hey, whaddya know. a website. /kicks tires

as you may or may not know, the yahoos that own and operate this website all have accounts on facebook, the social network site that one can belong to without feeling like you’re a pervert (unlike its competitor, myspace). i find it somewhat fascinating to keep up with what former co-workers, college classmates, and high school friends are up to; not essential information, but certainly interesting. it also can be a bit of a time sink if i’m not careful; however, now that scrabulous has gone away, there’s much less risk of that.

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I thought I’d blogged about this before, but my quick search for the orange cat on this site didn’t turn up anything, so I’ll try to set that right this time.

Anyway. I found an old article in the Washington Post this morning, that highlighted one of my newer internet finds: Garfield Minus Garfield. And as it turns out, Jim Davis actually reads and approves of it.

Very nice to see an author who’s cool with someone taking their work and extending/expanding it. Not that he’d authorize a GMG book, no doubt, but still. And seriously, check out Garfield Minus Garfield, it’s kind of like watching a train wreck…

So I’m doing my daily browse of internet-land, trying to keep up with what’s new, or at least relevant, in the Mac world, on the outside chance that I might someday have a job in the industry again. And I come across an update for an app called Sparkle. Cool little app - lets developers make updating their software easier on their users. Definitely a good thing.

But in the back of my mind I’m thinking Yeah, but I think I’ve used Sparkle before, and that’s not at all like most of the computer work I’ve done in my career. So… quick browse deeper into the internet and sure enough:

Sparkle.

Released in 1998. Requires Mac OS 7.5. That’s ten years and three operating systems ago. I’m old. And nerdy.

Sure, it’s not McBunny edging his chair right off the back of the stage while holding his tuba… but this is still pretty good. Keep an eye on the timpani player back-right, and if you don’t immediately see what happened, well neither did I. I had to watch it twice before I saw it…

So I was watching Morning Joe the other day, and… well, I found the clip on YouTube, so you can just watch for yourself. I do love how he knows the name of the man in Bolivia.