links archives
Jul
23
2008
links for 2008-07-23
Oh, the colours! | Design*Sponge Walks through how to use a feature on the site ColourLovers.com that automatically creates a color palette based on a photo you provide. (tags: color design tools howto) Transcript of “Weathering the Storm” (July…
Oh, the colours! | Design*Sponge Walks through how to use a feature on the site ColourLovers.com that automatically creates a color palette based on a photo you provide. (tags: color design tools howto) Transcript of “Weathering the Storm” (July…
Jul
22
2008
links for 2008-07-22
Leading in Turbulent Times | Advertising Age “How fast, and how treacherous, are the currents sweeping over The New York Times? This September, its home page … will start automatically displaying links to competitors’ takes on big news. That’s…
Leading in Turbulent Times | Advertising Age “How fast, and how treacherous, are the currents sweeping over The New York Times? This September, its home page … will start automatically displaying links to competitors’ takes on big news. That’s…
Jul
21
2008
links for 2008-07-21
Census Atlas of the United States | U.S. Census Bureau “A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of…
Census Atlas of the United States | U.S. Census Bureau “A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of…
Jul
19
2008
links for 2008-07-19
Anthony Bourdain in D.C. for ‘No Reservations’ | DCist (tags: food television washingtondc via:dari) For Campaign Coverage, Web Too Often an Afterthought | Nieman Reports (tags: politics election2008 washpost journalism onlinenews via:rwalker toread) Sketchy Imagery | The Root Dayo…
Anthony Bourdain in D.C. for ‘No Reservations’ | DCist (tags: food television washingtondc via:dari) For Campaign Coverage, Web Too Often an Afterthought | Nieman Reports (tags: politics election2008 washpost journalism onlinenews via:rwalker toread) Sketchy Imagery | The Root Dayo…
Jul
18
2008
links for 2008-07-18
The WSJ’s Sketches of Pain | CJR “Even The Wall Street Journal’s famed stipple portraits (known internally as ‘hedcuts’) aren’t immune from the bummer that is the credit crisis.” (tags: business illustration journalism) …
The WSJ’s Sketches of Pain | CJR “Even The Wall Street Journal’s famed stipple portraits (known internally as ‘hedcuts’) aren’t immune from the bummer that is the credit crisis.” (tags: business illustration journalism) …
Jul
17
2008
links for 2008-07-17
Collection: Search Patterns | Flickr Peter Morville’s collection of design pattern screenshots (tags: designpatterns webdesign ia research usability) The Last Media Tycoon | Portfolio “Seven years after the death of legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, her 42-year-old granddaughter…
Collection: Search Patterns | Flickr Peter Morville’s collection of design pattern screenshots (tags: designpatterns webdesign ia research usability) The Last Media Tycoon | Portfolio “Seven years after the death of legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, her 42-year-old granddaughter…
Jul
16
2008
links for 2008-07-16
Improved Flash Indexing | Google Webmaster Central Blog Google will index text w/in a Flash file, BUT “[if] your Flash file loads an HTML file, an XML file, another SWF file, etc., Google will separately index that resource, but…
Improved Flash Indexing | Google Webmaster Central Blog Google will index text w/in a Flash file, BUT “[if] your Flash file loads an HTML file, an XML file, another SWF file, etc., Google will separately index that resource, but…
Jul
15
2008
links for 2008-07-15
http://Work life creeping into personal life? Try a battery-only weekend | Unclutterer Erin writes, “For the duration of the month, I’m going to have battery-powered laptop weekends … I hope that this process helps me to better prioritize my…
http://Work life creeping into personal life? Try a battery-only weekend | Unclutterer Erin writes, “For the duration of the month, I’m going to have battery-powered laptop weekends … I hope that this process helps me to better prioritize my…
Jul
12
2008
links for 2008-07-12
Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Popular and electoral vote totals for every U.S. presidential election, dating back to Washington. (tags: history campaign data politics toread via:nvk) …
Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Popular and electoral vote totals for every U.S. presidential election, dating back to Washington. (tags: history campaign data politics toread via:nvk) …
Jul
11
2008
links for 2008-07-11
The ‘Fake’ Steve Jobs Is Giving Up Parody Blog | NYTimes.com “Daniel Lyons, the former Forbes magazine journalist who wrote the blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for the last two years, is moving on with his professional…
The ‘Fake’ Steve Jobs Is Giving Up Parody Blog | NYTimes.com “Daniel Lyons, the former Forbes magazine journalist who wrote the blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs for the last two years, is moving on with his professional…
Jul
10
2008
links for 2008-07-10
Great Photo on Flickr? Getty Images Might Pay You For It | Bits | New York Times “Yahoo and Getty Images said Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership under which “Getty editors will comb Flickr in search…
Great Photo on Flickr? Getty Images Might Pay You For It | Bits | New York Times “Yahoo and Getty Images said Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership under which “Getty editors will comb Flickr in search…
Jul
9
2008
links for 2008-07-09
CapitolWords.org “For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.” (tags: government congress language) …
CapitolWords.org “For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the Congressional Record.” (tags: government congress language) …
Jul
8
2008
links for 2008-07-08
The Changing Face of American Catholics | The New York Times Nice cartogram / timeline of changing population densities. (tags: catholic flash interactive maps nytimes religion journalism onlinenews via:nvk) Washington Post Names Marcus Brauchli Executive Editor | washingtonpost.com “Marcus…
The Changing Face of American Catholics | The New York Times Nice cartogram / timeline of changing population densities. (tags: catholic flash interactive maps nytimes religion journalism onlinenews via:nvk) Washington Post Names Marcus Brauchli Executive Editor | washingtonpost.com “Marcus…
Jul
7
2008
links for 2008-07-07
The Gainful Way to Use a Sabbatical | New York Times “You like your job and want to keep it, but you could use a break that’s longer than a vacation. In academia, professors routinely take sabbaticals in order…
The Gainful Way to Use a Sabbatical | New York Times “You like your job and want to keep it, but you could use a break that’s longer than a vacation. In academia, professors routinely take sabbaticals in order…
Jul
6
2008
links for 2008-07-06
Everybody Take a Seat | Smithsonian Magazine Nice feature on the seemingly ubiquitous white plastic lawn chair from July 2004. (tags: furniture culture) Kilroy Was Here | Smithsonian Magazine “En route to Vietnam in the 1960s, American G.I.s recorded…
Everybody Take a Seat | Smithsonian Magazine Nice feature on the seemingly ubiquitous white plastic lawn chair from July 2004. (tags: furniture culture) Kilroy Was Here | Smithsonian Magazine “En route to Vietnam in the 1960s, American G.I.s recorded…
Jul
3
2008
links for 2008-07-03
Slate’s “Choose Your Own Running Mate” Game | Slate Magazine Nice take on a “pick your vice president” game. (tags: election2008 politics campaign interactive onlinenews) Five Spots for a Weekend in the Great Outdoors — Car Optional | washingtonpost.com Easily…
Slate’s “Choose Your Own Running Mate” Game | Slate Magazine Nice take on a “pick your vice president” game. (tags: election2008 politics campaign interactive onlinenews) Five Spots for a Weekend in the Great Outdoors — Car Optional | washingtonpost.com Easily…
Jul
2
2008
links for 2008-07-02
Twitter Fail whale… a 3D sculpture from the MAKE Flickr photo pool | MAKE Sculpted recreation of the whale illustration that comes up when Twitter is down. Hilarious. (tags: twitter art illustration) …
Twitter Fail whale… a 3D sculpture from the MAKE Flickr photo pool | MAKE Sculpted recreation of the whale illustration that comes up when Twitter is down. Hilarious. (tags: twitter art illustration) …
Jun
28
2008
links for 2008-06-28
SWX: SWF Data Format Alternative, supposedly lighter-weight method of loading/processing data in Flash. (tags: flash actionscript webdev xml toread) …
SWX: SWF Data Format Alternative, supposedly lighter-weight method of loading/processing data in Flash. (tags: flash actionscript webdev xml toread) …
