Tuesday, May 31, 2005
I'm the web! Hi!
Friend Jon discovered a pulp-printed gem in a late-80s Archie comic book. This lower-rung, tight-wearing, Spider-man wannabe seems to be slightly ahead of the buzzword curve. I'm pretty sure that this must have been Al Gore's pre-Whitehouse secret identity.
View a full-size image in my Flickr account.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Yawnscape.
Hi, my name is Netscape 8. I'm based on Firefox. I'm Windows only. Why am I here? I'm kinda wondering that myself. Oh, wait a minute... my product information says... "Netscape began by trying to make an Internet that users found easy to use. Today we offer integrations of intuitive digital tools, innovative attractions and infinite media content." Sorry, I thought that might help clarify things a bit. Would somebody please open a window and let in some fresh air, I'm feeling really tired all of a sudden...
Thursday, May 19, 2005
It's musically delicious.
I'm fairly selective when it comes to propagating memes, but this one tickled my fancy. I've been invited by Mark Simonson to accept this so-called 'musical baton' and then drag five more people into the lather. Since I rather enjoy music, seem to have quite a bit of it kicking around on my computer, and have a blog... it's a go.
Total volume of music on my computer:47.34GB / 9,182 songs / 26.1 days worth. Oof.The last CD I bought was:Good News For People Who Love Bad News by Modest Mouse on the recommendation of a friend at the office. To be honest, I haven't even listened to the disc yet, but I have been listening to a couple of freebie Modest Mouse tracks I downloaded months ago.Song playing right now:Do The Emotion by Million Dollar Marxists. This is one of nearly 800 tracks that are part of the amazing (and free) SXSW 2005 Music Showcase. If you haven't grabbed the torrent of this music yet, get on it kids.Five songs I listen to a lot:Working Undercover For The Man by They Might Be GiantsFive people that I'm tossing the baton at:
5 Will Get You Six by Blue Rodeo
Friendly Ghost by Eels
Red Swing by Puffy Ami Yumi
Bah! by OkapiIssa BreibishShare the love.
Jon Parker
Ian McDougall { Caught }
Marc Tremblay { Caught }
Steven Frank { Caught }
Friday, May 13, 2005
Podcasted.
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a freelance writer for Macworld magazine about doing an interview regarding my Newtonfetishenthusiasm. The interview would be part of Macworld's self-declared 'experiment' in podcasting, a sporadically produced audio version of the 'Geek Factor' column found in the regular publication. After several attempts at securing a mutually acceptable date and time and then going through the process of setting up a Skype account (because geeks apparently don't get interviewed over the telephone... duh) the interview took place. The whole thing went as smooth as could be expected. Skype worked amazingly well. I only used the phrase 'um' about four dozen times. I followed up with a email chock full of Newton resource links. I wasn't told when the piece would be posted, so the whole thing sort of slipped my mind. Until today. A lapsed Newton user listened to the podcast and was inspired enough to send me an email saying that he was ready "... to get my 2100, eMate and others back into daily use." Man, that must be some interview. I guess I should stop worrying about how much of a dork I must sound like and just listen to the darn thing. For the rest of you, download at your own risk.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Googophiling.
Here's a quick and dirty little Favelet that let's you search the Typophile forum archives using Google until the Punchcut boys get their integrated search engine out of the beta shop.
Search Typophile
Just drag and drop this link to your toolbar or bookmark bar and presto. It works for sure in Safari and Firefox, but should be fine for Internet Explorer users as well.
Monday, May 09, 2005
The Fontographer's new clothes.
In a surprising bit of news, Fontlab Ltd. announced that as of today the veritable type design tool Fontographer has a new place to call home. Not only do the makers of the coincidentally named Fontlab software intend to support existing Fontographer users, they also plan on continuing development - at least to the point of dragging Fontographer into the realm of current operating systems. I've been a user of Fontographer since 1989 and I have to admit that I never thought I would see the day where the software might be made viable again. It had been languishing as an 'other software' line item at Macromedia for years, and there's no way that the new sugardaddy Adobe would consider putting even fifteen cents into perpetuating a 'non-core' technology. I congratulate Fontlab for realizing that some people just don't have the time to learn the newer tools and that old school can still have some moves. Personally, I can't wait to see how this unfolds, but there are others who have a different opinion regarding this news. More banter about the announcement at Typophile.
