October 2008
4 posts
Multicolr →
electricgecko:
Multicolr is an amazing tool to search 10 million cc licenced photos at Flickr by one or more colours. I could play with this for hours. Via matthewb.
Graphic-Exchange →
electricgecko:
Neat collection of great design samples, arranged by category. The site itself is kind of distracting, but the content’s all gold.
WWWD - What Would Warren Do? →
dihard:
Buy American.
“A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”
In his NYT op-ed, Warren Buffett is not necessarily calling a bottom here, he’s just imploring you to not take your money out of the market. In fact - you should put your money in. He is. Before now, Buffett has held only government bonds and Berkshire Hathaway...
September 2008
12 posts
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minimalsites →
electricgecko:
Minimal design css gallery. My style.
Mine, too. Thanks!
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Typechart →
electricgecko:
Compare web type and grab the appropiate CSS in one step.
Looks like a very useful resource!
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August 2008
2 posts
Watchallisonweiss:
blakeley:
My first video I’ve shot in complete HD, location Gawker rooftop. I dare you to watch this and not fall in like with Allison Weiss.
My friend Richard Blakeley made me a music video on a whim on my last day in NYC! It turned out AWESOME!!!
Completely love this video. I like the the acoustic, catchy rhythm.
Rock on!
The George W. Bush Memorial Library
This is too hilarious to miss!
falconieri:
azspot:
The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages. The Library will include:
The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.
The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you won’t be able to remember anything.
The Texas Air National Guard Room, where you don’t even have to show up.
The Walter Reed Hospital Room,...
July 2008
4 posts
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WSJ Parody, Or How Bush Abolishes Death, Taxes
OMG, this is the funniest thing ever.
Check out more fun at www.wsjparody.com
Don’t forget the video below.
Stalker is Now Following You
[via http://www.socialsignal.com/image/fee-fie-fo-fitter ]
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Hydrogen Refuel Stations Finally Coming?
Is hydrogen fuel finally here? Well, scientists have developed Hydrogen refuel station. Wasn’t it just recently that we were wondering if H-powered cars would come first or the fuel stations? Here are the H2 fuel stations.
BBC reports small, refrigerator-sized H2 refuel stations.
A hydrogen refuelling station which could be installed in the home as an alternative to visiting a petrol...
Death by Overwork at Toyota Plant →
In the two months leading up to his death, the man averaged more than 80 hours of overtime per month, his wife’s lawyers said.
Workers in Japan often put in very long hours and “sudden death from overwork” is referred to as karoshi.
There is work, and then there is work. Some of it causes death. The Japanese even have a word for “death by overwork”! Wow.
Color...
June 2008
6 posts
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I'm Training To Ruin A Marathon →
pica:
“Now, I know what you’re thinking. Sure, everyone would like to ruin a marathon, but who among us has the discipline and energy to get up at the crack of dawn morning after morning, through rain, sleet, and snow, and practice handing out cups of vinegar to the frontrunners?
“Also—and I can’t stress this enough—it’s very important to stretch properly before and after yelling derogatory...
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May 2008
12 posts
Report: Women Increasingly Choosing Dead-End... →
pica: Ahahaha. It’s funny ‘cause it’s true! “COLLEGE PARK, MD—According to a report published Monday in The Journal Of Gender Studies, many American women are bucking centuries of traditional gender roles by placing stunted, emotionally unfulfilling relationships on hold in order to pursue mind-numbing careers devoid of any upward mobility. “The study, which surveyed a cross-section of 477...
Anger at "Slutty" Starbucks logo
From BBC: US coffee chain Starbucks has come under fire for a new logo that critics say is offensive and overly graphic. The Resistance, a US-based Christian group, has called for a national boycott of the coffee-selling giant. It says the chain’s new logo has a naked woman on it with her legs “spread like a prostitute… The company might as well call themselves...
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Gender Gap in Science: Freedom to say "No" ?
