I just wanna say this!
You always talk, you Americans. You talk and you talk and say "let me tell you something" and "I just wanna say this". Well, you're dead now, so shut up!
Jun 30
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Jun 10
Canadians are Better Proggers!
Last Friday, I flew up to Seattle, met my old friends Flint, Harry and John and we all drove down to the Clark County Amphitheater to see some even older Canadians!
We had a frickin’ ball and so did they!
Apr 29
The Kids In The Hall Are Back!
Apr 21
“ How do people get babies out of nowhere?
— My daughter Lola tonight, out of nowhere herself.
Apr 17
No Taste
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their products. - Steve Jobs
Overheard:
“Smell my foot, it tastes like ice cream…” - my daughter, Lola (4) to her cousin Belle (3) the other day.
Apr 10
» Buckner Comes Home
Pure class. Boston I love you!
Feb 20
"And the hush was almost deafening"
You’re on national television »
I have no love for Chris Matthews, or the bellicosity of these “Hardball-esque” shows, but the inability of State Senator Kirk Watson to answer this seemingly simple question should be deeply chagrinning to every Obama supporter. I recognize Obama’s natural talents, but I’m still waiting to hear a truly substantive and positive example of what compromise and leadership really looks like for Obama and perhaps more importantly, why the change he wants us to believe in is even possible or desirable. And yes I know about his Senate and State Senate records and while inoffensive for the most part, his accomplishments are few and rather underwhelming, especially in relation to his soaring rhetoric.
BTW I would’ve included the video embedded, but I got stymied trying to customize the width and height of the embed code in both the “Video” and “Text” tumblr postings. I was able to do this before with my We’ve Only Just Begun post… what up tumblr?
Nov 20
Kindling
The hyperbole is astonishing. Businessweek: “Kindle is the iPod of Books”
Yeah… ummm.. no…
Of course, Carl Howe at Blackfriar’s Marketing has already expertly pointed out the multiple failings of this pointless device, but I can’t help putting in my two cents. I mean just look at it! Who even wants something that’s dedicated to removing the tactile pleasures of reading a good book anyhow? Not only is it unbelieveably ugly, but it’s a classic case of a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Call me crazy (just don’t call me late for dinner), but I’m pretty sure most people are still pretty happy reading plain old printed books. And most people are the “broad and unforgiving consumer market…” that Amazon is apparently targeting and which Howe rightfully points out the Kindle “doesn’t have a chance” in.
Has no one but Apple itself learned anything from the continuing success of the iPod/iPhone platform? Anyone?… Nintendo, yup okay… Anyone else? Hello? Is this thing on?
