Andy Ihnatko's YELLOWTEXTThe weblog of Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times and Macworld tech columnist."Show meeee...PURPLE KRYPTONITE!"- July 29, 2007 First off, I want to reaffirm my love for the Internet. I publish what I consider to be a whimsical interlude that pokes fun at nerdly obsession with useless pop-culture trivia, and less than a half an hour later, I get the first email of many that offers more examples of Thingamabobs From Film, TV, and Comics That Can Freeze Time. 1173 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#17813 Consternation- July 29, 2007 Occasionally you have one of those weeks in which you feel like you're forced to stay inside all day practicing for a violin recital while just outside your window, all of the other neighborhood kids are playing and having a great time. I'm screeching my way through an adiago that I have no chance whatsoever of ever mastering and just as an "E" string snaps and whips across the bridge of my nose, I hear a loud metallic crunch. I look through the window again and note that the kids are now...http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#94270 Barry Bonds - The Wizard of IBB- July 25, 2007 Walk him. 570 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#32344 The CBS Saturday Morning Show!- July 12, 2007 Well, it's a nice bit of synchronicity. My Provisional Fiancee-In-Blogging Emma Kennedy is going to be on the Richard and Judy Show tomorrow morning, and is rightly excited about it: as I understand it, the UK-US conversion rate is 1 Richard & Judy Show = .77 of a Regis & Kelly + .53 of an Oprah. And on Saturday morning, I'll be on the CBS Early Show. 620 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#39536 My life is SO much simpler when I do nothing...- July 12, 2007 Oh, dear Lord. At 5:14 PM today I made my week much more complicated than it had been at 5:13. 200 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#69873 TV or not TV....- July 9, 2007 I have been listening to Smooth Jazz for the past 15 minutes, which is usually just a different way of saying "I'm on hold, waiting for some people to show up for a conference call." 350 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#89203 Declare I Declare My Genius!- July 7, 2007 I'm confident that my readership includes a healthy demographic of people who like to go to nerdly conventions dressed in costumes. Comic-Con in San Diego is just a few weeks away but surely there's enough time for someone to put this together in time for DragonCon. 305 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#48782 I sure hope JPEG is still a standard in 2022...- July 6, 2007 Why do I have such a hard time believing that peer-to-peer sharing has become such a huge contributor to the problem of pirated material Perhaps this screen capture explains it better than I could do in words: 111 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#16468 Picture Book- July 4, 2007 First batch of photos from Franklin's 1st of July 4th of July parade are up. A sample: 203 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#35265 Oh, and puppies, too. Big-eyed puppies.- July 4, 2007 You'll be disgusted to know that I spent the entire day smashing adorable baby ducks with a big hammer. And then when there were no more ducks left, I went after the baby bunnies. Fortunately, my work was done before I had to hunt down the baby raccoons with the yogurt containers on their heads, but they were looking very nervous at around 3 PM. 821 words in article.http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext0707.html#93967 |