links for 2008-06-20
¶ by Rob FrieselWhat is good tequila? via DF (and I don’t even like tequila; and maybe this is why…?) (tags: food essay tequila todo)
What is good tequila? via DF (and I don’t even like tequila; and maybe this is why…?) (tags: food essay tequila todo)
Teach the Controversy via B^2: “Intelligently designed t-shirts urging you to show both sides of every story” (see also: wearscience.com for more awesomeness) (tags: atheism design education evolution fun geek humor religion science shopping wishlist) Unleash Your Character via Writing Forward (tags: character writing essay todo) Tater Tots for Adults via Al Dente :: time […]
12 Examples of Paragraph Typography via Jon Tan :: some neat examples (increasing complexity and all that) (tags: CSS design fonts text typography) Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials via fogus (tags: css webdev tutorial todo)
Mentioned here previously, 365 Tomorrows has become a favorite daily stop on my internet rounds for a little fiction. Since it’s flash fiction that they have there, it’s good for a quick dose of something new. Roughly 600 words and you’ve gotten yourself a refreshing fix of scifi. Admittedly, it can be hit or miss. […]
Staying committed to this writing craft is one of the hardest things to do. It shouldn’t be, because it’s all passion and inspiration and “the thing that drives you” and all that. At least it’s supposed to be. But it’s also a long-arc game that requires patience and perseverance. Especially if the writing winds up coming […]
Atomic Tarantula *W*A*N*T*!* (Ono-Sendai? Heck yes! Deliverator tee? Essential.) (tags: design humor scifi shopping wishlist) Sean & Nora’s goes out of business @ Times Argus Online :: my heart is truly heavy with this news (tags: Vermont Barre food news) IEEE Spectrum: If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Los Alamos via B^2: add this one […]
Warehouse Deals Used and Refurbished from Amazon (tags: Amazon shopping beta)
A fun, rather endearing little novel by Austin Grossman (this is his first), Soon I Will be Invincible offers us a “generic” superhero milieu that does as much to honor its comic book forebears as it does to satirize them. Grossman gives us a real loser of an evil genius (Doctor Impossible, who suffers from “malign hypercognition disorder”) that […]
50 Cool Things You Can Do with Google Charts API (tags: css google webdev api graph visualization) CRAG-VT for Vermont climbing access concerns (tags: climbing Vermont)
WWDC 2008 Bingo (tags: Apple Mac OSX tech fun humor todo) Easy Vertical Centering with CSS (tags: CSS html tutorial webdev work todo) Confessions of a Reel Mower Addict via TreeHugger :: (1) there’s something to all of this but (2) I still hate mowing the grass no matter how green it is (tags: environment […]