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- links for 2007-01-20
The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2006 An alt weekly from my home town has some snarky observations.... - links for 2007-01-05
Quinn: a nice Tetris version for OS X Free, and you can play on your local network, with Bonjour support! Chief Justice Rehnquist was on painkillers for 10 years A doctor was cited as saying that Rehnquist, an associate justice of the Supreme Court at the time, tried to escape the hospital in his pajamas and imagined that the CIA was plotting against him. YouTube - OUTSOURCED movie trailer Sounds familiar: After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement. Parallels Desktop for Mac Update Beta3 The best and fastest... - links for 2006-10-18
Some great Greasemonkey scripts for Gmail conversation preview bubbles, Label colors, & keyboard macros Smart Google Reader Subscribe Button Another cool Greasemonkey script, if you’re into Google apps. Alison from Project Runway Season 3 is getting her own line Kicked off way to early, (I don’t say this just because she was the cutest), it’s good to see her doing well. And, she’s a Cape Cod native.... - links for 2006-10-13
It’s Windows Freeware day! AIM light Nice light-weight AOL Instant Messenger client. Taskbar Shuffle After installing and running Taskbar Shuffle, all you have to do is click-hold-drag the way you would if you were reordering anything in Windows.... - links for 2006-10-10
The Good, The Bad And The Queen - “Herculean” Stereogum has an MP3 of the first single from TGTB&TQ… it’s more Gorillaz than vintage Blur, but haunting none the less. More info on TGTB&TQ here... - links for 2006-08-07
Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black Hilarious spoof of the VH1 staple, with lots of interesting facts about a very familiar typeface. Helvetica: the Film A feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. Thank god for the Swiss. Johnny Marr Joins Modest Mouse Legendary Smiths’ guitarist had been writing and recording with the band, but is now “a full blown member”, according to front man Isaac Brock. OK GO - Here It Goes Again video Hilarious choreography, OK music. I will never look at a treadmill the same again. [via]... - links for 2006-07-27
Fix Keyword Assistant in newer iPhoto Thank god for this workaround - I’ve been stuck in “compatibility mode” since April. Smultron Mac Text Editor The “split window” feature looks sweet, especially for when you’re editing both a HTML and CSS file simultaneously. The Icon Factory’s Animated “Under Construction” Page I’ve enjoyed watching each installment — funny stuff for web geeks.... - links for 2006-07-20
�Sith Abandon Ship� T-Shirt I’m a sucker for these funny Star Wars T-shirts, especially when they’re printed on American Apparel. …features an awesome imagined scene of a Darth water rescue. Man, is he gonna be pissed. Fisher-Price MP3 player No, we’re not talking about Web 2.0 me-too design� this is an actual device for young children. (I can see Apple jumping in here with the iTot.) [via] CoComment launches new features Finally, it will track comments from all readers, not merely other CoComment members. Do yourself a favor and sign up!... - links for 2006-07-19
Dvorak is a f*cking idiot Hack piece on CSS, and its supposed deficiencies… maybe John should stick to a Blogspot template, or hire someone who understands the subject. [via] UPDATE: John Allsop picks apart Dvorak’s piece Forbes names Buffalo a �Bohemian Bargain� Don’t let Buffalo’s reputation as a frigid Lake Erie town fool you. There’s plenty of heat here�particularly in the arts. Part of their 150 Cheap Places to Live series.... - links for 2006-07-14
The Killer’s new song, When You Were Young They updated their web site, with the full version of the new single. Hear the Springsteen influence? The album due out in October. Last.fm update today? The site and service are on hold right now.... - links for 2006-07-07
Upcomingscrobbler Awesome mashup of your last.fm data, and Upcoming.org events in your area… it even provides an ATOM feed, (though the feed does not validate, and gives errors as of now). iCalendar support is coming in the future, which will keep you from ever missing a good show again!... - links for 2006-06-26
Bicycle Drift Get that Fast & the Furious Tokyo Drift action with your bike [via] The Culture of Fugly DxF is back, arguing against those who argue “bad design is good design”… I love the redesign. Project Runway to return on July 12 I became a fan midway through season 2, so I can’t wait for the new crew. It’s a great reality show for creative-minded people. Slate redesigns More, more, more… and, huge-ass rollover menus.... - links for 2006-06-19
Erik Spiekermann trashes the World Cup branding All designers like to talk shit, but I think he’s just jealous of the gig. [via] Colibri It’s like Quicksilver for Windows. [via]... - Vox Invites
Six Apart has Opened Up Invites for Vox Can I please have one? Thanks Matt! Now, anybody want to upgrade me to a Standard; account? ;-)... - links for 2006-06-07
Google Calendar Notifier Firefox Extension Exactly what I needed — a little pop-up reminder for my gCal appointments. Google Spreadsheets Announced A limited trial for now, though I was granted access in less than 24 hours - sign up . Om wonders if it’s a waste of time and talent. Google AJAX Search API The possibilities are endless.... - links for 2006-06-02
THANK YOU SABRES!!!!!!!! My new favorite hometown weblog Buffalo Rising pours its heart out for the black and red, (maybe soon to return to the blue and gold?) Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Robert F. Kennedy Jr. assembles and analyzes the evidence - disturbing as it is, I don’t think it will stick. We gotta be ready for ‘08. Al Gore’s presentation in An Inconvenient Truth was designed and executed on Macs, using Keynote �One of the great things about Keynote,� [coproducer] Chilcott points out, �is that we could import and export video and images at extremely high resolution to... - Links for 2006-06-01
The Movie Binge From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Matt Jacobs and the Movie Binge team will watch every major movie released, and blog about it. Matt was also interviewed on WNYC [mp3]. Yahoo! launches its YouTube killer - Yahoo! Video TechCrunch has a nice roundup, but bemoans the decision not to fold this functionality into Flickr. I’d rather see the Flickr folks implement video sharing on their own - and design it more for their audience. Elsewares - Independent Art & Design A catalog of unique products from independent designers and entrepreneurs, (similar to Etsy)... - links for 2005-05-30
You too can be Karen O. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs want you to dress up like them, and video tape yourself performing “Cheated Hearts” GcalSync Freeware program GcalSync offers two-way synchronization between Gcal and your mobile device�s built-in calendar. Too bad Cingular charges me up-the-ass for bandwidth. Is there an effect of information addiction on the life of couples? A lot of interesting questions, which will hopefully be explored further in a future Wired piece: …a couple surfing on two wifi laptops are visiting different sites, having different experiences. They seem more apart than together. [via]... - links for 2005-05-22
Todd Dominey released SlideShowPro Director A slick, AJAX-enhanced UI for creating and maintaining SlideShowPro photo albums on your own Linux server. There is no demo, but a slickly produced video. Also, read Todd’s post. $20. Sabres win game 1 in the Eastern Conference Final 2 of 3 goals coming from defensemen. Game 2 is Monday 5/22 at 7:30pm, on OLN.... - links for 2006-05-04
"An Inconvenient Truth" trailer Al Gore's Global Warming presentation has been filmed in a new documentary. David Remnick calls the film, "a brilliantly lucid, often riveting attempt to warn Americans off our hellbent path to global suicide." (tags: movies politics Democrats) Outblush launches it's Uncrate, but for the ladies. (tags: weblogs women shopping)... - links for 2006-05-03
Koyono Slimmy Wallets Uncrate suggests ditching your George Castanza-like wallet, and go with this slim alternative. (tags: shopping weblogs)... - links for 2006-05-02
Habitual Flyers trying to catch up to new-age Sabres As we head into Game 6, I'm casting my vote for the new NHL. (tags: sports NHL Buffalo) 2006 Boston Zombie Walk What can I say? I like zombies. (tags: zombies boston photos) Yahoo! Tech I've already moved on from CNET to Gizmodo & Engadget... but it can't hurt to have another good tech review site (tags: yahoo tech)... - links for 2006-04-27
Who Is 'the Decider'? Funny NY Times piece on President Bush's latest verbal gaffe, and how it has spread into the popular lexicon. (tags: media politics)... - links for 2006-04-26
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (for Windows XP) ships Improved CSS rendering, RSS functionality, and something called "quick tabs" [via] (tags: microsoft software web ie) Jane Jacobs, 1916-2006 Influential author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities", dies aged 89. (tags: books canada cities)... - links for 2006-04-15
SizzlingKeys for Mac OS X Control iTunes from the keyboard using global hot keys [via] (tags: apple osx itunes software) Panic Releases Stattoo 1.5 Because you can't really have enough widgets... these actually do what you need them to, without getting in the way (tags: apple osx software)... - links for 2006-04-13
Kiko Web Calendar Putting the pressure on 30boxes, Kiko launches new features, including - RSS & iCal feeds, sharing, and support for non-IE6 browsers! (tags: osx apple software)... - links for 2006-04-12
Corripio: Artwork Finder for iTunes The program takes stock of your entire library and determines which files have art and which ones don't. You can then sort the entire list by number of images per file. (tags: apple osx music software)... - links for 2006-04-08
stereogum's: Gorillaz, Live at the Apollo The show was billed as "Demon Days Live," and that's exactly what it was: the entire album, in proper order, performed by live musicians, not cartoons. (tags: music nyc) The Gospel of Judas An ancient early-Christian manuscript was found in Egypt, which casts Judas Iscariot into a new light. (tags: religion christianity media)... - links for 2006-04-06
Apple - Boot Camp Lets you install and run Windows XP on your Mac. Beta available now, but the next major release of OS X will come with it built-in. (tags: Apple Windows osx)... - links for 2006-03-29
Google Careers Google combines job listings from around the web, in a searchable, mappable, friendly Google interface (tags: Google jobs maps)... - links for 2006-03-28
Alaina B.'s photos of the Kottke & Megnut's Wedding very nice and simple (tags: jko kottke megnut wedding photos nyc) Jennifer Chung and Jay Wilkins, Married NY Times throws some love in Gothamist's direction (tags: nyc media weblogs) Stewart & Caterina of Flickr on Newsweek Cover Newsweek is officially on the Web 2.0 bandwagon... mark your calendars. (tags: flickr photos media)... - links for 2006-03-23
