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About last night
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So Barack Obama and I are in line to see The Dark Knight — me saying how fucking awesome it is to live in New York City, him saying how sad it was that heart-throb Heath Ledger had died. I see somebody else standing in line reading Chuck Palahniuk’s Snuff and I think to myself that the best thing about that book was the graphic design of the cover.
Suddenly I feel a jolt I can’t describe, maybe it was love, maybe it was something else, but can you really describe love anyway, and if so, how, I mean, what is it really, is it a real thing or just some chemicals in our brain, and the following thought crystalizes in my mind:
“Being creative isn’t that difficult, just take some stuff and move it around. Words, colors, notes, anything. Making it interesting to other people is the hard part.”
This seems fairly inspirational to me at the time, so I whip out my trusty Moleskine and record that thought for later, along with some doodles of puppies for the hell of it.
After the movie I went home and surfed around on Muxtape and CollegeHumor until I got bored.
Wikipedia on Zorbing:
Zorbing is the practice of humans traveling in a sphere, generally made of transparent plastic, usually for fun. Sphereing or globe-riding is generally performed on a gentle slope, allowing the rider to roll downhill, but can also be done on a level surface, as well as on water, permitting more rider control.
I just love the “usually for fun” appended to the end of that first sentence. This got me thinking about all the other reasons that humans would travel in a sphere: lower carbon emissions on your commute, strong hamster fetish, or you just want to throw up in the messiest possible way.
via MeFi.
I’m at least three days late on this development, but hear ye anyway.
Whew, we’re not losing any Starbucks locations I care about.
Boringloser got me sick. I, unlike most people, hate being sick.
All the love I got for my nonexciting life has been very rewarding and if I haven’t thanked you for your feedback yet it’s because I’m dying (see point 2).
Angry users
Of course, it looks like I should probably expect a bunch of 1-star reviews saying things like “stoopid you can get this for free! too much money! not worth $10 but maybe I’d pay $3!”
Sigh, I think that’s very true. It’s not just whiny and annoying, but also ignorant. People are essentially saying “I severely underestimate the amount of work it took to make this” or “I understand it took many, many hours to make this but I don’t think you should be compensated.”
People bitch and moan about the cost of lots of things — but it’s infected iPhone Apps especially hard. Setting aside brick-and-mortar stores for now, are the bulk of book reviews on Amazon rants about the pricing? No. Or even within iTunes, are the majority of album reviews something like “9.99 for this new Beck album? Rip off! It’s just some notes played in a certain order! $5 at most!” Crazy talk.
My theory is that the general public feels better paying for either real goods or digital goods that also happen to be sold in a non-digital format (in a box) — but digital-based goods that aren’t on a store shelf anywhere have an uphill battle. This thinking is unfortunate because it will only hold back new media, but there it is.
My last word on this is a modest proposal to Apple: Only let people who have downloaded and installed any given app write a review of it.
I’ve got one arm out of my jacket and my pc hasnt even got to the login prompt yet, but you’re already asking me stupid questions about website analytics.
This sounds familiar.
This is an old one, and was appropriately reblogged throughout the Tumblr universe back then, but it’s especially meaningful to me today in light of some things.