Someone please tell my why this Twitter crap has become so
damn popular all of the sudden?
Do people really care what other people are doing? Why
would I waste my time typing out a message explaining what
I'm doing?
What's the deal with twitter?
UPDATE (04.27.07): Okay... So I signed up for twitter
to see what the deal was. ummm... and ummm... I must
ummm... admit, I'm addicted, and I can't even explain why.
So, I guess the question in the title of this post is still
legit: What's the deal with Twitter? I've been converted
www.twitter.com/trick
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A co-worker recommended I download a program touting to
be the "TextMate" for
Windows called "E-TextEditor". For
those of you who don't know what TextMate is, it is an HTML
editor exclusively for Mac, that is exclusively amazing.
Knowing the great things TextMate offers, and owning a PC
myself, I was pretty excited to see if the claims were true.
So, I downloaded, and I honestly must say, I'm very
impressed. The functionality of this editor is pretty
amazing. There really is a long list of things that can be
done with this editor, so I'll just list a few of my
favorite things (like the song):
If you have the HTML bundle selected, and create a new
document, and type 'skel' + Tab, TextEditor will
automatically generate an HTML skeleton for you:
Holding down the 'Alt' key, and clicking and dragging
your mouse over text will allow you to do column
selection.
Type 'h1' + Tab, and the h1 open and close will
auto-generate. Then begin typing, and based on the content,
E-TextEditor will suggest a value for the h1's 'id'.
The list goes on an on. Anyway, I recommend downloading
the trial version, and giving it a try. You may find it
worth the $35 to own it outright.
The video below shows all the cool things you can do with
Photoshop.
In all seriousness, this video is really amazing, and
extremely eye opening. It does an excellent job of getting
the point across that those images you see in magazines of
the models you idolize, are of normal people just like you,
and they need a ton of attention to look like that. From
hours in the makeup chair, to a computer program that
artificially enhances nearly every aspect of their faces.
It'd be great if advertisers didn't fill our heads with
lies. This particular case is very disturbing, because it
fills heads with thoughts of inadequacy, and can lead to
different disorders. Thank you Dove, for stepping up and
opening our eyes.
