Microsoft’s got a pretty stellar track record of terrible Windows infomercials. Some for the consumer, some internal, all pretty rough. This 1988 video showcases Windows/386, a fairly impressive upgrade to Windows that introduced multitasking among other features. The impressiveness of the upgrade does not come through in this video. What begins as a dry-but-corny corporate…
Freddy Krueger’s always been his own best pitchman, both in his filmic universe and in ours. He’s got this unflagging confidence that only breaks – at most – thirty seconds before he’s defeated, and that confidence rings as clear as a bell as he breaks the fourth wall to sell his movies to the real…
The idea seems like a 7-year-old’s fever dream: strap trampolines to your feet and then you can get trampoline-air anywhere you go for the rest of your life. That’s the promise of Moon Shoes, the brightly colored ankle-breakers of the ’90s. To be clear, the shoes are a terrible idea; apart from the aforementioned risk…
Most VHS games come off as less than they intend to be, but watching this VHS presentation of 1992’s “Nightmare” I can’t help but catch a chill. Nightmare’s a 3-to-6 player board game fueled by the Gatekeeper, your host on the VHS tape. Unlike other VHS board games where you fast forward and rewind to…
1. The Antlers – I came back from Moogfest in Asheville, NC obsessed with these guys. I had heard a song or two before the festival, but their set really blew me away. Cannot stop listening to Hospice.
2. miniature ships at ICE – the Indie Craft Experience was this weekend in Atlanta! Becky was kind enough to give me a little space at her booth for miniature ships and a flier for arizona.
3. OSX Preview print-to-scale – this one sounds not very exciting at all, but it was a lifesaver. I’ve been printing my books in 6 x 9, but my home printer which I use to proof pages uses standard 8.5 x 11. As a result, my proofs always printed blown up a bit and it was hard to get a good idea of how the pages actually looked. Becky pointed out that OSX’s preview automatically upscales your documents to fill the page – once I reduced their scale back to 100%, they printed great! Who knew!
4. playground crochet. from playscapes, an amazing amazing blog.
5. I’ve secured an ISBN for arizona. Hoping to have a proof by Thanksgiving! It is currently in “spread out on the floor and make final decisions” status.
-ds
