OBAMAC. PCLINTON.

The New York Times argues that based on their respective websites, Obama is a Mac. And Clinton a PC.

On one thing, the experts seem to agree. The differences between hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com can be summed up this way: Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hillary Clinton is a PC.

That is, Mr. Obama’s site is more harmonious, with plenty of white space and a soft blue palette. Its task bar is reminiscent of the one used at Apple’s iTunes site. It signals in myriad ways that it was designed with a younger, more tech-savvy audience in mind — using branding techniques similar to the ones that have made the iPod so popular.

I think you could replace "Mac" with "Gmail" and "PC" with "Hotmail" in this article.

AN ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF WHY YOU SHOULD TWITTER

I'm a big fan of Twitter.  I've mentioned it before.  Admittedly it took me a long time to get onboard with Twitter and to see its purpose.  I originally joined and began using it just to end Kaizar's constant hounding and proselytizing about the greatness of Twitter and twittering and things twits. It took a while, but I've now become a huge fan of this service especially as a few more of my friends have joined and started using it.  You ask, "What is Twitter exactly?"  And why should you Twitter?  This short video below does an EXCELLENT job of explaining it and I hope it convinces you to join and start twittering!  On a side note, I also love the video's creativity.  Fantastic stuff.  It really makes me want to learn video editing.

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o]

What makes Twitter so appealing to me is that it does a great job of incorporating mobile phones.  I primarily use Twitter with my cell phone, which has a qwerty keypad making it easy to write.  And it's great to receive my friends' Twitter updates as a text message essentially on my mobile.

On a related note, I think the time is ripe for someone to re-examine Robert Putnam's seminal study Bowling Alone.

YES! I GOT WILCO TICKETS

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TICKETS.

WHOO HOO.

More.

DEAR PAUL SMITH

Dear My Favorite Paul Smith White Sneakers, I deeply apologize for what I did to you last night.  Or rather what I did on to you last night.  I blame the combination of drinking on an empty stomach and then over compensating later at Famous Ben's pizzeria.

Humbly yours,

MRod.

QUOTE

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

A CONVERSATION

Me: So you going out this weekend? MC: Yeah, going out

MC: Heading to a party with some coworkers tonight

MC: I asked if i could bring the girl i'm dating

MC: They said "Yes, but there will be lots of hot girls there, are you sure you want to bring sand to the beach?"

A CONVERSATION: YOU CAN CALL ME AL

Me: I met the most random person yesterday. R: Who?

Me: Paul Simon's bodyguard.

R: Al?

Me: Hahahaha.

Me: I was just surprised Paul Simon...needed a bodyguard.

A CONVERSATION

Me: Just ping me when you want to grab lunch. C: You need a technology detox.

C: No laptop.

C: No cell phone.

C: Just go away for a few days.

Me: Does not compute.

DUDE! THERE'S A PUBE IN MY DELL, DUDE!

This guy sends in his faulty Dell laptop to the company's tech support so they can send him a new one.  That new replacement arrives with a little something extra on it/in it.  That something extra is curly and pubical.  Speaking of Dell, last we heard back in 2007 the Dude Dell guy from all those commercials way back when now works at a Tortilla Flats mexican restaurant in NYC.  Although it's not all terrible, he also still gets gigs on TV, film, and the stage.  I would just closely check your tamales if you dine there to make sure there isn't a little something extra on your plate. Disgusting Dell laptop photo after the jump.

QUOTE

[They] get burned up when they hear about someone buying a bottle of mouthwash with food stamps. But they love big water projects. They only object to nickle-and-dime welfare. They love it in great big gobs.

- Marc Reisner, Cadillac Desert

MY FUTURE DREAM APARTMENT (IN GRAMMERCY) WILL HAVE THIS:

My future dream apartment (in Grammercy...or Soho...) will have these as coat racks:

THE PICNIC CLUB

It reminds me of the "Finer Things Club," but some people here in NYC have formed an open membership club called "The Picnic Club."  Its purpose?  To have and restore picnics, with the first session to take place this Sunday.  Weather permitting, natch.  From their website:

Sunday, April 27 1 p.m. Sheep Meadow, Central Park Look for Allison and Michael, they will be standing with clipboards

And just like Fight Club, they have rules.  But unlike Fight Club....you can tell people about The Picnic Club.  Anyway, the rules for those of you park hooligans:

3. No loud music may be played; we must never impact another picnic-goer's experience in a negative way.

4. As an extension of rule 3, no gratuitous foul language, violence or nudity (we trust your taste on this).

5 . B.Y.O.'s: A picnic blanket and a "basket" of some sort must be brought. Failure to comply with this rule will result in you sitting on the grass in the middle of a group of members, but will not actually make you part of The Picnic Club. It's like sneaking into a Yankees game -- maybe you still get to see the game, but you'll feel really guilty and on edge the whole time.

