ISSN 1496-3221
November 15, 2002
Back at the shop we’ve come across several niggly bits and other annoyances while using Adobe InDesign to produce our catalog. Don’t get me wrong, we adore using InDesign nearly as much as we enjoy vehemently abusing QuarkXpress. However, nothing is truly perfect, especially when it comes to software. And the longer you use a … More
November 15, 2002
Untitled.
November 14, 2002
After nearly five years of habitually inserting clever nicknames into my email account user name (eg: Grant [Perl Interrupted] Hutchinson), I have had to discontinue the practice. Not that I’ve run out of witty nom de plumage by any means. I place the blame solely on the current state of disheveled and misconfigured email server … More
November 14, 2002
The available domain name of the week is contractpain.com. And yes, I know I’m several days late posting this. Just remember that this is a free service. You’ll get over it. Of course, I could start billing monthly. Paypal donations anyone?
November 13, 2002
If you’re a Machead and a code jockey, this will probably make you sit up and smile or else gape wide-eyed in complete astonishment at their tenacity. What the heck am I yammering about? Just the fact that Bare Bones Software has unleased BBEdit 7.0 on an unsuspecting world, that’s what. Need details? Of course … More
November 12, 2002
Sunrise from car dealership parking lot. Calgary.
November 11, 2002
… they just keep getting references on tech culture news sites. With nothing more than a quick aside by Dennis Lloyd, the publisher and proprietor of the iPodlounge site, the slightly imitative but ever respectful Newtons Around The World gallery gets a sundry mention near the end of this Wired News article. Hmmm… how many … More
November 10, 2002
You get one lousy error message in the midst of a project. Naturally, you make sure everything is backed up elsewhere and then dive into the problem. Five and half blessed hours later, your secondary 40 GB hard drive is finally wiped, initialized with zeroes, and verified. I guess you can get back to work … More
November 7, 2002
Matthew Thomas takes a fairly balanced whack at all the legacy gunk that accumulates on human-computer interfaces in his essay When good interfaces go crufty. One of my favourite bits comes near the end of the piece: “In human-computer interfaces, as in real life, horrible things often have minor benefits to some people.” Ain’t it … More
November 7, 2002
Ephemera in window of antique shop. 9th Avenue and 14th Street Southeast, Calgary.