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The best LOST theory yet
While I doubt it’s 100% on, I find many things in here to be too good to not be true. This guy is definitely onto something. Warning: this could well be the “answer” to LOST, so don’t read it if you’re living spolier-free. Thanks for the link, Ben!
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Why you should use Django
I’ve been working with Django now for about three days and I can tell you that it’s flippin’ sweet. If you run a content-heavy site, you really owe it to yourself to check it out. We’ve literally put together a major local news site in a matter of days. I
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Apple adds shows from MTV, MTV2, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and The N to iTunes
Never miss another episode of Laguna Beach again!
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Working for The Man
I worked for The Man at Washburn University a few years back. The Man’s name was Sue — and she was a raving bitch. I made The Man cry and the The Man had me ousted from the institution. But it was for the better, because since then I’ve been working for
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Snakes and Rubies: Django vs. Rails
Back in early December, the guys responsible for Django (Python) and Rails (Ruby) got together for Snakes and Rubies, a sort of good-spritied face-off of the two rapid development frameworks. Jacob Kaplan-Moss, one of Dja
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Wilson Pickett dies at 64
Heart attack. Sad. Man, he left behind some great songs, though.
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Navarik seeks XHTML/CSS contractor in Vancouver area
Navarik, a company that makes web-based software for ocean shipping companies, is looking for an entry-level contractor who has some CSS/XHTML skills. I did some work for these guys back in 2004, and they were great. If you’re in the Vancouver area and wa
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Will Steve Jobs eventually take over Disney?
It’s hard to imagine Steve being anything but an amazing Disney CEO, it’s also hard to imagine such a deal would be a good thing for Apple. Interesting, nonetheless.
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JSM: Under The Loupe #2 — Hierarchy and Focal Point
It’s so great to see someone talking about design, rather than CSS, AJAX, and other matters of technology.
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NewsFire 1.3 is out
Although I still miss the three-paned view from NetNewsWire, the other interface goodness in NewsFire have made me “switcher.” This really is one of the most well-done Mac apps with regards to visual cleanliness.
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LOST: The Big Five
I’ve had this post brewing for a while, and was hoping to get it out before the LOST winter hiatus ended, but it didn’t happen. Yesterday, when Peter asked in the comments what some of my biggest questions were, I knew I had to finish it up. Better late than never, right?
The show has many mysteries, but some loom larger than others. I picked the five mysteries that are bothering me the most. Each big question has many sub questions. I’ve got my theories and ideas, but for the purposes of this post, I’ll just be asking the questions — and I want to hear what you think in the comments!
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LOST: The Return of Bluebeard
Ohhh, good episode tonight! This one should probably shut the trap of those who say the plot isn’t advancing. I just have a few thoughts that sprung to mind while watching Zeke a.k.a. Bluebeard a.k.a. The Guy On the Boat That Took Walt.
- I’m not sure if Zeke’s crew is related to Ethan and Goodwin (the “others” that infiltrated and kidnapped people from both camps in the night). Zeke makes it pretty clear that he wants nothing to do with our Losties. He makes a line in the sand and basically tells them that if they don’t cross it, they’ll be fine. That doesn’t sound like a guy who would go kidnapping in the night. On the other hand, he definitely took Walt, so who knows.
- When he revealed that they had snatched up Kate, he said, “Alex, bring her in!” Alex, you’ll recall, was the name of Danielle Rousseau’s daughter (Danielle was the French lady Sayid found). At this point, I’m convinced that it was Danielle’s daughter on the boat with Bluebeard, and the same girl that brought Kate in.
- Alvar Honso (of The DHARMA Initiative) must have been their leader, or some kind of respected figure, anyway. Based on the Honso Foundation Website, it was Alvar that Zeke was quoting when he said, “From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity.”
- Whose gunshots did we hear? The assumption is that they were Michael’s, but I doubt it. Maybe Kate took a gun and was defending herself? I even read one forum post that suggested Kate is a mole and went out and intentionally got herself captured…
- If Jack and Ana Lucia put their stupid heads together, they’re likely to get everyone killed.
- I’m thinking the guy that Sarah was cheating on Jack with is our old friend Desmond.
- For a while I’ve thought the line, “Don’t tell me what I can’t do,” or “Don’t tell me what to do” was key in this show. Tonight’s episode reinforced that about 10 times.
What did you guys think?
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MacCentral benchmarks new Intel-based iMacs
The gist of it is: if you use Universal apps, you’re going to be in darn good shape on Intel. Personally, I’m curious how Rosetta performance on the Core Duo compares to a PowerPC G4. Everyone is comparing it to the G5 (and rightfully so, since t
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Google Talk is now interoperable with other IM services…as long as by “other services” you don’t mean AIM, MSN, or Yahoo.
In related news, Ford Motor Company has a new automobile out that is compatible with all roads…except highways, interstates, and ones made out of asphalt.