"Locker" Dashboard Widget It has a very simple and limited usage: When you double click it, it will lock your computer. You will end up at login window, just as if you had used the fast user switching menu item. (tags: osx Apple software) MacBook Pro is Fastest Windows XP Notebook The MacBook Pro's score for Photoshop performance beats every currently shipping PC laptop running on the identical Intel CoreDuo chip (only an Acer came close) from PC Magazine's testing. (tags: Apple Windows weblogs) Stereogum has New Dresden Dolls "Sing" (the last track on sophomore release Yes, Virginia, out... - links for 2006-03-20
Launchy A free application launcher for Windows... I've been using CandyLabs' AppRocket, but it seems to hog a lot of memory. So, I'm giving Launchy a try. [via] (tags: windows software free)... - links for 2006-03-18
Matisyahu fired his Managers Jacob Harris is a friend of ours from college - it sounds like he lost his star Talent... (tags: music nyc media) Snakes on a Plane trailer The best movie title of 2006... can't wait to see Sam Jackson whoop some snake-ass. [via] (tags: movies funny) Digitalmash: Rob Morris's portfolio I like the "mash of work" concept, and the photo treatments. It's hard to do something original with Portfolio sites, and Rob succeeds. (tags: design web) Two Die After Using Abortion Pill This certainly doesn't help - it gives undeserved credibility to the anti-choice yahoos..... - links for 2006-03-16
Voice123.com Seems like a straightforward resource for recruiting Voice Talents for various languages... the Talents pay a membership fee to the site, so there is no commission or fees for clients. And, many talents have access to their own studios, which is a nice ou (tags: l10n business) InteractiveVoices.com Another recruitment tool for Voice Talents... The free client membership only allows you to manage 1 job - the full membership costs $99/yr. (tags: l10n business)... - links for 2006-03-15
Cuisinart Wine Cellar I'm starting my X-mas wish list in March... (tags: home wine)... - links for 2006-03-09
Screenshots of Google Calendar "CL2 is closely, very closely, integrated with Gmail. It includes now-standard web 2.0 features - Ajax, subscription feeds for integration with iCal and other desktop calendars, event creation, search, sharing, notifications (including SMS) and more." (tags: google calendar tech weblogs) Live.com's new look & features I can't imagine actually ditching Google for a Microsoft search product, but I must say that I am impressed with the Image Search functionality - using AJAX, they mimic the iPhoto/Picasa thumbnail view. (tags: microsoft photos search weblogs)... - links for 2006-03-07
Metal Adium X Uses the Polished Window theme, matching iTunes 6 and iLife '06... (tags: apple osx chat design) Natalie Portman's Rap on SNL �I don't sleep motherf**ker off that yak and the bourbon, doin 120 getting head while i'm swervin� (tags: funny video tv)... - links for 2006-02-27
Logahead - Just blog. A great slim blogging app that leverages some excellent open source goodies, such as Scriptaculous, Behaviour, and FamFamFam icons. He's on to something here! (tags: weblogs software free) Dr. Gervais's Frankenstein Karl Pilkington, the breakout star of "The Ricky Gervais Show," has become the object of a global Internet cult and the unlikely harbinger of a technological revolution. (tags: podcasts funny uk)... - links for 2006-02-24
Hotkeys Great free application launcher for Windows [via] (tags: Windows software free)... - links for 2006-02-23
30 Boxes API Can't wait to see what people can do (tags: software ajax api) Google Page Creator Google Page Creator is a free online tool thatmakes it easy for anyone to create and publish web pages. Designers everywhere are getting fired. (tags: google design) Apple announcing "fun new products" next Tuesday So, what'll it be? The touchscreen video iPod? Intel-powered iBooks? (tags: apple weblogs) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion video This won't win them any new fans, but I love it. (tags: music video)... - links for 2006-02-22
Kottke is done with �full-time� blogging It sounds like the one-year experiment is over - he managed to raise $39,900 from micropatrons. (tags: kottke weblogs) Stalkr - Find your contacts on flickr Great little online app that will take an exported CSV address book, and find your friends' accounts on Flickr (tags: photos flickr) Technorati Weblog: Got Favorites? For those of you without a RSS reader/service (tags: rss weblogs)... - links for 2006-02-17
RIAA says that CD ripping isn't fair use? The RIAA has filed comments with a federal agency in which they claim that ripping a CD isn't fair use. (tags: music weblogs politics)... - links for 2006-02-15
mentos + diet pepsi = crazy fun apparently the two are not compatible. (tags: video candy food) Hunt quail with Dick Cheney oops, I missed. Sorry about your face. [via] (tags: politics Republicans weblogs) "Office Pirates" is coming WSJ on Time Warner's imminent launch of new Web site that intends to �tap into a dynamic that once allowed Wall Street's bawdy and frat-boy humor to spread quickly among financial institutions� (tags: media nyc)... - links for 2006-02-13
Get your 30boxes calendar into Outlook A little bit of software that enables iCal subscriptions in Outlook (tags: 30boxes ical outlook) Dick Cheney Shot His Hunting Companion in the Face Vice President Cheney accidentally sprayed a companion... injuring the man in the face, neck and chest. (tags: Republicans politics guns) Two Feet of Winter White Covers Midtown Manhattan Rion's timeless black & white snaps from yesterday... we got about 12-15" here in Boston. (tags: nyc photos weblogs)... - links for 2006-02-09
Dave Chappelle�s Block Party Brooklyn! (tags: movies video music)... - links for 2006-02-07
Stop Paying for Ring Tones nice little overview by Wired, on DIY Ring Tones. (tags: media mobile ringtones music)... - links for 2006-02-06
Keyword Assistant 1.9 released Now fully compatible with iPhoto 6. (yay!) (tags: apple iPhoto Software osx) The New Yorker reviews The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new album The entire record seems hopeful. It is rife with cheery catchphrases��we�re just another part of you,� �good things happen in bad towns��and tremulous guitar parts. (tags: music media nyc)... - links for 2006-02-04
A Quick Intro To phpFlickr a nice little tutorial from Scott of Wishingline (tags: flickr api)... - links for 2006-02-02
Google Reader makes labels much easier to use with a nice little drop menu, and keyboard shortcuts. (tags: Google Reader RSS ajax) Cindy Sheehan Arrested Before State of the Union The first ammendment is dead, if you can't wear an anti-war t-shirt in the House of Representatives. Even if you're the guest of a member of Congress. (tags: politics freespeech war)... - links for 2006-01-20
This Is Broken A project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it. (tags: funny design business) Matt's iPhoto 6 mini review I agree that the thumbnail scrolling is 100x better... and I'm excited to try out his suggestion of Flickr feeds and Photocasts. (tags: apple osx iPhoto weblogs) ted: torrent episode downloader I've been doing this with Azureus and its RSS plugin... but now Windows users have an easier option. (tags: bittorrent tv software windows)... - links for 2006-01-15
Unsanity's review of the new MacBook Pro A nice counterpoint to the Steve Jobs spin [via] (tags: apple osx intel)... - links for 2006-01-13
Boot up Windows before you even log in �...it will automatically log you in to your desktop and start up your programs...� (tags: windows tips tech)... - links for 2006-01-09
Shiira for OSX Built with the same back-end of Safari, but claims to improve speed and functionality. (tags: apple osx web software) How to speed up your mac and make it more stable when web browsing in 3 simple steps Matthew Haughey says to dump Acrobat. (tags: apple osx web weblogs)... - links for 2006-01-04
How to Order Wine Without Looking like an Asshole I hate this guy's attitude, but I can't deny that it's good advice. [via] (tags: food wine funny restaurant)... - links for 2006-01-03
CBS Radio is offering an RSS feed for David Lee Roth podcasts yawn... the show isn't anything to care about at this point. But, until Sirius gets around to sending me the radio I ordered, Dave's got my attention. (tags: DavidLeeRoth radio podcasts media)... - links for 2005-12-21
Katrina, Tulane, and (Sara's) heartbreak My friend Sara posts about Tulane University's decision to essentially downsize the school. (tags: NewOrleans Tulane education) Top 100 Wines of 2005 The San Francisco gate's list: It's a Pinot heavy and pricey list, partially driven by the demand produced by 'Sideways' (tags: Wine Food 2005) Roger Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005 He always bumps up films that cater to his (and my) political leanings... for that reason, I'm more interested to see Roeper's picks. Syriana, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and King Kong are stand-outs for me. (tags: Movies 2005)... - links for 2005-12-15
New Da Vinci Code trailer O, Draconian Devil! (tags: movies books trailer) Free mini Icons from famfamfam, [via] (tags: icons free design) Microsoft's IE7 team adopts Firefox's orange RSS logo It�s in the user�s best interest to have one common icon to represent RSS and RSS-related features in a browser. (tags: firefox rss microsoft icon design)... - links for 2005-12-06
'Freakonomics' Abortion Research Is Faulted by a Pair of Economists This article seems to be much ado about nothing... but, it appears that they've punched at least a small hole in one of economist Steven Levitt's unconventional theories (tags: Freakonomics economics media abortion) Steven Levitt takes on his critics 'Freakonomics' author and economist rebuts the charges against his legalized abortion & crime analysis. (tags: Freakonomics economics media weblogs abortion) VNC Macintosh Apparently you don't need to purchase Apple Remote Desktop for $499... (tags: apple osx vnc remote)... - links for 2005-12-02
How To Install Apple�s Front Row nice "how-to" tutorial. [via] (tags: apple frontrow hack osx) Adam Curry caught inflating himself in Podcasting Wiki? good bit of sleuth-work... Adam's response is here. (tags: podcast, adam curry, funny) Steve Jobs to keynote Macworld Expo Intel-based iBooks on January 10? (tags: apple osx media intel)... - links for 2005-12-01
Firefox 1.5 is out of beta a nice refinement of an excellent browser. (tags: firefox software web free) U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press Great scoop by The Los Angeles Times... "As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written by American troops in an effort to burnish the image of the U.S. mission in Iraq." (tags: politics Republicans media iraq) MP3tunes a music locker that stores an entire personal music library online--making it accessible from anywhere via the internet--and is integrated with iTunes.... - links for 2005-11-29
Apple Broadband Tuner 1.0 The installer increases the default values for the size of the TCP send and receive buffers. With larger buffers more data can be in transit at once. (tags: apple osx broadband software)... - links for 2005-11-21