Jun
27
2008
links for 2008-06-27
New-Media Focus Splits Associated Press Members | WSJ.com “With readers and advertisers migrating away from news on printed paper and toward cable TV and the Web, the AP is devoting more of its resources to producing content for other…
New-Media Focus Splits Associated Press Members | WSJ.com “With readers and advertisers migrating away from news on printed paper and toward cable TV and the Web, the AP is devoting more of its resources to producing content for other…
Jun
25
2008
links for 2008-06-25
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right Nice collection of analysis / graphics / projections about the 2008 presidential election. (tags: election2008 statistics) NNDB Mapper: Tracking the entire world “The NNDB Mapper allows you to explore NNDB visually by graphing the…
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right Nice collection of analysis / graphics / projections about the 2008 presidential election. (tags: election2008 statistics) NNDB Mapper: Tracking the entire world “The NNDB Mapper allows you to explore NNDB visually by graphing the…
Jun
23
2008
links for 2008-06-23
Indiana Jones and the Fonts on the Maps | Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook “For the most part, the type usage in each of the movies is correct for the period depicted. With one exception: The maps used in…
Indiana Jones and the Fonts on the Maps | Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook “For the most part, the type usage in each of the movies is correct for the period depicted. With one exception: The maps used in…
Jun
18
2008
links for 2008-06-18
Typos a la Carte, Ever A Specialty of the House | washingtonpost.com “In my fantasy, I enter a restaurant, order and sweetly ask the waiter if I can ‘hold on to the menu’ during dinner. Then, using a distinctive…
Typos a la Carte, Ever A Specialty of the House | washingtonpost.com “In my fantasy, I enter a restaurant, order and sweetly ask the waiter if I can ‘hold on to the menu’ during dinner. Then, using a distinctive…
Jun
5
2008
links for 2008-06-05
Northern Virginia Operational Area | Dominion Power Map of power outages in Northern Virginia. (tags: power virginia home maps) Death March | Portfolio.com “Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor is hoping to wrest control of paid death notices from the newspaper…
Northern Virginia Operational Area | Dominion Power Map of power outages in Northern Virginia. (tags: power virginia home maps) Death March | Portfolio.com “Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor is hoping to wrest control of paid death notices from the newspaper…
Jun
4
2008
links for 2008-06-04
Design Stencils | Yahoo! Design Pattern Library Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit version 1.0 is available for OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Adobe Illustrator (PDF and SVG), and Adobe Photoshop (PNG). (tags: ia interface webdesign tools webdev designpatterns yahoo via:ssampsel) …
Design Stencils | Yahoo! Design Pattern Library Yahoo! Design Stencil Kit version 1.0 is available for OmniGraffle, Visio (XML), Adobe Illustrator (PDF and SVG), and Adobe Photoshop (PNG). (tags: ia interface webdesign tools webdev designpatterns yahoo via:ssampsel) …
Jun
3
2008
links for 2008-06-03
Webmonkey | Welcome_to_the_All_New_Webmonkey “We have also republished the bulk of Webmonkey’s vast library of tutorials and reference guides on a wiki. With very few exceptions, every page in the tutorials, reference and code library sections of the site is…
Webmonkey | Welcome_to_the_All_New_Webmonkey “We have also republished the bulk of Webmonkey’s vast library of tutorials and reference guides on a wiki. With very few exceptions, every page in the tutorials, reference and code library sections of the site is…
Jun
2
2008
links for 2008-06-02
Restaurant Pies That Are Hard to Top | washingtonpost.com “Ask where to eat pizza in town, and just about everyone will recommend 2 Amys or Pizzeria Paradiso. Good choices, both. But the Washington pizza universe has other bright stars….
Restaurant Pies That Are Hard to Top | washingtonpost.com “Ask where to eat pizza in town, and just about everyone will recommend 2 Amys or Pizzeria Paradiso. Good choices, both. But the Washington pizza universe has other bright stars….
