Oh, iTunes. iTunes, iTunes, iTunes…
Welcome to another installation of “companies that randomly change their logos and make themselves look dumb.” Today our guest will be Apple—specifically, iTunes.
For whatever the hell reason, Apple decided to entirely re-do their iTunes feel, as well as the logo.
Clicky clicky to enlarge.
Now there’s practically NO color so the whole thing looks like an inactive window (you know, when you have a window open but you’re using a different one, and the colors in the inactive one are dulled in most color schemes). And then there’s Ping, which…well, I’m still not entirely sure what its purpose is.
Then there’s this:
I suppose the CD is that out-of-date now, but still. The blue notes on CD thing was a very signature logo. To go from that to something that has very little similarities to past designs seems…odd. But I suppose “hey, let’s change things up for no reason!” is the style nowadays. Sorry, but this kind of stuff really bugs me.
I really don’t understand it, but what’re you gonna do, eh?
Today’s song: Tiny Face by Tipper
Oh look, more crappy art
Click for zoom. Alternate title: Claudia Can’t Draw but Does it Anyway.
Alternate alternate title: Claudia Needs to Install Flash so She can Annoy You with That Instead
These will get more interesting soon, I promise.
Today’s song: The Last Day On Earth by Kate Miller-Heidke
Feh.
I need help, but I’m too afraid to get it.
Also, it’s just my luck to move my blogs and then have nothing interesting to talk about.
Today’s song: Highland Cathedral by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Vancouver, you’re silly
I live by a bunch of cemeteries. At the entrance of each one is posted this sign. Yeah, seriously.
Apparently, the story behind these signs involves the long-lived problem of people letting their dogs roam around unleashed, particularly in cemeteries. The problem started to escalate back in the 90s, so cemetery officials felt they had to do something about it, as dogs freely roaming about in cemeteries were bound to cause problems.
The husband of one of the management staff, after a rough run-in with a pissy dog owner, recalled that a close town had erected “camel crossing” signs in areas that were prone to speeding traffic. These humorous signs were effective in reducing traffic speed, so they attempted to apply the same logic to the “no unleashed dogs in the cemeteries” rule enforcement with these signs.
Cool idea, but if I were an elephant I would be holding a huge grudge against unleashed dogs for their causing me not to be allowed in cemeteries.
And I would never forget it, either.
[insert elephant graveyard joke here]
Today’s song: Take It Off by Ke$ha
The Inaugural Blog
Well hi there ladies and gents, and welcome to my first blog on WordPress. All past blogs have been uploaded from my old MySpace blog (except for the private ones…they didn’t automatically transfer, so I’ll have to do them individually, which will take some time).
Some things are different, of course–this blog’s theme is not nearly as ostentatious as my old one, and the default font for my blogs is no longer Times New Roman at 10 point font, but what’re you gonna do, eh? I needed a format change, anyway. I also apologize for all the broken pics/links/YouTube videos/what-have-yous in the older blogs. They’re, well, old. Haha.
So yeah! Pretty snazzy. Oh and here, for anyone interested: MySpace profile
Those of you who are new to this particular blog…have fun!
Yay!
Today’s song: My Own Way to Rock by Burton Cummings
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