The Pinnula

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Multiple Hats of Cliches

I've become a big proponent of recently added game-changers in the land of cliches. It used to be that the words were stuck in the trenches, just blocking and tackling, rarely getting their moment to shine. But a few words have shifted the paradigm to a 30,000 foot view providing a new big-picture perspective to users and listeners. Now that cliches have been on both sides of the table they can take it to the next level and provide unimaginable transparent synergies. Of course, baked into this is the assumption that users will have to swing for the fences when leveraging such a disruptive yet innovative vocabulary. However, the bottom line is cliches have begun providing lean efficiencies to offline laymen speak, which is exactly what main street has been looking for in this stage of the game. Congrats to cliches for being able to don yet another cap.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

List: Top 3 Video Games

1. ...damnit this is way too hard

NES: Super Mario 3, Bubble Bobble, Rampage, Jackal, Castlevania, Contra, Gauntlet
Gameboy: Tetris
SuperN: F-zero
Sega: Road Rash (all of them), Ecco the Dolphin, NHL Hockey, NHLPA '92, NHL '93 -'96
N64: 007, MarioKart
Playstation: Destruction Derby, Coolboarders (most of them), NHL '97-'99, Tony Hawk, Resident Evil2
Ninetendo Gamecube: some bass fishing game with a fishing pole controller
Playstation2: Gran Turismo, Tony Hawk, GTA3, Baldur's Gate, SSX, Tiger Woods
XBOX: Halo, Fusion Frenzy
XBOX360: Halo3

PC: World of Xeen, Sim City, Wolfenstein, Doom2, Rise of the Triad, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Baldur's Gate series, Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Halflife2, WOW

News

I am currently using a new Linux distribution, OzOS, a beautiful, very lightweight operating system built upon Xubuntu with the glitzy e17 for desktop management. I have been using it on my macbook pro 3.1 now for under a week, but fully enjoy this switch from gnome-heavy Ubunutu. This would be a great upgrade for anyone wanting to make an older machine run like new and look stunning, or have a new machine use its resources on more useful endeavors. Extremely customizable, this OS comes installed with the bare necessities allowing the user to add what he/she wants. Because e17 is technically still in beta testing the support is very good with the actually creators and architects responding to any issues within a few hours of a forum post, standard Linux support.

In the image above you can see a terminal and theme version window open. Below this you can see your standard start/toolbar menu except here accessed by a left mouse click anywhere on your desktop, right click brings up your favorite programs. No need for toolbars etc. If you minimize a program a light, small semi transparent icon shows up at the bottom (in image firefox icon at bottom). At the top you see glossy windows displaying your virtual desktops. This allows for simple desktop and window maneuvering and managing. An uncluttered minimalistic approach to desktops. I will add a much nicer wallpaper and cooler theme to show you how beautiful this distribution can look.

This is the site:

http://www.cafelinux.org/OzOs/

Aside: It has now been over a year since I made my first switch from microsoft based machines to apple and osx which was one of the best computing decisions of my life, then I got rid of osx and fully entered the open source world of Linux in the beginning of the summer, even better. Join, your computer will thank you! I will post installation on macbook pro 3.1 in the future.

News

I am not like other people, I only pretended to have an imaginary friend.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Technology

AI: Turning computers on

Monday, June 16, 2008

Killer Plant Ideas better than the Happening

Plants learn to better store and amplify the sun's energy giving them Ultra-Violent Ray Guns with laser precision and Death star-like destruction

The Happening

Despite the optimistic namesake, The Happening definitely is not (uugh). The onus of this failure is on the inactive ficus within M Night Shamalyan's residence for not ending this before it was written. Even though I'm a fan of Mark Walhberg's earlier underwear modeling career [glance at my desktop background] I cringed watching him try to invoke emotion; this guy just doesn't do things like love, sorrow, and thought. Who actually suggested him for the role of science teacher? Him bumbling through the scientific method was like a sloth reciting the alphabet. "Identify...the...variables..."

Quick movie synopsis (spoiler warning): breeze, central park suicides, wind, entire North East suicides, great sadness, walking around, random suicides, a crazy lady, breeze, suicide, survive the wind/plants onslaught, Mark Wahlberg's movie wife is pregnant...with a poinsettia you ask, unfortunately no, European suicides, the end.

The only real winner from this release is the 1991 sequel Killer Tomatoes Eat France! which now moves to the second to last slot in my official Killer Chloroplasts: Top Plant Movies of All Time list:

1) Little Shop of Horrors

2)Day of the Triffids

3)Invasion of the Body Snatchers

4)Killer Tomatoes

5)Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

6)Killer Tomatoes Strike Back

7) reserved space for upcoming killer plant movie

8)Killer Tomatoes Eat France!

9) The Happening

Monday, June 9, 2008

News in Haiku

Cheaper I-smartphone

longer charge, G3 PS

small network, oh my?

Grades came out today

minor depression sets in

others always judge

Celtics win again

despite loll, late Laker wave

Irish piss in lakes

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Strapped for Cash: U.S. imposing tax on acronym and cliche usage

IRS spokesman George Friedel, "Our revenue stream would have been dry in two shakes of a lamb's tail if we didn't hunker down and go against the grain of tax precedence ASAP. However, this was a fine line because we didn't want to wipe the slate clean completely and then have to reinvent the wheel. In the end, we knocked it of the park with this proposal, resulting in a win/win situation for everyone. Raking in the money like a cash cow we will be able to provide much needed funding for green projects and personalized healthcare, as well as align incentives for Americans to think outside the box when putting together sentences. For too long we have lived in the lap of luxury with a cake of go-to phrases and eaten it too. We really nailed it on all fronts!"

The tax committee is airing out the proposal before the House later this week. "This card has been held close to our vest during the writing process, but I guess its time to run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it."

Getting the bill passed will be an uphill battle or at best a toss-up. Many representatives feel that the 800 pound gorilla in the room is the government itself. "These guys are barking up the wrong tree, it's like the coffee calling the kettle black i.e. we are an institution filled to the brim with acronyms," Representative Dean Mahoney commented, "We should regroup and focus on the R&D work the D.O.D has been doing on reversing the money doesn't grow on trees theory."

The legislature may want to let the dust settle as outside response has everyone shaking in their boots and trying to get a tongue-lashing in edgewise. Several top dogs at companies are madder than wet hens. "Hold your horses," GE spokesman Richard Fentenworth said, "these guys aren't playing with a full deck. The only thing they nailed was another nail in the coffin of Capitalism. I mean this could just be the tip of the iceberg, before we know it there'll be taxes on everything but the kitchen sink. If we give them this inch they'll take a mile."

A fortuitous response considering the title of the other followup proposal they've been kicking around, "A penny for your thoughts and a dollar for every wish".