http://poly.chromatic.net/blog A clean, well-lighted place for me to blather Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/05/11/kittens-on-a-treadmill/ I'm watching Season 3 of Lost on abc.com. Every 12 minutes or so you have to watch between 15-20 seconds of ads to advance to the next segment. Not too shabby I suppose. The entire movie player is wrapped in the advertisers messaging on top of a commercial slot. Also not ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/05/11/wasted-advertising/ I had one on Saturday morning. Not as bad as I thought it would be, still no walk in the park (or walking anywhere for that matter. I can't exactly bend at the waist at the moment). Don't even know what the scar looks like yet, as it's quite sealed up. ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/05/05/appendectomy/ Your interface is a serious stinker. Great idea moving off of iTunes. Gives you a chance to showcase that stinker of an interface *and* force me to listen to the same commercial over and over and over again. Are your advertisers totally hooking you up for that? Because after hearing ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/27/dear-nbccom-on-demand-video/ No awesome news at this point. While I continue to appreciate the user interface overall, and the beautiful industrial design, I am no longer in love with this product. You can start with my honeymoon review (#1), and my 3 month slump review (#2) here before reading this (my 3rd) ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/27/tomtom-920t-gps-review-part-the-third/ There has been a design related tempest in a pisspot on gaming websites recently, making fun of (and in some idiotic cases being outraged by) Capcom's Okami Wii Cover artwork oopsie. This post by GayGamer sums it up: Wow, I can't believe I didn't notice this when it happened. Recently, it ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/25/designers-fpo-plzkthx/ After over 4 months of mum, I can finally talk about what I'm working on: the Yahoo! OS (open strategy). To be even more specific, managing the design team for the end-user experience of the Yahoo! Application Platform (and more than a little hands-on interaction design, given the scope and ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/25/yay-i-can-finally-talk-about-what-im-working-on/ I wondered what the hell this was... I was hitting the 101/280 North/South split at 730 and it was clear 280 South was stopped cold. Effing freaky. Last night a 27-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the 280. This is the second freeway killing in less than a ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/10/sfist-fatal-shooting-on-280/ Has anyone ever bought something from Frontgate before? ("Outfitting America's Finest Homes"). I haven't, and some of their stuff looks cute and innovative. I get the feeling it's cute and innovative in the same way as Sharper Image: Looks awesome in the catalog, turns out to be made of hollow ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/08/1169/ .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Gps solution for beetle, originally uploaded by erikgibb. I bought a new VW Bug this weekend (photos to come) ... in the mean time, I'm posting a fun DIY hack for ... http://poly.chromatic.net/blog/2008/04/07/gps-solution-for-beetle/