Succession
As I mentioned before, most of Studiobanks is playing in a golf tournament tomorrow. Wish us luck throughout the day, we'll need it. 
Barack Obama
I think if there's a chance the US will have a black president any time soon that chance rests squarely only the shoulders of Barack Obama. While I'd definitely like to see him run and he's already got my vote, I hope he waits until 2012. I'd like to see McCain and then Obama, which would move the country back to a more moderate balance. I think we've seen that moving too far left or right has undesirable consequences.
Blame Game
Apparently, the Bush adminstration and Republican party decided this election year that the easiest way to get out of being accountable for their mistakes is to blame the Democratic party and Bill Clinton. I don't blindly support decisions made by either party, but passing the buck is just lame. Have some backbone, take responsibility.
Nicole Atkins
Looks like a fellow UNCC art major is hitting it big; Nicole Atkins recently signed with Columbia Records. I know The Avett Brothers have fended off major-label offers in the past, but Nicole actually took the plunge. I hope it works out for her, she has great voice.
Hairy Pizzas
This interview with Troy Sanders of Mastodon conducted by his daughter makes me laugh.
Cold War Kids
Everyone needs to download this MP3 of "Hang Me Up To Dry" by the Cold War Kids and play it several times today. Definitely a Friday song.
Lost
After managing to stay completely away from the Lost until late last month, Amy and I completed our three-week, 48-episode marathon tonight. I had been trying to keep it somewhat of a secret, in efforts to keep the experience pure. Thanks to some discreet friends, we made it through without spoiling any of the story. Now that we're done, we can finally let the cat out of the bag. I'm ready for Wednesday.
Hodgmania!
This John Hodgman interview with Radar reads just like one of his Daily Show segments. No surprise he's actually a Mac user.
A textbook definition of cowardice
Keith Olbermann says everything I've been thinking regarding this whole Fox News vs. Bill Clinton mess. Watch the video for the full effect.
Weekend Recap
It was a fun weekend. Mitch getting married on Saturday afternoon was definitely the highlight. Believe it or not, I actually posted some photos on Flickr from the wedding.
As mentioned, Amy and I also attended a couple of shows. Jose Gonzalez was definitely the best of the two, since his sound really comes alive in the live setting. We only saw one and half songs of CSS and Ladytron was pretty much everything I expected. I'm sure Amy will agree the people watching at that show was more fun.
Lastly, I watched Team USA get their collective butts stomped by the European team to lose the Ryder Cup yet again.
Big Weekend
Reasonably big weekend starting up tomorrow. Amy and I are heading up to Asheville for my brother's wedding, going to see Ladytron, CSS and Jose Gonzalez at the Orange Peel, hanging out with my Mom and trying to catch some of the Ryder Cup.
Edvard Scott
I like the work of Edvard Scott.
XGL Demo
This XGL demo for the Linux desktop is pretty impressive. Some of the stuff is over the top, but hopefully Apple and Microsoft take notice.
Wii in stores November 19th!
The Wii hits stores on November 19th for $249.99! Wii.com is live!
Yay Can Cook
All of Tristero's dishes over at Yay Can Cook look delicious. I'm long overdue to prepare one them.
Thanks, Wachovia
I just closed two old Wachovia credit cards from college that have been carrying a zero-balance for over two years. I was fully expecting to get resistance, but they were agreeable and closed them right away. By far the smoothest customer service call ever.
Brand New School
Never thought I'd see the day that Brand New School updated their website.
Threadless CNN Spot
On the heels of my last few skinnyCorp related posts, Threadless landed a segment on CNN's "On The Rise". Awesome.
Vitamin Water
I believe it was about two years ago I called Scott names in NYC for drinking Glaceau Vitamin Water. It took about that long, but now I'm addicted. If I don't have one in the morning during the work week, I feel like there's something wrong. I'm hooked.
No Pattern
Chuck Anderson launched a new No Pattern, complete with a highly customized osCommerce cart. I've tackled that gangly beast. Wish it could've been for those types of products.
Steve Irwin
Horrible news to start out Labor Day: Steve Irwin was killed while filming on the Great Barrier Reef. I'll miss the Crocodile Hunter.
Instant Comedy
Next time you watch a video with speech or dialogue through Windows Media Player, press Ctrl+Shift+S and prepare to laugh. If you can't use the shortcuts, right-click the progress bar and go to Play Speed > Slow.
Get Shorty
If you feel the need to shorten long URLs, but would like to have the tool installed and hosted on your own server, then get Shorty from Khoi Vinh of Subtraction.
The 4400, Season 4
Another summer drawing to a close, another season of The 4400 over.
I've heard this show called many things: sci-fi lite, vanilla, unwatchable. I'm kind of puzzled to hear these reviews, but the show does ride the line; too mainstream for the uber-nerds, too strange for the casual viewer.
