May 2008
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thinks soooo different; soooo good
með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust →
sigur rós will release their fifth lp on june 23rd worldwide (june 24th in north america).
Pork and Beans →
I’ve long tried to avoid the conclusion but this Weezer video underscores all too well the inexorable shift; YouTube is THE arbiter of pop culture.
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Amazon Green →
Collected products they deem “green”. Links to a paper on environmental benefits of e-commerce in some scenarios. Inevitably “not enough” will be said by some, but regardless movement in this direction is good.
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.: THE GUNKS :. →
Information on all things Shawangunk Ridge, but obviously most particularly on climbing things there.
is unavoidably pulled into the wild.
Timbuk2 Bags - Messenger →
So I was looking at the Timbuk2 web site… and what did find but myself! To my surprise they are using two of my photos on the header of their Messenger Bag page (just surprised that they are using my photos so prominently—I did sell them my soul in return for a free bag :) ).
Feist sued by Seven and Eight →
Article on Ctrl-V (the Paste blog).
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Bill Moyers Journal →
Weekly hour long news journal. Thoughtful analysis, detailed interviews, full quotes not taken out of context, all actually broadcast in the US (well, on PBS, close enough).
“Mathematics is one of the essential emanations of the human spirit—a thing to be...”
– Owsald Veblen, 1924
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A Limited Philosophy of Software Development
Technology has become a very complex area. It is my belief that technology professionals should serve to insulate the general population from the myriad protocols and specifications and engineering. To operate a product correctly should not necessitate an understanding of the systems and principles the product is based on. Things should just work, or else provide an intuitive and high level...
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THE ALGORISTS →
“Who are the algorists? Simply put, algorists are artists who create art using algorithmic procedures that include their own algorithms.”
Jean-Pierre Hébert: Algorithmic Artist →
Mathematics can be quite beautiful: truly unconventional aesthetics.
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iPhoto: Sharing libraries among multiple users →
Clever tip to enable multiple accounts on the same computer to use the same iPhoto Library. This same idea could also be applied to use a single iTunes Library as well.
Apple - Batteries →
Notes on maximizing the performance and lifetime of lithium-ion batteries used in Notebooks, iPods and iPhones. Apparently it is important that batteries experience a charge and discharge cycle every so often, but is no longer beneficial to ensure full discharges.
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Gimme! Coffee →
Local coffee roaster in Ithaca. Several espresso bars in and around Ithaca, as well two down in the city (Brooklyn & Manhattan too!). Wonderful espresso, avoid the drip in store, but their single origins mostly press / chemex quite well at home.
Edinburgh malt whisky tour →
All things Scotch…at least pertaining to the single malt variety. Sound clips of native speaker pronunciations—no need embarrass oneself when trying one of those crazy Islay malts.
daydreams of running the Mulberry Fork
“Doesn’t elite mean good? Is that not something we’re looking for in...”
– John Stewart on The Daily Show, 14 April 2008
“Deleting iTunes Tracks from Playlists:
Option + Command + Delete”
– Deleting iTunes Tracks from Playlists | The Apple Blog
Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/solecism →
I think this perhaps describes the effect of the manner of my word choices.
ban comic sans :: Putting the Sans in Comic Sans →
It’s neither cute nor funny; simply grotesquely disproportionate and overused.
www. is deprecated. →
Mindless repetition never helped anyone.
Feeling unhappy? Try ligatures. →
Proving the merit of good typography.
JPG Magazine: Stories: My Precious: Ricoh GR... →
I want.
What the F***? - The New Republic →
Why we curse.
Candid Camera: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker →
The cult of Leica.