August 2011

Another Fine Homemade Parachute Page, Crafted With Love

Fanboys

Let’s just say yes up front. If you’re a Mac user, now or at any point, you probably remember the models you used with great, perhaps alarming, clarity. Perhaps the first one was at school, or a friend’s house. Most likely not the office, but there are exceptions. You may have vivid memories of some aspects of the then-current OS: some version of 7 or 8, or, if you’re on that side of thirty, maybe Jaguar or Panther. Maybe even iOS. Maybe you remember beige Macs; maybe bondi. Maybe all you know is aluminum and white polycarbonate.

Thu, Aug 25, 2011 |Design

Voices and Writing

Many years ago, while teaching, on one of those interminable Professional Development daze, the one inspiring presentation I saw was by a law professor, explaining how he was using the web in his courses on First Nations and Justice to build an academic journal. Every section of the class planned and wrote a peer-reviewed and edited issue, which built on previous years’ work, and would in turn be built on. He and his students used the web as a viable publishing platform in a way print never could be, economically or technically.

Thu, Aug 18, 2011 |Writing

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Patent Lawsuit

I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the fax of the patent lawsuit.

II
I was of three minds,
Like a blog post
In which there are three patent lawsuits.

III
The patent lawsuit whirled in the blogosphere.
It was a small part of the pantomime.

IV
An OS and an OEM
Are one.
An OS and an OEM and a patent lawsuit
Are one.

Mon, Aug 15, 2011 |Poetry Cornered

The Case of the Clandestine Cephalopod

The best camouflage you will ever see. This guy comes out of cloak like a startled Romulan warbird, then fires (ink) and hurriedly makes off for a more, ahem, neutral zone. (Also does a great imitation of a walking rock.)

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Mon, Aug 8, 2011 |squidwatch

Octopod!

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Octopod cake, for no other reason than I thought it would be a challenge.

Sat, Aug 6, 2011 |For Fuck’s Sake, It’s Cake!

The Brand New AFC-120

So Harry Marks and I had a brief back and twitforth on the new “statement-making” BlackBerry Performa Torch 9810/50/60, and why and how RIM may want to streamline their product line.

Thu, Aug 4, 2011 |Design