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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!)
links for 2008-07-16
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“‘It’s too bad there’s an ‘us vs. them’ dynamic,’ [Portland PD Officer] Pickett said.” definitely a face-palm moment. (drunk cyclist blows stoplight, gets chided by bike advocate in car, then things got ugly.)
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At the college, we were actually forbidden from using stock peeps after (IIRC) a dean’s daughter asked to get introduced to the “student” she saw on a bus ad.
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via the other Elaine. Pink noise in particular is way better than the sound of the stupid (huge! old!) printer 10 feet from my desk. Surprisingly calming.
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now I’ve got that song stuck in my head, altho possibly to the wrong melody. (think: “just don’t look at the monsters” to the tune of “let’s all go to the lobby”)
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includes one of the more thoughtful comment sections of any recent ALA article.(tags: productivity business)
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via kottke
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“we can’t exactly set up a reservation somewhere where the supply of gallium and hafnium can quietly replenish itself” ok, THAT is wiggy.
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via an Ask MeFi question, of all things. I was NUTS about Twin Peaks in high school. (I think I still have my copy of Laura Palmer’s diary.)
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::drooling:: (my favorite hard cider is made right here in Oly, tho.)
links for 2008-07-15
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“But it’s hard to ignore what you hear when everybody you know is saying it. These are good people, smart people, so can they really all be wrong?” Srsly? WTF?
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damn clever. no use for it right now, but maybe one of these days.
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O. M. G. duuuuude. $10 handlebar mount for camera. awesome!
links for 2008-07-14
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notes & photos abt my various gardening experiments.
links for 2008-07-13
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huh. might have to track down a copy.(tags: photography to-read)
links for 2008-07-11
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silliness.
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“ride like a car, unless it’s going to get you killed-†also, as pointed out by commenters, riding on the sidewalk is legal lots of places (including WA state, with a few exceptions)(tags: bicycling)
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I ADORE my cast-iron pan. Will be looking for a couple of smaller ones at some point, too.(tags: kitchen)
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quite possibly really useful. via shelley.
links for 2008-07-09
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trippy astronomy photo of the day!(tags: photography space)
links for 2008-07-07
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““So are you saying that we’re all just, like, really excellent sheep?†Well, I don’t know.” I feel like I have a lot to say about this, but it’s swirling a little too much at the moment.