Archive for January, 2005
Thursday, January 27th, 2005
Ugh.
I just mechanically consumed the last swig of a day-old mug of coffee. Not as gross as, say, sour milk but it’s close.
Now listening: Love – Alone Again Or
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Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
No, really!
Behold: a note on a scrap of film box (not even paper) in roughly the shape of Idaho.
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Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
It’s *that* song.
You know how sometimes you hear a snippet of a song on a commercial and you know it’s a real song, and it’s awesome? Paul Oakenfold’s Starry-Eyed Surprise was on a car commercial, and is now on a Diet Coke commercial. It’s tortured me for over a year, but I finally figured [...]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2005
G. Diddy
Say what you will about the latter-day Afghan Whigs; the first half of 1965 is a masterpiece.
We have our first commenter! Thanks, Bill. In your honor, I will be making all notes on Kentucky-shaped paper today.
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
Appleicious
The iPod Shuffle… snarked!
Oh, but those Mac minis are adorable. My favorite quote from Gizmodo today presages something wonderful:
“The Mac mini is 2 x 6.5 inches. Your car stereo is 2 x 7 inches. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
- Matt Myers, System Administrator, Tru Playa
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Monday, January 10th, 2005
Refiled.
We have several sets of files here in the studio — the picture files, the paperwork files, the research files, and Joel’s files. Joel’s files have heretofore been organized on the sedimentary pile system — a series of stacks of paper with the oldest stuff on the bottom and most recent items on top. [...]
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Friday, January 7th, 2005
Wow. That was easy.
I just put an internal 250 gig hard drive into one of those external enclosure thingies. Total time from opening the box to having the drive online and formatting: 1/2 hour. Amazing. I’ve never installed a hard drive this easly before.
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2005
Part for my SpaceComputer of the Future
A blue-glowing, laser-cut keyboard.
When they make a split version of it, I’m in.
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2005
I *heart* Deke, Part II
I have a new favorite Photoshop trick, learnt from aforementioned videos. If you have a scan (or a horizon line) that’s a little crooked, use the “Measure” tool (in the same slot as the eyedropper in CS) to draw along something in the picture that should be perfectly vertical or horizontal. Then, go [...]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2005
I *heart* Deke McClelland
My wonderful significant other loaned me some Photoshop Total Training discs, featuring the deliciously nerdy Deke McClelland. As I watch them, I’m discovering the perils of self-education. For example, I had NO IDEA that LZW compression was lossless and results in a 30% smaller file size.
Thank you, Deke.
