jesse leo dot com - 2012 edition
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1/26/12: -- When the zombies come for us, will you be prepared? I will be... 1/25/12: -- Back in the late 1990's I used to take a lot of ribbing for being an Apple devotee. The company had no clear leadership, its product line was a confusing mess and they were on the brink of going under. I'd love to track down all of those naysayers and rub Apple's jaw dropping first-quarter earnings results in their faces. But a part of me is starting to get scared - just a little bit, mind you - of how massively wealthy and pervasive the company is becoming. I hope Apple doesn't lose its way and sell its soul the way some of these other gi-normous tech companies have (won't mention any names here...). Wish I could find Apple's high school yearbook and scribble in the margin: Stay cool, don't ever change. -- Why did anyone think this State of the Union address would be different than any of the others? They all adhere to the same script: the Prez says he did this this this and this. And to top that, he's about to do this this and even this. Congressional members from the president's party cheer wildly. Members of the opposing party sit with pouty faces, and afterwards one of them gives a "reaction speech", refuting the whole thing. Then the media goes on a fact checking rampage for both the address as well as the reaction speech, and we're told that the truthfulness of the night's events depends upon who you ask. Silliness. 1/24/12: -- Forget about all this 3-D rubbish, shooting movies at higher FPS is where it's at. -- Ah, the memories... Wish I could find my old AD&D stuff. -- Bats! 1/23/12: -- Back in the day, drinking coffee could land you in big trouble... -- Hey Heidi, I heard the news... tweet me, baby. -- By late summer 2011 I had all but given up on my birding hobby, or at least I'd stopped feeding them. Blame those damn chipmunks, they would sweep in and grab every morsel I put out within minutes. Yeah, they're officially no longer cute. But with the varmints presumably holed up for the winter I've gotten back into the game, and was rewarded yesterday by handsome Mister Pileated Woodpecker hammering away on the suet. He's a bit shy, but I'll try to sneak a photo next time he comes calling. 1/21/12: -- Attention java snobs: cheap, doctored up coffee has its merits and is worthy of your respect. Hear hear ! -- A collection of Apple Store designs to make you gasp with delight. I was in Grand Central a few days ago and completely forgot to check out the new store, dang dang. -- Definition of Autism is about to change. My guess is that insurance companies are getting sick of paying for services, no doubt there is money changing hands in high places... 1/20/12: -- With all due respect, Mr. President. the singing should be left to the Good Reverend... -- Word of the Day: Conigulate ... It means to configure, coordinate, program, and/or synchronize (e.g. She restarted her iPhone upon arriving at Grand Central so it would conigulate with the nearest cell phone tower.). And yes, I totally made this word up but still use it on a weekly basis. No one ever questions me on it. 1/17/12: -- Now here's a petition I'll sign. The check engine light is completely useless, would it kill them to at least have it display the numerical problem code? As a frequent driver of shitmobiles, this is an issue that really hits home... -- An uplifting collection of doomsday scenarios that actually might happen. The end is nigh... -- Warm birthday wishes to my amazing mother! 53 never looked so good :) 1/16/12: -- Wikipedia to go dark on 1/18... -- Really sucks to be a Zappos customer right about now... -- The coolest iPad tricks you'll ever see. 1/12/12: -- My love affair with the foam roller began a few weeks ago, as I blogged a while back I've been having debilitating IT Band issues on the left side. A friend and fellow pavement-pounder swore by her foam roller and let me borrow hers, and upon recently starting P90X2 I realized it's a required piece of equipment. Let me tell you, IT Band problems or not, the thing is miraculous. Roll out all of the knots and kinks wherever you find them - back, thighs, calves, arms... I haven't had to nag the missus to walk on my back in weeks. -- Now that is one small frog. 1/11/12: -- What sort of education announcement will Apple make on 1/19? -- Oh to have a sloth's life... 1/10/12: -- Loving The Restart Page. Mac OS9 is still the most elegant startup in my opinion... -- Who needs the birds and the bees when you