The Technical Equivalent of a Hammer on my Thumb
By Brian | February 2, 2010
Caveat – I am not now, nor have I ever maintained, that I am a coder. My programming classes were taken nearly half a lifetime ago in a strange little language called Ada.
I knew what I was getting into when I volunteered to help some friends overhaul the web site of their production company in [...]
Topics: Art & Copy, Go Out Front and Applaud Yourself, Nature Cannot Be Fooled | 1 Comment »
The Kind of “Pro-Life” Commercial the Super Bowl needs
By Brian | February 1, 2010
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Topics: Art & Copy, Fake Draw Screen Right, Go Out Front and Applaud Yourself, That Other Fertile Crescent | No Comments »
The iPad kick’s the Kindle’s and the netbook’s – and the llama’s – ass.
By Brian | January 29, 2010
The first two salvos I fired in the iPad War were tweets to my buddy John. Yes, the terribly named iPad is a dollop of iPhone with a side of Kindle, but it’s more than that. Gizmodo captured the essence of the device perfectly with their headline “The iPad is the Gadget We Never Knew [...]
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Why I like the night
By Brian | January 24, 2010
I haven’t done much “original” writing on this blog in, well, ever. When I started this blog, I would editorialize, synthesize, and satirize. My output over the last year has been understandably limited, as I had no intention of turning this blog into a “pseudo-anonymous, slightly exhibitionist online psychiatrist’s couch”. I’ve always viewed grief as [...]
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Tribute to a Mac from the Poet Laureate of ‘Deep Ecology’
By Brian | January 24, 2010
Why I Take Good Care of My Macintosh By Gary Snyder
Because it broods under its hood like a perched falcon,
Because it jumps like a skittish horse and sometimes throws me,
Because it is poky when cold,
Because plastic is a sad, strong material that is charming to rodents,
Because it is flighty,
Because my mind flies into it through [...]
Topics: Inspired By Madness, Nature Cannot Be Fooled | No Comments »
This Too Shall Pass by OK Go
By Brian | January 24, 2010
This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.
I love this video!
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