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Randall Paul Jenkins, Esq. » Technology http://randallpauljenkins.com Esquire?!? Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:23:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 IE6 Must Die. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/07/18/ie6-must-die/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/07/18/ie6-must-die/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:46:42 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=778 I feel like IE6 sometimes is that villain in a really poorly written action movie. You know, the one who has no place really being a villain, can’t do anything right, has no overwhelming brute strength, has no secret death ray and can be defeated by a child. IE6 is the villain for a lot of people who work in design, and most people outside of the design community are oblivious that it isn’t a state of the art browser.

Mashable has a great post on their IE6 death wish, some of the intricacies of why IE6 is horrible, why developers need to start denying pages to load in it, and what the future holds for anyone using a real browser.

Mashable

Both Digg and YouTube have announced that they’re cutting back on IE6 support. Facebook already gives you suggestions for better browsers if you try to log in with IE6. You won’t be able to Digg articles or browse YouTube via IE6 in the near future.

If you are using IE6, please stop, use IE8 if you must or try Safari or Firefox out, you might be surprised at how the internet has changed these past 10 years. If you work in IT, make it a priority to upgrade your companies browsers, far more designers will respect you.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/07/18/ie6-must-die/feed/ 0 Zipdecode. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/02/01/zipdecode/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/02/01/zipdecode/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:31:56 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=675 Sometimes our Gov’t has been ectremely intelligent and creative in how it plans backbones of our daily lives, some times they are not. The Interstates project that Eisenhower was such a big proponent of is one example of the brilliance of logistics in Government, the Zip Code system is another pretty neat one.

Here is a brilliant interactive look at how the Zip Code system works.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/02/01/zipdecode/feed/ 0 Yahoo! Media Player. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/01/13/yahoo-media-player/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/01/13/yahoo-media-player/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:54:32 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=647 The other day I came across Yahoo! Media Player. It’s a very simple way to build in a player to any website. It picks up any link to an mp3 on your page and throws it in the player, as well as sticks a play button next to the link. Most of the web development I do involving players is more focussed on a few tracks always being available in the player, so I’m not sure I have an implementation for this yet, but my mind is working on it. I know quite a few people who read my blog however should implement this ASAP (Kanye West, I’m talking to you).

Nice to see Yahoo! pushing it’s reach and offering up an amazingly useful webapp for free. Well done Y!.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2009/01/13/yahoo-media-player/feed/ 1 Google Gears. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/10/16/google-gears/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/10/16/google-gears/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:06:19 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=564 So I officially back Google Gears. It took me a while to ponder if I really supported this whole thing, and to really figure out how it can be deployed across the internets, but I’m in completely now. It’s funny how a few months ago everyone thought the future of the web was to keep all your info and documents online, now it’s all about storing your relevant information locally.

For those of you not in the know:

Google Gears

Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser:

Go get you some, right here.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/10/16/google-gears/feed/ 0 I’m A PC, But I Was Made On A Mac. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/20/im-a-pc-but-i-was-made-on-a-mac/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/20/im-a-pc-but-i-was-made-on-a-mac/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:35:09 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=548 This one is just pure unadulterated bliss. Computerworld reports:

Computerworld

Several digital images that Microsoft Corp. has posted on its Web site to trumpet its new “I’m a PC” advertising campaign were actually created on Macs, according to the files’ originating-software stamp.

Four of the images that Microsoft made available on its PressPass site today display the designation “Adobe Photoshop C3 Macintosh” when their file properties are examined. The images appear to be frames from the television ads that Microsoft will launch later today.

This one just makes me giggle over and over and over.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/20/im-a-pc-but-i-was-made-on-a-mac/feed/ 1 Chargers Sign Lance Armstrong. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/10/chargers-sign-lance-armstrong/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/10/chargers-sign-lance-armstrong/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:39:30 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=523 So I am one of those twittering people, and as I have discussed with most of my close friends, I don’t really “get it” either. But I do it, and every once in a while I sure am glad I am. Yesterday was one of those days. This was why.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/10/chargers-sign-lance-armstrong/feed/ 0 The Good News. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/09/the-good-news/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/09/the-good-news/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:33:12 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=520 So I have been absent from this little blog as of late, and rally there is no good excuse why. I’m busy working as usual, but I definitely could have spent some more quality time with good ole rpj.com. So where has my time been spent, you ask? Trying to solve the ever evolving issue of my site being listed as a malware source with google. This started happening the day of the last post I made, and I was pretty sure it had to do with that post, well it doesn’t seem like it did. Seems like I just got hacked through something (I’m suspect it was the wordpress auto-update, or something of the sort).

I bugged just about every person I know who works in design/programming, and I thank you all for your amazing knowledge filled response of “yeah, I dunno, that’s weird”. Seriously, you people really are aces, all kidding aside.

So the blog is back, the google warnings should come down soon, and as a bonus prize I brought…

Twitter Updates Back! Weekly digest, which is what I wanted to begin with. Dollar, dollar bills y’all.
Enjoy.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/09/09/the-good-news/feed/ 1 AT&T Sends Me A Text. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/08/23/att-sends-me-a-text/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/08/23/att-sends-me-a-text/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:49:21 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=507 So I got a text message yesterday from AT&T, which was pretty interesting. As a lot of people know the iPhone 3G is getting some flack over the issues with 3G. I’m the kind that doesn’t care a ton, I just turn 3G off if it’s reception is low places, but I guess it should be working by now, so all these people do have points. They put out an update that a lot of people anticipated was the fix for all the 3G issues.

Anyway, the text said…

AT&T & Apple

“An important software update for iPhone 3G has been available on iTunes since this past Monday,” the message reads. “To get it, simply sync your iPhone 3G with iTunes and click the ‘Check for Update’ button.”

I updated on Monday afternoon, and of course I found no change to the performance of my phone. Kind of interesting that they would be so persistent about an update if it wasn’t supposed to be the fix.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/08/23/att-sends-me-a-text/feed/ 0 Oh, The Dreamers. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/23/oh-the-dreamers/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/23/oh-the-dreamers/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:32 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=462 This guy (Mark Shuttleworth) needs a reality check. Your target market isn’t Apple’s; Ordinary users aren’t where your market potential is.

The Register

That dream? To produce a desktop more beautiful to ordinary users than legions of Apple programmers supping on the milk of chief exec Steve Jobs’ alleged brilliance are capable of producing.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/23/oh-the-dreamers/feed/ 1 Pandamonium. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/18/pandamonium/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/18/pandamonium/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:41:03 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=433 Exactly a week from today P is for Panda will be having a little get together in the ATL to officially launch the label side of the Panda (I think this also will be one of the first places you can see the new line of Panda shirts, which I am still slacking on contributing to, sometime soon, it’s in the works). These people think highly of me, and I think even highly-er of them, and they stuck my name on the flyer for the art show that is happening at the event. This meant I had to actually commit to something in my life, and you will, at the very least, see 4-5 photos that I spent weeks trying to decide between. All the art at the show will be for sale (I believe, don’t hold me to it), and proceeds benefit the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. It’s a possibility that you will see a couple pieces I am working on, if they manage to get wrapped up in time and I am able to overnight such heavy things to Atlanta in time.

All the prints of my photographs will be 30×20, and I will post the day of the event the pieces that are there, maybe. I’m really excited for everything Chad is doing with Panda, I’m absolutely in love with the musicians he is working with, I’m thrilled to be a part of an art show where my work will be completely showed up by some of the most amazing artists out there today who I am also honoured to call my friends (therefore, such as.

