Archive for September 2006
links for 2006-09-30
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“The Problem With Web Calendars On Campus” — no kidding. project by a group of master’s students, at the 0.03 stage. I like VTCalendar, but I want need to keep an eye on this, too.
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fascinating article about Adrian Frutiger.
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C has the tmobile motorola phone, and likes it reasonably well. (he’s picky.) my phone, otoh, is one of the most complicated things available. I like it, but once in a while I miss my old clunky sony-ericsson….
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wow!
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looks both pretty & useful.
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something to think about.
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not that I ever really have time to, but it’s a nice idea.(tags: intranet)
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I totally want to do something like this. Maybe have Amy & Don join me?
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stuff to follow up on.
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“our generation’s version of the Alien and Sedition Acts” - there’s a ton out there on this, and all of it makes me feel sad & sickened.(tags: politics depression)
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from our digital design program. also airs on cable tv in Pierce County.
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“the platforms will be cashing on my data” — that’s what was nagging at me during WebVisions 2005. we make the cool stuff, they make the money (roughly put). plus, follow the link to O’Reilly’s post.
links for 2006-09-29
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I wonder if this is the problem that Paula’s having.
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legit?
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heh.
links for 2006-09-28
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for my sweetie.
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there’s somebody I want to send this to, but I’m a little wary of being a pest, since I’ve been talking his ear off about this stuff for 5 years.
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clever & simple.(tags: php)
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at a glance!(tags: microformat reference)
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“Us teenage poets depress easily.” — as usual, Bruce Sterling hits a note both painful and funny.
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big weird thoughts, mixed with Ruby on Rails cheerleading (I think)
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however: “the loss of neurogenesis is not sufficient to induce the illness”(tags: depression science)
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sweet! can you connect it to a power generator?
links for 2006-09-27
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“All good sermons come in three points.” Hmmmm. That makes two fairly well-known minister/standardistas, plus my assistant (the former chaplain). Interesting.
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relatively local, but ouch: $800?! 3-4x more than WebVisions or SXSW? and I’d still need to stay in a hotel. Alas, not likely.
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looking for headphones….
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is this at *my* Radio Shack?
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which I find shockingly cool.(tags: mac)
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“Email is addictive because it is a variable-interval reinforcement schedule”– pavlovtastic! alas, I don’t see anything in the suggestions that looks like a meaningful way to reduce the problem.
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actually pretty useful. (F12 and Ctrl+/ work to activate it.)
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startlingly clever. I might have to play around with that!
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OMG. I got it working with both our site search AND search for the directory!
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“My computer is broken now too. I sent the thing to Apple.” — the tshirt slogan, expanded
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“hast thou ever seen a Croatian Shirt as pleasing to thy eyes?” — I’m vaguely embarrassed to admit that we got the catalog for these patterns, and I always wanted Mom to make me one of these shirts.
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“I will fluidly surf the entropy” — worth reading for that line alone.
seriously, this is a kickass essay. a point which I don’t see mentioned often enough: the Critic is actually useful once in a while! -
Margaret Spellings’ Plan for Higher Ed: Standardizing College, Putting Salary Outcomes on a Pedestal“Because all those standardized tests have just worked _great_ in the public schools so far.” — almost spit my tea onto the monitor. also: amen, brother.
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damn.(tags: politics)
links for 2006-09-26
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wondering about having db guy set up a DSN….
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not sure I totally grok this, but it might be worth coming back to.(tags: javascripty to-read)
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need to get the spinach & lettuce out this week, while the weather’s nice.
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read this later.
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I don’t remember if I picked this one, but it sounds fascinating. (I may have figured out a way to go, btw.)(tags: javascripty sxsw)
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by way of Dorothea. if I had any interest at all in relocating, I’d apply for that web designer gig. ::drool:: but they’d have to pry me out of my house with a crowbar.
anybody want netflix offer?
one free month?
