Pacificapocalypse

So sad, after 92 years, a California institution, Mothers Cookies, is no more.

If you’re a fan of those pink and white frosted Circus Animal cookies from Mother’s, either stock up or start priming your nostalgia, because this week the company closed its doors abruptly. They’ve cited the expected reasons—the rising cost of raw materials, and an inability to borrow in the frozen credit market.

That sucks.

So, I did what so many of my generation do in times of grief, I bought a commemorative t-shirt online.
Got the package and couldn’t figure out why it rattled, open it to find that in addition to the shirt, they sent me a memento mori bag of cookies. Check it out!

Avast ye scally wags! ‘Tis only two days until International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Still time to brush up on yer Piratical jabberin’ with such classics as:

• Avast, me hearties!
• Shiver me Timbers!
• Yo ho ye lily livered scoundrel!
• I’ll run ye through with me broadsword!

And of course, Yarrr!!

Say it once, say it twice, say it like a pirate.

And I think I saw a tumble weed blow by.
Ok seriously it hasn’t been that nothings going on (re: the lack of recent post activity) but that I’ve actually been otherwise occupied. First I had a nasty summer cold that I’m *finally* seeing the last of, then while that was going on I made a lateral move from one department in my company, to another, and have been relatively busy training and such.

Much more later.
Promise.

Alternate post title: “Regrets, I’ve had a few…”

Oh and by the way, Court… F5!

Iain Banks, my favorite author as of late, did a e-mail Q & A via his site a few weeks back and the result have been posted. I *really* need to pick up his latest Culture book.

Yet another post on That Violet Blue Thing, though not named directly, but let’s be honest, that’s what it is. This time from Xeni and an apology. By this time it’s patently obvious that the various Boing Boing editors really *really* misjudged this one.
Let’s hope they learn and move on.

Doc has a round up of the back story here.

Doc manages to get himself, the iPhone and Jailbreak all pimped in the same story-

From the Thursday, July 10, San Francisco Examiner-

Brian Roberts, a professional yo-yo performer known as Doctor Popular, said he had to hack into his first-generation iPhone to download and develop games and other applications.

“I get all the applications for free right now,” he said. “It’s going to take some convincing for me to pay for them.”

Roberts said he isn’t going to buy the new phone unless he comes across a surplus of money. Not only would he have to buy another phone, but the AT&T service plan for the new phone also costs an extra $20 a month for the faster service.

Surplus of money, yeah. Sell some shit!
Doctor Popular, available for newspaper quotes and/or vaudeville, burlesque, weddings and bar mitzvahs.

I knew that this feature in Firefox 3 just had to been in there somewhere.
I was killing myself trying to find it though, ever since I upgraded to FF3 I’ve been missing this: how the heck do I open a copy of an already open tab? There was a keyboard shortcut that I can’t remember (from me repeating the key combo ad infinitum, has fogged my memory.)  It’s one of those little frustrations that you run into on a daily basis that I just knew had to be in there; my Google-Fu was weak and I simply gave up on finding the right keyboard shortcut, and believe me I tried every combo of CTL+ALT+SHIFT+TAB+WTF!
Then while cruising Reddit today I came across this entry:
Firefox 3 features you may not know
And there it was, top of the list:

1. To duplicate tabs press Ctrl  while dragging a tab to create a duplicate of the dragged tab including its history.

So thank you very much Feel Firefox, Mozilla Links, that’s one (unfortunately of many) minor irritations that threaten to set me off on a daily basis.

UPDATE: Apparently FeelFireFox was lifting content from Mozilla Links - naughty naughty. Link fixed.

…despite the peer pressure.

Damn, I wish I’d written this - it exactly sums up why I still use Windows and will for the foreseeable future.

But really, when it comes down to it, the main reason I still use Windows is this: I’m stubborn and lazy.

And why I don’t use a Mac and probably never will:

Oh, look at me! I do graphic design! I wear woman’s jeans and hang out in coffee shops! I’m a DJ! Well good for you. My computer is not a fashion statement. It’s a computer

Which is incredibly timely as I was just talking with Mike and he could hardly contain his Prius driver like smugness as he related to me how he gave up on Windows and now is working on two Macs. Meh. Kool-Aid drinker.

via Gizmodo