Archive for January, 2009
Legacy Issues
Jan 30th
Future Legacy
I’m going to talk a little about Legacy issues and my problem with them.
In a word: E V E R Y T H I N G
In case anyone is wondering what a Legacy issue would be let me paint a little picture. I’m in the process of putting together documentation that explains a new way of guiding a user through a specific application. I’ve changed some of the interaction, I’ve changed a some of the visuals and I’ve changed the language. I’ve gotten all the way to the point where the concept looks like a banana whereas the original More >
Sifting through the junk folder
Jan 29th
What is in here?
Has anyone out there ever gone through their junk folder in email? First off, lots of respect to Gmail for their filtering system – I stopped using Hotmail back in 02 mostly because of over-spammage and I’ve never had that problem since moving over to Gmail. So what’s in the Junk folder today?
First off, I never check this thing – EVER, so the count has gotten up to 140 unread. I think Gmail holds onto them for a week and then purges like a high school cheerleader.
#1 – David Sweet has emailed me announcing that he can More >
Stephen Chow Drops Out?
Jan 28th
The Green Hornet and Kato
I just read that Stephen Chow – the Chinese version of Ben Stiller only not a douche with a famous dad and actually funny, has dropped out from directing his first North American feature. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, Stephen Chow was set to direct and star in the Green Hornet! Chow of course would have been playing Kato – the role so perfectly created and played by the late Bruce Lee.
Can you imagine how great that would have been to have the Green Hornet directed by the same More >
I wanna watch Fanboys!
Jan 27th
Fanboys!
I just read that Fanboys is actually opening in some theatres next week! In case you have no idea what I’m talking about, Fanboys has been one of the most famous movies in the last 5 years that has yet to be released. Starring Kristen Bell, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler and a crap load of nerd superstars like William Shatner and Carrie Fisher, this movie has been put through the ringer so many times.
From what I can gather it’s only being shown in a select few American cities and if it does well – which is will, it’ll go wide-release. More >
Office Life – Again….
Jan 26th
My ability to empathize with this image is scary.
So all 2 of your that follow the Bloated Penguin (thanks mom and that creepy guy who stares at my picture in the About section) know that I’ve actually bitten the bullet and gone back to a 9-5 job.
BTW – if anyone knows the emoticon for “well… fuck” that would be great.
Anyways, I’ve started working at Sage software where I’ve been tasked write… wait for it…. HELP CONTENT FOR ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE. I know, coming from an online gambling background this is kind of like the Arctic to my sunny beach on Cabo. More >
Latest Amazon Shopping Cart
Jan 25th
This month's shopping cart
I share a brutal love-hate relationship with Amazon. Over the past few years they have been my online shopping source of choice. They provide everything from books and DVD’s to video games and now hardware. I love it some days because I can find pretty much anything there without having to jump into a transit situation and sift my way through a terrible suburban shopping center. I hate it because it’s nerd-crack. They’re Amazon-y way of “suggesting” items after you have purchased something is evil and brilliant at the same time.
Amazon – “Oh – You just bought More >
Penguins and Beez – I live in a Zoo
Jan 24th
Killahbeez.com
Interesting title huh? Well to explain a bit more I was contacted by the nice folks over at Killahbeez.com to help out as a contributor. To what capacity? I’m not sure yet, I’ll probably find out more tomorrow and I’ll let everyone know. Our initial talks have basically swung the way of the force – meaning they have asked me to start off writing about anything and everything nerd. Basically what you’ve been seeing here.
So starting in a little bit you can find a few posts a week by me (The Bloated Penguin) over at Killahbeez attempting to be clever and More >
Sent from my…
Jan 23rd
Sent from my iphone and crackberry
I’m sure most people out there who are reading this are aware of this little communication tool call Email (pronounced Ee-May-Yal) so some of you might be able to share my gripe with this. I work out of my home office (okay, it’s really my laptop while I’m still in bed) and I get a lot of emails from clients on the go.
“Scott – I need you to write this”
“Dude, I’m in a bind – Gimme some words”
“How do you spell die-area again?”
The work I LOVE, but the email tags I can’t stand. Countless times More >
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