I'm not writing this to sell you the show. I've been with it since the pilot and I'll watch it until it's cancelled. Luckily, that won't be soon, since USA just ordered 13 more episodes for Season 4. To all the detractors, you know where to stick it.
Sneak Peek
Found this page on the Clear Channel site, offering a lot of Top 40 full album streams. If you can get past the "Sneak Peek: Hear It Here First" every minute or so, you can preview a bunch of albums. Nothing special, just another resource. I imagine it's updated rather frequently.
jQuery, Web Forms 2.0
jQuery hit version 1.0 on Friday last week. I guess it's about time I work it into my repertoire.
Relatedly, a Web Forms 2.0 spec made into a W3C draft last week, too. Maybe we'll finally get some new additions to HTML forms.
Tideland
I came across a link to this photo album from Jeff Bridges on the set of the new Terry Gilliam movie Tideland. Bridges has a good eye. For some context, head over to the bizarre movie website.
DHH on TWiT
Today I was listening to the Inside the Net interview with David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails. During the interview, Hansson got into "man hours" on a project versus actual working hours per day. By his definition, a "man hour" is 8 hours of work, which he stated is virtually impossible to accomplish in a 8-hour work day. Now, this is work focused on a specific task, not just time spent at work.
On any given day, it's nearly impossible to spend the total working hours toward one task without interruption. Therefore, he said any project manager that dictated deadlines by 8-hour days was "delusional." I tend to agree with most of this argument; most developers/designers don't get 100% of a working day on a project.
My question for the people out there who work project-based jobs is: how many actual hours of work toward a goal do you average per day? Hansson said about 4-5 hours in an 8-hour day was average. Sound about right?
Roll Rampant and Free
The Roll Rampant and Free project from Maya Hayuk is rad. It's a huge painted skate track in Pittsburgh, PA completed back in June of 2005. The other noteworthy piece from her portfolio is the packaging for the last Prefuse 73 album, Security Screenings.
Alive In Joburg
I don't get too excited by Halo news, but the short film Alive In Joburg, from the recently announced, unknown director Neill Blomkamp, has a nice sense of eerie realism.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Whitley
Happy 30th birthday to Reggie! How's work, buddy?
Jakob Says
Jakob Nielsen says it's time to design for 1024x768. I love this quote: "anyone who makes at least $50,000 per year ought to have at least 1600x1200 screen resolution."
Hebrew National
If you haven't had Hebrew National Beef Franks, then you need to pick some up for your next cookout. They are by far my favorite hotdogs now. All from the power of a good TV commerical.
Trent Reznor has no neck
It's true, Trent Reznor no longer has a neck.
Photosynth
Photosynth from Microsoft Live Labs seems pretty amazing. It technology takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space.
Aesthetic Apparatus
Aesthetic Apparatus put together a hilarious video documenting their process on YouTube. Here's the resulting print.
Tablet Hotels
Looks like I need to check out Tablet Hotels next time I get out of North Carolina on vacation.
Last.fm Update
Looks like Last.fm just updated. Unfortunately, looks like they're moving away from the "less is more" ideal. I was at least glad to see they gave me the option of remove the artwork from my charts. Overall, I will give them kudos for cleanly laying out all of the information on the profile pages.
Step On It
I should be packing and tying up loose ends before I leave, but instead I just spent 15 minutes watching this Orchid Footwear BMX film Step On It. I'll leave half to watch next Sunday, but the gap attempted around 6:50-7:00 is insane. I'm not surprised he couldn't land it.
It's always better on holiday
I'm off to Holden Beach until next Sunday! I'm glad to get away from comptuers, work, Charlotte, and the internet to hang out with my family on the beach for a week. My Ta-da list keeps getting longer and longer, but we'll worry about that when I get back.
W3Counter Global Web Stats
I know this is only pulled from sites feeding into the W3Counter, but having Global Web Stats is pretty handy. Interesting to see that they put Firefox at around 24% of total browser usage.
Google Notebook
You've probably already heard about Google Notebook, but the best part about this new service is the Google Notebook Firefox Extension. Google and Firefox are getting to be quite the dynamic duo.
Might as well throw out Google Browser Sync, too. Use it to sync multiple installations of Firefox.
Eric Schmidt Weighs In
Eric Schmidt published a note to Google users regarding the impending Net Neutrality bill in the House and Senate. It seems it's now down to the people calling Congress and telling them to shape up.
HTML Email
This article on the woes of constructing HTML email over at Vitamin reminded me to mention Campaign Monitor's a great blog solely on this subject. They hype themselves, but that's expected.
Impossible Team
Adidas went all out for this bridge-sized billboard of German keeper Oliver Kahn for their Impossible Team World Cup 2006 advertising. I usually hate billboards, but that is just amazing.
The Screen Savers
For any fans of TechTV's The Screen Savers out there, here's a YouTube playlist of 33 episodes from 2004. It was fun while it lasted.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 (3001-3050 of 3146)