Oct 7, 2011
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I don’t have a Steve story.

However, I did have the opportunity to see the guy in action, in what would no less turn out to be his last Apple keynote. This shitty, thirty-seconds-long video snippet from WWDC 2011 is probably of value to no-one but me — it’s a dark room, the stage is too far away to really see anything, and the footage is shaky as hell. But I thought I’d upload and share it anyway. It’s my one connection to the man that’s behind almost everything that I do. It’s my one piece of evidence that I got to see Steve Jobs, the world’s greatest presenter, in the flesh.

I don’t have any other photos or videos from Steve’s presentation. After I recorded that video, I put down my phone, packed up my camera, and decided to just be there. Live in the moment, or whatever, right? I stopped documenting and just watched, enthralled as Steve emceed the event and, eventually, introduced iCloud himself.

I put the camera down at the start of the keynote and tried to drink in as much of it as I could. Who knows how many more times I’ll have the chance to be sitting here, to experience this, I thought.

Now, I know.

Oct 5, 2011
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“You mean you have to use your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy!”

“You mean you have to use your hands? That’s like a baby’s toy!”

Oct 4, 2011
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Is it just me, or is that play/pause button the most difficult button to successfully tap on in all of iOS?

Is it just me, or is that play/pause button the most difficult button to successfully tap on in all of iOS?

Sep 27, 2011
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It freaks me out a little that Transformer hands look pretty much like human hands.

It freaks me out a little that Transformer hands look pretty much like human hands.

Sep 26, 2011
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“I’d like to read this book on Kindle.”

“I’d like to read this book on Kindle.”

Sep 25, 2011
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Uploading a File With One Keystroke

Starring: Quicksilver, Automator, and Transmit

  1. Set up a Service in Automator that applies to files and folders in the Finder. Make the Service pass the files it’s given into Transmit’s “Upload” Service. Select a website or Transmit Favorite to upload the files to. Save your new Service. Now you can right-click on files and go “Upload to $server_name”. That’s a good start, but let’s bam it up a notch.
  2. In Quicksilver, enable Proxy Objects and create a new Trigger that takes the current Finder selection and uses it as the input to the Service you just made. Bind the Trigger to a Hot Key. Now you’ve got access to that Service through a keyboard shortcut.

I press ⌥⇧⌃U and the file I’ve selected in the Finder is uploaded to my server.

My only problem with this workflow is that it causes Transmit to become the active application. If you know of a way to hide Transmit while the file’s uploading, do tell.

Sep 24, 2011
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The Hummingbirds - Blush [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

The Hummingbirds — “Blush”

Jangle pop from a late-’80s Australian band. Pretty melodies and harmonies and stuff.

Sep 22, 2011
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The 1990 film Crash and Burn (AKA Robot Jox 2: Crash and Burn) was produced and marketed in some countries as a sequel, but despite the title, same opening theme, involvement of Charles Band, and reused cover art, the plots of Crash and Burn and Robot Jox are completely unrelated.

Robot Jox on Wikipedia

Films marketed as sequels that have nothing to do with the movie they’re being marketed as a sequel to. Is there a list of these somewhere?

Sep 2, 2011
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merlin: Scratching My Itch It’s the little things I’d miss in in TextMate. Like. Really, really little things. Like, say, one key to clean up the annoying cruft of a YouTube link. Boom. Yes. I know. TMTOWTDI—and there’s certainly far MTO app with which to DI. But, Lordy, how I’d miss the giant-ass pile of hacks that TextMate lets me apply towards my ongoing quest for sanity. I love TextMate (srsly) and bullshit-less YouTube URLs (srsly), but I’m moving stuff like this over to TextExpander wherever possible. I hate admitting it, but TextMate’s days are numbered. I don’t want my text tricks to go out the window with it.

merlin:

Scratching My Itch

It’s the little things I’d miss in in TextMate. Like. Really, really little things. Like, say, one key to clean up the annoying cruft of a YouTube link. Boom.

Yes. I know. TMTOWTDI—and there’s certainly far MTO app with which to DI.

But, Lordy, how I’d miss the giant-ass pile of hacks that TextMate lets me apply towards my ongoing quest for sanity.

I love TextMate (srsly) and bullshit-less YouTube URLs (srsly), but I’m moving stuff like this over to TextExpander wherever possible. I hate admitting it, but TextMate’s days are numbered. I don’t want my text tricks to go out the window with it.

Sep 2, 2011
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mc DJ - Kickin Dirt (Me and Tia) [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

mc DJ — “Kickin Dirt (Me and Tia)”

I listened to this song twelve times today. I think I’m in love with it.

I first heard “Kickin Dirt” (albeit a slightly remixed version of it) in the end credits of Mystery Team (which, if you haven’t seen it, is pretty great). It’s a great instrumental piece. I wish I was making things that involve music just so I could use this track. I’ve listened to it twice since I started writing this post.

Sep 1, 2011
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I’m sitting here in bed at 2:56 AM and I want to have In-N-Out right now, you guys. There is nothing — and The Rock means nothing — here that comes close. Oh, and why didn’t you guys tell me that you can get your fries cooked well done so they’re crunchier? That would be the best thing. Is it? I bet it is. I really want to have In-N-Out, you guys. 2:59 AM now.

I’m sitting here in bed at 2:56 AM and I want to have In-N-Out right now, you guys. There is nothing — and The Rock means nothing — here that comes close. Oh, and why didn’t you guys tell me that you can get your fries cooked well done so they’re crunchier? That would be the best thing. Is it? I bet it is. I really want to have In-N-Out, you guys. 2:59 AM now.

Sep 1, 2011
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Mark Mothersbaugh - Zissou Society Blue Star Cadet/Ned's Theme (Take 1) [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Mark Mothersbaugh — “Zissou Society Blue Star Cadet / Ned’s Theme (Take 1)”

Aug 22, 2011
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I like Lieutenant Space Janitor in the background there. Introducing my thesis: “No Smoking At Any Time On The Bridge — Anachronisms in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”.

I like Lieutenant Space Janitor in the background there.

Introducing my thesis: “No Smoking At Any Time On The Bridge — Anachronisms in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”.

Aug 19, 2011
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I make the dumbest things.

I make the dumbest things.

Aug 18, 2011
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Guided By Voices - My Valuable Hunting Knife [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Guided By Voices — “My Valuable Hunting Knife” (from Crying Your Knife Away)

Great? Great.

Speaking of GBV, Merlin mentioned this compilation on the latest Back to Work, but I can’t find anywhere to, uh, “acquire” it from (all links I can find are dead). Does anyone know where I might find a copy?

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