Category: ramblings

This could quite possibly be the coolest fridge magnet ever. Definitely saves your countertops from the ol’ edge slap.

So, I may be changing my tune on these guys. I was called on Monday, and talked to someone who said it would arrive Friday, and was that okay? Sure, I said. Then I got another call on Tuesday saying it was going out, and when asked if it would still arrive Friday, got a…

Over the weekend, I made an electronics purchase from Butterfly Photo, and this morning, I received an email asking me to call about my order. I figured it would be something like they needed to verify my shipping address, or it was out of stock or something, but no. It was just that they were…

In the interest of clearing out my bins full of paper goods, I present a list of my favorite catalogs, partially for my own reference, but hopefully also for your enjoyment as well. Lark in the Morning Duluth Trading Company Brookstone Hard-to-Find Tools Improvements (home tools) Flax Art & Design Emigre (fonts) Griot’s Garage Crutchfield…

This morning was the Apple “Special Event”, at which they reminded us of Tiger’s emminent release (with QuickTime 7, including 24 simultaneous audio track capture!), and announced the new versions of Final Cut Pro 5 (with Multicam and native HDV support), Motion 2 (whose most impressive new feature seems to be its ability to use…

Well, it’s NAB time again, and that means Vegas, beh-beh! A short jaunt to Indianapolis and then a longer jaunt with my current client/boss out to Vegas, we met our third at the Vegas airport (another colleague), and proceeded to our hotel, the MGM Grand. Nothing much happening this night, so we grabbed some grub,…