brett's logjam http://brettpeters.org/log/ logjam: an immovable mass of floating logs, jumbled together, or Brett Peters' log. en-us brett@brettpeters.org 2007-12-20T10:23:16-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://brettpeters.org/img/logicon/laptop.png brett's logjam http://brettpeters.org/log/ 58 40 December 20, 2007 10:23 AM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/20/i-hereby-dub-this-grubers.html#4319 I hereby dub this Gruber’s Law of Apple Analysis:

“A good rule of thumb, by the way, is that the more a writer attributes the actions of Apple, an enormous corporation with thousands of talented employees, to Steve Jobs, who is just one man and neither an engineer nor a designer, the more likely the writer is an idiot, a hack, or both.”

]]> 4319@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-12-20T10:23:16-05:00 December 13, 2007 7:10 PM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/13/of-course-i-go-and.html#4311 Of course. I go and let my Flickr Pro account lapse, and Flickr goes and rolls out stats... but only for Pro members.

Grumble.

]]> 4311@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-12-13T19:10:21-05:00 December 12, 2007 10:55 PM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/12/from-why-are-you-reading.html#4309 From Why Are You Reading All That News?:

“The world won’t end without you knowing it. Trust me, your mom will call.”

This is very, very true. She will (and did.)

]]> 4309@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-12-12T22:55:35-05:00 December 9, 2007 6:39 AM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/09/shawn-blanc-has-begun-a.html#4298 Shawn Blanc has begun A Series of Reviews: Some of The Greatest Software Available For Your Mac that, based on his previous posts, will be well worth your (Mac-using) time.

Update: That was fast. NetNewsWire is already up!

]]> 4298@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-12-09T06:39:33-05:00 December 4, 2007 9:14 AM This Dame's 16, Going On 17 http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/04/this-dames-16-going-on-17.html#4288

(Via, via)

]]> 4288@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-12-04T09:14:34-05:00 December 2, 2007 9:38 AM Crossovers That Should Not Be http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/02/crossovers-that-should-not-be.html#4285 Crossovers That Should Not Be

Shopping at Target, I came across an entire line of Star Wars/ Transformers toys.

The hell?

I know that the Transformers line isn't big on continuity, but I think this is even more of a travesty than the X-Men/Star Trek novel I ran across a few years ago.

Because, you know, that was fan-fiction. This is merchandizing.

]]> 4285@http://brettpeters.org/log/ flickr.com/photos/btp Web Log 2007-12-02T09:38:18-05:00 November 16, 2007 8:08 PM Death By PowerPoint (and how to fight it) http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/11/16/death-by-powerpoint-and-how-to-fight-it.html#4274

Via Blackfriar's Marketing.

]]> 4274@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-11-16T20:08:50-05:00 October 27, 2007 1:57 PM When Pigs Fly http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/10/27/when-pigs-fly.html#4256 If you haven't read it already, may I recommend the long (but well-done) rant regarding the state of the music industry: When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

]]> 4256@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-10-27T13:57:24-05:00 May 22, 2007 8:35 PM The Civil War In Four Minutes http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/05/22/the-civil-war-i.html#3829

Via kottke. Also.

]]> 3829@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-05-22T20:35:47-05:00 February 13, 2007 9:59 PM Learn Along With Sesame http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/02/13/learn-along-wit.html#3550 Just saw this in the iTunes Store: 4 free episodes of “Learn Along Of Sesame” are now available for download:

I am seriously running out of disk space here, people! Enough with the free stuff!

]]> 3550@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-02-13T21:59:21-05:00 February 6, 2007 12:48 PM Enterprise on iTunes http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/02/06/enterprise-on-i-1.html#3540 Just saw this while picking up the iTunes Free Music Tuesday songs: the first season of Enterprise is now on iTunes.

I’m actually looking forward to cherry-picking the episodes instead of getting the whole series - mixed in among the gems are some real turkeys. (And I’m willing to skip almost all of the third season, Twilight excepted.)

]]> 3540@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-02-06T12:48:23-05:00 January 5, 2007 9:02 AM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/01/05/the-amateur-gou.html#3530 The Amateur Gourmet: We Begin In Bellingham.

]]> 3530@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-01-05T09:02:28-05:00 January 3, 2007 9:15 PM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/01/03/what-does-200-c.html#3526 What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

]]> 3526@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2007-01-03T21:15:39-05:00 December 31, 2006 1:35 PM http://brettpeters.org/log/2006/12/31/search-engine-l.html#3516 Search Engine Land: Fury Over Google’s Self Promotion & Wishing For Perspective:

]]>I really dislike other companies getting free passes when Google is held up to higher standards. Blake notes that Microsoft and Yahoo both do self-promotion, but he somehow thinks it’s Google that should be put on fire. I disagree. They all should be put up on fire. Singling out Google distorts the underlying argument. If it’s bad, it’s bad for any of them to do it, not because we love Google so much and are disappointed or because Google should be held to a higher standard.

Typically when Google gets burned, it gets burned because I feel people are too lazy to survey the entire competitive landscape and call for general across the board changes. It’s much easier to point at Google and say Google’s the leader, so I’m focusing on them.

Google News is a good example of this. I honestly want to puke if I have to hear another thing about Google News needing to be more transparent when Yahoo News provides the same or less transparency but no one squawks about that. Want an example of this? Check out the mini-debate I had with Dan Gillmor last year on the issue.

Picking up on the Google “tips” stuff, Smugmug dives in to declare “Google’s gone evil.” Really, because of these tips? I’d rather reserve the evil charge for more serious things like, I dunno, censorship in China.

]]> 3516@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2006-12-31T13:35:51-05:00 December 29, 2006 8:49 PM http://brettpeters.org/log/2006/12/29/dinosaur-comics-1.html#3512 Dinosaur Comics: Resolution One.

]]> 3512@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Web Log 2006-12-29T20:49:29-05:00