Pranking Andy, our intern, never gets old. I spent a minute writing an Applescript that opens the video, fullscreens it and autoplays on startup. In all honesty, I’ve never used Applescript for anything but pranking people. Anyone have a good Applescript-pranking story?

When I first got my PS3, Jen convinced me to buy her the game, Noby Noby Boy. She told me it was by the same people who made Katamari, so I knew it’d be an acid trip. We both love the game for its simplicity, oddities, and addicting music, so I was ecstatic to find these Noby Noby Boy t-shirts. Oddly enough, they’re by Panic, the software development studio responsible for Transmit and Coda. The great thing about them is the assortment of “lengths,” meaning there are shirts with Noby Noby Boy at 12″, 24″, 48″, and 144″. There’s also Noby Noby Girl (pictured above).

I haven’t had cable for a good four years now and what differentiates Hulu/Netflix from cable is the ability to watch what you want when you want. Before online TV, if your show wasn’t on, you’d flick around until you find something decent. And, if something decent wasn’t on, you’d settle for a horrible MTV show that was entertaining in the sense that it kept the WTF-look on your face through the entirety of the show (see Room Raiders, Next, Date My Mom).

Though MTV’s choice in shows has gone downhill since it stopped playing music, its creative freedom remains at a constant high. Having heard Andre Andreev and Dan Covert of Dress Code speak at MICA this past year, I learned a few things about MTV since it’s their biggest client. MTV strives to put that WTF-look on your face with their spots and “WTFs” is the actual name for them. Who knows if they’re going for the same thing with their shows. Regardless, I’m loving the above spot. Be sure to check out an overview of the new look on Creative Review.

Jen and I went grocery shopping yesterday to get cheese and bread. We picked up a block of sharp cheddar and a bag of garlic bread. Combined with strawberries and yogurt, this picnic outside of her ceramics class turned out to be a fantastic break from the computer—and a chance to get some sun. With yesterday’s poll of favorite cheeses, I now have a solid list to try out for our next picnic. Here are the other photos taken at the picnic.

I put in a request for Twitter API whitelisting last night and was greeted with this email today. There are a few ideas/features I need to test heavily and 20,000 API calls/hour should suffice. Mr. Tweet pointed me to a new set of Twitter API methods that are still alpha, but certainly show a lot of promise. I’m thinking there will be a DestroyTwitter update sometime this week. It all depends on whether I can get this one major feature finished in time. I’m keeping this one close to the chest, but it’s a goody. Stay tuned.

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.5 today with incredible performance improvements. I’ve definitely noticed the speed as soon as I started using it. Take a look at the overview video that runs natively in Firefox without any plugins—pretty impressive. Though I’ve been a loyal Firefox user for years, I am looking forward to the official Mac release of Chrome this fall.

It’s been a while since my last Free Gem, but this one deserves all the attention it can get. Caffeine is a menubar app that, with a single click, prevents your Mac from dimming the screen. I’ve been in great need of this app for fullscreen YouTube, Hulu, etc—you name it. I literally want to throw a brick at a stop sign anytime I need to go into the Energy Saver preference panel. This app saves many a stop sign and has an icon that makes me smile every time I click it. Thanks to Smoking Apples for leading me to this one.

I graduated from MICA about two months ago and spent the past two weeks flying around the US for a new life. I found one, but am not in the position to talk about it yet—in due time. With this new life about to start, I decided to mix up my online presence a bit now that I no longer need to promote. Since graduation, I’ve noticed a shortage in posts to my site along with an abundance of posts to my more casual sites like Posterous, Vimeo, Flickr, etc. Because of this, I decided to go with WordPress and a much more lightweight site. I’m devoted to putting an emphasis on sharing. Whenever I share something, you’ll be able to find it here—even if it’s an image that made my day. Here’s to this new life and new look. I’m excited.

This week has been berry, berry good to me. My parents surprised me with a new lens as a graduation present. The new addition to the fam is the Canon 70-200mm f/4 IS. It’s a gorgeous piece of glass, which is perfect for video because of the stabilizer. Canon currently has a solid rebate for specific lenses, so I thought I’d cash in and treat myself to a graduation present of my own. Following my parents, I ordered the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro. Since switching from the 30D (APS-C) to the 5D MKII (full frame), my Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro no longer fit since it’s APS-C-specific. The 100mm is actually the 60mm-equivalent for full frame, so it’s perfect. The photo above is the first shot I took with the 100mm. I’m really looking forward to how portraits look with it. Below are photos of the two lenses:

There’s just a small update to DestroyTwitter today. A number of issues needed be sorted out sooner than later, so here we go. Before I get to the fixes, I added yFrog and TinyURL support. I had the extra space for another URL shortener and TinyURL keeps it oldschool. I’m also introducing a new feature called Restore, which inserts a tweet that was lost via close or escape into the Compose panel. There’s also now a Clear button in the Compose panel as well. I fixed the “=” URL linking issue and “http://http://” issue with Digg and migre.me URL shorteners. I also fixed the “newer” paging issue and the dismissal of Exclude keywords. That’s honestly all of it, so go out and get to updating. And if you like using DestroyTwitter as much as I like developing it, please donate and show the love.