CM Harrington

I am something that you will never comprehend.
#UX #Prince #otters #funk #soul #lgbt #OldHead

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2024-11-05 16:15:54

Dumb question I should know the answer to but clearly do not:
How do you ‘view source’ in safari on ios on a phone (ie, not in simulator, or tethered to a mac)?

2024-11-04 03:01:42

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@npub1xth…u6wq I still have my OG copy with the tiny second CD.
Fixed tho…

2024-08-31 19:04:08

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@npub13le…6saf oh those would have been *amazing* labels back in the day!

2024-08-28 15:00:46

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@npub1qw5…037m if only we weren’t in the minority…

2024-08-28 14:52:48

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@npub1qw5…037m oooh, that could be fun.

2024-08-26 13:13:44

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@npub16u7…uend this seems bad.

2024-08-24 22:12:56

This is actually pretty cool! If you like graphic design, here’s a chance to get signed artist proofs of National Park posters relatively inexpensively.
Buy an art!
https://national-park-posters.com/collections/artist-proofs

2024-08-20 01:04:30

Meanwhile, American Ninja Warrior finals are on.

2024-08-18 01:14:41

“Harris and the Coach” is gonna be ABC’s best TGIFriday lineup in years.

2024-08-12 21:20:26

Holy crap, is Mtn Dew going to be the bridge that unifies is all?!?
Mtn Dew’s gonna have to have a ‘teach the world to sing’ moment.

2024-08-12 14:42:24

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@npub13le…6saf I've said this before, but I wanna say again how much I really enjoy these plots. This particular series has a more balanced quality both in form and tonality which I like verymuch.

2024-08-04 00:53:14

in a weird alternate universe, Steve Jobs is still alive, and Macs are still on Intel.
Could you *imagine* the shitshow if all the recently sold Macs had CPUs that were faulty at upwards of 50%?!?
It makes him chucking the Motorola ROKR look like a joke.

2024-08-01 14:31:07

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@npub1k9m…tej5 Holy crap! That's amazing. I've forgotten, have you driven this monitor before? is the colour accuracy/general compatibility good?

2024-07-28 14:48:42

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@npub1zak…d6uu they know they’re not going home anytime soon. Eep!

2024-07-28 14:13:28

Ok, remember how we said they totally weren’t stranded on the space station?!?
Weeeeelllllll… about that…
Ok, ok, they’re totally stranded.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/stranded-boeing-astronauts-are-stuck-on-international-space-station-nasa-says-in-urgent-update/ar-BB1qCBGz Stranded Boeing astronauts are stuck on International Space Station, Nasa says in urgent update

2024-07-25 16:49:20

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@npub16u7…uend that’s interesting to me… are they not using the underlying OS frameworks for such things? (Ie, is this a problem specific to, say, electron-style apps)

2024-07-21 16:46:28

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@npub1j2y…ggdc current mood.

2024-07-14 22:00:32

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@npub13q3…hr6l and also that some runtimes get confused when you nest comments. (Like commenting a line that contains a comment). It’ll often ‘end’ the comment on the first instance of the closing sequence.

2024-07-10 15:53:51

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@npub1l8q…f4up I’m not gonna watch that, but I hope it’s not as painful as I imagine, and you recover quickly.

2024-07-08 14:27:48

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@npub1qw5…037m oh noooooo

2024-07-05 02:36:42

SEX SHOOTER (OG #Prince vocals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIu6zLYWRlw
/cc @npub1rgu…aj7y
#Funk
#RealMusicByRealMusicians

2024-06-30 23:32:42

Two thousand zero zero party’s over oops…
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/708/180/788/728/092/original/1c8b03a4d6b9d7e9.jpeg

2024-06-19 16:19:30

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@npub1zak…d6uu Cheers! Best of luck!

2024-06-11 02:59:08

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@npub1zak…d6uu I mean, I know *why* it's there… I just can't get rid of it, even after clicking on it.

