January 2009
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Me: Honestly, my life would be a whole lot easier if EVERYTHING had a last postmark date.
Shawn Morrison: Yeah, I respond very well to deadlines.
Shawn Morrison: Which is ironic because life itself has a deadline, we just don't know when it is.
Shawn Morrison: Wow, that got morbid quick.
Me: Wow, yeah.
Me: But true. And how poignant.
Me: Of course, now I'm cutting my wrists, but still, well said.
WatchMad Libs Men
“You think I like Albert Einstein baking me nipple pies?”
Economics Explained
Brian Fling: So basically you are saying you want to do nothing and fall ass-backwards into money for something you didn't want to do in the first place?
Me: EXACTLY.
Me: Finally, someone gets it!!!
Brian Fling: I think that might actually be the American Dream. And coincidentally how our economy failed.
“Yeah, well I don’t trust this guy. I think he re-gifted, and then he...”
– Jerry, describing Tim Whatley in the Seinfeld episode “The Label Maker”
Waited 20 minutes in the freezing wind last night to hail a cab at 3:30AM and when I finally got one, I jumped in without noticing the seat was COVERED in cleaning solution. Halfway over the bridge I put my hand on the seat to steady myself as my insane driver zipped in and out of lanes and felt it hit a puddle of greasy liquid.
My pants were covered in it. My coat was covered in it. I asked the...
“Dear Martha: I hope this letter finds you well. I myself am horribly frightened....”
– George Washington, in a fake letter written by Finch and Elliot on Just Shoot Me
As usually happens with me when I’m not working or doing things outdoors regularly, I’ve fallen into a horrible sleep pattern. I’m usually up until 5AM or so, and sleep until 12PM. Normally this doesn’t bother me too much, but yesterday the doorbell rang at 12:30PM and when I answered it my favorite UPS guy said, “Hey, oh, I woke you up. Wow. Time to get up,...
WatchSNL: La Policia Mexicana (via sujay)
“Tonight’s episode written by Ms. Larkin’s Fourth Grade Spanish Class.” This is pretty much perfect and brought back wonderfully painful Spanish class memories.
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Tip: Shuffle issues with new eMusic Downloader
If you’re having issues where iTunes won’t play music you’ve downloaded with the newer eMusic Downloader when in shuffle mode, there’s an easy fix: Select the music downloaded and do a Get Info on it (a group Get Info), switch to the Options tab and check the box next to “Skip when shuffling” (to tell iTunes you...
This Month's Music Purchases
Temper by Benoit Pioulard Na Na Ni by Fredrik Friendly Fires by Friendly Fires Keeper’s by Deastro Music for Spaceships and Forests by twi the humble feather
Going to try to start posting what I buy each month. I use eMusic—which I highly recommend—for most of my monthly acquisitions, but I also occasionally buy albums elsewhere.
(Also, two notes: The CD case I’m...
Congrats to the whole Tumblr team on the new version. Everything looks really, really great. Nice work!
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Estimate for Bad Potential Clients
I created this estimate for use when a client has a huge, ill-advised project that you don’t want to do. This is especially useful when the client sounds cheap. You just send this to them and they’ll stop considering you. Or they’ll accept and then you just take the $800k and outsource it. Win-win.
WatchStar Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
This is, in many ways, better than the actual trilogy. Or at least the many re-releases of it.
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WatchPhoto Booth Montage
Sean Madden asked me to respond to his Photo Booth montage with one of my own, so I grabbed all the photos I had taken recently and dropped them into a quick vid. No big deal.
(I think I accidentally recorded Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” in the background.)
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For the first time since last April, I’m actually available for new projects. I worked my ass off from April until late November of last year and have been taking a much needed vacation since then. Now I’m looking to line up some interesting new work for February and beyond.
If you have an exciting development or mobile project, feel free to contact me via my simple business site,...
“The lady will be having the tasting menu, but with some substitutions: Instead...”
– Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock
Me: Hello?
Stranger on phone: Hi.
Me: Yes?
Stranger on phone: Hello?
Me: Hello?
Stranger on phone: Yes, may I speak to Ricardo please?
Me: You have the wrong number.
Stranger on phone: Oh, who is this?
Me: You have the wrong number.
Stranger on phone: But what is your name?
Me: Not Ricardo.
Stranger on phone: Is it Philip?
Me: No.
Stranger on phone: Is it--
Me: You have the wrong number.
Lists like Noupe’s 50 Most Beautiful Icons Designed in 2008 are exactly why I started Prettify—I completely disagree with 98% of their choices. That list is full of icons that, no offense to their creators, don’t deserve to be anywhere near a “best of” list for icon design.
As a prime example, that list includes, at #20 no less, a set of—I fucking kid you...
The Dial Up Kid →
I still occasionally have nightmares that feature these sounds. The faces in this animation are dead on.
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Brian Fling: Does it feel backwards at all to you, that you are working on the design stuff and I'm trying to do API shit?
Me: Yes. Yes it does.
“It remains to be seen if the [MacBook] Wheel will catch on in the business world...”
– ONN anchor Andrea Bennett, in a special report
“Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several...”
– Jack Handey (via theshalom)
WatchNa’im Lynn — Long Balls
You can watch more of Na’im’s excellent set at Comedy Central.
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WatchHardly Working: Freeze Tag