Damon's Day nice New Yorker piece on Blur frontman and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn (tags: music gorillaz blur uk newyorker)... - links for 2005-11-17
Analytics - The Play a short one-act play written by Bryan of avalonstar.com... Glad to see I'm not the only one with no data (tags: google analytics stats) Dynamic Resolution Dependent Layouts A nice blend of CSS & Javascript (tags: javascript css webstandards design) It's been 5 years since the New Yorker You've Got Blog, How to put your business, your boyfriend, and your life on-line oh, and Meg Hourihan and Jason Kottke are getting married. (tags: blogs megnut kottke marriage weblogs)... - links for 2005-11-14
Google Analytics Free stats package, including helpful Adsense tools (for those who do ads) (tags: google stats free web) White House keeps an "Enemies List" And, no, we're not talking about the Nixon White House... "The 'enemies list' dates back to Bush�s days as governor of Texas and can be accessed by senior administration officials in an instant for use in campaigns to discredit those who speak out against administration policies or acts of the President." (tags: Republicans Bush politics scandal)... - links for 2005-11-12
Forthcoming Books in the Increasingly Mature Harry Potter Series. a McSweeney's list (tags: McSweeneys harrypotter funny web) Hogwarts Dancers video can't wait for the 4th movie (tags: harrypotter video dance)... - links for 2005-11-10
New plugins for Movable Type I just noticed these... now that Wordpress is all the rage, it seems that nobody is developing MT plugins anymore (tags: weblogs movabletype plugins)... - links for 2005-11-08
The Penguin Podcast extracts, news and information from Penguin Books (tags: books podcast uk) Arcade Fire play impromptu acoustic set on NYC street another reason why I wish I were in New York (tags: music nyc weblogs) Copy Goes Here short film What Coudal Partners does in their down time... (tags: design coudal movies)... - links for 2005-11-06
Bound for Asia Jason Kottke & Meg Hourihan are taking a 3-week trip to Asia (tags: kottke weblogs megnut asia travel) Yahoo! Maps Beta Flash is the new Ajax (tags: yahoo maps flash)... - links for 2005-11-02
Sylloge is back Flickr's Stewart Butterfield re-launched his weblog (tags: weblogs flickr)... - links for 2005-11-01
Anil Got Married. a nice personal post, and reflection on defining love and marriage on your own terms (tags: weblogs marriage)... - links for 2005-10-27
moo.fx 'super lightweight javascript effects library' (tags: ajax javascript free design)... - links for 2005-10-26
ColorBlender.com a nice palette helper (tags: design web color) Bank of America | Keep the Change Apparently my bank is giving away free money... though, I thought that there was a $1 fee for using my debit card... [via] (tags: visa bankofamerica debit bank savings cash) FrontRow and PhotoBooth on BitTorrent someone has hacked these apps, which are supposed to work only with the new iMacs (tags: apple FrontRow PhotoBooth bittorrent) CSS Syntax Checker for BBEdit and TextWranger allows you to syntax-check CSS files using the W3C�s Validation Service (tags: css design validation textwrangler bbedit osx)... - links for 2005-10-23
Noteworthies: Tying the Past to the Present Joen suggests one method of tying your weblog's past to its present (tags: weblogs design wordpress) 'America We Stand As One' video why the world hates America... (tags: funny politics america video republicans) Microsoft Codename Max a Windows Flickr-like photo sharing application, built on next-generation "Vista" Application UI (tags: microsoft vista design photos software)... - links for 2005-10-19
"Complete New Yorker" DVD archive is hard to use a good rundown on everything from the packaging to the technologies used [via] (tags: media nyc software) How-To: Get TV shows off of your TiVo and onto your iPod too bad our TiVo is a DirecTiVo, with crippled USB ports. (tags: iPod apple tivo tv weblogs) TapeItOffTheInternet.com Now pre-beta, this might end up being a valuable TV/Torrent resource (tags: bittorrent tv web) Hacking Your iTrip a weekend project... (tags: griffin iTrip iPod hack) Today's Apple announcements New Powerbooks and professional Photo software called "Aperture" (tags: Apple photo powerbooks software)... - links for 2005-10-18
20 Best License-Free Official Fonts good for cheap clients... (tags: typeface fonts free design)... - links for 2005-10-12
Salling Clicker 3.0 my Siemens s66 is supported now... kind of. (tags: software Apple mac osx salling mobile)... - links for 2005-09-28
Remove MSN Messenger (for PC) Ads nice little resource hack to empty the cluttered IM monster of advertising (tags: im microsoft reshack windows)... - links for 2005-09-21
Opera is free Opera has removed the banners, and the licensing fee. The Norwegians are starting to get it. (tags: opera web webstandards free) Dunstan's iPod nano funny action photos (tags: apple iPod nano dunstan) Iridium Theme for Mac OS X 10.4 I've used Max Rudberg's Milk theme for years, but iTunes 5 looks wonky... Iridium is truly beautiful. (tags: apple tiger osx theme shapeshifter Iridium)... - links for 2005-09-17
At UN summit, Bush snapped requesting 'bathroom break' Apparently he has to ask Condi if he can pee (tags: funny Repulicans Bush pee UN) Derek Powazek redesigns reminds me of Anna's Absolutely-Vile.com of years past (tags: design powazek) meebo: all-in-one web-based AJAX IM client i can login, but not really do much sucessfully... (tags: ajax im web) Microsoft Expression looks like a direct challenge to Macromedia... won't ship until 2006 (tags: design microsoft expression flash)... - links for 2005-09-15
Google Blog Search Is Technorati nervous? (tags: Google beta weblogs blogs technorati) Skin harvested from executed Chinese convicts used to develop cosmetics for sale in Europe looking good, ladies! (tags: shopping China cosmetics Europe)... - links for 2005-09-13
From human to droid in a Yahoo moment? 37 Signals notices some Yahoo! clutter making its way into Flickr already (tags: flickr yahoo 37signals)... - links for 2005-09-10
Sploid Re-design it gives me a headache (tags: design media weblogs gawker)... - links for 2005-09-08
Peppermint Tea a Collection of third-party plugins for Mint (tags: Mint web tech api)... - links for 2005-09-03
Police looters video of Police participating in the looting of a WalMart (tags: NewOrleans police looting walmart shopping)... - links for 2005-09-02
Massachusetts is dumping Microsoft Office in favor of PDF and Open Office formats (tags: microsoft massachusetts government software office)... - links for 2005-08-31
Streetsy: daily streetart photography Jake Dobkin & Eliot Shepard launch this Flickr-API powered photoblog (tags: weblogs photos flickr) Funny photo of a fat gray cat (tags: cats photos flickr) 1,2,3,4 -- I Declare IM War This is either very insightful alaysis, or utterly false rumor (tags: GoogleTalk IM Google Microsoft Yahoo AOL) Racism in Katrina coverage to be fair, it's comparing 2 different news providers, AP & AFP/Getty. (tags: racism flickr photos Katrina hurricane NewOrleans) Goovite it's like Evite, without the bother of creating user accounts (tags: web) Google Talk quietly updates itself Still no way of turning off... - links for 2005-08-30
CNN Weatherman loses his cool Hurricane Katrina is getting on everyone's nerves... (tags: weather media tv) Is Google the Next Microsoft? NPR's On Point asks the question (tags: google radio media tech) CBS News counters bloggers with 'nonbudsman' who will write a blog that will go behind the scenes at the news division (tags: media weblogs) Apple + Cingular = Motorola iTunes mobile phone by X-mas The agreement will have the carrier offering the Motorola ROKR music phone by the holiday season. (tags: apple itunes tech xmas)... - links for 2005-08-24
Good backgrounder on the Pixies UK journalist gets the real story on why they originally split (tags: music media) Joshuaink returns John Oxton comes out of brief self-imposed exile (tags: design webstandards weblogs) Google Talk finally, the much-promised IM & voice client (tags: Google web im voice tech)... - links for 2005-08-19
Bill Weld is running for Governor again... this time in New York tough match for Spitzer (tags: Republicans politics) Microsoft re-brands RSS as "Web Feeds" I don't care what it's called, I just need it (tags: microsoft webstandards)... - links for 2005-08-18
Protopage AJAX-y personalized start page (tags: ajax web)... - links for 2005-08-16
gVisit.com Let's you track site visitors to your website, using Google Maps - Nedward.org (tags: maps web) Google Sitemaps using Movable Type Thanks for the link, Casey (tags: MT weblogs moveabletype)... - links for 2005-08-12
HousingMaps powered by craigslist and Google Maps (tags: ajax maps web)... - links for 2005-08-08
Production Photos from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" wow -- Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter! (tags: movies)... - links for 2005-08-05
Robert Novak curses on CNN, and then leaves set No comment from Karl Rove (tags: funny media Republicans tv politics)... - links for 2005-08-02
5 good BitTorrent tracker sites (tags: bittorrent) Apple to add DRM to the new Intel builds of OS X? everyone has their shorts in a bunch... (tags: apple osx software copyright) "Explore / Interestingness" feature added to Flickr a quick way to find your way to great photos (tags: flickr photos) Apple releases "Mighty Mouse" a two-button, scrolling mouse... sort of. (tags: apple mac)... - links for 2005-07-30
Apparently superballs fall from the sky in San Francisco From sem: "...on Leavenworth & Union for a Sony commercial. They did it 4 times. Also, they covered all the sewer drains, had nets at the bottom of the hill to catch them..." (tags: flickr photos cities)... - links for 2005-07-28
GMail Drive shell extension update "...creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer." (tags: windows software) NYTimes rates some good $10 wines I can stop judging cheap wines by their label designs... (tags: food wine media)... - links for 2005-07-26
Vector illustration for Dummies nice tutorial for those who can't draw... (tags: design illustration photos) Microsoft Windows Vista anouncement those people on the mountaintop are squinting to see the release date... (tags: microsoft windows tech beta) Google Maps : Hybrid mode Google maps overlaid on top of Satellite imagery (tags: maps) MSN Virtual Earth I love playing with maps (tags: maps ajax microsoft) Yahoo! Widgets haha, that was quick (tags: software)... - links for 2005-07-25
Yahoo Buys Konfabulator Konfab's best move was porting their software to Windows (tags: business software)... - links for 2005-07-11
Newsweek reports that Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame's name Time reporter Matt Cooper's notes and email (tags: politics Republicans media) Kelly Clarkson / Eagles Mashup This song won't die... (tags: music weblogs)... - links for 2005-07-01
Iraq War Casualties Map nice implementation of Google Maps (tags: iraq maps politics tech ajax) Google Maps API fun fun fun (tags: ajax maps web tech)... - links for 2005-06-29
