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May
29
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It looks like Apple is starting to use its new HTML wrapper for NSSearchField on the Tiger download pages. It’s been creeping its way into a few Mac-centric sites, but to see it on Apple’s corporate page is kind of surprising.
Is this the work of an overzealous designer, mad with power? A mandate from on high? Beats me, though I do think it’s funny that it actually looks better in Firefox. In the Firefox rendering, it’s built the old-fashioned way, with regular images for the endcaps. In the Safari rendering, it looks like the custom widget is competing with something, and Safari flakes out when it tries to paint the focus ring.
It’s worth noting that Apple could have easily left it a plain input box, with no endcaps, and have the pretty rounded edges appear only in Safari. They didn’t, so it’s clear that whoever made this cares at least a little about the cross-browser experience. Hopefully the widget will even find its way into a standard someday. So for now, this really isn’t that big of a deal, or any kind of omen. Let’s hope it stays that way when Dashboard 2.0 comes along.
May
12
What I have heard
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She thinks the monkey is the Sultan.
Aladdin, Aladdin
Hey, Yuri, don’t smush packages…what are you, kidding me?
DHL Commercial
There is no end to the hilarity.
Dave Barry, Dave Barry’s Guide To Computers
I’ll just switch the tapes, and none will be the wiser!
Homestar Runner
Nice kid, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
Foghorn Leghorn
But what about the rabbits, George?
Lenny, Of Mice and Men
Do me a personal favor. Take the pen.
Jack Klompus, Seinfeld, “The Pen”
Sure, I heard of grits. I just never actually seen a grit before.
Vinny, My Cousin Vinny
Narf!
Pinky, Pinky And The Brain
Poit!
Pinky, Pinky And The Brain
Troz!
Pinky, Pinky And The Brain
Zort!
Pinky, Pinky And The Brain
A Jose Conseco bat?
Raphael, TMNT
R17 is not a fixed velocity, but it is clearly far too fast.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Is everybody in this goddamn house named Bobby Ricigliano?
Ricardo, Made
Yeah. That’s my per diem. So who do I give it to?
Ricky Slade, Made
I’m going to make Gretzky’s head bleed for Super Fan Number 99 over here.
Trent, Swingers
Michael, is he clean? Invite him in for cocktails.
Trent, Swingers
Are you Jimmy Ray?
Jimmy Ray, “Are You Jimmy Ray?”
I am beyond a user—the PowerBook never leaves a 6-foot radius of my body.
Alton Brown
That ain’t workin’. That’s the way you do it. You play the guitar on the MTV.
Dire Straits, “Money For Nothing”
I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind.
Principal Rooney, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?
Wayne Brady, Chappelle’s Show
No, I think it’s the opposite of funny. I think it’s…wood.
Cory, Boy Meets World
What does God need with a starship?
James Kirk, Star Trek V
You don’t know where I’ve been, Lou. You don’t know where I’ve been!
Tyler Durden, Fight Club
An ordinary personal computer makes Macintosh even easier to understand.
Mac Ad, c. 1984
Gotta rock the screen with cosine graphing on my calculator.
Five Iron Frenzy, “You Can’t Handle This”
It’s easy to be a saint in paradise.
Sisko, ST:DS9, “The Maquis, Part II”
Ah, what do you know from funny?
White Guy In Barber Shop, Coming To America
One, two, three, fourteen.
Bono, “Vertigo”
I say there, monstrosity, do you know the times?
Homestar Runner, SB Email 119
The universe is a spheroid region 705 meters in diameter.
Ship’s Computer, ST:TNG, “Remember Me”
I will try some of your burned, replicated bird meat.
Kurn, ST:TNG, “Sins Of The Father”
Don’t panic.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Rupert, did you call that engineer at Lockheed yet?
Stewie, Family Guy, “Brian: Portrait Of A Dog”
You’re too late. We’re everywhere.
Changeling, ST:DS9, “The Adversary”
Muffins are surprisingly high in calories. The pyramids were built by Sears.
Frink Sr., The Simpsons, “Treehouse of Horror XIV”
You know what Frank said? Joe Louis is 137 years old. 137 years old!
Barber, Coming to America
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?
Steven Wright
But it wasn’t a rock—it was a rock lobster!
The B-52s, “Rock Lobster”
May
11
Why Menu Key Equivalents Shouldn t Autorepeat
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FYI, the shortcut for the new dictionary panel in OS X is ^ D, not D. Took me two tries to realize that.
