March 2009
Remixing and Reissuing Reconsidered: Pearl Jam Ten
Posted by on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in - 10 comments
I’m usually not one for re-released remastered remixed re-issues, despite the allure of alliteration, but the Pearl Jam Ten re-issue is an exception. The original producer, Brendan O’Brien, remixed and remastered the tracks and the result is remarkable (correction: Rick Parashar was the original …
Unintended Night Lights
Posted by on Monday, March 23, 2009 in - 3 comments
The following things in my house have some kind of light on all the time whether they are in use or not: • Microwave • Camera battery charger • Laptop • Phone • Cell phone • Baby monitor (transmitter and receiver) • Smoke detector (x3) • Alarm clock • Cable modem • Wireless …
Un-Break Me
Posted by on Monday, March 23, 2009 - 1 comment
The latest version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer includes a prominent “broken page” button in the toolbar, right up there with Stop and Refresh. In the world of interface design, we like to call this an “unbreak me” button. • This screenshot from the Microsoft website shows it off:
Truth in Numbers
Posted by on Friday, March 20, 2009 in - 6 comments
As usual, a great comic from xkcd. I’ve fallen for this misleading comparison myself:
Coffee Warms Heart
Posted by on Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 4 comments
While waiting in line for a coffee at Robin’s Donuts this morning, I heard one of the employees say to another, "What does the guy with the broken foot take?" I wasn’t sure I had heard this right, but she asked again. • It turns out that a regular customer had broken his foot and wasn’t able to …
9 of 13 of us at our annual silverorange retreat had digital SLR cameras this year. I was not one of them.
Posted by on Friday, March 13, 2009
The new Sloan video for Witch's Wand is a good one and happens to be my favourite song on the album as well.
Posted by on Saturday, March 7, 2009 in
Shepard Fairey: From Mozilla to Obama
Posted by on Thursday, March 5, 2009 in - 15 comments
Artist Shepard Fairey has recently become widely known for his iconic Obama posters (featured on the cover of Time magazine). It is much less widely known that he created another iconic image from the tech world. • Sometime in 1998, Shepard Fairey created the lizard artwork that became the logo …