Archive for April 2008
links for 2008-04-11
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“Few of the archaeologists who authored the plan have made their identities public, fearing being branded traitors by their own people, losing their jobs, or even being killed” — thinking that the whole idea of holy places is deeply fscked up.
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omg so very cute. makes me want to get back to jewelry-making
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randomly, this contains some good tips on buying knives. (geek guy likes to cook, apparently.)
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totally want this book.
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I’m not entirely sure why, but it cracks me up that pretty much every comment says “[n] does that.” Apparently, “last generation” is better than now on the iPhone.
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weird and awesome.
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“This is like, ‘Boy boils egg.’ He did something that any 9-year-old could do.” — no kidding. includes link to that map. also, love the Sherlock reference in the comments, and note the “if this were a black or Latino kid on welfare, would anyone have not
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lord amighty, I need one of these. (via dori)
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follow to the site…even more graphics available there!
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I ::heart:: tiny computers. (via vanessa tan)(tags: misc_tech)
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Vanessa’s take. “In terms of performance, I felt it ran like a normal-sized laptop PC, though I’ll leave it to the serious reviewers to do their performance tests.”(tags: misc_tech blogosphere)
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(need to check on external vendor….)(tags: email-newsletter to-do)
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as I said on my friend Joe’s blog, sleep deprivation is one of the scourges of western civilization.
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don’t get me started about ants. getting Terro (or just some Borax, I think we have powdered sugar) NOW!!!!
links for 2008-04-10
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“the paranoia of Nixon, the ethics of Harding and the good sense of Herbert Hoover” (click thru to the HNN article for that line) sigh. sigh. sh!t.
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I watched/listened to the “Time Management” lecture twice today. Practical and yet moving.
links for 2008-04-09
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ugly-ass website, but a good compilation of advice. (me, I like getting a hotel just a bit farther out to get more walking/biking time, but that’s just me.)(tags: sxsw webvisions)
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lovely.
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subsidized, even.
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If I can figure it out, this solves my GMaps https problem at work! Yay!
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or, save money on everything
links for 2008-04-08
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“there’s a reason we did away with debtors’ prisons: having millions of people enslaved to their debts is a bad thing for an economy”
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“Duct cleaning has never been shown to actually prevent health problems.” no kidding. I would be unsurprised, however, if our ducts aren’t properly sealed.
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“Hmmm. I wonder how that works?” Damn straight. True for anyone in this modern world who has to do anything with computers. (And, it occurs to me that I should put this to work with more mechanical stuff as well.)
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a particularly nice bit of photojournalism for OlyBlog. it would be way cool to have these spots (from all 3 surveys!) on an online map.
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I’m going to try the portable version.(tags: browsers)
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sweet vigilante justice.
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“Theoretically, with the correct chocolate, you can even make Magic Shell vegan (the mind boggles at the discongruities in that statement).” OMG I ****love**** Magic Shell. (C finds it way too disturbing.)
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ah, the farmer’s market is open…..
links for 2008-04-06
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a clever idea; it’ll be interesting to see if it goes anywhere. (I’ll be looking at it myself in more depth later.)
links for 2008-04-05
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“the ability to use some of the body’s own building materials for oral repair would be a boon to dentists, who have been fixing cavities with metal fillings since the 1840s” boon to dentists? how ’bout boon to those of us w/dental anxiety?!
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my former assistant was of an age to be collecting Social Security, and damn web-savvy. (plus, yeah, stuff starts happening in the 30s. I have arthritis in both knees, TMJ, and creaky hands. I’ve worn glasses since I was 11, so that’s nothing new.)(tags: accessibility)
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“one new feature which was hinted at was the :silverlight selector, which will be used to replace text in selected elements with high-definition streaming video” (look at the date on the post b4 reading; I just ran across this today.)
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yes, yes I do. getting good candids is tough, because people immediately [run away from the camera][start mugging for the camera].(tags: photography)
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“surely, in its fullest and most extreme form, the phenomenon is now passing its peak” heh. or not. curiously, quite a few of these have persisted over the last 70+ years.
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where did the whole “filtering toxins” thing come from, anyway?
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“bollos de queso” sounds kinda tasty.
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I had no idea there was a standard for marking/announcing where bikes should go to trigger those sensors.(tags: bicycling urban_studies)
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(tags: food)
