moreCrayons
moreCrayons is an excellent site about color use on the web, proposing a new “web-smart” 4,096 color pallette, and providing links to other resources for smart color usage on the web.
Station in the Metro
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The Geek Test
I just scored 41.22288% on The Geek Test, which qualifies me as a "Major Geek." I always knew I was special.
If you visit and take the test, let me know how you do by adding a comment to this article.
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Cube
Another cool link today: while reading an article in Wired, I found a link to this site dedicated to owners of the discontinued, yet highly prized G4 Cube.
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Illegal Art and Threadgill (and Shag)
While perusing a site about the Illegal Art exhibition (think a Mickey Mouse gas mask, an alphabet made from corporate logo letters, and a “Corporate Whore” parody of the Starbucks logo), I discovered one of the contributing artists, Threadgill, who creates some incredible artwork… very clean and clever, and reminds me in a way of another of my favorite artists, Shag.
Some amusing things of note on Threadgills pages; The Atlas Monsters in Creamy Goodness, Buzz Aldrin’s Conspiracy Smackdown and My Dictatorship. But, by all means, please visit the entire site.
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Packard Museum
Just posted a gallery of photos [Offline —Ed. 2015-08-22] from our trip to the Packard museum this weekend, as part of our family trip to Ohio.
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Tacky Shirt
So, I’m brainstorming ideas for a fun name for my new e-learning company, and I think, "Hey I’ve taken to wearing loud hawaiian shirts lately. How about… ummmm… TackyShirt!"
So, I type it in my browser, and lo and behold, there is already a tackyshirt.com, and in an astoundingly ironic coincidence, they are an e-learning company, dedicated to teaching folks about Mac OS X.
Figures.
Hey, at least I get bonus points for using the word "ironic" properly, right? Take that, Alanis!
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Keyboard Love
MoreI’ve used many a Macintosh keyboard since 1986, but there’s maybe about four that I’ve really used with any regularity. As with any object you use a lot and have the occassion to try different brands when your old one wears out — not unlike automobiles — you tend to form opinions about which one(s) […]
Mark Boszko
