http://www.themockup.com/ We've been past the point of help since early April en Copyright 2006 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:41:56 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Get one for the animal lover in your life.... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/great_moments_in_holiday_gift.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/great_moments_in_holiday_gift.html great moments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:41:56 -0500 EDIT: in my defense, the following diatribe was heavily influenced by (1) many consecutive hours hacking together my final project and (2) the resultant lack of goodwill towards man (and towards PHP). In retrospect, this is indeed overly harsh. So... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/crazyass_web_design_a_retrospe.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/crazyass_web_design_a_retrospe.html Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:05:34 -0500 The Mythbusters wish you a Merry Christmas. And also tell you how to chill a warm Coke in under five minutes. Best show ever. Do you like how the width of my definition of "interesting" is directly proportional to the... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/something_terribly_interesting.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/something_terribly_interesting.html Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:17:15 -0500 Enough hostility. Let us be thankful that our own cars have not suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous parking, and that the leaders of our Nation didn't just waste $51.1 million dollars, and that we can always count on... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/an_up_note.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/an_up_note.html Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:36:33 -0500 My lovely, stately, Cantabrigian neighborhood has turned somewhat hostile. For the past few months, a shirtless Abercrombie model has glowered over Porter Square. (To be fair, this is a slightly more tasteful billboard than the crotch shot A&F subjected us... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/post_28.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/post_28.html Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:26:09 -0500 It's the end of the semester. Faithful readers of this space have seen this movie before. Anyway, expect the sporadic, disjointed and fatigue-addled posting to continue until December 20 or so. Last weekend's Blip Festival was all kinds of good... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/the_tagline_has_never_proved_m.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/the_tagline_has_never_proved_m.html Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:39:45 -0500 Having just spent a painful half-hour listening to a French vendor and an Indian vendor shout at each other through their respective speakerphones, I can confidently say that teleconferencing is in its Golden Age. We live in charmed times.... http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/this_entry_brought_to_you_by_o.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/12/this_entry_brought_to_you_by_o.html the office Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:45:05 -0500 Love the Decemberists. Love Colbert. So, naturally, I am pretty tickled about this. And this. I can't even express it in properly hyper-literate terms. Joy! I may have to spend some time in the DPL over semester break and see... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/a_tip_of_the_hat_to_hilarity.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/a_tip_of_the_hat_to_hilarity.html Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:46:30 -0500 The details are fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure that, last night, I had a dream about riding the T with Mr. T. Assuming that this dream did, in fact, occur, it's a clear indication of one or all of the... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/the_subconscious_isnt_a_pretty.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/the_subconscious_isnt_a_pretty.html transport Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:30:15 -0500 Thanksgiving! This is without question my favorite holiday. No frenzied gift buying. No stupid cards. No awkward office parties. Just the holy comfort trinity of food, family and football. Despite the Old Testament-esque weather forecast and our memories of last... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/i_am_thankful_for_goretex.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/i_am_thankful_for_goretex.html Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:32:52 -0500 Since I've been dorking out over my classmates' new media work I might as well subject you to one of my own projects. It's not nearly as fun as Nickdance (hit the A-Z keys on your keyboard to make him... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/my_favorite_part_is_the_logo.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/my_favorite_part_is_the_logo.html Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:26:33 -0500 Speaking of my brilliant classmates, a kid in my aesthetics class made this for one of our assignments. Takes a minute to load but don't give up -- it's worth the wait. EDIT: Since it's apparently not clear: once you... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/be_prepared_to_waste_several_m.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/be_prepared_to_waste_several_m.html Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:44:41 -0500 Copper Mountain webcam: Loon Mountain webcam: If it doesn't start snowing soon I'm going to COMPLETELY LOSE IT. Sigh.... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/foliage_is_overrated.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/foliage_is_overrated.html Colorado Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:45:54 -0500 I was as tired as you are of the "I'm a Mac!" ads until I saw the Japanese versions. Vastly superior, down to the pratfall.... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/here_would_be_a_good_place_to.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/here_would_be_a_good_place_to.html Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:52:50 -0500 Originally uploaded by the mock-up. I'm still suffering through the construction gauntlet on my way to and from the office. The re-capping of the Hood Milk Bottle is a somewhat comforting reminder that everything will be patched back up... http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/feeling_good_about_hood.html http://www.themockup.com/2006/11/feeling_good_about_hood.html Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:49:34 -0500