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“We can’t take for granted that every young person already knows how to use this technology.” exactly!
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by way of UIE brainsparks, oddly enough
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always happy to see more color tools!
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food substitutions. damn good idea.
links for 2006-11-20
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that is officially the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
links for 2006-11-19
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strange follow-up to the pleasant piece of the other day…..
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also has link to planning a drip irrigation system. start preparing now!(tags: garden)
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to do a very simple quasi-turing text challenge.
links for 2006-11-17
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I hate altoids, but I happen to have a couple of the tins kicking around….
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pretty things with fimo & altoids tins.
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the third option: altoids tin pinhole camera
links for 2006-11-16
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I totally want this for next year.(tags: gifts)
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with a journey into the topic of “flow”(tags: productivity psychology)
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“It was like plugging back into the universe.” Scott Adams, impressively eloquent on the joys of life upon getting over a cold.(tags: philosophizing)
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“See, ‘make the logo bigger’ is a solution. ‘The brand isn’t prominent enough’ is a problem.”
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maybe by the time we need to replace our furnace these will be a little less spendy!
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as noted by a commenter: Tesla’s revenge.
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uses CC-licensed flickr pictures. I sent a card to H!
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“Due to power-outages in Tumwater, KUOW 1340 AM is off the air.” That would explain the static. I’ve been listening to KPLU, which I don’t like as much, but this post reminds me of KUOW’s rebroadcaster in Tacoma.
links for 2006-11-15
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motivational posters for D&D (mostly) — tres silly
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this, in a nutshell, is how I design stuff.
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my dad was in telcom, my grandfather (other side) was an engineer. I worry, periodically, about Aspbergers.
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comparing to other schools
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All the way back to Washington. Fascinating stuff. And way too easy to spend time playing with.
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would be pretty cool, if they get it working somewhere(tags: eco urban_studies)
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I’ve had this happen twice: one from hiking (I think) and the 2nd time from dropping a papercutter on my big toe. I’d just forgotten what it was called. One of those weirdly melodious latinate terms.
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what a crazy idea…nice use of PNG transparency.
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so I don’t forget this time.
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in Photoshop, by way of Elly. no use for it right this second, but I know it’ll come in handy one of these days(tags: photography photoshoppery)
links for 2006-11-14
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not that we have a “global corporate” intranet, but there are good ideas here. I’m particularly interested in the “business park” concept.(tags: intranet)
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I liked CodeIgniter, but it seems like Cake has a lot of energy behind it.(tags: php)
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kewl!
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crazy stuff; also, nice integration with their directory!
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“Building a Mac Home Media Center, Part 1: How To Get iTV Capabilities Today, For Less”
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nice tip, and very easy.(tags: photography)
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excellent summary, including the (new to me) info that JS on phones kills battery life.
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instructions for binding own books.
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plus, as usual, the lifehacker crowds have lots to add
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“Panera tried to invoke that clause to stop the opening of an Qdoba Mexican Grill.” how fscked up is that? we’ve been going there on work lunches quite a bit…dunno if I want to do that again.
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aha! I had something like this at a neighbor’s house recently.
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I’m making this right now….
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mmmmm…girl drink
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treatful
links for 2006-11-11
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“I swear, sometimes this programming thing is really just the digital equivalent of baling twine and duct tape.” the process for generating the bulletin on our website is shockingly similar.
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one of my best friends in jr. high & high school spoke in tongues. a very odd thing.
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yeah, yeah, everybody’s linking to this. but I think I will give it a try…I could probably bake it in my much loved cassarole pyrex. the trick will be finding a warm space that isn’t likely to be attacked by cats.(tags: recipes)
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shockingly pretty. based on that UC Berkeley project I linked to earlier; this is an actual functioning implementation.
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you could extend this discussion to any sort of web-based interactivity. made me wonder if we should offer a digital journalism class…..
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after the hobbit. (I fear that “one man” may have, in fact, been my father. I own his copy.)
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a clever idea. I have a pretty good sense of how it might be done.(tags: web_dev)
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soooper-weird wikipedia entry. I’ve never heard of any of these variants before.
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heh.(tags: funny productivity)
links for 2006-11-10
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“Seventeen and a quarter billion dollars is a lot of money, but assuming that these programs cut short the American occupation by only two years, they would save us at least $200 billion.”(tags: politics)
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or more properly: add AJAX spiciness to a mailing list signup form.
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I should probably do that, if only to post one of those goofy banners.
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I’m trying something fairly “out there” for a new site.(tags: wordpress)
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not sure if I need this one. bookmarking it anyway.(tags: wordpress)
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ditto.(tags: wordpress)
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makes me nostalgic for a particular moment in my life….
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a really thoughtful article. (weight watchers? hm.)
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“Here, the joker filled a cubicle with balloons.” Was it Tom whose birthday we did that same prank for?
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pretty!(tags: photography)
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truffles are something of an in-joke between me & K. 🙂 but I’ve never tried making them….
links for 2006-11-09
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“enthusiasm cools when it is admitted that it rains nearly every day” — nice quote from 1889.
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“About 85% of those polled said they’ve become so flustered, they’ve ended up swearing, shouting, experiencing chest pains, crying or smashing things.” no comment.
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lovely ranting. I enjoyed looking over C’s shoulder while he was taking stats, and I’ve come to believe that they should be part of the standard math curriculum for everybody. way more useful than my 2 years of calculus.
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I can do flour tortillas, but my one attempt at corn was a DISASTER. this should help. 🙂(tags: recipes)
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lovely and modern(tags: writing)
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hmmmmmmm.
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a bunch of stuff somewhat above my head, but interesting.
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“Work-Life Balance [is] a euphemism for ‘I don’t intend to let my job take over all aspects of my life'” heh.
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I might do that to the tote bag I got at the NCMPR conference…once I get a sewing machine.
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“what an off-the-books mechanic can tell us about the health of our inner cities” — the author’s research is cited in Freakonomics.(tags: society)
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“Inside America’s most powerful megachurch with Pastor Ted Haggard” — originally published May 2005. fascinating. scary.