Category archives: Lore & Other Nightmares
How American English Sounds to non-Americans
Via Tony Dewan: “My eyes lie senseless, and they also go with basil. EYES.”
Guy orders size 14.5 slipper; receives size 1,450
It’s a seven foot long slipper, next to a size 13 slipper. You must check out the photo. When the 27-year-old ordered a special monster-design slipper to fit his oversized left foot, he was sent this size 1,450 one –… continue reading »
Person cell phone with no cell phone hates cell phones because cell phone cell phone
This might become a recurring segment. And now, a reading from the call-in line at the newspaper in Salem, Indiana: I HATE CELL PHONES. I see parents and grandparents at kids [sic] sporting events on cell phones. I see mailmen… continue reading »
GM’s Anti-Bike Campaign
I love my bike and am contemplating trading up to an even better bike next year (but I probably won’t — I have an attachment to my bike like it’s a third leg now). So as someone who is actively… continue reading »
Setting File Permissions on OS X Without Disk Utility
I’ve been transferring files around a lot the last few days. I had a 27″ iMac that I had done Migration Assistant on for years, even as far back as when I used a PC many years ago. So when… continue reading »
Eleanor Roosevelt Lived a Shitty, Shitty Life
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the first lady of the United States from 1933-1945. That makes her the longest-serving First Lady in US history, serving four terms. She lived through the Great Depression, saw Pearl Harbor destroyed… continue reading »
Lion + Adobe, Sittin’ in a LaunchPad
Well this just is just wonderful. A real testament to icon design and color theory. Six idential icons for six different programs shows up in my new LaunchPad, and lord knows what that “missing program” icon is doing there. It’s… continue reading »
A Future for Indianapolis
Matthew Tully has a piece in the IndyStar from this week that just caught my attention. It’s an op-ed on the discussions that incumbent mayor Greg Ballard and challenger Melina Kennedy ought to be having about the future of our… continue reading »
From the people who brought us YouTube comments…
I don’t know why Apple allows people to make comments about apps in the App Store. They’re completely useless and pointless. They offer no value and are usually wrong. Here’s one for World of Goo, arguably one of the best… continue reading »
Photoshop has crashed. Whatcha gonna do about it? Huh, punk?
I hate Photoshop. I really do. It’s like some mafia gangster that shows up at your door, barges in, rummages through all your stuff, breaks everything and by the time you grab your gun he’s out the door. Just look… continue reading »