My otherwise limitless love for Quicksilver has recently been tempered by a burgeoning love for the addition of Quick Look to Mac OS X in the 10.5 version. Pre-Quick Look, Quicksilver was hands-down the fastest way to access and open files. ⌘+Space ➟ type a few characters ➟ and you were on your way. In some instances you still […]
Chocolate Covered Bacon Cake via Al Dente :: Our Lady of the Blessed Coronary has graced us, indeed. (tags: bacon food blog) 10.5: Use Quick Look in Quicksilver nice try but a flawed implementation? (tags: OSX Quicksilver QuickLook todo) Wordie via lepht :: “Like Flickr but without the photos” (tags: blog language linguistics weird writing […]
Burlington Legacy Project via Burlington Free Press dot com (tags: Vermont Burlington news environment energy sustainability politics todo)
Already “link-dumped” on July 28th but 1… Here are the detailed notes: it would seem that as of today (July 28th) Google has added CalDAV support to their online calendar 2! The short version of what this means? Now you can get “native” reciprocal syncing between your Mac’s iCal and your gCal 3. “Just follow these […]
NameTrends.net via Information Aesthetics :: “Baby Name Trends” (for A.) (tags: baby graph visualization fun) price of vampire power – data visualization & visual design at information aesthetics (tags: energy green money visualization video todo) PLOTS WITH GUNS via JM: “a noir site, for your reading/tonal reference needs” (NOIR/TRANGRESSIVE/NONSENSE) (tags: magazine literature fiction research noir […]
Opening Sentences: Great Opening Sentences From Science Fiction via io9 (via B^2) :: a nice round-up, indeed (tags: blog literature scifi writing)
Haven’t had much to say about our garden so far this year because… Well, because The Boy’s arrival has pulled us every which way. In many ways, it feels as if we are slacking on the garden. But perhaps that is only slacking when we compare it to last year. Thus far, the growing season […]
Too Weird for The Wire by Kevin Carey (Washington Monthly) :: holy WTF!? (tags: history law politics research essay) I’m Sorry, I Don’t Know, I Can’t via ThinkSimpleNow.com (tags: language psychology social essay todo)
Rule for Making Lowball Real Estate Offers via Free Money Finance: …if I’m not embarrassed by the offer, I bid too much. (tags: money)
Tor.com Science fiction and fantasy / Weblog, short fiction, art, and discussion (tags: art blog fantasy literature scifi publishing writing todo) All Wet? Astronomers Claim Discovery of Earth-like Planet via Scientific American (via /.) (tags: news science space astronomy research) Graphic Of The Day: Top-Ten Per Capita (Greenest) US States For Carbon Emissions via TreeHugger […]