One Big Library.

Turning off twitter was a good idea. Shutting this site down seems like an even better one.

See ya.

There's lots of flashy and useful stuff in OSX 10.5 (aka Leopard) which received a lot of attention when it was first released. After several months using a lot of these (time machine in particular is a great addition), I've stumbled onto what I think is my favorite, and the single most useful new thing, and I don't even know for sure if it's new, or if it was ever mentioned in the release hype. It's this:

The finder now sports shortcuts for a time-based view of files you've used somehow. If you're like me and use a lot of apps all the time, and download a lot of stuff all the time, and muck with a lot of different files all the time, the "Search for Today" shortcut (highlighted above) is dreamy. It's like a Lifestream but without the failed proprietary windows-only app: it simply gives you the fastest way to get to "that thing i just used/downloaded/moved/executed/whatever."

A finder window dedicated to keeping this view open is now a fixture on my desktop, and I use it constantly. Wonderful!

I take it back. The twitter account, that is. I really don't get it, and I really don't need it.

Was I supportive of Donald Rumsfeld's most recent cabinet stint? No. Did he, on occasion, spin a poetic turn about known unknowns and their siblings? Sure, on occasion. Did this make me more inclined to want to hear what he had to say next? Yes, I'll admit that that might be true. But did he nonetheless disappoint me yet again and again by sticking to his guns and finding a way to state his peace that was simultaneously repugnant and pedantic and belittling? You bet he did. Did people realize that his I'm-going-to-ask-and-answer-my-own-questions-now style was insulting and an affront to basic human dignity in its shards-of-glass-rending-the-fabric-of-discourse vileness? Yes, we should all admit, we pretty much recognized this immediately. Does that stop us from continuing to mimick his greatest non-violent sin upon humanity? No, my friends, it does not.

DEAR EVERYBODY PLEASE STOP DOING THIS I WILL YELL AT YOU IF YOU DO IT TO ME I MEAN IT SERIOUSLY I MEAN CMON ITS 200fucking8 CAN WE PLEASE ALL TALK WITH EACH OTHER RESPECTFULLY LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE AGAIN THANK YOU STOP

iTunes, search me up some devil music!

Thanks, iTunes!