I’ve been kidnapped by a bunch of 80s-style coke dealers. They seem nice enough at first (mostly because I don’t realize that they’re drug dealers) as we drive around in their white Bronco. We talk about things. Skiing and snow-plowing. The drive is a long one. One of the guys starts talking about his meat […]
Coffee reduces Alzheimer’s risk: study via /.: Best news ever? *bzzz*bzzz*bzzz* (tagged: coffee news health science ) Circuit City fails to be wanted, will now be liquidated via Engadget – this is what happens when your recovery strategy includes firing your best retail employees and replacing them with greenhorns who, while paid out at â…“-½ […]
Fun with H.: Shoot (with flash) through the “donut hole” of some Fisher-Price Rock-A-Stack rings. Simple idea, great results. (Original on Flickr.)
During my recent re-read of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, it occurred to me that one of its thematic elements takes the classic rich vs. poor conflict and intimates that it has transmuted into a conflict between a hyper-literate elite vs. an illiterate and/or aliterate Ünterleute. This is by no means a startling or even new […]
“What’s wrong?” “Oh, nothing. I just need something stronger.” Subdue the perverts. It’s a little tough to believe that I’d gone this long without seeing George Lucas’ THX 1138. And in many ways, it’s almost harder to believe that it was made by the same guy behind Attack of the Clones. As I’ve said of […]
found_objects: The Recently Deflowered Girl 1 W? T? F? (tagged: art entertainment humor fun parody illustration humour surreal ) 21 Free Apps For Mac OS X That Are Absolutely Useful There are a few apps on here that I use, a few of heard of, and a few I’m now interested in checking out. That […]
If you’re a regular here at F_D and you’re wondering where my Twitter marquee is… Well, the Twitter API keeps prompting users for credentials. Related to their recent – uh? – incident? – perhaps. Whatever is going on, I can’t find any explanation for it. So I’m going to turn the volume down on the […]
An old photo but recently featured on AwesomeOff.com in their Brewing Monks vs. Gurdjieff match-up. (Photo on Flickr.)
Very nice tip for folks that want to get screenshots of “mouse-down sensitive” events in OS X (e.g., drag-and-drop operations). Initiate your drag-and-drop (or other “mouse-down sensitive”) operation; ⇧⌘4 to invoke the screenshot area selector; hit the spacebar to convert it to the window selecting “camera”; click the window with the right mouse button. Voila! […]
Semantics in HTML 5 at A List Apart : If we continue to be clever with the existing constructs of HTML, more problems such as this will arise. But HTML suffers from a fundamental defect as a semantic markup language—its semantics are fixed, not extensible. (tagged: webdev html5 accessibility microformats essay todo ) Return of […]