| So a few minutes ago I hit (install now) on the latest of many apple software updates that iTunes and Quicktime require.
I hit "install now" because Quicktime plays .mov files and streams movie trailers to me, and itunes fills my iPod's heart with love. Usually this gives me a little feature I never knew I wanted to think I needed, or it fixes some problems I didn't have. Either way, fine with me.
This time; THIS TIME it installed fucking Safari.
I fired it up out of curiosity (and the fact that running it on a windows machine is kind of like making a pig eat bacon). Let me tell you this: Apple does a lot of things right, but Safari is not one of those things.
Safari's aim, I've gathered, is to abuse your eyes so horribly that you are forced to go out and dance in silhouette or take digital photos and easily upload them to who gives a shit.
Black on grey?! Dark grey?! Also, what's with the weird fake anti-aliasing smudgy text thing? I turned the 'font smoothing' all the way down and the font (lame ass helvetica knock-off, as always. thanks steve.) is still smudgy. it's a little bit jaggy here in my friend firefox, but at least it doesn't feel like i forgot my glasses.
i didn't get as far as testing plug-ins or anything (ideal being, of course, zero effort).
why did they think i wanted this?
there also doesn't seem to be any way of knowing what it's doing, it has a progress bar up top, but a browser should tell you what's happening, where a link will take you, and if it's running scripts. If you're not using safari right now, look to the lower left, it should say "done", hover your mouse over one of the links on this page and it will tell you where it takes you.
i have safari in my ipod also, but i thought it just sucked because it was mobile, as it turns out, it's exactly the same thing in full size.
this is actually disappointing, Apple's products are usually (if anything) quite pretty.
on the positive side, I do like the progress bar inside the address bar. | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment   |
| there's a show on the history chanel right now about 9-11 conspiracies.
I would like to say that if you believe in ANY 9-11 conspiracy theory (other than the conspiracy to crash planes into buildings), you are a total moron.
The people on this show are complete shitheads, and you are too if you agree with them.
Also, don't buy an hd-dvd player. The game is over, buy a Blu-Ray player if anything.
Also, Battlestar is awesome.
that's all. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| If you enjoy the following, DO NOT see 'The Golden Compass':
-The book entitled 'The Golden Compass'
-Films
-Storytelling of any sort
In closing; What the shit?!
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a rubber band.
To quote the most accurate review I've seen;
"The final sad joke is this: Weitz took a wonderful story about the danger of severing a soul from its otherwise empty body and did that very thing to his source." | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| apollo sunshine is not very good, live or otherwise.
bang camaro is foolish but epically awesome!
band of horses is ok, i guess.
wolf parade has two singers. now i know why i don't like half of their songs.
neko case is kinda boring*.
the yeah yeah yeahs were great.
guster was apparently put on the bill as a mistake, and as usual, sucked badly (that's right! guster sucks ass!)
modest mouse was fantabulous, much better live than i had previously experienced with them. and johnny marr still stands and plays exactly the same way as he ever did. also, their setlist was perfect.
now i'm tired because the above took about 10 hours.
*very boring
edit: the event was sponsored by VW. The new R32 is much less cool than the old one, but the new passat 4motion sport is awesome. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| 1. The work is too important and we're no longer young, after all.
2. You go your way and I'll go mine, But my way's better and it took less time.
3. If you dont mind your mother's words, a wicked wind will blow the ribbons from your curls.
4. how quivering and fierce we were, simmering like birds.
5. And stated that it's never ever been better than this.
6. You might think he loves you for your money, but I know what he really loves you for
7. i'm the son of a flower that grows on afghani blood
8. and when i traded a smoke for a food stamp dollar
9. what you said is a god damned lie there’s plenty left to lose
10. it was a sea side town they forgot to close down. | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
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