links for 2008-01-26
¶ by Rob FrieselJ.J. Abrams: The mystery box (video) via DF (tags: creativity video todo) A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras via Mike Davidson (via DF) (tags: camera DSLR hardware lens photography essay todo)
Link lists, round-ups, recaps, Delicious.com dumps, and other sometimes somewhat salacious sundry sediments and sentiments.
J.J. Abrams: The mystery box (video) via DF (tags: creativity video todo) A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras via Mike Davidson (via DF) (tags: camera DSLR hardware lens photography essay todo)
How to Write First Thing in the Morning via LifeHacker (tags: lifehacks productivity writing) Entry-level Canon dSLR taken to XS(i) (tags: photography DSLR todo camera) Alien vs. Predator vs. E.T. (tags: video humor) Do’s and don’ts with babies (tags: comic education humor)
Are you as creative as you want to be? via Lifehack.org (tags: lifehacks creativity essay todo) My Guide To Gardening Warren Ellis: “You see, the Earth’s natural tendency is to fuck with you. This is the secret of gardening. The planet does not want to give you anything. Mulching the soil is like waterboarding Gaia.” […]
Hello America, Goodbye Liberty via Ballardian (apropos of B^2): parsing through these, I’m beginning to think a “ruined” Statue of Liberty represents lost opportunities (i.e., “you’re locked into this fate”); the cited example from Ballard is one I find interesting. (tags: literature apocalypse research) 100 books every child should read (Part 1: Early years) (tags: […]
Sledding Hillside Guide to Northwestern Vermont via s00z: in a nutshell, this map is 100% dope (tags: outdoors winter Vermont sledding) Widerbug: Widescreen Firebug via Command-Tab (tags: Firefox webdev) The One Month Coupon Strategy: A Really Clever Way to Make Coupons Worthwhile via The Simple Dollar (via LifeHacker): or a variation on this strategy — […]
gregnog.com: I Am A Host at The Olive Garden (tags: comic food humor)
Life After People via B^2: So… Who has cable and wants to host an Apocalypse party? (tags: video apocalypse todo)
Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing via Lifehack.org (tags: writing) Sun to fork out $1 billion for open-source firm MySQL via CNET News.com Tech news blog — well shit, didn’t see that one coming (tags: MySQL news) How to Meet and Defeat Long Emails via LifeHacker; re: “the tricky situation” at the end of the […]
Nanohazard Symbol Competition via B^2 (tags: design visualization research todo) Kiosk by Bruce Sterling via the Wrangle (didn’t I read this last year? re-read to find out!) (tags: fiction scifi todo) Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa 1974 via the Wrangle (tags: design food graphics health history humor weird surreal) Top 10 Hunter S. Thompson Quotes […]
Chuzzle® (for Mac!) ZOMG! (tags: Chuzzle Mac software games)