Ramblings
February 28, 2006
The ugliness of MySpace
I feel exactly the same as Matt at A Whole Lotta Nothing regarding askew baseball hats and MySpace:
I always secretly hoped I'd never grow old and unhip, but every few months I'm reminded that the world is passing me by.
It all started with the askew hats. Two or three years ago I was walking down the street and saw some guys wearing baseball caps with the bills pointed off at crazy angles, like their hat was making a left turn but their head hadn't caught up. Every time I see a kid with his hat all akimbo I want to grab his arms, smack him in the face, and straighten his hat out. It's irrational, I know, but drives me crazy in a "get the hell off my lawn you crazy kids!" sort of way.
The online equivalent of this is of course, MySpace... Apple has made the iPod the most popular music player on earth, but it's clean as a whistle. How could the same people love their super sleek music player and also love the gaudy oversaturated flashing/pulsating monstrosity of their MySpace profile?
Labels: design
February 22, 2006
Filliam H. Muffman
Stephen's Laws of Love on the Colbert Report is the only place to find out about "The Splendiferous Zeppelin Escapades of Filliam H. Muffman."
February 15, 2006
Picasa: iPhoto for Windows
If you use a Mac and shoot digital photos, you should be using Apple iPhoto to manage them. But my mom -- who, for reasons unknown (despite numerous major problems with Windows over the years) -- has yet to switch to a Mac. Since she asked for help backing up her photos, I needed to find a Windows iPhoto-equivalent...which I assumed didn't exist.
Well, for the most part, it does: Google Picasa is a very cool, simple, and free (!) digital photo management tool for Windows (there's no Mac version). It organizes your photos, has basic editing tools (cropping, red eye removal, lighting & color effects), and makes it easy to email pictures, order prints, and burn CDs. Since it's free and owned by Google, it's definitely worth checking out.
Well, for the most part, it does: Google Picasa is a very cool, simple, and free (!) digital photo management tool for Windows (there's no Mac version). It organizes your photos, has basic editing tools (cropping, red eye removal, lighting & color effects), and makes it easy to email pictures, order prints, and burn CDs. Since it's free and owned by Google, it's definitely worth checking out.
Labels: photography
February 14, 2006
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February 3, 2006
Lil' Crap
Here's a quick but foolproof rule of thumb when determining if a rapper is good or not: If they have "Lil" in their name, they're bad (not to mention unoriginal in selecting a stage name). Proof: Lil' Jon, Lil' Kim, Lil' Flip, Lil' Bow Wow, Lil' Wayne, Lil' Troy, Lil' Mo, Lil' Romeo, Lil' Scrappy...
Labels: music
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