Off to Hawai’i
Thursday morning at dark o’clock, I’ll be on my way to the PDX airport. We’re headed halfway to China, to Hawai’i specifically, for two weeks on a much-needed adventure. We’ll be visiting O’ahu and Big Island. I even bought a waterproof/underwater camera housing for the occasion. See you in September (not applicable in the event [...]
WordPress 2.6.1 upgrade (and Paul McCarthy)
Today spiral::notepad was upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1 (released yesterday). Everything basically looks the same, but now I’m current again with bug fixes, security patches and enhancements. Except I had to disable post revision in Wordpress 2.6 (and disable/delay autosave), because all of that version tracking-related database clutter/bloat drives me crazy. Of course I still haven’t [...]
Corporate Graphic Design Guide
This morning I want to share one of the greatest GraphJam flow charts ever, especially if you’re a (cynical) graphic designer or commercial artist.
See, it’s not just your soul that’s being crushed. It’s everyone’s! The joys of design by committee are limitless. One early GraphJam comment says: “And if the committee fails to destroy the [...]
The Prisoner, retro ball chair, web and uniform designs
Ever seen The Prisoner TV series? A friend recommended it, so I’ve started watching the episodes. I think some YouTube clip called it the “most discussed and controversial cult TV series ever made.” Well, perhaps not, but it is certainly interesting. The set designs are very 1960s, with lava lamps everywhere and mod furniture [...]
WebVisions 2008 in review: Part two
This is a continuation of WebVisions 2008 in review: Part one.
On Thursday and Friday, May 22-23, I attended the WebVisions 2008 conference at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. Below is a quick overview (or: potentially understandable scrawling connected by lots of ellipses) of all five sessions I attended on Friday, with links. Many [...]
Oregon primary election and random links
Oregon’s vote in the primary elections almost mattered this year! Barack Obama won easily, as expected. The Oregon primary election, held yesterday, was apparently the “most exciting Oregon primary in 40 years.” With the party nominations usually wrapped up well in advance of May, it’s not often that Oregon gets to be marginally relevant [...]
Microsoft-Yahoo wedding called off (plus ceiling cats)
Today Microsoft said that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after the two companies could not agree on a price: “Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo.” Probably for the best.
The news reminded me of this video: Microsoft designs the iPod package. Awesome.
Every company has its own strengths, right? Remember the epic [...]
The Soup Mines, elephant artists, Obama
Here’s a very Don Hertzfeldt-esque webcomic that I just found and enjoy: The Soup Mines!
Do you know about the elephant artists from Thailand? They are elephants who can paint representational forms (well, some seem to be abstract artists). Mostly they choose to paint flowers and trees. But a few elephants can apparently paint fairly [...]
USO All-Stars and Chuck Norris in Iraq
I flipped through a friend’s April issue of Maxim magazine the other day and found that Scarlett Johansson has taken it upon herself to battle al-Qaeda!
Well, actually, it was more like she did a five-day United Service Organizations (USO) tour of Kuwait, but whatever. There wasn’t much to the article, really, but it did include [...]
College football victory chains, cat uses fork, Reznor
This post is about three things: the absurd results of college football games this season (such as Appalachian State and North Dakota State beating Big Ten teams), a crazy cat lady and her silverware-wielding cat (plus cute kittens), and Trent Reznor’s latest collaboration with hip-hop artist Saul Williams.
Absurd college football victory chains
Below are some [...]