Link of the Day [7.19.08]

Didi Senft is famous.

To those who follow the Tour de France.

He’s the Devil.

He chases after the peloton waving his pitchfork and encouraging the cyclists on.

For as long as I have been watching the Tour, he’s always made an appearance. He finally showed up on Wednesday’s stage. Yet we won’t see the last of him. Expect him at l’Alpe d’Huez. He’s going to stick that pitchfork on the yellow jersery holder and hopefully make him win.

He’s a sight to behold.

http://www.tourteufel.de/

Quote of the Day [7.18.08]

Ooh, baby (Ooh, baby)
It’s making me crazy (It’s making me crazy)
Everytime I look around
Everytime I look around (Everytime I look around)
Everytime I look around
It’s in my face

OMC, “How Bizarre”

Link of the Day [7.18.08]

I have probably linked to this already. But you can’t get enough of this one. So prescient. So true. And yet when it was written a lot of that stuff was tongue in cheek. I can’t believe how true it became. So sad. How fucking sad! We are a poorer nation for having President Fucktard, George Bush, as our leader. What a fucking fucktard.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

Going smaller

Consumers buying smaller, but more expensive cars? I can attest to
that. My MCS's base price is $22k. After the options I added to that
the car was $28k. And I probably could've gone higher if I wanted to
keep it a reasonable price after the addition of taxes, tags and fees.Funny thing about that article is reading people getting leather in a
Ford Focus. It's not known to be a luxury car, but you make it so with
the addition of leather. Insane thinking, but I also can't go without
the leather. I wish I got the red though. And more color in the
interior. It would've been cool to have, but it would've busted my
budget.

Link of the Day [7.16.08]

I saw a post on TUAW where the author, after reading an interview with one an Apple VP in charge of hardware, laments that Apple deems “cut and paste” a low priority. I think that John Gruber at DaringFireball.net (It’s a daily read, right?) tries to make sense of “cut and paste’s” low priority. He’s right in a way.

I really don’t miss it much. It would be handy, and I can see the need. I just wonder how would you implement such a feature.

Look at what’s available in the two versions of iPhone: the touchscreen, home button, on-off button, mute switch, and volumes. Which of these would you use to implement “copy and paste?” How would you even select the item? Tap-drag? Three finger tapping? Press home button while tapping? Some of these gestures feel awkward. Some of them are uncomfortable. I wonder what Apple will do. And can we live with it for the next 30 years?

http://daringfireball.net/2008/07/copy_and_paste