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Conan Moves On

Now that this mess is almost behind me – I just have one last request: HBO, when you make the movie about this whole NBC late night fiasco, I’d like to be played by Academy-Award winning actress Tilda Swinton.

— Conan O'Brien

Blackout

I thought it seemed oddly dark after leaving the office. Quickly realized that large chunks of SOMA are without power. Fortunately that doesn't include either Six Apart or the Caltrain Station.

Late Night Analogy

Seth Meyers sums it all up:

But of course he's biased:

Look, obviously I'm invested in this because it affects me. If Jay can take his job back from Conan that means Conan can take it back from Jimmy and that means Jimmy might come here and I cannot go back to being in a sketch once every three weeks.

Power’s Out

So I'm moblogging photos of a Darth Vader Santa bobblehead by candlelight. This is what people did before electricity, right?

Avatar

I'm looking forward to seeing Avatar this afternoon with the gang from the office. I'll finally be able to read the community site without worrying about spoilers! :)

QuickPix 2009

All the fancy one-off icons from the Iconfactory this year are now all available again. Includes "Unicorn Tears", one of my favorites. Go get it!

Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young Performing the Theme Song to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Excellent. :)

Glow

The latest Apple cathedra— store.

Microsoft Attempts to Patent Sparklines

Microsoft has filed a patent claim for sparklines in Excel:

http://sparklines-excel.blogspot.com/2009/11/united-states-patent-application.html

[…]

Further discussion is found at

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/11/19/microsoft-puts-edward-tuftes-sparklines-into-excel/

What should I do?

via www.edwardtufte.com

TidBitsTips

The Best iPhone Camera Tip Ever -- The iPhone doesn’t capture a photo until you release the shutter button. Instead of tapping the button to take a photo, press and hold the button as you frame your shot. On the iPhone 3GS, you can still tap the screen to set a focus area with the button held down. When you’re ready to take the picture, release the button. This technique minimizes camera movement because you don’t have to both press and release the button with your finger.

via db.tidbits.com