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Monthly Archives: February 2009

“You have 2 cows…” (Vermont edition)

by Rob Friesel

If you haven’t seen the “You have 2 cows…” series of economics jokes…  Well, try here, here, and here.  And now, a polished version of an off-the-cuff crack I made earlier today:   A VERMONT CORPORATION You have two cows. One makes cheese, the other makes ice cream. Responding to allegations of rBGH injections on […]

Linkdump for February 24th

by Rob Friesel

Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street Great article, even if it glosses over certain things. Especially good in combination with: crisisofcredit.com — that said, I'm still not sure what a "credit default swap" is… (tagged: money economy business math ) Italian Food and Woodworking Does enlightenment bring with it responsibility and obligation? […]

Linkdump for February 18th

by Rob Friesel

IE Float model and the reality at CSS Class (tagged: webdev css IE floats essay todo ) When can I use… "Conclusion: Not Ready" — hope you like font tags! (tagged: webdev reference css ) Diagramming the Obama Sentence at The Millions (via B²): It was funny when the proverbial They did this for Palin's […]

take what you can get

by Rob Friesel

It’s a convention almost as old as the web itself.  If you need some graphics to go along with your story, you just go out and find them.  We crib images from each other all the time.  I’ve done it.  You’ve done it 1.  It’s just something that people do.  Right? Maybe in the Internet’s […]

Linkdump for February 17th

by Rob Friesel

Specify your canonical at Official Google Webmaster Central Blog (via DF) (tagged: webdev url todo ) The Third Bucket by James Duncan Davidson (tagged: photography essay todo ) Top 10 iPhone Games, as Voted by Wired.com Readers at Game | Life from Wired.com: Yay! Time-wasters! (tagged: iPhone games fun todo ) MDK : Quicklook for […]

Linkdump for February 13th

by Rob Friesel

flashbake at Bit Bucket Labs (via B²): source control for writers? get out! (must to check it out (no pun intended?)) (tagged: tools writing git todo ) How to baconify your bourbon at The Agitator (via AJ) (tagged: bacon bourbon whiskey food recipe ) Mindfuck Movies by Matthew Baldwin via DF: of the films I […]

Linkdump for February 10th

by Rob Friesel

These are my links for February 7th from 07:19 to 07:19

2 weeks with the iPhone

by Rob Friesel

Having been “with iPhone” for about two weeks now, I thought I’d share a few thoughts: The iPhone is not the Messiah. 1  Obvious?  Maybe not.  The thing gets more headlines than Obama.  But it’s just a phone.  A really awesome phone, with lots of really awesome features – but just a phone. On the […]