Sunday, February 25, 2007
links for 2007-02-25
Monday, February 19, 2007
links for 2007-02-19
February 19, 2007 at 4:19 PM
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
links for 2007-02-08
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"...a new and exciting service which offers help to all the men and women out there who don't feel like they are popular enough on social networking sites." (See also
Break Your Space, to dump your friends.)
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New Orleans by the book: Jonno lines up the pre-Katrina NOLA phone directory next to the newest one. This may be the saddest (and clearest) example of "data visualization" I've ever seen.
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Kathryn has updated her fantastic SXSW Music survival guide for 2007. It's a must-read if you're headed to Austin for the shows.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
links for 2007-02-07
February 7, 2007 at 4:20 PM
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gay
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
links for 2007-02-06
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Very, very cool freeware. Animates your desktop windows to fly around the screen as a saver.
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Right on! Software to sync Mac iCal and Google calendar bidirectionally. Woot!
Monday, February 5, 2007
links for 2007-02-05
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"Try to bust your opponent's balls. ... A great new game from Meego." Gads, I remember this commercial!
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The wonderful Pukka del.icio.us utility has been upgraded, with duplicate checking and other features. Recommended and well worth the $5 registration fee.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
links for 2007-02-04
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It's Sparky after darky. (Nighttime in the city is my favorite too.)
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iFilm posts (and previews) the commercials of the 2007 Super Bowl.
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When Julie Andrews (promoting Kids Night on Broadway) is called on stage at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, what word do you suppose she was given to spell? Yep.
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Oh, this is most excellent. See all five Best Picture nominees for $30, including popcorn and all the soda pop you can drink. Who wants to come with me?
Thursday, February 1, 2007
links for 2007-02-01
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Today's trivia: You might (well, I might) use the word "avuncular" to describe someone who is like an uncle (to you or, of course, to anyone else). But what do you suppose is the word for "like an aunt"?
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
links for 2007-01-31
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
links for 2007-01-30
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"Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies has targeted pop princess Britney Spears as a desirable guest star to feature in the next series of the science fiction show." No. No no no no no no no no no no no no. Oh hell no. No.
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They want you. They want you. They want you as a new recruit.
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Dayum! Next time I start to think I have a few too many pieces of antique Apple hardware cluttering up my basement, I'm gonna go back and look at this.
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Frakkin' sweet, for the Gaeta moments if nothing else. But there's more. So much more.
Monday, January 22, 2007
links for 2007-01-22
January 22, 2007 at 4:19 PM
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
links for 2007-01-17
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Well, that's unfortunate but, you know, she's a trouper. Keep smiling, keep singing, hit the notes and sparkle! No one will know the difference.
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“Most comedy writers are tall, jocky types,” said Bill Lawrence, the creator of “Scrubs.” “But they don’t like being stuck in the comedy closet. Secretly they have arguments about Sondheim.”
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
links for 2007-01-16
January 16, 2007 at 4:18 PM
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utility
Monday, January 15, 2007
links for 2007-01-15
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Home of the GorillaPod, MonsterPod and all sorts of other photography goodness and gear.
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"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing." -- William James. True dat.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
links for 2007-01-14
Thursday, January 11, 2007
links for 2007-01-11
January 11, 2007 at 4:18 PM
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Clearing the Cache
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iPhoto
Saturday, January 6, 2007
links for 2007-01-06
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Cool. Now I can finally pretend I'm defeating the Borg in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II." If my computer was the Borg, that is. You know what, this whole analogy really sucks. Well, this technique is still cool.
Friday, January 5, 2007
links for 2007-01-05
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New York is dirrrrrrrty. [via
Cuddles]
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How do you conserve precious space if, say, a Mac laptop is your primary machine? Some ideas here.
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Believe it or not, this has been very much on my mind recently, for reasons I will not discuss.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
links for 2007-01-04
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Jaime takes a look a cut-from-one, wedged-in-another songs from musical comedies. I've always loved "Smashing -- New York Times" and some of my favorite shows are revues of trunk songs.
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Q&A via mobile using Mechanical Turk. It's kind of like having an army of reference librarians in your pocket.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
links for 2007-01-03
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
links for 2007-01-02
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Veerle schools me again. Good stuff on making swirly, whirly curlicues.
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"One of the best-known riverfronts along the Mighty Mississippi is slowly giving way. ...orange fencing and other barriers are used to keep the public away from sinkholes and broken concrete along the river's edge."
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*sigh* Encouraging safer sex practices is difficult enough without store clerks breathing down customers' necks while they pick out rubbers.
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[this is baaaaaad] "Scientists are conducting experiments to change the sexuality of “gay” sheep in a programme that critics fear could pave the way for breeding out homosexuality in humans."
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Good kid with a good name does a good thing. "After the only grocery store in Truman, Minn., closed earlier this year, 17-year-old Nick Graham bought and re-opened it to help save the struggling community."
Saturday, December 30, 2006
links for 2006-12-30
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Peter Merholz
points out this newish city search, with some lovely features.
Friday, December 29, 2006
links for 2006-12-29
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As was prophesied, John Barrowman got hitched to his sweetie today. No surprise, either, that dude looks fine in a kilt.
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Looking for a good way to spend...oh, the rest of your life? This massive, maddening word game might do the trick. (Nice way of sharpening oblique thinking skills too.)
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Worth it for the URL alone.
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I've often said what the web needs is more pictures of cute otters. So, here.
December 29, 2006 at 4:18 PM
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
links for 2006-12-28
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WOO! THREADLESS STORE! THREADLESS STORE! THREADLESS STORE! *faints*
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I heart Chipotle. Come to St. Louis, ya knuckleheads.
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A new web-based invitation program (with a name I'll never remember properly). May be worth a try.
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Quick and dirty web app for making slideshows. Good for MySpace, blogs, etc. Easily integrating sets from Flickr is a nice touch.
December 28, 2006 at 4:18 PM
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Clearing the Cache
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
links for 2006-12-26
December 26, 2006 at 4:21 PM
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Clearing the Cache