Google Earth released i love the driving directions (tags: software maps web beta windows) Lambrett Twist a great 60s Italian commercial, for Lambretta scooters (the non-Vespa Italian kind) (tags: scooter fun tv)... - links for 2005-06-28
McSweeney's : The Mall's "Banana Republics" for the New Millennium (tags: funny weblogs) Hacking Apple's Weather Widget to Show the Time of the Last Update sometimes the update lag for me is as long as 15-20 seconds... this will be handy (tags: apple osx dashboard weblogs) del.icio.us direc.tor a cool AJAX alternate UI for del.icio.us (tags: del.icio.us ajax tech) Lionbridge Acquires Bowne Global the rumors were true -- LIOX will be come the largest localization services provider (tags: localization business weblogs) iTunes 4.9 adds Podcasting It'd be nice if NPR will ditch Audible.com (tags: apple iPod iTunes podcasting)... - links for 2005-06-21
SDL to acquire TRADOS Our, ::ahem::, competitor just bought the most widely-used translation software (tags: localization software media) The Importance of RSS Kevin Hale says RSS is Google's future (tags: tech web business)... - links for 2005-06-17
Flickr to Add Print to Photo Service and it's not "EZ Prints" as originally announced (tags: flickr photos media)... - links for 2005-06-15
Coffee and Wireless in Boston i dispute the claim that Boston has "best cafe culture on the Eastern Seaboard"... (tags: boston wi-fi) Tiger and TiVo are friends again my TiVo arrives at the end of the month (tags: tv tiVo weblogs) Webreakstuff's thoughts on the private-beta of Odeo "Odeo promises to bring podcasting to the masses by simplifying the process of getting your audio material out there, and by allowing people to subscribe to their interests on audio feeds." (tags: tech weblogs music iPod) Katie Holmes Embracing Scientology we're losing the battle, people... (tags: media movies) Flickr Album neat... - links for 2005-06-14
del.icio.us Blog finally, i won't need to read the mailing list... (tags: del.icio.us weblogs)... - links for 2005-06-07
Apple inks a deal to convert Macs to Intel processor if you can't beat 'em... remind me not to buy a new Mac in the next 2 years, because they're going to be obsolete (tags: apple osx media)... - links for 2005-06-04
Cambridge, MA wants you to design next year's Resident Parking Permit perhaps i'll snap a photo of some rock clubs... i'm tired of the picturesque, peopleless buildings of recent years... (tags: cambridge weblogs cities)... - links for 2005-06-01
mezzoblue : Markup Guide handy reference (tags: css design webstandards) Episode III Easter Egg Hunt some treats for those who pay attention (tags: movies fun)... - links for 2005-05-14
The "Blogging Gourmets" weblog registration opened up Jason opened up registration for his foodie weblog (tags: weblogs food) NetNewsWire 2.0 finally out of beta, and freakin' awesome (tags: apple osx software)... - links for 2005-05-12
Cage Fighter Another cosmetic fix for the ugly Tiger Mail.app buttons (tags: apple osx design software)... - links for 2005-05-10
The Huffington Post Arianna takes group blogging to celebrities and other people whose opinion we don't care about. (tags: politics weblogs) Binary Bonsai's "Live Archives" a little PHP, and you've got something a little more dynamic for your WordPress archives (tags: wordpress weblogs tech design) Ajax and weblogs (kottke.org) since 6A and Blogger don't seem to be pushing Weblog R&D... (tags: design MY tech weblogs)... - links for 2005-05-09
Webzine 2005 after 4 years, this conference for independent internet publishers (bloggers?) returns (tags: weblogs design) Apple releases "Bonjour" networking protocol, for Windows clients "Bonjour, formerly known as Rendezvous, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on networks--without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers..." (tags: apple windows mac tech) Dashboard Exchange a resource site to share Tiger Dashboard widgets (tags: applr dashboard mac osx) "Harvey Birdman" stealing viewers from Letterman? wiat until Steven Colbert's show premieres... (tags: tv media)... - links for 2005-05-05
Oberkampf : how to make a gallery on your web site from your Flickr photos i wish i had seen this before i went with SlideShowPro for this site... (tags: flickr design photos web)... - links for 2005-05-04
Injured Buffalo Firefighter Wakes from Decade-Long Coma perhaps miracles are possible? (tags: buffalo media)... - links for 2005-05-02
Flidget, a Dashboard widget to quickly upload photos to Flickr Rob and Anatoly put together a nice little widget... (tags: apple osx flickr photos weblogs dashboard) Yahoo! Local Traffic Dashboard Widget interesting... apparently, Yahoo! Local Traffic uses RSS. (tags: apple osx cities dashboard) Flickr Automator Action 0.1 (for Tiger) Fraser Speirs is at it again... (tags: apple osx flickr photos weblogs) Boston is turning 375 years old and she is as craky as ever (tags: cities boston weblogs)... - links for 2005-04-30
Delicious Library 1.5 released Works with Tiger... (tags: osx apple weblogs tech)... - links for 2005-04-29
Cisco Reports VPN Conflict with Tiger nooooooooo! I regularly VPN in to my work, and then use a Remote Desktop connection to connect to my actual Work PC... this works great, but it looks like not for long! (tags: apple osx tech media) Todd Dominey's first day using Tiger a positive review -- i can't wait to get my hands on my own copy (tags: apple osx weblogs)... - links for 2005-04-26
A (Near)-Complete List of Mac Keyboard Shortcuts endless productivity (tags: apple osx tech) AirBase stand for AirPort Express my airport express sucks... it cuts out all the time, so i may as well throw some more money at it... (tags: apple shopping) Xyle Scope CSS tool Breaks out all CSS elements from any web page in visual form. (tags: apple css design) Aardvark Firefox Extension See how a CSS-built page is created, <div> by <div> (tags: css design firefox)... - links for 2005-04-23
Pope Benedict XVI Gets E-Mail Address Can't imagine the Spam he'll get... (tags: religion media) Nomar tore his groin the best decision the Sox ever made, was dumping Nomar... (tags: redsox sports media)... - links for 2005-04-21
Gruber translates the Adobe press release on their acquisition of Macromedia "Dude, we just bought the only significant competitor to several of our flagship applications. We didn�t buy Macromedia, we bought the market." (tags: business design funny tech) Amazon is selling the Tiger Family Pack - 5 licenses with a nice $50 rebate to boot! (tags: apple osx tech shopping) Kottke on the future of "Spotlight" and OS X some interesting thoughts on Tiger's major new feature (tags: apple osx tech)... - links for 2005-04-18
Adobe to Buy Macromedia in $3.4 Billion Stock Deal christ (tags: tech media)... - links for 2005-04-15
Kottke's Paris in April Apparently a portion of my $30 micropatron payment is for trips to Europe... ;-) (tags: weblogs travel photos) Bush's iPod filled with infringing goodness maybe this guy is like the rest of us? nah... he has people to do it for him. (tags: iPod copyright music politics Republicans)... - links for 2005-04-12
Idaho passed a bill commending "Napoleon Dynamite" "WHEREAS, Uncle Rico's football skills are a testament to Idaho athletics..." (tags: funny politics movies)... - links for 2005-04-07
Connecticut to sue Feds over cost of "No Child Left Behind" Attention Dems! We are the "states rights" party now (tags: politics Republicans Democrats)... - links for 2005-04-06
Making Firefox scream a few little tweaks to the config can speed up your borwsing experience (tags: firefox web) "Big Pussy" surrenders to cops this Post photo looks like something from The Soprano's... (tags: tv media weblogs nyc)... - links for 2005-04-05
Pretty In Pink 2: Duckie's Revenge Dear god, the world does not need this...[waxy] (tags: movies weblogs) Al Gore's TV network will launch Aug 1 "The 24-hour network will target an 18- to 34-year-old audience and offer short-form content--15-second to five-minute segments--to be contributed by viewers." (tags: tv tech) Bob's Cube some interesting flash nonsense to distract you from work (tags: fun web) colr.org point to a photo's URL, and pick out the color values (tags: photos design fun) YaGoohoo!gle is anyone else tired of this google vs. yahoo! trend? (tags: tech web fun)... - links for 2005-03-30
Lawrence Lessig on NPR's The Connection, commenting on the Grokster Supreme Court trial Once again, host Dick Gordon manages to suck the life out of an interesting topic... (tags: politics tech copyright)... - links for 2005-03-29
"Since U Been Gone" Corporate Slides This Kelly Clarkson meme just won't quit... (tags: music weblogs business)... - links for 2005-03-25
UK artist Banksy Hits New York's Most Famous Museums i love his stuff -- especially the artwork for Blur's last album Think Tank (categories: art funny nyc photos) del.icio.us comments bookmarklet "...you can get a look at what del.icio.us users are saying about (or at least how they are tagging) nearly any web page..." (categories: del.icio.us tags) Mac OS X is four years old Veerle provides a nice little summary... (categories: apple osx weblogs) United Airlines Spam? I do this same method -- Ch*aptickets.com is my worst offender (categories: travel weblogs spam) Glassdog calls out "Boing Boing" for their... - links for 2005-03-24
Perfect strangers The Boston Globe (sic) reports on a successful Craigslist "missed connection" (categories: media web)... - links for 2005-03-22
Pimp My Safari a resource for the pimping of Apple's Safari web browser (categories: apple osx tech) Kottke takes a fellowship at Eyebeam sounds like a nice arrangement (categories: weblogs)... - links for 2005-03-18
Motorola Cites Apple for Non-Show of iTunes Phone "...because of the pair's differing approach to launching new products..." (categories: osx iTunes tech media) EyeHome interface for your mac and tv (categories: osx tv tech) Man arrested for plotting to kidnap David Letterman's Son I still can't beleive Dave is a dad (categories: tv media)... - links for 2005-03-17
Microsoft to release six new typefaces in 2006 Is the reign of Verdana, Arial, Georgia and Times New Roman over? (categories: microsoft design weblogs)... - links for 2005-03-16
flickrfox nice little Firefox extension, which creates a sidebar full of Flickr images (categories: firefox flickr photos web) Toyota Launches Music Label? try as you might, Toyota-san, nobody under 40 wants your cars... (categories: music cars weblogs) Boston's Gardner Museum is still trying to get back it's stolen paintings Apparently there is a new documentary on the most famous art-theft in history (categories: art boston movies)... - links for 2005-03-15
HOW-TO: Use your Gmail account as a personal file server i finally tried this out, and it works quite nice... (categories: windows tech) Local businessses in Memphis were contacted by someone who claimed to be a "federal agent" and told that they were not allowed to post signs critical of President Bush whether they were actual Feds, or not, this is scary... (categories: politics Republicans) The "Synergy" myth How the iPod Ran Circles Around the Walkman... (categories: apple business iPod) PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 hooray! One of the things that Outlook does very well, comes to OS... - links for 2005-03-14