May
31
2008
links for 2008-05-31
The Colbert “Bump” and Democratic Fundraising | NPR “Comedian Stephen Colbert … has always claimed that an appearance on his show, The Colbert Report, results in a “bump” in popularity or book sales for that particular individuals … But…
The Colbert “Bump” and Democratic Fundraising | NPR “Comedian Stephen Colbert … has always claimed that an appearance on his show, The Colbert Report, results in a “bump” in popularity or book sales for that particular individuals … But…
May
30
2008
links for 2008-05-30
Shan Carter & Gabriel Dance | IT Conversations “Shan Carter and Gabriel Dance create interactive graphics and multimedia for the New York Times … Jon Udell asks them to explain how some of their favorite projects were done, and…
Shan Carter & Gabriel Dance | IT Conversations “Shan Carter and Gabriel Dance create interactive graphics and multimedia for the New York Times … Jon Udell asks them to explain how some of their favorite projects were done, and…
May
28
2008
links for 2008-05-28
Veepstakes 2008 | Decision ‘08 | MSNBC.com Bracket game to let users pick who will become the Republican vice presidential nominee. (tags: games election2008 politics onlinenews) The Venture Bros. - The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club I’m such…
Veepstakes 2008 | Decision ‘08 | MSNBC.com Bracket game to let users pick who will become the Republican vice presidential nominee. (tags: games election2008 politics onlinenews) The Venture Bros. - The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club I’m such…
May
26
2008
links for 2008-05-26
Statshot: What Are We Twittering? | The Onion (tags: humor infographics twitter) Convention Rules to Live By | washingtonpost.com “[T]he House and Senate ethics committees … they have been cranking out memos (including a new one last week) on…
Statshot: What Are We Twittering? | The Onion (tags: humor infographics twitter) Convention Rules to Live By | washingtonpost.com “[T]he House and Senate ethics committees … they have been cranking out memos (including a new one last week) on…
May
25
2008
links for 2008-05-25
Typo personalities | chicagotribune.com “Armed with Sharpies, erasers and righteous indignation, two apostles of the apostrophe make it their crusade to rid the world of bad signs” (tags: typography language design via:jhiggins) The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) (tags:…
Typo personalities | chicagotribune.com “Armed with Sharpies, erasers and righteous indignation, two apostles of the apostrophe make it their crusade to rid the world of bad signs” (tags: typography language design via:jhiggins) The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) (tags:…
May
22
2008
links for 2008-05-22
How to get an Audio CD to show in Audiobooks on iTunes | Pewari’s Prattle (tags: itunes books howto) …
How to get an Audio CD to show in Audiobooks on iTunes | Pewari’s Prattle (tags: itunes books howto) …
May
19
2008
links for 2008-05-19
Cubescape - Your own digital landscape “Ever wanted to create your own isometric pixel picture, but didn’t know what the word isometric meant? Well, now you can fulfil your wildest dreams with Cubescape!” (tags: design architecture animation games todo…
Cubescape - Your own digital landscape “Ever wanted to create your own isometric pixel picture, but didn’t know what the word isometric meant? Well, now you can fulfil your wildest dreams with Cubescape!” (tags: design architecture animation games todo…
May
16
2008
links for 2008-05-16
Building Rage | New York Times “Much has been written about contractors from hell, but comparatively little attention is paid to the homeowner from hell, who can make contractors crazy.” (tags: homeimprovement business) …
Building Rage | New York Times “Much has been written about contractors from hell, but comparatively little attention is paid to the homeowner from hell, who can make contractors crazy.” (tags: homeimprovement business) …
May
15
2008
links for 2008-05-15
Action Ohio: Neil Kleid Finds Action And Superheroes In Ohio | io9 “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…
Action Ohio: Neil Kleid Finds Action And Superheroes In Ohio | io9 “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…
May
14
2008
links for 2008-05-14
YOUNGME - NOWME | ColorWars2008 Contest: Find a childhood photo of yourself and “recreate that pose and picture as best you can with the current you.” (tags: photography via:vsl) Zebra Striping: Does It Really Help? | A List Apart…
YOUNGME - NOWME | ColorWars2008 Contest: Find a childhood photo of yourself and “recreate that pose and picture as best you can with the current you.” (tags: photography via:vsl) Zebra Striping: Does It Really Help? | A List Apart…
May
7
2008
links for 2008-05-07
Information Design Patterns (tags: visualization reference via:pharkins toread) …
Information Design Patterns (tags: visualization reference via:pharkins toread) …
May
3
2008
links for 2008-05-03