If you are in the Atlanta area, you should make it out to this. I was trying to work out an appearance myself, but I think I will wait until the fall to fully experience the ATL.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/07/18/pandamonium/feed/ 0 Dropbox. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/20/dropbox/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/20/dropbox/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:38:58 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=387 I was graciously included on the Dropbox Beta team. Dropbox is a pretty great idea that helps you keep all your files in sync across multiple computers. It has a similiar use to the iDisk function that .Mac users would be familiar with, only it is more focused with keeping the files locally and then mirroring those folders to a server and then push those files to any other computers (as opposed to .Mac where most people have it set up to just connect to the server to get files, though you can select to keep a copy locally).

I have been playing around a bit the last few weeks to see my thoughts on it, and I really have to say it’s absolutely great. If I didn’t already love .Mac (soon to be Me.com/MobileMe), I would definitely be using this service daily. It’s only downfall is the 2GB space, which I am sure once this thing grows (or someone acquires them) will be opened up to 10gb or so. I’m honestly shocked Google hasn’t created something like this years ago, here’s hoping they acquire them, it would be a lovely addition to the Google Apps suite.

Anyway, if you want in on the beta, I have some invites, let me know.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/20/dropbox/feed/ 0 Firefox 3. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:33:08 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=386 Does anyone understand why the version of Firefox 3 is “2.0.0.14″? Mozilla, if you are calling it Firefox 3, make the version 3.X.X., thank you.

EDIT: Answer, because Mozilla decided to direct me to the Firefox 2 download. Because their servers were probably on fire or something? That was awesome. Step your game up!

So since I am ranting about Firefox 3, you probably either already knew, or just realised, that it officially launched today. So go download it, if you are into helping set stupid download records, or just won’t admit how great Safari is.

I will admit, Mozilla has made some great strides, and I can actually stand to look at Firefox now and not think I was suddenly moved to a PC. It’s now my official, backup, testing browser. I lessthanthree Safari.

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]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/17/firefox-3/feed/ 1 Why John Mayer Is One Of My Favourite People On Earth. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/09/why-john-mayer-is-one-of-my-favourite-people-on-earth/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/09/why-john-mayer-is-one-of-my-favourite-people-on-earth/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:55:16 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=372 Things like this:

JM Takeover Of Gizmodo Liveblog

Hey guys, John Mayer here. Are you guys excited? I’ve just commandeered the computer of my good friend, Jason Chen, who is also very very handsome. That means a lot coming from a guy like me. My other friend, Moby, is also here. Have you guys seen him? He’s really into technology. I love that guy. OK back to Jason.

For those of you not in the know; Jason Chen was liveblogging the Apple WWDC08 Keynote speech Steve Jobs made this morning. Anyone else find it funny that John Mayer (whose tour is presented by Blackberry, and got the “Bold” early) was once again at a Keynote that was entirely about the iPhone? I never had an issue like all the people giving JM flack for entering into a business arrangement with RIM/Blackberry, I am sure Apple was given a chance to and passed, as JM was never a paid endorser of Apple (he just knows what is good for him). However the RIM folk have to be a bit upset that he is still showing up around iPhone announcements.

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]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/09/why-john-mayer-is-one-of-my-favourite-people-on-earth/feed/ 0 In Case You Were Concerned. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/01/in-case-you-were-concerned/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/01/in-case-you-were-concerned/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:33:14 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=356 I am in Sacramento, CA, at the airport, wondering why no one uses Bonjour when they are on free open networks.

Let’s examine that. How fun would it be to see 30 people randomly pop up on your Bonjour list in iChat and randomly IM you. Aside from the fact that it could be that creepy dude in the “Foreigner” t-shirt, rather than the adorable girl from the crew team of Western Washington University, I think the whole thing would be amazing. Isn’t the internet supposed to bring us together? Isn’t the future of social networking, networking us when we are being social?

I digress, I think I have lost my mind due to words I have yet to write. They will come, they will flow with the surge of the American River.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/06/01/in-case-you-were-concerned/feed/ 0 Brand Tags. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/19/brand-tags/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/19/brand-tags/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 23:33:14 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=338 From the world of “Weird things on the internet you aren’t sure what to do with”, comes Brand Tags. It’s an interesting sort of social interaction experiment I guess? Isn’t that what all of these sort of things are supposed to be?

Anyway, it’s pretty fun for killing a few minutes. My personal favourite word association that I personally entered was “45″. I had just been shown the Michael Jordan “Jumpman” logo. If you get that one at all, you are full of tact and wit.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/19/brand-tags/feed/ 0 Twitter Has Taken Over My Blog. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/07/twitter-has-taken-over-my-blog/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/07/twitter-has-taken-over-my-blog/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 01:43:40 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=318 So I have noticed now that I Twitter, and now that I added Twitter Tools to my blog, my daily digest posts of my daily Tweets are taking over my blog. It’s kind of lame actually, to me at least. I really wish I could have Twitter Tools do a weekly digest, so my blog isn’t taken over.

In fact, I think I am gonna start manually combining my daily digests into a weekly one. It’s a bit of work, but I think it will keep the blog cleaner for the long run. Anyone wanna talk me out of this?

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/07/twitter-has-taken-over-my-blog/feed/ 1 Escape. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/06/escape/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/06/escape/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 05:41:01 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=316 I sat down tonight to watch the first episode of the new season of This American Life. TAL is a program about people and their stories, it first aired as a radio program on public radio (which is where the sometimes infamous parrot story originated) and last year was turned into a television show by Showtime. The season premiere was titled “Escape”.

27 year-old Mike Phillips lives with his Mother, and deals with all the same issues a child living under the parents roof go through. Rebellion, Dependency, Disagreements, Control all play a part in Mike’s story. The one factor we never had to go through is Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which has slowed the normal move into Independency to a crawl. SMA keeps Mike confined to a wheelchair, keeps him from communicating normally, keeps him from truly being his own person.

This whole thing sounds incredibly depressing, but it isn’t, at all, it is one hundred percent inspirational, is is hilarious, it is motivating. A few years ago Mike wouldn’t have had much of a future, but technology has advanced faster than the disease can take him, and even though he has numerous near death experiences a year he lives a (sort of) normal life. Just the way Mike speaks of these near death experiences is what truly makes you realise how different his life is. He is so accepting of them, he has thrown in the towel to the fact they are always there. Literally this man could die at any instant and yet he finds the time to enjoy his life, to rebel, to love, to do so many things we don’t.

I said something there about Mike speaking, I should have been more clear, Mike cannot speak. Mike has to click words into a computer (Apple, of course) to communicate with people, the words are then spoken by a computerized voice. The host, Ira Glass, realises how impersonal this whole computer voice is and and asks whom he would like to sound like, if he could pick any person in the world. Mike suggests either Edward Norton or Johnny Depp, “Because they’re both badasses”. A few minutes later, Glass narrates, “Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Depp”.

This was the point it hit me like a load of bricks, where I realised the breadth of this story. Hearing Johnny “freaking” Depp voice the words of Mike Phillips completely broke me, in the most amazing way. Everything clicked, the whole story was twisted in a way that you needed to see it, that this was the kind of story that needed a character the likes of Depp for you to understand. It’s what This American Life does best, it tells a story you might normally block out or brush off after a few moments, and it tells that it in such a way that it will never leave your mind.

