There are trends everywhere in creative fields. Brown and light-blue clothes. Chipotle chilis or truffle oil in food. Reflections in web graphics.
There’s also crappy creative output in these fields. Trashy romance novels. Kenny G. Soap Operas.
Tonight I’m a little heated about a collision of the trendy and crappy in [...]
Category Archives: Rants
HDR = Horrible, Dopey, Ridiculous
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Microsoft search bots are in love with my blog.
Friday, June 6, 2008
For the past several days (today definitely included), I’ve had craploads of “visits” from a slew of connections with addresses all looking very similar. A few examples:
bl1sch4090511.phx.gbl
bl1sch4084504.phx.gbl
bl1sch4084204.phx.gbl
All of them end with this “.phx.gbl”, and when I searched the IP addresses via WHOIS, they all seem to belong to Microsoft. All these visits come [...]
Dorkin’ Donuts
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
There’s a story making the rounds on the Interwebs about Dunkin’ Donuts pulling an ad in which Rachel Ray wears a patterned scarf. This scarf caused a furor because it apparently resembles an Arabic keffiyeh - a detail which enraged talking heads who are so xenophobically knee-jerk in their responses that they’re practically kicking [...]
The Worst Gets Worse
Friday, May 9, 2008
I’ve complained about the network goons at my company restricting access to harmless websites before. I’ve lost access to Twitter, kottke.org, Zeldman.com, and a number of other sites which seem to have no worse impact on my productivity than checking the news.
Well today they crossed the freaking line, without warning as usual. Now [...]
Taxing
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Last year I received a notice from a collection agency regarding unpaid personal property taxes on my old 1991 Toyota Camry. It was about $25, I think, including the interest for paying late. The problem is, I’d traded in the car in 2004 when I purchased my Jetta. I basically had to [...]
Hardee’s can eat it.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Attacking a Hardee’s commercial is a little too easy these days. Whether it’s for chauvinistic portrayals of women or the seeming attempts to make their burgers look as sloppy and disgusting as possible, the fast food chain’s TV ads don’t seem to find much praise outside the frat boy set. I usually just [...]
Text Me Never
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Nilson Report is a publication for they payment systems industry, and in the February 2008 issue they indicate that banks intend to start using SMS to communicate with their customers. One of the primary reasons cited is the reading rate of text messages vs. email: 94% and about 50%, respectively.
Do you want to [...]
Get Over It
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Preface: I have not decided to support Ralph Nader in the 2008 campaign. I’m just using him as an example since he’s the 3rd party candidate with the most impact since 1992.
I think I’m getting a little tired of people blaming Ralph Nader and/or his voters for Gore’s loss to Bush in the 2000 [...]
When “Ultimate Man” Really Means “Ultimate Sissy”
Thursday, February 21, 2008
I frequent the website Uncrate because I constantly struggle with my materialistic side and they occasionally highlight very stylish or well-designed items that lead me to more interesting website. Uncrate purports to be a space for the consuming man with entries about cars, video games, gadgets, clothes, movies, etc.
But how on earth, on the [...]
When Corporations Overreact
Friday, February 1, 2008
I just received an email at work about the impending blockage of iTunes on company computers.
Let me start by acknowledging that yes, it’s not my computer or my network, so I have no right to install software of my choice or what-not.
Well I’m still pissed, because it helps me get through my day. I [...]