Phrasefinders - iPhrasefinders for your iPod | Collins Language “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’,…
Phrasefinders - iPhrasefinders for your iPod | Collins Language “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’,…
May
2
2008
links for 2008-05-02
Time to Hit The Brakes On That Cliche | washingtonpost.com “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.” (tags:…
Time to Hit The Brakes On That Cliche | washingtonpost.com “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.” (tags:…
Apr
30
2008
links for 2008-04-30
It’s Funny How Funny Just the Facts Can Be | washingtonpost.com “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…
It’s Funny How Funny Just the Facts Can Be | washingtonpost.com “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…
Apr
29
2008
links for 2008-04-29
How to shift iTunes libraries | Macworld “Steps for coalescing your music collection on a roomier hard drive” (tags: itunes music apple howto) Adobe discontinues GoLive | Macworld Unsurprising: Adobe “has ceased development and sales of GoLive” in favor…
How to shift iTunes libraries | Macworld “Steps for coalescing your music collection on a roomier hard drive” (tags: itunes music apple howto) Adobe discontinues GoLive | Macworld Unsurprising: Adobe “has ceased development and sales of GoLive” in favor…
Apr
28
2008
links for 2008-04-28
Sprint: Iredell | Superfad A bit overlong, but this commercial / case study is nicely animated. (tags: advertising animation video via:theskinny) What Does a President Really Do All Day? | washingtonpost.com “Presidential campaigns glancingly deal with the institution of…
Sprint: Iredell | Superfad A bit overlong, but this commercial / case study is nicely animated. (tags: advertising animation video via:theskinny) What Does a President Really Do All Day? | washingtonpost.com “Presidential campaigns glancingly deal with the institution of…
Apr
26
2008
links for 2008-04-26
Country Codes of the World | byte level research “The Country Codes of the World map includes 245 country codes, which encompasses all United Nations countries as well as numerous islands and territories. Each two-digit code is aligned over…
Country Codes of the World | byte level research “The Country Codes of the World map includes 245 country codes, which encompasses all United Nations countries as well as numerous islands and territories. Each two-digit code is aligned over…
Apr
24
2008
links for 2008-04-24
McCains Optimum Look | Campaign Stops | New York Times “What does Optima say about John McCain? And should this, or any, candidate be judged by a typeface?” (tags: typography design johnmccain election2008) …
McCains Optimum Look | Campaign Stops | New York Times “What does Optima say about John McCain? And should this, or any, candidate be judged by a typeface?” (tags: typography design johnmccain election2008) …
Apr
23
2008
links for 2008-04-23
Preparing Source Video for Flash Video: Part 1 - Converting MPEG Files | Community MX (tags: flash video howto) America’s Most Sinful Cities | Forbes.com “For each sin we stretched our imagination to find a workable proxy—murder rates for…
Preparing Source Video for Flash Video: Part 1 - Converting MPEG Files | Community MX (tags: flash video howto) America’s Most Sinful Cities | Forbes.com “For each sin we stretched our imagination to find a workable proxy—murder rates for…
Apr
22
2008
links for 2008-04-22
Caffeine in Food | Energy Fiend “A complete list of caffeine in mints, chocolates, and other assorted candies and sweet things.” (tags: food caffeine via:ssampsel) The Caffeine Database | Energy Fiend “The most complete list of beverage caffeine content…
Caffeine in Food | Energy Fiend “A complete list of caffeine in mints, chocolates, and other assorted candies and sweet things.” (tags: food caffeine via:ssampsel) The Caffeine Database | Energy Fiend “The most complete list of beverage caffeine content…
Apr
18
2008
links for 2008-04-18
looks del.icio.us | Kunal Anand “[An] attempt to combine graphics design with programming. The concept is to see how users develop and sustain their tagging methodologies on del.icio.us.” (tags: visualization) South Park: The Day the Internet Stood Still |…
looks del.icio.us | Kunal Anand “[An] attempt to combine graphics design with programming. The concept is to see how users develop and sustain their tagging methodologies on del.icio.us.” (tags: visualization) South Park: The Day the Internet Stood Still |…
Apr
17
2008
links for 2008-04-17
Yearbook Project: Excelsior 1968 | RobotJohnny.com Illustrator John Martz redrew the headshots from his mother’s 1968 high school yearbook as an exercise in cartooning / caricature. (tags: illustration comics via:davery) Exploring Fantasy Life and Finding a $4 Billion Franchise…
Yearbook Project: Excelsior 1968 | RobotJohnny.com Illustrator John Martz redrew the headshots from his mother’s 1968 high school yearbook as an exercise in cartooning / caricature. (tags: illustration comics via:davery) Exploring Fantasy Life and Finding a $4 Billion Franchise…