I strongly recommend everyone watch this episode, I know it is replaying on Showtime most of this week, and probably on Showtime OnDemand shortly.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/06/escape/feed/ 1 AT&T Hotspots, Free For iPhone. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/01/att-hotspots-free-for-iphone/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/01/att-hotspots-free-for-iphone/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 14:44:00 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=308 AT&T just opened up all their hotspots in the US to iPhone users. B&N, The ‘bucks and more, now free. You might remember a while back they gave free service to anyone who has their internet service, and pledged to open it up to mobile as well. They have finally done that latter. I am anxious to test if this also means wireless customers can enjoy the benefits on their laptop as well, we shall see.

A list of AT&T’s 71,000 hotspots can be found on AT&T’s site, including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Airports, and McDonald’s locations.

P.S. T-Mobile is for suckers.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/05/01/att-hotspots-free-for-iphone/feed/ 1 I Don’t Know What This Is. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/29/i-dont-know-what-this-is/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/29/i-dont-know-what-this-is/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:08:25 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=305 However it’s fairly cool. Oh, it is this.

I believe what it does is take people’s Twitter’s from all over and randomly pulls in ones that use certain words in them. I still don’t know “what” Twitter is, but if I ever find out, I might think this is really amazing or something.

This might kill 2 minutes of your day, that you would otherwise spend thinking about some past love, some failed relationship, some bad decision, some moment lost. For that, you should thank me. Speaking of loves lost, the new Augustana is out today and contains a great song titled “I Still Ain’t OVer You”, if the whole me distracting you thing fails, just listen to this song and relish in your non-over-ness of said love.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/29/i-dont-know-what-this-is/feed/ 2 FOB Live iPhone Wallpaper. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/24/fob-live-iphone-wallpaper/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/24/fob-live-iphone-wallpaper/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:34:04 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=287 I had a random moment of FOB fanboy-ism and combined it with my constant Apple fanboy-ism and made a little iPhone wallpaper. I’m a dork, no need to rub it in.

Of course this is obviously based off their new “Live In Phoenix” CD/DVD art, which came out a few weeks back, and is surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Enjoy.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/24/fob-live-iphone-wallpaper/feed/ 1 Twitter Wars. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/23/twitter-wars/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/23/twitter-wars/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:49:03 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=285 So I was thinking about my recent adoption of twitter, along with Chad Pearson’s recent adoption of putting peoples names in his iChat status message, and I realised we could create some sort of uniquely annoying war. We could just randomly post untrue silly things about people (as @ them) and just create an amazingly entertaining waste of internet and text messaging.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/23/twitter-wars/feed/ 0 One Nation Under Banksy. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/16/one-nation-under-banksy/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/16/one-nation-under-banksy/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:23:07 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=270 Banksy is back at his usual games across the pond. This time he is taking on the big-brother like CCTV that watches over all of London. The Daily Mail gives you the full story on how he set up scaffolding and tarps to pull this large piece off, all right under the watchful lens of a camera.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/16/one-nation-under-banksy/feed/ 1 So This Is Twitter. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/14/twitter/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/14/twitter/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:57:51 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=268 Okay, I know I should know this, I know I should be using it, and I know I should have been on this train like months ago. Regardless, Chad Pearson has convinced me to give it a go, and I am officially Twitter’ing.

For the record, I still have no idea what this all means.

Edit: I added the Twitter feed to my “live” section, I think… and if you have a Twitter let me know the goods, I’m a 1 at this.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/14/twitter/feed/ 2 iPhone Optimized. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/08/iphone-optimized/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/08/iphone-optimized/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:38:45 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=260 A few months back I made the switch to an iPhone optimized admin version of WordPress, so my Mobile posting would be easier. A few weeks back I added an iPhone version (basically just a stylesheet) of this entire blog you are reading. Those of you on iPhone’s already noticed the last one, unfortunately no one but me gets to enjoy the first one. Why did I do these things on a device that gets “The Real Internet”? Simple, because they add function and ease, cut out the fluff and give you what you want when you a look that agrees with the iPhone experience.

A lot of people find iPhone versions of websites to be odd, dividing and others think it’s just the trendy version of a mobile site. I agree that it’s strange the fact that a device with the best (and most compatible) mobile browser available is responsible for a boom in optimising for specific devices, it’s ironic of course. However what a lot of people miss in this whole iPhone optimized craze, is that these versions enable the end user to do more (and spend more time on the site) through increased functionality and cross-tasking with the iPhone OS.

Thus, I bring my list of my favourite iPhone optimised websites (I left out the so-called “webapps” because they aren’t an iPhone version of an existing site):
1. Facebook – This borders between “webapp” and optimised site, but it blows away everything else and was one of the first. I am sure come June this will transform into a Facebook App on the iPhone, but for now, this takes the cake.
2. Google Grand Prix – This started out as a Google employee’s own personal project, and once the people at “The G” saw how brilliantly it ties together all the Google App Suite (Search, GMail, Reader, Calendar, et al) it was quickly green-lit for release.
3. Media Temple – Add email addresses on the go, Reboot the server upon a random crash at 11PM on a Friday night, et al. Probably not things very many of you need in your life, but for me this is a must.
4. Digg – Every few weeks I run into someone who JUST heard about Digg. It’s never ceases to amaze me. For all those who don’t know Digg, you should, and you should also know I’m addicted to it.
5. CBS News – CBS News recently became my favourite source for news, because of this really well done iPhone version. All the news that’s fit to touch.

Honorable Mention:
Trustkill Records – I recently got an email about this from a friend of mine at a label, along with asking my thoughts on it. I summed it up by saying it’s brilliantly well done, but I just don’t feel a record label website has the kind of readership to necessitate an iPhone version. They do a great job tying it into all the iPhone can do (iTMS, YouTube, etc.). Personally, I wouldn’t find myself on this site multiple times on my iPhone, but for those that would, you get quite the experience.

If I were to include websites who have a mobile version, and said mobile version includes an iPhone icon (for saving to your home screen), this list would also include The New York Times, and The LA Times. However these sites are just general mobile versions that look stellar on the iPhone and take advantage of only some of the iPhone technology. My criteria for a full iPhone optimization was basically that links were not just text, but utilize the entire graphical area (yes I’m aware of how little sense this makes to anyone that doesn’t use an iPhone, deal).

Have any to add, think I made bad choices? “Talk to me Goose”.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/08/iphone-optimized/feed/ 4 Apple Is Awesome. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/03/apple-is-awesome/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/03/apple-is-awesome/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:51:28 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=253 Recently Microsoft and Universal joint venture MSNBC.com ran an article it probably had to make a few calls about whether or not it should be published. The article basically said that Apple is one of the strongest, hippest brands and that Microsoft is boring and out-dated. Tell you something you didn’t know? I know, it’s kind of obvious, but I really like the journalistic tact (sarcasm) MSNBC showed in deciding to run with something that calls out the hand that writes cheques. Still craving that something you didn’t know? Apparently these same voters feel that the next most” in need of a makeover” brand is…

MSNBC

The nearly 2,000 professionals and students who voted named Apple overwhelming winner. The creator of the iPod and Mac computer triumphed in six categories including most inspiring brand and the one readers cannot live without.

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, was also a winner, but it received the dubious honor of the brand most readers wanted to argue with, and the one they most wanted to revamp. Voted into second place in the category was brand USA.

“brand” USA? Yep, the country you live in. Maybe we can put The Steve in charge of that brand too? Did I just say Steve Jobs for President? Yes, and Apple board of director Al Gore can be his VP I suppose… though I’d rather Jonny Ive (however, he is not eligible seeing as he is a Commander of the British Empire).

