January 2008
93 posts
“I promise, there will never be a time [when they’re so tight that] you can...”
– Me, talking about hipster fashion on New Year’s Eve.
December 2007
34 posts
“IE team, if you are reading [this]: I hate you so much for IE6.”
– XOPL, in a comment at Boing Boing
Kevin Pang: I've been blurbed many times, mostly for my "This Falafel is Fanomenal!" -- Kevin Pang, Chicago Tribune, et cetera
Kevin Pang: And stuck on middle eastern restaurant windows in sketchy parts of town.
Me: Nice.
Kevin Pang: By the way, my favorite blurb was about the seafood restaurant... "This Seafood Spot is Shrimply Delicious!"
Kevin Pang: A low point.
Me: Haha, indeed.
Me: Hopefully it will be the only thing you're remembered for some day.
Kevin Pang: Yes. Puns about crustaceans. "Hot Diggity Clam! This Chowder is Awesome!"
Me: Hot diggity clam... you didn't actually write that, did you?
Kevin Pang: I will now.
Several minutes later:
Kevin Pang: Actually, now that I think about it, a clam is technically a mollusk.
Kevin Pang: But, eh.
Sonic Boom
The only benefit I can find that the PS3 has over the Xbox 360 is that it runs nearly silent. After the first time I tested the PS3, when I went back to the Xbox its annoyingly loud fans and drive were even more annoying.
Then, last night, during Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the PS3’s fans kicked on and OH DEAR GOD. It was at least three times as noisy as the Xbox has ever been....
“People said, ‘Does it bother you that girls want to sleep with you because...”
– Michael J. Fox in Esquire
Lego Advertisements →
Nearly perfectly encapsulates the ideas behind Lego… that your imagination is a better toy than the blocks themselves. Or something like that. Did I just write that? Jesus.
Apple and Oranges →
“Being married to a professional botanist has its ups and downs. It’s nice on day hikes, for instance, having someone around who can instantly identify every plant we see. On the other hand, I don’t need to be notified of every ecological incongruence in the films we watch.”
Items I buy nearly every time I go to Trader Joe’s, even though I probably shouldn’t be buying them because I really don’t need to be and they’re not the best things for me, but they taste so damned good I can’t help myself:
Milk Chocolate Mini Pretzels
English Soft Peppermints
Turkey Chili (canned)
Giant Cashews (lightly salted)
Frosted Shredded Bite-sized...
Me: Seems a little silly for your link of the year to be iPhone. I'm just glad your second link didn't have anything to do with--oh, wait.
Brian Fling: Haha, jerk. Come on, it's the biggest thing to happen this year.
Me: I agree, it's just the most obvious pick.
Me: I was hoping you'd chose something about bum fighting or something.
Me: Just to buck the trend.
Newspaper Catches Crook By Mistake →
They run two photos—one of a man painting a window, the next of a man stealing a wallet. Turns out, um, they’re the same man.
Shawn: I know that your priority is trumping me. I wonder what the most lopsided gift exchange in history was?
Me: It would be awesome if I did actually get you a car. And I just handed you the keys like in one of those Jaguar commercials.
Me: And then you're holding yesterday's newspaper and you give it to me reluctantly.
Shawn: Wait, who told you what I got you???
Shawn: Actually, it's a fish wrapped in yesterday's newspaper. A fresh fish.
Shawn: Well, freshly found.
My Amazon Wishlist →
Holiday deal going on right now… for every one gift someone buys me, I receive one gift.
“Please do not look at other passengers’ baggage.”
– Las Vegas airport announcement (via bling)
MRTV iPhone Ringer →
Based on the intro from MRTV, here’s a ringer for all you iPhone users. Just add it to iTunes and you’re golden. Now you can take the sounds of Maniacal Rage TV with you every day.
Last night I went to see I Am Legend with Shawn and Evan. The movie was good and I recommend it. But we saw it at the Union Square theatre, which is becoming a terrible place to see movies.
About five minutes in, this fat woman with an insane head of hair walked in and started looking for a seat. I’ll never understand why people in NYC feel they can show up after the movie starts and get a...
