Archive for January, 2006
The only clock that’s ever right is a watch that’s sitting broken, in my drawer; twice a day, for just an instant. This is our nature; you march past, and these moments fix me. #
Original copies of The Wrens’ Secaucus are going for $58 to $124 on Amazon
The band has actually resorted to selling bootleg copies of it at their own shows. I picked one up, I’ll try to post a picture (you can read the backstory at the band’s site). #
A post on SvN about the UI deficiencies in Bank of America’s bill pay system
Today, I logged in to pay a bill and guess what!—they’ve changed the UI and behavior to what Matt Linderman from SvN suggested. Coincidence? #
iTunes Music Store cover art grabber
I’ve been loading a lot of cover art into iTunes lately. One problem is that the quality of cover art available on the internet is pretty poor—it’s usually hard to find anything bigger than 300px. This hack returns 600px art for most albums in iTMS. #
Major theaters take their ball and go home
They’re refusing to show Steven Soderbergh’s new movie “Bubble” because he’s releasing it to theaters, DVD, and TV simultaneously, in an attempt to gain control over what piracy is already doing. #
susanica.com
Susanica.com, Susan’s photojournalism site, launches today. We’ve been working on it for a few months. Although it’s no great shakes design-wise, this is the site that prompted all the Unicode investigations, as well as a host of other best-practices magic. Try the GMap. I’m also proud to announce that Susan has released the web versions of her photos under a Creative Commons license. #
Zeldman bemoans Bubble 2.0
All while somehow integrating references to Annie Hall, The Velvet Underground, and Bugs Bunny. #