have.... frogs? I saw an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the talk with Jakey, and by golly I took it. We were reading a book about amphibians, and there was an entire page dedicated to the topic of mating. Color photos leaving nothing to the imagination, big text, the whole bit. So when pressed to explain why mommy frog seemed to be giving daddy frog a piggyback ride, I told him. Now don't freak out, I omitted various icky details and vaguely alluded to mommy and daddy frog - who love each other very much - getting "close together", and that this would eventually lead to baby tadpole eggs. He hasn't mentioned it since, and might not even remember the conversation. But hopefully when the time is right I'll have the frogs in my arsenal as a way of laying the facts out there for him. -- It's official. Soccer (pictured here), a Cavia porcellus, actually consumes more calories per day than the average human being. That little varmint is eating us out of house and home! 1/9/12: -- 20 years of Island Notes - nice to see BI Times contributor and longtime island resident/wordsmith Martha Ball being recognized for her exemplary writing. I didn't even know the essays had been compiled into a book, must grab a copy next time we're out there. Martha captures the mood and the rhythms of BI like no one else, and no one is better steeped in BI lore than she. Do yourself a favor next summer and swing by the Greenway gallery on Water Street to chat her up. 1/6/12: -- An interesting bit about babies, moms and cells. Kinda tugs at the hearstrings, don't it? -- Can't decide if this was a good parenting move or a complete disaster: this morning after wolfing down a plate of French Toast bits, Jakey was walking around whining that he was still starving... carrying on and on and on. In a fit of frustration I took him to the computer and showed him that iconic 1994 Kevn Carter photograph of the starving child with a vulture lurking nearby (I won't link to it, but you know the one I'm talking about. Google it if you must), to show him what that word truly means. After that Jakey switched to still hungry. I guess that's something... -- BSG fans will get a kick out of this. If you haven't watched the show, however, none of it will make much sense. 1/5/12: -- C.I. on Conan! -- The trailer for The Descendants is set to pleasant Hawaiian music and features amusing snippets of George Clooney doing silly things: running in sandals awkwardly, peeking up from behind a ledge like a prairie dog, and so on. So yeah, there are indeed laugh out loud moments of levity. But don't be fooled - this is pretty heavy stuff. We hardly blinked, from previews to closing credits. I'm not a big Clooney fan. Maybe I'm just sick of every woman on the planet - even the gay ones - being madly in love with him and going on and on about how great he looks in a tux. But I have to say, he knocked it out of the park in this one. 1/4/12: -- Interesting interview with Alan Rickman, the only guy in the world who could have done Severus Snape to perfection. I had no idea that JK Rowling had revealed Snape's "big secret" to Rickman early on. The temptation to spill the beans must've been unendurable. -- The Atlantic has compiled some gorgeous winter photographs from around the globe... -- The Missus and I Netflicked Friends With Benefits recently. I'll try to put aside my Mila Kunis lust for a moment and give you a fair & honest review of the movie... Ok... Ok... Well that just isn't working. In a nutshell it's dumb and predictable but a lot of fun for date night with your sweetie. 1/3/12: -- This commerical makes me happy. And apparently it wasn't doctored, at least the music wasn't anyway... 1/2/12: -- Let's start the year off right with some iPad 3 rumors, shall we? -- Off to a banner start here in 2012, both boys woke up this AM and started barfing & crapping all over the place. But ever the optimist, I'm viewing this as a they're bound to get sick sooner or later this winter anyway, so let's get it over with right now sort of thing. See? Gonna be a great year. 1/1/12: -- It's official. I no longer do New Years resolutions. Ok fine, I'll allow myself this one that I'm stealing from a recently sighted dorky bumper sticker: Bark Less, Wag More. The rest will hopefully work itself out.		A few sites I dig: Slashdot Boing Boing Me on Twitter! MVY Radio WEHM Radio Ebert Galactica Watercooler Slate Waxy dooce ars technica On St. John TUAW National Geographic Monty Calvin & Hobbes Daring Fireball Jason Kottke Mashable IDEAS Wired NPR Wikipedia MacNN