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Linkdump for May 18th

by Rob Friesel

Mozilla Labs Design Challenge Summer 09 – together with IxDA and Johnny Holland — For this Design Challenge we are focusing on finding creative solutions to the question: "Reinventing Tabs in the Browser – How can we create, navigate and manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance?" (tagged: design navigation tabs mozilla ) […]

Linkdump for May 7th

by Rob Friesel

Burlington Farmers Market starts this Saturday! (tagged: Vermont burlington farm food ) Privacy in the Age of Persistence Bruce Schneier on Security: "Data is the pollution of the information age." (tagged: blog future society security essay ) Five Technologies Tim O’Reilly Says Point Past Web 2.0 at ReadWriteWeb — all I can say is thank […]

Linkdump for April 17th

by Rob Friesel

Doug Rushkoff on DIY currencies at B² (tagged: currency money economy research ) NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer via DF: worth a link, for sure. worth a few minutes for a smile and a chuckle. (tagged: design visualization graphics humor math ) iPhone Wrestling Smackdown: WWE vs. TNA via The Apple Blog: tempting… if only […]

Linkdump for April 8th

by Rob Friesel

Easter Bunny knit dissection at B²: hilarity! (tagged: Easter knitting funny ) Data Robotics goes large with 8-bay DroboPro Always popular, now with rack-mount options, iSCSI, and way more storage. (tagged: Drobo ) Ammo shortage continues nationwide at Asheville Citizen-Times: welcome back to the carnival of the absurd, folks! (tagged: surreal dangerous disconnected-from-reality news ) […]

Linkdump for April 6th

by Rob Friesel

Peanut Butter Ice Cream with White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups *d*r*o*o*l* (tagged: food todo ) Federations Another great-looking anthology compiled and edited by John Joseph Adams. Plus a few free samples up on the site. (tagged: scifi fiction free todo ) Free remarkable short sf from Paolo Bacigalupe via B² — I tend to like […]

Linkdump for April 2nd

by Rob Friesel

Tauntaun Sleeping Bag ThinkGeek wins the price this year for best April Fool's prank. Hands down. (tagged: geek fun kids wishlist starwars blog ) Wrong Tomorrow – pundits vs. time via fogus, DF — rejected alternate title "pundit fail"? (tagged: prediction future blog ) SXSW Typography: Quit Bitchin and get Your Glyph on If there's […]

Linkdump for March 27th

by Rob Friesel

The Elegance of Imperfection at A List Apart — though a good read, I thought that it didn't really touch on the importance of doing and experimenting and risk-taking (which is where I thought it was going to go) versus over-thinking and/or over-engineering a solution/design/etc. (tagged: design blog creativity ) Natural Phenomena: Brooklynhenge by Ben […]

Linkdump for March 26th

by Rob Friesel

Schott’s Vocab at NYTimes.com (via DF) — like Wired's "jargon watch" only erudite. (tagged: blog language linguistics ) Sunday-Best Garlic Roast Beef at Cooks Country TV (via Ben) — for "top sirloin butt" (tagged: food beef recipe todo ) Dear A.I.G., I Quit! Hubris? (tagged: politics business econoocalypse ) Physical Cosmologies: The Shining via B² […]

Linkdump for March 23rd

by Rob Friesel

Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) If nothing else, I love the name. Say it with me: “MEGA DROP-DOWN” (tagged: design ui usability accessibility navigation todo ) PETA: Ingrid Newkirk’s Unique Will As Twitter user Mikey-san said: You know who else delivers body parts to enemies? The fucking mafia. On the other […]

Linkdump for March 18th

by Rob Friesel

The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own …according to Esquire. Not such a bad list, actually; and surprisingly well-rounded and eclectic. (tagged: todo music ) The Case for Paying the A.I.G. Bonuses at NYTimes.com : That may strike many people as a bit of convenient legalese, but maybe there is something to it. If you […]