The web’s newest and most smartest cartoon, Ugbun the Ugly Bunny.

While spending some time with my girlfriend and her grandfather this weekend, I spotted a self-portrait of him from the 80s that bore a striking resemblance to Thom Yorke from Radiohead. (Click to view large.) Creeeeeepy….

While the web is buzzing with reports about how much faster Photoshop CS3 is on Intel Macs, there’s nary an article on the impressive speed improvements in InDesign CS3. As of this writing, if you search for "indesign benchmarks" or "indesign cs3 benchmarks" you get an astonishing combined total of one result (compared to about 2,000 results for "photoshop benchmarks" and "photoshop cs3 benchmarks").

So I fired up InDesign CS2 and CS3, whipped out my stopwatch, and set out to do some InDesign CS3 benchmarks of my own. And you thought your Wednesday night was awesome!

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I discovered this morning that the iPhone is so hip, it’ll auto-suggest the proper spelling of TriBeCa. But interestingly (that is, if you find this stuff interesting, which is doubtful) it won’t auto-suggest “SoHo” when you type soho.

I noticed something funny in the window at St. Vincent’s hospital this evening. View it large…you’ll find it.

Some geek talk ahead. Non-technophiles beware…

Has anyone seen a high-end TV displaying 1080p? Last weekend I saw a couple of plasma and lcd TVs that were playing Blu-Ray movies at 1080p, and while the image quality was fantastic, the motion was so smooth it was creeping me out. While I’m certainly no video expert, I’m used to movies looking like movies and TV looking like TV (which in geek talk is 24 fps and 30 fps respectively).

To me, the overall effect of 1080p was a bizarre combination of beautiful movie-like imagery with live “TV News” quality motion. And I didnt like it.

I’m no purest by any step of the imagination, but I don’t need TV manufacturers trying to “improve” my movie watching experience by screwing with my beloved frame rates. It’s just distracting. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this (and/or make me look like a fool) in the comments section. End of rant.

Hey Everyone - thanks for taking such good care of the site while I was away. As promised, here’s the prize for the highest rated comment on the previous post. Happy holidays everyone.

Hey Everyone - I’m headed out for a week-long vacation. Upon my return, the highest-rated comment for this post will get a prize. What’s the prize, you ask? Well I can’t tell you now, but don’t worry - it’s sure to be something very disappointing.

See ya next week, Internet!

If you’ve ever wanted to hear me co-host a radio show, then this Wednesday is your chance. I’ll be co-hosting Amanda Nazario’s weekly radio program on Washington Heights Free Radio this Wednesday from 7-9PM EST. All comments to this post will be considered shout-outs and might even be read on the air if you’re lucky.

Listen to the streaming webcast on Wednesday, 7-9PM EST here.

Also, you may remember I’ve had some experience with radio in the past…

Many thanks to this month’s sponsor, Pantone. Check out their banner ad to the right.

Write a comment and see it on the webcam! Fun fun fun.

EDIT - 11/20/07: The webcam has moved on and comments are closed.

The Cleverest Webcam is officially online! You can see it at the bottom of every page. More to come shortly…

Well, it looks like I can scratch another item off my lifetime to-do list:

• Start a Russian Flame War

Dear Russians, I’m sorry for making up a fake quiz that was only supposed to make you feel stupid, and then pretending to offer a hint which was really just a picture of a giant pile of shit sitting on top of your country.

I’m just a little miffed because a lot the comments on my site are now in Russian, which I (and a large portion of my audience) can’t read. And to make matters worse, your colloquialisms and bad grammar make translating your comments into English damn near impossible.

So let’s please keep all the comments in English from now on, ok?

Many thanks,
Mike

Since the Russians aren’t making much progress on the riddle below, here’s a hint.

Alright Russians. If you’re so clever, solve this: (Click to view full)

Hi everyone - as you can see, I’ve just enabled the ability to rate people’s comments all throughout the site. Let the games begin!

PS - show no mercy.

Every once in a while I get curious as to who’s visiting The Cleverest. So I fired up the geographic section of Google Analytics and found some pretty interesting results…

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Recently at a work-related shoot at Shea Stadium, I noticed something that seemed a little out of place in the outfield…

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You may have noticed that I’m experimenting with a new design for the site. Can anyone guess my favorite color?

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