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- ChampDecember 5 2008
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Every guy I know has a short list of dream cars. And a lifted Jeep Wrangler is on every one of those lists, including mine. Yet today I’m selling my Jeep.
Over the past 8 months the Wrangler, affectionately known as Champ, has become part of the family. If you have ever owned a Jeep you know what I’m talking about; they simply have personality in a way that no other car does. They become an extension of you.
We bought it because we needed a second car, and my wife had the gloriously un-selfish proposal of getting “a truck or something fun”.
I’ll never forget my introduction to the un-spoken Jeep Wrangler Fraternity on the day I first drove it home. As I was about to pass another Wrangler for the first time I decided to wave. But what shocked me was that they waved first. If you own a Wrangler, you know what I’m talking about.
Or the first time I took it to the rock park; I was freaking out, scared a wheel was about to break right off, while Anna was having a blast and calling me a wimp.
Or the trips to get ice-cream and play frisbee at the park during the summer.
No doubt the Jeep has been a blast to own, but little did I know how much it would disrupting my lifestyle to keep it maintained.
You can’t own an old Jeep without working on it. They’re not like Hondas where you just drive them and put gas in them; you’ve got to be committed to wrench on your Jeep. And I simply don’t have the time or know-how t
- How To Prepare a Mac For SaleNovember 15 2008
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How To Prepare a Mac For Sale -
Good advice from Dan Benjamin on how to sleep well at night after you’ve sold your Mac to a stranger, and how to ensure they get a quality user experience. The latter is important not just as a kind gesture, but also as a precautionary measure to ensure against buyer’s remorse.
- CoffeeBreakNovember 10 2008
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If only it had a mug for “Best Local Coffee Shop in Town”.
[Via the Longboard]
- The iTunes GeniusNovember 9 2008
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The most significant feature introduced with iTunes 8 in September was Genius: the automatic playlist generator. John Gruber describes Genius as being “like the shuffle feature but with a hint.”
Genius is, in fact, so clever that I now have a hard time listening to music any other way.
Once Genius is enabled1, your computer anonymously sends information about your music library and listening habits to Apple’s iTunes Store where it is combined with the information of millions of other iTunes users and then processed. The results are continually sent back to your computer in order to “update” your personal Genius’ algorithms—effectively making the Genius feature smarter every single day.
By having the updated algorithms downloaded, it also eliminates the need for Genius to be constantly connected to the Internet to function. Also, these Genius algorithms are synced with your iPod and/or iPhone.
To create a new Genius playlist you have two options: you can start a song and then click the Genius icon located in the bottom right corner of the iTunes window, or CTRL+CLICK a song and choose “Start Genius” from the contextual pop-up menu.
Once you’ve effectively created your Genius playlist there is a info/menu bar near the top of the iTunes window. From there you can select how many songs you want in the pl
- as real as it gets…November 7 2008
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A very clever, staged, real-life mock-up of the Photoshop user Interface and artboard. I was shocked to see how big the set-up was in real life.
[Via Quipsologies]