This too shall pass...
I'm back with a handful of new snippets for your Wednesday reading pleasure. Enjoy!
I think I nearly went into shock when I read the push message on my iPhone from CNN that Steve Jobs had resigned as CEO of Apple Computers. Of course, my shock was shortlived when I read that he is retaining his position as Chairman, though. We all know this means that nothing is really going to change, right? It's like Vladimir Putin resigning as President of Russia but staying on as Prime Minister. We all know who really holds the power, don't we Vlad?
"of"
It's amazing the difference two little letters can make. I was scanning through some offerings on Netflix Instant Watch and found what I thought was Battle Los Angeles. I decided to watch and knew within about 20 seconds that it was so not Battle Los Angeles. It was, in fact, Battle of Los Angeles, a self-proclaimed "mockbuster." Both came out in 2011 so you gotta excuse me that. I shut it off after about five minutes. I just can't do it. So, instead I'm torturing myself with Night of the Comet. I clearly hate life, don't I? Well, at least it has The Last Starfighter-era Catherine Mary Stewart. Can't be all bad, can it?
Oh, it probably can.
"Tge"
Speaking of annoying small words... why does my iPhone keep autocorrecting miskeys of "the" to "Tge"? What the hell is "Tge"? Is there a way to crack into my iPhone's autocorrect dictionary and remove "Tge"?
CDs
Turns out my earlier assessment of the state of affairs of Borders liquidation sales wasn't entirely accurate. The one in Naperville was practically stripped bare, but the one in Geneva, as Katie and I discovered last night, still had some pretty decent stock. I found a copy of Kerli's album Love is Dead at 50% off $9 as well as OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky at 40% off $11. Not bad. I guess you just gotta be on the lookout for the deals.
Halftone
I've been having fun with an iPhone app called Halftone. It basically takes photos and gives them a comic book feel complete with different paper types, frames, text boxes, and onomatopoetic effects and other graphics. It's pretty fun. Here are a couple samples of what I've done.
[Click on the images to viagra-ize them]
At 99 cents, it was worth it. I may have to try it out with Norman.
Well, time to torture myself with more horrendously bad 80s zombie crap.
Did you know that Catherine Mary Stewart got her start on "Days of Our Lives"?
Posted by: Suzanne Apgar | Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 08:29 PM
Autocorrect makes me insane no mater what medium/ program. It's just... WRONG.
I like the halftone comics!
Posted by: sybillaw | Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 08:57 PM
Apparently everybody does.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 09:18 PM
Thanks. They're fun to make.
Posted by: kapgar | Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 09:19 PM
Yeah yesterday I was leaving work and got caught up on my feeds and I couldn't believe what I was reading. I think I even said out loud "wait, what? Steve Jobs resigned?".
Posted by: Kevin Spencer | Thursday, 25 August 2011 at 11:23 AM
Knew it had to happen sometime, but he's still going to heavily involved. Just not on paper, I suspect.
Posted by: kapgar | Thursday, 25 August 2011 at 12:23 PM
Except Steve Jobs is WAY more productive than Mr. Vlad. But on a more serious note, I hope Mr. Jobs is going to be ok health wise.
You MUST do the comic book thingy with Norm! YOU MUST!!
Posted by: Marie | Thursday, 25 August 2011 at 02:08 PM
I worry about his health too. And I will with Norman. Promise.
Posted by: kapgar | Thursday, 25 August 2011 at 04:08 PM
ahahahahaaha! Night of the Comet recently came out on Netflix and I had to watch it with all it's cheesy goodness. Oh how I LOVED the 80's! ;)
Posted by: pinkpiddypaws | Saturday, 27 August 2011 at 07:40 PM
I love the 80s but, damn, that movie was baaaaaaddd.
Posted by: kapgar | Saturday, 27 August 2011 at 09:35 PM