mistersquid: a digital fiction http://blog.mistersquid.com/ en Copyright 2012 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:46:16 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.3-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Golden Gate Shrouded by Fog

Took this picture yesterday in the middle of my Bay-to-Breakers training run.

Golden Gate Bridge shrouded in fog.

Thing is, sublime views like this are a regular thing in SF and every day is a beautiful day.

I’m so glad I’m here. I think you should come, too.

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/05/#002102 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/05/#002102 Wed, 09 May 2012 11:02:07 -0800 Toothbrushed Birdie

Bird groomed with toothbrush!

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/04/#002101 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/04/#002101 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:33:31 -0800 Roofed!

Dog at cat looking over edge of building at photographer

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002099 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002099 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:09:09 -0800 Shiba Inu Smile

Smiling Shiba Inu

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002098 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002098 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:22:22 -0800 Maneki Maneki Neko

Cat beside two Maneki Neko figurines

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002097 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/03/#002097 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:53:42 -0800 Last night I had so much to say…

Animated image of urban landscape at night

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/01/#002082 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/01/#002082 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:04:59 -0800 Welcome 2012

We’ve been waiting for you.»

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/01/#002076 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2012/01/#002076 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:20:46 -0800 Dear 2011…

Dear 2011, So long, sucker.

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/12/#002074 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/12/#002074 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:50:57 -0800 David Shrigley, Untitled 1996 Untitled 1996 ENTRYURL: http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=92161&searchid=22952&tabview=image viaName: viaURL: http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/14735614229/david-shrigley TIME: 11:37:00 //-->

Santa Claus is not evil. There is no need to defend myself against him.

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/12/#002073 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/12/#002073 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:09:47 -0800 Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
One more thing…

one last time…

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]]> http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/10/steve_jobs_1955-2011.html http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/10/steve_jobs_1955-2011.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:46:16 -0800 The Gathering of the Juggalos

Just some Juggalos

Mind-blowing documentary about the people who come to The Gathering of the Juggalos. In the Vimeo comment thread, user Daniel Cronin links to photographs taken at the gathering over the last two years.

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/10/#002070 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/10/#002070 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:04:06 -0800 Possible “item” Names
  • knot
  • nap
  • nut
  • nub
  • not
  • loop
  • stitch
  • top
  • plateau
  • organ
  • quark
  • quirk
  • quip
  • quiff
  • pill
  • part
  • pip
  • pulp
  • pop

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]]> http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/09/possible_item_names.html http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/09/possible_item_names.html Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:11:36 -0800 Rollback Safari 5.1 on Mac OS X

For the last month I’ve been working on a script to allow me to import animated GIFs into Yojimbo, which script incorporates a few of the concepts I used for Add Bookmark to Yojimbo and Yojimbo Bookmark Collection From Front Window. Stoked by hot new scripting functionality, I decided to accept Software Update’s waiting updates.

A few days later I noticed my new script» was failing to add the selected text to the comments of the new Yojimbo items it creates. A few moments with Google led me to the problem.

Source: Problem with JavaScript in Safari 5.1

Until Apple updates Safari so JavaScript can once again identify selected content, I’m staying with the earlier version of Safari (for me Safari 5.0.5). If you’ve upgraded and are missing the ability to refer to content selected in Safari using JavaScript, you can follow these instructions from MacOSXHints to downgrade Safari to your previous version.

Source: Restore previous Safari version from .SafariArchive.tar.gz

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]]> http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/08/rollback_safari_51_on_mac_os_x.html http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/08/rollback_safari_51_on_mac_os_x.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:56:32 -0800 Arab Spring Arrives Late in Israel

Source: Israelis march for lower living costs

Source: 250,000 Protest Cost of Living in Israel

“We know that we cannot achieve everything,” Itzik Shmuly, the chairman of the National Union of Students, acknowledged from the podium in Tel Aviv. “But living here has become impossible, and we will not accept it.”

The wave of protests has been largely driven by Israel’s working middle classes, who are afflicted by rising costs of basics like housing, food and gasoline, and by high taxation. At the same time, the country’s social services have been shrinking and there is a growing gap between the rich and poor.

In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem young people, retired couples and families marched.

Ayelet Kol, a 37-year-old graphic designer in Tel Aviv, said she has been fighting a losing battle to get by financially even though she downsized into a one-room studio apartment, canceled her gym membership and cable subscription and has entirely cut out meeting friends at restaurants.

“Until now most people thought it was their fault that they could not get by,” she said, “but now they are realizing it’s hard for everyone and that they are not alone.”

250,000 Protest Cost of Living in Israel
Isabel Kershner

About a quarter of a million people, more than three percent of the Israeli Jewish population, poured into the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to protest the cost of living, one of which symptoms is an increasing wealth disparity between rich and poor.

My question is whether the working poor and the vanishing middle class in the United States feel similarly and, if so, what we can learn about the ongoing activism in the Middle East.

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]]> http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/08/arab_spring_arrives_late_in_israel.html http://blog.mistersquid.com/2011/08/arab_spring_arrives_late_in_israel.html Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:37:27 -0800 Mac OS X Lion Causes Balding

Causing hari loss as you use your Mac

I plan on upgrading by the end of August, mainly to save on getting a haircut.»

]]> http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/07/#002062 http://bits.mistersquid.com/2011/07/#002062 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:48:45 -0800