"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
Maps For Us
“The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don’t have maps. Such as South Africa. Therefore, you must email us maps to make it better.”
(tags: maps humor)
A List Apart: Articles: CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing
“It’s a pleasure for me to announce that web fonts [...]
YouTube – James Brown gives you dancing lessons
(tags: music dance video)
Oliver Munday: Fire in the Hole
3 dimensional alphabet made form burned army figures. via “Pica and Pixel” blog
(tags: design typography)
#44304 – Pastie: Squawk – Growl notifications for Twitter updates!
(tags: twitter ruby code growl)
pica + pixel: Design History
“Maryellen McFadden is slowly building a great resource of [...]
TidBITS: Sidejack Attack Jimmies Open Gmail, Other Services
“Sidejacking is the jimmy that slides into the small gap between a browser and a server, enabling a cracker to pop the lock. He can’t necessarily steal your Internet car, but he can grab the registration without leaving a mark.”
(tags: security)
Simon Willison’s Weblog: jQuery for JavaScript programmers
(tags: javascript [...]
I just saw this little note in the banner on LibraryThing:
It’s little touches like this which have me enthusiastic about LibraryThing beyond its real utility to me. Its founder Tim Spalding seems to have a very naturalized sense of how technology should work. The message about Library of Congress (LC) subjects being wonky [...]
In “Turning the Social Web Inside Out,” I mentioned some calls for social network “portability” and a more open technical infrastructure for what people are calling “the Social Graph.” In the meantime, energy behind those ideas seems to be building. LiveJournal co-founder Brad Fitzpatrick laid out “Thoughts on the Social Graph” which synthesizes [...]
Teen Christians campaign against pop culture – CNN.com
‘To some, Luce’s rhetoric is off-putting, hateful and divisive. “They’re raping virgin teenage America on the sidewalk, and everybody’s walking by and acting like everything’s OK. And it’s just not OK.” ‘
(tags: religion culture teens)
Greenbuild: The Premiere Green Building Conference and Expo
November 7-9, 2007, Chicago
(tags: architecture environment chicago)
Metropolis [...]
GallupPoll.com: Are Clinton and Giuliani Coasting on High Name ID?
“The implication is that Giuliani is at greater risk than Clinton of losing support as the campaign progresses and his opponents become better known.”
(tags: politics poll)
Ars Technica: University presses being left behind by digital era
“The authors call for a number of changes focused around the recognition [...]
Via Chris’ Delicious bookmarks, I came across this Slate Magazine critique of California Initiative No. 07-0032, the “Presidential Election Reform Act”. Its proposal is to allocate electors in the next presidential election at the district level, rather than use the notorious “winner-take-all” approach used in all states except for Maine and Nebraska.
Now, I [...]
Institute for the Future of the Book
(tags: games internet web2.0 culture books)
Google Maps Directory: Chicago Transit Map
Displays Chicago Transit Authority train lines as an overlay on Google Maps
(tags: chicago transit google)
Sound Opinions Show #91: 08.24.07
interesting music news segment about Walmart downloadables, industry sanctioned “mix tapes,” and the “creative death” of the music industry
(tags: chicago music [...]
On Firefox 3 and microformats with Michael Kaply : Mozilla Links
“Microformats support is one of the most relevant features coming to Firefox 3.”
(tags: microformats interview firefox)
Artful Dodge – Original Interviews – Joyce Johnson and Hettie Jones
“there were indeed women involved who were much more than girlfriends, wives, or muses. They were writers themselves–poets, novelists, playwrights, [...]