-
admittedly, the site itself is not the greatest, but it's better than a lot of gov't sites costing a LOT more. (I sent this to someone I know at City of Oly, btw.)
links for 2009-02-01
-
"design & urban development"
-
also runs: Phinney-Greenwood | Fremont | Magnolia | Queen Anne
links for 2009-01-29
-
"When an Internet application doesn't work as expected, how can you tell whether the problem is caused by your broadband connection, the application or something else? It can be very difficult for professional network administrators, let alone average Internet users, to answer this sort of question today."
-
“He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.†re: Obama w/out suit jacket. Quirky little story about changes in the culture in the White House. Also: Dan Bartlett got 15-minute lecture from Bush about wearing khakis & button-down shirt in the Oval Office? Srsly? Reminds me of grandpa chewing me out for being late (I still swear I was on time) when I was in SEVENTH GRADE.
-
"Today, our priest gave a long sermon against FOCA [Freedom of Choice Act] and requested that we fill out post cards to our federal representatives stating our opposition. This is the most politicized mass I've ever attended, one that I hope the origin of was from earnest and well meaning ignorance, not cynical politicing." Bleh. Okay, yeah, now I remember: that's one of the 8917 reasons I left the church. (I had no idea Emmett was Catholic!)
-
"My neglect of the library costs me about $70 per year, and they want permission to tap me for $110. They want 50 cents of your money for every $1,000 the place you own or rent is worth." Dude whining about nobody needs the library. What a jerk. (There was more swearing initially.)
links for 2009-01-28
-
"If you’re evaluating and calling up email marketing services, do not use the word "BLAST."" exactly.(tags: marketing)
-
I don't have any particular use for this now, but could come in handy.
-
I think the only one I've read is Singularity Sky, but it's been a while, so I don't remember much other than "that was a really good book." Lots of stuff here to put in the library queue, I think.
-
"In a perfect world, every conference and every session would be an Unconference in both senses of the term, but in the real world, it does not work that way. Why? Here is my experience from organizing three conferences to date, and why we chose a hybrid model." fantastic exploration of the social/cultural limitations of the Unconference model. should be required reading for all BarCamp/Unconference organizers.
links for 2009-01-27
-
"RULE #0 – Never Insert Untrusted Data Except in Allowed Locations" also: escape, escape, escape!
-
"a plugin that shows a warning message alerting the user why is bad to use IE6" (alas, with slightly broken English. but I do like the most subtle option.)
-
"cforms is a plugin for WordPress, offering convenient deployment of multiple contact forms throughout your blog or even on the same page."(tags: wordpress)
-
in short: "cooking on an improperly heated and oiled griddle" plus more tips for good pancakes
-
makes me giggle every time I see it. via gus.(tags: weird)
links for 2009-01-26
-
"fund all National Science Foundation research for nearly one year" ugh.
-
some weird, weird stuff. for d&d or fantasy writing?
-
"I USED to be the disengaged participant — one who had good ideas about how to solve a problem or conduct a meeting, but didn’t contribute. I now take a more active role, aiming to make meetings more effective. Here are simple principles I use." A lot like the rules from the Manager Tools site, which is a good thing.(tags: productivity)
links for 2009-01-23
-
"PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter."
-
pretty, wish some of the images were bigger/svg. via dorothea.
-
nice & simple.
-
damn. I have a Chocolate Chip Peanut Crunch in my desk drawer with a sell by date of 07SEP09. I guess it's going in the trash. bye bye, breakfast.(tags: food)
links for 2009-01-22
-
and the original. good stuff.(tags: usability typography)
-
"He included a picture of a magazine held at reading distance in front of a monitor at browsing distance."(tags: usability typography)
-
fun to explore. (Ma is near the sea of red hats, btw.) Is Clarence Thomas asleep, or just blinking? Hillary looks like she's muttering an aside to Bill. And a surprising number of black fedoras, at least up in the VIP zone.
-
explaining it gives it away. suffice it to say: quite amusing.
links for 2009-01-21
-
Interesting story from a buddy of the youngest Barbara Bush.
links for 2009-01-15
-
"It's very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles. If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down." whoa.
-
for Dylan, want to think about this a bit. (also possibly there's a solution that already exists out in the world)