2024-06-11 02:58:27

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@npub1zak…d6uu done

2024-06-11 02:58:22

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@npub1zak…d6uu This is #StarTrek

2024-06-11 02:54:26

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@npub1zak…d6uu
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/595/725/940/276/131/original/b812478b0df0870f.png

2024-06-11 02:47:36

Hey #mastodon hive mind:
In the web interface, when you have a 'filtered notification'… how in the hell do you get rid of that banner??? I clicked on it, and it showed them to me (I mean, whatever, I filtered them for a reason, but now there's a giant UI in the way of my reading), but that doesn't get rid of the banner.
Halp?

2024-05-31 23:55:06

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@npub1c5u…sr87 strong Adventure Time vibes.

2024-05-30 21:01:34

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 Dammit, Glenn. You've jinxed it.

2024-05-29 03:10:59

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@npub1w78…efqy does it get you out of The Matrix?

2024-05-23 13:43:05

You ever wake up and it feels like the atmosphere itself is trying to crush you?
Today can already fuck off.

2024-05-21 15:00:07

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@npub1xsy…cevg clearly there’s some sort of universal brain problem today, and it’s best we all take the week off.

2024-05-21 14:55:46

I cannot brain today. Send chocolate.

2024-05-14 13:50:54

It never occurred to me before now (weird brain)… I can’t think of a breakfast cereal mascot who is female, aside from maybe a one-shot promo (Wheaties sports stars don’t count) All dudes. All the time.

2024-05-12 02:27:11

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@npub18lj…80hq may as well go Froot Brute.

2024-05-10 22:54:16

The sky’s all purple there’re people running everywhere…
https://nileane.fr/@nileane/112419206308171239

2024-05-10 22:32:10

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@npub1qw5…037m a groove!

2024-05-10 02:33:53

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@npub1j46…3gm7 LOL, I was totally about to suggest Glitch until I read the last line!

2024-05-09 19:22:53

In my head, the goose’s name from ‘Untitled Goose Game’ is Stephen.
Stephen Honking.

2024-05-09 13:45:18

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@npub1qw5…037m I've been there, and frankly, I'd rather be alone in the woods. LOL

2024-05-09 02:27:11

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@npub1xsy…cevg ooooooooh! I do loves me some trains. It's unfortunate that the US's trains are so lackluster in comparison.

2024-05-09 02:04:20

There is a corner of "Travel YouTube" where there is no voiceover, just subtitles, and the occasional voices from servers and food/lodging hosts… and it's delightful. I notice my breathing and heart-rate slowing.
I contrast this with how I watch 'normal' videos. I have decided I need to watch more of these more often.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXC2CiJXm4
Another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoUEQca_k9I

2024-05-08 13:54:52

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@npub1qw5…037m same

2024-05-06 02:15:32

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@npub1j46…3gm7 Belt and suspenders… and rope… and duct tape… and…

2024-05-06 01:25:54

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@npub1j46…3gm7 and it seems to have physical buttons for all those controls.

2024-05-01 00:29:16

Social platforms on the web aren’t inherently bad. Federated platforms don’t inherently ‘fix’ the problems associated with large corporate platforms.
The problems most people identify with large corporate platforms are entirely social, and have nothing to do with who owns them. It has everything to do about people in charge deciding that these social problems matter and should be solved for.

2024-04-22 14:34:15

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@npub1qw5…037m sure but even when you’re the tallest midget, you’re still a midget.

2024-04-22 14:25:59

The more I use CarPlay the more I see how much it sucks. And while I think a lot of this can only be best with hardware buttons, there’s a huge amount of low hanging fruit that can be fixed with the existing software environment.
The number of taps to do simple shit is *insane*, and far worse than my integrated MMI which has 1-press hardware buttons for all modes, and a shallow but broad HW controlled screen system.

2024-04-22 14:07:10

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@npub1qw5…037m I think it started in secondary school.

2024-04-17 01:49:02

S'up AV nerds…
A24 has a new 4k deluxe version of Stop Making Sense shipping in May. It looks *amazing* and has both the additional footage from the Laser Disc, as well as some additional! https://shop.a24films.com/products/stop-making-sense-collectors-edition

2024-04-15 14:35:31

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 I haven't read them in years, but I always liked the idea that the characters aged.

2024-04-11 14:12:14

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@npub12ks…kf3h is he running for president of Canada as well?

