September 26 2006

links for 2006-09-27

• WaSP Interviews Lars Gunther
  “All good sermons come in three points.” Hmmmm. That makes two fairly well-known minister/standardistas, plus my assistant (the former chaplain). Interesting.
  (tags: web_dev standards)
• Web Directions North | February 6 – 10, 2007
  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.
  (tags: web_dev travel)
• Helium Digital HDBT-700 Bluetooth Headphones – Gizmodo
  looking for headphones….
  (tags: to-buy misc_tech mda)
• Nextlink Spider Bluetooth® Headset
  is this at *my* Radio Shack?
  (tags: misc_tech mda to-buy)
• Breathe new life into OS X Front Row
  which I find shockingly cool.
  (tags: mac)
• Mind Hacks: Why email is addictive (and what to do about it)
  “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.
  (tags: productivity science misc_tech weird)
• Gyrolabs » JediConcentrate Mod
  actually pretty useful. (F12 and Ctrl+/ work to activate it.)
  (tags: productivity writing weird misc_tech)
• Digital Web Magazine – Push my button
  startlingly clever. I might have to play around with that!
  (tags: css standards web_dev)
• Learn to Create a Firefox Search Plugin in Less Than 2 Minutes » Digital Inspiration
  OMG. I got it working with both our site search AND search for the directory!
  (tags: browsers web_dev)
• The Daily Princetonian – I’m a computer scientist, not your tech support
  “My computer is broken now too. I sent the thing to Apple.” — the tshirt slogan, expanded
  (tags: misc_tech funny society academia)
• Ye Merry Olde Threadbarede.
  “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.
  (tags: personal funny weird)
• Rands In Repose: Trickle Theory
  “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!
  (tags: productivity writing depression)
• 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.
  (tags: academia society politics)
• Ignorance is bliss | FP Passport
  damn.
  (tags: politics)

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