http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com The new thing Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Santa Barbara "Gap" Fire July 2008 Originally uploaded by jeffreymcmanus Just when we were getting absolutely sick of clear blue skies and 85 degree temperatures every day, the hills above Goleta (in Santa Barbara county, where we're spending July) are burning. Fortunately ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/882/fire-sunset/ Link: He Said, She Said - Which Is It? Facebook Asks Social network site Facebook will press members to declare whether they are male or female, seeking to end the grammatical device that leads the site to refer to individual users as "they" or "themself." The Internet phenomenon, which boasts 80 million ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/881/he-said-she-said-which-is-it-facebook-asks/ I'm so happy that Boingboing turned on comments on their posts. (After going back and forth on the subject for a while, I put myself in the camp that believes "if there aren't comments, it's not a blog, and if it's not a blog, it ain't shit.") There's a classic comment ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/880/oil-is-jeebus-juice/ Link: Dutch prepare for Maya apocalypse On December 21 2012, the "Long Count" calendar of the Maya people clicks over to year zero, marking the end of a 5,000-year era. Belying their country's rational and laid back image, thousands of Dutch people are convinced the date coincides with a world catastrophe, the ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/879/dutch-rubes-prepare-for-apocalypse/ Santa Barbara Originally uploaded by jeffreymcmanus I am having fun with the family in Santa Barbara. I'm keeping a normal work schedule (juggling three big projects for clients at the moment) and taking a summer school class. In my spare time, I ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/876/in-santa-barbara/ I'm posting photos from our summer trip to Santa Barbara on Flickr. Today we hit the annual Solstice Parade, which is like a combination mobile hippie drum circle, dance-a-thon and doo-dah parade. Very community, weird and non-corporate, just the kind of parade I like. http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/875/photos-from-santa-barbara/ At a High School for Immigrants, the Prom is a Brave New World Sweet and touching story of a high school prom at a Brooklyn school comprised of recent immigrants. http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/874/by-the-time-the-reggaeton-started-the-air-was-thick-with-the-smell-of-sweat-sirloin-and-perfume/ I beg of you, do not expose your children to this video, particularly on long car trips, lest they sing it obsessively all weekend. Then again, if you want your kid to be able to name three or four Mesopotamians, this song may not be the worst way to do it. ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/873/they-might-be-giants-the-mesopotamians/ Continental Cuts 3,000 Jobs as It Grounds Planes - NYTimes.com Continental’s move, which equals a 16 percent reduction in its capacity, had been rumored in industry circles on Wednesday. The details came in a message to employees from Continental’s chief executive Lawrence W. Kellner and its president, Jeffrey A. Smisek. “The airline ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/872/i-dont-think-that-business-model-means-what-you-think-it-means/ Dear Adobe, Software is only allowed to display a dialog box like this once: If you insist on displaying this dialog every single time your software launches, your software is officially "stupid". Eventually I will want to stop using it. Consider placing a "Don't show this again" check box at the bottom ... http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/871/how-not-to-steal-user-preferences/