I’m not even going to bother reading the article. This headline alone sounds like good advice: If It’s Advertised to You Online, You Probably Shouldn’t Buy It.
Author: Steven Garrity
Vacuum hopes
I hope that one day, maybe within my own lifetime, scientists will be able to create a vacuum hose that children don’t want to stand on.
How big is the news? 102.05714 pixels big.
Today’s news that President Trump (still can’t believe those words) was indicted was big. How big? On CNN.com, it was 102.05714 pixels big.
Automatic math for thinking in REM units in Figma
If you are trying to think in REM units in the Figma design tool, you can use the simple built-in math capabilities on most numeric inputs. You can enter a width like 16*24 and it will automatically resolved to 384.
Until Figma learns about units other than pixels, this helps a bit. Math!
What do these stripes mean to you?
Cultural relevance curiosity: What do these stripes mean to you (if anything)?
Answer in a reply (and avoid the replies if you want to considering without seeing the answer).
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Eddie Van Halen’s custom guitarsGood guy with “AI”
It occurred to me today that building “AI” tools that can detect content generate by “AI” tools is a bit like saying that the best defence against a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.
Spin Time Family
My brother Tim, who is the Chief Electoral Office for our province, is going to pick some songs as the Friday SpinTime DJ on CBC Radio this week. As I was the SpinTime DJ back in 2019, we’ve reached 2/5 of the Garrity siblings in this pinnacle of cultural relevance on Prince Edward Island.
Update: Here’s the audio. Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, and Matt Maher.
Guitars of Super Bowl LVII
As far as I noticed, there were two guitars featured during Super Bowl El Vee Eye Eye.
During the half-time show, Nuno Bettencourt was supporting Rihanna with a theme-appropriate bright red edition of his signature Washburn, presumably the N4 model.
Before the game, Chris Stapleton performed the US National Anthem with what looks like a Fender Telecaster Custom.
Update: I missed Babyface playing America the Beautiful on an American-Flag Taylor acoustic. Interesting arrangement here, as it’s strung for right handed players, but he’s playing “upside-down” left-handed. Thanks to pmac for letting me know.
Tune in again next year for episode 2 of Guitars of the Super Bowl.
That’s Nuno
That was Nuno Bettencourt playing guitar behind Rihanna during the Super Bowl. Yeah, the More Than Words guy.
Jonathan Torrens for Governor General
Can you make nominations for Governor General of Canada? I nominate Jonathan Torrens. He taught me in the 90s on Street Cents that combination-shampoo-and-conditioner does neither well (I use it anyhow). Also, he’s buddies with the old drummer from Our Lady Peace. These seem like qualifications a’plenty.