Archive for August 2007

links for 2007-08-31

In Links on 31 August 2007 with 1 comment

EarthLink Abandons San Francisco Wi-Fi Project - New York Times
Bummer!
(tags: sanfrancisco)

links for 2007-08-30

In Links on 30 August 2007 with 1 comment

TUAW: Playing with the iPhone’s accelerometer
See, this is why Apple should let the coders do their thing. I want iPhone games like this.
(tags: iPhone Apple geekery)

Burning Man torched early by idiot in facepaint
You know, if you don’t like the party, maybe you just shouldn’t go.
(tags: burningman fuckers)

Safe

In Photos on 29 August 2007 with 1 comment

Five words that will make me NOT buy your jeans

In 5ives on 29 August 2007 with 2 comments

Boot-cut.
Low-rise.
Embroidered.
Whiskered.
Easygoing.

(With apologies to Merlin and Uncrate.)

links for 2007-08-29

In Links on 29 August 2007 with 1 comment

Scott Andrew - Save You From Yourself - The New Album
If I was rich, I’d totally become a SuperMegaGiant Destruct-O-Beast.
(tags: worthycause music)

Plan B Fotokopierer: Turn an Expensive Copier into a Cheap Camera
Totally awesome idea (and a great first day for Boing Boing Gadgets).
(tags: photography)

Beach Bug

In Photos on 28 August 2007 with 4 comments

Fort Funston. Lomo LC-A.

links for 2007-08-28

In Links on 28 August 2007 with Comments Off

This American Life: Break-Up
This week’s TAL is especially brilliant.
(tags: audio radio awesome)

NPR : Journalist Paul Watson on Witnessing War
An amazing episode of Fresh Air. Photojournalist Paul Watson says that war corespondency is a form of mental illness. As someone who used to dream of shooting for Magnum, let me just say: Yowza.
(tags: npr radio audio)

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Hangliding Away

In Photos on 27 August 2007 with Comments Off

Fort Funston, San Francisco.

links for 2007-08-27

In Links on 27 August 2007 with 1 comment

WSJ: Time Waster
LOLcats in the WSJ. Does this mean it’s over? (Also, I’m totally putting “occasional lolcat critic” on my business cards.)
(tags: lolcats)

Letters reveal Mother Teresa tormented by questions of faith -Times Online
I love that these letters have come out. Too many believe that faith means no questions. If Mother Teresa can question her faith, [...]

iPhone The Book

In Apple, Elsewhere, Writing, iPhone on 26 August 2007 with Comments Off

It was my pleasure to donate a few stories and photos to Ethan Bodnar’s printed retrospective of the most anticipated Apple product ever: iPhone: The Book. I got my copy a few days ago and it’s beautiful. It will serve as a fun reminder of the wild ride that was the iPhone launch.