October 2009
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Why do LinkedIn recommendations always read like obituaries? “Joe was such a nice guy to work with…”
Oct 30th
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Hurrah! Better filename versioning on the Mac!
Just noticed something under Snow Leopard, but it may have always been there: Whenever I am editing a long and important document, I always periodically create a new version of the document and retain the prior version.  Probably a habit I picked up in the early Windows 3.1 days, it still saves my bacon from time to time when the laptop goes teats up. The process tends to be: save the document...
Oct 29th
Apple’s “I’m a Mac” ads are so flipping smug. And I so fall for them. http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/
Oct 28th
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Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks :: Videos :: The 99 Percent
Oct 28th
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Some favorite iPhone apps
Just writing this up for someone, and thought I’d put it here as well. Some of my personal favorite iPhone apps: reQall - record a to-do using voice, it converts it into text and emails to you Nike + iPod - if you’re into running, talks to your shoe NYTimes - news CameraBag - great photo manipulation tool PS Mobile - mobile Photoshop, pretty nice TweetDeck - multi-account...
Oct 27th
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“When you are pregnant, What is she?”
– Translation Party This is a bunch of fun.  Type in something in English, and it back-and-forth translates to Japanese (via Google) until it hits equilibrium.
Oct 26th
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“House of knobs”
– houseofknobs.com What a fantastic place this must be to work.  You could be a total knob, and everyone would still love you.
Oct 22nd
100 Oldest .COM domain names →
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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1g/min is an installation by Albin Karlsson. A machine attached to the ceiling rotates and every minute a one gram of hot glue drops on the floor.  (From todayandtomorrow)
Oct 19th
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Reconfiguring things
Updated so that Flickr posts to Tumblr, and Tumblr posts to Twitter and Facebook.  Let’s see if it works.
Oct 10th
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“Originally purchased for $1700, selling for $450/obo. Women Used!”
– PAMPERED 12” Apple G4 Powerbook (Like NEW/Loaded!) “Women used!”?  If she’s anything like a few women I know, the Powerbook has been thrown, dropped, and otherwise generally abused.
Oct 10th
Battle For Milkquarious: A milk rock opera. ... →
Oct 10th
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Selected... →
Oct 8th
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“I still think linkedin is a pile of hoohah but I’d still like to add you...”
– From a friend
Oct 7th
“Conrad Blickenstorfer has the greatest name ever.”
– Why Have Tablets Flopped? Here Are Five Reasons - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Oct 6th
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Oct 4th
Aardvark appears to be a great app for people who have never heard of this Google thing.
Oct 4th
</mini> *snif*
Oct 3rd
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Halo 3 ODST The disc is in the house.  Waiting for the boys to go to bed before I take it over.
Oct 3rd
Just found ClickToFlash (bit.ly/etGck) for Safari. Just wish they had a ClickToStupidInternetMemeOrTroll.
Oct 2nd
“However, I learned enough to generate a portfolio of magic marker renderings and...”
– Success Secrets of the Graphic Design Superstars  » Rick Valicenti
Oct 2nd