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.

Honestly, I wouldn’t have expected Greenpeace to be so hip to the tubes.

They’ve adopted a whale. They’ve invited the internet to name it. Yes, typically that’s what you’d call a bad idea, but go easy on them - they did try so very hard. They took 11,000 submitted names and whittled the list down to 30. That’s no mean feat. But they just couldn’t resist temptation. 29 of the names were deep and meaningful, but that 30th name… they just had to let it slide in there.

Honestly, I’m not trying to pre-bias anyone. You can cast your own vote right here. But I know you’ll be able to tell who that 30th candidate is, in a classic Sesame Street “One of these things is not like the other” kind of way. And how could one possibly resist a name so charming?

So of course you know who’s in the lead. Even despite some shenanigans. We’ll have to check back on December the 7th to see if internet voting is as predictable as I think it is.