Archive for March, 2005

10 Pieces! A HeadPerformance Record!

Mar 8, 2005 greatThingsThatPeopleDo

A Rabbit named Oolong with 10 Cookies (crackers?) on his Head

Cute? Yes. Cruel? Unclear. His owner says this:

Oolong is so calm and patient — he never gets angry when I take pictures of him. When I put various objects on his head, he stays still for a minute. This is just a result of an intimate relationship between me and Oolong. The main theme of my site is not to show these ‘headperformance’ links, and it’s not my hope to propagandize nothing but the strangeness of his headperformance over the world. Oolong’s headperformance– many foreigners seem to feel it ‘crazy’, but Japanese people feel it just cute and funny. It is the difference of international feeling.

Hmm.

Page 123

Mar 7, 2005 pollsAndSurveys

  1. Grab the nearest book.
  2. Open the book to page 123.
  3. Find the fifth sentence.
  4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog (or in my comments if you don’t have one) along with these instructions.
  5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest

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Jef Raskin

Mar 2, 2005 thingsThatHappened

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Jef Raskin, creator of the Macintosh, inventor of click-and-drag selection, author of The Humane Interface, and human interface design guru, passed away on February 26th.

Let us reflect for a moment on the legacy he began:

Apple History.

Thanks for changing the world, Jef. Rest in peace.