May
15
2008
links for 2008-05-15
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“What if superheroes — in fact, the entire comic book industry as we know it today — were just a government cover-up to hide the existence of real-life superheroes? That’s just one of the high concept ideas behind ‘Action, Ohio,’ a new webcomic…”
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“The procrastinator’s portfolio: an investment guide”
May
14
2008
the post 200
On Monday we rolled out the 2008 edition of the Post 200, an annual listing of the top companies in the Washington, D.C., area. The section includes coverage of regional business / economic issues, a searchable database of company listings and a multimedia package about the experience of being a worker in this area.
The latter package includes this atmospheric time-lapse video by videographer Akira Hakuta:
We’ve also put together a widget that spotlights a random company from the Post 200 or can be configured to focus on a single company. (Only a few companies are featured right now, but we’ll be adding more as time goes on.)
links for 2008-05-14
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Contest: Find a childhood photo of yourself and “recreate that pose and picture as best you can with the current you.”
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In a quick study, Jessica Enders finds that while alternating shaded rows in data tables does not significantly improve accuracy, it does improve speed in looking up information.
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Like tinyurl, except this service apparently lets you track how your condensed links are used.
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“Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. It has several main graph layout programs … It also has web and interactive graphical interfaces, and auxiliary tools, libraries, and language bindings.”
May
7
2008
May
6
2008
indiana and north carolina primary results
We’ve put together another set of live maps of election results by county for tonight’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries:
News organizations called North Carolina for Barack Obama much earlier in the night. At present, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads in Indiana, 54 percent to Obama’s 48 percent, but votes in a key area of the state — Rob’s old stomping grounds of Lake County, outside of Chicago — remain to be counted.
May
5
2008
the democratic race in seven minutes
There are two more primaries tomorrow, in Indiana and North Carolina.
Slate has a funny roundup of the Democratic campaign so far, from key events to random distractions that have popped up along the way:
(Thanks to Emily for the Slate link.)
May
3
2008
links for 2008-05-03
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“Collins iPod phrasebooks contain approximately 500 travel phrases, in categories like accommodation, business travel and emergencies. Navigate quickly to the translation you need – from, ‘I’ll have the fish, please’, to, ‘I am allergic to penicillin’.”
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“In this practical introduction to the basics of securing your home wireless network, we’ll cover the important, high-level points that ordinary users need to know in order to secure a network of game consoles, phones, and PCs.”
May
2
2008
links for 2008-05-02
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“Hardly a week goes by without someone reviving *the* cliche of the 2008 campaign — that a former ally of a candidate has been thrown under a bus.”
May
1
2008
links for 2008-05-01
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“People with chronic health problems can improve their health and quality of life by learning how to exercise safely.”
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Erik Kennedy writes, “Yes, there are fewer recorded attacks on the Mac platform, but by no means does that make it secure … In this article we’ll take a look at some basic ways you can improve your Mac’s security right out of the box.”
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Extending the notion of “version control” to non-programming uses.
Apr
30
2008
year two
Rob and I celebrated our second anniversary last night. Last year, we marked the occasion with a weekend in Virginia Beach. This anniversary was a much more low-key affair, featuring dinner at a sushi restaurant in Bethesda and a brief sashay through the College Park IKEA. (With regard to the latter, we’re planning a kitchen renovation. More on that later.)
The past year has been exhausting for the both of us, between work and school obligations, and the next year looks to be more of the same. But this time next year, things should be very different: The election will be over (one presumes), and Rob will be just about done with grad school.
links for 2008-04-30
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“Chodikoff’s job is to dig through the vast quarry of TV news footage to find the nuggets that form [The Daily Show’s] pointed, often eye-opening ‘reporting.’ In a manner of speaking, he’s an investigative humorist.”
Apr
29
2008
links for 2008-04-29
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“Steps for coalescing your music collection on a roomier hard drive”
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Unsurprising: Adobe “has ceased development and sales of GoLive” in favor of Dreamweaver, which it acquired when it merged with Macromedia in 2005.
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A Miami homeowner offers regular updates on the progress of his kitchen remodel.
Apr
28
2008
links for 2008-04-28
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A bit overlong, but this commercial / case study is nicely animated.
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“Presidential campaigns glancingly deal with the institution of the presidency while focusing on the more urgent issue of winning.”
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“With more than 14 million units sold in North America since the videogame’s release in 2005, the incredibly popular franchise is giving an entire generation of potential guitarists just enough of a taste for them to consider experimenting with the real t
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“The project is in its pilot stage now in a smattering of Swedish cities. If power consumption reaches eco-friendly levels, a little green smiley face will pop up to congratulate you for doing a good job. It’s kind of like a game - with the future of the
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“In weights descending from Ultra Black 95 to Ultra Light 25, Max Miedinger’s redesign of his own 1957 classic has never been so fashionable.”
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A clever, beautifully produced “network diagram” showing the relationships between attendees at one couple’s wedding.
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Beautiful thematic visualizations of literary topics, from a museum exhibit in the UK.
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“A range of companies once mass produced pinball machines, especially in the Chicago area. Now there is only Stern Pinball Inc. in Melrose Park, Ill.”
Apr
27
2008
night at the ballpark
Rob, Rachel, Paul and I headed out to the new Nationals Park on Saturday to cheer on the Chicago Cubs against the Washington Nationals. D.C. is such a transplant town and the Cubs have such national reach, it seemed like the Cubs fans almost outnumbered the Nationals fans, at least in our section of the ballpark. (At one point, they even managed a fairly loud, sustained “Let’s go Cubbies, let’s go!” cheer.)
After losing to the Nationals the night before, the Cubs came back on Saturday and won handily, 7-0. (They lost again tonight. As Rob just chirped, “looks like we went to the right game.”)
Aside from the game itself, the new park and various goings-on provided lots of photo fodder, including my first video uploaded to Flickr: a short snippet showing Teddy Roosevelt and Abe Lincoln dancing during the seventh inning stretch (above).
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