links for 2008-03-23
¶ by Rob FrieselFrank Ayd, 87, Who Advanced Thorazine Use, Is Dead via New York Times; A. worked for him for a little while back in ’02 — our sympathies are out to his family (tags: news)
Frank Ayd, 87, Who Advanced Thorazine Use, Is Dead via New York Times; A. worked for him for a little while back in ’02 — our sympathies are out to his family (tags: news)
Good comment thread: What’s happened to the U.S. economy? @B^2: “[The War] was all paid with inflation, which explains why the price of gold went over $1000/oz, why oil and food prices are up, but people are still generally acting as if dollars are worth what they used to be worth before the new money […]
…was at our office today. Holding court and representin’.
Eat the View: Tax Breaks for Gardens via TreeHugger (tags: gardening gr green taxes environment politics) How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong “…but by Google’s definition, Apple is irredeemably evil, behaving more like an old-fashioned industrial titan than a different-thinking business of the future. Apple operates with a level of secrecy that […]
If asked to write the foreword to some 20th anniversary commemorative edition, I would say that Max Barry‘s Jennifer Government is like a bottle of Diet Neal Stephenson served with a twist of Christopher Moore (or perhaps a dash of Tom Robbins?) There is something uncannily similar between Snow Crash and Jennifer Government: in the comic […]
Using a Domain as Your OpenID via James Duncan Davidson (tags: openid tutorial todo) Evil Monkey’s Guide to Creative Writing: Tips for Beginners via Ecstatic Days (Jeff Vandermeer) (tags: writing essay todo) UXO, BOMB DOG by Eliot Fintushel via Futurismic (via B^2) (tags: literature scifi fiction writing todo) Optimistic CO2 Sci-Fi via windupstories.com (via Jeff […]
Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques (tags: blog CSS PHP hack webdev wordpress) Things – task management on the Mac I suspect I should try this. Especially if it has “recurring task” support now. (tags: GTD Apple Mac software productivity tools todo)
Back from Charleston, SC. Great town; lots of neat history and culture, great vibe to the city. See mosaic above for some impressions; the rest of the photos are up on Flickr.
The “Amen Break” and Golden Proportion via kr8n (via MeFi) (tags: math music research science geek essay todo)
Starship traders @ FP Passport (via B^2) (tags: science scifi space economy research essay todo)