A blog by Cameron and Shannon

Items of interest this week:

Taco Bell’s Big Bell Box & Bacon Club Chalupa

As a followup to my previous post, I feel the need to speak out regarding the Big Bell Box and Bacon Club Chalupa.

The Big Bell Box

Taco Bell’s Big Bell Box is comprised of a taco, a Bacon Club Chalupa, a burrito, a thing of Cinnamon Twists, and a drink. Who cares, because you can buy all of those items separately, making the Big Bell Box nothing more than an extremely arbitrary combo meal served in a box instead of a tiny grocery bag. The KFC Big Box meal presents you chicken in a manner otherwise unachievable; unless the Big Bell Box is modified to also include something unique (e.g. a single tortilla), it will fall short.

The Bacon Club Chalupa

I generally don’t eat chicken at Taco Bell, but if you add Bac-O’s and mayonnaise and put it in deep-fried flatbread, you’ve crossed the line — as well as a number of other lines that have been drawn after that, Yosemite-Sam and Bugs-Bunny-style. I can’t follow you down this road, Taco Bell … but I’ll be here when you get back.

You’re Going To Learn Something Next Week

I’m going to teach you how to use Quicksilver. If you have any idea what that sentence means, the article won’t be for you. It’s going to be called “Quicksilver for Normal People”, and it’s going to be straightforward and simple, and afterwards, your Mac experience will never be the same. I promise.

Flickr Now Has Video

Flickr now has video, and I’ve decided that I like it. I made one video while sitting on the couch one evening, and it garnered a (for me) fantastic amount of comments/attention, so I made a second, more entertaining video, which has been completely ignored, so whatever. Expect more of these occasionally. They’re fun to make.

I Now Have A Film Scanner

Thanks to a bonus, I have now ordered a film negative scanner, and will be starting a photography site at a domain I’ve had reserved for this very purpose. More on this very soon; I’m excited. As soon as it comes in I’ll get a splashpage up, so that you may share in the excitement. (I’ll probably write a post about the incredibly tedious process of deciding what to buy — expect that next week, too.)