August 2007
27 posts
PS: NBC I hate you too →
The Green UI →
A video James Gosling made of the *7 Green UI, back in 1992. Notice the iPhone-isms. The touch UI, the use of flipping, the inertial touches. The first major commercial product to have those same features was 15 years later.
Zecharia Sitchin →
Nutjob of the week (in my opinion)
Overheard at Fred Meyer
Girl1: Oh look here are the USB things
Girl2: Cool. The sorority is great isn't it.
Girl1: Oh yeah. Do you think 512M is enough?
Girl2: Who cares? Let's go shampoo shopping!
Girl1: Kay!
What’s Off the Record at N.H.T.S.A.? Almost... →
A new low in administration stupidity
“We’ll always have Mean Girls”
– LB
WOZ + Prius + 104MPH →
Who knew?
Happy Time
Girl1: (overheard on the train) So your mom's coming to visit?
Girl2: Yeah she is going to be spending the weekend with me
Girl1: That will be nice
Girl2: Yeah I'm looking forward to it. Of course I have to hide all my porn.
Girl1: And your vibrator in the showe, don't want her finding that
Girl2: Fuck no!
Girl1: I don't think you can use any of them. They're real loud, and your walls are real thin.
Girl2: Crap you're right. That's gonna suck
Girl1: It's just a couple of days, you can go without 'happy time' till she's gone
Girl2: I guess...
File this under "OOPS:" German teenagers' debut... →
At least it was memorable
“I think every computer should come issued with a woman in a miniskirt”
– Me (in re this)
Annother Anniversary
Today is a different anniversary. Last year is the day I started wearing wrist braces all the time. This whole weirdness started (Well at least I track it starting) a year ago today. At least things are going in the right direction…
“I don’t care if I have to lick my screen to copy and punch a baby to paste —...”
– Justine of TastyBlogSnack
Two Years In...
On my first anniversary my employer gave me a fleece jacket. Today is my second anniversary and they gave me an umbrella. Next year I hope they give me pants. That way I can go out in the rain…
“My enemy’s enemy’s esemy is my enemy?”
AppleWorks RIP →
It was bound to happen sooner or later. I don’t even fault Apple for doing this. Still it is a little sad. AppleWorks (at least the name) was one of the last ties to the Apple II.
It is bad enough having a horrible violent nightmare. It is actually worse when you realize that it was in movie trailer form. It did star Bruce Willis, Kevin Bacon, and Julian Moore. but I don’t know what to make of that.
The radioactive boy scout is at it again →
Dear Apple
Dear Apple,
The only thing that is keeping me from going completely over to iTunes for my TV is Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and the various Animal Planet Cop shows. If you had those I would drop Direct TV in a NY Minute. Could you get on that?
Thanks,
Jock
PS: Love the new keyboard
“mom, where is the blood strainer?”
– LB