Apple’s New Music StoreI’ve been playing with Apple’s new music store for the last 24 hours and have the following thoughts. First, I think Apple has missed its target audience with this product. Either that or I suddenly have fallen out of the bulls-eye target market. I don’t think the latter is possible as everything …
Monthly Archives: April 2003
The Target Trance BluesI simply cannot walk into a Target store and purchase only the few things I need to get me through the week. It’s just impossible. The colors! The shiny things! They draw me in. I’m rendered a hapless fool. By the time I’m done shopping my cart is filled with more impulse …
Fun Friday Links and Crafts Galaxia has put together a wonderful site, chock full of good things for the ears and eyes. It’s one of the only places that you can find all the books of Ed Templeton’s. Good T-shirts and mp3’s from cool artists like Papa-M, Ray Barbee, and the Lee Brown Society. If …
It’s No Cluetrain Something’s up with the economy. Holy shit-balls… I hate to break the bad news folks. I don’t know what you all use for your internal economic compass – those things that you see and hear on the day-to-day that point your gut to a positive North or negative South. Perhaps you watch …
Nina SimoneNina Simone was/is one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Her lyrical beauty and honest lyrics has been an incredible musical discovery for me. I can’t think of jazz or soul without thinking of Mrs. Simone. Her voice and her words are important and that’s a gem that’s quickly becoming a stone of …
JetiquetteToday’s word on Word Spy is Jetiquette. A rough guide for those who look after their airline etiquette. (JET.uh.kuht, -ket) n. The rules or norms that govern correct or polite behavior while on board an airplane. Another great example of how to splice the word “jet” with other fab words of the english dictionary. It’s …
My New PumpkinIsn’t that a pretty little thing? My very own Jiffy Pot Pumpkin. It’s still small – only five days old right now. It sprouted about two days ago. Today I removed the remains of the seed that it was wearing like a tiny little hat. Today it shot up to almost and inch …
Machines. Damn Machines.If it ain’t one thing it’s another. I thought the brougham (my ’85 Olds) was heading for a slow death last night. I was caught in rush hour traffic in some terrific horizontal rainstorm when slowly the juice just started to leave the car. The lights started dimming, the windshield wipers began to …
Twin Cities Type“How might a typeface express what is unique about a city?” That’s a big bad question to ponder or try to answer? How do you develop a typeface that imbues: ‘Minnesota Nice’, an evolving cosmopolitan ethnic insurgence, University of Minnesota student riots, and two cities that fight and play across a winding and …
Better Than Coffee I almost bought the whole farm this morning. You really can’t beat an absolutely-near-fatal, morning bike commute calamity to loosen up your arteries and get your heart beating on all four cylinders. You can’t get that kinda rush from caffeine. The car must have been going 50 and it probably missed me …