a wishlist for contenteditable at totes profesh (tagged: wysiwyg todo webdev ) Face Research "Psychology experiments about preferences for faces and voices." ¶ Filed under: Holy WTF? (tagged: psychology research science social fun ) When adaptation doesn’t happen Just as interesting a question as “How did these 5 adapt?” is “Why did these 21 fail […]
Brussels and bacon the 5 “sickest ever” films Khrushchev’s hat “buy now” “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 […]
2010 Rob’s favorite books » Share book reviews and ratings with Rob, and even join a book club on Goodreads.
Fifth year in a row. Here goes… At F_D, they’re not “New Year’s Resolutions”, they’re goals. Good old fashioned “smart” 1 goals. In the interest of continued personal growth, I’m going to continue this tradition. But after meditating a bit on last-year’s outcomes, it is probably best for my sanity if I focus these a […]
2010 was an exciting year in so many ways–highs and lows, mine and yours… To re-cap everything and do it justice would be impossible but I can keep my four year tradition alive and at least review where I landed for each of my 2010 personal goals. Write ≥3 hours each week. Every year I […]
Why ARE Restaurant Web sites so bad? Interesting discussion (especially in the comments) about why the restaurant business seems particularly plagued by poorly-designed, overly-flashy, nearly unusable websites. What's a surprise to me though it that hardly anyone seems to mention the cost factor–most restaurants have such slim margins that it doesn't necessarily make sense (at […]
I think it’s very easy to have mixed (but very strong) feelings about Dune. Thus follows two reviews in one 1: Fawning: (“It’s a science fiction classic!”) ★★★★★ On the back of the edition in my library is a quote from Arthur C. Clarke: “Unique… I know of nothing comparable to it except The Lord […]
Starting with the center, then left to right rows down from the top-left: 1. self-portrait #8615, 2. presents under the tree, 3. H. & S., 4. and inside… Spongebob!, 5. Merry Xmas from Industrial Avenue, 6. presents under the tree, 7. Papa and Holden, 8. H. and the fire-fighting Santa, 9. sledding (Dec. 18, 2010), […]
The Blast Shack Bruce Sterling writing at Webstock.org: Diplomats are people who speak from nation to nation. They personify nations, and nations are brutal, savage, feral entities. (tagged: politics culture hacking privacy technology essay ) Angry Robot to open the floodgates for one month SFScope (tagged: scifi writing publishing todo ) Axe Cop. That is […]
At the office. Only the office is in a converted grocery store. Complete with conveyer belt check-out counters. The aisles have all been replaced with the rows of desks. But we’re packed in tight. Practically over capacity. No wait–definitely over capacity. I don’t have a desk to speak of; I’ve been relegated to one of […]