Monkinetic Weblog

So, perhaps I should rename this site to "That-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Updated". ;-)

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Originally uploaded by redmonk.

My desk at work. The closest I could come to making the Windows PC bearable was put R.E.M. on the desktop and my Apple/Mac totems nearby.

OMG, the countdown to Sept 26 continues. Witness White and Nerdy (some tidbits on Wikipedia), Weird Al's new single from Straight Outta Lynwood. Look for a cameo from Seth Green (as an action figure collector, which he really is) and an inspired appearance by Donny Osmond (and probably others).

(Geekery ahead)

"have all your geek buddies messed up iTunes or something?"

Well, one thing that may happen is you may begin wonder what a mashup with snippets of interviews by Terri Gross on Fresh Air and say, Green Day (perhaps something from American Idiot) might sound like...

I must remember to download this on the home machine: Hazel, a wonderful-looking rule-based system maintenance app for OS X.

I'm working on a set of shell scripts at work to aid in deploying projects to our dev server and a test environment, as well as update a network database with information about the releases... and I'm having naming issues.

While looking for advice in trying to develop a solid grid for designing a css-based layout for a site, I ran across this awesome visual grid by Andy Budd that can be set as a background on your design to show you pixel measurements on the page. He's also got a bookmarket so you can apply the grid to any design you're working on with a single click. W00!

While reading blogHelper's post about using Wordpress as a CMS, I noticed the menu of views in the upper right corner. You can select "normal" (blog style), "discussions" (most commented posts), "book" (all posts arranged into a hierarchical book structure), or "best" (highest rated posts). I thought this was a very clever and interesting way to expose users to various aspects of the content.

Sound Opinions - Listen Critically- I can't find now where I got a link to these guys, but Sound Opinionsis a rock and roll *talk show* (sweet!) on Chigago Public Radio. It's excellent,geeky stuff, and it's a nice antidote to most music radio.

Scott Adams, the creator of the way-too-like-real-life comic Dilbert, also has a blog and has commented a few times on the colloquially named "Middle East Crisis" (with surprising lucidity and insight). Today he discusses how both sides can be claiming victory, and gets a bit into cultural matters over there.

OMG. Star Trek Inspirational Posters.

So, most of us Mac users don't care about a developer conference, right?

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A co-worker, Lee points out that Intel just posted info on new Core 2 Duo desktop and Core 2 Extreme processors. Looks pretty ripe for a new Mac Pro to replace the (cliche alert) aging G5 desktops, perhaps?

UPDATE: Mac Pro, yes, but Xeon based. W00!

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A co-worker, Lee points out that Intel just posted info on new Core 2 Duo desktop and Core 2 Extreme processors. Looks pretty ripe for a new Mac Pro to replace the (cliche alert) aging G5 desktops, perhaps?

UPDATE: Mac Pro, yes, but Xeon based. W00!