Don’t look now, but the 90s are back

The 90s are back. A few examples that came up yesterday in an office Slack channel: AOL and Yahoo are in the news. Pokemon is a new fad. People are wearing digital watches. New Blink 182 and new-ish The Prodigy. People are preordering Harry Potter. The Hi-C Ecto-Cooler is available in stores. And finally: Clinton is running for president. Posted … Continue reading Don’t look now, but the 90s are back

Use The Best Available Snowman

Sometimes people get a little wacky about fonts — and by wacky, I mean obsessive.  Something that recently bubbled up into my online reading is a particular obsession with the ampersand.  Typographers do not get to use the ampersand all that much and most fonts have incredibly boring ampersands, so when the time comes to use an ampersand, … Continue reading Use The Best Available Snowman

Hot chicks with objectification

In lieu of an intelligent post about the iPad, which will inevitably be a rehash of opinions found elsewhere on the internet, I present to you, dear reader, two shallow links.  First there was Hot Chicks at Art Openings, and now there is Hot Chicks with Stormtroopers.  You’re welcome.

Podcast vs Netcast and LG Electronics

A few years ago, Apple started cracking down on companies that used the term “Pod” in their name. This occurred just as podcasting was catching on to the mainstream. Because of this, many podcasters started using the term “netcast” to describe their shows. Off the top of my head, these include shows from the This … Continue reading Podcast vs Netcast and LG Electronics

Windows 7 Launch Party, Service Pack 1

A couple of weeks ago, a friend invited me to a Windows 7 Launch Party, and included a nerdy picture with the email. Last night, I Photoshopped it a bit. My plan is to staple the updated “Service Pack 1” picture to a paper bag, and use that to carry in some beer and snacks. … Continue reading Windows 7 Launch Party, Service Pack 1