Archive for August, 2007
Justine Ashbee - Sharpie Master
Wow. Justine Ashbee is a very talented artist, her amorphous designs are stirring. She just happens to use Sharpies rather than paint or pen…both resourceful and unique. Contemporary and classic at the same time, these works would impressive to see up close. Take a moment and check out her work.
Louderback Attempts To Redeem His Cred, Instead Cinches His Asshat Status
The real Jim Louderback final column:
Hey gang, I’ve finally decided to do everyone a favor and get out of your way. I know, it’s been a sweet ride with me at the helm, sooo many great things have happened in PC-land. But alas, I see the writing on the wall, and the wall says narcissistic, middle-aged, white guys living in the past should probably step aside. So with a heavy heart I bid farewell.
Oh and one more thing (eat that Steve jobs), on my way out…I’m a whore. Well not just me, more like we’re whores. The olde guard hack tech journalists. Here’s a secret, we make money from advertisers and find it’s best not to upset the apple-cart and call a spade a spade. So as the door hits me on the way out I just want to say what I should have said from day one, Vista sucks. It really, really sucks. It’s like taking the worst of windows and running through a glossy-floor, drop shadowing crap-ifier. There, I said it. Now that it has much less impact on my financial well-being. I’m a hero to journalists everywhere, those who were too scared to speak the truth, I’ll take the leap and do my job.
Well I’m off to some wacky, hip startup, I sure hope their business model isn’t ad-based or I’m gonna be…well I guess I’ll just keep my mouth shut and be just fine. Once a whore…
Later dudes,
I Love Comment Spam
I have a handful of posts that get comment spam worse than others, or at least they receive comments that get past akismet. Got one today that’s pretty funny…
Hello! Help solve the problem.
Very often try to enter the site, but says that the password is not correct.
Regrettably use of remembering. Give like to be?
Thank you!
Claustrophobia Meet My Friend Hydrophobia
Add this to the ‘Places you won’t see me’ list.
Newfound Find - eTown
I stumbled upon a broadcast of eTown on my way home last night, I rarely am driving around at 7pm on a Sunday so it’s not inconceivable that I wouldn’t have heard this before. So what is eTown, well according to their about us page, they are a hippie radio focused on music and community. Basically they pull in cool people, cool musicians and talk about ways to make life a little better. It’s a neat format and they are gracious enough to have much of what they do available via podcasts. You can also track down a local broadcast. The show has been around for 15 years, can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before now.
Excel-ing At Awful Design
Subtitle: The Anti-Apple Design Approach
Vista & Office 2007, the tragic tale of shitty design from top to bottom, they even managed to screw up the box. I just installed iWork ‘08 and am looking to uninstall Mac Office once and for-all, needless to say I haven’t personally seen this packaging. Maybe Microsoft would benefit from some outside help, the design group seems so extraordinarily talented, yet the only successes of late seem to be input devices.
Deep Water on 60 Minutes
There will be a special on 60 Minutes tonight about the Coast Guard Deep Water Project, if you are not familiar with this disaster, it’s worth checking out.