I've been emailing myself URLs for the past week, intending to blog about them. But I procrastinated, so instead of a couple small linky posts, here's one big one.
Humor Links
- Wired's interview with Jon Stewart. I really need to start watching The Daily Show more regularly. Aaron, I'll be looking to you for that one.
- Cats In Sinks is a photo website dedicated to, yes, cats in sinks. Anyone with cats knows that these pictures are not hard to come by. :)
Random Links
- If you like the look of alarm clock–style digit displays, check out this instant labeling tape.
- Bitfall is a water fountain art display thingy. That is, a horizontal controller with many nozzles lets drops of water fall at various times and durations, creating a "black and white" image in mid-air. Really, just go look at the site. Is cool.
- Paul Anderson's novel Hunger's Bride weighs in at 4 pounds 9 ounces and 1,360 pages. Plot sounds like it could be decent, and it's apparently gotten good reviews, as well.
- Apparently cave-dwelling is seeing a revival. Now, how to have strawbale and caves at the same time... ;)
Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
- You may have noticed the new FSM button I've added to my blog's sidebar and my website's footer. Or maybe not. But it's cool, regardless. Ramen!
- A craft blog shows off a stuffed fleece FSM. I've requested my mom put a similar project at the end of her project list. She's the best! *wink wink nudge nudge*
- The amazing Michaelangelo-inspired FSM wallpaper is now being sold as a poster on Café Press for $24. Very tempting.
Computers
- Some guy did a Bender case mod. Some guys have too much time on their hands.
- If you ever wanted an algorithm to suggest new music you might like based on your current music tastes, go check out Pandora, free for the first 10 hours.
- Web developers that care how their sites look in all combinations of browsers and OSes may find the $10/month fee of BrowserCam worthwhile. There's been talk of my Microsoft team getting one of the larger subscriptions.
- Eric Meyer has put together a surprisingly good-looking CSS-based slideshow that degrades gracefully. Standards-compliant, even! Think twice before posting something only in PowerPoint format now.
- If you've ever wanted to turn a printer into a shredder, go read about the DIY anti-printer.
- You've all heard about Skype by now, I'm sure. But here's a usage pattern for Skype that I hadn't thought of. Intriguing.
News
- First, someone caught on cameraphone a man who exposed himself in the subway and posted it to Flickr. Two days later, the New York's Daily News carried the story. And five days after that, the NYPD arrested a man and charged him with public lewdness. How's that for a new way to solve crime?
- The Boston Globe ran an article entitled What Makes People Gay last month (the answer: it's complicated and no one knows for sure); this month, the California Senate passed a gay marriage bill. I'm pessimistic about its getting passed into law, though.
1 comments:
"A craft blog shows off a stuffed fleece FSM. I've requested my mom put a similar project at the end of her project list. She's the best! *wink wink nudge nudge*"
You'll have to grovel MUCH more than that. Currently, your request is below the bottom of the To Do List. As in, not even on the radar. :-)
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