2024-03-31 03:51:12

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@npub1yf4…fcsf that faaaaaaace!! 😻😻😻

2024-03-31 01:12:43

Hey @npub1c5u…sr87 check out this link… shades of Jonathan.
http://www.feb-patrimoine.com/projet/terminaux/terminaux.htm
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/187/645/804/895/528/original/d42f69cf77138dab.jpeg

2024-03-29 22:50:18

Hey #retrocomputing nerds… I have a newton MP 2000 upgraded to a 2100 that I used as my laptop back in the day. The digitiser no longer works (ie, no tapping). What are my options for getting it fixed, and am I bonkers for wanting to try?

2024-03-24 19:10:47

I donnow when it happened but it’s pretty clear Guy Fieri 0wns the food network. His fingers and toes are in everything they produce.

2024-03-21 00:55:40

I’m convinced the person who said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ never didn’t have money.
Money can totally buy happiness. Happiness is a fleeting surface-level emotion. I’m happy when I have chocolate.
Money can’t buy the feeling of being emotionally fulfilled, but that’s totally different.

2024-03-20 18:10:33

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@npub1s2r…7gng do you have any cats?

2024-03-18 14:21:39

Hullo Designers and UX practitioners!
Awhile back on Twitter, I wrote a small thread called "Notes for UI Designers Who Have Lost Their Way". Recently @npub1238…g63g asked if I brought it over here yet.
Well, here is the original post. I'm hoping it will engender a great discussion as it did on Twitter, as these issues still exist.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/117/123/138/702/550/original/adaf4bb1b8a217e1.png

2024-03-11 15:36:06

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@npub1qw5…037m I had a coworker who was famous for "Whattaboutism". She made a lot of enemies of folks who wanted to do the right thing (in terms of UX/Research), but also wanted to be practical about it (ie, not try to solve societal structural problems first). Instead of meeting halfway, she'd stomp her feet and tell them they're doing it wrong, then wouldn't help them out.

2024-03-09 14:13:11

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@npub16u7…uend yeah. It’s because they’re increasing edge contrast artificially bs optically. The pixels captured on an iPhone are still potato-level if you zoom in, and this is meant to compensate. You can’t overcome physics with processing.
Personally, I’d rather less processing and a larger sensor. Maybe fewer megapixels. I think also, most people don’t feel that way.

2024-02-27 14:38:31

I’m really sad that there are literally generations of people on the internet who think the purpose of the internet is to sell things/themselves to other people.

2024-02-23 23:36:12

Tonight’s sunset is bonkers.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/111/983/418/935/527/290/original/7c3aad3901955973.jpeg

2024-02-19 22:53:40

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@npub1wwc…88qz @npub1eys…6x02 but is it local?

2024-02-12 00:14:50

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@npub1238…g63g Ohio!

2024-02-06 06:29:54

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 everybody’s got prosthetic foreheads on their real heads.

2024-02-06 06:28:15

Everything sticks like a broken record.

2024-02-01 15:21:29

One of the most telling things in the COSA hearings the other day was congress complaining to FB, etc that pressure from their lobbyists prevented protection bills from being passed.
Um… lobbyists don’t vote on bills. Lobbyists blackmail office holders by threatening to withhold donations, or if local, move out of state and create job loss.
What congress really said was ‘we really want your money so we created our own problem by not passing legislation so we would still get money’

2024-01-29 13:54:45

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@npub18wj…lvmv yeah… it seems most (all??) folk seem to use it as a basic writer/filer HFS, which… well, that’s what the Finder does.
I am curious about their Canvas mode and what I think I see as the ability to spatially group things.

2024-01-29 03:34:18

So do I know anyone using #Obsidian as something other than a markdown editor and/or to-do list?

2024-01-22 17:18:29

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@npub1qw5…037m I knew he looked somewhat jellicle.

2024-01-16 16:54:28

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@npub1qw5…037m I believe they’ve remade her for the M(tv)U. It was too close to the powers of another previously established character who will be reappearing in a later series. I think ScreenCrush mentioned it which is the only reason I know anything about it.

2024-01-13 00:56:53

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@npub1qw5…037m you get to see through the holes in a cardboard box :-)

2024-01-12 15:30:47

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@npub1qw5…037m facts. (Also the exception that proves the rule).