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President Bush speaking at K-State on Monday
Heh. Looks like I get out of town (I’m moving Saturday) just in time to miss a crazy day here in the Little Apple. Manhattanites…please have your digital cameras in hand and let me know if President Bush becomes the
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Same director behind Apple/Intel ad and Postal Service video
Okay, so the same director did both pieces. No wonder they look identical. But still…why would someone do this? Why would Apple and/or TBWAChiatDay go to this director and say, “make us something that looks exactly like something you already did for ano
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A video showing the Apple/Intel ad and Postal Service music video side-by-side.
It’s almost verbatim. Anyone that says this isn’t obvious plagiarism really needs to stop masturbating Steve Jobs under the table.
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StackBacks Automated Personal Budget System
I should try this when I move and start the new job. It looks like a nice, simple way to budget without a lot of time and effort. As someone who historically sucks at budgeting, that’s what I need. Thanks, Wilson!
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Full Tilt Poker for Mac!
Ever since I started playing poker online, I’ve said two things repeatedly. First, I’ve said that Full Tilt Poker is by far the best online poker service in the world. Second, I’ve said that whichever online gambling site finally makes a decent M
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Apple/Intel ad nearly identical to Postal Service music video
One might have hoped Apple would have learnt its lesson with the Eminem/Lugz/iPod thing. Sad.
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Ellington CMS
Nathan Borror redesigned the site for Ellington, our Django-powered CMS for news and entertainment sites. Nathan kept the basic brand identity that Wilson Miner created when he was here, but added a few pages and updated the look and feel. Check it out.
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The Omarosa Experiement: An article on how reality-TV contestants are selected
I don’t have time to read the while thing right now, but a quick skim looks like this will be a really fascinating article for any reality-TV watcher.
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Ars Technica iMac Core Duo reviews
The venerable Ars gives the i(ntel)Mac a mostly sparkly review. It notes that Rosetta performance is quite good in general-use apps, and benchmarks similar to a 1GHz Powerbook G4. At $1699, the 20” iMac is looking mighty tempting to me right now…
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Numbers, a typeface from Hofler & Frere-Jones
Brilliant. I need this.
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This (three-day) weekend I…
- Packed up a good 85% of my stuff in preparation for my impending move to Lawrence (I’m moving this upcoming Saturday).
- Went out with Ben and Kara Friday night, the highlight of which was a tipsy Kara dropping her cell phone, in mid-call no less, straight into her drink. Hilarity ensued.
- Went out with Michelle, James, and Becky on Saturday. We had a lot of fun, I’d say.
- Watched all of the first season and almost all of the second season of HBO’s Entourage because someone told me I’d love it. While I’m not sure I love it, it is definitely pretty entertaining. Jeremy Piven is a riot. Overall, I’m glad I watched it — I’ll finish catching up this week and probably start watching regularly.
What did you do with your three-day weekend (if, in fact, you got a three-day weekend)?
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Web Inspector, new in Safari nightlies
Safari’s answer to Firefox’s DOM Inspector looks to be another great tool for web developers. This may just be what I need to make Safari my full-time development browser.
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Lightbox JS
Nice little javascript to overlay images on the current page. Works great. Would be nice for making a photo gallery-type page.
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Sony VAIO TX2
Note to Apple: I will continue to beg you for something like this until I lose my voice. I’m not going away, so don’t go thinking you can just ignore me.
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Becky, James, and Michelle
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Becky, James, and Michelle
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Michelle
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Michelle
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iLife ’06 From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal Interface
I’m beginning to think Gruber is a closet brushed meal man. There’s no other explanation for how well he portrays the dejected feelings of poor Brushed.
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Sounds like iWeb pretty much sucks.
Todd covers just how bad the source code that it outputs is (even though it validates), and this guy (Ted?)
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Apple nearly switched to SPARC in the mid-90’s
Doesn’t much matter now, but it’s interesting. In hindsight, SPARC probably would have been a better choice than PowerPC, but Intel is obviously the best possible choice. I guess I’m glad they went the PPC route because it eventually led them to Intel, wh
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Apple redesigned
Beautiful Apple.com redesign. Lots of great stuff here. Congrats to Wilson, Paul, Faruk, Jina, and the many others involved. Great, great work.
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Windows Vista UI video
Bottom line: there are several nice improvements to Windows here, but not a single thing that Mac OS X doesn’t already offer. Frankly, I never would have guessed such an obvious ripoff of OS X would be so ugly.
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iTunes is watching — something to be concerned about, or a mass overreaction?
My take is that there’s nothing inherently wrong with what Apple is doing in iTunes 6.0.2 (sending data about the track you’re currently playing to Apple in exchange for recommendations and such) — especially is, as Apple says, they are not saving that d
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Griffin TuneCenter iPod Dock
This looks like a perfect addition to my brand-spanking new video iPod. Really hot.
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Creative: the “pod” in “podcast” doesn’t refer to the iPod.
Hahaha. According to Creative, “podcast” stands for “Personal On Demand broadCast.” I guess you can’t blame them for trying.
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Jeff Croft
I’m a digital product designer and developer in Seattle, WA. I currently work with Simply Measured, and recently co-founded Lendle, a Kindle book sharing service.
Some of my past clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Copious, The New York Review of Books, Django, The Lawrence Journal-World, and the University of Washington.
I’ve authored two books on web and interactive design and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world.
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