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    Thursday
    04Mar2010

    52. The Digital Decade

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    March 4, 2010

    Writers and pundits can't figure out what to call the first decade of the 21st Century. The New Yorker did a bit by Rebecca Mead on the failure to find a hook for this time - the Oughts never took off. The Millenials are people. It's a decade without a name...until now

    I propose we refer to this period as the first totally Digital Decade.

    It is the first decade of widespread internet use. It is the first complete decade in which I utilized digital photography from start to end. It is the decade that saw the end of analog TV broadcasts. It is the first complete decade of cell phones, email and social networks.

    In a nutshell, it is The Digital Decade: 2000-2010. That's my vote. I challenge you to come up with something better.

    DateThursday, March 4, 2010 at 3:35PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    15Feb2010

    51. Photoshop

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    Saturing photos? Adding black and white effects? Extra shine on the surface of some glossy advertising copy? All that stuff we could do before Photoshop.

    This leaves us the question: What is Photoshop really for?

    "I'm pretty certain Selleck Waterfall Sandwich is the real reason Photoshop was created."

    Shout out to Amanda Eisen. Thanks girlfriend

    DateMonday, February 15, 2010 at 1:08PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    12Feb2010

    50. The Paradox of Choice

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    James from the Hurt Locker paralyzed by cereal boxes

    DateFriday, February 12, 2010 at 10:38PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    21Jan2010

    49. iPhone

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    great computer :-)
    mediocre phone :-(
    but love the computer
    more than my own ;-)

    DateThursday, January 21, 2010 at 6:52PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    48. Uberganizairz

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    etymology -Play on the words 'uber' and 'organizer'

    def. - n. an elite type of political organizer trained with a broad array of skills and also a special, superpower type of skill, which can be deployed in extreme situations. Frequently dwells in GreenCorps or, on the flipside, at elite Christian Universities in western Virginia and rural Michigan.

    Uberganizairs can:

    • Plan press conferences from a mountaintop which has been removed and get people there
    • Find strategic flaws in management systems and implement a broad variety of fixes
    • Lead national TV and media crews up the sides of very tall damns to 'get the shot' of the political action

    This is a brief video introduction before we learn about three Uberganizairz' special skills:

     

    DateThursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:58PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    21Jan2010

    47. eViolated

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    In usage,

    Whoa be the day Google gets eViolated (you peeped eViolated here first BOYZ!) by cybercriminals...it will happen and I am crossing my fingers, praying to Jeebus, my Gmail and Google Docs, and now Google Calendar and Sync don't fall flaming out of the sky with it.


    Complete article, "Upload Anything? Google Docs just keeps blowing me away."

    DateThursday, January 21, 2010 at 9:57AM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    14Jan2010

    46. Digital Ruler

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    Ever need to know exactly how many pixels something on your screen is, but you don't want to open the tool to measure it - or don't know what that tool is? Viola. Listen to this:


    In this image, I took a screen shot of the spot the image needs to fit on my site, seen in the
    upper left side and looked at it's size 579 pixels wide, then resized Dirty Bird's portrait to fit
    exactly in the space I saw on my site: 579px wide by whatever height is proportional.

     

    In Mac (I would search Tucows for an equivalent screen shot program). Use the screen shot function with the crosshair at COMMAND>SHIFT 4.

    Go to the area you want to measure, click, hold down and drag across your selection to complete a screen shot of the area.

    Go to the file, which lands on my desktop and look at Get Info or Right Click for Properties in PC to get the exact pixel size -

    Viola, your area is measured exactly how you see it on screen.

    DateThursday, January 14, 2010 at 4:53PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    13Jan2010

    45. Basic Body Check (on demand)

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    Every time you bend over, crouch down instead.
    Habits lead to habits, you are on your way.

    Aging the office dweller
    the simplest things
    become kryptonite

    DateWednesday, January 13, 2010 at 1:47PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    19Nov2009

    43. Bad Penny - Big Black and Trad. definition

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    Sometimes there's a penny around you - on the ground, on your desk, on your dashboard, on the floor of the bus - and this penny is showing 'tails.'

    This is what's known as a 'bad penny.' As Big Black says, "It's just a bad penny; it'll always come back to you."

    From what I've learned, the best thing to do with a bad penny is

    1. Throw it out if it's in your space and there is no hope of converting it.
    2. Pick it up and immediately toss it away in hopes it will become a good penny for someone else.

    I recommend against ignoring and doing nothing about it.

    DateThursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:42PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    42. "It's Been Real" - R.I.P.

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    When did reality become so objectionable? Is it age? Flatlands? Lack of commercial success?

    In any case it's a sign of these times that this sign-off is now just 'off' for me. "It's been real," would not be used by your humble narrator for a closure of good times. More like I've been watching a lot of movies trying to get out of my head. Not the kind of 'real' I'm looking to celebrate as a festive goodbye.

    'Out of this world' might work, if 'it' weren't so clearly 'in' this world.

    I think I'm still west of the Mississippi. Or on the short side of 40. Whichever, "It's been real," got the boot today.

    DateWednesday, November 11, 2009 at 1:02AM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    41. Arrived

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    Mark Wojahn saw Alec Soth's installation at Matt Bakkom's curated Shinder's Art Show on Hennepin in Downtown Minneapolis.

    Mark said Alec's stuff was the star of the show.

     

    I have a theory about artists: Once a level of success is attained, confidence jumps exponentially.

    Not only praise comes, but the belief by the audience that whatever the artists creates will inspire insights in them.

    This feedback loop emboldens the artist to take on projects, ideas and tacks heretofore unconsidered: The experience of being accepted being so previously foriegn, as acceptance and faith on the part of viewers seeps back into the artist a kind of multiplier or exponential effect takes over and, with the right artist who is not busy wasting talent, a new kind of work emerges...and it's good.

    DateMonday, October 12, 2009 at 10:09PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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    40. Catholic

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    I have a large box of New Yorker Magazines and decide to donate them to Catholic Eldercare on Main St. below Broadway here in Northeast Minneapolis.

    I approach the counter with said large box of magazines, "Do you take donations of magazines?"

    "Sometimes we do yes. Sometimes not..." says the robust elderly lady behind the counter.

    "Because I have a lot of New Yorkers to donate for reading. It makes for excellent reading. Do you want them?"

    "Well, you see" she says to me, "when we get magazines they're all gone, and then we find them mostly in the trashcan. People don't read them."

    "Well if you read, you probably wouldn't be Catholic," I did not say. Instead I said, "Maybe the Lutherans want them."

    DateMonday, October 12, 2009 at 7:20PM | CommentPost a Comment |
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