2024-01-12 15:09:54

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@npub1qw5…037m only most?? ;-)

2024-01-10 22:35:46

Wait, I thought ChatGPT was just French for CatGPT.

2024-01-09 16:33:21

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@npub1qw5…037m Ha! luckily, they're not that big (we generally don't exchange gifts, but I did gift myself something. Nothing too crazy though.)

2024-01-09 16:32:25

Imma step out for awhile.

2024-01-09 15:59:29

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@npub1qw5…037m Thanks!
It is, but on the other hand, I'm kinda glad it wasn't over the Thanksgiving/Christmas period.

2024-01-09 15:50:41

Well fuck. I just got laid off.

2024-01-06 06:37:10

Deep Steve Thoughts
#Otter
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/111/707/609/899/441/928/original/292d2eb57d931a63.png

2023-12-22 22:42:45

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@npub1h7y…py5p I donnow. It feels more like a threat.

2023-12-16 23:09:40

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@npub1hvd…9sq9 TIL The UPS store does bulk shredding.

2023-12-13 16:58:07

Dear HGTV;
A mudroom is called that because you don't want mud traipsed all over the house. You don't put a mudroom in the middle of your floor plan. You put it with direct access to the outside. It's not complicated.

2023-12-08 15:16:33

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@npub10jk…dpae @npub13rw…nfd8 I mean, that’s exactly how it works in the US, so…

2023-11-17 04:36:13

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@npub1typ…c8hh OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooh oooo-oooooh!

2023-11-16 18:34:22

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@npub1qw5…037m Although Baby C is still in there.
Also, holy crap, that was 16 years ago?!?!?!?!
::falls down dead::

2023-11-16 18:28:03

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@npub1qw5…037m True…
Those first few years were really interesting. Some really solid talent. The Siriano season was bonkers. He was so very clearly head-and-shoulders better than everyone else. The only thing in his way was his arrogance/youth. Turns out… it clearly didn't get in the way too much.

2023-11-16 18:11:19

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@npub1qw5…037m Where's André??

2023-10-12 14:01:38

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 and that’s kinda how most young folk learn… if they’re interested. Hear a sample, look at the liner notes, find the original… of course fewer folk do that these days with streaming.
So we owe it to future generations to keep spinning those records!

2023-10-12 13:42:36

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 Mandrill is one of those highly underrated bands that got kinda buried in the modern era. Always good to see them pop up!

2023-10-09 20:42:25

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@npub178r…qekt sure. But also, there’s a quality of large format photos that a tiny phone camera or even a 35mm equivalent camera cannot create. Medium and large format photos tend to draw me in more than smaller formats (and yes, medium format digital totally counts in that ‘draws you in’ feeling for me).

2023-10-06 04:19:37

Um… holy shit.
https://scitechdaily.com/mits-new-desalination-system-produces-freshwater-that-is-cheaper-than-tap-water/ MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water”

2023-10-05 13:44:11

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@npub1qw5…037m wait, that was the season finale?!?
JFC. Considering it’s probably not going to go into S2… wow.

2023-09-28 22:21:59

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@npub189n…satx no, because I don’t go on that site.

2023-09-28 22:06:37

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@npub189n…satx I mean, they were doing that when they were twitter…

2023-09-26 15:53:02

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@npub19fc…ay3c Often classified as "adult contemporary", but my real vote is 'Pop-prog' (which I just made up). If you look at the arrangements, they're very complex, often poly-rhythmic, and layered as you'd see in progressive rock, but with a mass-appeal pop accessibility about it.
It maintains a groove, yet impossible to dance to.

2023-09-23 22:00:03

There’s a rule of thumb that says there’s an optimal relationship between the front wall, listening position, and rear wall. You want to be 1/3 from the rear wall, and the speakers 1/3 from the front (assuming traditional ‘box speakers’).
Fun experiment: get your speakers at least 4-5 feet from the wall, and about 5-6’ apart. Stick yourself about 1-2’ in front of the speakers, dead centre between the two, and play your music that way.
It’s a very different experience. And it’s very good.

2023-09-12 21:56:33

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@npub1qw5…037m I was more of an Oblique Helvetica person myself.