June 2010
3 posts
Q10 →
Minimalist, full screen Windows text editor with typing sounds taken from the sound track to “Amalie”.
Offline Book "Lending" Costs U.S. Publishers... →
May 2010
25 posts
North Korea's World Cup Soccer Jerseys Remain... →
DPRK kit is in high demand—WSJ.
Tynt, the Copy/Paste Jerks →
John Gruber shows how to disable the Tynt server, which adds the source URL to copied text. Its a simple edit of your host file.
Apparently Matt Groening did some Apple artwork... →
Complete scan of an Apple booklet targeted at college students titles “Who Needs A Computer Everyday”, with illustrations by Matt Groening.
“A sensory trick has fruit fly larva heading towards the light, but only because...”
– Short Sharp Science: What’s that smell? Oh it’s the blue light
“The problem is when the quest for perfectionism turns into an obsession – so...”
– Why Being A Perfectionist May Not Be So Perfect - Stepcase Lifehack
Facebook just suggested that I reconnect with...
hookersorcake:
my cousin, who died 11 days ago.
The future is gonna be awesome.
The Way the Future Blogs →
Blog/memoir by Frederik Pohl. Most recent piece is a reminiscence of Ginny Heinlein.
Lifehacker on using procedural checklists. →
Caffeine and dementia →
From Physorg.com:
Although caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, its potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning has only recently begun to be adequately appreciated. Substantial evidence from epidemiological studies and fundamental research in animal models suggests that caffeine may be protective against the cognitive decline seen in...
Guardian list of great internet sports games. →
Minimal: Simplify: Tips for a minimal wallet →
This post will be short since there’s only one way to simplify your wallet: Get a smaller wallet.
Here you have some samples:
Eagle Creek Slim Wallet (my fav, it’s the one I use)
Slim Slimmy
Ultra Thin Card case
Once you have a smaller wallet, then:
Bring
Your picture ID
One…
SCOUTING NY →
I work as a film location scout in New York City. My day is basically spent combing the streets for interesting and unique locations for feature films. In my travels, I often stumble across some pretty incredible sights, most of which go ignored daily by thousands of New Yorkers in too much of a rush to pay attention. As it happens, it’s my job to pay attention, and I’ve started this...
Ernie Harwell →
…died, age 92.
Oliver Burkeman: index cards are pretty cool →
Guardian tribute to index cards. Mention Nabokov, Pirsig, Luhman, PoIC.
Peter O’Donnell dies, age 90 →
Created “Modesty Blaise”.
Emo →
Wikipedia has a portal dedicated to Emo.
“‘Homeopathic weapons represent a major threat to world peace,’ said President...”
– New Age terrorists develop homeopathic bomb | NewsBiscuit
SunVox →
Audio tracker for iPhone and other OSes
Chumby →
Wikipedia on the Chumby internet appliance/widget-friendly client.
Changing the font in iPhone Notes →
Lifehacker tips box includes an odd yet useful way to change the default font in the notes application from Comic Sans to a more readable sans-serif font.
April 2010
27 posts
A:// FLOPPYSWOP / MADE FOR 56K /... →
A filesharing site/netlabel that archives files less than 1.4 MB.
Diskette Etikette Rekords →
Alternative music distributed in editions of 35 on handmade 3.5” floppy disks only.
The future isn't what it used to be. →
Wired phot gallery on the “World of Tomorrow” exhibit at the 1939 NY World’s Fair.
“Stationery is pathologically important.”
– Lo-Fi Hi-Fi Me
The art of map making →
BBC piece on new shows at the British Library and the Royal Geographical Society
Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading... →
Describes the scope of a digital collection of materials on readers and reading at Harvard Library.
The iPad and the Future of Text →
Jeremy Caplan summarizes Steve Johnson’s Columbia talk.
“We can try to put a protective layer of glass of the words, or we can embrace...”
– stevenberlinjohnson.com:
The extract is from a longer lecture on digital text, remixing, and the iPad. Johnson is hardly advocating for free access to text; he just wants the the revival of the commonplace book in digital form.
surf →
Minimalist webkit/gtk browser
One Thing Well →
A tumblr featuring software that does one thing very well, any platform.
Instapaper Text Bookmarklet →
Instapaper Text bookmarklet Install this bookmarklet to instantly view any compatible web page in Instapaper’s Text view, right in your browser. Instapaper Text ← Drag this to your Bookmarks Bar. This is for immediate viewing and does not add the page to your Instapaper account. It’s functionally very similar to Arc90’s Readability, but with a different technical approach....
Epistemic Closure →
It doesn’t mean what you think it means.
“Textual productivity” is the Web’s most important feature. When text is shared,...”
– WJS: The iPad and the Future of Text
“The time has finally come, however, for Sony, the 3.5-incher’s creator, to...”
– Goodbye, Floppy Disks
Louis Menand →
Interview on the role of the literary critic
"I'm over it" →
John Mayer on why he ditched Twitter for Tumblr
Alan Sillitoe
…died, age 82. He was best known for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959). I found his portrayals of alienated working-class kids more complex and realistic than anything in Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye.
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On Wikipedia
Craig Newmark, of Craigslist.
I feel quite strongly about the importance of Wikipedia for everyone on the planet. craigslist might help you get through the day, but Wikipedia is becoming our living history, it’s really for the ages. Posted via email from K.’s posterous | Comment »
5 Gyres
5 Gyres conducts research on marine plastic pollution. The project currently focuses on the large garbage islands in the world’s oceans, like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. These aren’t really islands of course, as plastic photodegrades into smaller and smaller particles, which eventually form a thick brownish soup. Of course, there are also many larger chunks of plastics floating...
Library of Congress to archive Twitter data base
From GigaOm: But the Library of Congress’s archiving our tweets is a reminder of other things as well. For starters, it says that despite the borderless nature of tweeting, Twitter itself remains distinctly American. We may not rule the world, but we own the 140-character-loving universe. International tweeters may have mixed feelings about suddenly finding themselves so strangely...
At least there's underwear
From the Chronicle:
A recent study in the Journal of Marketing Communications found that men with beards were deemed more credible than those who were clean-shaven. The study showed participants pictures of men endorsing certain products. In some photos, the men were clean-shaven. In others, the same men had beards. Participants thought the men with beards had greater expertise and were...
Marianne Vitale, Patron
From the Whitney Biennial:
“Welcome to the future of Neutralism,” Marianne Vitale declares at the beginning of her video Patron. Staring directly into the camera, Vitale orders her audience to stand up, open their mouths wide, recite tongue-twisting rhymes, and “spit at the ceiling.” While insisting on compliance with her videotaped instructions, Vitale’s performance parodies authoritarian...