links for 2008-06-01
¶ by Rob FrieselCanon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens Review (tags: camera lens photography reviews 50mm) FM Reviews – EF 50mm f/1.8 II (tags: camera lens photography reviews 50mm)
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens Review (tags: camera lens photography reviews 50mm) FM Reviews – EF 50mm f/1.8 II (tags: camera lens photography reviews 50mm)
Scrivener – A Writer’s Paradise via The Apple Blog (tags: Scrivener writing software reviews todo) Flickery – The “iPhoto” For Flickr via The Apple Blog (tags: Mac software Flickr Flickery todo beta)
Postgraduate Writers’ Conference (August 8-14, 2008) Vermont College of Fine Arts (Union Institute & University) (tags: Vermont writing conference todo)
AJAX Libraries API – Google Code via a tweet from @ckelly – agreed: HOT! (tags: ajax api framework webdev google jQuery javascript) Drawing Conclusions via Jettison Canopy (via DF) :: “Illustrator vs. the world” — the great vector drawing app round-up of ’08 (tags: Illustrator OSX vector essay todo)
72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life (tags: lifehacks future goals health personal productivity philosophy todo) Beer Suggest via LifeHacker :: I never did get around to Cork’d, so I don’t know why I’m flagging this as “todo” — but we’ll see… (tags: food beer reference reviews todo) B&H Photo Video (tags: camera photography video shopping)
As with many “Year’s Best” type anthologies (regardless of genre), it is difficult to evaluate Gardner Dozois’ The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection as if it were a whole. Unlike a themed collection (e.g., Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse), you cannot easily ask how each story is helping to advance or otherwise round-out […]
Well, gentle readers, yesterday I wrapped up the hemming and hawing and took the DSLR plunge. Motivated in part by the impending baby and in part by a good Memorial Day Sale deal, I picked up a Canon XTi. A. & I ventured out yesterday to hit a couple of stores and try our luck […]
A few thoughts on Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) after having spent a solid week using it: Spaces. I didn’t think that I was going to use this at all but it turns out that it’s a great alternative to minimizing certain windows. Example: during the day I typically run all the apps I need and […]
The DSLR hunt continues. As I mentioned last hit around, I continue to digest all of this. It feels like a big move. And while it’s not like a house- or car-level Big Purchase, it’s certainly a large wad of cash than I like to drop outside of true necessity. Thus do I continue to […]
The Cure for Content-Delay Syndrome via A List Apart (tags: marketing projects publishing writing content essay todo)