December 2009
13 posts
BibliOdyssey: Victorian Infographics →
I’m going to prep that time machine just as soon as I gather all my quills and inks.
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10 Essential Photography E-Books for the Holidays →
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“There’s no trick here, guys. No system. No diagram. No hack. No tips, no...”
– Fake Rocks, Salami Commanders, and Just Enough to Start | 43 Folders
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Lovecraft 101: Get To Know The Master of... →
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How to Find and Use Scripts in Gimp →
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How to Make a Complete Map of Every Thought you... →
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As We May Think - The Atlantic (July 1945) →
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How To: Create Stunningly Realistic High Dynamic... →
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GIMP – An Introduction →
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“A picture is what you take when you accidentally mash your hands on the shutter...”
– Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images
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Creepy High Voltage Installations →
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4 More Tips for Photographing Children →
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25 Photo Composition Tips | Photofocus →
November 2009
1 post
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10 Ways Photography Has Changed My Life →
May 2009
3 posts
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“The most important thing is that the writer’s original perception of a...”
– Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
I’ve put off reading this book, mostly because I loathe that section of the bookstore. I see all these books about writing and feel they are the domain of people who dream of being writers but never do. If I go there, then I am admitting that I...
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A guy could make a lot of money setting up ad-based web sites with urls based on popular web addresses as commonly mis-typed on a BlackBerry. You are welcome.
April 2009
2 posts
Tiny House Blog - Small House Living →
This must be luddite day!
March 2009
7 posts
Rule 72
Don’t look down when you walk. Look ahead.
Pentagon plans to build giant spy zeppelin - Boing... →
Finally, a reason to be all that I can be.
“The dirty secret of corporate IT is that its primary mission is to serve...”
– The High Priests of IT — And the Heretics - Now, New, Next - HarvardBusiness.org
The 50 States Project →
I have a secret theory that every place in the United States is exactly the same and the media tries to highlight our differences so we don’t organize. I hope this proves me wrong.
The Cult of Done Manifesto →
This makes me want to do meaningful and exciting things. And be more like Ted Nugent. (via boing boing)
jQuery Sparklines →
These things always make me want to build a web site just to track something, anything.
February 2009
9 posts
Steampunk airships in Lego - Boing Boing Gadgets →
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“Using progammer’s tools to do other stuff is like using chef’s...”
– Cory Doctorow, on a podcast describing his Flashbake system for managing his written work.
This just blew my mind a little bit.
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“First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.”
– Mark Twain
Show Us Your Saints - Boing Boing →
A guest post on Boing Boing from Gareth Branwyn where he lists those teachers in his life who have wrought a huge impact—his personal saints. Branwyn’s post is thoughtful (and thought-provoking), but the comments are the truly fascinating part of this exchange.
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“Whatever you are, be a good one”
– Abraham Lincoln (via a magnet my wife put on the fridge this weekend)
Principles of the American Cargo Cult →
“I still live in your world. In this very house even. But now I exist between two...”
– Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Short Imagined Monologues (oldie via boing boing)
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“To put it bluntly, people die. Indeed, death is arguably the single most...”
– The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age - Ars Technica
January 2009
13 posts
Nerd Merit Badges →
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“Shut it Ginger, or you’re gettin one, too.”
– You cannot beat Sawyer for off the cuff eloquence.
Lyric of the day
The guy who plays the banjo keeps on handin’ me the Old Crow which multiplies my sorrow — I can’t take it anymore.
Old 97’s, Doreen
Three pack
1. Louder set of stereo speakers
2. Faster wireless router
3. Music for us and the boy
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Epiphany
Crazy is only bad if you put it all in one big bucket. The key is to have many little buckets for all your different kinds of crazy.
“Forget advice about finding the right atmosphere to coax your muse into the...”
– Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction
Photojojo » New Year’s Just Ain’t New Year’s... →
“Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
December 2008
7 posts
On my personal coat of arms, my lack of discipline shall be represented by a worn-out toothbrush and three dead AAA batteries.
“[Y]ou can’t imagine handing down “your grandfather’s...”
– Waking Up from the ‘Nightmare on Tech Street’