Thursday, August 12, 2010

Everything you need to know about Fast Food

Some uncomfortable notes about our life with fast food.

This is just a bit of an interesting infographic, but as with anything on “teh interwebs”, take with some grains of NaCl. For instance, the caloric intake for an average US adult is very likely wrong. A thread on Reddit has noted that the CDC has established an average US adult male consumes “2475 calories and 1833 calories (per day) for females”, not 4000-calories per day as in the graphic. There’s a list of references in the graphic - check them out.

What this does show however is that while there’s often skewed information on the net, it can lead to good conversation and fact-checking, especially through sites like Reddit. You just have to learn which “reddits” are worth reading and which are snark-factories.

Ultimately, it seems that the goal of the Internet is actually working - that the demographic born to the Internet is smarter, more politically active and more willing to share America, but that’s another post…

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Posted by Admin on 08/12 at 09:05 AM
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Font Management in OS X, 10.4-10.6

Fonts in OS X seems to change in every version. They’re a mystery, wrapped in a puzzle, often dotted with a umlaut and an accent-grave. Whether you’re a a Flash developer wondering why your final Helvetica looks larger than it should be, or a print designer who’s output looks strangely un-kerned, this link is for you…

I know nothing about JKL Studios other than they’ve got the most detailed and easy-to-understand overview I’ve seen about Mac font management.

Read it.
Learn it.
Live it.

And download the PDF for when you stupidly remove the LucidaGrande.dfont from your /System/Library/Fonts/ directory.

No…I admit to nothing.

Posted by Admin on 05/31 at 09:28 AM
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Podcasts not syncing - here’s the fix

Can’t sync your podcasts? Playlists with podcasts don’t show up on your iPhone? Here’s the fix..

Previously the Podcast bug affected only the playlist order, but in the current iTunes 9.0.3 and iPhone 3.1.3 firmware (for example) the bug will remove any Podcast in a playlist from the iPod section of the device. If the Playlist is comprised of only podcasts, the playlist will not even be visible on the device (it will show in the iTunes sync).

To return podcasts to a playlist, you have to use the iTunes 9 trick:

  • Right-click your particular playlist and choose EDIT SMART PLAYLIST
  • Turn off LIVE UPDATING
  • SYNC

    • Then your podcasts return in a playlist in the correct order, but you’ll have to toggle it on again to update the playlist list.

    This bug has existed since iTunes 9 and it seems to only be getting worse. Hopefully Apple will fix it soon - I can’t believe they don’t want us to listen to podcasts in a playlist! C’mon Apple - fix this already!

    Posted by Admin on 02/03 at 02:18 PM
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    Thursday, January 28, 2010

    Who Got What Wrong - After the Apple Event

    Guessing what Steve will pull out is a bit of a “mug’s game”. We all should know that by now.

    Part of the mystery is not in the device or service, but what fantastical future we see Apple providing for us. Apple doesn’t promote or market these events…in fact, they hardly say a word, sending out only a invitation. In watching the media frenzy, I wonder how many people understand this, because when the blog-o-sphere doesn’t get what “they” want, the collective hue and cry makes them seem like a slighted lover holding a padded bra.

    Not Apple’s fault you got your hopes up. You wanted to believe in every fantasy out there and so you did. That’s about your religion - not Apple.

    Then there’s the Whispers. About a sales rep speaking higher than his pay grade, he’s a “insider with exclusive access”. Some CEO who blabs for a bit of self-promotion on every front page (but he’s not at the event…hmmm).  Part of this is genuinely newsworthy - but for week’s we’ve seen fanboy renders and ridiculous articles that make the product everything from the Second Coming to the moment Apple lost it. Speculation, endless speculation, that drives traffic, that angers readers, that drives traffic, that engorges fanboys, that drive’s traffic, that also drives stock prices unnaturally high in expectation and hinders entire market segments. If you’re financially involved in Apple, in some commercial way, shape or form, I’d imagine you’d feel it almost your ouroborostic duty to create, conflate, regurgitate and re-gorge on every other bit of speculation out there.

    Not Apple’s fault your stock dropped after the launch. You wanted people to believe you knew something you didn’t, that you were something you were not. Makes writing easier if you get your own “Princess Diana” to promote/slate/reconcile, I guess. A proper journalistic source? Sorry - you don’t even appear relevant this morning - you’ve been caught with a sock in your pants.

    This is not a healthy ecosystem. Replace “the media” with “the banks” and We The People would have had them in front of Congress by now.

    If you’re disappointed in Apple this morning, I’d say you’re blaming the wrong people.

    Posted by Admin on 01/28 at 08:35 AM
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    Thursday, January 21, 2010

    Best quote of the day:

    “Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.” 
    Oooh, so true.

    Posted by Admin on 01/21 at 03:57 PM
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