2009

By Mack D. Male · August 30, 2009 at 11:27pm

Summer is nearly gone! At least we’re getting some warm weather to finish it off. Here are my weekly notes:

Went to see District 9 on Friday with Sharon. I’m not sure it lived up to the hype, but I did find it clever and entertaining. The shaky-cam I could have done without, however.
This is funny: the best out of office replies ever.
Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York sells the equivalent of one Mercedes-Benz C300 sedan per square foot – “Apple may be the highest grossing retailer ever on Fifth Avenue.”
Useful: Typedia, a shared encyclopedia of typefaces. Somewhat related: Ikea switched from Futura and Century Schoolbook to Verdana in the latest catalogue. And on the topic of Ikea, here’s the 1965 catalogue.
I had no idea there was a Singularity University, backed by Google and operating on NASA’s Silicon Valley campus. Cool stuff.
Sharon and I went to the Edmonton Corn Maze this weekend! It was fun! My photoset is here.

http://www.uggbootssale.org UGG Boots Sale

I’ve really enjoyed making videos for webmasters. In the most recent recording session, we decided that it would be fun to talk about some of the “hidden gems” of Google: features, products, or tips that you might not know about, but you might like
http://adamsnider.com Adam Snider

I’m surprised whenever I hear someone complain about the “shaky camera” in District 9. I didn’t think it was bad at all, especially when compared to Cloverfield (which I also enjoyed quite a bit).