I thought my search page was broken. It is not. One less thing to do. #
Finally Friday. Have so much to do this weekend, taking Dad & Stepmom out on Monday. #
We have sunk to a new low. Fried Coke? Reminds me of this: http://tinyurl.com/3bwo8w #
Won one small battle, let’s hope I can win the […]

I was flipping through Monoscope the other day and it reminded me to write about the Bang Olufsen Beogram Turntable. Pictured to the left is the Beogram TX 2 from 1985.
The Beogram turntable was first designed in 1972 by Scandinavian industrial design superstar, Jakob Jensen. In a time where technology is dated about a week […]

Garrett Dimon has a great article today called Creating a Visual Language. As his example he highlights Amazon’s great use of color and iconography. It’s so important to have this thoroughly planned from the get go, especially in large scale enterprise sites

Finishing up some freelance. #
debating getting a flu shot. #
@beep my grandmother gave away the mac we got her because she’s a terrible speller. it doesn’t make sense to me either. #
It’s only 1:40? #
Okami on Wii! When can I preorder?! #
Why do people try to debate me about Macs? I like them better so […]

The past two weeks my entire office has been abuzz with baseball talk. Indians pennants hang on cubes, everyone has their Indians shirts on. The prize in a contest last week was tickets to tonight’s game. It’s been really nice to see people excited about Cleveland. Let’s be honest, we get crapped on a lot. […]

The only redeeming quality about the most contrived movie with the most forced dialogue I’ve ever seen was Cleveland. That is, until it just began vomiting Cleveland references as to suggest the filmmakers couldn’t remember where they were. Watching Mischa Barton act is like watching a less animated Jack Skelington read cue cards.
Factual errors:

Cleveland […]

D. Keith Robinson does what I am far too lazy to do, and posts an awesome mix. Check it out, he’s had the fabulous taste to include the Gossip.

Automattic has acquired Gravatar. I think only good things are going to come of this, and hopefully we’ll see a more widespread adoption of Gravatar. Avatars are already loading three times faster, and the premium service features are now free.

Dreamt last night we couldn’t stop acquiring bizarre pets. We had a miniature gorilla and a goat that was another dog but with hooves. #
EMI is causing me much pain presently. iTunes, I know how you feel. #

Go to the bathroom
Deliver babies
Make animal balloons
Use a loofah
Wipe eye boogers out of his eyes
Wear contacts
Wrap a present
Do the 30 lives Konami code for Contra
Eat a burrito
Laundry
Twirl pizza dough

Things Edward Scissorhands can do

Shotgun beers
Prepare appetizers
Make confetti
Open those difficult to open sealed plastic packages that tools come in
Work at the Seattle Fish Market
Ride a unicycle
Open letters
Make […]

214 years ago yesterday, Marie Antoinette was beheaded. Mental Floss has a great article about her and her official portrait painter, also regarded as the most famous woman painter of the 18th century.

Ever take a rental car to the gas station, only to realize you have no idea which side the tank is on? Well, no more! Apparently the gas light icon indicates this by placement of the hose. Who knew?

Results from A List Apart’s Web Design Survey 2007 have been published. While I applaud their efforts to gain some understanding of the industry, I have to believe the results are a little skewed. Think about what kinds of web professionals are more likely to be familiar with the A List Apart folks. Then think […]

Getting ready for some relax time after making some calls for freelance projects. It’s a small world. #
Edward Scissorhands can’t go to the bathroom. Why hasn’t anyone ever asked about this? #
Cleaned fridge last night, found no fewer than 6 varieties of mustard. #
Dogs are groggy and grouchy from their booster shots yesterday. Is pitiful. […]

Likely written by a drunken 15 year old.

By the end of each week, my porch is covered, a virtual obstacle course of wasted paper. Flyers poke out of the handle on my screen door. Items include (but are not limited to): free local papers, delivery menus, flyers for handyman, lawyers or lawn services, phone books from varying companies, political announcements, and coupons […]

I’ve always bought shoes from Zappos because of their speedy, reliable service. The last time I ordered was a Sunday and they sent me an email the same day to tell me my shoes had gone out. Sure enough, they arrived the next day. But the reason I will never buy shoes online from anyplace […]

Has been watching Oz instead of doing laundry. #
Woke up too early. #
Hot chocolate is the best way to start the week. #
Rude cafeteria cashier: We might know you were addressing us if you looked at us instead of your keyboard, nails, or the opposite direction. #
Dear C-Notes, you are not Gawker. You’re not even […]

Cracked’s 10 Most Asinine Movie Twist Endings.
High Tension was on track to become one of the great horror films of our time. That is, until its final 10 minutes, where the filmmakers raised their middle fingers to the audience and said, “Hey, you know that awesome movie you were just watching? … Yeah, well, […]

If you haven’t been watching AMC’s Mad Men, here’s a great Salon piece on what you’re missing.

Everytime you see those Dove ads, just remember Unilever also makes Axe.

Canadian psych/sludge rock outfit, Black Mountain, easily has the best live show I’ve seen in the last 3 years. They took Cleveland to the moon and back. It’s a shame they had to be opening for the Walkman, between this and the baseball game their set was cut down to about 30 minutes. This is […]

Getting Alana pizza, then to the show. #
pizza was too slow they’re playing fishhead song in the sandwich shop. #
Getting pumpkins today hopefully. #
If you ever buy a Western Digital My Book, no matter what the directions say, reformat if you plan to use with OS X. #

watching blood diamonds *yawn* #
I <3 my Dad #

Finishing up some mocks for a client, about to have a sandwich with Alana. #
Have a lot to cram into a small day. #
About to give the same presentation for the bazillionth time. #
does not want to sit through all these presentations again. #
Woo I just got 3rd place in the Hack Day competition and […]

I think the worst I’ve had was a scallop (I was 8 and thought was going to be a scalloped potato, what a terrible surprise) which doesn’t even begin to compare to Cracked Magazine’s 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World.
While not giving away it’s place in the list, the balut reminded me of […]

Next Wednesday, October 17th, Amy Sedaris will be giving a talk at the Akron Public Library at 7pm. Afterwards she’ll be signing copies of her NY Times best seller, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence. I Like You is filled with recipes, and such advice as:
A good trick is to fill your medicine cabinet […]

The world would be a better place if we all used Pages instead of Word. #
It must be don’t come to work today day, and no one told me. #
Loves the lightbulb over the head moment of "Oh duh this is tabular data, no more hacking list items!" #
Successfully cleaned old messages out of Gmail. […]

Fisherman catching fierce looking sharks in just a kayak. A freaking kayak!
None of us knew what to expect since this was the first time we had fished together as a group as well as the first time a kayaker had fished for Salmon Sharks.

The Top 10 Creepiest Food Mascots.
Dear McDonalds, what exactly is this Grimace creature you have spawned? Is he a mutated prune? A malformed mushroom? Is he an obese American fast food consumer whose skin took on an unearthly hue after consuming one too many Happy Meals?
I’m pretty sure his name is from the face […]