New Halo 2 Maps - April 17th
iBloggedThis: New Halo 2 maps and some screenshots of them. They look way too “Quake-ish” to me.
Learn Quicksilver with video tutorials!
I’m a big fan of Quicksilver, the application for your Mac that is almost impossible to describe, you can simply do a lot of things with it and use it to replace some of your workflows and be more productive. So yes, I love the thing. The problem is that it’s kind of hard to learn how to use it effectively, a friend installed it the other day and then he asked me “so now what do I use it for, and how?”, and I’m sure many others have asked the same thing. What I did was point my friend to Nick Santilli’s video tutorials about it on The Apple Blog, and that’s also what I’m going to do now.
Nick is a Quicksilver guru, he knows how to do everything with it!, and he’s nice enough to actually make videos so we can learn. This is how the videos look:
The latest tutorial.
The videos are usually short and to the point, here is the list of all the tutorials so far, simply click on the links and then follow his instructions:
- How to install and setup Quicksilver.
- How to email a file from Quicksilver.
- How to access your Clipboard and manipulate it with Quicksilver.
- How to use scripts with Quicksilver.
- How to use Quicksilver’s catalog and control more things on your Mac.
- How to load items into Quicksilver for further manipulation.
- How to create iTunes playlists from Quicksilver.
- How to setup triggers (keyboard shortcuts) and mouse gestures in Quicksilver.
- How to navigate through folders and lists in Quicksilver.
- How to send a quick email only using Quicksilver.
- How to resize and manipulate images in Quicksilver.
- How to load selected files in the Finder into Quicksilver.
I’ve watched all the video tutorials and I have to say I enjoy the way he does them, he always goes slow enough I can follow what he’s doing on my computer. The tutorials always cover something new and interesting too!. Nice job Nick! and enjoy the tutorials people!.
How do you rate TMNT?
I have not seen TMNT (Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles) yet, and honestly I wasn’t planning on seeing it in the theatre at all. The trailer looks horrible and I was thinking that it’d just be a huge disappointment.
The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes has given it a 34% while my friend Sameer has given it an A- in his review.
Have you seen it? How do you rate it? Should I go see it?
The 2007 Daring Fireball Membership Drive
Everyone here at TUG.n supports Daring Fireball. You should too. Besides, you can win stuff.
Jaworski replacing Theismann on Monday Night Football
Football fans everywhere rejoice. No longer will the Redskin’s homer, Joe Theismann - who is arguably the worst football commentator of all time - be infecting our ear drums on Monday Night Football. Instead, we are graced by the presence of reasonably unbiased football analyst and Philly fan favorite Ron “Jaws” Jaworski.
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank review
Grade: A-
Modest Mouse has been around for a long time, yet this is their first post-”Good News for People Who Love Bad News”, this album that broke them out into the mainstream fueled by the enormous success of it’s first single, “Flaot On.”
The anticipation has been building then, especially after the revelation that the legendary Johnny Marr of the legendary Smiths was collaborating on the album. Not only that, but that it was announced that he was a full-fledged member of the band.
The wait for long time Modest Mouse fans was well worth it. We get an album full of angst, aggression, and me vs. the world mentality, most notably on the defiant “Fly Trapped in a Jar.” 5 LP’s later and front-man Issac Brock is still as cynical as ever.
Screams, mutterings, and other odd noises fill the album throughout just to let us know how different Brock is. He definitely didn’t go the safe route as so many of his counterparts have taken after being struck with new found commercial success. In fact, I don’t think there is a “Float On” on the album. The closest to it is the first single “Dashboard,” which isn’t even close, and perhaps “We’ve Got Everything.”
That’s not to say that this album isn’t full of pop sensibilities. It’s a very catchy album with very catchy, tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Brock’s often manic, eccentric delivery will most likely be the turn off to most mainstream fans who got used to the more straight laced content of “Good News…” The album is definitely more aimed toward the “Devil’s Workday” crowd, than to the “Float On” crowd.
At times certain songs can become a bit too repetitive and, even with a fitting album title, the boating metaphors become a little heavy handed at times. But, overall this is an album that is solid on almost all levels.
Johnny Marr’s guitar work and James Mercer’s guest backup vocals, which in spots seem more like lead vocals, are a very welcome addition. The music is definitely top notch. The slow songs are beautiful and the up-tempo songs are undeniably catchy.
“We Were Dead..” is a thoroughly enjoyable album that will be sure to have Modest Mouse fans satisfied throughout the spring. While not as great as “The Lonesome Crowded West,” this album is a worthy addition to a prestigious body of work.
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