May 2007
74 posts
Pony revision
Heidi: so, don't be sad, but I replaced your pony
Heidi: because *daniel* made me a new one!
Heidi: you're still in source code, however
Heidi: you know, cuz, whatever, I'm a total dork
Heidi: and, hah, I know how much you had VESTED in freepony.mobi
Jason: Fucking Daniel's pony is anorexic.
Heidi: hahahha
Heidi: it *is*
Heidi: hahahah
Heidi: maybe you can have a pony-off
April 2007
70 posts
WatchLip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger on Vimeo — fun! But when did they start calling it “lip dubbing”? I thought it was lipsynching.
Google MyMap marking the Macarthur Maze collapse →
I wasn’t finding any good maps in any of the news reports that were helping me to visualize the damage, so I made one.
Tanker ignites; Oakland interchange collapses -... →
FREE PONY! →
(Bringing some context to my last Heidi quote. Maybe.)
WatchWorst Music Video Ever (via Google Video)
“Oh, it sorta looks like a pony in Helvetica.”
– Heidi Pollock again
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.mobi →
Yeah, type that URL into your phone.
“Good webdevs feel that they are problem sleuths. Bad webdevs are like,...”
– Heidi Pollock
It's a job
Jason: Seriously, why do we beat ourselves up so much when we make a mistake as webdevs? Is it because our stuff is the first thing users will notice? Is it because people assume that what we do is "easy" when really they have NO IDEA yet still, when we drop one ball out of a hundred, we somehow think we shouldn't have dropped an "easy" ball?
Ernie: i mean, i think webdev by due nature are... tinkerers. (i was going to say "tweakers" but that makes us sound like meth-heads.) to be called out on some glaring bug makes it sound like we don't have time constantly looking at and modifying a website.
Jason: We're craftspeople, no doubt.
Jason: I guess the pressure comes from the fact that when things are perfect, no one notices, because that's just the nature of the beast. But when there's a bug, it's like, OMG BUG
Ernie: :)
Ernie: because it's visual, not functional?
Jason: Because it's.... because people don't notice the sidewalk unless there's a crack.
Ernie: exactly
Launch (Ftrain.com) →
Having similar feelings today.
Language Log: Kitty Pidgin and asymmetrical... →
No, really, Heidi NEVER uses emoticons.
Jason: You there?
Heidi: yes
Heidi: eating a bad burrito
Heidi: L(
Heidi: I mean, :(
Jason: Man, must be bad if you're driven to use an emoticon.
Current TV // Current Culture // Cruel 2 B Kind →
The game Heidi and I participated in. Crazy.
A List Apart: Articles: The Web Design Survey,... →
Do this thing if you design or make things for the web.
Frightening in the all caps kind of way
Heidi: omg
Heidi: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/003259.html
Heidi: play the song
Jason: OMG
Heidi: How totally awesome is that
Jason: CHRIST
Jason: THIS IS FRIGHTENING
Jason: IN THE ALL CAPS KIND OF WAY
Heidi: it just goes on and on
Jason: I'M SCARED OF CLIENTS NOW
Heidi: ab so lute ly
Heidi: what I really wish was that it was a guitar hero song
Jason: YES
Heidi: what's sad is that (oh, I'm WFH today) George apparently played it for our product mgr and some engineers here today
Heidi: and they didn't GET IT
Heidi: which is like awful
Speak Up › Big! Bigger! Biggestest! →
OMG. As if you weren’t frazzled with clients, now with “Make the Logo Bigger” they’re coming at you via rock. (via Heidi)
Use of Wiccan Symbol on Veterans’ Headstones Is... →
Considering that I’ve got a Wiccan friend in the armed forces, I’m personally relieved this got settled.
The Great Escape - The Tale of a Recently... →
“Yes, I’m getting divorced. Yes, I have a child. No, I’m not falling apart. So why does everyone insist I must be?”
The Spider Kit! FREE STUFF! →
DIY 30’s pulp playset. (via Nik)
Magic d20-ball
http://www.hanttula.com/exhibits/8ball/8ball.htm
Nobody's taken one apart before?
Bah, I could already tell it was just a weird way to roll a d20.
-{ Hanttula.com }- -{ Presents: Inside the Magic... →
(via Nicole)
Future Games - sfweekly.com →
Heidi and I played in the Cruel 2 B Kind game shown in the Yerba Buena Gardens photos. I love Jane McGonigal’s work!
Vote!
Panic - Coda - One-Window Web Development for Mac... →
No CVS, Terminal doesn’t automatically stay connected… it’s not 100% there yet but it ain’t a bad start.
Kettenreaktion durchs ganze Haus →
A Rube Goldberg-esque creation throughout the entire house. Nice. It doesn’t do anything at the end but show the credits, but I guess it’s all about the journey.
shockingly ugly
Heidi: this site is so shockingly ugly you will die laughing
Heidi: http://displayitcases.com/aaw.htm
Heidi: maybe not die
Heidi: but laugh a lot?
Jason: OMG
Heidi: right?
Heidi: dude, RAINBOW NAME
Jason: If it was possible for a protocol to fuck a lite brite and have a kid, that's what you'd get.
Heidi: TWITTERING THAT
Fishing in WoW with the Wiimote | antiarc.net →
Antiarc's WoW Armory Tools →
I don’t know what most of this stuff is for, but I like the fact that Antiarc put out the source. :)
“Another fine option is the classic Polaroid. Certainly they’re useful when...”
– J. Christopher Silvia, Toy Cameras: More than simple plastic (I love our users.)
The Unarchiver unarchives lots of archival formats →
Thanks Marco!
Predictions of the Year 2000 →
from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900
San Francisco Extreme Croquet Club →
“Some former Yahoos went into media (CBS, CNET, and JPG Magazine)[…]”
– CAREER LADDER: They’re done working for Google. What now? - Valleywag. Great, I’m now apparently Valleywaggable.
San Francisco Plague →
Devin took my graffiti discoveries and went off with it.
freesound - Creative Commons licensed sounds →
My pal Nicole guest-hosting c|net's Buzz Out Loud... →
Democracy
HELO
Give Sam 1 Spiteful, Malicious Vote.
» jaschu pulls the lever and lets 'er rip!
DEMOCRACY IS FOR LOVERS
You were promoted to operator by vosque.
by the power of greyskull, you are captain planet.
glumbert.com - Supermarket 2.0 →
Domained!
Hot: whatisthis1999.net is now working. And hey, cool, the old URL now redirects to the new domain. Yay for things working!
