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Bundle of Joy
March 25th, 2009 § 0
A couple of things I noticed about the MacHeist 3 bundle [affiliate link] this morning:
Realmac’s Little Snapper is included. Last year’s bundle included Snapz Pro, a similar product from Ambrosia [though the annotation and web storage puts Little Snapper closer in spirit to a product like plasq's Skitch].
Espresso is a competitor of Macromates‘ TextMate [MH1].
Features in Acorn [and Picturesque to a lesser extent] sound a lot like Pixelmator, from last year’s bundle.
I am curious how developers from previous bundles feel about this. Not enough to ask them or anything — this isn’t Waxy — but it’s easy to see who isn’t bothered.
Ambrosia is apparently still on board, because WireTap Studio is included this year. Likewise for MacRabbit [CSSEdit] and Espresso. Boinx is a three-time MacHeist star, first with FotoMagico, then with iStopMotion, and this year with BoinxTV. And I just realized, RealMac is the maker of RapidWeaver from MH1, which could be considered a competitor of Espresso. [You could also note that FreeVerse (last year's WingNuts 2) is back with Big Bang Board Games, but it's not like you only need one game to do your job the same way you might only need one text or photo editor.]
Maybe I’m making a tempest out of a teapot?
Bless You Boys
March 22nd, 2009 § 0
Good show Wolverines. Shame about Oklahoma but they were number two after all. See you next year!
GET A BRAIN MORANS
March 21st, 2009 § 0
SUSAN TUSA/Detroit Free Press
I would daresay the gallon of pickles in the trunk [not pictured] is as much of an economic challenge as my decade-old Japanese sedan, but this makes for a better sign, right?
If I ever see her at a light, I’m going to encourage her to find a union sign shop to make her a nicer sign. Even the Westboro Baptist folks have prettier signs than this.
46 State Strategy
December 15th, 2008 § 1
Mike Duncan, the RNC chairman, told Steve Inskeep last week that he had visited forty-six states.
Inskeep didn’t ask, but what I want to know is, which four did Duncan skip over?
[EDIT: fixed html and reworded link]
Josie Parker is Hardcore
December 13th, 2008 § 0
“].”]![by anonymous [not me].](http://i36.tinypic.com/1624fbm.jpg "Josie Parker Needs No Posse")
This reminded me of the first time I ever met Josie, as an AADL employee [years ago -- please note that I do not speak for the AADL in any official capacity].
It was August 2004, and the Great Blackout of the Eastern Seaboard had just started about an hour or two prior. We had finally come to the realization that the power was not about to be restored and cleared the Northeast Branch of patrons [yeah, the branch in the Plymouth Road Mall - this was 2004].
The librarians were up front closing up for the day and I was in the back of the library tidying the computer area. Josie entered through the rear [from the parking lot], saw me, and exclaimed — politely, but authoritatively — “WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY LIBRARY?”
Once we were properly introduced by other staff, she was nothing but sweet, but I’ve always known she had the eye of the tiger.
Feel better soon, Josie! Now, who wants to hear a Fred Maxwell story? [Again, I do not speak for the AADL.]
Turning leftovers into “left-OH!-overs.”
December 4th, 2008 § 0
1.) Heat pan on stove until water droplets tossed on sizzle and evaporate instantly
2.) Add oil [I used "wok oil" because it's already got the ginger and garlic in it]
3.) Add some of your previously-cooked pasta
4.) Reach up and silence overly-eager smoke alarm
5.) Start trying to stir-fry it with a heat-resistant plastic spoon
6.) Add more pasta and oil as oil disappears and/or pasta is fried
7.) Serve — with whatever seasoning you like. Me, I just nuked the leftover pasta sauce that was also in the fridge and poured it over.
PREP TIME: Two listenings to “Lolli Lolli” by Three 6 Mafia [about nine minutes].
Three 6 Mafia, \”Lolli Lolli\”
Today in Twitter 2008-12-03
December 3rd, 2008 § 0
- Is there a word for staying up til just past midnight so you can electronically renew your library books as soon as their due date arrives? #
- @andrhia I saw the Ninja Turtle photo somewhere a while back; I thought that was an aberration, not a sample of a subculture! #
- @zaren or an Ionic Air Purifying Gun Rack. But I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. #
- @loresjoberg Can you paint with all the colors of the wino? #
- @loresjoberg Be Kind Rewino? Does that count? #
- @mollyali Nice song. Pretty much the best thing about winter. Except for TEH SNOW of coures!!!11!1! #
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Today in Twitter 2008-12-02
December 2nd, 2008 § 0
- @jessamyn I just jumped on the securitytheater train. How many photos do I have to tag to get the free Full Body Massage next time I fly? #
- Gizmodo, I wanna like you, but I see your illustrations with the red balloon and thes Simpsons knockoff font and I just BAM ctrl-W your tab. #
- @brermatt Table-service or EXPRESS? #
- @mitten Did it. #
- @mitten Looks like you got a fight on your hands though: http://tinyurl.com/6mtb5u #
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Today in Twitter 2008-11-30
November 30th, 2008 § 0
- I knew we weren’t the only family doing this by a damn iSight, but the NYT just told me we’re not special. http://is.gd/9yaU #
- CBS’ Sat/Sun cartoon “block” is a steady stream of 30sec/min. toy commercials broken only by these awesome little shorts. http://is.gd/9AyA #
- I like imagining Robert McCloskey’s “Blueberries for @pennjillette.” http://twitter.com/pennjillette/statuses/1030645189 #
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