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/03/apple-is-awesome/feed/ 0 Sweded Tron. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/02/sweded-tron/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/02/sweded-tron/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:20:42 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/?p=256 First I should probably explain what “Swedeing” a movie is for those out there who aren’t familiar with the term. It all comes from Michel Gondry’s film “Be Kind Rewind” which is about a couple guys in a rental store who find themselves with a store full of erased tapes (that they caused). They decide to re-create the films on their own, and rent them out to people like nothing has changed.

Wikipedia

The tapes are described as having come from Sweden as an excuse for higher rental fees and longer wait times.

In light of the theme of swedeing, director Michel Gondry swedes a version of the trailer of the film, starring Gondry himself. On the official website, users can engage in swedeing, which puts their faces on the VHS cover of a movie. The Be Kind Rewind YouTube minisite also encourages filmmakers to swede their own versions of popular movies.

With that out of the way you are all ready to see the most amazing thing ever. Sweded Tron, Sweded-freaking-lightcycle-scene-from-Tron. I should probably admit right now that I love Tron, it’s the best film Jeff Bridges was in that isn’t called “The Big Lebowski”, and I cannot wait for the anniversary release.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/04/02/sweded-tron/feed/ 1 132.5 Years Of Free Internet. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/28/1325-years-of-free-internet/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/28/1325-years-of-free-internet/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:28:20 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/28/1325-years-of-free-internet/ So Kyle recently informed me, and then the world (via blogdom) about Charter’s “Internet For Life” auction. You can read his thoughts at his blog, they are not kind to Charter, nor the people bidding. If you dig into the rules about said contest, you find fun tidbits like; if Charter sells their service after 3 years you get no refund (Charter is 19 Billion in debt and fielding bids for the company), the winner must pay the full amount within 48 hours of being notified on April 2, the award cannot be sold, transferred, or willed upon death. Recently the auction ended, and the winning ~~idiot~~ bidder was announced.

$71,540.00

No that’s not in Roubles, Pesos, or some other weird other foreign currency, that is USD my friends. So let’s be straight about this, someone just pre-paid 2008 rates for 132.5 years of internet service? Now that might be cool if he is like supplying free internet to his entire town or something, but I’m sure it’s just for some huge Georgia mansion in the country. How brilliant of a scheme was this by Charter? 70 grand of capital straight into the bank.

One of my professors once told me in 1998 that if you save $50 a month starting at age 18, you will be a millionaire by 40. In a related note, I would like to tell the winning bidder of the “Charter For Life” promotion, that by my calculations, if he/she would have put the money in savings, in merely half of those 132.5 years he/she could have owned Canada*.

*Figure is estimated off 1998 “become a millionaire” numbers, average inflation versus interest rate figures and the estimated 2008 worth of Canada being 2.3 million dollars.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/28/1325-years-of-free-internet/feed/ 0 Random Recs 3.22.08 http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/22/random-recs-32208/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/22/random-recs-32208/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:27:07 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/22/random-recs-32208/ Solea – Finally We Are Nowhere – Texas Is The Reason recorded one of the most perfect albums ever, Garret Klahn can do no wrong.
Death Cab For Cutie – I Will Possess Your Heart (Single) – I started listening to this “single” and the vocals didn’t come in till the 4 minute mark, Death Cab may be back.
New iPhone – Apple, thank you for amazing customer service and always treating me splendidly and respecting my honourary genius status. Also thank you for the entertainment you provide while you swap out my phone; a kid who wanted to do “something” with his iPhone because he doesn’t get service at his house.
Wednesday – … is the new weekend, and apparently we will be at the Stone Rose until further notice.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/22/random-recs-32208/feed/ 0 Photoshopolicious. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/21/photoshopolicious/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/21/photoshopolicious/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:56:27 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/21/photoshopolicious/ I came across this lovely blog the other day, which makes fun of all the very apparent photoshop jobs done in marketing. This is the kind of stuff I thought only my friends and I geeked out over, well this stuff and fonts, and Rachel Bilson, who coincidentally is featured in a post at the blog I just tried to send you to.

For the record I don’t care what anyone says, R Bils is perfect, on that cover, in real life, and especially in the Last Kiss, which is a film starring Zach Braff, which will make you depressed, which is probably good for a change; I have noticed you are way too happy these days.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/21/photoshopolicious/feed/ 0 Reason #549607 Why I Love Google. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/20/reason-549607-why-i-love-google/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/20/reason-549607-why-i-love-google/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:46:17 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/20/reason-549607-why-i-love-google/ Google TiSP.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/20/reason-549607-why-i-love-google/feed/ 0 1 Sign You Shouldn’t Hire This Guy. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/09/1-sign-you-shouldnt-hire-this-guy/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/09/1-sign-you-shouldnt-hire-this-guy/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:39:26 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/09/1-sign-you-shouldnt-hire-this-guy/ So a few weeks back this was posted on the internet and has made its rounds, it has become pretty popular not because what the guy is saying is right (or necessarily wrong), but because of how he says it and how offensive he tries to be.

When it comes to people who work on websites all day, there are quite a few interesting ones in the lot, this guy however is just not in touch with reality. He has a few solid points as his platform, but then screws it all up with his delivery by being so absolutely polarizing that it becomes hilarious. I’m like a 3 at creating for the internet, but some of my closest friends are absolute internet legends, and they would tell you there are always exceptions to almost all of these rules.

For most people, this should just be a funny post to see how people who geek out on making the internet argue with each other about things that really don’t matter. Enjoy.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/09/1-sign-you-shouldnt-hire-this-guy/feed/ 0 The Steve. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/07/the-steve/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/07/the-steve/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:28:02 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/07/the-steve/ Someone had way too much time on their hands, but for that I am thankful.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/07/the-steve/feed/ 0 SEO v LOL. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/06/seo-v-lol/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/06/seo-v-lol/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:42:14 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/06/seo-v-lol/ SEO, means Search Engine Optimization. Every competent web person is usually savvy with this term, and will tell you what you can do to increase the likelihood that someone finds you on the internet (or better yet, how you can pay them to optimize your page). Then there is the famous “Google Algorithm” and how it’s pretty much smarter than most people graduating from the Art Institute of CA (I can say these things, it’s my alma mater). Over the years countless people have made claims they can “get you the top result on Google” and other ridiculous things that are pretty much impossible to pull off.

However, I had never seen someone claim to be able to move you away from the top results, let along move only certain results related to you down the line. That all changed today with Complaint Remover, which claims to “stop defamation by positioning links on the Search Engines and by appeals to law to remove negative information”.

If that isn’t the most hilarious thing in and of itself, The Consumerist decided to have some fun with Complaint Remover and defend the freedom of the internets, and cat breeders.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/06/seo-v-lol/feed/ 0 The Making Of (A) Champion. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/05/the-making-of-a-champion/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/05/the-making-of-a-champion/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:18:30 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/05/the-making-of-a-champion/ I am a pretty big nerd when it comes to typography, or for the non Graphic Designers of you, the world of fonts. I abide by the somewhat common belief that any designer can get by on about 6 fonts in their life, 6 fonts is pretty much just about what I’ve used to complete 90% of everything I have ever designed. However, my Suitcase has about 5000 fonts in it, so I have an excess, of sorts.

