I’ve been checking out the Mac OSX theming scene for a while; there’s something appealing about customizing the look and feel of your computer, but it has some caveats: it’s generallly a bit difficult to develop, and it isn’t technically supported by the operating system.
When MacThemes.net announced a contest to create User Interface theme mockups (no technical expertise required), I decided to give it a go: MacThemes.net | Contest: Pencil Neck (you can go there and vote now!).
UPDATE:
So I didn’t win, but the winners (for the most part) were pretty cool. I still want to see my theme actualized…
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Had a great time last night for Tania’s Birthday. Click to enjoy some pix.
Two links I found to day, independently of one another: Newsgaming.com — September 12th is an amazing “simulation” game created by these folks who create what are essentially interactive political cartoons.
Couple that with Twists of Terror: You Cut the Head, but the Body Still Moves (NY Times), and you start to see some real fallacies in the War On Terror.
The one drawback of the miracle of video chat (via iChat AV and an iSight, natch), is that your chat partner can see just how slovenly you really are. The fine folks at MacDevCenter have come up with a guide to solve all your vanity needs: MacDevCenter.com: You Sexy Thing! [Mar. 16, 2004]. Enjoy!
Just saw Spartan, David Mamet’s new film starring Val Kilmer. It totally took me by surprise — not only the movie, but the fact it even existed. It completely flew under my radar.
I’m glad I saw it — very cerebral, Tom Clancy-esque thriller with all the usual Mamet twists and turns and double cross. Kilmer’s everyman superhero is fun to watch, to me he embues a personality that sometimes escapes Mamet leading men (like Campbell Scott in spanish prisoner — a tad wooden, don’tchathink?).
I think there were more twists in this one than Heist and Spanish Prisoner combined — practically every scene is loaded with a surprise. What’s interesting though is that the central message of the film, if there is one, isn’t the usual “You Can’t Trust Anyone” that seems to result from all the double crosses. There’s a resonating theme of the reward of loyalty and truthfulness. Valor, or Val-or. Sure, it’s undercut by the never ending cycle of backstabbers, but the few who stay true are the heroes of the film.
Go see it, wait out the first 15 minutes or so until your brain wraps around the dialogue and plot, and enjoy…
