December 2009
jwz - How to use Facebook with a feed reader →
New York Office Space, Virtual Offices,... →
12 Hours, 2 Guys, 6 Cups of Coffee, 1 iPhone App -... →
FTA: “David Quinlan is a normal guy with day job and just a bit of coding experience. But he and a friend lived the dream and cranked out a simple iPhone app in a weekend. Here is how they did it:”
'World's best job' man stung by tiny, lethal jelly →
The man who landed what was dubbed the best job in the world taking care of a tropical Australian island has received a nasty jellyfish sting in his last week in the role.
Police In IRAN run over protester...very... →
The Iranian government is covering a lot of news in and outside Iran, that they don’t kill, they don’t torture… Khamenehei I wish you a long life full of suffering I wish you the worst possi
'Hundreds of al-Qaeda militants planning attacks... →
Hundreds of al-Qaeda militants are planning terror attacks from Yemen, the country’s Foreign Minister said today.
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address →
I favorited a YouTube video: Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios,…
Modest Goals for 2010 →
Here is my list of Modest Goals for the coming year. This time, I discovered a theme had kind of grown around the initial list of things I have been jotting down the last few weeks. The theme of…
Claim Chowder: AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega’s... →
Well, so much for that. As Rentzsch says, “it’s a mistake to put ‘hope’ and ‘AT&T’ in the same sentence.”
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10 Things to Do Before the New Year →
10 Things to Do Before the New Year : There are some good suggestions here. The coming of a new year is an excellent milestone to use for committing to a clean start for the next.
Curious. (via TheNixer)
What we believe in. →
Curious. (via TheNixer)
What we believe in.
IronMan Part 1 →
I favorited a YouTube video: Watch Dav Rauch from The Orphanage talk us through their fantastic Nuke work on the HUD sequence from Iron Man. Part 1 of 2. Iron Man © 2008 MVLFFLLC. TM & ©…
Minimal rubbish bin →
This minimal rubbish bin from Japanese designer Shigeichiro Takeuchi of Shigeichiro Studio has a wooden lid that tilts without a mechanism. The aluminium cylindrical body is simply cut…
Juego de nuevo yo-yo →
Loving this clear polycarbonate yo-yo from Matteo Fogale. It was produced using techniques used in traditional wooden toy making, on a lathe, usually used in woodturning….
The Long Tail of Humor →
Buzz Andersen on the difference between Tweeteorites and other Twitter favorite aggregators: As I’ve used it, I’ve found I like Tweeteorites better than the Favrd leaderboard for the same…
Using Email Aliases in Apple Mail →
I did not know this: You can set up a single account in Apple Mail with multiple “alias” email addresses.
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(Pic) 3D Map Of The Brain →
A special diagram called the connectome is seen as a potential holy grail for scientists looking to visualize the human mind. It’s a three-dimensional map of all the neurons and…
Tattoo Interview →
Lydia Skinner interviews me for her dissertation, entitled, “Why words? An Analysis into Typographic Tattoos as a form Communication, and Projection of Identity.”
Lydia: Do you have a…
Crowdsourcing $300 Million To Buy Pabst Brewing... →
Two ad agencies are testing the limits of brand loyalty by trying to crowdsource $300 million in funds to buy Pabst Brewing Co. According to the Chicago Tribune, ownership of the brewing…
Thoughtfully Designed Boeing 787 Dreamliner →
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is slated to take to the sky for commercial use in Q4 of 2010. “Dreamliner,” a name chosen via a 500,000 person strong public vote, is an apt title. Boeing’s…
AA mega yacht to redefine the future of sailing →
Apart from the sense of adventure, you would definitely look for sophistication in your mega yacht that fulfills all your dreams and desires as you plunge into the tranquility of the blue seas….
Nissan GT-R R35 brings your obsession closer to... →
For those who have a flair for all that is four-wheeled, the Nissan GT-R R35 from Japan’s Original Runduce would make your obsession much closer to the truth. The full carbon-fiber bodied GT-R…
The Triton, for those who follow their own road →
For most bike enthusiasts, the difference between comfort and pain, fast and slow, safe and unsafe matters a lot. This is where the CP Project One comes in to fit a good part of the best…
It’s a costly affair to hang out with the perfect... →
Well, if not all of us, most of us definitely spent time with our loved ones this Christmas. It’s the same every year, but not for Le Trung, who spent his Christmas with his robot Aiko. The…
Irony Explosion, Indeed →
Check out the second YouTube comment on the winning video in the “make a commercial for Psystar” contest — the guy who made the video now “despises” Psystar. (Via Cabel Sasser.)
