kevin barnett

The Library of Congress has started publishing public domain photographs on Flickr. They’re up to 3,115. And tagging is open to Flickr users. It’s the little things…

I was just listening to The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running

This Saturday marks 30 years to the day on the countdown towards the next dystopian harbinger of our time: the Year 2038 Problem in which 32-bit hardware and software will run out of digits calculating the date in binary.

So why not get a jump start on the stock piles of water, food and ammunition? Although I’m sure most people can use whatever was leftover from the Y2K scare, I am pretty certain the non-perishable food could use a refresh before then.

I was just listening to Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Fake Steve Jobs has some fantastic coverage of Macworld…and is offering a look into the inner psyche of Jobs while he delivers the keynote (Twitter crashed during the keynote). It’s brilliantly funny.

Hundreds of Apple faithful have been camping out in the streets around Moscone Center since last night. The brisk morning air is redolent with the odor of reefer, patchouli oil and nerd body funk. TV trucks are parked outside interviewing idiots and asking them what we’re going to announce today. The Starbucks on 4th Street has a line halfway down the block. Even the filthy hacks in the press corps have started lining up early. There’s pizza, Krispy Kreme donuts and lots of coffee. Sleeping bags and mats and folding chairs and pieces of cardboard, piles of fat geeks sprawled on the pavement — it looks like a homeless convention. Overall I think it’s about the ugliest single group of human beings I’ve ever seen in one place.

Also, FSJ’s update on the schedule change for the afternoon mass suicide slays me.

*Post keynote thoughts:

Time Capsule - would be great if they offered RAID 1. But otherwise a decent and obvious product.

iPhone update - not a big deal, details on this were leaked weeks ago.

iTunes Movie Rentals/Apple TV update - this certainly addresses the criticism I’ve had for the Apple TV which is there hasn’t been any HD content to play on it. Now there is, albeit in the form of rentals. Netflix must be pissed. Blockbuster was already done but now they just seem sad. Tivo and Amazon have to be concerned. Apple cut the price down to $229 but a HD Tivo can be purchased for $70 more. Hmmm.

Macbook Air - An amazing product if you have $3100 to blow. I wouldn’t buy the $1799 lower-end model. It has a frickin iPod hard drive in it. Parallel-ATA, not serial. 4800 RPM. I’ve seen way too many of those hard drives fail.

The design is ahead of it’s time. Maybe when SSD storage is cheaper and in higher quantities.

So my manager (The Hoff) at MLB.com kicked off our Monday status meeting with a dramatic re-enactment of Terrell Owens’ emotion post-game interview after (gritting my teeth) losing to the New York Giants yesterday. The Hoff, who is not an actor nor does he look anything like T.O., delivered a flawless performance. He nailed the voice and T.O.’s maybe-not-but-probably-forced tears. Granted he was reading from a script so I don’t think he should change his day job.

The Hoff then segues into why there is a reason to be upset because our team is losing a team member: Kevin (i.e. me). At this point I realize I have to stop laughing because The Hoff is right; I am leaving MLBAM for an incredible opportunity with New York Magazine. And I don’t want to make it seem like I am stoked about leaving because I am going to miss the talented group of folks at ‘BAM, especially my TPG comrades. Our team’s motto is TPG for life. Compelling and rich, indeed.

By the end of the month, I will be on the design staff as the Creative Technologist/CSS Lead for nymag.com and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Almost everyone I know in the city either subscribes to the magazine and/or uses the website regularly. And besides nymag.com serving as my lifeline on what to do with myself and friends in New York, I have the utmost respect and high-fives for how invested the company is with regards to great design. My goal is simply to contribute as much as I can from my technical design toolkit while I practice the ancient Vulcan tradition of mind-melding with the talented staff.

Stay tuned for some schuper schweet features and enhancements on nymag.com.

I was just listening to Air - Femme d’Argent

Gosh, this sounds like fun.

I was just listening to M.I.A. - Paper Planes

This morning, I read about two guys who wheeled their dead roommate into a check cashing business to cash a $355 social security check in the roommate’s name.

This afternoon, I walked past Andrew McCarthy on the street.

I was just listening to The Rolling Stones - Gimmie Shelter