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links for 2007-09-13
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Improve your memory. Read better, faster. Think out loud.
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For those of us who still dream of our green-backlit little friends. (I should probably recharge my MessagePad's battery...)
links for 2007-09-12
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Finally, a source for the world's finest-tipped pen, the Uniball Signo 0.18mm! Also a source for the 0.38mm version of my current favorite pen, the Pilot G-2.
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Shoot like a Marine. Well, at least have the same gear as some of the world's most feared marksmen. S&B's 3-12x50mm PM II Military scope is now standard-issue for USMC sniper rifles.
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A video camera anyone can use. Really. Anyone. Even your grandmother. 1 GB of storage, good for 60 minutes of 640 x 480 video. One-touch recording. About 122 bucks. It's a video camera you can easily carry with you anywhere.
links for 2007-09-11
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I am way impressed.
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The odd-looking but operator-approved Duostock is a must-have for those in close quarters battle situations. Consider a purchase if you have a loved one serving in a combat zone. (Or if you just want a really comfortable stock for your own AR.)
links for 2007-09-10
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Since I cannot make use of our pool right now, thanks to the busted foot, perhaps this would be a fun project...
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Free fonts from pop culture: movies, music, games, and random corporate life.
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"The web's top 500 free fonts!"
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Huge collection of more than 8,000 free fonts and dingbats.
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I don't spend any time on IRC, but if you do, this looks like a nice Mac OS X client.
links for 2007-09-04
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Author Steven Poole gives up on Microsoft Word, which I continue to maintain is overkill for 90 percent of the word processing population. Like killing a fly with a cruise missile...
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A free, lean word processor for Mac OS X by James Hoover.
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James Hoover's essay on the thinking that went in to the creation of Bean, notably as a successor for WriteNow, as a lean, mean, writing machine.
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An article from February 2001 by Marten van de Kraats, in which he details the need for a lean word processor on the newly born Mac OS X. Marten was a huge fan of WriteNow (as was I). This served as James Hoover's inspiration for Bean.
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Jos Buivenga has some outstanding fonts, and while he should be charging for them, he offers them as donationware instead. I love Fertigo!
links for 2007-09-01
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Until Apple decides to give us this obvious, brain-dead feature for free, you can get whatever ringtones you want on to your iPhone with iToner. $15, free to try for 30 days (some features not available during trial)
links for 2007-08-29
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Somewhere in this house is the Mont Blanc pen my wife received as a law school graduation gift. She doesn't use it. Until I find it for myself, I'll be content with my G-2s.
links for 2007-08-28
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For soon-to-be moms and dads. Wish I would've thought out something like this when the little phisch was in diapers.
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The domain and title are pretty self explanatory.
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Thinking of switching to Mac? (You should.) Just bought a new Mac? (Hurray!) This site will be very helpful to you either way.
links for 2007-08-26
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Print these out and cover those new textbooks. I wish we would have had cool art like these when I was a young Star Wars geek...
links for 2007-08-25
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The web companion to the monthly magazine Shooting Illustrated.
links for 2007-08-24
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Even I am not that big of a nerd to wear this... (When they sell the full suit of mail, with gloves, boots, helmet, sword, belt, and shield, for a couple hundred, then maybe we'll talk.)
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"Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing."
links for 2007-08-22
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"Give to charity just by searching the Internet." Powered by Yahoo!, there are two boxes; one for your search term, one for the charity you wish to support with that search. You search, money's donated. I learned of this through Prison Fellowship.
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And coming right on the heels of the Terraminds Twitter search mentioned yesterday, Twitter announces you can now search people profiles from any Twitter page.
links for 2007-08-21
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A search engine for Twitter, letting you search in updates, or for users.
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Love the Beatles? Love Star Wars? Then you'll love this cultural mashup of the Star Wars characters posed as if on the album cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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Official Star Wars poker chips, two casino-quality card decks, a Death Star dealer button, and, of course, a Star Wars branded case: which contains LEDs to light up the chips lightsaber-style. Sweetheart, take note, this is going on the wishlist...
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As Chris Messina twittered, "Best use of Web 2.0 shwag evar."
links for 2007-08-20
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It's in German, but it's pretty easy to figure the table out. You can see what fonts are used by corporations for their logos and brands. Typophiles, rejoice.
links for 2007-08-19
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Orson Scott Card on Michael Mann (not the director/producer) cooking the books to prove humanity's responsible for global warming instead of being, you know, honest with his algorithms and data.
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I wouldn't roll as a pirate, but I like this shirt.
links for 2007-08-14
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Of course I find out I've had pro baseball within five miles of my house for the past year just as the season ends.
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Even though I don't own a console system, I've always enjoyed the Star Wars LEGO games. Now the circle of the Lucasfilm movie family on LEGO is complete.
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Eric Blair's AppleScript bundle for sending the current post in NetNewsWire in plain text via email in Mailsmith, Entourage, or Apple's Mail. Very handy.
links for 2007-08-12
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1.78 million .Mac subscribers?!? As Frank Barone would say, "Holy crap!" If only the old eWorld could've had so many...
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Guy Kawasaki got a tour of the Trek barn, and gives a mini-history of the company, as well as a photo tour of the Lance Armstrong History Wall. Fascinating stuff. I'm a proud Trek bike owner myself.
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This is my new bike, which I got to ride a sum total of two times before I broke my foot in a non-cycling incident. Mine's in the black and anthracite.
links for 2007-08-11
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I've always wanted to throw myself in to a Kurosawa film fest.
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"[A] community website for writers of all descriptions to post their work and receive feedback. In return it is hoped they will cast their eye over other people's work and give their thoughts."
links for 2007-08-10
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Joe Cochrane spent time embedded with the U.S. Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 in Iraq.
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Amazing new .45 ACP submachine gun featuring cutting-edge technology.
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I've long admired the XD series of pistols, and this latest, the compact .45, has vaulted to the top of my XD wishlist.