So are you in my 365 class? Yeah? Well this is for you…

I don’t know where you can get this shirt from, but I would really like to know. Found the image on Flickr

I am kind of torn on articles like this. I realize photoshop/illustrator is a very useful tool for producing designs. A necessary tool, even. I also realize that Imageready/Fireworks are needed to compress the images to make them web friendly. I’m not above using Dreamweaver when needed to bang out a quick design or two as well… but call me old fashioned. I don’t like the XHTML/CSS output by design tools like Imageready.

Using the argument that this is for mockups/prototypes will only get you so far, in my opinion. Why not just send a JPG? An HTML page with a JPG placed on it? A flash prototype, anything… why am I so against this… I guess it’s cuz I know most people just won’t go up and clean up the CSS or the HTML and we’ll just end up witha junk markup, non semantic, non search engine friendly page.

Dreamweaver 9, you better be good!

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So, I haven’t really played a Zelda games since LOZII:The Adventure of Link. Sure I have dabbled a bit with Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker. So a couple of weeks ago I gave in to temptation and bought The Twighlight Princess for my Wii. And like these glowing reviews, I’m in gaming heaven.

Aside from a couple annoying little platform-y segments where you have to jump like a madman, everything is just so cool. The combat, characters, the art, the controls. Just great. I feel like I might have been the last person on earth to buy this, but if you have a Wii and you don’t already have this. Go buy it. It’s fantastic.

After watching this video with monkey-boy Steve Ballmer, I was basically convinced.

What a tool.

The list is hilarious, but I feel they missed a couple of my favorites.

1. Good guys use Macs, bad guys use PCs.
2. Fingerprint scanning systems have really cool GUIs that show not only the print they are currently scanning, but also the number of matching points and the photo of the person the print is currently being compared against, for just a split second.
3. No one uses windows. Everyone uses some sort of OS developed by a Flash developer or some sort of KDE/Gnome theme.
4. When you connect to a remote system you have to call it something cool, like “uplinking”, or “jacking in”.
5. Even broadband connected computers have to go through a connection routine akin to dialing in via modem.
6. All systems at CTU have keyloggers and remote access/VNC on them.

Whenever I watch TV with my wife and I notice these, I usually can’t help but let out an amused snort.

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So, I promise this blog will not degenerate into me gushing about my kid. (Soon to be kids after Liam gets here in March.)

But, I did spend the last couple of weekends working pretty dilligently on my daughter’s new room. My Dad helped paint, too. I think it turned out really well. Mommy did the decorating. Here’s a little taste of the room and what it’s occupant thinks…

What do you think? Check it out.

I have had about 3-4 blogs that never really got off the ground. Blogspot, movabletype, a couple other platforms, etc… Just never had the motivation to write. This time will hopefully be different. Hopefully.