I enjoy that The Weather Channel’s iPad app feels the need to announce that it is on an iPad in the app name.
Bug Or Feature?
The tab bar is still showing through in the background behind the modal view controller.
Hint: I can not reproduce this.
Paper Bag Council (Taken with instagram)
SNL Seinfeld Crime Scene Sketch, with Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis
Wrong number text.
UPS Guy With A Sense Of Humor
- UPS Guy: Sign here, please.
- Me: I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for this all morning.
- UPS Guy: And, here it is... your new Microsoft Zune.
iPhone Naming Sequence
The first iPhone was called iPhone. The next one was iPhone 3G, which meant never calling anything iPhone 2. The iPhone 3G was then followed, not by iPhone 4 or 4G, but by iPhone 3GS.
When Apple decided to release the next iPhone after the 3GS, the logical name was iPhone 4. Not only did it sound good as a follow up to the 3GS, but it was also the 4th model of iPhone.
Now Apple is releasing an iPhone 4S, but it is actually the 5th iPhone model that has hit the market. So, when the next iteration is ready to be announced in a year or so, calling it iPhone 5 sounds like it makes the most sense, except it is really the 6th iPhone. But, calling it iPhone 6 just wouldn’t sound right as the next model to follow up an iPhone 4S. I assume they will still just call it iPhone 5, and follow it with an iPhone 5S, and then maybe just start referring to them as iPhone again. Nerds can announce that their’s is an iPhone mid-2013, but maybe at that point we can just settle on calling the product iPhone.
He’s walking like he’s such a tough guy! A tough guy with a bear coat, that is…
Source: noahtracker
Blink 182’s New Album, Neighborhoods
I bought the new Blink-182 album yesterday, and have listened to it seven times already. Each listen sounds better than the last.
It’s exactly where you would expect a new album to be in the evolution that has been Blink-182. Neighborhoods is a collaboration we have not heard from them yet. A mix of old Blink, Angels and Airwaves, Boxcar Racer, and even +44. Not to mention Travis’s drums, which are better than ever.
At times, it feels as if two separate bands decided to put their songs on a single album, yet those two bands just happen to make music that goes really well together. It does seem that Tom had a greater influence on the album, as most tracks have the Angels and Airwaves/ Boxcar Racer ring to them, and fewer have the +44 sound. The simplest tell for Blink-182 has always been who takes the lead on vocals. That person usually had the majority of the input on a song. This remains true on Neighborhoods.
Here’s a list of vocal parts per track.
- Tom
- Tom lead with Mark chorus
- Tom and Mark back and forth
- Tom lead with Mark back up
- Tom
- no vocals
- Mark
- Tom
- Mark lead with Tom back up
- Tom
- Mark
- Tom lead with Mark back up
- Mark
- Tom
Granted, I bought the deluxe version of the album. I normally don’t do this, but when it comes to this band, I just can’t help but to get my hands on every piece of their music that I can. Had this not been a vocal list for the deluxe version, Mark would have lost two of his lead songs, leaving the tally at seven songs for Tom, two for Mark and one with no vocals.
This is the second album I have purchased since subscribing to Spotify, as it is not available via the subscription service.
My favorite tracks so far are Natives and Kaleidoscope. Both of which are songs where either Mark or Tom sings the verse, and the other member sings the chorus. I have always been a sucker for that particular vocal arrangement in a Blink-182 song.
