Yearly Archives: 2005

FOX Christmas

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But you boys at FOX still freak out every year about how everyone’s out to get your special trees. This is really the most important thing you have to talk about? Whether Target says Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas? Here’s a brainstorm: there’s a fucking war on. Our soldiers are out there dying while you guys do your 14th live feed of the day from WalMart to show us what good little consumers we are. What Would Jesus Do? He’d jump over that newsdesk and kick your ass for that shit. Are you sure you want to hang your journalism credentials on a story about what some guy calls a tree?

My favorite part:
That’s right, that Yuletide cheer you’re spreading? What exactly do you think Yule is? It’s the fucking Pagan celebration of solstice. And those “Christmas” traditions? They’re not just like Pagan rituals, they fucking are Pagan rituals. Way before your Jesus got all magical with the bread and fishes, the Romans were celebrating the birth of Mithra on . . . guess? Go on – guess. December fucking twenty fifth. What a weird coincidence. Practically the whole thing is ripped off from the fucking Druids and the Romans. Twelve days? Check. Exchanging gifts? Check. Mistletoe? Check. And you’d better fucking believe that those decorated trees that Gibson and Co. are so bent out of shape over are as Pagan as the Rune and Crystal Shack at Pentagramfest 2005. You might as well be building miniature fucking Stonehenges in your den.

Try telling your grandmother that the traditions she celebrates didn’t originate with Christ but with the culture that killed him and see how long it takes for her head to explode.

FuckChristmas.org

Diabetes Walk, take 2

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There’s still more time! Since we decided to do the American Walk for Diabetes in Boulder instead of Denver, hoping for better weather, you can still make your donation to the cause.

You want my son to get cured, right? You have a little extra cash, right? Do I need to draw you a picture? Thanks to Tai and Phil for donating through Alternate. Ian appreciates it.

Random items of interest

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Yeah, so I don’t post much. Really, at all, any more. It’s sad.

So I’ve decided this afternoon, to kill the last few minutes at my fabulous new job by posting random shit I’ve found of interest lately.

Want to get in on all of the “Web 2.0/Ruby On Rails/AJAX + other buzzwords” action, but don’t really want to learn Ruby or Rails? Well, then jump straight into using the behind-the-scenes Javascript fancy-ness by using the ridiculously cool Script.aculo.us library to render your effects. For extra buzzworthiness, use the easy-as-pie Behaviour framework to implement your new-found special effects without a million onclick handlers all over the place. Fancy2.

The new Tristeza album coming out in November is really, really good. I can’t tell you where I got it but damn if it isn’t pretty hot, even if James LaValle isn’t in the band anymore. There is enough room in this world for both Tristeza and the Album Leaf. Add to that my favorite new band, Rogue Wave and you’re in indie rock heaven. Even if Rogue Wave did have a song on the Napoloeon Dynamite soundtrack.

I’m hoping really hard that my next project at work can find inspiration from something at Visual Complexity, quite possibly the coolest interface resource I’ve found in a long time.

This is a neat ad for Playboy, utilizing rain as way of shifting the message. Slightly.

Sigh

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You know you have a problem when even you skip over your blog’s tab in Safari. “Why go there? There’s nothing new, and I know, because it’s mine. And it sucks.”

Sigh.

America's Walk for Diabetes

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Ian in the hospital at his on-set of Type 1 Diabetes

I recently accepted the challenge of walking in the American Diabetes Association’s America’s Walk for Diabetes fund-raising event. I am taking part in this event because I believe in and support the Association’s mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

You, too, can help by supporting my fund-raising efforts with a generous contribution. Your tax-deductible gift will make a difference to more than 18 million Americans who are affected by diabetes and another 40 million who are at risk for developing diabetes. It is faster and easier than ever to support this great cause – you can make your donation online by simply clicking this link.

Flickr’d photos of Ian in the hospital in September, 2003.

"This guy trashes the HIG the way Johnny Depp trashes a hotel room."

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You’d probably have seen this anyway because you all should read Daring Fireball, but I just had to point this out, and right now. Daring Fireball: The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme

Brushed Metal: Who did they go with for iTunes? Not that Unified Title and Toolbar cocksucker…

Mike: No, they got someone new.

Brushed Metal: New?

Mike: Yeah, and he’s hot. Very hot. He looks like Unified with a tan.

Brushed Metal: Beige?!

Mike: No, not tan colored. Like suntanned. He’s like Unified but darker. His color is a lot like yours, but smooth and shaded like Unified. And thinner. No borders. It’s a very chic look. Reminds me of you, back in the day.