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WORLD Magazine | WALL•E world
Megan Basham interviews Andrew Stanton about his new movie, WALL•E.
Tags: movie, pixar
shaycam.com » To the Skater Kid Who Asked To Borrow My Cell Phone
I have often written a letter like this in my head.
Tags: bible, god, kids
mooColorFinder - retrieve all website colors
Script to retrieve any color information of a website, reads all CSS files and produces a cloud of colors.
"This neat little tool extracts any color information, no matter if inline CSS, CSS files via import or link, and even if you have a master CSS file with references to other css files - mooColorFinder reads it out.
"So, as long as a website specifies its CSS styles W3C conform, this script will find the colors used..."
Tags: color, css, web design
iPhone Security Tip: Never Memorize Wireless Networks | securosis.com
Some good security tips here for iPhone users regarding public wifi networks.
Tags: iphone, privacy, security, wifi
Writer: the internet typewriter
John Watson's Writer is a simple, plain text-based "internet typewriter", to use John's description. If you want something easy to bang out text online, Writer has potential. I just wish you could change the background to something other than black...
Tags: web app, writing
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Today's phischbits
Fun Size Bytes - Tattoo
Brilliantly funny.
Tags: humor, soldier, tattoo, war
The Stalled Server Room - The Daily WTF
"I always knew womens restrooms were nicer than what we guys got. Now I see they have server rooms in there too?!?!"
Tags: business, fun, humor, photo, technology
Intel says 'no' to Vista upgrade - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
"Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista." Wow.
Tags: intel, microsoft, technology, windows
The Sky, From Above - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Some amazing photos of our world.
Tags: nasa, photo, space
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links for 2008-06-12
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My "tweet cloud"; it shows the most commonly used words from my posts on Twitter. Kinda neat.
links for 2008-06-09
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Great article on the symbiotic relationship a community has with business. Great reminder of the inherent selfish nature of people, too.
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"Essentially Photoshop doesn't recognize files after saving them to a server, as it would seem, ruining your file. Only I'm experiencing this problem in saving files to an external FW drive."
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For my photography-minded fellows, a do-it-yourself studio softbox.
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This is more of a for-future-reference sort of link for myself, but you, dear reader, may find it useful as well. Especially if you work with audio and your portable computer doesn't have dedicated in/out audio plugs.
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Attention, Akira fans! Now you, too, can wear a Capsule Gang jacket just like Kaneda!
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Discussion with friends yesterday about our kids and movies reminded me of this. That decision by Disney to buy Pixar looks better and better for stockholders, doesn't it?
links for 2008-05-31
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"[W]orks to reduce water-related illness & death in developing countries by building self-sustaining projects that make safe drinking water accessible to the poor and empower local churches to bring physical, social & spirit healing to their communities."
links for 2008-05-30
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Excellent piece by Jim Manzi on how Obama, and to a lesser extent, McCain, don't quite get that someone has to pay for all that "greater good" they keep talking about. Donations don't appear out of thin air.
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Too. Freaking. Cool. Cisco CEO John Chambers was live on stage in Bangalore, and had Martin De Beer, Senior VP of Emerging Technologies, and Chuck Stucki, General Manager of TelePresence, join him via hologram from San Jose. You've got to watch at least the first four minutes or so of the video. Star Wars tech is here today!
links for 2008-05-28
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A great article by Alex Castellanos on the future of conservatism in the Republican Party. Show me a candidate or group of candidates committed to the ideas and changes Alex outlines, and I'll show them support.
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I'm not that impressed with the shirts, but I love their slogan: "Honoring The Gracious Work of God Through A Bunch Of Dead Guys".
links for 2008-05-22
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"We're bleeding cash. What can we do to make up the shortfall?"
"Reduce our number of flights and give great customer service?"
"Nah, let's just nickel & dime our customers until they won't fly us any more." -
The FAQ on the new $15 for the first checked bag policy, and the few exceptions. I think we'll be looking to fly Southwest more in the future.
links for 2008-05-21
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If you're really unhappy with the current crop of presidential contenders, there are alternatives. "Yippie Kay Yay, America!"
links for 2008-05-20
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"We ask state troopers what they most want drivers to do during a traffic stop." Am I the only one who thinks it a little sad that an article like this is necessary?
links for 2008-05-18
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Want to get an idea of the traffic pumping through Twitter? Check this proof-of-concept monitoring of the public timeline. My headache started about fifteen seconds in...
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To quote Will: "I have to say that there is a Twitter issue if a site like this appears [...] But [it] has great usability!"
links for 2008-05-13
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A dictionary for Twitter. I've seen most of these, but a couple, like "twitterluia", brought a smile.
links for 2008-05-11
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Some nice little tweaks in here I hadn't considered. Good to have as a reference.
links for 2008-05-10
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He's recovered the Ark of the Covenant, closed down the Thuggee cult, and found the Holy Grail. But he can't secure tenure at the university.
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The Phoenix Mars Lander has its own Twitter page. NASA's just building smarter and smarter robots, isn't it?
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Short version: change your browser's user agent to Mobile Safari.
links for 2008-05-09
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Talk about commitment. Talk about school spirit. Wow.
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I'd put this on my iPhone so I can have access to my own rimshot any time, any where, but alas, it's Flash-based.
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"Ever wanted to write something, and lock it away? Keep it somewhere where only you could access it? iLocker is for you! The text you enter is encrypted using your password and a highly secure encryption method."
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Fellow frogs: is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?
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Nice set of links full of good tips and neat photos.
links for 2008-05-07
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It's all about baby steps, the Japanese concept of kaizen, or "continuous improvement". Baby steps, not big leaps.
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All this really does is yet once again clearly show I am not a morning person.
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This explains why my little sister got away with so much more. University of Maryland, Duke University, & John Hopkins, with over 11,000 test subjects. Methinks this may be no junk science.
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This is only a portion of the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. Takes an hour to walk end to end. At least now we know what they're doing with all that oil money.
links for 2008-05-06
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For all the other writers out there.
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My favorites include: Zombie Lincoln, Lincoln Log, Racer X Lincoln, Tron Lincoln, and, of course, Darth Washington.
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On my iPhone, and set as the default ringtone. Love it.
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Coming October 2008.
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I'm thinking this falls in to the realm of "Just because we can do a thing doesn't necessarily mean we should do a thing."
links for 2008-05-01
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Read about it in Guns & Ammo, but looks like it could come in handy for lots of different uses.
links for 2008-04-30
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The 20 Worst Foods in America. To quote my wife: "No wonder everyone in the country is fat."
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Springfield now has a mil-spec XD .45, which features an ambidextrous, thumb-operated slide safety. Looks to be the XD I've been waiting for.
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Some good tips for using Twitter.
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Oh, so wrong. What have they done to the Fett?
links for 2008-04-29
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An easy way to download YouTube videos as MP4 files: throw this bookmarklet up in your browser's bookmark bar, then click on it when you're on a YouTube video page that you enjoy.
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Karl Rove offers free advice to Barack Obama. Seriously.
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Turn your old vinyl albums into CDs and digital music files with Crosley's new USB turntable.
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Home of the Skidless-brand yoga towels. For those of you who practice yoga, or may be considering it.
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Perfect for keeping those annoyingly long electronics cables tamed.
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"Self-fusing; 700 PSI tensile strength; insulates 8,000 volts per layer; withstands 500 degrees F of heat; flexible to -85 degrees F; never gets gummy or sticky; resists fuels, oils, acids, salt water, & UV rays."