In college I got in this really David Carson mode once where I would only use Courier, and then manipulate each letter by hand to get some derivation that suited my mood. This worked for about 3 months, until I was banned from using Courier by one of my teachers (which was probably for the best, so thank you Pein). So it’s not shocking that I have always liked to put my own touch on a font I am using for a certain project, I just feel it is the correct process out of respect for the design. Or, maybe I just don’t think very many fonts are perfect.

Lately, my mind has grown attached to scripts and swashes and italics, and at some point this relationship will end, but for now I enjoy it. I have a huge crush on Champion Script Pro at the moment, and it’s mostly due to it being one of the most complete fonts out there and comes with thousands of optional letterforms and such. Parachute did an amazing thing and wrote up the how’s and why’s behind Champion, and it’s quite a good read for anyone from those curious to how a font is created, to the seasoned typographer.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/03/05/the-making-of-a-champion/feed/ 3 Reason #239781 Why I Love Google. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/28/reason-239781-why-i-love-google/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/28/reason-239781-why-i-love-google/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:32:10 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/28/reason-239781-why-i-love-google/ Today Google gave all homeless persons in San Francisco a free phone number and voicemail. I have always been a pretty big supporter of Mayor Gavin Newsom (even with that whole affair scandal, he handled it pretty well) and the strides “The City” (On the west coast, this means San Francisco) has made as of late, but this one definitely tops the list. San Francisco also gives out tokens to the homeless allowing them to use the public French style bathrooms whenever they need (which a few of them also use to take showers in, since the bathrooms are self cleaning), and recently launched an effort led by Mayor Newsom to use less bottled water and take advantage of the tap water (which is amazingly pure up in those parts) by giving all gov’t employees a reusable bottle and banning bottled water from city sponsored events.

You can find a full write up about Google’s move over at msnbc.com, but here is a brief pull:

MSNBC

“How do you communicate as a homeless individual? ” Newsom asked. “How do you expect your life to turn around if you can’t even get information or if someone can’t even get in touch with you?”

“It just seems exactly like any other voice mail,” said Craig Walker, senior project manager of Google. “There’s no stigma attached to it that ‘hey this is a temporary thing’ or ‘this is an 800 number.’ It’s really just a local number owned by the user.”

One man who used to be homeless said the right message can raise the spirit.

“Having your family, friends and loved ones being able to say ‘here I’m thinking about you, I love you, I want you to know you’re mine, and I miss you,’ can have a monumental change in one’s behavior.”

Well done Google, Well done Mayor Newsom.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/28/reason-239781-why-i-love-google/feed/ 0 Apple Users v. The World. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/18/apple-users-v-the-world/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/18/apple-users-v-the-world/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:32:48 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/18/apple-users-v-the-world/ I’ve been an Apple user for 20+ years, dating back to a Christmas morning in the 80′s where we woke up to a green glow in the living room. It’s been a bumpy road for those years filled with family members becoming Windows users, Apple allowing clone Macs, the ongoing battle trying to convince everyone why Apple was better. I gave up on that last one a few years ago; it may have an act of futility, it may have been a realisation that everyone (including people I never wanted using Apple) were coming over at breakneck speed and the elite Apple user circle was becoming bloated.

What really did it for me was one day after many conversations with many Windows users comprising of this automatic intense defense of their OS. It suddenly clicked with me, I was just that same way (only on the offensive), and it’s annoying. Anyone discussing anything who has to sell something that hard and make ravenous remarks has some serious insecurities. So I gave up, I would still always subtly slide in any pro Apple remark where I could, but it had to be applicable and rational, it would be only to educate and inform. I think this same “maturing” of the “Apple fan boy” has taken place on a wider scale with most others as well, and now you see a more confident Apple supporter, who doesn’t sink to kicking Windows users while they are down.

So can the same be said for Windows users? Did they give up on their hyper defensive stance? Have we all matured together to realise some people are okay with driving a minivan (is it at least a turbo charged minivan, with a cool number 18 decal on the side? No?), and the rest of us want something more sporty with a better design aesthetic and a functionality that is so simple, yet so forward? The answer lies on the internets friends, and it’s looking like the answer is “No”.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/18/apple-users-v-the-world/feed/ 0 Tech Logos Evolved. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/17/tech-logos-evolved/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/17/tech-logos-evolved/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:54:16 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/17/tech-logos-evolved/ Pretty interesting look at the evolution of some of the more popular Tech companies.

I still am not much of a fan of the Google logo, but I absolutely love the old logos of what was to become IBM.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/17/tech-logos-evolved/feed/ 0 HDR Imagery. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/07/hdr-imagery/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/07/hdr-imagery/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:36:22 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/07/hdr-imagery/ Photography has always tried to capture reality, or show us an alternate view of reality, but in many situations it just doesn’t do justice to the real thing. Now digital photography has brought us HDR.

Photo courtesy of Stuck In Customs

High Dynamic Range

In computer graphics and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to shadows.

I am absolutely in love with the effect HDR gives to a scene. It’s so non-traditional that I know a lot of photographers don’t feel it is true to the art of photography, but I think it is a rare opportunity to evolve the artform. I think back through history when the invention of the photograph brought the practice of framing and perspective into use in finer arts, digital photography could leave a similar mark with HDR.

Interested in more on HDR? You can read up a bit more on the techniques of HDR at an amazingly informative article Stuck In Customs has. You can also check out this flickr page of a photographer who does some great HDR works as well as some very cool experimentations with HDR and Stereographic Projections (My favourite being here and here).

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/02/07/hdr-imagery/feed/ 0 2008: A Space Origami. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/31/2008-a-space-origami/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/31/2008-a-space-origami/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:20:02 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/31/2008-a-space-origami/ Japan has found the replacement for the space shuttle, paper airplanes. Okay so it’s really just some experiments they are doing to potentially create more efficient ways to study the atmosphere, but that doesn’t change how weird this is. Leave it to Japan to find ways to make our experiments look snobby, elitist and unable to adapt (just like they did to our automobile industry).

The Daily Mail

The 8in-long paper dart – shaped like the Space Shuttle and weighing 11oz – has been treated with a chemical so it can survive temperatures of 200c as it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/31/2008-a-space-origami/feed/ 0 Take It Vertical. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/27/take-it-vertical/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/27/take-it-vertical/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:43:30 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/27/take-it-vertical/ So a few days back I came across one of the most revolutionary websites out there. Most people make there site with some clever feature that is cool, but really serves no purpose and gets annoying at some point. It’s a challenge with doing something cutting edge on a website, not sacrificing usability. This was different, this presented an entirely different way of getting around a site; scrolling down. While you scroll through sections you get an entire story along the journey, and then when the time comes you don’t really want to scroll all the way back up/down you can click a link that takes you to pre-determined targets in the site. Not too mention as a person who is selling his creative services, it shows off his creativity exceptionally well. It blows me away every time I visit it.

May I introduce you to the portfolio of Bryan Katzel.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/27/take-it-vertical/feed/ 0 Leopard v. Vista. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/25/leopard-v-vista/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/25/leopard-v-vista/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:58:08 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/25/leopard-v-vista/ So a few months back, Engadget made a lovely comparison between Leopard and Vista. I think it is fairly relevant as I still almost weekly wind up in some Apple v. Microsoft conversation, and I think this is a really fair and accurate comparison that is at the same time interesting. Oh, and Leopard wins…

Engadget

There’s no doubt, Vista and Leopard are both extremely advanced, feature rich consumer operating systems. But way back in January when Vista launched knew we had little choice but pit the two in a head to head chartngraph Thunderdome competition. We know we’re not even going to be able to stop the epic fanboy arguments about break out over this one, so we just ask that you try to keep it fair. Leopard vs. Vista: it’s on.

