June 2011
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Google Web Fonts (v2) →
9-bits:
Google has launched a new web fonts directory, with a way better font browser and (finally) search functionality. Though they still need a wider selection, I’m a big fan of Google Web Fonts because they’re free, easy to embed on a page, and offer downloadable versions of each font (to design with).
http://www.google.com/webfonts/v2
Thanks to detailed spreadsheets that I’ve meticulously kept since 1986, it appears I spend 79% of my time in the shower filling my mouth with water and spitting it out in compressed streams.
May 2011
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i make shiny things: Not cool Urban Outfitters,... →
imakeshinythings:
One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with this link.
And here is my United/World of Love line:
My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the…
April 2011
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Nice try, Google Voice, nice try...
If you use Google voice, one of the features you’re probably familiar with is the voice mail transcription service. When someone leaves you a voice mail, Google Voice tries it’s best to transcribe it with it’s speech-to-text engine, then sends you a SMS text summary. Pretty cool idea on paper, right?
When I first started using Google Voice about a year ago, the transcriptions...
December 2010
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Clients From Hell: A client wanted an e-commerce... →
clientsfromhell:
A client wanted an e-commerce store designed. We asked if she had a budget, and she said, “No; it costs what it costs.” My partner and I proposed a very reasonable price and in the proposal, we stated that additional hours would be billed at $60 per hour. She refused to even look at the proposal,…
And that is why you don’t start working until you have the client...
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NO BLASTERS!: My TSA Encounter →
noblasters:
“You don’t need to see his identification.”
On November 21, 2010, I was allowed to enter the U.S. through an airport security checkpoint without being x-rayed or touched by a TSA officer. This post explains how.
Edit: For the sake of brevity, most of the quotes below are paraphrases. I have…
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Lindsay Lohan, 24, her name and face is all over...
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beneathmybones:deadendfriends, twatsonblack, -lovefox, mumueller, (via deerjesus)
(via brainwars-deactivated20101108-d)
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GleepLog: FCC Proposal "Compromise" Not Good For... →
gleep:
Read this story on NPR.org first… Now back to me. Now back to them. Now back to me.
A little about me
I worked in the engineering department of a major MSO (AKA “the cable company”) for 6 years. I’ve spoken at CableLabs (the big MSO conference). I’ve met engineers and executives from a lot of…
November 2010
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Facebook Accounts for 25% of All U.S. Pageviews →
Facebook’s putting up some big numbers in terms of U.S. web traffic. Right now, the site accounts for one out of every four pageviews in the United States — that’s 10% of all Internet visits.
According to data from analysis and intelligence firm Hitwise, Facebook’s year-over-year growth has been phenomenal. We reported in June that the social network was set to eclipse Google in web traffic;...
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Is it just me...
Or do Tumblr’s image servers seem to die… constantly?
Actually, I guess they host all of their static content on those servers, CSS and Javascript included. Regardless, Tumblr seems to load properly for me 3 out of 5 times anymore.
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Toddler survives seven-floor fall in France →
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PARIS (AFP) – An 18-month-old boy survived after falling seven floors and bouncing off a Paris cafe awning into the arms of a passer-by, witnesses said Tuesday. “My son saw a little boy on a balcony. He had gone right outside the railing… I said to myself I mustn’t miss him,” the toddler’s…
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October 2010
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Gangsta Lorem Ipsum Dummy Text Generator →
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“Microsoft’s thinking about buying Adobe. Two words: Microsoft Photoshop. Enjoy...”
– Colin Barrett (via tmblg)
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“Adding a meeting is innocuous. You’re acting on a calendar. A calendar isn’t a...”
– Mike Monteiro, The Chokehold of Calendars (via 9-bits)
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MyFonts now selling WebFont licenses →
9-bits:
This is a great addition to the WebFont world — Clarendon, alone, is worth your look, and their collection of scripts is fantastic.
September 2010
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August 2010
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Creative Evaluation
clientsfromhell:
“Please color this page for us so we can see your creativity. This will help us decide whether or not to hire you.” Attached is a child’s coloring page, a picture of a cat playing electric guitar.
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“Search all the parks in all your cities. You’ll find no statues of committees.”
– David Ogilvy (via tmblg)
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Lexus LFA Digital Dash
strake:
The Lexus LFA sports a very cool digital dash display that is customizable and changes color depending on the engine state. When you redline your $400k supercar, you want to know without taking your eyes off the road for long.
The dash can be see in action in the video below (Tumblr users, click through).
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“People in startup land often talk about the magic of how few people built the...”
– Ben Horowitz, Taking the Mystery out of Scaling a Company (via 9-bits)
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July 2010
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shea sylvia [blog edition]: A Cautionary Tale →
Mom, don’t read this post.
I work in online marketing and it’s no secret that I actively blog, tweet and check in on Foursquare. It’s not just my profession - it’s fun. Social media is largely responsible for some of my closest friendships. I’ve never felt unsafe participating and generally…
This is a bit of a long entry, but Shea’s post reminded me of some anti-terrorism...
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“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded...”
– John Stewart Mills
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Tilabl.es →
esbueno:
Never ending patterns, complete with source files for your own customization.
Lovely.
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The Willpower Paradox →
alexislloyd:
Compelling article from Scientific American arguing that willpower doesn’t work as well as we collectively seem to think it does.
[One group] was basically putting their minds into wondering mode, while the [second group] was asserting themselves and their will. It is the difference between “Will I do this?” and “I will do this.”
The results were provocative. People with...
June 2010
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