WatchSnowboarding
First time this season, at Mountain Creek. Nice night—a little icy here and there but not too many people.
It’s amazing how it looks so much slower than it feels.
The Bible According To Google Earth →
Amazing art based on the idea of what certain biblical events would have looked from god’s point of view, which in this case is basically Google Earth’s view. So yes, Google Earth is a modern incarnation of god.
Now, I’m not a religious person so I don’t know the details, but I imagine god probably had zoom-in vision? Couldn’t he have looked a little closer if he...
The Official YFSF Record Book Annotation System →
My favorite is ‘Lousy tipper’, although I’m sure ‘General douchebag’ would probably be appropriate in nearly all cases.
Man Drinks Liter of Vodka in Airport Line →
See, we’ve gotten to the point with these liquid restrictions that people are nearly killing themselves. Frankly, any man who says, “What, either pour it out or drink it?” and chooses drink it is a hero in my book. Sure, he nearly died, but still (via cfling).
“Overheard: I caught a guy stealing my bike. 45min later, I caught him stealing...”
– James Craig on Twitter
Hacked
My site was hacked this morning. Sadly, this is still something people do. I don’t know why. If you’re still seeing a viagra spam page when you visit maniacalrage.net, please clear your cache and try again. The bastards used a 301 redirect, so it’s sticking for people.
SO ANNOYING.
Shawn: Haha, well yes, it's when someone calls twice that I just assume it's an emergency.
Me: "Where is shawn? He must want me to keep calling. That's probably why he isn't answering. So that I will keep doing it."
Shawn: Yeah there was one time when I was about to go to sleep and ignored your call then you called again and it was 11 or 12 at night and I thought, "Shit, I don't want to ignore some 'I'm trapped in a well!' phone call."
Me: Haha, my bad. Occasionally I do this thing where I call someone, it goes to VM, and I hang up. And then I'm like, shit, I wanted to leave a message now that I think about it, so I call back. But then people answer and go, WTF?
Shawn: Yeah, I know what you mean, I do that too.
Me: There should be a way to add a * to the number to go straight to someone's VM.
Shawn: Though that's when texting comes in handy.
Me: Yeah, I guess that's a good point. Apparently I'm stuck in mobile phone usage of the early 90s when SMS didn't exist.
Searing Pain and a Call for Art
How to tell if you spent all weekend lifting with your back and not your legs: Your spine hurts like hell for days afterward. My lower back is currently screaming FUCK YOU at my brain. It is not pleasant.
In other news, I have a new bedroom (painted as well!) and I can finally see my living room and office again. I plan to paint the bathroom and living room/kitchen after Christmas.
Pictures to...
Agua →
David Lanham is a fantastic icon designer. Agua was my favorite set before, and this continues to the trend. A fantastic refresh that I immediately put to use.
Fluid →
A free way to create site-specific browser apps. You know what this means? That work I did on a Basecamp-specific browser is now meaningless. Thank god, too, because I suck at writing OS X apps. Wahoo!
“Seriously — the “info” in infographic is short for...”
– Ben McCorkle in reader feedback from Wired
I was checking statistics for bandwidth usage today at the podcast website to see how we were doing because now that we’re pushing video too I keep worrying that I’m going to run out. In the last 30 days, the podcast has pushed over 290GB of data. That’s a lot!
Then I remember that I store all the media on Dreamhost, and that I have the most ridiculous amount of disk space and...
iPhone Sub-Pixel Anti-Aliasing and Screen Rotation →
John says that he tested rotating his Cinema Display to 90° and that sub-pixel anti-aliasing still looked good, but I disagree. I rotate my secondary display several times a week to work on large code files, and the sub-pixel rendering isn’t nearly as good when vertical. It’s not horrible, but it’s noticeably worse than normal.
Gamespot's editorial director fired over Kane &... →
Jeff Gerstmann is one of the best video game reviewers in the business. He’s funny, honest, and he knows how to write. It just so happens that I’m a huge fan of his, both at Gamespot and in other arenas (his music is wacky and hilarious).
This is just awful. I’ve been a Gamespot member for 6 years, and I just canceled my membership. Sons of bitches.