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The Future is Amazing

Joel — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:18:48 +0000

And we’re living it right now.

Here’s why:

My Grandma on my Dad’s side is not the most computer savvy person around. Actually, neither is Grandma on Mom’s side, but that’s not the point. Grandma lives in and owns a duplex. The people downstairs moved out and now she needs to put an ad out. She called me and asked me to put something together for her that looked nice and would stand out from the other For Rent signs at the college where she was going to post it.

Of course I said “yes”.

Using iChat I initiated Screen Sharing so she could see my screen while I put it together. Then when everything was looking perfect I emailed her the PDF. THEN I initiated Screen Sharing so I could see/control her computer to help her print it. After she had printed it we had a nice video chat to catch up and so she could show me the final product.

All of this has been possible through to do for awhile with various technologies but iChat pulls them all together and makes it so easy that even Grandma can do it.

Scott Pilgrim Remix

Joel — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:14:35 +0000

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet:

Lisa Frank’d

Joel — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:43:13 +0000

I found this cool desktop and spiffy icons and combined them to make the ultimate Lisa Frank Inspired Theme!!!

In Shambot news, I changed the auto-resize width for the medium and large sized images. Large now perfectly fits the width (580px) of this theme without breaking it and medium (290px) is half the width of large.

sometimes there are cats

Joel — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:33:36 +0000

Space belly rubs! Genencor will always be my hero, I dream that one day he will sweep me off my feet and take me away to the suburbs of the late 60s were he can be a retired space cat, and I, his wife space human.

Star Wars iPad-Briefing

Joel — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:05:30 +0000

Aussie Works it Harder

Joel — Mon, 31 May 2010 18:59:44 +0000

There is another universe in which me and this guy are best friends.

Wata Wakas

Joel — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:00:15 +0000

Just watch through to the end.

Lego Auto Bridge

Joel — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:00:50 +0000

This busy guy is modeled after a AVLB (Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge) and it’s pretty fancy. The video is a little long so feel free to skip around a bit, cool stuff.

May 4th, A Long Time Ago

Joel — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:15:37 +0000

(Chance, I’m sorry for upstaging your serious thing, and you’re welcome for the Star Wars thing.)

Losers – ‘Flush’ feat Riz MC & Envy

Joel — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:07:46 +0000

This is an amazing video. I suggest HD and fullscreen because there’s so much detail, but it’s good either way.

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Joel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:52:15 +0000

This is a little on the long side, but it’s really good. (i just listened to the audio while working)

ITS FRIDAYDAY!

Joel — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:53:22 +0000

Joel Post-mania! Three days in a row, I’m getting good.

This comic is from Lefthandedtoons.com which is hilarious and in the same vein as Toothpaste For Dinner or Natalie Dee. (funny, poorly drawn cartoons)

Also, if anyone isn’t familiar with Bill’s consistant Friday Facebook posts you should really check it out.

I’m Tellin All Ya’ll It’s Galactica!

Joel — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:11 +0000

I really wish that show was still on, Caprica is good but I don’t love it as much.

Color Test This, biatch!

Joel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:36:29 +0000

Apparently I have perfect color vision! MCAD probably helped out with that… Try it for yourself! – http://www.xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq

Let the narcissism begin

Joel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:21:17 +0000