Why aren’t there equal number enough women in hard science and engineering? Larry Summers, the President of Harvard and ex-Treasury Secretary, got in trouble when he tried to suggest an answer. So the controversy hasn’t exactly died yet. But could the reasons be because women simply choose differently? Here’s an article in Boston Globe that quotes two researchers. Now two new...
Charleton Heston Resurrected as a Car Dealer;...
Apparently Charleton Heston has resurrected from his grave and is now a car dealer. From the BBC: QUOTE A car dealership in the United States is offering a free handgun with every vehicle sold. Owner Mark Muller said: “We’re just damn glad to live in a free country where you can have a gun if you want to.” It has sold more than 30 cars and trucks in the past three days, an...
Securing Your Files - Tips from Lifehacker
You’ve read the post about warrantless border checks for laptops, hardrives and other devices, at US and other borders. How can you protect yourself? Here’s a How-To on protecting your data from unwanted eyes. Excellent tutorial. In short: 1. Use an ecryption utility to store your data safely - either on your hard drive, or on USB or elsewhere 2. Use a “safe-erase” utility...
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Visiting USA? Be Ready for Laptop Scrutiny!
From Bruce Schneier, the security expert himself, in the Guardian: “Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you’re entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. Customs and Border Patrol has not published any rules regarding this practice, and I and...
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Passengers to Airlines: Do unto them...
“People do things on airplanes that they would never do in other public settings. They pluck eyebrows, polish nails and pick noses. They stick chewed gum in places only other passengers will discover. They blow noses into blankets that get folded up for the next weary traveler. They prop bare feet up on bulkheads and seats. Sometimes they even engage in sex acts.” Ugh! I’ve seen...
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“The policy of turning American corn into motor fuel is probably the dumbest idea...”
– Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting. From Time.
April 2008
6 posts
'Free Tibet' flags - Made in China
As the Beeb reports, some of the ‘Free Tibet’ flags were being made in Guangdong by unsuspecting workers.. until some spotted the flag on TV and reported it to authorities. Quelle ironie. Or just (free) market working?
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Ultimate Luxury: A $300,000 Watch That Doesn't...
What’s the ultimate luxury? How about a $300,000 watch that does not tell time? Romain Jerome has introduced a watch that does just that. It shows only the day and night: “a new way of measuring time splitting the universe of time into two fundamentally opposing day and night”. Hmm.. didn’t think about that. And for a watch that does not show time, it has two exquisite,...
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All True Wisdom is Found on T-Shirts
Wikipedia Death Penalty As the Unix fortune program says: “All true wisdom is found on t-shirts”. How true. Images courtesy: www.teeful.com
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“Obesity finds it hardest to catch up with those who are running”
– Here’s the creative. Brilliant! (Image: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/radiant_gym_running?size=_original)
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Son-Of-A-Bitch Mouse Solves Maze Researchers Spent... →
“IOWA CITY, IA—University of Iowa neuroscientists studying spatial learning and the effects of stress on memory announced Tuesday that a little son-of-a-bitch mouse ruined an experiment on cognitive performance by effortlessly navigating a maze that researchers spent nearly a year designing and constructing. The test subject, a common house mouse, briskly traversed the complicated wooden...
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“I’m on the plane… the PLANE!
…Already we can hardly bear to...”
– Well said, Clive James, well said. Now, if only one were allowed to strangle Social Norm…
March 2008
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Information Designs That Suck
Alice Rawsthorn writes about the agonies of navigating on a badly desgined information map. “The dysfunctional Web site No shortage of contenders here. Why are so many Web sites so hard to navigate? Fashion designers are among the worst offenders. What makes them think that we enjoy wasting time watching the squiggly animations of old-fashioned Flash sites, before searching, often...
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How Books Can Save Your Life
A single dad asks the Book Doctor in FT: My teenage daughter tells me she needs more money to go shopping. I’m a single father and not short of money, but this desire to shop seems insatiable. Please help me understand. The Book Doctor’s answer: If you don’t already understand, you will never appreciate the desire to shop. But perhaps you can relate to the feeling of reward a successful...