srs.business

Fonts are just my type of thing

Annoyed — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:42 +0000

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More than any political issue, I will vote for the candidate that decress that double-spaces after periods and colons are anti-american and give aid and comfort to our enemies
Surly
we don’t fucking used monospaced fonts. It’s not goddamn necessary.
Surly
I’d twitter this, but I work with some commie-terrarist-double-spacing-traitors
Annoyed
You type guys are weird.
Surly
Don’t make me kill you too when the revolution comes
Annoyed
The revolution of what? Obsessive font nerds who are angry about the way that every normal person in the world types?
Surly
goddammit. FIRST AGAINST THE WALL!
Surly
it’s only “normal” because a billion y ears ago, people used typewriters that didn’t use proportionally spaced typefaces
Annoyed
Are you saying this thing on my lap isn’t a typewriter?
Surly
That’s what I’m saying.
Annoyed
Bananaphone.
Surly
iSolitaire for iPhone rocks ass

Barack Obama doesn’t care about Black Liberation Theology (or does he?)

Annoyed — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:37:16 +0000

Surly
i’m also fucking tired of hearing Hillary and everyone bitch about Rev. Wright and Obama’s relationship with him (or whatever)
Surly
Have you watched Rev. Wright’s speech on YouTube that everyone is bitching about? It’s fucking rad.
Annoyed
i’m just sad obama broke with the only part of his campaign that was interesting to me
Surly
It just scares the shit out of white people, especially when picked in pieces
Annoyed
he’s a student of James Cone and other liberation theologians
Surly
yeah
Surly
It’s not totally clear to me that Obama has broke with him, just one comments that people got huffy about. He seems to have actually tried to put the whole speech in larger context. He’s been handling it pretty well, all things considered
Surly
hahah … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/23/sean-hannity-confronted-o_n_92961.html

Annoyed
well, he’s also been removed from obama’s campaign
Surly
really?
Surly
I didn’t know he was officially part of it actually. Just was gonna give a speech at one point and Obama was part of his church
Annoyed
nope, he was part of a committee and was asked to leave i believe
Surly
ahh
Surly
well, that blows. If understandable, but blows.
Surly
It’s interesting to google “obama wright”. there are some crazy fuckheads out there in mainstream media positions
Annoyed
yeah
Annoyed
i mean, he questioned our innocence in 9/11
Annoyed
of course he’s some crazy nigger in the eyes of terrified white america now
Surly
yeah
Annoyed
Naturally, Turner has got a blustery warning for us all: “Another big difference is that I am perfectly willing to use force and violence against my enemies while Sean Hannity and others are not. Those using me as a prop to attack Sean Hannity would do well to remember this fact. Rest assured I will remember them when the opportunity presents itself; especially as it pertains to that douche bag sodomite Max Blumenthal for the falsehoods and total trash he wrote about me in ‘The Nation’ magazine.”
Surly
they also cut up that statement when they first presented to make it sound more radical than it actually was
Surly
it’s amazing how much that has been happening
Surly
haha…christ
Annoyed
yeah, well its not surprising. obama is going to get some pretty amazing hackjobs. He’s a politically minded black man who grew up in the 70s. he’s probably got some associations that scare the shit out of the honkys
Surly
yeah, no shit
Annoyed
what’s pathetic is that even those people who are behind Obama’s “CHANGE” slogan are totally leaving him out to dry.
Annoyed
I guess the fact that Clinton is going batshit insane will be what propels him to true victory
Surly
Yeah. Although his recent speeches on race and the Iraq war have been pretty good. One talent he seems to have is to keep his foot out of his mouth and/or recover quickly.
Surly
Which allows him to reframe the debate onto things that are relevant to an election.
Annoyed
yeah. I just hope he doesn’t fall into the whole “BRING THEM HOME” trap, because man oh man that’s a bad idea.
Surly
that’s rare, considering all the time spent on candidate A or rep. from Canditate A. saying something retarded or having something taken out of context and then spending way too much brain/media space parsing that “gaffe”
Surly
Clinton seems particularly horrible at this
Surly
and has gotten worse
Surly
although it’s not clear to me that the voting public cares. If negative campaigning and stupid sound-byte arguments didn’t work, they wouldn’t use them I guess
Surly
I think Obama is a vessel
Annoyed
That’s true. People are far less concerned with a candidate’s ability to address substantive issues than with their ability to shit talk
Annoyed
a vessel for black jesus?
Surly
for some reason, his charisma is such that people tend to project onto him
Surly
like, he represents something to a lot of people, even though his platform isn’t particularly radical
Annoyed
EXACTLY
Annoyed
and, the majority of supporters don’t know what his platform IS
Annoyed
they only know his charisma and attitude (and his attractiveness)
Surly
I don’t think that’s bad, but it’s interesting to watch. Clinton was like that too, I think.
Surly
Bill, that is
Annoyed
Well, it’s just sad that the same people who were standing outside San Quentin protesting an execution are now hanging Obama signs in their cars even though he’s not anti-Capital Punishment across the board
Annoyed
its little things like that that make me question his campaign and the people supporting him
Surly
I do think Obama is genuinely left of Hillary and a lot of Dems on the war, healthcare, worker’s rights, etc. though. I do think he’s the most progressive candidate outside of Dean that has a shot of winning in a long time
Surly
yeah, that’s true
Annoyed
That’s true, he’s just not the CHANGE that his supporters present him as.
Surly
I think it’s a fact, though, that most leftists aren’t radicals nor are they single-issue. SF politics aside, most leftists identify as Dems and vote against the Republicans at the national level
Surly
yeah, it’s sloganeering
Surly
i’m starved. gonna run out to get a sammidge then come back to “work”

