The 10 Free Resources Every Writer Needs at Write to Done JavaScript Inheritance via Prototypes and Closures at ruzee.com by Steffen Rusitschka (via Ajaxian) Is Einstein the Last Great Genius? at LiveScience (via /.): as I keep saying, this is the sort of thing that explains the steampunk appeal… Finch: What a Novel and Novelist […]
F_D was hit pretty hard since Sunday by a major outage in the Spacey cluster in the Dreamhost network. In a nutshell: shit was down for days. Where do we stand? As of this evening, and after lots of unacceptably bad best case scenarios described, the damage is relatively minimal. Mail has been back solidly […]
If I Die A Bacon-Related Death, I’d Like It To Be Because Of This at www.holytaco.com: necessary Practical JavaScript – three code snippets to get you thinking HTTP Client Mac Developer Tool for HTTP Debugging macfuse 2.0 via DF: worth checking out again? Everything you ever wanted to know about STAR WARS
If anyone is looking for some last-minute gift ideas for the beloved bookworm(s) in their lives, F_D has a few recommendations to pass along. I’ve picked my top ten reads from ’08 1 and posted them here for you to serve as gift ideas for the avid 2 readers in your lives. The list is […]
How to structure your JavaScript code at Ajaxian Mouse entering and leaving versus over and out at Ajaxian NetFlix Rent Movies Online – Free Shipping, No Late Fees – Review Price Plans, FAQs — (time to re-consider and switch over?) Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life at Scientific American (via /.): A molecule […]
Terminal Tips: Enable “path view” in Finder via TUAW: neat tip but I think my paths would all be too long for my Finder windows… Don’t You Wish You Lived Then? (Musings on Class and Fantasy) at DeepGenre the making of: Costco at greg.org: But here's the thing about buying a 3lb jar of Skippy […]
New MacBook Pro via work. Yay! The out-of-the-box color calibration on the LED display seems not quite right though. Too cool. I’d say it has a blueish tinge but that’s not it. I’ve tried re-calibrating but can’t quite seem to get it right. (Meanwhile, the outboard display at the office is fine 1.) In a freak accident, […]
children’s drawings suck buying lesbian skateboards archiving humor “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from search terms and phrases that led visitors to the site. Where possible, I attempt to keep the search phrases intact. However, as these are haiku poems, […]
15 CSS Tricks That Must be Learned at In the Woods: looks like a round-up (return later for complete read) PTGui "Photo stitching software 360 degree Panorama image software" Alien-like Squid With “Elbows” Filmed at Drilling Site A mile and a half (two and a half kilometers) underwater, a remote control submersible's camera has captured […]
Six months ago, the F_D crew took the plunge and entered the realm of DSLR photography. We have certainly had no regrets. The Canon XTi is a great camera that produces some great pictures; certainly it has raised the bar over our older SD630 1. This is not (of course) to suggest that the camera […]