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to arrive in April good to see Think Secret is still giving us the goods... (categories: apple osx) Start.com - New MSFT RSS & Atom feed reader interesting... and it works in Firefox. Can't wait for support for OPML import. (categories: microsoft tech web firefox) Start.com -- for bookmarks allows you to import IE bookmarks. (categories: microsoft tech web) Democrats: The Unbranding Great NYer piece by Jeffrey Goldberg which asks the question, "Can the Democrats make themselves look tough?" (categories: politics Democrats media)... - links for 2005-03-11
Ted Leo's cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone", (and YYY's "Maps") the entertainment value of this track rivals Fountains of Wayne's cover of Britney Spear's first single (categories: music fun) Wireless carriers delay launch of Motorola's iTunes phone I can't imagine why they wouldn't want this phone � I'm sure it will sell well... (categories: tech iTunes) "Connoisseur", a new recipe management app "Connoisseur makes managing your recipes as easy as iTunes makes managing your music." (categories: food osx) Gmacker, Map It firefox extension that lets you highlight a phone number, and get driving directions to that... - links for 2005-03-10
incredible first-person shooter game made in shockwave, I can't believe how well implemented this is... (categories: fun web) NPR profile of Tech Boston, a Bill Gates funded public pilot school focused on technology Includes a nice quote from our friend Steve, who is an history teacher at the school. It sounds like a great school, but the key to all schools' success is class size... a low student/teacher ratio offers the best hope of boosting achievement. (categories: media education tech)... - links for 2005-03-09
Kottke on the "don't be evil" business ethos values should drive business decisions... (categories: weblogs business) pop surrealism angie mckaig writes a little "art appreciation" piece... (categories: weblogs design) Samsung Elec Unveils 7-Megapixel Camera Phone and I just got my Siemens s66 1.3 mega-pixel (sic) phone... (categories: tech media) Motorola E399 to be the first iTunes phone Still, the ROKR phone which Apple helped design won't be available until Xmas (categories: tech xmas iTunes Apple)... - links for 2005-03-08
Motorola to launch ROKR iTunes phone this Thursday i will believe it when i see it... (categories: apple iTunes tech) style master 4 "x-ray" feautre shows an instant preview when CSS editing (categories: osx css)... - links for 2005-03-07
super OS X menubar items a pretty good rundown (categories: apple osx) Who's on First? from the folks at McSweeney's... (categories: funny movies web) SimpleBits recommends a good printing company i need to get some business cards done... (categories: business design weblogs)... - links for 2005-03-06
Google Weather? type "weather", followed by your ZIP (categories: web tech)... - links for 2005-03-05
Kottke story in Newsweek "The Blogosphere's Matt Lauer" -- lol (categories: weblogs media)... - links for 2005-03-04
NYPL Digital Gallery huge online gallery of free digital images (categories: photos design web) Avril Lavigne Kills Kittens i think she's cute... oh well. (categories: music photos) NYU warns students against wearing iPod Earbuds apparently they'll get you mugged (categories: iPod university nyc) library is loaning iPod shuffles loaded with audio books why? Audio books in MP3 format are cheaper than CD format... "The units are paying for themselves..." (categories: iPod books) Boston's FleetCenter is rechristened TD Banknorth Garden an homage to the old Boston Garden... (categories: boston weblogs) Boston group offers $3 Billion for All 30 N.H.L. Teams... - links for 2005-03-03
Ask MeFi: Are there any good 24 hour places to eat in Boston? answer? no. (categories: boston food web) Blacks in Punk, New Wave and Hardcore 1976-1983 interesting read... turns out punk rock wasn't all skinny white kids... (categories: music)... - links for 2005-03-02
"Airfoil" extends all audio to Airport Express I've been watching for this release for a couple of months now... $20 introductory price (categories: apple osx iTunes) Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers this seems to be a no-brainer, however I'm concerned that this same court believes that a mentally-disabled adult is more "fit" for death than a 17-year old... (categories: politics media) Bossa Nova weighs in on his "Liberal Guilt" Jason's "Horatio Alger" story... (categories: weblogs politics Democrats)... - links for 2005-03-01
Boston's "Citgo Sign" Gets a Makeover only in this town would this be news... (categories: boston redsox)... - links for 2005-02-28
jymn - unprotect iTunes purchased tracks ...without having to burn it to CD (categories: copyright iPod iTunes osx windows) glassdog "calls out" Dave Winer for criticizing Odeo "...he�s famously bad at designing software for end users." (categories: tech iPod weblogs) Gay men read maps like women I wouldn't touch this with a stick (categories: media tech)... - links for 2005-02-27
Odeo Evan Williams is up to something new - helping users find podcasts, and synch them to their iPods (categories: iPod music web business)... - links for 2005-02-25
"The Somerville Gates" I'm surprised the NYTimes picked this up... (categories: design media web boston) Red Sox will get World Championship rings on Opening Day April 11, with Jeter and A-Rod looking on... (categories: sports redsox weblogs) Wingnut Michelle Malkin equates self-mutilation with Emo music try not to cry about it too much... (categories: politics Republicans music) angiemckaig questions kottke's decision "Because he's basically saying: my name is my brand... That's it. Blammo. No business model, no theme, no hint of what kind of content might be planned, other than the possibility that, like Seinfeld, it may very well... - links for 2005-02-24
Apple to buy TiVo? rumors to make my pulse quicken (categories: apple tech business) Bono is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize hell hath frozen over... (categories: music u2 politics) SimpleBits folds daily links into main content area i'm also struggling to make this work... though I'm sticking with Del.icio.us for now, I hope someone comes up with a better way to fold links into the main content area... lazyweb anyone? (categories: weblogs del.icio.us) My Other Shirt Has Its Collar Up if you've ever seen my fashion sense, you'd buy this for me. (categories: design funny tshirts)... - links for 2005-02-17
Panic releases Transmit 3 the best OSX FTP client known to mankind (categories: apple osx) Wallace & Gromit Movie Presley is stoked... (categories: movies)... - links for 2005-02-16
WordPress 1.5 released i don't quite like the "dashboard" page... seems to be a bit untidy. (categories: weblogs wp) "Fark.com UFIA Arena" Farkers won the naming rights of Boston's FleetCenter for 1 day (categories: boston funny web) "The Gates" gets tagged graffiti asks the question we all want to ask... (categories: nyc design photos media) Daring Fireball: Apps of the Year, 2004 "quicksilver" should be at the top of the list... (categories: apple osx weblogs)... - links for 2005-02-15
Todd Dominey's "SlideShowPro" now available an excellent new photo gallery component for Flash MX 2004... and it can plug into the Flickr API (categories: photos flickr weblogs) Colin Farrell & Jamie Foxx to star in "Miami Vice" movie was Sonny Crockett Irish? I hope they go with the same hip mid-80s wardrobe... and soundtrack! (categories: movies) greg.org looks at Christo & Jeanne Claude's The Gates $20m price tag guess what? it should only have cost them around $5.3 million... (categories: nyc design weblogs) Anil Dash: nobody's ever been fired for blogging he's right-- it's not "blogging" that will get... - links for 2005-02-11
New Gorillaz : "Make My Day" Stereogum posts a track from the upcoming 2nd album (categories: music weblogs) Suburban "Loft"-style subdivisions omg. (categories: architecture media) The Queen comments on the marriage of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles that woman oozes warmth... (categories: england)... - links for 2005-02-10
New video for The Bravery : An Honest Mistake when good dominoes go bad... nicely shot (categories: music) flickr graph uses of the classic attraction-repulsion algorithm for graphs, to explore the social relationships inside flickr (categories: flickr)... - links for 2005-02-09
Steal this bookmark! Salon looks at 'tagging' (folksonomies, for you people who insist on using annoying jargon) (categories: del.icio.us flickr tags media) Google Maps you can click and drag the maps, instead of having to click and reload (categories: tech web maps) The narrowest house in Boston It measures just 9.5 feet in width and 36 feet in length, with an entrance that leads into an alleyway because the street-facing wall is too slim for a door. (categories: boston cities) The Pope (before he was "ill") (categories: religion media photos) Jason Kottke is unintentionally pumping up Answers.com stock (He)... - links for 2005-02-08
gre.gario.us "a tool to find people who have bookmarked the same links you have on del.icio.us. The purpose is to attempt to find people who may have similar interests as you do in a more direct way than using tags." (categories: del.icio.us) Moveable Type Tag Quick Reference nice little sidebar panel, to assist you when working on MT templates... (categories: MT moveabletype weblogs) Where have the Women of Rock gone? One-time Britpop also-ran Louise Wener (of Sleeper) ponders the question... (categories: music media)... - links for 2005-02-06
How to turn crap vodka into premium vodka run it through a Brita filter 4-5 times... (categories: fun)... - links for 2005-02-05
Schedule HackTV with iCal still not Tivo... (categories: apple osx tv) Crumpler SLR Camera bag Nobuko ordered the "Budgie Smuggler" for her new Digital Rebel, and it is quite possibly the nicest camera bag I've ever laid eyes on. (categories: photos shopping) Rob Schneider attacks a LA Times critic "Frankly, I am surprised the LA Times would hire someone like you with so few or, actually, no accolades to work on their front page... Perhaps, someone who has at least won a �Cable Ace Award.�" (categories: funny movies weblogs media) XBox "Halo" to be feature film we all know... - links for 2005-02-04
Web Designer's Survival Guide Some good tips, should you decide to go freelance... (categories: design web business tech) digg.com a new site for me to find "dailes"... (categories: tags web media tech) Liz Phair in a see-through shirt I think these are fakes... (categories: music sexy) Why Mac users shouldn't necessarily wish for the mass-market Mac mini the most entertaining thing I've ever read: "consumers need to be aware that once they add on the basics like a keyboard, monitor and mouse, plus shell out for some antivirus software, the Mac mini price is scraping the ceiling of $1600"... - To Integrate, or not to Integrate...
