Monthly Archives: September 2007

links for 2007-10-01

Unclutterer: Don’t go too big with your new HDTV
for our living room, something between 34 and 40 inches would be about right. good to know.
(tags: home mediahub)

Mastering (your fear of) regular expressions
I can always use more regexp resources. (Dorothea’s tutorial — is it still out there? — has been the most helpful thing so [...]

links for 2007-09-29

xkcd #322
“try to go online and she’ll melt your pc” — right ON.
(tags: funny misc_tech gender)

R.I.P. Burger Chef, Farrell’s, Shakey’s, etc. - The Grinder - CHOW
Ah, Farrells. (Are they still around?) I think I had every single birthday dinner there up maybe all the way into high school, also the one and only surprise [...]

links for 2007-09-28

Ergonomic Workspace Planner
this totally rawks. do this tomorrow!
(tags: health to-do reference furniture)

Word Wise: Say No to Capital Punishment*
“It is simply incorrect to capitalize nouns (or any other words) just because You Consider Them Important” — thank you. yes. absolutely. what he said.
(tags: writing marketing)

Building Block Definitions (Containers)
My brain can’t quite process this today.
(tags: [...]

links for 2007-09-27

How to make the most out of a vendor demo
this will come in handy later.
(tags: web_dev reference intranet cms_research)

The Cost of Privacy in Social Web Applications
“it’s the people who aren’t young men who usually want privacy” — THIS is why it’s important to have diversity in web dev, IT, whatever. he goes on to [...]

links for 2007-09-26

On self-publishing ~ Authentic Boredom
a tech book, but some useful tidbits, plus an interesting idea from Ian Lloyd in the comments.
(tags: writing reference)

One Laptop Per Child — XO Giving
“get one give one” — $400 starting Nov 12. so very tempted.
(tags: nonprofit opensource misc_tech academia gifts)

Photoshop : Tutorial - Replacing Colours
something I’ve wanted to figure [...]

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