2010 is upon us, and unlike the Arthur C. Clarke sequel to 2001, wherein the world is exploring space, in the real 2010, the world is trying to find a goddamn job and avoid a huge, double-dip recession and rapid price deflation.
This was written as a response to critique of Android's bad user interfaces. The original poster blamed the bad UI on A's Linux heritage.
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Hey Hey, there's no more show. This was a really bizarre viewing experience. It wasn't funny to me - so I'll add my voice to the chorus of the offended.
However, because this was happening in a different country, with a different history, I tried to get a grasp of what blackface means in Australia. To help Australians understand a little about blackface in America, a selection of readings is presented below.
After the jump, there's an extensive reading list of material about blackface and its history.

I went to the Roaring Aughts event featuring photographer Slobodan Dimitrov, and, in addition to enjoying the photo show, got to hear a lot of discussion about cameras that was way over my head. It was heavy gearhead talk.
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
Jeff Wall, Mimic, 1982

Miley Cyrus, Joke, 2009

We're moving into an old house, and though we're renting, I like to live in a nice looking place, at least inside, so we're repainting a couple rooms.
Microsoft is trying to file a patent for their Ribbon interface element that groups toolbars into a tabbed interface.
If you paste the HTML color name of a color, like "palegoldenrod", into the color picker, the color will be set to that color.
I had some Gila window film left-overs, and a few hours waiting around for a guy to come over to buy some old junk. I got it in my head to make stickers from the film.
Hi, I want to screen print tee shirts @ home as an earning hobby. I do the designs on photoshop - can u tell me the easiest and cheapest way of going around this ?