June 2009
42 posts
Excerpt
“I’m not pointing my gun at you to make you stay there. I’m pointing my gun at you so I can shoot you if you move. There’s a difference.”
Excerpt from a sermon.
Ambient 12th & Porter
“There’s probably something vegetarian there, or I could just pick the meat...”
– Me, to vegetarian friend.
Anchor Pricing
The problem we may be having with the recent iPhone announcement is that Apple has given us a subsidized anchor price. Putting “$199” and “$299” on the screen causes us to connect those numbers as the appropriate price to pay for the iPhone 3Gs. If we found one much less expensive on eBay, we would worry about its quality; likewise, we’re balking at the additional...
inFAMOUS
Spent an hour playing inFAMOUS this afternoon. It’s the bee’s knees.
MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle →
This is a pretty cool bundle, containing TechTool and Parallels (if you’re in to that sort of thing).
Rule 1 of calling for tech support: Have the computer you’re calling about in front of you.
Falkirk Wheel (I've been there!) →
“You could do this in AppleWorks.”
– J. Hills, while “working” in Photoshop.
Today I feel compelled to reduce the amount of shit that I own. I believe a yard sale would be appropriate, the sort where someone lifts something from a box and asks, “How much?”
And I reply “Fifty cents for the whole box.” Stuff leaves, people get more stuff, and everybody’s happy.