Apr
15
2008
links for 2008-04-15
Mapping Strategies: How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability | The Electoral Map (tags: maps election2008) Airline bankruptcies fallout: Credit cards may be harder to use | Upgrade: Travel Better “Generally, credit card vendors turn over revenue to airlines…
Mapping Strategies: How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability | The Electoral Map (tags: maps election2008) Airline bankruptcies fallout: Credit cards may be harder to use | Upgrade: Travel Better “Generally, credit card vendors turn over revenue to airlines…
Apr
14
2008
links for 2008-04-14
Blank Is Like Blank: Analogies to Live By (tags: humor blogs writing via:swissmiss) Pilcrow & Capitulum | Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones “Like most punctuation, the paragraph mark (or pilcrow) has an exotic history.” (tags: typography language history…
Blank Is Like Blank: Analogies to Live By (tags: humor blogs writing via:swissmiss) Pilcrow & Capitulum | Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones “Like most punctuation, the paragraph mark (or pilcrow) has an exotic history.” (tags: typography language history…
Apr
13
2008
links for 2008-04-13
On the Menu: Pinching Portions | washingtonpost.com “Pinched by soaring food costs on the one hand and a recession-fearing public on the other, the restaurant industry is getting crafty. Chefs are tinkering with recipes… Managers are using behavioral science…
On the Menu: Pinching Portions | washingtonpost.com “Pinched by soaring food costs on the one hand and a recession-fearing public on the other, the restaurant industry is getting crafty. Chefs are tinkering with recipes… Managers are using behavioral science…
Apr
12
2008
links for 2008-04-12
Running L8 But CU Soon. Luv, Mom | washingtonpost.com “Sprint Nextel said teens and adults ages 40 to 50 were the most active text-mesage users from June 2006 to June 2007. Of adults, mothers are driving the growth, the…
Running L8 But CU Soon. Luv, Mom | washingtonpost.com “Sprint Nextel said teens and adults ages 40 to 50 were the most active text-mesage users from June 2006 to June 2007. Of adults, mothers are driving the growth, the…
Apr
10
2008
links for 2008-04-10
Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better | Lifehacker “There are lots of ways to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we’ve got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips…
Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better | Lifehacker “There are lots of ways to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we’ve got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips…
Apr
9
2008
links for 2008-04-09
Benedict Bobblehead on Metro? Not So Fast | Pope Watch | washingtonpost.com “It seemed like a great marketing campaign to some at Metro: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead riding the train. That is, until church officials saw it.” (tags:…
Benedict Bobblehead on Metro? Not So Fast | Pope Watch | washingtonpost.com “It seemed like a great marketing campaign to some at Metro: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead riding the train. That is, until church officials saw it.” (tags:…
Apr
6
2008
links for 2008-04-06
ASU engineers study Valley’s heat island | azcentral.com “Fernando and his Arizona State University engineering colleagues are trying more exactly than ever to define the heat-trapping effect that in the summer months turns much of the Valley from a…
ASU engineers study Valley’s heat island | azcentral.com “Fernando and his Arizona State University engineering colleagues are trying more exactly than ever to define the heat-trapping effect that in the summer months turns much of the Valley from a…
Apr
5
2008
links for 2008-04-05
Links that stink on news sites | By Jack Shafer | Slate Magazine “The real sin here is how extraneous links induce link shyness: When the time comes that the reader will benefit from clicking on a link, he’ll…
Links that stink on news sites | By Jack Shafer | Slate Magazine “The real sin here is how extraneous links induce link shyness: When the time comes that the reader will benefit from clicking on a link, he’ll…
Apr
4
2008
links for 2008-04-04
Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill “A dental researcher is working on a technique for regenerating the minerals in teeth — which may eliminate the need for patching cavities with metal fillings.” (tags: health medicine science via:gizmodo) Just Go to…
Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill “A dental researcher is working on a technique for regenerating the minerals in teeth — which may eliminate the need for patching cavities with metal fillings.” (tags: health medicine science via:gizmodo) Just Go to…
Apr
3
2008
links for 2008-04-03
