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• 2011-11-11

  Huh… (it’s late)

  11:11:11 11/11/11

• 2011-10-06

  Steve Jobs’ Legacy

  Steve Jobs wasn’t just a “computer guy” or business man. He was a genius, an inventor, a true visionary among the greats like Henry Ford or Thomas Edison. His influence was felt from the smallest startups to the biggest tech companies and transcended the boundaries of operating systems and computer platforms. He was a creator, an artist who painted a vision of how technology could enhance our lives rather than be controlled by it. He inspired his employees (either directly or indirectly) to always push the envelope further. He rescued Apple, a company he started in his garage 20 years prior, from the brink of collapse in the mid-’90s and turned it into arguably the most influential tech company in history (recent history at the very least). Whether you love or hate Apple’s products, whether you agree or disagree with Apple’s disciplined approach to product design, there is absolutely no denying the impact Steve Jobs and Apple have left on the world (tech and otherwise). He leaves behind an amazing and inspirational legacy that will last for generations to come. Just because he’s gone doesn’t mean his impact on the world has gone as well.

  May he rest in peace.

  Steven P. Jobs
  February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011

• 2011-09-10

  Uh-dobe.

  Hey Adobe, how’s about you go back to making great tools for people to JUST CREATE STUFF rather than trying to control the WHOLE path from conception to delivery? Leave the server software to server software companies (and kill ColdFusion already). Get over trying to get everyone to use Flash to deliver media that does not NEED to be in a proprietary container (which is all Flash does for video). Just give content creators great tools that disappear in the operator’s hands and allow them to concentrate on the work and not worry about the tools/software crap. This may include a new HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript authoring tool that can (eventually) replace Flash. ‘Cause you don’t make any money from the plug-in, but you DO make money from the authoring tools. Flash media server? WTF is that? And why the hell did you buy Business Catalyst? They were doing just fine without you, but now they’ll probably whither up and die in your arms.

  Reminiscing…

  Examples of your former tool-forging glory would include:

  • Photoshop 7 (coincidence that it’s the last one to support Mac OS 9?)
  • Illustrator 8 (10 was good too)
  • After Effects (anything before it was named “CS”)
  • Let Dreamweaver go back to being a hardcore coding app (make something new for WYSIWYG web page creation, which you are already doing, thank you very much)
  • Let Flash DIE already (every version has SUCKED BALLS)
  • Ok, Lightroom is pretty good.

• 2011-09-02

  OMG, Netflix, really? I’m trying to troubleshoot a problem we’re having playing on a PS3 and AppleTV: last question was “Did you find what you were looking for?” I answered “No” and the next screen said “Thank you for your feedback” (or some bullshit like that). That’s the online equivalent of “Sorry, kid. Tough luck. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”

• 2011-05-12

  

  Ugh (Taken with instagram)

• 2011-01-12

  “We believe software should be useless, complicated, and slow – so you can work more hours, get less accomplished, and make idiotic decisions for your business.”

• 2010-12-21

  Buyer Beware (of stolen computers on eBay)

  You knew buying stuff on eBay can be risky, right? Especially used computers.

  An officer showed up at my home and told my wife they tracked a stolen computer’s location to the IP address of our house. WHA??? Apparently, they can do this.

  At first they said it was a Mac laptop, and well, the only Mac laptops that I’ve ever had were purchased directly from Apple, so I knew that was wrong.

  They said it came from Michigan. Crap! That’s where the Power Mac G5 that I got my dad for Christmas was coming from, but that’s not a laptop, so…

  The officer goes to his car for a few minutes and comes back and says it’s an iMac. D’oh!

  Well…

  I did buy an iMac from a seller in Michigan, and it arrived with a torn up box (the absolute WORST packing job I had ever seen) and a chip in the bottom-right corner of the screen (no doubt due to piss-poor packaging). The seller agreed to do a partial refund, not only because the item arrived damaged, but it was also NOT the computer described in the auction description (it said it was a 2.4 GHz “2008” iMac, but it was really a 2.0 GHz 2007 iMac). The 2008 2.4 GHz model was the one I wanted, so rather than use the refund to repair it (new bezel/glass was $100), I decided to re-sell the one I just got (that was damaged) myself and get the correct model (which I did - THANK YOU PowerOn!).

  So who pays for this? I certainly don’t have the money. I kind of think the person who sold it to me may have not even known (for sure) that the computer was stolen - it was from some “wholesale” shop, so it could have been a pawn shop that paid cash for the computer and resold it on eBay. Will eBay’s “buyer protection” cover me and/or the person I sold the computer to?

  I’m now very paranoid.

  I didn’t know it was really possible to track a computer like that, unless it had special software installed to “phone home” in case it WAS stolen. But it could have very well had such software installed - it looked like it was set up with kiosk software, which seemed pretty odd to me, so maybe it was stolen from a kiosk in a public place?

  What else are they tracking from my house? WTF? I’m too young to die (and too married with children and a mortgage to go to jail).

  Where’d I put that Xanax???

• 2010-11-09

  How the crap can Gateway sell a fairly pimped Core i3 laptop like this for $499 when Apple’s CHEAPEST laptop is $999??? That’s TWICE as much, people. Yeah, the build quality of Apple’s stuff is the best I’ve ever seen and their displays are incredible, but how do they expect to compete with stuff like this: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0350423 Oh right, they don’t. But even if the Gateway’s saddled with crapware and you bought a full version of Windows 7 Ultimate (you could get the OEM version for $179) so you could wipe the drive and start with a squeaky clean system, that’s STILL way way WAY cheaper than Apple’s cheapest laptop, let alone Core i3 laptop. If Apple could figure out a way to sell a $699 Core i3 laptop, or a $499 Core i3 desktop (maybe slightly larger than the current mini so they could use cheaper 3.5” hard drives and a standard tray-load optical drive), they’d sell a CRAPLOAD of Macs. Sure, it would cannibalize some sales of the more expensive models, but that’s kind of the point I guess…

• 2010-10-15

  ASCII porn (nude) 2

  A little better proportions, IMO:

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  (belly button had to be removed ‘cause it was off-center)

• →

  ASCII porn?

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  Stick that in your CSS!