iPhone therefore iTool

Annoyed — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 03:32:59 +0000

Annoyedi love the new meme of “the iphone costs 2,000 dollars because of the calling plan”
Annoyedsrsly, fuck the internerds
Surlyyeah
Surlyso if we amortize cell phone costs over two years as the metric
Surlythen really, it barely costs more than any other phone
Annoyedyup
Surlyfucking intertarded
Annoyedlike, i wonder how these people buy anything
Annoyedor rent
SurlyThe iPhone has melted the bits of the brain that DIGG hadn’t already consumed
Surlyor breathe
Annoyed“I would get an apartment, but over a year it’s going to cost me 7,200 dollars a year.”
Annoyed“i might as well just live in a busstop”
Annoyed“it’s cheaper”
Surlyheh
Surlyyeah, it’s fucking weird

…and thus a monster was borne.

Annoyed — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:52:13 +0000

SurlyiPhone’s AJAX SDK: No, thank you.
SurlyWil shipley nuts out
Surly“Us programming in AJAX while Apple programs in real OS X is basically a case of Apple not eating its own dogfood, except that JavaScript isn’t dogfood, it’s dog shit.”
Surlywell, not nuts out but basically got drunk and went “Hey, I’m Will Fucking Shipley”
Annoyedhaha
SurlyI’m just guessing
Surlylike Frank Miller’s “I’m the goddamn Batman” nonsense, I figure Shipley tells people “I’m goddamn Delicious”
Surlyor something
AnnoyedWill SHIPLEY, not wheaton, you fools.
Surlyha ha
Surlyomygod, that would be hilarious
AnnoyedI feel like maybe there should be a UI guideline against burning up a bunch of the screen on widgets that are worse than useless, except maybe not because it is SO DAMN OBVIOUS THAT RUNNING AN APPLICATION INSIDE A BROWSER IS AN INFERIOR USER EXPERIENCE.
Surlyya
AnnoyedJavaScript was thrown together by some dudes a couple years ago to make web pages kind of, like, do shit and stuff.
Surlygood stuff
Annoyed…he’s such a tool
Surlyhe is, but he’s a tool with influence
Surlyand really, the whole online apps vs. desktop apps holy war that is apparently going on is beyond fucking boring
Annoyedyeah
Surlybut whatever, he does have some points
Annoyedits like. “we all know that online apps suck. move on. So does apple.”
SurlyI think Will Shipley and whomever else should should have a cagematch with the 37Signals crew and whoever else and be done with it
Annoyedlike…i really do think apple should have just said “no apps fer you!”
Surlybecause seriously, I don’t fucking care about your nerd politics
Annoyedoh man. backpackers are STOOOKED i’m sure
Surlythey should have been wishy washy, that’s for sure
Surlyshouldn’t, that is… not be wishy washy with the whole “we’re working on” thing
Surlyand then dropping the WWDC bomb