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy | Special Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear, it will reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to…
Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy | Special Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art “Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear, it will reveal how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to…
Apr
2
2008
links for 2008-04-02
Rail to Reel | washingtonpost.com “Directors love the distinctive look of Washington’s subway … But filmmakers hate Metro’s rules: No eating, drinking or running. No jumping over fare gates. No jumping over fare gates. No shooting bad guys on…
Rail to Reel | washingtonpost.com “Directors love the distinctive look of Washington’s subway … But filmmakers hate Metro’s rules: No eating, drinking or running. No jumping over fare gates. No jumping over fare gates. No shooting bad guys on…
Apr
1
2008
links for 2008-04-01
Fold-Ins, Past and Present | The New York Times AWESOME. “Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.” (tags: satire comics flash interactive magazine inspiration illustration politics via:davery) Wiki Woman: The battle…
Fold-Ins, Past and Present | The New York Times AWESOME. “Al Jaffee’s fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.” (tags: satire comics flash interactive magazine inspiration illustration politics via:davery) Wiki Woman: The battle…
Mar
31
2008
links for 2008-03-31
When in Rome: engineering the Firefox 3 user experience | Ars Technica Alex Faaborg of Mozilla shares “some insights about the interface design process and talked about some of Mozilla’s goals for refining the look and feel of the…
When in Rome: engineering the Firefox 3 user experience | Ars Technica Alex Faaborg of Mozilla shares “some insights about the interface design process and talked about some of Mozilla’s goals for refining the look and feel of the…
Mar
30
2008
links for 2008-03-30
The Ten Tastiest Food Photography Tips | Photojojo (tags: photography food howto) Creating accessible charts using canvas and jQuery | Filament Group, Inc. (tags: visualization javascript html data howto toread via:davery) …
The Ten Tastiest Food Photography Tips | Photojojo (tags: photography food howto) Creating accessible charts using canvas and jQuery | Filament Group, Inc. (tags: visualization javascript html data howto toread via:davery) …
Mar
29
2008
links for 2008-03-29
Flip Flip your text upside-down. It’s freaking me out. (tags: html javascript humor tools typography via:pewari) Creator’s Family Reclaims the Rights to Superman | New York Times “A federal judge … ruled that the heirs of Jerome Siegel —…
Flip Flip your text upside-down. It’s freaking me out. (tags: html javascript humor tools typography via:pewari) Creator’s Family Reclaims the Rights to Superman | New York Times “A federal judge … ruled that the heirs of Jerome Siegel —…
Mar
25
2008
links for 2008-03-25
Follow Twitter Conversations | Quotably Displays Twitter coversations as easy-to-follow threads. Not always up-to-date (it’s still not showing my latest Twitter update from an hour ago, for example), but a nice alternate approach to looking at Twitter. (tags: twitter…
Follow Twitter Conversations | Quotably Displays Twitter coversations as easy-to-follow threads. Not always up-to-date (it’s still not showing my latest Twitter update from an hour ago, for example), but a nice alternate approach to looking at Twitter. (tags: twitter…
Mar
24
2008
links for 2008-03-24
Mushroom Lasagna Bolognese Recipe | Recipe database | washingtonpost.com (tags: food recipe dinner vegetarian) The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Symbol | CBS News Sunday Morning “We all know the Peace Symbol, which Americans of a certain age associate…
Mushroom Lasagna Bolognese Recipe | Recipe database | washingtonpost.com (tags: food recipe dinner vegetarian) The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Symbol | CBS News Sunday Morning “We all know the Peace Symbol, which Americans of a certain age associate…
Mar
23
2008
links for 2008-03-23
Q&A With The Daily Show’s John Oliver | The Latest Word | Westword (tags: dailyshow interview entertainment television) Diego Goldberg :: The Arrow of Time “On June 17, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph…
Q&A With The Daily Show’s John Oliver | The Latest Word | Westword (tags: dailyshow interview entertainment television) Diego Goldberg :: The Arrow of Time “On June 17, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph…
Mar
22
2008
links for 2008-03-22
Google Visualization API - Google Code “The Google Visualization API lets you access multiple sources of structured data that you can display, choosing from a large selection of visualizations.” (tags: google visualization statistics tools infographics toread) kris’s color stripes…
