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Let’s See It
31 01 2009So Luke Mundy posts a picture of his desktop this morning in response to this blog post and throws down the gauntlet, taunting the rest of us to do the same. So here’s my desktop. Now I’m kind of a clean freak so my desktop is rather boring, so I’m going to up the ante and show a shot of ALL my Spaces screens in my favorite working configuration: a 4 pane setup with a browser, programming tools, iTunes and an empty screen for temporary programs. For those Windows users who don’t know what Spaces is… woe is you, losers.
So there it is, let’s see yours!
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Tags: desktop
Categories : Tech
So Lame I Don’t Even Have a Good Blog Title For It
13 01 2009I came across this video today for a new product from Microsoft. Basically it’s a program that you sing into and it creates the music to go along with your voice. Now I have to make a disclaimer here; This is a research project, not a shipping product. But it’s still the lamest product ever conceived. And what’s worse, this video to promote it is the poorest display of product promotion I have ever seen. I mean, this is Microsoft, one of the richest companies on the planet, and this is the best they can do?
And who is this being marketed to? It’s too lame even for little kids, yet most of the people in the video are adults. Let me tell you something. NO ADULT will ever use this program because A) it’s ridiculously stupid, and B) people like to get drunk and stand on a stage when they sing badly. Doing it on your laptop is just not as fun.
What really made me laugh is the guy who says “The guys in the band have said my songs aren’t that good lately”, and then proceeds to use this steaming pile of kah-kah to improve his singing. Let me tell you something. If any musician I jam with even admitted to loading this software on their computer, much less use it to improve their mad skillz, I would probably crack their skull with one of my cymbals and kick them out of my jamroom.
Take a look at this brilliant piece of video.
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Tags: lame, Microsoft
Categories : Tech
iGas
22 12 2008I love technology. Always have. There’s something about the way computers and electronics work that fascinates me and draws me in. Yet despite the complexity of modern day computers, often it’s the simplest program that really makes me go “wow, that’s cool”. This is not necessarily one of those times, but I thought it was worth writing about anyway.
I have an Apple iPhone and up until now Apple has been pretty careful about what kinds of programs they allowed to be distributed for the iPhone. Recently though Apple created a new category for a new breed of high tech software. A type of software only the most hardcore programming geek could even comprehend, much less research, write, test and deploy. What is this category of digital delights I speak of?
The Fart Program.
Yes, the fart program. Programs that make your iPhone appear to fart. I say “appear” because obviously the iPhone has no buttocks and therefore cannot possibly launch an air biscuit or rip it’s knickers on it’s own. But for every problem, there’s a solution. That’s where ingenuity and software comes to the rescue.
Apparently there’s a demand for air blasting algorithms as well because there are no less than nine fart programs for the iPhone now. Surely enough to liven up any church service, wedding, executive meeting, blind date, or dinner with the in-laws. These programs are as diverse as they are advanced with such “breaking” features as:
- Security Fart – Blasts would be iPhone thieves with loud honkers, immediately drawing attention to their dastardly deed.
- Position Detection – Allows an iPhone in your pocket to drop a floorboard lifter when you raise your leg.
- Time Delay – Allows you to set a timer, then walk away from your phone before it fires a rhino stopper.
These are just a few of the awesome features that technology is finally able to bring to us. What a marvel life in the 21st century is! And it could not be possible without the miracle of the modern computer, and of course the hard work of some very, very dedicated programmers.
Check out the AppStore on your iPhone today!
UPDATE: Ok, just for the record (because my wife scolded me for this post), I did not buy any fart programs for my iPhone and this post was entirely sarcastic. Relax people!
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Tags: flatulence, gas, iPhone
Categories : Entertainment, Life, Tech
