Apple ][gs & other stuff I geek out about

From the Apple ][gs to rooted HTC Android phones and everything I have obsessed over in between.

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

4 months ago - 14477

The focus seems to be more on watching a conversation occur and seeing a story happen rather than joining the conversation yourself (though you can still do that too, of course!). It’s a major shift in ideology, one that’s been a long time coming. And it makes sense, too; people are using Twitter less to say what they had for lunch and more to follow breaking news and high-level debate.

Gizmodo’s Casey Chan

Timeline: Steve Jobs, Final Cut and iMovie

timelinebook:

An excerpt from John Buck’s book - Timeline - available at Amazon or Apple.


There are no ifs, buts or maybes

Having delivered a keynote to the Mac faithful in January 1998, Steve Jobs presented the National Association of Broadcasters conference keynote address in Las Vegas.

6 months ago - 41
oldhollywood:

Akira Kurosawa sets up the shot of Toshiro Mifune’s death in Throne of Blood (1957) (via)
“In order to write scripts, you must first study the great novels and dramas of the world. You must consider why they are great. Where does the emotion come from that you feel as you read them? What degree of passion did the author have to have, what level of meticulousness did he have to command, in order to portray the characters and events as he did? You must read thoroughly, to the point where you can grasp all these things.”
-Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography 

oldhollywood:

Akira Kurosawa sets up the shot of Toshiro Mifune’s death in Throne of Blood (1957) (via)

“In order to write scripts, you must first study the great novels and dramas of the world. You must consider why they are great. Where does the emotion come from that you feel as you read them? What degree of passion did the author have to have, what level of meticulousness did he have to command, in order to portray the characters and events as he did? You must read thoroughly, to the point where you can grasp all these things.”

-Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography 

Is the Era of the Motorcycle Over?

Are motorcycles being replaced as love objects by electronic desirables, mostly those made by Apple?

6 months ago