Google Visualization API - Google Code “The Google Visualization API lets you access multiple sources of structured data that you can display, choosing from a large selection of visualizations.” (tags: google visualization statistics tools infographics toread) kris’s color stripes…
Mar
21
2008
links for 2008-03-21
The Fibbing Point | Slate Magazine “Separating bunk from fact in Malcolm Gladwell’s performance at a New York storytelling forum.” (tags: journalism washpost malcolmgladwell humor thisamericanlife via:rpongsaj) …
The Fibbing Point | Slate Magazine “Separating bunk from fact in Malcolm Gladwell’s performance at a New York storytelling forum.” (tags: journalism washpost malcolmgladwell humor thisamericanlife via:rpongsaj) …
Mar
20
2008
links for 2008-03-20
Stimulus payment mailing schedule based on Social Security numbers | Yahoo! Finance “More than 130 million stimulus payments will be sent out starting May 2, on a staggered schedule based on the last two digits of taxpayers’ Social Security…
Stimulus payment mailing schedule based on Social Security numbers | Yahoo! Finance “More than 130 million stimulus payments will be sent out starting May 2, on a staggered schedule based on the last two digits of taxpayers’ Social Security…
Mar
19
2008
links for 2008-03-19
NCAA uniform bracket | ESPN Page 2 “Hate that Trajan font that Kansas imposed on all their teams this year? Me too, and that’s why they’re going down — down! — to the snappily attired Portland State in the…
NCAA uniform bracket | ESPN Page 2 “Hate that Trajan font that Kansas imposed on all their teams this year? Me too, and that’s why they’re going down — down! — to the snappily attired Portland State in the…
Mar
18
2008
links for 2008-03-18
Lemon-Raspberry Cupcakes Recipe | Epicurious.com These gorgeous cupcakes have a sweet surprise inside: They’re filled with a dollop of raspberry jam. Half of the cupcakes have a pale yellow lemon glaze; the rest are topped with a pink raspberry-lemon…
Lemon-Raspberry Cupcakes Recipe | Epicurious.com These gorgeous cupcakes have a sweet surprise inside: They’re filled with a dollop of raspberry jam. Half of the cupcakes have a pale yellow lemon glaze; the rest are topped with a pink raspberry-lemon…
Mar
17
2008
links for 2008-03-17
Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones A Font Tip for Leopard Users (tags: apple osx typography via:37signals) …
Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones A Font Tip for Leopard Users (tags: apple osx typography via:37signals) …
Mar
15
2008
links for 2008-03-15
Spoilers: In Defense of the American Watercooler | Vulture | New York Magazine In this age of DVRs and TV shows on DVD, what’s the proper etiquette for discussing what you saw on television without “spoiling” it for folks…
Spoilers: In Defense of the American Watercooler | Vulture | New York Magazine In this age of DVRs and TV shows on DVD, what’s the proper etiquette for discussing what you saw on television without “spoiling” it for folks…
Mar
12
2008
links for 2008-03-12
AOL Brings Out the Penguins to Explain Ad Targeting | Bits | New York Times Blog “In a few weeks, AOL plans to introduce an ad campaign featuring a penguin to educate its users on ad targeting. (Yes, a…
AOL Brings Out the Penguins to Explain Ad Targeting | Bits | New York Times Blog “In a few weeks, AOL plans to introduce an ad campaign featuring a penguin to educate its users on ad targeting. (Yes, a…
Mar
10
2008
links for 2008-03-10
The Fake News Is All I Need | Shirts | Glarkware I could probably never wear this shirt to work, but it makes me laugh all the same. (tags: shopping clothing journalism dailyshow humor) BoltBus New bus line between…
The Fake News Is All I Need | Shirts | Glarkware I could probably never wear this shirt to work, but it makes me laugh all the same. (tags: shopping clothing journalism dailyshow humor) BoltBus New bus line between…
Mar
8
2008
links for 2008-03-08
The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black | Blog.SpoonGraphics Accounting for the color black in print graphics sounds almost as complicated as the U.S. delegate selection process. (tags: design howto color via:davery) Swimming at the edge of Victoria Falls…
The Ultimate Guide to Designing with Black | Blog.SpoonGraphics Accounting for the color black in print graphics sounds almost as complicated as the U.S. delegate selection process. (tags: design howto color via:davery) Swimming at the edge of Victoria Falls…
Mar
5
2008
links for 2008-03-05
Why the Obama “Brand” Is Working | Stumper | newsweek.com Q&A with Michael Bierut. “Reinforced with a coherent, comprehensive program of fonts, logos, slogans and web design, Obama is … marketed like a high-end consumer brand.” (tags: branding politics…
Why the Obama “Brand” Is Working | Stumper | newsweek.com Q&A with Michael Bierut. “Reinforced with a coherent, comprehensive program of fonts, logos, slogans and web design, Obama is … marketed like a high-end consumer brand.” (tags: branding politics…