Archive for July 2008
links for 2008-07-31
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Derek is the granddaddy of online community. Or something. But good suggestions. Might post to Olyblog as well….
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Continuing good stuff. Read the links, including “This is Not a Comment.”
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Edmunds on some common gas-saving tips. Best advice: drive chill, turn it off when waiting a long time. (Patience continues to be a virtue. News at 11.)
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this is what gives the green security icon in FF3.
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C was asking abt this CSA today, and I had to Google forward from an old Chow blog post. So here’s the actual website.
links for 2008-07-30
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Hey, look: it’s the ALA survey! Go take it already. (I do appreciate their efforts to get a better picture of the profession as a whole.)
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McDonald’s “ice cream” is one of my favorite treats, in all honesty.
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I’m not necessarily much for Dell, but this is tres cute. (bamboo sleeve, which makes it mid-century modern! adds $130.)
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that’s what I’ve been saying for years.
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“In this promotion from Arizona State Credit Union, college students can get a free cheeseburger with a new checking account.” SRSLY. almost 2 awesome 4 words.
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“a plugin […] that will warn you if you’re about to publish a post that lacks an excerpt” huzzah! (first, to upgrade WP….)
links for 2008-07-29
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“I’m completely pro-bike but nobody wins in these idiotic, testosterone-fueled attacks on cars.” amen. OTOH, I would LOVE to see a Ciclovia-style event where a chunk of town is closed off to cars for a few hours or more.
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Dylan’s take.
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an eyewitness account.
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“While Mark still believes this incident was sparked by hostility from cyclists, he does seem genuinely remorseful about what happened and is disappointed that cyclists are being charged for the incident.”
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“Way back when, she invented the term “Open Source”” I did not know that the term was coined by a woman. huh. interesting ideas here about approaching the problem of closed-source in govt
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tempting. I wish I had time.
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reminds me of going to member night at the LA Co. Natural History Museum when I was a kid.
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thank you. exactly.
links for 2008-07-26
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via C.
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“On my new “sport utility bicycle” I can cart groceries, take my kids shopping, haul a barbecue grill and make a margarita.” I’m planning on converting the Townie with one of these.(tags: bicycling)
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might do something with this one of these days.(tags: mobileweb)
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OTOH, “536 cases of computer intrusion” in Q2 2007. (compare with check fraud, for example) but definitely some good points to review!
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“Becky Lee declined when a friend asked her — and five other attendants — to have their breasts enhanced.” Also, asking yr MIL to get Botox? Tacky. Again, glad to have opted out of the bride culture-industry.
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awesomeness. I like the MS natural keyboard, but hate hate hate the numpad.
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cool! old photos, plus Google Earth overlay screenshots. (Also, people have been getting pissy about views around here since at least the 1920s.)
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as might be imagined, Opera & Firefox users are most up to date, while IE users are way behind. OTOH, I don’t know that people trust an update to IE not to break something else on their computer.
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this could be useful… (specifically, the list of Email/Web to SMS gateways)(tags: mobileweb)
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heh.(tags: blogosphere funny)
links for 2008-07-25
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Interesting points, tho I have not played with Gears at all. (Except to get GDocs set up for offline access so I could write while in transit.)
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wacky! (a couple of comments in, there’s a link for modifying for easier storage, adult height.)
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duuuuude. not cool.(tags: weird)
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“You might kill me but you will never kill this shirt.” sometimes this sort of textual analysis is kinda fun.
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“So unless you are having a heart attack and can jump the line, your emergency—though it may still be serious—may wait for so long that you give up and go home.” this has happened to us twice in the last year.
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pretty!
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clever concept, not sure if I’ll use it, but maybe….
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(tags: photoshoppery photography)
