July 2008
52 posts
"Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to... →
“Some days, the web feels like 5 people trying to make something; 5k people turning it into a list; and 500MM people saying, “FAIL.”” - Merlin Mann (via junesix)
Unnecessary Knowledge →
strip for July / 29 / 2008: The Media →
The Media This is a little more current-eventy than I usually like but the thought struck me and I just couldn’t not share it with a few thousand people. Come on down to …
Man breaks underwater cycling record - Telegraph →
Barack Obama-Style Campaign Posters - Now For... →
How to: Installing and running Ubuntu on the Eee... →
bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by fidler12 - more about this bookmark…
AG Lite - Issue 334 | Graphs and shit →
List of fictional ducks →
ZombieHarmony - One of the Best Free Dating Sites... →
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“Shirky’s Law states that the social software most likely to succeed has “a...”
– Michael Nielsen » Shirky’s Law and why (most) social software fails
After Hours →
“I only wrote that sodding paragraph to make that joke. And you’ve fucking...”
– Read Giles Coren’s letter to Times subs | Media | guardian.co.uk
strip for July / 23 / 2008: So You Wanna Make a... →
So You Wanna Make a Website If you missed it, be sure to look at yesterday’s super-duper animated comic! So sleepy goodnight.
Vol. 19 | No. 45 →
A beautifully simple and stunningly designed game by Jenova Chen for her MFA Thesis. Quipped by Becky on Jul.23.2008
Upcoming Hurricanes →
Paradise Unpaved | Franke James →
New Optimus Family Member →
Optimus Pultius - a 15-keys addition to any keyboard. To be used with the Maximus or with any other non-display keyboard. Optimus Pultius uses the same principles as Maximus, has the same display…
Drawing cartoons blindfolded →
“In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold.” Here are the results.
Martin Eberhard Blogs About Getting his Tesla... →
Former Tesla CEO Gets his Roadster
We recently reported that Tesla Roadsters had started shipping, and now we learn that Martin Eberhard, co-founder and former CEO of Tesla Motors, just got…
TechCrunch Is Building a Web Tablet →
They don’t know what the components will cost and they’re going to use volunteer labor to write the software, but they’re hoping it costs $200 or so and to have a prototype ready soon. Good luck…
Angry Mob Play Set →
● Lego Stephen Hawking →
More at Brickshelf.
How to build a box kite →
Anders Conbere has just the thing for your next bit of office downtime: go fly a kite. Eventually. First he wants you to go make a kite. Using simple materials and Conbere’s Flickr gallery…
It's the little things, really...
marco:
lfarm:
You know how no one really eats the crusts of a loaf of bread? I sure don’t. And just today, 3 days before my 26th birthday, I’ve realized that instead of lifting up the crust piece to get to proper slices everytime I go to eat bread, I could simply just throw away the crust when I open a new loaf. Never considered than an option before. Changes everything.
I never throw away the...
Useful tips to enrich your HTML Forms →
In the past months I already dedicated several post about forms design and usability. In this post I want to share some simple tips useful to enrich your forms with various elements such as suggest…
Appropriate Technology - Latest Inventions From... →
"After all is said and done, more is said than... →
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.” - -Aesop
Replacing a car that gets horrible gas mileage... →
Replacing a car that gets horrible gas mileage with one that gets good gas mileage is preferable to replacing a car that gets good gas mileage with one that gets excellent gas mileage. To that…
cowboyo:
pica:
An excruciatingly detailed... →
cowboyo:
pica:
An excruciatingly detailed analysis of the “TP quandary” at currentconfig.com, by way of iamneurotic.com.
I just like it for the “floaty eyeball” graphic.
Someone…
Fully Charged →
I am happy to see that Fully Charged is now available at Target. YAY! (Thank you Jonnie)
"Judging by the descriptions and screenshots of... →
“Judging by the descriptions and screenshots of some of the applications already on the App Store, quality wasn’t a major deciding factor. We have to wonder whether Apple tested every application on…
It’s all part of the plan →
Movie posters can be hit or miss, but the Batman franchise has a long (slightly tarnished) history of greatness. Two weeks before the latest film entry, there’s another poster for the (art)…
why I am a designer... →
Why I am a designer. I think we could add way more here. No? (thank you david)
Regarding ‘Wall-E’ and Kids →
Tyler Cowen on Wall-E: Better than better than good. It is, however, not recommended for children.
I have no idea why not. My four-and-a-half year-old son loved it. Rapt attention the entire…
Observe sunspots by going to Grand Central... →
Observe sunspots by going to Grand Central Terminal? The southern wall of the Grand Concourse, facing 42nd Street, has semicircular grills high up, with small curlicued spaces like those in a…
why I am a designer... →
Why I am a designer. I think we could add way more here. No? (thank you david)
"I hope a white person does something racist... →
“I hope a white person does something racist because I have nothing to do this weekend.” - Fake Al Sharpton
The door-close rain dance →
The vast majority of the time, the door-close button on elevators doesn’t do anything. This is the case for the elevators in our office building.
When they’re in the lobby, and someone pushes a…
WHEN TWITTER IS DOWN →
if you can't explain it.. →
(via everythingontheinternetistrue)
"If I put my whole ass into things, my potential... →
“If I put my whole ass into things, my potential to accomplish great things increases exponentially.” - Sharing Time
Note to the religious right: auto-replace is not... →
This is still one of my all-time favorite... →
This is still one of my all-time favorite paragraphs that has ever appeared in the NY Times. It concerns the captain of a tugboat that was towing a piece of art by Robert Smithson. It’s enough…