Archive for August 2008
the redesign
A rare work-related post, in which the author describes a process of many months. (So it’s a long post.)
bits & pieces
in which the author shares random news and observations. you know, like in a blog?
links for 2008-08-14
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"Calvo, the mayor of Berwyn Heights since 2004, heard the shots just before he was grabbed and forced to walk down the stairs backward in his boxer shorts and socks into the waiting bloodbath. His mother-in-law was handcuffed on the bloody kitchen floor next to the body of one of their dogs." good god. (I hope C doesn't see this; anything about animals being hurt sends him into a bit of a frenzy.)
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item #8974 for Elaine's ampersand obsession.
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the '09s are out…must start saving $$$.(tags: bicycling)
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hmmmm.
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basics of blended veggie soup. (also, the actual definition of bisque. long story.)
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good advice for the non-family-having urbanite. to be honest, I think this is how I prefer to roll, although I find the closest grocery store to be way expensive.
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free version nags every 5 mins, but is otherwise pretty useful.
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someday I will (seriously) learn how to sew, and I love bamboo fabric.
links for 2008-08-08 [delicious.com]
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"most bicycle advocates say cycling deaths are sharply up" ORLY? I had not heard that at all. also, yay (not): Seattle Critical Mass incident hits the friggin Economist.
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"Debunking libertarian ideas is like proving the moon isn’t made of cheese, so I won’t waste valuable time here in this essay doing that." A beauteous rant. (for Elizabeth, via Shelley)(tags: politics philosophizing)
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"the studies used to “prove” the prevalence of online sexual solicitation actually show that sexual solicitation mostly exists between teenagers rather than adult predators" one is somehow unsurprised.
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my gut reaction is that this is where a lot of the "webmasters" that Dylan & I want to talk about are living. I need to read this again 2 or 3 times and see if I can use some of these ideas. also, I'm having that same issue in re: industry-specific events/training. (also, I love the term "cargo-cult sysadmin")
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shameless self-promotion: vote for my presentation! (with Dylan Wilbanks) Dylan promises kid's book readings, which is new to me. (I kid. we did in fact chat about that part.)
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heh. also, classy to link to the fail whale artist's work.(tags: blogosphere funny)
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mega-cute.(tags: lego)
links for 2008-08-05 [delicious.com]
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"The problem is that city planners have mixed bikes and cars together in ways that offer little certainty about how each should operate, and lots of chances for conflict."
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"As a society, you can flip someone off very easily," Adams said. "But we have no hand signal that says 'I'm sorry.' " (from the Newsweek article.)
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"Many of these problems are with volunteer software in general, not Free Software in particular. […however…] it’s in Free Software that we see volunteer software’s usability problems most often." cultural issues, mostly.(tags: usability opensource)
a bit of summer
In which a really nice weekend is had.
