PewPew 2.0 - Blogs about culture

April Fools' Day Round Up.

Here's a round up of all the April Fools' Day jokes that I found out about today.

• Hillary challenges Barack to a bowl-off to settle the Democratic nomination. (She did this - but only as a joke.)
• Google partners with Virgin to populate Mars. I particularly like the name "Virgle".
• sells Super Pii Pii Bros. ThinkGeek always puts on a great show for the internet's holiday. Feel free to buy anything from while you're there.

1 comment(s).

Permalink

Contemplating the Dark Side.

I've been thinking about getting a laptop for myself. The new laptop would be my secondary machine - so portability is much more of a concern that storage or horsepower. Even my work in Photoshop just isn't taxing to any modern machine.

I've been comparing Dells, Sonys and even a Toshiba and a Panasonic. But the Macbook Air is just so sexy. Yes, there's a price premium for that fancy design and the Mac name. But I'm not laptop shopping on a shoestring budget - my recent raise at work means I can afford to splurge a bit.

Last night, I dragged the husband to the Apple Store to touch the Macbook Air. Just as expected, it was very light, and pretty sturdy with the aluminum case. The larger Macbooks, a 5 pounds, felt very heavy. Then we went to the Sony Style store at the same mall. Sony's laptops were very light, but very flimsy feeling, and really no cheaper than the Macs. Blech.

I really ought to touch some Dells before I choose. I think I'll have to call a Best Buy and ask if they've got any in stock, since Dell is closing their kiosks.

0 comment(s).

Permalink

Superbowl 42.

It seems fitting that The Answer is also the universe's answer to Tom Brady. I had a great time watching the Superbowl. We really wanted the Giants to win; I much prefer the underdog story to perfection and alleged cheating. But it had been so long since our team had won that we thought we were cursing the teams. It was very exciting and heartwarming watching Manning the younger and his stunning defense shut down Pretty Boy Brady.

The ads were okay. No monkeys — not even a Trunk Monkey. There were only a few dot-come ads that stuck out to me. The Career Builder "Follow Your Heart" ad was very good. GoDaddy's implication that you might see some boobies if you went to their site was... odd. I'm not sure how large the crossover between Superbowl-watchers and domain-name buyers is. At this point, I think that Go Daddy keeps buying Superbowl Ads because owner Bob Parsons has a major bone to pick with the network censors. On the other hand, perhaps the strategy is simply to keep a reputation as the thought-leaders in domain registration. Lastly, there's SalesGenie. They dropped a few million on their ad last year, and did a couple ads this year. They've got a very confusing homepage - I keep thinking that they should get some landing page optimization from Widemile. But Salesgenie's already using Omniture, so I guess that's working out for them.

2 comment(s).

Permalink

Calendars.

I finally found the competitive difference between Borders and Barnes and Noble. B&N is much larger, at least in downtown Seattle, and has a larger stock of half price calendars left over from Christmas. After striking out at Borders, I was able to find two calendars that fit my needs at B&N. I got a monthly "kitten" calendar, but it's black and white, so I can pretend that it's art.

I thought I would have to resort to posting my Lil Sis' calendar. Don't get me wrong; it's a hilarious calendar; it just isn't (remotely) safe for work. I think it'll do for the home office, though. I particularly like the "Febuary" cartoon.

6 comment(s).

Permalink

Yeee-haw! Linky linky time.

I've got round-up of links here that are worth the attention of your eyeballs for a minute or so.

• Pew Pew Legos! - This video is courtesy of my mom. She's now watching YouTube, and sending me videos. :)
• WGA Strike Garners Sympathy - There's a slight chance you haven't seen this already. Note David Cross of Arrested Development as the scab.
• Microsoft Designs the iPod - Yet another example of "funny 'cuz it's true".
• If you're into Halo 3, you can buy the new map pack for $12 now. Or wait until spring, and get it for free. I recommend the free route - of course.
• Wired had a "Saddest Cube" contest last month, and here are the "winners". There's nothing like an office by the toilet to remind you how good you have it.

0 comment(s).

Permalink