Advertising + Design > Cost + Learning Curve
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In recent years, Apple’s done a fair share of designing pretty products (if not hardware wise the best products) and have substantially increased their exposure to the public with product placement (they’re in Best Buy and Apple Stores) and advertising (no more pretentious posters: now we have the PC Guy vs. the Mac). In all this, Apple’s prices haven’t dropped so much to equate with a PC (that usually gives you more hardware wise). Also, Apple hasn’t bothered much with training in their products beyond the nearest Apple Store Genius but all in all it’s paid off.Apple is now the third largest computer seller in the United States, bumping Acer to Fourth.
Article Tags>> acer | apple | pcX-Gene
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Jeremy Pierce is on his second draft for his paper on mutants and race. See this is what happens when you take a smart philosopher and couple him with a 90’s love of comics. Priceless genius articles that proves, like most of TV and movies these recent days, that the Geeks are in charge.::raises glass to My Peoples::
Article Tags>> mutants | parableman | race | x-menLost: Jeremy Bentham
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At this point I can’t imagine having to put up the disclaimer that there will be spoilers after the jump? Article Tags>> harold perrineau | Lost | spoilersAmerican Idol 2008 Winners
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Well, I was close. Article Tags>> american idol | david archuleta | david cookThe Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
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Article Tags>> ben underwood | daredevil | extraordinary peopleLinks N’ Junk 28
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- tv. Lawrence explains the Scrubs “Finale”
- media. Worst comic book villain names. The Jedi Church faces its first tribulation (and here): Vader. Speaking of Vader, he’s feeling blue (ht: kottke).
- apocalypse. Houston overrun by electronics-eating ants.
- tek. Pretty girls get whatever they want: I can’t imagine anyone sending me a MacBook Air (He said jealously). Akira Bike.
- art-z. Cats. Not sure if I linked to this church site but its excellent. Milton Glaser talks book design. Free stuff from Tor.com.
- update. I did some iTunes Album art for Scott’s (aka. The Spiritual Tramp) audio book which you can download from his site or via itunes. Go check it out.
Lost: Cabin Fever
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Last night was like a five course meal for us Losties. Likely spoilers below.
Article Tags>> ew | Lost | spoilers | theories“Not enough server storage is available to process this command.” error.
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You’re on Windows XP. You can see your computer on the network. You can even see its shares. But you can’t access it on the Network. Instead you get a mysterious error saying you may not have enough network privileges to access the network share and that there is not enough server storage available to process your command. Article Tags>> file sharing | networking problems | server storage error | xp proCookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons
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BOOK: Cookies (Bite-Size Life Lessons) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Jane DyerREVIEW SUMMARY: Excellent children’s book, perfect illustrations and a must-buy.
MY RATING: Rating: 
OVERVIEW: Fun book that hits every need that a parent is looking for in a Children’s book: great words, smart writing and incredible illustrations.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Parents are constantly on the lookout for a new children’s book for their kids’ shelf that takes language, art and some sort of lesson and incorporates all those elements in a nice package: this one fits the order.
Article Tags>> amy krouse rosenthal | cookies | jane dyer | seussMakeUp Your Mind
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As a designer I find that sometimes I get really snooty about things that deal with color and structure even if it’s an area that I know very little about. I may not have that certain finesse to thematically tie a room together, but I’ll tell you what colors look right on the walls. That being the case, I’m going to post some info on makeup. Article Tags>> clinique | l'oriel | makeup