The first time I went to Vegas, it was sensory overload. Everything was amazing. The second time, my reaction was more, “Is this all there is?” Since then I’ve been there a couple times on business trips, and comes to terms with its superficiality. You have to enjoy it as it is, and not impose…
Author: Mark Boszko
Mark is easily distracted and seems not to require sleep. However, this is an illusion. He is mortal, like you. Perhaps doubly so. He makes videos and a little bit of art and design. He also watches way too many movies and jokes around on Twitter.
Satemallite Radio
So, I got the Sirius for the car. Yay! It very nearly totally rocks, in a very literal way. Thing is, I noticed while scanning the comedy stations tonight that there were commercials, and I was royally pissed. I mean, isn’t this why I’m PAYING for it? …so I won’t have to listen to that…
Linkage
Today’s Fun Links: I want to… — Great list of online resources for doing useful stuff Arcade Game Sounds — Recordings from the 80s of arcade machines in their natural habitat. Audiophile products — A list of insanely expensive audio gear, and an amusing illustration of what happens when people ignore physics in favor of,…
Chitown Hijinkery
Ah, yes— Chicago. I went last weekend, and I have pictures and I have notes, but the story is not yet forthcoming because 1.) I’ve been wicked busy, and 2.) I still am. Sometime before the end of the weekend, I will make a valiant attempt at codifying my story and updating this post. Until…
Delicious Bastards
Well, looks like my idea for a Delicious Library-style comic book database app is all for naught. From the DrunkenBlog interview with Delicious Monster co-founder Wil Shipley: I knew it’d work from the beginning, actually. The actual credit for the real-world metaphor in Delicious Library is a bit lost in the mists of my brain,…
Cocoa 101: Object-Oriented Programming for the Masses
Cocoa 101: Object-Oriented Programming for the Masses, Part 1 and Part 2. Nice scratching the surface of the way Cocoa’s classes think, and clearer that some of the books I have in its explanations of same. Never mind— I’m still confused. See, this is why I figure it’ll take at least three books, all by…
Otters
I just came across a great reason for being proud of being made a member of the Happy Otter Clan™, in this quote by Neil Gaiman from an article in Time magazine: Except the trouble is, as a creator…I saw a lovely analogy recently. Somebody said that writers are like otters. And otters are really…