Check out the comparing and contrasting. By the by, I’m not a fanboy, I’m an Apple Enthusiast.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/25/leopard-v-vista/feed/ 1 Kite Cargo’ing. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/21/kite-cargoing/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/21/kite-cargoing/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:23:59 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/21/kite-cargoing/ It’s pretty amazing an idea like this has been so forthcoming. A company is finally finding a way to utilise wind power to propel cargo ships. SkySails is a company based out of Hamburg, Germany and as of 2008 these tow kites have gone into full production.

SkySails

By using the SkySails-System, a ship‘s fuel costs can be reduced by 10- 35% on annual average, depending on wind conditions. Under optimal wind conditions, fuel consumption can temporarily be reduced by up to 50%. Even on a small, 87 metre cargo ship, savings of up to 280,000 euros can be made annually.

Wouldn’t it be amazing how much oil could be saved just through cutting back 10-15% worldwide? The hows and sorts are wonderfully shows in this illustration.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/21/kite-cargoing/feed/ 0 Randall Paul Jenkins, Live. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/20/randall-paul-jenkins-live/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/20/randall-paul-jenkins-live/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:13:19 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/20/randall-paul-jenkins-live/ So last night I debuted the “RPJ, Live” portion of this website. I am not yet one for the immediate Twittr phenomenon that is sweeping peoples lives, frankly that scares me, however I figure bringing a few of the things about me I do regularly update on the internet into one nice little page would be a good starting point.

Amongst the things you will find here are Facebook status, Last.fm recently played, and Flickr photos. Hopefully it provides a little more insight into my days/nights.

The launch last night included me attempting to photo blog Kyle’s birthday extravaganza at Stingaree. So check that out if your interested.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/20/randall-paul-jenkins-live/feed/ 0 This Could Tear Me Away From CB&TL. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/this-could-tear-me-away-from-cbtl/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/this-could-tear-me-away-from-cbtl/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:02:25 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/this-could-tear-me-away-from-cbtl/ Apple filed some patent work a bit ago on to-go ordering in conjunction with the iPhone. It’s an amazing concept and fits right in with their work utilising network usability in brick and mortar stores. Apple’s first roll out of that concept of business to user interaction is the iTMS operability in Starbucks. It’s a pretty ingenious system I must admit, and can’t wait to see where Apple takes us with the new patent work.

Phil Lu some time ago worked up some mock ups that show us perhaps where this technology could be used. His concept has Apple teaming with Starbucks once again, and it should be noted Phil did these before the patent information from Apple became public knowledge.

You can see the rest of the concept right here. This is the sort of example of how the iPhone is beyond revolutionary, it has the potential to create new functions we never knew we needed, and makes life that much more fun.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/this-could-tear-me-away-from-cbtl/feed/ 0 Internets, Internets, Internets. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/internets-internets-internets/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/internets-internets-internets/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:30:37 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/internets-internets-internets/ So during the facelift to the blog, I revised some of the behind the scenes stuff to make it easier to find via search engines and the like. Why do I set this post up with that? Because I don’t want you to think I just regularly “google myself” 5 pages deep. So I was looking through the results to see where things wound up, and found a spectacular jewel in all of that mess.

So somehow I clicked on this, which looked sort of a worthy click from the Google results. Here is where it got interesting; I actually know the last 2 people on that list quite well, though it really doesn’t designate why they show up (or any of the other people). So being as Matt and Brad are pretty interesting people in their outright, I clicked on each ones “Pipl profile” (I’m sort of confused Pipl seems to somehow track people’s instances on the internet, though when you go to it’s main page it just does “Deep Internet Searches”, so I am not sure if you can ever recreate this magical moment for yourself and your friends). I will now share you the highlights that only myself and 4 other people will think is even remotely funny (but hey that is twice as many people as read this website).

Matt Traxler:

Traxler was tagged with the loss and is now 0-2 on the season…

Brad Filip:

Filip is a Belgian freestyler…

If you decide to do some playing around over at those links you will find that I am apparently important enough to have people tagged with my name, but not important enough to have a profile that would deliver fictitious one liners about me. One can hope, one can dream.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/13/internets-internets-internets/feed/ 0 Inquisitor. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/12/inquisitor/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/12/inquisitor/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:45:25 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/12/inquisitor/ For all of my Apple loving friends out there, I present a bit of genius to you.

Cue some dramatic music…
Inquisitor.

It’s pretty much like what happens when Spotlight gets drunk, calls up Safari, and that sultry little temptress invites Spotlight over for a night of passionate meshing of features. It’s been around for a while, but version 3 is it’s strongest showing yet. I’m relatively one not to go all plug in crazy on my OS/Apps, but I think this is definitely a worthy improver on Apple’s glorious OS.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/12/inquisitor/feed/ 1 Things You Can Learn From The Music Business. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/things-you-can-learn-from-the-music-business/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/things-you-can-learn-from-the-music-business/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:29:23 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/things-you-can-learn-from-the-music-business/ Seth Godin (who never worked in the music industry, until he started a label to prove a point), has decided to share with everyone the few things you can take away from the sinking ship, before it sinks. I wish more people in the music industry realised these things instead of denying the truth.

His first two points are such utter genius I must reproduce them here:

Things you can learn from the music business (as it falls apart)

The first rule is so important, it’s rule 0:

0. The new thing is never as good as the old thing, at least right now.
Soon, the new thing will be better than the old thing will be. But if you wait until then, it’s going to be too late. Feel free to wax nostalgic about the old thing, but don’t fool yourself into believing it’s going to be here forever. It won’t.

1. Past performance is no guarantee of future success.
Every single industry changes and, eventually, fades. Just because you made money doing something a certain way yesterday, there’s no reason to believe you’ll succeed at it tomorrow.

Do yourself a favour and read the rest of the article, especially those of you in the music industry.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/things-you-can-learn-from-the-music-business/feed/ 0 David Lynch Believes He Can Make Rational Points. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/david-lynch-believes-he-can-make-rational-points/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/david-lynch-believes-he-can-make-rational-points/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:46:18 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/david-lynch-believes-he-can-make-rational-points/ Everyone in the iPhone blogosphere is all a buzz about David Lynch hating on the device and the the idea that you might watch a movie on your phone. I will merely add a few points to the pile of information before I show the absolutely hilarious video of Lynch; in which he does say a few words that one could describe as cursing, I however believe he is using them in an excellent use of emphasis.

Contrary to the internet this wasn’t something he did to rant about the iPhone, it is off the “Inland Empire” DVD bonus features. So in reality, it’s another person taking something and spinning it to hate on Apple. The man has his point, but true celluloidians feel just as passionate about the difference from projected film to digital home theatre viewing.

Watching a David Lynch movie on a phone is just as equal an experience to me as watching it in a theatre; no matter what you do, you still won’t understand it.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/10/david-lynch-believes-he-can-make-rational-points/feed/ 0 Creepy Name, Brilliant Idea. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/06/creepy-name-brilliant-idea/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/06/creepy-name-brilliant-idea/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:23:51 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/06/creepy-name-brilliant-idea/ So the lovely Lindsay Strannigan sent me this the other evening. It’s pretty much the best thing ever if you are into really non-manly things like cuddling and sleeping. I however, would never.

Ladies & Gentlemen the Love Mattress.

