Reply All

November 23

“ I am a child of the computer age, and my generation is possibly the first to expect to speak to computers to do everyday things, not humans. I am a child of automation, of Chip and PIN, of press 1 to pay your bill and of click here to continue. I am a child of Insert Clubcard Or Payment Method, of Oyster cards and of expecting the companies I patronise to listen when I complain about them on Twitter. But I’m gradually rediscovering humanity, and you know what? It’s pretty cool.

Embracing the human | trendpreneur

Jennie’s article reminded my of my own similar epiphany regarding the importance of humanity over the last year or so, which mostly came about thanks to twitter. For some reason, seeing that various famous, successful or even just randomly entertaining people had social lives and interests outside of what they were known from drove home just how similar, in certain respects, we all are. Instead of just seeing the perfect polished end product, you get to see how their sausage gets made and it somehow makes it all seem so much more real.

I guess one of the problems I had was a weird sense of disconnect with the rest of the world, apart from with my close friends and family and my own little ghetto of the internet. Everybody else was other. Now I think I empathise quite well with english speaking, educated, technically literate, middle class types in general. I guess it’s just the other 95% of the world I need to work on understanding now.

Comments (View)

November 21

Supernatural Women

Disclaimer: This post is about the latest episode of Supernatural (“Abandon All Hope”) and the show in general.

Comments (View)

November 19

“ Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will give the Secretary of State (Mandelson — or his successor in the next government) the power to make “secondary legislation” (legislation that is passed without debate) to amend the provisions of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988).

BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create “Pirate Finder General” with power to appoint militias, create laws - Boing Boing

Yeech. This is mental.

Comments (View)

+

MS Paint Adventures

It’s sort of like an oldish adventure game. Except it’s a webcomic. I have no idea what’s going on here, but I think I like it.

Comments (View)

November 18

typewar

This game is a bit of a perfect storm. All you do is guess which of two fonts a given character belongs to. The better you are at picking, the more points you get, and as you play more fonts and characters get unlocked. It’s casual game playing that is easy to pick up and put down, you get a steady stream of positive reinforcement and it’s about fonts. Here are my stats.

Comments (View)

November 15

Small Worlds - rathergood.com

Fun little flash game. You jump around and explore. Awesome. (thanks Jay and thom).

Comments (View)

+

Bacon Flavour Hobnobs (via Mark-Sutherland)

Comments (View)

+

“ There’s only so much time in the day, and only so many days in our lives. There’s enough great work out there that you don’t need to waste any time with anything that isn’t great. Do you really need to subscribe to that collection of RSS feeds that cumulatively publish hundreds of items per day? If you currently do (I’ve been there), do you really need to read every headline? Exercise: Don’t open your feed reader for a week. Did you miss anything? Do you watch TV because it’s there, or because you really want to be watching that show? Exercise: Cancel your cable service and just get the really great shows from Netflix or iTunes. When you’re out of shows for a few days and you have some free time, do anything else. You’ll save a bundle of money that you can spend on anything else. Sign up for cable again when you really think it’s worth the time and money. (For most people who try this, that day never comes.)

Marco.org - I don’t even know what to say about Merlin’s post….

Make sure you check out Merlin’s post as well.

Comments (View)

November 13

(via )

“This is a local shop for local people!”

Comments (View)

November 12

(via )

“Bacon?!” “All the energy of a rat, trapped in a can.” :D

Comments (View)

November 10

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-8)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Comments (View)

November 3

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Comments (View)

November 2

Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface

Well explained, controversial and looooooooooooooong. Excellent article and an interesting perspective on a design tool for software.

Comments (View)

October 30

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

songparts:

Can’t Hardly Wait

(Arena suprema with Jon Bon and “Livin’ on a Prayer”)

If we asked you what happened in these few seconds of superanthem, you’d likely say, “chord change.” You would be correct. And if that’s all they did, it would be just like the dozens of other pop songs that use that classic trick to squeeze a few more drops of energy out of a chorus.

But did you hear the other thing? They’re SO EXCITED to play this song, and to KICK IT OUT, that they just skip a fucking beat. The last measure before the chord change only has three beats. And in doing that, they’re shouting LET’S GO, PEOPLE, GET ON WITH IT, LET’S LIVE HARD.

So here’s JBJ’s (and our) advice to you: if you’re excited about something, sometimes it’s OK to skip a beat. Don’t wait for dessert to arrive before you propose to her. Get in the hot tub with your pants on. Retire at 54. Submit the short story before you get your MFA. Hit the streets of Madrid before you’ve read the guidebook. Tell your best joke first.

Price: $.25