Tumbling down

Uh, what?

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:15:33 -0400

Uh, what?

Write my own story, you say, CNN? Ok!

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:15:49 -0400

Write my own story, you say, CNN? Ok!

Charles Apple's got an advance on the Trib redesign

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:20:25 -0400

Charles Apple's got an advance on the Trib redesign: And it doesn’t look half bad. Too bad it’s not necessarily the final one.

Because I haven’t better things to do with my time, I come with a dilemma. I’m in the...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:08:31 -0400

Because I haven’t better things to do with my time, I come with a dilemma. I’m in the midst of figuring out Important Adult Details like Signing Up For Cable Service and Buying A Bed, and while the second one is fairly straightforward (You buy a mattress, you buy a bed frame. Just make sure neither one sucks.) the first one is hard. You get so many choices:

basic broadcast, which is cheap but doesn’t come with the Important News And Sports Channels
basic cable, which is significantly more expensive than the previous option but like you have an a la carte option
packaged cable, which adds Interesting Specialty Channels for not too much more
premium service, which rapes you but you get HBO or Starz!

Of course no self-respecting man with a forthcoming HDTV and a TiVo on the way can say no to ESPN HD or CNN. But can I live without Planet Green or National Geographic HD, knowing I’d still have Discovery Channel HD or the Food Network (also in HD)? Is it worth the extra $11 a month?

Boy I’m glad I have these Real Problems to keep my mind off of other things, like Paying Rent or Putting Money Towards My Student Loans. Imagine what would happen if I thought about those instead? I might not even have problems like Choosing How Big An HDTV I’ll Buy.

And you thought helicopter parents were bad.

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:19:00 -0400

And you thought helicopter parents were bad.:

Just wait until they move to your college town.

Edit: To the youth of America — when did we decide to change to “Hovercraft parents”? I guess helicopters are so last century.

Charles Apple has advance Sun pages

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:24:53 -0400

Charles Apple has advance Sun pages:

Initial reaction: Yuck.

They messed with the nameplate - if you need to add your town to the nameplate to emphasis you commitment to local news, maybe you have bigger fish to fry.
More of that empty summary feeling. I love a visual page as much as everyone, but if you can read the same blurbs on any website a day in advance, why pick up the dead-tree version?
Full-person columnist mugs. I don’t think anybody cares what your columnist looks like from the neck down. (Actually, I don’t think anybody cares what your columnist looks like from the neck up, either, as long as they write well.)
Their sans serif font just feels like a mistake outside of the folios. When it’s not extended it looks forced and it doesn’t feel like a headline. Maybe it’ll just take time but I’m not enthused.
Those colors look like a wreck. I’m sure it’s been tested on the presses, and I’d venture to bet the color is a bit more subdued on newsprint. But it doesn’t make those heavy colors any better.

But, I don’t live in or near Baltimore. I wonder what the readers will think on Sunday. The three section choice is interesting and I actually like the idea, but “You” is ridiculous.

I already miss the hot-L.

Now: Holding my breath for the Hartford Courant redesign.

Katie’s on YouTube talking about Digg. Very interesting,...

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:38:38 -0400

Katie’s on YouTube talking about Digg. Very interesting, but I’m pretty sure I remember a friend looking better in her Diggnation tee (I’ll find that link later).

Zero inbox FTW.

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:02:05 -0400

Zero inbox FTW.

Trying to get into the latest Cash Givnation craze but I...

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:17:21 -0400

Trying to get into the latest Cash Givnation craze but I can’t find a link back to his YouTube or an email address anywhere.

Man I want to be independently wealthy.

merlin:

DYNAMIC CASH GIVANATION: CA$H PROOF!!!

Dwayne Schubert, Jr. (a/k/a “Da Cash Duke”) shows cash proof. THIS IS NOT MLM!!!

Photo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:47:43 -0400

me: the rooftop garden caught on fire from the fireworks

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:32:46 -0400

me: the rooftop garden caught on fire from the fireworks
jamie sent me a text and called me
LenaYue: holy crap
me: i think it's hilarious
that has to be an omen
rochon arrives, next day the business school alights

NPR: Bryant Park Project talking about Obama posters

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:55:25 -0400

NPR: Bryant Park Project talking about Obama posters: The man on the phone, Steve Seidman, is the chair of the program I graduated from. Pretty decent stuff, although I don’t agree with everything he says. He talks about McCain trying he hand at posters of his own, but something tells me the Straight Talk Express doesn’t run on art. And no offense to him, but he just sounded like an ass when he talked about the Obey Obama poster.

"They forgot to ask people what they wanted."

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:21:23 -0400

“They forgot to ask people what they wanted.”

- Tom Dair, president of Smart Design. Interesting line from a Wall Street Journal article last week I must have missed. Particularly interesting considering the normal responses of other design geniuses (think Steve Jobs, Henry Ford among others).

Oh thanks Facebook ads for making me feel self-conscious...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:53:11 -0400

Oh thanks Facebook ads for making me feel self-conscious (again)!

Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:55:49 -0400

Once an Internet Giant, InfoSpace Dismantles Itself: Who? [NYT]

Bullit NetNewsWire style

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:40:53 -0400

Bullit NetNewsWire style: Cameron (of i/o fame) created a new style for NetNewsWire. It’s nice, but I hardly read full posts in my newsreader so it’s not as helpful for me.

Decided to remove Flickr and Twitter from my Tumblr. There’s got to be a better way to do...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:48:58 -0400

Decided to remove Flickr and Twitter from my Tumblr. There’s got to be a better way to do this.

Better than Bittman. See original.

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:16:26 -0400

Better than Bittman. See original.

Is SND Vegas also using Klavika? I think it’s become the new DIN.

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:37:48 -0400

Is SND Vegas also using Klavika? I think it’s become the new DIN.

Hey Boston fans: Before this happens, if you only started loving Boston this year I’d...

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:23:56 -0400

Hey Boston fans: Before this happens, if you only started loving Boston this year I’d apprecite it if you kept insults to a minimum.