Matt Haughey and Dave Shea have an interesting discussion going, concerning the integration of posts, daily links, and flickr photos into single feeds, and why this sucks. I’ve heard some grumblings a while back about my decision to fold my daily links into my main blog. (Mr. Yovanoff, I’m looking at you…) But, I still feel that a post is a post is a post. Having “dailies” appear inline with other content not only provides deeper context, but it also motivates me to write about other topics. Perhaps I will research a method to strip out my del.icio.us posts (by... - links for 2005-02-03
Considering the Last Romantic, Ayn Rand, at 100 "...the failure to reconcile democratic culture and high achievement has not been hers alone: it is one reason readers are still choosing sides..." (categories: books media) erasing.org / I Ate iPod Shuffle I think Scott used to date my friend Kate, and now he lives in my old home, Buffalo. Anyway, here is an ode to the iPod that is smaller than a pack of gum (categories: apple iPod funny)... - links for 2005-02-02
Stopdesign: MSN goes CSS Doug Bowman looks past the "uninspired" design, and points out the site's support for standards (categories: css design webstandards) Installing OS X on a PC i don't recommend that you do this... but it sounds cool (categories: apple osx windows) NPRs On Point examines the Life and Legacy of Ayn Rand fascists and libertarians take note... (she was a gifted writer though) (categories: books media) Dean Emerging as Likely Chief for Democrats Frost drops out, and the AFL-CIO decides not to endorse (categories: Democrats politics) Pope John Paul is Hospitalized "...suffering from fever and influenza... - links for 2005-02-01
New Yorker review of Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel argues that societies fail when they mismanage environmental factors (categories: books) Hallelujah, the Mac is back Salon piles on the Mac bandwagon... (categories: Apple Macmini) ABC News' resident dittohead John Stossel claims "Ubran Sprawl" is a myth "open space" does not equal good policy or lifestyle... what about the looming energy crisis, John? (categories: cities media) Sen. Clinton Collapses During Appearance in Buffalo apparently it's just the flu, no doubt due to that Buffalo weather... (categories: politics Democrats)... - links for 2005-01-30
Best Buy to Sell Mac mini, 512MB iPod shuffle in Stores following Target's lead... looks like this little Mac is going to sell like hotcakes... (categories: Apple shopping Macmini iPod)... - links for 2005-01-29
Clintons may block Dean for DNC chair "...Clinton pals worry that Dean as party chief could hurt any 2008 presidential contender, including Hillary..." (categories: Democrats politics) Build Your Own PVR (for free) with HackTV it's not exactly Tivo, but interesting nonetheless... (categories: Apple osx tv) How to make an iLife Poster quick guide to making a "mosaic"-like poster, using iPhoto (categories: apple iPhoto osx photos)... - links for 2005-01-28
Photon for iPhoto Free plugin that allows you to easily publish photo galleries to Movable Type, TypePad, Blojsom and WordPress (categories: Apple osx iPhoto MT photos) "Weighted Lists" in Movable Type for that "tagged" flickr / technorati look (categories: mt weblogs tags) interesting feature on the abcnews.com redesign the most simple, elegant Big Media news site out there... Now, if only they could make "the Note" more readable... (categories: tv media tech) Tbone looks at the confirmation hearings for Rice and Gonzales, for State & Justice nice to see the return of the "Boning"... (categories: politics weblogs Democrats)... - links for 2005-01-27
MP3 :: "I love my Flickr Friends" horrid, and yet I find myself singing along... [plasticbag] (categories: flickr music) Jarrod attends the "Weekly Dig" relaunch party apparently, the last independent weekly in Boston was bought by Boston Magazine, and bastardized... (categories: media boston) Funny letter to the Editor, addressed to the Weekly Dig "No amount of faux whimsy polish will shine up the fundamentally sterile and passionless turd that is your new layout" (categories: media boston) TypeWorks, a new web CMS is coming setting the bar high, they proclaim, "expect TypeWorks to feel like you are on a first-class... - links for 2005-01-26
Boston bands to watch in 2005 can't wait to see what becomes of 'Dear Leader'... (categories: music boston media) Why I love Flickr a photographer posts to Flickr a picture he took, of a woman, who is taking a picture of some Japanese teens... somehow, this woman sees the photo on Flickr, and posts the photo she was taking in his photo to Flickr... make sense? (categories: photos flickr) Gates vs. Jobs: The Rematch The NYTimes ponders the possibility that Microsoft could de-throne the iPod (categories: Apple tech music)... - links for 2005-01-25
List of Beatles' recording anomalies obsessive, obsessive, obsessive... [megnut] (categories: music beatles) Daring Fireball: Small, Cheap, and Without a Display John Gruber's excellent take on the MacWorld announcements (categories: Apple iPod macmini MacWorld) Some ideas for what to do with the "Mac mini" as living-room DVR, low-cost data cluster, mounted in your car, or high-end stereo (categories: Apple Macmini) U2 "Vertigo Tour" dates announced 2 dates in Boston in May... tickets go on sale this Saturday (categories: music u2)... - links for 2005-01-24
Poll shows Buffalo Mayor Masiello is in trouble Buffalo may end up with its first African American mayor -- Byron Brown (categories: politics cities buffalo) Funny photo of VP Cheney's limo, hit by a snowball happy freakin' inauguration (categories: politics Republicans) Johnny Carson died I'll have to remember to watch Letterman monday night... so many owe their careers to this man (categories: tv death)... - links for 2005-01-23
Target selling Apple Mac mini what a marketing coup... the mini has a lot in common with Target -- stylish, but cheap (categories: Apple shopping) Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride" the director returns to animation... the trailer looks exquisite! (categories: movies) Boston's "Dear Leader" featured in Gothamist i know i'm late catching up, but i hope they played a good show... these are good guys (categories: music nyc) jarrod reviews "River Gods", Central Square I agree - one of a handful of essential neighborhood restaurants/bars (categories: cambridge cities restaurant)... - links for 2005-01-22
U2 'Vertigo Tour' dates to be announced Monday They'll kick it off on the West coast in late March (categories: music u2) Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the word (small-d) 'democrat' interesting piece by the curmudgeonly commentator, on NPR's 'Fresh Air' (categories: politics Republicans Democrats) Bill Clinton & Karl Rove have lunch During the inaugural lunch, after the swearing-in, there was former President Bill Clinton engaged in a long, animated conversation with Karl Rove... (categories: politics Democrats Republicans) Bill O'Reilly: 'Hitler would be a card-carrying ACLU member. So would Stalin.' Also, the ACLU is apparently 'the most dangerous organization in... - links for 2005-01-21
Movable Type 'nofollow' plugin Google, Yahoo!, and MSN ignore links with this attribute set for the purposes of spidering or PageRank (categories: moveabletype spam MT weblogs) Flip Flap - Cute Electronic House Plant i kill everything green that i touch... perhaps i need one of these [maeda] (categories: weblogs japan toys) 'Sideways' irks a Waiter "We�ll have the Pinot Noir' the other husband says laughing pointing to the wine list. Ever since that damn movie made Noir the hot wine to drink our supply has been exhausted." (categories: restaurant movies wine) Citystreets.org A Pedestrian Rights and Advocacy Group (categories:... - links for 2005-01-20
Thinking Differently About Site Mapping and Navigation D. Keith Robinson on IA problems (categories: ia informationarchitecture design)... - links for 2005-01-19
Cluetrain in 2005: The End of the Beginning Erin Kissane's take on the seminal 'internet bubble' book (categories: internet books weblogs) high density architecture Michael Wolf's dizzying photographs of Hong Kong's buildings (categories: architecture hongkong cities) Art Deco Boston from Bostonia, my new favorite Boston-area weblog (categories: boston cities architecture)... - links for 2005-01-18
iTunes XHTML Playlist very nice implimentation -- would be nice to have links either to iTunes store, or Amazon (categories: itunes music weblogs) Daring Fireball: Small, Cheap, and Without a Display John Gruber's excellent take on the MacWorld announcements (categories: Apple iPod MacMini MacWorld) Technorati adds support for 'Tags' is it just me, or is there a cult of Metadata forming? (categories: technorati tags) Is Apple Thinking About Mac TV? OK, the NYTimes is officially obsessed with Apple (categories: Apple media) The Coming Wars - Bush Administration has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions in Iran Sy Hersh reports that... - links for 2005-01-16
Morgan dressed up as a blonde he's actually wearing a bra... next time shave the chest, dude (categories: drag scooter)... - links for 2005-01-15
PowerBook G5 coming in Q2 'the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that builds the PowerBook for Apple, has received a massive order for the PowerBook G5... Start saving now.' (categories: Apple powerbook g5) 'Taggregator' - for Flickr & del.icio.us 'display results from del.icio.us and flickr under the same tag' (categories: del.icio.us flickr tags) rion's photos of neon, in Las Vegas Presley and I visiting Vegas in Feb, so what better way to prepare? (categories: photos weblogs) What's the quickest route to drive from Haugesund, Norway to Trondheim, Norway? MSN's driving directions take you through the UK, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, &... - links for 2005-01-14
