DAMN YOU JOHN!
- First name? Rob
- Were you named after anyone? Dad
- Do you wish on stars? I wished on Peter Sellers once but all I got was a swift kick in the groin.
- When did you last cry? When I wished on Peter Sellers.
- Do you like your handwriting? My non-disclosure doesn’t allow me to discuss ownership of my handwriting. And now I’ve said too much.
- What is your favorite lunch meat? Delicious.
- What is your birth date? November 6, 1XYZ … where Z = Y+(sqrt(X)-1)
- What is your most embarrassing CD? This one through Bank of America that it really really under-performing right now.
- If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? Oh hell no. My reputation preceeds me.
- Do you have a journal? No.
- Do you use sarcasm a lot? I prefer to think of it as “witty but scathing insight”.
- What are your nicknames? Unless you know Big Roll, don’t ask…
- Would you bungee jump? Bungee is for moving fool!
- Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I have specifically sought out shoes without laces to avoid answering this question.
- Do you think that you are strong? Not compared to Galacticus.
- What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Whisk(e)y.
- Shoe size? See question 14 above.
- Red or pink? Chartreuse!
- What is your least favorite thing about yourself? That I seem to be able to make time to do these but have a hard time making time for my novel writing most nights. Patron? Anyone? Bueller?
- Who do you miss most? Biff - - Christ’s childhood pal
- Do you want everyone who reads this to post it themselves? That would be such an incredible waste of human effort.
- What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now? I don’t wear pants.
- What are you listening to right now? Massive Attack “Heat Miser”
- Last thing you ate? Nachos
- If you were a crayon, what color would you be? They don’t make my color anymore - - FDA said it was toxic
- What is the weather right now? The contextuality of this question bothers me - - so much stasis
- Last person you talked to on the phone? A
- The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? I’ll give you a hint - - it rhymes with “orange”
- Do you like the person who sent this to you? Only if he gets his ass up here on Thursday
- Favorite drink? Whisk(e?)y
- Favorite sport? Anything with a stick
- Eye color? Glass
- Do you wear contacts? Not since that nasty infection
- Favorite food? Whisk(e?)y
- Last movie you watched? The Jacket
- Favorite Day of the year? Today is yesterday’s tomorrow
- Scary Movies or Happy Endings? Porn
- Summer or Winter? Heat Death of the Universe
- Hugs OR Kisses? [EXPLETIVE DELETED]
- What is your favorite dessert? Scotch
- Who is most likely to respond? A
- Who is least likely to respond? Me
- Living arrangements? I’ve fashioned a shanty out of “eye spy” ads.
- What books are you reading? Aside from technical tomes, it’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- What’s on your mouse pad? Trackball!
- What did you watch on TV last night? TV doesn’t receive channels but DVDs play on it from time to time
- Favorite smells? Clean
- Favorite sounds? Clean
- Rolling Stones or Beatles? Boards of Canada
- What’s the furthest you’ve been from home? Well, if you believe in dream travels, you are infinitely distant from home while still lying in your own bed. I’m still not sure if I believe in this. They sure seem real but none of my souvenirs survive the waking-up process.
- Do you have a special talent? This isn’t the appropriate forum to discuss those sorts of thing.
- Interesting(?) piece from creativebits presenting the “Desk” concept as a replacement for/amalgamation of the Finder & Desktop concepts. The problems I had with it are that it’s not readily apparent “out-of-the-box” what it is or what it’s for. First I just eyed the graphic like “WTF is this?” Then I watched the video. And I still didn’t fully get how it would replace the Finder or the Desktop. Of course, the comments on the site read “brilliant” and “fantastic” but there’s a lot of gaps in there…
- 1st– I know 2 kinds of computer users - - the kind that put everything on their Desktop and periodically purge and (2) the type that are compulsively organized and never let things touch their Desktop w/o careful consideration. In traditional Intro Psych courses these folks are usually referred to as “Type B” and “Type A” (respectively) - - and skill level w/ the PC seldom has anything to do with these habits. *** DISCLAIMER: the previous statement is based strictly on anecdotal evidence ***
- The principal iconography used in the Desk concept borrows so heavily from the existing Finder that the immediate question is: WHAT’S DIFFERENT? Adding core/native Project functions for Type A and core/native Clipboard functions for Type B folks? Type A folks already have compulsive organised “~” directories (thanks to Finder’s hierarchical navigation) and Type B folks already have a place to clutter in their binge/purge cycles (thanks to Desktop’s “drop it here” ethos).
- Recent Searches? Yawn.
- I still don’t see how the “obscured desktop” problem is to be solved by the “Desk” concept.”
- Then there was ongoing’s “Mac Mini for Mom” bit which I found particularly insightful. Especially since I’d been recently turning over these thoughts… UI concepts are fascinating to me on several levels. On the one hand there’s this idea of building metaphors that ought to be universal enough that anyone can pick up on them - - and somehow the fact that we even refer to them as “metaphors” draws on this lineage that we’re drawing comparisons between PC use and “real world” objects, tools, tasks, and routines. And on the other hand, there’s this acknowledgement that not everyone will buy the same metaphors. (My favorite being how Windows has “Program Files” and every non-tech user seems to think that all you need to do to run an app is copy it from one box to another…) And but now where was I? Ongoing!
- re: “What Worked” - - there aren’t too many surprises there… After all, aren’t these apps designed to “just work”? On that hardware? The comments on the Dock were a shock though. It’s been my experience that new users, esp. users switching from the Windows realmn not only hate the Dock but … just … don’t … get it. (Not that anyone can blame them. What w/ its inconsistencies and all.)
- re: “Closing Things” - - to anyone that’s tried to work w/ “a Switcher” this is a familiar lament. “Cmd+Q” or “Application > Quit Application” is a totally unfamiliar concept to anyone who is accustomed to just one-(maybe two)-clicking out of any app. Where’s the simplicity in that? And try explaining the difference between closing windows vs. quitting applications. Not easy when the perception is: “Well what do I want the application open for if I’ve closed all of documents?”
- re: RSS & NetNewsWire - - this is extra-geek territory for another 5 years at least. Even for tech-savvy moms.
currently playing: Doves “Darker”
