Jon’s Tumblr Thing-y

The 11 year old’s class is doing a thing about medieval times....

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:30:56 -0700

The 11 year old’s class is doing a thing about medieval times. One of the assignments is to make a sword, a shield with “his” heraldry on it, and a helmet.

Anyway, this weekend, I broke out my long disused Shop Class skills and made him all his reaglia.

Seriously, I’ve never seen an 11 year old boy happier than this one was when he started swinging his sword around.

A True Professional Brings His Own Wax to a Gig

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:06:24 -0700

A True Professional Brings His Own Wax to a Gig

Have Switch, Will Travel

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:22:09 -0700

Have Switch, Will Travel

“The Two-Parter” I swear, I have to stop myself 17 times a week...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0700

“The Two-Parter”

I swear, I have to stop myself 17 times a week from making one joke on Twitter, then immediately following up with another five jokes on the same theme.

(No reason why I should stop myself, of course; I just don’t want to be that guy who tweets 1,364 times an hour. Whatev. Anyway.)

I let this one slide, because, holy crap, was that ever a funny morning. E. hates to lose at anything.

“DF’ed” This is what happens when @gruber links to a post on...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0700

“DF’ed”

This is what happens when @gruber links to a post on your site from Daring Fireball.

Things catch on fire.

Actually, the server (OS X Server on an Xserve) is holding up admirably well.

I should probably go spell check that post at some point…

John "@zuhl" Deal has an awesome writeup on how to use an SSD drive with your Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:45:47 -0700

John "@zuhl" Deal has an awesome writeup on how to use an SSD drive with your Mac:

@jimray doesn’t know how to spell my first name.

I. AM. CRUSHED.

I thought we had something real, @jimray!

jimray:

Use the super fast solid state drive as your boot/OS/application drive, move your home folder for all your pictures and mp3s and whatnot somewhere else. Nicely done.

How to use an SSD drive with your Mac

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:44:24 -0700

How to use an SSD drive with your Mac:

A) Freaky to see one of my blog posts make the rounds on the Intarwebs.

B) I agree with Neven, it’s not that big a deal to have your “stuff” live outside of the home folder. But moving the home folder feels way more elegant to me.

C) While I know it sounds and feels like moving the home folder and not having it on the boot volume would be “brittle,” but trust me, in practice, it’s really not. This is basically how Portable Home Directories (née Mobile Accounts) work and we use them all the time here in our studio. With every workstation as a matter of fact.

D) There is no “D.”

E) I remembered what “D” was! I absolutely do agree with Neven that pre-Leopard, having the home folder off the boot drive was slightly problematic. At least in my experience it was.

mrgan:

jimray:

Use the super fast solid state drive as your boot/OS/application drive, move your home folder for all your pictures and mp3s and whatnot somewhere else. Nicely done.

I’m not sure I agree that moving your iTunes and iPhoto libraries to a second drive is so “fiddly”; that’s been my setup for years and I’ve never had problems. Moving the home folder seems way more brittle to me.

That said, SSD drives are the single greatest upgrade you can buy for your computer today. Seeing Photoshop launch on an SSD laptop will blow your mind.

“New Layer” Yeah, I’m up to Layer 144 in my travels in...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:53:00 -0700

“New Layer”

Yeah, I’m up to Layer 144 in my travels in Photoshop today. It’s been that kind of week around here.

I could listen to this song on repeat for a year and still not...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:55:37 -0700

I could listen to this song on repeat for a year and still not be tired of it.

“Ay, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya”

I am such the child of the 80s.

merlin:

Haircut 100 - “Love Plus One” HD

AKA, “Vampire Workweek.”

Some “Light” Sunday Morning Reading

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:50:17 -0700

Some “Light” Sunday Morning Reading

My New Best Friend, The Giant Walking, Talking Penis Yes, he did...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:06:00 -0600

My New Best Friend, The Giant Walking, Talking Penis

Yes, he did introduced himself to me as “Rod.”

Some additional context.

Cell Size and Scale

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:59 -0600

Cell Size and Scale:

Use the little scroll thing-y at the bottom. Very cool.

Writing and Rejection.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:56:53 -0600

Read the whole thing because Merlin’s got some great thoughts, but this is the key to the whole shebang:

Keep writing.

No matter what.

merlin:

Finally? Yes. Keep writing. No matter what.

“Why yes, I do have a bee in my bonnet. Why do you...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:40:00 -0600

“Why yes, I do have a bee in my bonnet. Why do you ask?”

“Mr. Eaves” Emigre releases a san serif version of...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:34 -0600

“Mr. Eaves”

Emigre releases a san serif version of Mrs. Eaves.

WANT.

via Kottke.

“GPOYW Wearing a Copyright Infringing Shirt Made by @moltz, Who...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:09:49 -0600

“GPOYW Wearing a Copyright Infringing Shirt Made by @moltz, Who Possibly Isn’t Even a Real Person”

Moltz made a shirt. I bought it.

You might not be able to purchase it anymore, because Zazzle says it’s infringing.

They’re right of course, it is likely infringing on Bunigie’s copyright, but it doesn’t change the fact that I now have an awesome retro Mac gaming tee shirt and Moltz has a mug.

Fight the Power.

Giggle Fit During Storytime

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:33:27 -0600

Giggle Fit During Storytime

“Violating the ‘No Stairway’ Rule”

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:13:05 -0600

“Violating the ‘No Stairway’ Rule”

“Working from Home” The six year old has some weird...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:43:02 -0600

“Working from Home”

The six year old has some weird virus that’s making her leak gunk from all kinds of orifices. She’s fine, but the clinic said to keep her home from school until tomorrow, so I’m at home and on Ellis patrol.

The skull on the table is a Halloween candle thing. My wife also scared the crap out of me with it over the weekend by hiding it under my pillow. Yes, I did make an “eeeek!” noise like a little girl, thanks for asking.

The cookies are just there for show, I promise. I’m on a diet. I’d never break into the secret “cookies for the kids’ lunches” stash that’s in the bottom cabinet, hidden behind the fat-free rice cakes and gluten free (and tasteless!) boxes of cereal. No way. Those are “skull cookies” and probably came with the candle.

Man Make Fire. Fire Good.

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:21:13 -0600

Man Make Fire. Fire Good.