More information on their website.  I'm also a big fan of their sweet picnicking coat of arms.  I want it on a white t-shirt.

NHL RANGERS PLAYER VOGUING AS AN INTERN

Sean Avery, professional hockey player for the New York Rangers, will be working as an intern this summer over at the offices of Vogue.   Presumably he didn't get either jobs with the Rangers or with the Vogue by browsing the job listings on MonsterTrak.com.  He wrote a letter to Vogue editrix Anna Wintour in sum saying, "Yo Anna.  Hit me up with a job."

But what does the person dubbed "the most hated man in hockey" for his style of play know about fashion? Well, quite a lot — Avery is a self-confessed clotheshorse who has been known to give girlfriends advice on how to dress, and in interviews has expressed a dream to become a fashion editor after his days on the ice (he'll likely be a big help clearing through the crush of shows). "He says that he prizes his black patent leather Yves Saint Laurent high-tops, 'a lovely cashmere throw from a friend who works at Calvin Klein' and his Philippe Starck machine-gun-shaped lamp," reports The New Yorker's Nick Paumgarten in this week's issue.

Avery recently made the sports headline news with this particular screen play during the playoffs this month against the rivals New Jersey Devils:

[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_2oKWe2Gw]

JEFF KOONS AT THE MET!

I find Jeff Koons's contemporary pieces completely enthralling and mesmerizing like the eye candy that they represent.  It was a highlight to see a collection of his pieces in LA and it really made an impact on me.  I find myself randomly pondering it.  So color me metallically excited to see that the Met is showing some of his pieces on their rooftop Cantor Roof Garden through the fall of 2008.  The Times is disapproving and critical of the rooftop placement where the NYC skyline dwarfs the sculptures.  And it's a good point, but I see eye to eye with them on this note:

Their setting aside, Mr. Koons’s sculptures remain intellectually and sensuously exciting objects — “Balloon Dog” is a masterpiece — and they are worth visiting under any circumstances.

Friends, if any of you are interested in hiking over to the Met to take a gander at this holler at me via email, facebook, myspace, twitter, pownce, leave a comment here, or call me on my mobile.  Or send me a text.

NYC SUBWAY LOCH NESS MONSTER

I love what this NYC artist is doing with the street level subway grates--each time a train runs by the air gets pushed out into the street, which is annoying at best when you walk by and disgusting at worst with trash being tossed around. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mttu9M_BuJ0]

HOT GIRL IS BACK!

Back in the early stages of my blog here on Wordpress (after my move from Xanga and before that Blogspot) there was a fierce debate that took place on my friends' blog Chopstix which is also one of my favorite websites period on the Internets. The debate was over the "hotness" of a particular model, Jessica Michibata who also happened to maintain a photo-heavy blog. I discussed the issue here on my blog as well in full detail. Well, I want to revisit that controversy on the basis of that Ms. Michibata's most recent blog entry where she is indeed totally super hot. Oh, totally unrelatedly, the newest Economist issue has a nice piece on the charges of elitism leveled against Obama the past week.

MY FAVORITE MUXTAPE. WHAT'S YOURS?

This is currently my favorite muxtape on teh Internets right now. What is muxtape? It's a simple website allows you to upload your music and create your own online mixtape. You're too late: icouldbeyourboyfriend.muxtape.com is already taken.

Do send me what you've created and I want to post a listing of all the muxtapes created by my friends and readers. And then maybe we could have a vote on who is the best. The worst one would be kicked off the island.

This is my ridiculously amazing muxtape. I wouldn't even click on it because frankly, if my muxtape were a club YOU would not be allowed past the velvet rope.

A CONVERSATION

DC: My quasi-girlfriend told me all my clothes had holes in them and made me go buy new clothes with her... DC: they really look nice...

Me: That's what girlfriends do.

DC: Sometimes it takes a woman's touch.

Me: Maybe you only listen to women.

SURGERY OPERATION OF DEODERANT CANISTER REMOVAL FROM MAN'S RECTUM APPEARS ON YOUTUBE

Completely respectable and widely read Boing Boing informs me that a completely inappropriate video of the removal of a six-inch deoderant container from a 39-year-old male patient in the Philippines was posted on YouTube. I'm just the messenger folks. I'm not even attempting to look to see where this video is on YouTube or anywhere else on the World Wide Web.

MOVEON.ORG AD CONTEST VOTING

Just passing on the word: A filmmaker acquaintance of mine directed a Barack Obama message for MoveOn.org's "Obama in 30 Seconds" contest where auteurs can create a 30 second Obama ad. Based on public voting, the winning ad will be aired nationally and the winner will receive a gift certificate worth $20,000 in video equipment. Check out Justin Lerner's entry in this competition.

If you like it, vote for him (click on link above)! Check out the other entries on the site.