Merlin Mann: “Fringe politicos are like Latin teachers dressed as pandas. They think you’re hating on Latin, but really you just think pandas are funny.”
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Pun of the Season
Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
Here’s a quick reminder about TSOT’s upcoming Ruby/Rails night, which takes place on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008:
TSOT Ruby/Rails Night
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 (and the second Tuesday of every month)
@ TSOT’s office — 151 Bloor Street West (on the south side, just east of Avenue Road)
11th floor
Door open and food at 5:30 p.m.
Presentations start at 6-ish
FREE ADMISSION (but limited space)
To register, please email joey.devilla@tsotinc.com
For more details, see this entry or this page on Upcoming.org.
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The “Global Nerdy” Update
Here are the most recent entries in my tech blog, Global Nerdy:
- Windows Vista Annoyances: This book has a lot of pages.
- Etiquette Reminder: My blogs’ comments areas are like my living room — behave accordingly!
- Could it Really Be…Duke Nukem? and “Duke Nukem Forever” Teaser Trailer: The gaming world’s most infamous vaporware gets another trailer.
- eWeek’s “Most Important Products of 2007″: iWork ’08? Really?
- Can Social Networking Co-Exist with the Workplace? It’s on my “to-read” list.
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Well Put, McFly.
The current issue of Esquire features a cool “What I’ve Learned” interview with Alex P. Keaton/Marty McFly himself, Michael J. Fox.
A couple of excerpts:
- People said, “Does it bother you that girls want to sleep with you because you’re famous?” “That’s a tough one. Lemme think about that. No.“
- My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
- The thing with Limbaugh was so interesting. I didn’t even have to say anything. People said to me, “Don’t ya hate the guy?” I was like, “I can’t get it up to hate the guy.” I know it’s a racket, I know it’s a job — it’s show business, and that’s fine. Let’s take it as show business.
- If you don’t have someone calling you on your shit, you’re lost.
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Our “Space” Shoot
Last week, my friend Mark Askwith, a producer at Space — the Canadian sci-fi channel — dropped me a line asking if I’d like to talk about a couple of cool gadgets in a segment for HypaSpace, Space’s “geek news” program. It sounded like a fun idea, so I said I’d do it.
Mark and Space camera guy Darcy came over to the TSOT offices last Wednesday to do the shoot, which some of my co-workers starred in. The segment will air during the year-end installment of HypaSpace; I’ll post the broadcast date as soon as I found out when it is.
I took some photos during the shoot — they appear below.
Darcy, the camera guy from Space. In this shot, he’s setting up his camera prior to the shoot.
Strike! Darcy films a segment where my co-workers Mariko and Adam play a round of Wii Bowling.
Wii action. Mark and Darcy watch and Mariko and Adam bowl on the office Wii. Gotta love the perks in the place.
“Music is where I’d like you to touch…” My co-worker Alex demos his iPod Touch as Darcy films.
Alex is a hand model now! Mark watches as Darcy shoots an iPod Touch segment — I’ll do the voice-over.
The “beauty shot”. Darcy gets a shot of the featured gadgets, using the office video game screen as the background.