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Yearly Archives: 2010
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Remains for the week of Aug. 30, 2010
Jay Rosen comments on the media and their political coverage, in the Economist. A recent study finds that people who drink, live longer than those who don’t. Rory Sutherland shares Life Lessons from and Ad Man, and tells us to Sweat the Small Stuff. Finally, Roger Ebert tells America to “Put up, or shut up“.
Links for the week of August 23, 2010
If you plan on graduating from Wabash College, in Indiana, you’ll need to have played the game “Portal”.
Ommwriter – Plaintext editing, zen style.
How to read without distraction.
Dieter Rams, a major inspiration for design at Apple.
Safari Reader Mod, makes things a bit nicer.
Miniature Pencil Art, carved in the lead/graphite of pencils.
I guess Android development rakes in the cash after all.
Fighter jets and Russian bombers, in Canada:
7 Recommended Podcasts
In the summer of 2005, I watched Steve Jobs demo the new version of iTunes on stage at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and was quickly interested in the world of “Podcasts” that he introduced to me. Podcasts are audio or video shows that you can download on the internet, automatically, by subscribing to them in a podcast client (e.g. iTunes). Podcasts almost all free, so there’s no cost associated with them – other than your internet connection. So now, five years after being introduced to podcasts, and years of listening/watching later, I’m going to share a few of the ones that I have found interesting over the years…
Coca-Cola Quick Sketch
Just a quick sketch in my notebook, while I was waiting for something.
My Fanfiction.net Reading System
Introduction
I first started reading fanfiction around 1999, and ever since, I’ve kept coming back to it – some might even say that I’m addicted to it. What are fanfiction stories? Fanfiction stories are stories about the characters or world of some pre-existing fiction (be it a movie, book, game, TV show, etc.), by unofficial authors (i.e. it’s “fiction”, written by “fans”, thus the term “fanfiction”. Throughout most of the time I’ve been reading, I’ve done so on a site called “Fanfiction.net” – one of the largest fanfiction repositories for English language “fics” (a slang term used to refer to fanfiction stories).
Having read thousands of fics, I like to think I’ve somewhat refined my reading habits, and perhaps even streamlined the process somewhat. So, I’m writing a description of my insanity, and plan to focus on three main areas: finding stories, reading stories, and bookmarking/returning to stories.
Wisdom Teeth. Yay.
So, I had a bit of an “interesting” dental experience. Apparently, my dentist cut an artery in my mouth while removing the two lower wisdom teeth. This -of course- caused a bit of an event. A few bloody photos to follow, don’t click if you’re haemophilic.
Everything started not this most recent Wednesday, but the one previous to it, when I went in for the extraction. The procedure seemed to go smoothly, and as I left the dental office everything was all smiles. The surgical site seemed to be bleeding rather heavily (i.e. the I have to keep swallowing my own blood kind of heavy). However, the bleeding seemed to subside and be healing well, at least that night and the next day.
The status on Thursday.
Quick Logo v1.1
Hurrah for severed arteries, and gobs and gobs of blood. (A separate post on that later, perhaps).
Based on Pihi’s comments from the previous logo post, I made a few quick adjustments. Still not happy with it, but I’ll see where I can go with it when I have a bit more time to do so.
Links – Fri. July 9, 2010
China Renews Google’s License
Despite the cat and mouse game that’s been revolving around Google and the Chinese government, the Chinese have renewed Google’s “Internet License” (which allows them to operate in China). (via GigaOm)
IKEA Announces an End to Sale of Incandescent Lightbulbs
The Swedish mega-furniture retailer IKEA, has announced that it plans to end the sale of incandescent lightbulbs in the US, by January of 2011. Instead, the retailer will begin offering a halogen lightbulb that fits into existing incandescent sockets, and provides a similar warm light. These new “retro-fit” bulbs will enter onto store shelves in the fall. (via Inhabitat)
Access Hulu From Outside the US
A new method to access Hulu.com from outside the United States -without a proxy- is sure to be blocked soon, but it’s working for the moment. This clever work around requires Firefox, a Firefox extension, and a few blocked ports. The full writeup is available at Lifehacker.
Quick Logo
A quick logo, made at three in the morning.
I don’t quite like the brackets on the “N”, which was quickly dredged up by hand. However, that’s quick work at three AM for you.