June, 2007

Jun30

 

I’m going to have to compile a list of all the tiny UI touches Apple got right with the iPhone. I’ve been playing with this thing for a couple hours and I keep discovering new stuff.

Jun19

 

An exhibition basketball game at the University of Washington on Saturday demonstrated how the game would be different if the rims were eleven feet tall instead of the usual ten. Sounds like it opens up inside play, which I’m all for.

Jun6

 

Hixie: The CSS working group is irrelevant. I agree with everything he says — someone needs to light a fire under the CSSWG’s ass, but I don’t know who has the necessary time, inclination, and expertise.

Jun3

 

Belated note: in case you missed my Refresh Austin talk about Prototype/Scriptaculous, you can experience the slides without having to listen to my stammering commentary.

Jun2

 

Hilarious send-up of the archetypal on-camera meltdown.

Jun1

 

I had a Pistons fan named Duane e-mail me, “Watching LeBron’s performance in Game 5 made me feel like Ron Burgundy. LBJ pooped in my refrigerator, ate the whole wheel of cheese and I’m not even mad. That was amazing.”

Bill Simmons

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