Starship Enterprise Destroyed by the Death Star win. (tagged: video StarWars StarTrek humor ) Ween at Waterfront Park (Burlington) on 11 Jul 2009 !?!?!?!? (tagged: burlington Vermont ) Backup your Database in Git (tagged: backup git MySQL founddrama todo ) Guide to Human Types (pt 2) (tagged: art anatomy ) The Star Trek Movie Cheat […]
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction via B² (tagged: design literature scifi art typography illustration ) Here & There via Warren Ellis — "a horizonless projection in Manhattan" (awesome) (tagged: design visualization art map ) Classic Illustrators by Name via the w00t blog — a Flickr collection of scans of classic "Golden Age of Advertising" […]
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 […]
Nutella Frosted Cupcakes at Al Dente: oh man, these look dangerously good… (tagged: Nutella food todo ) Philip K. Dick Award Winners Announced: A Tie Between Castro and Walton at Omnivoracious (tagged: PKD literature scifi todo ) Daring Fireball: Complex at DF: Gall’s law raises hard questions. Where do you start? How small? How simple? […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why I’m Buying the New Mac Mini: Value Reconsidered at The Apple Blog: It is underpowered, it is overpriced, and, worst of all, as Gizmodo points out, it is not easily upgradeable after the fact, so most users would be advised to bite the bullet and pay Apple’s extortionate rates for in-house upgrades, or risk […]
AirPort Extreme "Simultaneous dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi base station" — win win win win win win! (tagged: AirPort WiFi network wishlist todo ) The NewerTech Voyager Q review Hivelogic (via DF): This is pretty much exactly the solution I think I need. (tagged: Mac tech backup todo wishlist ) Structural Naming Convention in CSS (tagged: webdev […]
"The Most Brilliant Sci-Fi Mind on Any Planet: Philip K. Dick" Rolling Stone Article by Paul Williams (November 6, 1975) at philipkdickfans.com (via B²) (tagged: writing scifi fiction weird interview PDF PKD todo ) Pixelmator via Mac AppStorm (this time…): I wonder if it's time to give it another spin? (tagged: Mac OSX software graphics […]
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street Great article, even if it glosses over certain things. Especially good in combination with: crisisofcredit.com — that said, I'm still not sure what a "credit default swap" is… (tagged: money economy business math ) Italian Food and Woodworking Does enlightenment bring with it responsibility and obligation? […]