July 2009
79 posts
OH GOD. Snuggies for dogs. What has the world COME TO?! http://dlisted.com/node/33199
Photo caption win of the day: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/07/jailbreak/
Captain Fail of the Day: http://burbia.com/index.php?q=img_assist/popup/2828
Enlightening-almost-time-waster of the day: The best film titles ever made from Creative Review. http://bit.ly/vjW7Q
Did my first install of OpenX today. So far, so good!
I just finished describing Apple's new iTablet
to my mother over dinner. The product, which will be released for the 2010 holiday season, brings us one giant leap forward towards digital convergence. The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs does a fantastic job at anticipating this Jesus-like piece of technology:
“Let me start on a side note: Dear netbook makers, whoever you are — I don’t know your names because we don’t pay any...
LOVE the recently launched Ann Arbor news design: http://www.annarbor.com/
An Easy Way to Increase Creativity: Scientific... →
Fantastic article that describes why “creativity” isn’t just inherently gifted to some inidviduals. Rather, humans are more creative at certain times and less creative at others. One reason: phsychological distance according to the construal level theory (CLT).
WatchMcDonald’s Versus: Making of… on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
If you don't already follow Kottke.org...
you should start right now. “Kottke.org …is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998 (archives). You can read about me and kottke.org here. If you’ve got questions, concerns, or interesting links, send them along.”
I often reblog many of his posts. He writes excellently concise remarks on just about anything that worth caring about in...
Ridiculously frightening: Susan Anderson’s High Glitz: child beauty queens. http://www.highglitz.com/
I’ll need to get on this real soon: 61 essential postmodern reads: an annotated list, from the LA Times’ “Jacket Copy” http://bit.ly/3yps7S
“20% felt Twitter was “only for young people.”
– Also conveiniently known as… the future generation!
69% Of Adults Don’t Know What Twitter Is
Follow @blogwhatdesign for blog tips: everything from writing, to design, planning, and more!
I have more bug bites on my body than I thought humanly possible. Even one on my eyelid? … no fun!
Loving Mike Posner’s “Halo” now http://bit.ly/T1d5T … ring true! Get on downloading him!
Well this has got to be a joke...
Tom Curley, The A.P.’s president and chief executive, said the company’s position was that even minimal use of a news article online required a licensing agreement with the news organization that produced it. In an interview, he specifically cited references that include a headline and a link to an article, a standard practice of search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo, news aggregators and...
OMG. RT @wired Stop what you are doing. Read NYT Mag piece about men who fall in love with cartoons RIGHT NOW. http://is.gd/1J70K
Watching precious prefrosh @ CU in Lerner playing board games. They’ll be touched by binge drinking, caffeine, and cigarettes all too soon!
“Move over Microsoft. Apple can claim big, big market share numbers, too....”
– Apple has 91% of market for $1,000+ PCs, says NPD | Betanews
Neeeeeeeed something sweet right now! Craving an apple cider doughnut. Really?! What’s wrong with me…
SAI: 10 Reasons You’ll Actually Miss Newspapers http://bit.ly/CHWNx
“For most of history, most publications lost money, or at best broke even, on...”
– The Year The Newspaper Died
Don't dismiss journalism schools just because... →
According to Inside Higher Ed, applications to Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism have gone up around 40 percent higher than last year. Applications to Temple University’s Department of Journalism have remained steady over the last few years. In March, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported that due to student interest and potential demand, the University of Pennsylvania is...
“Mr. Biden cited 19th century Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, whose literary...”
– Something I actually agree with from Biden. Wow!
Biden Rebukes Ukrainian Leaders - WSJ.com
Getting a kick out of this one too: Newspaper Death Watch: http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/
All hail beautiful Ukrainian women: http://bit.ly/wzAym … the hottest women in the world! #fb Thanks for more press Daily News!
journalism is dead. - brought to you by 10,000... →
Just found this gem.
The Plastic Logic Reader... Sexier than the Kindle... →
“Apple sold 2.6 million Macs, 10.2 million iPods and 5.2 million iPhones during...”
– Apple beats the street with $1.23 billion profit | VentureBeat
Oh cute, me too.
Biden Visits Ukraine: "So Many Beautiful Women" →
Well duhhhh. #fb
Just got home from the most epic Ukrainian festival of all time with an International popstar http://bit.ly/XTUMA #fb
Want to Find Marijuana? There’s an App for That →
WTF?
“In fact, just last year, the city signed a $982,269 contract with New Jersey-based Swintec for the purchase of thousands of new manual and electric typewriters over the next three years — some of which retail for as much as $649 apiece.”
“The ultimate form factor of mobile news might be bigger still: Microsoft recently released a video speculating on the technology of 2019, including an electronic newspaper transmitted onto foldable, touch-sensitive “paper.”
This will happen. And wireless is the answer.
The Typography Manual - For the iPhone and iPod... →
I need this.
What fast looks like →
Great post from kottke.org. Flying men, and super fast cars amongst other things.
Working on a new design for thedesired.net. Would like to make this one into a public WP template.
http://twitpic.com/aeiv1 - Seeing HP with Christine in Jersey. With a lightning bolt on my head. Yes. #fb
Telekinesis and Discovery are my two new favorite bands this summer. #fb
YES PLEASE.
Movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2 hrs. 33 min. (PG), for scary images, some violence, language and mild sensuality
Showtime & Date: 12:01am the evening of Tue, Jul. 14th
Theater:Clearview’s Kinnelon 11
Tickets: 3 ADULT
I’m the tool who’s paying for a MegaUpload subscription. E-mail me for the login info if you want it ;) No 54 minute limits! #fb
Answering Yahoos →
I’ll say it again. This Tumblr is fucking HILARIOUS.
I’m loving the BBC’s “Top Gear” right. hilarious.
TweetFeel: Real-Time Sentiment Search →
The idea is for people to use TweetFeel to run search queries for products, celebrities, companies, brands etc. and thus get a notion of what the average Twitter user thinks of them in a matter of seconds.
I just found my new main source of inspiration. MetaLab: We make interfaces
