May 2010
1 post
Clients From Hell: The Forbidden Fruit →
Client: Hey, just one final question before I send the deposit. Do you use a PC or a MAC?
Me: I use a MAC.
Client: That is a problem. Do you have access to a PC? I am not a supporter of Apple products.
Me: No, I don’t have access to a PC, but this will have little to no effect on the work…
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
4 posts
A slice of a journey
I started by getting up from my chair.
I first shifted my weight to my legs
and then straightened my joints, starting at my knees and working my way up to my shoulders
once erect, I turned around by stepping on my right foot and then switching to my left
now that I was standing and facing my room’s door, I began the long, tenuous journey of walking to the bathroom.
the first leg of the...
Another test
:-P
clientsfromhell:
Client “The banner is ok, but we need to do something about the product name, we need to have it in capitals”
Designer “But, the text is already in all capitals”
Client “Ok, can you make the capitals more capital then?”
Physics vs. Santa
Physics vs. Santa
I. There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per house hold, that comes to 108...
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
2 posts
“I’m thinking I want five or six different logos for my business. That way I can...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
“Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has...”
– Clients From Hell:
August 2009
41 posts
People who post lyrics from songs as Facebook statuses piss me off. POST SOMETHING ORIGINAL OR DON’T POST ANYTHING AT ALL.
Oh, and why does every window-arranging-feature in W7 need have “Aero” plastered in front of it? Seriously, Microsoft? Seriously?
Without ever having had /really/ used Windows 7, I can say that the MOST overused “UI element” is transparency. TOO MUCH TRANSPARENCY!
Currently listening to Mahler, Symphony No. 3 In D Minor: I. Kräftig. Riccardo Chailly & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Worst. Death. Ever.
We need a new Charlie Chaplin. Watching “The Great Dictator”. Fantastic.
I wish formatted text was supported in @Twitter and all across the web. /Really/, I do.
Beautiful Thunderstorm out right now. Will take pictures.
Fixed it. I’m now known as Major Inviteless. Please refer to me using that name from now on. Understood? Good.
So few tweets, so much time. … … Wait, scratch that. Reverse it: So many tweets, so little time. … Yeah, that’s right. :-P
What kind of yogurt crawls across the floor when you spill/drop it? … … … My kind of yogurt!
Are you tired of not getting invites to stuff on the tubes? Yeah, well we are too. DM @friedenberg or @vangenie for more info.
UGH! #flashsucks
It always upsets me when I have to go fishing for the last couple of noodles in my Instant Lunch/Cup Noodle. SO AGGRAVATING! ARGH!!!
Why is it that /all/ graphic designers, icon designers, user interface designers and cocoa developers have cats? Why is that?
WOW! 30mbps downstream and 5mbps upstream! FINALLLY! :-P
Why is it that my “following”-page shows people I’m following /IN THE ORDER I FOLLOWED THEM/? IT DON’T MAKE SENSE! Alphabetized? Recent?
Woah! When did PDFs gain the ability to have forms in them? (in Safari)
Finally back in CT. Tanglewood was tons of fun. It’s great to be back…?
I finally fully switched my ass over to Adium… I’ve gotten tired of not being able to /actually/ modify iChat.
Or rather: “What ever”
Absolutely god-awful performance of Shostakovich 2, mvmt. 4 (string quartet) tonight. Terribly out-of-tune, not together and generally bad.
How is it that Safari has ONE webpage open and it’s already using 120MB of RAM‽
MY PRECIOUS RAM, OH GOD, MY PRECIOUS RAM!
Rather, not “myself”, but “me”.
Argh! How does I get me a Droplr invite? Or even onto their list? #kittens
In all honesty, I just want Flash to die a horrible, miserable, painful and excruciatingly agonizing death on a bed of poisonous needles.
Come-on @hulu! Hulu Desktop for Mac is supposed to be a “desktop” application! It shouldn’t be Flash-based! #flashsucks
Sorry, that was meant to be plural: “alien micro-organisms”.
Just watched “The Andromeda Strain”. I rather liked it. I’ve always been fascinated by alien micro-organism—such as in “Gravity”.
Just signed up on Card.ly. Might considering going premium. You can find me at card.ly/friedenberg (obviously).
“Your” DOES NOT MEAN “you are”. GET IT FREAKIN’ RIGHT! Seriously.
Wow… “might considering going premium” (previous tweet). I’m /out/ of it today. Apologies for the horrific grammar. Hope I haven’t offended.
On my way to a field trip to Wal-mart. Exciting!
ARGH! Why isn’t Twitter recognizing the transparency in my new Twitter Profile Picture‽ IT’S A PNG, NOT A JPEG, DAMNIT!
New profile picture. Thoughts? (btw, anyone know what’s pictured? Correct answer wins a prize!)
I wonder how many times Apple will email to remind me that I haven’t completed my iPhone Developer Registration until Apple gives up.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if Apple and AT&T notified iPhone users of the SMS vulnerability and 3.0.1 through a text message?
Good job Amazon! Your packaging for this book was minimal. A+!