During a scene in this week’s episode of Extreme Home Makeover, a definite ska track was playing in the background. I couldn’t place it, but I hold it up as yet another piece of evidence that indeed, ska is not dead. ABC is owned and operated by The Disney Corporation, so if such a huge company is using ska in their productions, we can rest assured it’s only a matter of time before the genre dusts itself off and rises once again!
Read more on Ska Sighting: ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover…
MacRumors.com ran an article about a “wireles internet ipod” rumor, and the comments went on and on for days about what it would be to have access to your iTunes collection at home over the internet. Who gives a flying flip! When I see WIRELESS and INTERNET and IPOD, I only think one thing. I think tablet. I think Apple finally releasing something like Nokia’s 770 internet tablet. I think THANK YOU STEVE, FINALLY!
Read more on Wireless Internet iPods? Can we say “TABLET”??…
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
I’ve received promotional stuff from Netflix in the past… announcements for upcoming movies in theaters, free passes to local screenings… but this is a new one! The other day I received an email saying, hey, if you liked Waiting for Guffman (I did!) and Best In Show (It’s like they can see into my soul!!) then you’d like nbt (Never Been Thawed):
Read more on Netflix’s Recommendations by Email…
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Well, Apple’s decided to usher in the new Intel era by doing away with the PowerBook and introducing the new MacBook Pro featuring the Dual Core Intel processor. This was Steve’s “One last thing…” and it pretty much blew my mind. Not too many people saw this one coming…
Read more on Farewell, PowerMac. Hello MacBook….
Saturday, January 7, 2006
During the initial buzz around the Optimus keyboard announced sometime last year, I discovered a section of Russian design studio Art Lebdev’s site called “Mandership”, which is essentially a blog of sorts for, who I can only imagine is insane, Artemy Lebdev. Their portfolio is nice to look at, but Mandership is where it’s at! All the posts are very random and usually tied into design somehow, but as an added bonus many of them are specific to Russian things, such as phone numbers, ad campaigns, Russian typography, etc. Below are links to some of my favorites:
Read more on The Optimus Keyboard from Art Lebdev…
Google’s “Censorship” in China
Andrew McLaughlin, Senior Policy Council at Google, has posted a response to the cries that Google is “bowing down” to China and censoring itself, which many claim is against Google’s founding principles.
Read more on Google’s “Censorship” in China…