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Well here I am, a few days late, letting you all know my dream of a lovely minimalist blog is now pretty much reality. I stole a ton of code from random people who probably hate me, I got my dreams of minimalism after realising how perfect of a website McSweeney’s is for them, I even added Google AdSense (get excited). I figured a new year is always a good time for a fresh look, though this one will probably stick around for a while.

Enjoy yourselves, whoever it is that actually reads this thing, I thank you for thinking I am worth directing your browser of choice to my little piece of the Internet.

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There were plenty of amazing albums/songs/books/films/shows this year;
There were plenty of mindblowing Indie darling albums that are at least 87 million times better than all the albums I list below. Problem is, I didn’t listen to those albums, I listened to these albums. Best of lists are no good for trying to impress people, be honest about what you listened to.
There were plenty of hit songs that were played on the radio constantly and in all kinds of commercials, my list might have 3.
There were plenty of books written by one author, actually read all the way through by the reader, and making NY Times lists. I didn’t partake in much of that foolish snobbery, I do things a little different.
There were plenty of great films that I saw this year, and most of them came out in 2006. Oops. Time for speculation.
There were plenty of television shows I loved this year. Most of them have been canceled.

Here are my addictions of 2007. Some I am speculating I will be, eventually, addicted, or I am addicted to the idea of liking it, or I like something about someone involved, or I almost knocked the author down a few weeks ago. I have really high standards for these sort of things.

Albums (Completely Consumed Me In A Wall Of Sound):

1. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
2. Kanye West – Graduation
3. Say Anything – In Defense Of The Genre
4. Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High
5. Maritime – Heresay And The Hotel Choir
6. The Starting Line – Direction
7. Cassino – Sounds Of Salvation
8. Lovedrug – Everything Starts Where It Ends
9. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10. Rocky Votolato – The Bragg & Cuss

Songs (That Required Way To Much Use Of Repeat), Amongst Spectacular Albums:

1. Tegan and Sara – Back In Your Head
2. Silverchair – Straight Lines
3. Jamie T – Sheila
4. William Tell – Fairfax
5. Marie Digby – Umbrella (Note: This is not amongst a “Spectacular Album”, but I listened to it roughly 2.3 million times, so there)
6. Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost
7. Cartel – Lose It
8. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
9. Feist – 1 2 3 4
10. Modest Mouse – Fire It Up

Best Album Artwork/Packaging (I’m A Sucker For A Complete Package):

1. Menomena – Friend And Foe
2. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Deluxe Edition)
3. Kanye West – Graduation
4. The Graduate – Ahnedonia
5. Sigur Ros – Hvarf/Heim (EP) & Heima (DVD)
6. Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High
7. Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
8. Interpol – Our Love To Admire
9. Matt Pond PA – Last Light
10. Smashing Pumpkins – Zeitgeist (Deluxe Edition)

Books (You Can Buy All These Here):

1. Bowl Of Cherries – Milard Kaufman
2. McSweeney’s 24 – Various
3. One Hundred And Forty Five Stories In A Small Box – Various
4. What Is The What – David Eggers (Only On This List Because It’s Eggers)
5. McSweeney’s 25 – Various

Films (Not, Movies):

1. Transformers
2. 300
3. National Treasure: Book Of Secrets
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
6. Superbad
7. 3:10 to Yuma
8. I Am Legend
9. Juno
10. The Darjeeling Limited

Television (Trendy People Say It Rots Your Brain, They Also Heard That Hanging Out All Day On The Internet):

1. Dexter
2. Heroes
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Veronica Mars (RIP)
5. Traveler (RIP)
6. Scrubs
7. Jericho
8. 6º (RIP)
9. Entourage
10. Psych

Video Games (Warning: I Am NOT One Of Those Elitist Gamers Who Play Obscure Games And Everything That Comes Out, Sorry My List Is Wrong And Missing All The Good Games):

1 (T). Assassin’s Creed
1 (T). Halo 3
3. Rock Band
4. Guitar Hero 3
5. Guitar Hero 2

Technology Devices (That Made My Life Better):

1. iPhone
2. Roomba 570

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An Even More Elaborate Halo Suicide

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2008/01/03/someone-has-way-too-much-time-on-their-hands-and-a-functioning-xbox-360/feed/ 1 This Was Supposed To Be My Political Platform. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/12/19/this-was-supposed-to-be-my-political-platform/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/12/19/this-was-supposed-to-be-my-political-platform/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:36:59 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/12/19/this-was-supposed-to-be-my-political-platform/ I have often been told in my life that I would make a good lawyer (because I argue), and so at some point I decided this meant I would make a good politician. I thought about running for the water board, mainly because I thought it would be the easiest route. When you are running for office you have to have a platform, and of course to generate any sort of buzz you should pick at least one issue that is feasibly impossible to change at this time in our life (See Ron Paul, I know your game).

For me, my platform was unsolicited physical junk mail. It kind of hilarious how everyone wants to go “green” and everyone is concerned with “Inconenient Truths”, well how about this truth; I get exactly 1.3 square miles of paper growing forest worth of junk mail in my mailbox every month (Note: That stat is completely made up). So you see, the real issue of our isn’t energy, taxes, or urban sprawl, it’s the USPS backed selling of our mailbox space.

Let me give you a little factual information here; you cannot opt out of Direct Mail Marketing/Pre-Sorted Mail, you cannot ask your mail carrier to not put it in your mailbox (even if it means your mailbox is full after one day)(Note: I do understand you can do this in Canada), you have to dig between coupons for things you don’t want and offers for even more credit cards to find your real mail.

Well today I discovered the first pillars of support for what will one day be my platform for office:
The Consumer Credit Reporting Companies opt-out website. This website lets you opt out of receiving Credit or Insurance offers which is at least a start. I am not yet sure how well it works, and to go permanent you have to print out, sign and mail in a form (lame, lame and lame), but at least you have a say in some of the mail you receive.

There are also some more options the Direct Marketers Association has made available via their website, however some require you paying, most don’t guarantee anything (just like the no not call list, really doesn’t help much with no way to enforce it) and there is some funny business with who pays for this “Association” to exist (word is the Direct Marketers themselves pay for this service so they can hit you with advertising you deem acceptable). For some, it may prove helpful.

Another great ally against the fight is the Center for Democracy & Technology (I am a huge fan of technology, this democracy thing I am not so sure about though). They dedicate a portion of their website to “Opting-Out”.

I firmly stand by that people should be pushing for a democracy where we don’t have to spend our own time and money trying to make companies respect their potential customers. If you have a good product, I probably know about it and I probably will be purchasing it soon. I do not need a mailbox full of things I won’t even look at. It’s a new world of marketing and there are much more effective and less destructive ways of gaining brand awareness.

Additionally I encourage everyone who is sick of these things to use the postage paid reply envelopes that these companies include to send them either; their own junk, other companies junk or slices of rotting fruit.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/12/19/this-was-supposed-to-be-my-political-platform/feed/ 0 The Way People, Meet People. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/11/21/the-way-people-meet-people/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/11/21/the-way-people-meet-people/#comments Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:10:17 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/11/21/the-way-people-meet-people/ I was reading a fairly interesting write up on “Internet Crush Du Jour” Kristen Sloan (The Winger, Apple’s iPhone Ad), and my mind started spinning a bit on some things.

