Intermittent miscellany by Phil McCluskey I’m married to Loobylu and I work at Ning. You can also find me on Twitter, last.fm, LinkedIn, Facebook, and once in a while, on Flickr. My old programmery weblog is here. You can always ask me a question or submit your own post. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-104881-10']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @philmc)http://you.dontquestion.me/<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/philmc/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1267963200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Archers+of+Loaf">Archers of Loaf (13)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Friendly+Fires">Friendly Fires (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Girl+Talk">Girl Talk (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bad+Brains">Bad Brains (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Go-Betweens">The Go-Betweens (3)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/435970512http://you.dontquestion.me/post/435970512Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:16:23 +1100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyf3zihlpV1qzbkhuo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><b>Let the Right One In</b></p> <p>Watched this last night; very atmospheric and satisfying swedish vampire film.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/411842237http://you.dontquestion.me/post/411842237Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:04:30 +1100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/philmc/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1265544000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sleater-Kinney">Sleater-Kinney (18)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Spiderbait">Spiderbait (17)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/of+Montreal">of Montreal (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Smashing+Pumpkins">Smashing Pumpkins (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Psapp">Psapp (11)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/381783247http://you.dontquestion.me/post/381783247Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:24:47 +1100<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/philmc/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1264939200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Jose+Gonzalez">Jose Gonzalez (21)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/New+Order">New Order (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joy+Division">Joy Division (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Liz+Phair">Liz Phair (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Josh+Pyke">Josh Pyke (1)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/367901251http://you.dontquestion.me/post/367901251Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:58:24 +1100“I’m a three-time (soon to be four-time) published author. When aspiring authors learn this, they invariably ask what word processor I use. It doesn’t fucking matter!”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://diveintomark.org/">Mark Pilgrim</a> on <a href="http://mark.pilgrim.usesthis.com/">The Setup</a>.</em>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/365840458http://you.dontquestion.me/post/365840458Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:42:40 +1100<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwwk2o2LD21qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From a terrific set of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaguery/sets/72157602916068570/">public domain illustrations</a> on Flickr.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/355978506http://you.dontquestion.me/post/355978506Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:04:00 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwtw1c0iwG1qzpzfmo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://j0e.me/post/353393270/robotindisguise-color-picker-color-picker-is">j0e</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/post/353383728/color-picker-color-picker-is-an-innovative-design">robotindisguise</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Color Picker</b></p> <p>Color Picker is an innovative design of a concept pen that can scan colors from anything around and instantly use the color for drawing. After placing the pen against an object, the user just presses the scan button. The color is being detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridge of the pen mixes the required inks to create the target color. This superb device will help people to observe the changing colors of nature. Withcolor picker, all range of artists will be able to cerate a more sensorial and visual insight of their surrounding nature’s colors.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/353912772http://you.dontquestion.me/post/353912772Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:49:17 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwhcawmMDY1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I spent last week working out of Sydney.  It was thoroughly awesome, including the ridiculously steep hill I had to run up each morning.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/342210978http://you.dontquestion.me/post/342210978Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:52:00 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwcndatMtU1qz8qfno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://danhacker.tumblr.com/post/337943053/video-games-by-the-numbers">danhacker</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Video Games By The Numbers</p> <p>click through for hi-res.</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/video-games-by-the-numbers/">via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/340120473http://you.dontquestion.me/post/340120473Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:41:58 +1100“Even before a Nigerian with Al Qaeda links tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet headed to Detroit, travelers could see we had made no progress toward a technologically wondrous Philip K. Dick universe.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Maureen Dowd in her <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/opinion/30dowd.html?_r=1">op-ed piece</a> for the New York Times, wondering why our airport security isn’t more technologically advanced. Memo to Maureen: when attempting to use a sci-fi writer’s name as a shorthand for a vision of the future, it’s a good idea to actually be familiar with the writer’s work. Some would say that “a Philip K. Dick universe” is the last thing we want airport security to turn into. (via <a href="http://mrgan.tumblr.com/">mrgan</a>)</p> <p>I think we’re already half way there.</p></em>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/310428036http://you.dontquestion.me/post/310428036Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:00:22 +1100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv8kc9omQ21qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/300556994http://you.dontquestion.me/post/300556994Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:33:31 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv2tbiZKFS1qzvsn4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://houmam.tumblr.com/post/295727810/sushi-etiquette">houmam</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/12/10/sushi-etiquette/">Sushi Etiquette</a></p> </blockquote>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295795343http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295795343Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:51:58 +1100<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SItFvB0Upb8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SItFvB0Upb8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hiredgoon.tumblr.com/post/294981863/depressed-woman-with-her-hand-on-a-wall-we-got">hiredgoon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Depressed woman with her hand on a wall?<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItFvB0Upb8&feature=player_embedded">WE GOT THAT B ROLL!!</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/Dexfango">Dexfango</a>). World of Awesome.</p> </blockquote>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295740646http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295740646Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:11:42 +1100<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv2rqmejWh1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had a fantastic solstice dinner last night. No pagan dancing though.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295681385http://you.dontquestion.me/post/295681385Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:27:41 +1100<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuy1szu8BU1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/291548888http://you.dontquestion.me/post/291548888Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:17:23 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuub4ruSUD1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Claire’s first attempt at pavlova. Delicious.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/288716729http://you.dontquestion.me/post/288716729Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:48:13 +1100<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8217311&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8217311&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8217311&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ideasareawesome.com/post/287815875/really-interesting-video-about-the-future-of-ui">ideasareawesome</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Really interesting video about the future of UI.  Via <a target="blank" href="http://becauseweliketo.com/the-future-of-ui-bonnier-x-berg/">Because We Like To</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Fascinating.</p>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/287970996http://you.dontquestion.me/post/287970996Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:10:54 +1100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kum7lx18Nw1qz7ywoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.davidkaneda.com/post/286276373/web-services-as-classic-book-covers">davidkaneda</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>French illustrator, <a href="http://www.behance.net/Retrofuturs">Stéphane Massa-Bidal</a> has created <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hulk4598/sets/72157622848122389/">a set of posters</a> portraying modern web services as classic book covers.</p> </blockquote>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/287361220http://you.dontquestion.me/post/287361220Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:34:34 +1100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuqcuhNiDM1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuqcuhNiDM1qzbkhuo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuqcuhNiDM1qzbkhuo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/285725559http://you.dontquestion.me/post/285725559Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:35:05 +1100<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kumqa8l7WD1qzbkhuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://you.dontquestion.me/post/282857874http://you.dontquestion.me/post/282857874Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:34:48 +1100