deliver their jokes without Bob, Tom, Christy, and Chick drowning them in their live laugh-track.
David Crowe ****
Greg 'Flute-man' Warren ***
Mike Birbiglia *****
Auggie Smith *
(*'s = iTunes style ratings)
It was a great night of comedy. David Crowe was the opening act and acted as host for the remainder of the show, he was a pleasant surprise as I didn't recognize his name. Mike Birbiglia stole the show in my opinion. He looked absolutely comfortable on stage and delivered laugh after laugh (highly recommended). Auggie Smith got caught up in the smoking ban, which appeased a lot of the audience so despite the equine death he kept whipping. Flute-man is Flute-man not much more, still funny though.
Although much of their best material can be heard on Bob & Tom, if you go the the Friends of Tour you get to hear them deliver their jokes without Bob, Tom, Christy, and Chick drowning them in their live laugh-track.
11.04.2005
Washing Sacks, Great Idea, Name needs work.
This would make me dread laundry less. We often let our baskets fill up until we have to do laundry. At least some of us would allow that to happen.
flickrDogs
The flickrDogs photogroup on flickr (and flickrDogs.com) is updated near daily and usually has a great picture like this one.
PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier
Here is an idea whose time has come.
PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier, it's a powerstrip without the strip!
Add this to my christmas list.
PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier, it's a powerstrip without the strip!
Add this to my christmas list.
11.02.2005
Cash, Money
Some of you may have noticed the advertisements at the top of this page.
I thought I would give the big G's ad service a try. By my estimate after approximately one week I've made $0.365 for each click-through on an ad. This is a small set that may not be valid as the data grow but, it's interesting to watch. It's also one way to monitor traffic on your site. It does not, however, provide any metrics other than page counts.
I thought I would give the big G's ad service a try. By my estimate after approximately one week I've made $0.365 for each click-through on an ad. This is a small set that may not be valid as the data grow but, it's interesting to watch. It's also one way to monitor traffic on your site. It does not, however, provide any metrics other than page counts.
Apple's Aperture
I am quickly falling in love with Aperture from Apple. Two impediments lie in the way my using Aperture.
1. Aperture is Mac Only, I don't have a Mac.
I've consiered getting a Mac to play with for a while, the most recent lure being the MacMini. I'm ascared that the MacMini isn't going to be able to handle Aperture or the other cool stuff I'd want to do with a mac.
2. $499 Price Tag.
I've been using Picasa for quite some time. It definitely gets the job done. It's got a nice feature-set, it's available on Windows, oh and it's free. I'd like to think that eventually Picasa won't be enough, or at least annoy me into a splurge. Unfortunately, it's a nice... free.. photo manager.
DP Review's List of Aperture features.
1. Aperture is Mac Only, I don't have a Mac.
I've consiered getting a Mac to play with for a while, the most recent lure being the MacMini. I'm ascared that the MacMini isn't going to be able to handle Aperture or the other cool stuff I'd want to do with a mac.
2. $499 Price Tag.
I've been using Picasa for quite some time. It definitely gets the job done. It's got a nice feature-set, it's available on Windows, oh and it's free. I'd like to think that eventually Picasa won't be enough, or at least annoy me into a splurge. Unfortunately, it's a nice... free.. photo manager.
DP Review's List of Aperture features.
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