A series of events this weekend caused me to purchase an iPad on Saturday. I bought it mainly to test with in the short term and I’m still undecided about whether I want to keep it. It’s gorgeous, easy to use, and very well designed. It is also very expensive, fills limited “needs” and is [...]
Our redesigned beta site is open for ESPN Insiders today, but if you aren’t an insider here’s a little taste. It feels good that to know people can finally see it after months of grueling work. The new look goes live in a month or so. Update: The beta site is now available to the [...]
Warning: This post is slightly sentimental and self-congratulatory. Please forgive. Bringing a nation’s dream to fruition was one of the many themes on display in tonight’s (this morning’s actually) Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing. Since July 13, 2001, millions of Chinese have waited for this moment when the world’s eyes would be focused on the [...]
Today’s Moment of Zen: Stewart-Colbert on Hulu. A great day for democracy – now you don’t need cable or even a TV to catch up on the latest news. Last night’s episode was pretty great, I love the way he just tear’s into the ridiculous of TV news.
Wired: Apple Reinvents Film Biz With iTunes Movie Rentals. This headline struck me as something Apple’s PR department would write, rather than journalist. What’s being reinvented? There are already movie rental services like Amazon Unbox and MovieLink out there. Grant you this is the first to work with Apple’s software and hardware, but that’s hardly reinventing anything. Overall, I felt Macworld was lame this year.
Australia announces mandatory internet filters to protect children. “Labor [Party] makes no apologies to those that argue that any regulation of the internet is like going down the Chinese road,” telecommunications minister Stephen Conroy said. I’m not sure which is a greater sign of your country moving to a totalitarian state: internet censorship or leaders referring to their party as object (Labor makes not apologies…).
Zach Braff Quotes. In the vein of Chuck Norris facts, somebody created a site full of made up quotes attributed to Zach Braff, satirizing Braff and movie stars in general. My favorite so far: “Is ‘Garden State’ the next ‘Citizen Kane’? Of course not. I’d like to think we aimed a little higher than that, frankly.” – Zach Braff
ZDNet: WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systems. As someone who has attempted to build and maintain one of those “other” content management systems, I agree 100% with this article. My only compliant is that more people haven’t extended WordPress or built plug-ins to add the features that print publishers want/need.
The Daily Collegian Online launched a new redesign with wider pages and improved navigation. It was a little bittersweet to see my original design fall by the way side but its great to see that they’re constantly improving the site. They’re really upped the ante with their multimedia features and sports blogs. I’m very proud [...]
Surely there’s nothing more suspicious to Google than someone who wants to send me a greeting. Incidentally, Google was correct, the animated greeting was really a link to some shady URL with an executable that would have probably spread a virus to my machine.