http://infomofo.blogsome.com this information will come in handy some day. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:21:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moving the blog again. This time to blog.infomofo.com. http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2009/01/21/is-moving-again/ My Moleskine Notebook is one of my few Savage Indulgences*. Despite the fact that I have readily available at my desk my iPhone, my BlackBerry, notepad.exe, evernote.com, PowerPoint, and countless other technologically advanced offerings that could easily supplant my Moleskine, I still like to have this clunky oilskin notebook ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2008/05/28/meatspace-shopping-and-web-20/ After four days in Tokyo, on my last night here, it is difficult for me to summarize my opinions of Tokyo into one blog post. Tokyo is so many things at once, but I’ll try to break my reactions up, in the order that I experienced them. Tokyo is terrifying Landing ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/05/06/on-tokyo/ 1. Meditations on Babel Look at units of measurement. I’m pretty sure that every kid in the civilized world, when they first learn of the differing units of weight, measurements of length, and degree scales for temperature, thinks to themselves at some point… what the fuck? Every seven year ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/04/28/three-versions-of-tourism-in-western-australia/ Here’s a funny thing I just noticed. One of the Register articles today was posted with the enticing headline “Anonymizer looks for chinks in the Great Firewall of China“. Funny right? Even funnier is if you follow the link through, you will see that the Register has ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/04/04/is-the-legister-lacist/ I sometimes grief Apple for what I perceive as marketing ploys or overpriced crap and the fact that it sometimes seems to be helmed by an irrational hegemon who dresses like a flood victim, but I dollaz speak louder than blogposts, and I recently purchased the Intel Duo Core Mac ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/03/08/mac-mini-and-front-row-reviewed/ The minds at Penny-Arcade have a new comic dealing with their newfound feelings at having switched to the flamboyant Apple lifestyle. While they joke about the dangerous path they have set down, I saw the announcement that the two authors of the comic were switching to Macs from PCs ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/03/03/michael-schuler-was-right-dammit/ I give Eater a lot of slack, because they’re part of the Gawker network which makes a living saying ridiculous things, and because they’re mostly spot-on. However, their recent re-review of Per Se had me scratching my head. Did we eat at the same restaurant? I’m not ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/03/01/eater-cannot-be-serious-per-se/ I don’t know why most of the Apple event recappers left off the most important part of Stevie-J’s keynote, so i’ve transcribed it here. 10:49 Oh, one more thing… [The crowd goes wild] [Steve pulls off back panel of iPod Hi-fi to reveal a fat wad of cash.] 10:51 Every $350 iPod Hi-Fi ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/one-more-thing-ipod-hi-fis-hidden-features/ Thomas Pink was clearly a classy brand up until about six months ago, so what the hell are they doing? First I hear about this stupid iPod nano tie, which everyone is quick to point out will be unavoidably uncomfortable, and well, retarded. Fine, plenty of high-fashion brands ... http://infomofo.blogsome.com/2006/02/28/thomas-pink-jumps-the-shark/