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DashNote →
Free Dashboard widget from Resen: a Simplenote client. Works great. (Via Minimal Mac.)
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[Sponsor] Warships →
Edovia and Sebastiaan de With offer you Warships, a new twist to the classic battleships game. Stunning graphics, easy gameplay, no superficial mumbo jumbo. Play against three levels of AI or…
AT&T No Longer Selling iPhones in NYC? →
Hard to believe it’s come to this.
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Midgets Make For Good Muay Thai Fighters →
These cats can straight-up brawl…and I can’t look away. In round 1 I thought the taller guy was throwing the fight. Guess not…
US Marines unnerved; hear screams, ghosts, in... →
One night Corporal Jacob Lima was woken by the sound of screaming. “He was yelling and begging me to go up to the firing point he was guarding. When I got there he said that he was sitting there when…
Scientists Turn Chicken Waste Into Electricity →
A Nevada energy developer says it has developed an environmentally clean way of using animal waste from chicken farms across the state to light up homes and offices. Green Energy Solutions wants to…
Gravity Wells →
Gravity Wells
LinkedIn API: SimplyHired | Mar 24, 2008 →
I favorited a YouTube video: Lucian Beebe, Director of Product Management at LinkedIn, walks through the LinkedIn API implementation on the SimplyHired site.
WordPress Mode » Pradador.com →
World’s most expensive chopper comes with a luxury... →
The world’s most expensive chopper at a whopping $22.7 million would annoy any chopper lover for this sort of insane price tag on it, however, for the delight of any adventure lover, the price…
Datamancer reveals the Sojourner Keyboard for that... →
If you have missed out on many of the limited editions and are still looking out for that last-minute holiday gift, what could be better than the “Sojourner” Keyboard from the house of …
Decorate your Christmas with the super-hot... →
While Christmas is in the air, we are fraught with the thought of decorating our homes and offices with everything that supplements our spirit of the holidays. One of the most important…
Jesse James Garrett: Visual Vocabulary for... →
A PayPal horror story →
Use PayPal for your small business? Maybe you shouldn’t. Money in your PayPal account will be held for 180 days. After 180 days, we’ll email you information on how to receive your funds. We…
Original plans for the Eiffel Tower →
A dozen or so scans of the original plans for the Eiffel Tower. Tags: architecture Eiffel Tower
Avatar 2 →
seoulbrother:
The trailer for Avatar 2 FADE IN: Int - Day - Pandora Na’vi village
Village life as usually among different Na’vi and humans. Read More
Just a video of Christa and me feeding a giraffe.... →
Just a video of Christa and me feeding a giraffe. It’s cool if you like giraffes and hey, who doesn’t.
The Honest $10000 SPAM →
I favorited a YouTube video: What happens when an unbelievable offer of $10000 risk free money is actually genuine?
Photoshop CS5 and Command-H →
Nice bit of Mac OS X-ification.
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Make Your Mockup in Markup →
Meagan Fisher on designing web sites live, in the browser, rather than as image-based mockups in Photoshop.
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In high school I took Spanish every year. I’m... →
In high school I took Spanish every year. I’m nowhere near fluent, but if I found myself in a situation where everybody around me only spoke Spanish (and they were very patient people who spoke nice…
The Future: When the Editors Hire the Publishers →
Choire Sicha on the inversion of authority exemplified by Joshua Marshall’s TPM Media: My friend’s point was: here is an editor, who built and owns his publication, who is now going to be the …
Jason Chen’s Hands-On Review of a Google Nexus One →
Jason Chen says it’s significantly faster than the Droid: When comparing the three phones in loading a webpage over Wi-Fi, the Nexus One loaded first, the iPhone 3GS came in a few seconds later,…
Information Is Beautiful: Climate Change Skeptics... →
Copiously researched and fairly presented.
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