If you haven't seen this yet, well, hit that play button. This is Don Cherry and Ron MacLean from Hockey Night in Canada. Don is the between periods "color" guy, to say the least.
You've probably never seen Don Cherry, nor Hockey Night in Canada. Anyhow, Don does commentary between the 1st and 2nd periods where he plays the part of the blowhard, yammering on about something he has a strong opinion about. He also tends to talk with his hands rather excessively. At some point, some wise soul thought to themselves, "Hey, it almost looks like Don is playing the piano!" and shortly thereafter, this individual married a segment Don did recently to piano notes the wise soul recorded himself, and created probably the funniest damn video I've seen in at least six months.
Steve said 4 days later
That's funny. I have always enjoyed Don Cherry when I used to get stuck watching Toronto Maple Leafs games because one of my old roommates was a Canuck from Toronto.
Parsla said 4 days later
Never seen Hockey Night in Canada? How is that possible? Even I know who Don Cherry is ...
I used to enjoy watching a CBC show called 'Little Mosque on the Prairie', a sitcom based in small-town Saskatchewan with a growing Muslim population. In one of the first episodes, before they had their own building and were gathering to worship in City Hall, they were using hockey boards - ads and all - to separate the worship space into the men's and women's areas. Why? Because nothing separates Canadian men and women better than Hockey Night in Canada....
GJ said 4 days later
LOL, Darcy is a Leafs sufferer. And we watch HNIC every chance we get, but have no CBC. :( Heard nothing but good things about Little Mosque.
Marc said 4 days later
lol, this video fulfilled all of my expectations based on the post title.
Geoff said 5 days later
This goes to show how little I pay attention to Hockey. I just love to play it.
I actually look forward to seeing Michele Bachmann get even more in the limelight. The amount of photoshopped images and memes that will arise should keep me amused for quite some time.
This might be a hit in the tablet world, but for anyone who is any bit like a power user is likely going to hate this in the desktop/laptop world. Also, this will sufficiently piss off developers (At least the ones trying to maintain a product).
GJ said about 2 hours later
I gave up developing Windows apps back in 1998, and haven't looked back.
GJ said about 2 hours later
Oh, and as a power user, I despise Vista and Windows 7. I have no expectations that Windows 8 will be any better. I toyed with Linux on and off for a few years, and given the fact that I play next to no modern Windows-only games anyhow, we're definitely moving the desktop rigs to Linux in another year or two. Darcy's Win 7 laptop will stay Win 7 as long as she can stand it. :)
Geoff said about 2 hours later
Yeah this is totally for tablets (basically a desktop version of their phone it appears). I don't think it is terrible for casual PC users (Internet, Email, Games)...I think most OS's (be it Windows or Mac) are overkill for the average user. Something like this simplified experience is more than enough for those people. Of course, all they really need is an iPad (with Flash). Obviously, this doesn't work for folks like us, though a simplified experience to get at Applications is really all I need. I think Desktop's are going the way of the dinosaur, so it is actually a little refreshing to see something like this used for OS's, but I disagree wholeheartedly about Icons. I'm sorry, but a well executed icon can speak volumes far quicker than boxes of text. Especially when you have a lot of information to display, icons are still king (at least for us dinosaurs).
Sure the temperature outside is one scenario that supports their claim, but give me a break, how important is the damn weather on your computer. You going to explain a spreadsheet in your little box? How about a Word Document? A Video game? Give me a break. All of those can be accomplished with Icons and leaves boxes in the dust (since a box won't be big enough to describe those).
I thought that is why they came up with Widgets and Gadgets. Far better execution (Widgets on the Mac of course).
Again, good for tablet devices. Not for workstations.
Marc said about 3 hours later
Yea, Geoff I completely agree. Apple, IMO, is doing it right with their operating systems. They have the iOS for phones and the iPad which works very effectively there. Their Mac OS X features still feel very natural on the desktop and they are taking some of the great parts of the iPad and integrating it into their next desktop version. The desktop is still a very different use for nearly every person, but I think the idea of a laptop for just chilling on the couch with is gone and the tablet is finally filling that role. Trying to use the same OS for two very different things is stretching things a bit too far.
But I totally agree on the desktop thing. They aren't going to disappear for the people who literally live on the computer, but certainly the average user could get by at home with something like an iPad.
Personally when I saw the Microsoft Kin phone which first introduced this horribly ugly design, I thought it would fail and it did tremendously. Windows Phone 7 kept a very similar interface and it's doing only slightly better than the Kin (iOS and Android are blowing it out of the water). So even if Microsoft is seeing tablets as the next big thing in computers and Windows 8 is their solution, I don't think they'll end up winning this battle. iOS and even Android both own this market pretty well and people just like and understand their interfaces so much more.
GJ said about 14 hours later
Microsoft isn't winning any battles of late, which is why shareholders are demanding Ballmer's head. Not surprisingly, they want Gates to come out of retirement.
Marc said about 15 hours later
Unfortunately I don't think Gates would have the same successful return that Jobs had. Mostly because people are interested in innovation nowadays and copycats of any kind tend to struggle. Gates is better off with his foundation, which is actually a really good use of his time (and more importantly money).
GJ said about 17 hours later
Whoever they bring in needs to give Microsoft an identity. They don't really have one, beyond the guys that maintain the service packs for Windows XP.
Me too, and will be howling even more watching GJ demonstrate this in person!
GJ said 1 day later
Don't hold your breath waiting for that. :)
Geoff said 1 day later
I'd do it. Bring me a bark collar and a camera :) Though something tells me I may need assistance as I have a fear that I will activate it and then set it into a continuous loop with my convulsions and won't be able to take it off myself lol
Marc said 1 day later
I believe we can consider that written consent. :)
GJ said 1 day later
Yup. We promise to take it off just as soon as we can catch our breath after laughing our collective asses off. You probably will make out all right.
Marc said 6 days later
Just remember Geoff: Subsequent screaming and/or laughter will only make the pain worse. :)
Geoff said 6 days later
Most excellent. Not sure what I've gotten myself into, but I'm pretty sure I'll regret it after the fact. For now I'll stand tall, push my chest out and grunt like Tim Allen.
