Today’s 5 Best of Bits of the Blogosphere
Friday, March 28th, 20085. Maybe this is why US soldiers are being killed in Iraq, because they’re arrogant asshats:
4. An (old but still relevant) Rolling Stone list of the best MP3 blogs. My favorite: Music For Robots.
3. Kick-ass emo/electronic group the Philippians (courtesy of Music For Robots).
2. Witch is a pretty handy and free little Mac app:
“For most purposes, Witch mimics the Alt-Tab behavior we’ve gotten used to on Windows computers, meaning that rather than switching between applications, you can switch between single windows. Not only that, but Witch will pull minimized windows out of the Dock when you switch to them, something I’ve been dying for. Long-time Mac users may not find this especially useful, but for recent Windows switchers, this could come as a godsend.”
I love being able to Alt-Tab to a specific window, not just a program (Excel comes to mind).
1. Though his movie was not my cup of tea, co-director of “Little Miss Sunshine” Jonathan Dayton offers some very wise words on comedy:
“For humor to really work, 25 percent of the people can’t really get it. If it’s really funny, not everyone will be in on the joke.”
Accessibility is over-rated — to an extent.
This reminds me of when Larry David got up in front of an especially dense looking crowd once, surveyed the room, and then simply said, “No” and walked off the stage.
(Though, I should say, exactly which jokes in “Sunshine” did everyone not get? IMHO, that film suffered as a result of how accessible it tried to be.)