Bare Bones releases TextWrangler 2.0 a great free, general-use text editor. if you're still using 'TextEdit', give this a whirl (categories: tech Apple osx) Harvard Crimson interview with the publisher of ThinkSecret.com the Harvard freshman is being sued by Apple for leaking new products (categories: Apple university) Comedy Central orders 10-episodes of 'Stella' Former 'State' cast members get new series -- I hope this is more watchable than 'Reno 911' (categories: tv) Vacationing in the wake of tsunami life goes on... i guess some people paid for holiday, they might as well get a holiday. (categories: tsunami photos) Carnivale... - links for 2005-01-13
Jason moves to circa1973.net migrating from TypePad to Wordpress, and all that entails (categories: weblogs) Life without Firefox... Vanessa Tan had FireFox banned at her work, so she wrote a poem (categories: weblogs firefox) US gives up search for Iraq WMD just in case you don't see this on your evening news... (categories: iraq politics Republicans)... - links for 2005-01-12
Apple - iPod shuffle smaller than a pack of gum (categories: apple ipod) Howard Dean to Seek Democratic Chairmanship it's official (categories: politics Democrats) Apple - Mac mini bring your own Display, Keyboard, Mouse (categories: apple macmini macworld) 'The Cubes' figures I'm not sure if this is really depressing, or inspiring, given that my office looks just like this (categories: toys) Six Apart Guide to Combatting Comment Spam ug... i hate that MT requires this much effort! but Wordpress isn't enough. MT is like the wife you want to leave, but choose to stay with (categories: moveabletype spam)... - links for 2005-01-10
Microsoft releases 'Windows AntiSpyware (Beta)' what the hell is that stock photo? (categories: microsoft windows spyware beta) The Golden Age of NYC was... the 1970s? 'there was great music and everyone was broke' (categories: nyc cities 1970s)... - links for 2005-01-08
Red Sox first baseman won't give up ball gloved for last Series out give the poor guy a couple bucks and he'll stop whining (categories: redsox worldseries) Bush Administration paid Journalist $242,000 to propagandize the 'No Child Left Behind Act' (categories: politics Republicans scandal)... - links for 2005-01-07
The Hamburgler appeared on Matt's dinner placemat 'McNugget 21:4 `And Ronald said onto thee, Robble, Robble, Robble`' (categories: photos mcdonalds) Six Apart did acquire LiveJournal the rumors were true (categories: weblogs moveabletype livejournal sixapart) How to break the ice greeting cards for the rest of us (categories: card)... - links for 2005-01-06
Framing of political debate we Democrats must pay closer attention to language (categories: Democrats politics language media) Centrist Dems to take on Bush on Social Security Reform rather than taking the 'bend-over and take it' Lieberman 'centrist' approach (categories: Democrats politics) Michael goes Bonsai on anti-piracy messages in the Cinema I think the real disservice is the use of 'Comic Sans' typeface (categories: copyright movies)... - links for 2005-01-05
Apple reduces prices on line of Cinema displays I'll be in line tomorrow to get my $300 refund (categories: apple display monitor 20") New 'Late Late Show' theme song Craig Ferguson is a funny guy... too bad I'm asleep. (categories: tv music)... - links for 2005-01-04
Preshrunk, a Tshirt blog dangerous site... it will help empty your wallet (categories: weblogs tshirts)... - links for 2005-01-03
Video of the Tsunami, from 'Cheese and Crackers' a list of videos and mirrors from the Indian Basin (categories: video tsunami weblogs)... - links for 2004-12-30
Maeda's comment on the new iPod Socks i use a sweatband as a camera case... (categories: apple ipod socks)... - links for 2004-12-27
Letterman Tapes Christmas Eve Show in Iraq dave has a good heart (categories: tv)... - links for 2004-12-25
Gingerbread Kama Sutra Happy X-mas everybody! (categories: sexy xmas)... - links for 2004-12-23
Entend your Airport Express to all audio not just for iTunes anymore... (categories: apple music)... - links for 2004-12-22
Capn looks at the commercialization of 'Chrismukkah' 'This holiday used to mean something...' (categories: weblogs xmas) Flickr in Salon 'The Friendster of photo sites...' (categories: flickr media photos) Gravatar needs donations (categories: weblogs)... - links for 2004-12-21
TIME :: 10 Things We Learned About Blogs I don't know who this "We" is... (categories: media tech weblogs) Flickr Sucks! 'No it doesn't, stupid. It rules.' (categories: flickr photos)... - links for 2004-12-18
TVCarnage.com 'exceptionally bad TV, lovingly fused together into glorious cesspools of retardation...' (categories: funny media) I got quoted in Adam's article about recent MT/Comment Spam problems I might have to start using my real name now. (categories: moveabletype weblogs)... - links for 2004-12-16
MT Plus Comment Spam Equals Dead Site we had some downtime today... (categories: moveabletype weblogs) Jay Allen finally comments on recent MT Comment spam load issues I got hit yesterday, and had to close comments to everyone (categories: moveabletype weblogs) Letterman picks Scotsman for 'Late Late Show' host this guy is funny -- i enjoyed these clips (categories: media tv ) Gothamist Review of a new Joe Strummer book I think 'The Clash' is primed for a comeback... to bad about Joe. (categories: books music ) 'Bostonist' is looking for writers and editors (categories: cities weblogs ) Make your... - links for 2004-12-15
MSN Toolbar Suite Beta Including their own sucktacular Desktop search (categories: tech) Buffalo News :: Buying a Computer? Buy a Mac. my hometown newspaper makes a good point (categories: apple xmas)... - links for 2004-12-14
McCain: 'No Confidence' in Rumsfeld the headline sounds harsher than the reality, but still... (categories: politics) Campaign for DNC Chief Begins the race is wide open (categories: democrats politics) Thoughts on the transformation of Kenmore Square also read my thoughts from last year (categories: cities) Dave Eggers on the "Holy Grail" Broadway show (they let Dave Eggers write at the New Yorker now?) (categories: media theater)... - links for 2004-12-13
How to Fold a Shirt Globe review of the Pixies at Avalon (categories: media music) Some Other Mag :: "Dear Leader" review & interview Former Sheila Divine frontman has a great new lineup (categories: music)... - links for 2004-12-12
Bluejake was in Boston ...is there a Bostonist.com coming? (categories: photos weblogs) Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" trailer starring Tom Cruise (categories: movies) Yushchenko was poisoned with dioxin he had dinner that night with the head of Ukraine's successor to the K.G.B. (categories: politics) David Wells is coming to Boston and A-Rod is still crying (categories: redsox)... - links for 2004-12-11
Boston Weblogs by neighborhood guess where I am listed? (categories: boston weblogs) Google "Suggest" As you type, Google will offer suggestions (categories: tech) Upstate NY gets 40% of NY Homeland Security budget because the Terrorists hate Buffalo (categories: politics) City of Boston : Pay parking tickets with toys i wish Cambridge would follow suit (presley) (categories: cities media) NYTimes :: 100 Notable Books of the Year (categories: books media) Bush & Kerry logo critique (categories: design politics) Use visitors' favicons instead of "Gravatars" Jon Hicks comment about server requests is worth considering, though (categories: tech weblogs) Craigslist Boston ::... - links for 2004-12-08
Perfect Distortion The physics of diffusion offers a new way of generating maps (categories: cities tech) ten years :: Baby 1.0 congrats to the Haugheys (categories: weblogs) Build roads that seem dangerous, and they'll be safer I call this the Boston model... (kottke) (categories: cities)... - links for 2004-12-07
Howard Dean to lay out his vision for the future of the Democratic Party ans so begins his campaign for party Chair (categories: politics) How to Sell a Candidate to a Porsche-Driving, Leno-Loving Nascar Fan The Bush media team targeted niche cable channels (categories: media politics) Salon.com is making money from paid subscriptions $2m per year in subscription sales, plus $0.5m in "Day Pass" ad sales (waxy) (categories: media tech) Catherine's cool iPod cozies for the those hip, music-loving girls you might share a bed with (categories: ipod xmas) Simmons College redesign, uses Web Standards I interviewed with these... - links for 2004-12-04
extisp.icio.us - charting the tags of del.icio.us users (categories: del.icio.us tech) Directory of free Wi-Fi hotspots (categories: tech) Boston Univ. stops hating on gays includes "sexual orientation" in non-discrimination policy (categories: politics university)... - links for 2004-12-03
�Blog� No. 1 word of the year �dot com� could not be reached for comment (categories: tech weblogs) Pat Sajak wonders why Hollywood ignored Theo van Gogh's murder yes, that Pat Sajak (categories: media movies politics) Kunstler: An apology for sprawl needed �the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world...� (categories: cities weblogs)... - links for 2004-12-02
SCode for Moveable Type i'm tired of moderating spam comments -- so I may just use this (categories: movabletype tech) Netscape Browser prototype : screenshots based on Firefox, but allows switching to IE engine (it's ugly too) (categories: tech webstandards)... - links for 2004-11-30
