NOT RAVING BUT DRONING

July 04 2008
View from our apartment roof is blocked by buildings, go figure, so Boston fireworks on CBS it is. Shrug! Happy Independence Day!
View from our apartment roof is blocked by buildings, go figure, so Boston fireworks on CBS it is. Shrug! Happy Independence Day!
Reblogged from sqpeg

sqpeg:

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

(Note: I’m a little excited about fireworks)

Where are you going to watch them? We don’t want to fight the crowds, and our apartment windows just happen to face in the opposite direction of where they’ll be taking place. (No roof access, either.) So our plan is to open the windows so we can hear them, and watch them on CBS. Technology FTW!

July 03 2008
Reblogged from implodr
implodr: YES. nevver: NewsToday I’m sorry, Dean Kamen. You’re a serious fucking genius, no joke, but I can’t not laugh every single time I see a Segway.

implodr:

YES.

nevver:

NewsToday

I’m sorry, Dean Kamen. You’re a serious fucking genius, no joke, but I can’t not laugh every single time I see a Segway.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

I’ve moved all my sites and files to Media Temple, so things might be rocky for the next couple days while domains propagate and databases are recreated.
The Last Days Of Dr. Wily. Only funny if you’re a Mega Man nerd like me.
July 02 2008
Reblogged from catbird

BAD usability

catbird:

To all you websites that are so helpfully auto-activating a particular form-field on the page for me, guess what? The first thing I usually do after a page loads is hit the space bar, to quickly jump down to where the actual content resides. When you activate some damn form-field automatically, you cock-block me from doing this. Stop it.

I have to disagree. A form field should, ideally, be auto-activated when it is the first and/or most important task on the page. The field itself should be the beginning of the content. google.com is a fine example of this. If an auto-activated form is not the most important task on the page, then the problem isn’t the form, it’s the designer who auto-activated a form they should not have. Hate the player, don’t hate the game.

June 30 2008
Want.
Want.
Rock Band 2 officially announced for September Finally, I can spill some beans! This is the game I playtested a while back, and it’s going to be awesome. DLC purchased for Rock Band 1 is indeed supported - saw it with my own two eyes -  and the song list is phenomenal. Can’t wait until some of the songs are announced. And I was expecting a release around Black Friday, so September is a welcome surprise.
June 29 2008
Reblogged from sqpeg
sqpeg: +1.  These are the dumbest trend going on right now. Reblogged - allgrownsup: Dear world, Stop wearing these. You look fucking stupid. Oh God. I’m really trying to cut down on the “me too!” reblogging, but holy hell. You know how people always look back on specific periods of time and say, “I CANNOT believe we wore THAT”? This is THAT for 2008. Kanye looked like an asshat wearing them, and anyone else wearing them looks even worse.

sqpeg:

+1.  These are the dumbest trend going on right now.

Reblogged - allgrownsup:

Dear world,

Stop wearing these. You look fucking stupid.

Oh God. I’m really trying to cut down on the “me too!” reblogging, but holy hell. You know how people always look back on specific periods of time and say, “I CANNOT believe we wore THAT”? This is THAT for 2008. Kanye looked like an asshat wearing them, and anyone else wearing them looks even worse.

Finally got our recycling together. Plastic bags and cans/bottles to the grocery store, paper bags and plastic bottles to the recycling bin on Wednesday. So much more free kitchen space, too!
Finally got our recycling together. Plastic bags and cans/bottles to the grocery store, paper bags and plastic bottles to the recycling bin on Wednesday. So much more free kitchen space, too!