Annoyedyeah
Surlyhttp://www.red-sweater.com/blog/370/wil-shipley-iphone-sdk
Surlychrist he’s getting around
Surlywell, at least it’s a more interesting converstation than OMG, BATTERY
AnnoyedDID YOU HERE YOU CNT REMOOV IT?
SurlySEE< APPLE JUS WANTS TO SCREW YOU CAUSE MY TREO HAZ BATTERIEZ
SurlyPENIS
SurlyI should probably turn of IM logging
Surlyjust a thought
Annoyedhahaha
Annoyedtrue story - i love leopard’s dock
Annoyedbecause it could be sitting on a reflective turd
Surlyha ha
Annoyedthe springable folders make it USEFUL
Surlyoh yea
Annoyedfor the first time in 8 years
Surlytotally
Surlyand stacks was cooler than I initially thought
Annoyedyeah
Surlybut spring-loaded … christ, I would seriously pay whatever Apple asked just for that
Annoyedyeah.
Annoyedalthough the new window shadows make drawers look HORRIBLE
Annoyedi hope everyone changes their shit
Surlyyeah
Surlythe huge drop shadow and lighter inactive windows make it kind of jarring when you bring a new app to the front
Surlyit’s kind of like “hey, did you see that flash”
Surlyit’s weird
Surlyshouldnt’ inactive windows be dimmer, not lighter than front windows?
Surlyand with the big shadow, it’s like “was jus happened…dizzy”
Annoyedi think that’s just gonna take time
Annoyedi kinda like having everything be the darker unified
Annoyedits less painful on the eyes
Surlyoh, i agree
Surlyit mostly is am improvement in apps
Annoyedand will require people to ditch the aqua icons in toolbars
Annoyedwhereas the lighter color, you can skate by with older-style icons
Surlyyeah, which is the only thing I find unfortunate
SurlyI think with the button style, there are going to be a lot more crappy looking icons
Surlybut whatever, I guess
Annoyedhmm..i dunno. i think at some point there may be a “unification of buttons”
Annoyedlike, why make new back/forth arrows?
Annoyedor new homebutton?
Surlytrue
Surlyit’s fucking clear that we are in the wrong business
Annoyedf’srs.
Surlyif John Gruber can be a “pro” blogger
Annoyedhonestly i’d love to fucking blog for a living so much.
Surlythan clearly we could have, like, a public Campfire chatroom and charge people to watch us talk about Wil Shipley
Annoyedbasically we could just talk on IM all day
Annoyedand post that
Annoyedhaha
SurlyXACTLY
AnnoyedDAMN WE ARE AMAZING
Surly“today, Justin and Travis are going to talk about how crazy Shipley is”
Annoyedmaybe we should put up a website called “shit we know things about”
Surly“by comparing him to Frank Miller’s Batman in the oft delayed ASBAR”
Surly“also, John Gruber is a douche”
Surlyit would totally sell
Annoyed“Infinite Loop sucks.”
Surlyi peed a little
Surlythere’s got to be a business model there
Annoyedin peeing?
Annoyedprobably