Firstly, what made this girl so captivating? If you are a guy, and a guy who is into Apple, you totally were into her simple look, her being a ballerina, her using Apple. It was a great decision on Apple’s part because she is exactly the kind of girl you hope will randomly appear in your life to help with your addiction to Apple. Her website got a huge rush of traffic to it, which is weird because: why would people go to a “behind the tu-tu” ballet website? My excuse was that I have dated a ballerina or two, so I am allowed to revisit these things as some kind of healing process. Right, right? Anyway, the surprising thing is her website is pretty spectacular; Well designed, unique idea, loyal niche following (Sidenote: I am really into colons/semi-colons today, even if it means using them incorrectly). I feel like a lot of people visiting her site might have been drawn into it because of similar-to-my-own second hand ballet experiences; crushes on ballerinas, dreams of being a ballerina, crushes on the girl in the iPhone commercial who happens to be a ballerina. It’s a very interesting concept in a marketing sense. Could the NYCB could have paid for more exposure? Probably not, and kudos for realising her abilities and rewarding her with her new position.

The secondary cloud spinning in my head is about the story of her and her boyfriend. I’m sure this story crushed a few people hoping to somehow sweep Miss Sloan off her feet, but it in and of itself says so much about how our world has changed. I had no idea what dodgeball.com was, until this story. It looks interesting, but I am yet to cave into the world of telling everyone where I am at the time I am actually there (I much rather prefer hearing people tell me I was someplace I never was at). The truly interesting thing is the ease that this seemingly “everywoman” has of discussing meeting her boyfriend on, in simpler terms, the invisible world. I know people who have dated people they met online, I know some truly amazing people that I met through the Internet (in varying degrees).

It really makes you think of how you “meet” people, and people’s hang ups on meeting people in “non-traditional” ways. People still get caught up in admitting their significant other was once just a MySpace message, random IM, or fellow website visitor. I decided to mentally list out how I met the people in my life who make regular appearances (meaning I talk to them on a regular basis, stemming over years) to see where I fit in. The summary is that of 10-12 people who are regularly in my life I; met the one’s I am the closest to in a way not involving technology (unless going to college for graphic design counts), stay more in touch with the ones I can email/IM than those I have to call, only one of them was I ever “buying dinner” (those who know me well, know this is what I call the purgatory between full on dating and being friends) on a regular occasion, I have met people because of music websites and online video games who are now very good friends (such a dork).

What does all this tell us? That I am apparently not hip to the times. I utilise technology to meet new people and stay in contact with people I already know constantly, and don’t have many reservations about it. However, I still tend to be pretty “traditional” for as much of a tech-dork as I am. In reality, I think this world is changing, while staying the same. For people to have a lasting effect on us we need to see, hear, feel, smell and touch them, not just read them. I know for many the “invisible world” presents interaction in a more convenient way, and perhaps we find it just as convenient to walk away from people we meet that way.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/11/21/the-way-people-meet-people/feed/ 0 Coming Soon To A Gaming Platform Near You (But Probably In A Windows 95 Version) http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/07/16/coming-soon-to-a-gaming-platform-near-you-but-probably-in-a-windows-95-version/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/07/16/coming-soon-to-a-gaming-platform-near-you-but-probably-in-a-windows-95-version/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:28:25 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/07/16/coming-soon-to-a-gaming-platform-near-you-but-probably-in-a-windows-95-version/ The absolute front runner for the “things that made me fall out of my chair in pure hilarity” award today has to be the story about a video game developed by some Iranian guys called “Rescue The Nuke Scientist”. Yes, this is real. Apparently this is the first Iranian made Nuclear Energy video game.

AP

An Iranian hard-line student group unveiled a new video game Monday that simulates an attempt to rescue two Iranian nuclear experts kidnapped by the U.S. military and held in Iraq and Israel.

The “Rescue the Nuke Scientist” video game, designed by the Union of Students Islamic Association, was described by its creators as a response to a U.S.-based company’s “Oregon Trail” game, which depicts an American attack on an Iranian nuclear facility. (Okay, I edited that… it’s really in response to “Assault on Iran”, but I envision this Iranian game being a lot like “Oregon Trail”.)

“This is our defense against the enemy’s cultural onslaught,” Mohammad Taqi Fakhrian, a leader of the student group, told reporters Monday.

If you are worried you can’t get your hands on a copy, have no fear…

AP

Fakhrian said his group was trying to market the video game first in Iran and other Muslim countries. But the group also has plans to bring the game, which comes on a CD for computers, to Western countries, he said.

… I honestly kind of expected a floppy disk release.

If you wonder what kind of people create such things…

AP

The game comes from the same student group that was behind the infamous “World Without Zionism” conference in 2005 where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.”

… remember how crazy that guy sounds when he opens his mouth, speaks Iranian, then someone translates him? Okay, I have to admit that pull quote is rather boring, I just wanted to bring up President Mahmoud “Crazy” Ahmadinejad. I miss the guy, what’s he been up to lately?

Since that pull quote sucked, this one will be twice as good…

AP

Ali Reza Masaeli, leader of the group that designed the new game, said it took three years for his technical team to produce it. The team was based in Isfahan, a city in central Iran that houses a nuclear site.

… three years? For a video game? …

AP

“It is an entirely Iranian product in response to the U.S. cyber war against Iran,” Masaeli said.

… well, looks like there is at least one war we are winning hands down, the “cyber war against Iran”. If it takes them three years to make a video game, are we really that worried about Nuclear Weapons?

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/07/16/coming-soon-to-a-gaming-platform-near-you-but-probably-in-a-windows-95-version/feed/ 0 iPod Emergencies. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/22/ipod-emergencies/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/22/ipod-emergencies/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:56:12 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/22/ipod-emergencies/ So last evening my roommate Kyle, whom some of you out there in blogopolis already know, and I decided to make a trip down to South Coast Plaza. As we were walking out the door, I realised I still had my iPod, in it’s lovely G-Star carrying case, attached to me. I decided to go with it, but shortly after Kyle noticed it as well and found it to be unnecessary considering he was driving and his iPod was in his car. He asked, “Why are you taking your iPod?” I of course had already planned for this exact scenario, “It’s my accessory” and when that didn’t convince him I simply asked “What if there is an iPod emergency?” Kyle responded, “An iPod emergency? Umm, Okay.”

So after shopping we were driving home and began discussing playing Dashboard Confessional for various reasons I cannot confirm nor deny. I agreed with the selection as long as it was “Vindicated”, and Kyle stated that if that was off the new album he didn’t have it. When I informed him it was off the Spiderman 2 Soundtrack, he affirmed he didn’t have that either. Of course, not one to miss a perfectly set up moment I yelled out “iPod Emergency”, and with a few rips of velcro we had “Vindicated” flowing through the speakers. Now how that lead into “Screaming Infidelities” being sung at the top of our lungs, well that I just really can’t put my finger on.

The moral of this story is either “One iPod is never enough” or “Don’t mess with Access-ories”.

]]> http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/22/ipod-emergencies/feed/ 1 Take a Safari. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/11/take-a-safari/ http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/11/take-a-safari/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:13:33 +0000 R.P. Jenkins, Esq. http://randallpauljenkins.com/2007/06/11/take-a-safari/ Today the official Personal Computer supplier to Randall Paul Jenkins (dot commmm), Apple made some big announcements. Most of those involve Leopard, which is the next amazing version of OSX. The new Finder looks amazing, and I cannot wait to start using all the previously announced things that people like myself geek out over.

The really interesting announcement that Apple made was the availability of Safari 3.0 as a public beta for Mac and (get this) Windows. So now all of you barbarians can browse like the rest of us (well, except Kyle), and you web developers have no excuse for your websites to not work on Safari. Have fun and browse safe.

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