How I Waste My Precious Time

The blog of Jeff Hottinger, spouting BS as usual.

Category: Technology

Changed my mind about the CS3 icons

In response to my Dad’s curiousity about some people talking about the new CS3 icons (one didn’t like them and linked to Adam Betts’s replacements: Betts CS3) I wrote this: Good question. Icons are a passionate topic for many Mac users. Mac icons have always been better than Windows icons, with the capability of being [...]

Fresh Scout Widget (and test)

This little guy is not quite done yet, but I made a widget for Tonia’s Fresh Scout website. I should probably tell her exactly how to post it too, so that’s half the reason I am putting it here instead of with my other Widget in the downloads area … if that’s even still there.

Learn to Program (finally!)

Most of the nerds I hang around with are obsessed with computers but can’t code at all past a webpage. Yesterday I found a free PDF at CocoaLab about programing for OS X that doesn’t assume you already know how to program. They’ve also started up a Wiki on the topic.

At least someone is paying attention

It’s hard to beat John Gruber’s opening clause here: I’ve been up to my ears in jackassery lately, -> but it’s nice to see someone in the media effectively acting like a watchdog these days. It’s not just Gruber, either. Lately there seems to be a lot of independent but popular writers in the Mac [...]

Zunerific

I can’t decide which is better: I also think that this zune logo is almost cool, but it doesn’t make sense in three dimensional space. What are those vertical lines right down the center? Are they supposed to be diagonal cross bars on the top and bottom horizontal planes, or are they vertical supports on [...]