Can Howard Dean Save the Democrats? embrace the insurgent candidate (categories: democrats politics) Templars want Papal apology for getting themselves slaughtered 700 years ago (categories: politics religion) Yale students prank Harvard football fans ...and then watch their squad get pummeled 35-3 (categories: football university) Explodingdog.com has a new book, "Amazing Rain" (categories: media tech weblogs) Zach Braff drunk dials a critic (categories: movies) Selfless Social Networks brought to you by David Weinberger (categories: del.icio.us flickr tech) Self-serving Social Networks brought to you by Peterme (categories: del.icio.us flickr tech)... - links for 2004-11-29
Adium X excellent replacement for iChat (categories: tech) To Know Me, Know My IPod what your musical tastes reveal about you (categories: ipod tech) SimpleBits on seeing the Pixies we're going to see 2 shows this week... glad to hear it will be good (categories: music)... - links for 2004-11-28
Ukraine state TV in revolt (categories: politics)... - links for 2004-11-26
Jake's Thanksgiving Parade balloons pokemon looks scary to me (categories: photos) Rev. Falwell's Thanksgiving message "I thank God" for Hannity, Limbaugh, FOX, NewsMax, WorldNetDaily, and The Drudge Report (categories: media politics)... - links for 2004-11-24
Interview with graphic designer Bruce Mau on how designers from all walks of life are shaping the world around us (categories: design media) Dan Rather to Step Down and he stands by that report (categories: media) Apple's student weblog I wish I were young again (categories: apple tech) Froogle 'Shopping List' one of Google's less-useful creations (categories: tech)... - links for 2004-11-19
Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes Whenever I have an issue with iTunes, I find a solution here (categories: apple music tech) Google Scholar Now you can Google for scholarly literature (categories: tech) Howard Stern rally in Union Sq., Manhattan He gave away free Sirius Satellite Radios (categories: media) Certificate for a free Sirius satellite radio In case you didn't see Howard in NYC on thursday... (categories: media)... - links for 2004-11-18
Urban Archipelago Reject the Blue-state / Red-state comparisons... It's the Cities, Stupid. (categories: cities politics) Kmart is buying Sears the softer side of Kmart? (categories: business) maisonneuve article on IKEA The eternal sunshine of Ikea's spotless mind. (categories: business)... - links for 2004-11-17
maisonneuve magazine Just received my first issue today (categories: media) You've got Viruses! Strongbad # 118 (categories: fun) AT&T Wireless is now Cingular I still don't see how this benefits me as consumer... (categories: tech)... - links for 2004-11-16
AT&T Wireless is now Cingular I still don't see how this benefits consumers... (categories: tech) Japanese "Lap Pillow" made to look like your girlfirend in a miniskirt (categories: Japanese) White House Purge of CIA Headquarters Continues Supposedly because of leaks... but the Defense Dept. hasn't received the same scrutiny (categories: politics) Bush dumps Colin Powell too the only voice of reason... (categories: politics) detroit blog The old Detroit of blight, waste and emptiness (categories: cities weblogs)... - links for 2004-11-15
iDrops heal your iPod scratches (categories: apple iPod) Name Kottke's monkey (categories: weblogs)... - Columbia
9:30am- I just got back from the Coffeehouse this morning, having just read the morning Globe... and Albany Dan just told me that it appears that the Space Shuttle Columbia has exploded over Texas. I'm sure we will all hear about this more over the next hours and days, but I hope no one else on the ground is hurt. UPDATE: A Chilling log of the Shuttle's last minutes, courtesy Spacefilght Now.... - The Yes Men
Ok, so it's 6:30ish in the morning, and I'm watching a video of the Yes Men at work. They're an arts/political performance group, and they're convincing impostors, lampooning the GTO, Dow Chemical, or other global symbols... Here, the Yes Men pose as reps from the WTO, and present a modest proposal for solving world hunger. I don't know what is more funny: the presentation, the graphics, the animation, or the believing students. Why didn't the professor butt in? WATCH VIDEO (click login, video, and scroll down for The Yesmen: The Plattsburgh Lecture)... - Make A Hand-Turkey!
Happy Thanksgiving friends! Can't wait to eat. Like making crafts? Make A Hand-Turkey!... - Save Karyn
Credit card debt has been a recurring theme in my life, starting in 1996 when I applied for my first Discover Card. After erasing my college debt after a year+ of work, I got laid off, and now I'm in the same situation. Anyway, I'm buying new glasses this week for $275, because I lost mine. Ask Presley how that happened, it doesn't make any sense. Enter Karyn: someone who racked up $20,000 in debt, but decided to panhandle her way out of debt. · Help her out: savekaryn.com · Or don't... - Chess, anyone?
I like playing chess just fine, but I haven't been at all interested in the computer-human matches of recent years. Somehow the idea of a computer beating a human being at chess seemed less than shocking to me... But, one interesting development is this report that in the recent Deep Fritz / Kramnik match, Deep Fritz was programmed to heckle Kramnik with relevant Shakespearean quotes. The funny thing is it's really funny to read what the computer said.... - They've Got Mail
Someone is starting a campaign to collect and return a million of those annoying AOL CDs that they send to you in the mail. They claim that they're going to drive accross the country, and stage a media event at AOL headquarters in No. VA, where they will dump the cds. I think i'm going to start a collection.... - Fun Link
I submitted an article the other day for the Planetizen news feed and it finally got posted. The article is about plans to create a gerrymandered city council district in Buffalo for artists, intellectuals and activists. "This is not an attempt to carve out boundaries for some elite area," said map sponsor Jeffrey A. Tooke. "It's about giving a voice to a diverse community with a lot of folks who have some creative ideas." In a plan he submitted to the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Reapportionment, Tooke said such a strategy could be a catalyst for downtown revitalization and citizen... - Albany Dan thought i would
Albany Dan thought i would enjoy this.... - funny flash movie about software
funny flash movie about software piracy.... - from wired: MIT's Media Lab
from wired: MIT's Media Lab is experimenting with a tool for indexing the most popular hypertext links across thousands of weblogs and has ambitious plans to turn it into a resource for the mass media. Launched last week, Blogdex is like a search-engine spider that visits about 9,000 weblogs a day looking for hypertext links. It extracts the links and ranks them by popularity.... - Albany Dan provided me with another
Albany Dan provided me with another great link-- the Is Dick Cheney Dead Yet Weblog. He (Danno) and I are in the process of setting up a group blog for all of our friends from buttalo. The leading domain choice is 'suckahs', though we can't agree on dot ORG or dot COM. What do you think?... - Dick Cheney has his own
Dick Cheney has his own personal energy crisis. Are these guys that dumb? Thanks to milch.... - Danibat did something interesting-- took
Danibat did something interesting-- took a famous painting, and recreated it using text. This isn't your older brother's ASCII art...... - ooh. strawberry pop-tart blow-torches (from
ooh. strawberry pop-tart blow-torches (from evan) Strawberry Pop Tarts may be a cheap and inexpensive source of incendiary devices. Toasters which fail to eject Pop Tarts cause the Pop Tarts to emit flames 10-18 inches in height.... - Funny things, these cursor trails.
Funny things, these cursor trails.... - Republicans experience nightmares when they dream
Something most of us Liberals suspected -- Republicans can't sleep at night. "Republicans are nearly three times as likely as Democrats to experience nightmares when they dream." (thanks to Albany Dan for the link)... - Smart Tags®
A List Apart has more on Smart Tags®... - Grossness from Albany Dan
Grossness from Danno.... - To continue with the Harry
To continue with the Harry Potter books thread, of which i have read none, the producers of the 700 club have posted an article titled What's A Christian To Do With Harry Potter?, with such insightful analysis as: If you've ever had a conversation with another believer (my emphasis) about Harry Potter, you've probably discovered that it can be a very divisive issue. And division in the body of Christ can be as dangerous as any affect Harry could have on children. I guess the religious right is preaching tolerance in the 21st century. But, looks to me like Pat... - Presley and Harry Potter
Presley has been reading the Harry Potter books lately, (with great enjoyment i might add). Slate has a funny article in their culturebox, about fantasy writers.... - go shopping for a virtual
go shopping for a virtual family-- it's got a clever use of flash.... - the definitive political parody. examples
the definitive political parody. examples include 'super gore' and a hilarious parody of 'the grinch' called 'How The Bush Stole The Election'.... - Anybody want to go for
Anybody want to go for a walk?... - got tunnels?
got tunnels?... - loose-lipped espi0nage...
loose-lipped espi0nage...... - looking to get a groove
looking to get a groove on? perhaps you know a little finnish? i found the most amazing chat site... [not that i did much chatting]... - when dying from a guinea
when dying from a guinea pig bite just isn't enough... kill your sims in other ways. i do hate celebrity deathmatch, but i can't help but share the fuzzy feeling i get when i hear them speak simolease. oh. and don't forget to check out the lust posters. we all knew the sims wasn't fer kiddies.... - funny
i don't know why i found this so funny. i have one of those lame senses of humor....
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