Valhalla Island

Last weekend I was stupid enough to place my new digital SLR camera on the roof of our rental car. You can guess what happened. Miraculously only the lens was smashed to pieces, the body walked away with just a single, small scratch and still works perfectly. Continue reading →

The big news this week is the new logo for the family of photoshop products.

Brand New says what I would have. Continue reading →

Something I’ve noticed while watching TV in North America is the difference in the way retail stores (especially electronics retailers) are advertised. They’re almost always advertised with a scene from the store — customer and salesperson in conversation. This never happens in Australia, retail stores always advertise the products they sell. Continue reading →

Your aim should always be the most raw format feasible. Of course binary is the most platform independent, interoperable format possible but it’s far from practical. In the majority of cases plain text should be your goal. Continue reading →

Activism has become cool. Yesterday I saw this in the West Hills Roots’ store.

It says “STOP GLOBAL WARMING”. Continue reading →

&Pantone really know how to write a press release full of useless marketing bullshit. Continue reading →

The brand new iPod touch seems very un-Apple like. Similar to Vista’s many versions, the iPod touch is artificially crippled, if it can run Safari and YouTube, it can run address book, it can run maps, it can run notes, it can run mail. I’m not saying it should run all those apps — I think it shouldn’t exist. Continue reading →

Residence at Mount Royal College is the best thing in the world. Living situations don’t get any better, this is as good as it could ever possibly get. I don’t even know where to start. But if you can get through this, it’s then back to my regular subject and my regular regularity. Continue reading →

I am so happy I’m in Canada. Deciding to leave San Francisco early turned out to be a brilliant decision. The plan was to take a bus to Calgary from San Francisco. 24 hours in, at the Canadian border, they told me I couldn’t enter. Continue reading →