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Archive for July, 2005
Items of (my) interest this week
28, Jul 2005Yahoo! has bought Konfabulator. Konfabulator started as a Mac widget program and later released a Windows version. It received some attention when Apple released OSX “Tiger” which contained an apparent blatant rip-off which they dubbed Dashboard. The purchase of Konfabulator by Yahoo! has brought the price down to the low, low price of nada. I’ve [...]
- In: current
What up, kids?
27, Jul 2005Yeah, that’s my giant head at the beach and no, I’m not wearing a shirt, and yes, I do wear that hat in public. This internet cafe smells bad (it wasn’t me) so I am leaving now. More as events warrant.
- In: uncat'
Heavy Rotation – Felt 2
23, Jul 2005Repping the midwest by way of L.A., Felt 2 is the latest gem from the Rhymesayers label. I didn’t know anyhing about until I asked the girl at the Plan 9 counter about it. She got really excited to sell it so I figured I might be on to something. Turns out she was right. [...]
- In: heavy rotation
I am gonna miss you guys
23, Jul 2005I will be leaving for vacation tomorrow morning. We’ll be spending the week in sunny Emerald Isle NC. Ethan will be minding the store while I am away so no mucking about, he sees you. I will also try to send some pictures via cameraphone (and the good people at flickr) directly to the blog. [...]
- In: the good life
New Tiny Showcase
20, Jul 2005“All Quiet On the Western Front” by Jillian Tamaki (click picture to go to a larger version) This week’s Tiny Showcase looks like the best one yet. It’s the classic illustrative style that’s the hook for me. I’m having trouble putting my finger on who her style reminds me of, maybe John Bolton a little? [...]
- In: web
And then there were two.
20, Jul 2005When Tim Brown retired this week he shrunk the list of currently active NFL players who were featured in Tecmo Bowl from three to two. Can you guess who the others are?
- In: games
Google Moon
20, Jul 2005In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, weve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing Google is cool. Check it out. Zoom to the closest setting for a clever Easter Egg. [...]
- In: web
Heavy Rotation – M.I.A.
17, Jul 2005I got “Arular” by M.I.A. back in the Spring but I never made proper time for it. I caught the video for “Galang” the other week on Subterranean and decided to give her another chance. I am definitely digging on it now. This is good music to mow by, that’s for sure. The choppy, garage [...]
- In: heavy rotation