Archive for July 2008
links for 2008-07-24
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“It’s a helluva thing, a trial by jury. It was a radical notion 200 years ago, and it’s still a radical notion today.” I served on a jury once too, years ago in Tacoma. (Child abuse, and guilty. Lots of horrid people in that kid’s life.)
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“ROSEMARY-SCENTED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH CARAMELIZED ORANGE SAUCE” I am drooling.
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“The greenest building is one that is already built.” I’ve been impressed by how UW-Tacoma has been doing this: at least one of their converted-warehouse buildings is LEED silver.(tags: urban_studies eco)
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“If users aren’t notified that they are being taken to another site — [for example] online bill-paying — then it is hard to determine if the new site is trustworthy, because the […] certificate carries a different company’s name.” a pervasive proble(tags: security creditunion)
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an automated way to get colors out of an image to use for a palette. fun!
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like a fantasy landscape. I can’t believe that’s a photo!
links for 2008-07-23
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(tags: recipes)
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“sliced cherry tomatoes tossed with artichoke hearts and little balls of fresh mozzarella” that sounds especially nummy.(tags: recipes)
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$45 is a crazy price, but I like the concept(tags: house)
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“We also just love repeating the words ’speed suit.’”
interview with one of the creators of The Venture Brothers. -
I had forgotten about this! hey, now that I work at a financial institution, maybe I should look at it again. (OTOH, our new banking nav seems quite similar, complete with “You can also…”)
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“the cost of the application is $295.00″ you are f’ing kidding me.(tags: misc_tech)
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Tales of Coding: W3C recently posts updated docs on relationship between usability and accessibility“cover specific examples of matching mobile web usability issues with accessibility issues” awesome!
links for 2008-07-22
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a clever idea.(tags: wordpress)
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mappy goodness. (C worked on the 2000 census doing “non-response follow-up” — crazy stuff.)
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sometimes it’s just better to go for the shorter/simpler word.
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As a former English major, all I can say is “AWESOME!”
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“colspan: Use “colSpan”" — you’re freaking kidding me.
links for 2008-07-18
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a fine bit of bad sign absurdity
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using the same somewhat creepy techniques used to pimp Febreeze & bottled water to save lives.
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“I believe it can bring usability testing the masses and will be the go-to application for basic usability testing.” assuming that the masses have macs. grumble grumble. it does look REALLY useful, tho.
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oh holy moses that’s depressing.
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useful little videos plus recipes that use the techniques.
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looks like a nice looking flash video player. might be a good alternative to the built-in version.(tags: flash)
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this is probably TMI, but every deodorant/antiperspirant I’ve ever tried gives me a rash, with the exception of the Jason aloe vera. (it may be hereditary; when I was a teen, mom said that grandpa D had the same problem.)
links for 2008-07-17
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FANTASTIC letter to a patron complaining about a kid’s book about a gay marriage.
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cute! (and reasonably priced, too. basic model started at under $1k!) via jessamyn.
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cool!
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““If you got somewhere to be, you’ve got to fly,” one conductor tells me early enough in my trip to set the tone for what’s to come.” sigh. I wish constantly that amtrak would cease to FAIL. (altho, mom’s train home was 1 hr early!)
random thought about microblogging
a little bit of this + that?
