One of the funniest editorial cartoons I’ve seen in quite some time:
Archive for July, 2007
Space Oddity
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Left-handed, or just crazy?
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Just my luck. Scientists at Oxford may have discovered the gene that causes left-handedness, but it may also be responsible for an increased likelihood of going bonkers!
Okay, so the risk isn’t actually that high, and more than this one gene is responsible for mental illness, but still – do we lefties really need more stigma? 
Finish this sentence:
Monday, July 30th, 2007Giddy with excitement, Melvin grasped both handles and exclaimed, “Last one there is a…”
Teaser for The Dark Knight
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Looks like the viral campaign is kicking off for next summer’s The Dark Knight; the quirky website now displays a flash box for the first teaser. Was that really Heath Ledger’s voice as the joker?
Simplify Media
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Great googly moogly!
If you haven’t heard of Simplify Media’s software (named after the company), you should hit up their download page and grab the joint.
Got it now? Good. Well here’s what it does…
Well a lot of folks may not be aware the iTunes allows you to share your music over a local area network. If you’re at work, and several folks have iTunes, you can listen to each others’ tunes. Pretty slick, eh? Well with Simplify Media’s software running in the background, it allows you to share music across the entire internet. All you have to do is add your friends to your list, and then you can see each others’ music as if you were on the same local area network.
Let that sink in for a moment…
Do you realize what this means? That means that if I’m in Paris and my buddy Patrick grabs the latest album from his fave underground indie hip-hopper, I can still listen to it as if it was on my own computer. Yeah, for real. The sound quality is excellent, but you can’t actually save the tracks on your computer so it’s not piracy. It’s simply extending existing iTunes functionality.
Currently, the software only works with iTunes, but on both Windows and OS X. They’re working on adding support for Winamp and Windows Media Player in the future, but considering the broad reach of iTunes, I’m sure plenty of you out there can use this.
Baby’s First Typography Book
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Most folks who know me actually don’t know that I was a hair’s breadth from going to college for a creative major rather than something technical such as engineering (originally) or information systems (eventually). Well my illusion that engineering would be an easy route to working as an inventor led me along the tech route, leaves me occasionally pining for a crack at something more creative such as photography, film, and graphic design.
Today, my artistic inclinations got the best of me and I purchased a book on typography. Specifically, I purchased Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris’ text, The Fundamentals of Typography:
I don’t know whether this is a fantastic entry-level book or not, but it seems to cover a broad range of concepts. Explanations are often printed in such a way that illustrates the concept which I hope will prove as helpful as it appears.
So hear goes nothing…if I actually read through this book and still feel hungry for more, I’ll probably dig into a book on color theory next.
Dice, Dice, Baby
Saturday, July 28th, 2007Holy crap…crazy big props to my buddy Chris for pointing the way to this video:
I CAN HAS CAFEEN RSH?!
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Thanks to Dan Cederholm, I just laughed my butt off (and was thoroughly amazed) because of this YouTube clip he linked to in a Twitter posting:
Grendel in Charge
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Today I discovered on Apple’s movie trailer site that a Beowulf film is debuting on November 16th. I don’t know why this was the first thing that came to my mind, but instantly, I couldn’t help but think, “Scott Baiowulf.”
Harry Potter and the Night of Too-Little Sleep
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Oi. Last night I finally finished reading the last Harry Potter book to my wife. I was reading out loud from about 6:15 in the evening until 1:40 this morning – nearly 7.5 hours.
And this morning I pay the price for it
However, now I can finally watch the news and surf the net more fully, my gentle paranoia about prematurely learning the ending no longer necessary. I can also contemplate the full magnitude of the ending, and glance approvingly or annoyed at countless reviews of the novel. Ultimately, though? I’m simply happy to be finished with what I believe was an excellent series in literature.