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Finding the “executive” bathroom today reminded me...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:24:20 +1200

Finding the “executive” bathroom today reminded me of this

Video

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:47:45 +1200

Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING?

Sun, 20 May 2012 09:24:10 +1200

Dan Harmon Poops: HEY, DID I MISS ANYTHING? :

danharmon:

Kids:

A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…

pmayes: Today is a big day…

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:53:16 +1300

pmayes:

Today is a big day…

XCode debugger

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:13:58 +1300

Isn’t it funny how sometimes we just work around problems, putting up with them for as long as we can?

Well, I finally got sick of a problem that I was having with XCode: whenever I would get a crash, the debugger would stop on the Application Main, and I’d just get a bunch of machine language in the console. In previous XCode versions, it’d be all friendly and tell you where your problem was.

So I finally cracked and decided to fix it. Here’s what you have to do:

1. Click on the breakpoints icon to go to the Breakpoints Navigator
2. Click on the plus at the bottom
3. Add an Exception Breakpoint…
4. Click Done.

That’s it! Whenever you crash, xcode will now take you directly to the line of code again. HURRAH!

Bartman remix

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:54:56 +1300

Bartman remix

Photo

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:24:41 +1300

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:19:28 +1300

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/education/edlife/why-science-majors-change-their-mind-its-just-so-darn-hard.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all:

Why Science Majors Change Their Minds.

An interesting read about retooling science programs to make them more interesting. I have my own opinions about science education, and I think ‘intelligence’ is not really enough to be a determining factor for shoving kids into science.

I laughed till I cried. Thanks @lantern

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:47:51 +1300

I laughed till I cried. Thanks @lantern

Avengers Trailer!

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:10:35 +1300

Avengers Trailer!

A great critical analysis of a Dark Knight action scene from an...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:28:52 +1200

A great critical analysis of a Dark Knight action scene from an editing perspective.

via nz-ny

The Dark Knight: In the Cut

Interesting to see it dissected from an editing POV. Got a lot of respect for Nolan but this is kinda baffling..

Which part? Well, almost all of it. In his action sequence primer In the Cut, Jim Emerson exposes Christopher Nolan’s Achilles’ heel and explains why the chase scene in TDK makes no real world sense.

Via.

Fwd:Fwd: as usual WeirdAl knocks it out of the park

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:03:56 +1200

Fwd:Fwd: as usual WeirdAl knocks it out of the park

Sexy lego design of a TRON lightcycle - via geekdad

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:12:32 +1200

Sexy lego design of a TRON lightcycle - via geekdad

seldo: This is genuinely Microsoft’s idea of a “streamlined”,...

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:01:27 +1200

seldo:

This is genuinely Microsoft’s idea of a “streamlined”, “optimized” UI for Windows Explorer. They were so proud of it they wrote a blog post about it.

The post is a sort of masterpiece of crazy rationalization, but I think my favourite part may be this screenshot:

Here, they proudly overlay the UI with data from their research into how often various commands are used. They use this to show that “the commands that make up 84% of what users do in Explorer are now in one tab”. But the more important thing is that the remaining 50% of the bar is taken up by buttons that nobody will ever use, ever, even according to Microsoft’s own research. And yet somehow they remain smack bang in the middle of the interface. The insanity is further enriched by this graph:

Again, this is Microsoft’s own research, cited in the same post: nobody — almost literally 0% of users — uses the menu bar, and only 10% of users use the command bar. Nearly everybody is using the context menu or hotkeys. So the solution, obviously, is to make both the menu bar and the command bar bigger and more prominent. Right?

Microsoft UI has officially entered the realm of self-parody.

aledlewis: Just Another Sleazy Joint One of my pieces for...

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:59:18 +1200

aledlewis:

Just Another Sleazy Joint

One of my pieces for the iam8bit art show! Signed limited edition of 60.

Mash-up of: Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) (1988) - and Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’.

aledlewis: How Appropriate. You Fight Like A...

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:58:59 +1200

aledlewis:

How Appropriate. You Fight Like A Post-Impressionist

One of my pieces for the iam8bit art show! Signed limited edition of 60.

Mash-up of: The Secret of Monkey Island (1990) - and Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Cafe Terrace On The Place Du Forum 1888’

Best Kings of Leon video ever. The shreds series have totally...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:34:35 +1200

Best Kings of Leon video ever.

The shreds series have totally gone to the next level… this is some funny stuff

nz-ny: Jack Daniels World Tour Case Study Got sent the case...

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:44:19 +1200

nz-ny:

Jack Daniels World Tour Case Study

Got sent the case study from my copywriter back home. Mucho appreciado. We built a fun lil Facebook game before I left. Take a squizz.

Mr5 while playing starcraft: “can I play the cow level?” Me: “there is no cow...

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:22:16 +1200

Mr5 while playing starcraft: “can I play the cow level?”
Me: “there is no cow level”

WTF

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:29:01 +1200

WTF