Entries from October 2006

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

iTunes 7.0.1 is the buggiest piece of software I have ever used

and I worked at a Unix company in the days before testers, so that is saying something. Usually, I take my time installing a major update. I waited until the 7.0.1 patch came out to iTunes which supposedly fixed most of the issues and for me, at first, it worked fine. What I’m finding, after [...]

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Wow, An awesome article in Rolling Stone

Worst Congress Ever man, when did rolling stone get relevant again?

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

City planning, eastside style

There are some things I just don’t understand about the way people choose to live. So, we decided to get out of the city and check out some fall colors this weekend. Maybe go for a walk in the woods. This is metronatural Seattle after all. So we drive east and east past what was [...]

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

The Motorola RAZR is a poorly made product

But what I really wanted to say was P.O.S… In under 18 months I’ve seen two batteries die (one catastrophically), and I’ve had to replace one phone completely when the off key stopped working.Also, by the way, screw you Cingular for your incredibly crappy repair and replacement policies. For a relatively expensive phone, this is [...]

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

MySpace is going to fail.

Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred. This error has been forwarded to MySpace’s technical group. I get this error every time I’m on MySpace (I have a membership for Intonarumori, I don’t want one for myself, thanks). I’ve been getting it for over a month now and it happens several times. I’ve lost friend requests, [...]

Monday, October 16th, 2006

My Rainy day weekend project

using Lightwave, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Cubase, and Flash… More details later…

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

bad advertising

At first the whole, un-advertising movement was fresh. Especially as it was aimed right at me and my friends, Generation X. It is now mature enough that agencies can do it badly, which I see more and more. Case in point: yesterday I saw a billboard for a national burger chain with a history of [...]

Friday, October 6th, 2006

The Washington State Republican Party

sent me a letter! Well, really more of a pamphlet. With a picture on the front, showing a vaguely homosexual (maybe a metrosexual) man holding a big sign saying “TAX” and pointing at it. The caption reads “The Democrats have a liberal agenda.” ummm… Duh? I can’t imagine that Republicans aren’t insulted by this simplification [...]