Archive for July 2007

links for 2007-07-31

In Links on 31 July 2007 with 1 comment

Tom Snyder, TV Host, Dies at 71 - New York Times
The end of an era.
(tags: Tv)

links for 2007-07-30

In Links on 30 July 2007 with 6 comments

Flickr: teleject’s photos tagged with powazek
I’m glad someone was paying attention. I don’t even have copies of most of these anymore.
(tags: powazek screenshots)

links for 2007-07-28

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T-post
This is brilliant: A magazine in the form of a t-shirt.
(tags: t-shirts magazines)

links for 2007-07-26

In Links on 26 July 2007 with Comments Off

Making the Old New Again at TOC - Publishers Weekly
Just found this: “The most entertaining panel of the day, hands down, was Derek Powazek’s ‘Rise of Authentic Media,’ a very funny survey of Web sites that encourage user-generated content, an experience that can often lead to wildly hilarious results.”
(tags: derekpowazek)

links for 2007-07-25

In Links on 25 July 2007 with Comments Off

Vitamin Features: Back to the Future of the Web
I’m the crazy one at the end babbling about the printed page.
(tags: web future)

My First Blurb Book

In Books, For Sale, Fun, Photography on 24 July 2007 with 4 comments

I’ve been playing with Blurb and their print on demand tools. Very cool. Here’s my first little photo book.

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links for 2007-07-24

In Links on 24 July 2007 with 4 comments

Cringe Readings
People bringing out their old diaries and reading the worst parts out loud. Fantastic. We need a San Francisco version.
(tags: events cringe awesome)

The Cringe Book
And there’s a book coming soon, of course.
(tags: books cringe)

ABC News on Cringe
Some great stories. Must find event. And old diary.
(tags: cringe video)

Hey, Look

In Life, Stories on 23 July 2007 with 2 comments

Inspired by Simon Rich’s recent Shouts & Murmurs and Heather’s response, here’s what I imagined the people around me were saying when I was…
Six:
“He’s missing a front tooth!”
“He must be very active.”
“I bet he’ll grow up to be a mountain ranger … or an army man.”
Ten:
“Is he wearing a Star Wars shirt?”
“He must have collected [...]

links for 2007-07-21

In Links on 21 July 2007 with 2 comments

Twitter Blog: Friends, Followers, and Notifications
Simplifying is good, but I hate getting requests from “followers.” Makes me feel like a cult leader.
(tags: twitter verbiage ui)

Daring Fireball: iPhone Fonts
Most perplexing to me is that Lucida Grande (the default font of OS X on Macs) and Myriad Pro (default font on Apple packaging and ads) are missing [...]

links for 2007-07-20

In Links on 20 July 2007 with Comments Off

That was …
… the only thing that’s made me smile today.
(tags: video stewie)

MOO Stickers
All kinds of fabulous.
(tags: stickers)

WNYC’s Radio Lab
I am LOVING this show. If you do the podcast thing, subscribe. You’ll thank me later.
(tags: podcast radio)

AMC’s Mad Men
Sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and cartons of cigarettes… all in the first 10 minutes. TiVo season pass set.
(tags: [...]