Archive for November 2008

Attention Black Friday Shoppers

In Fray on 28 November 2008 with 1 comment

Don’t forget: Fray is having an excellent sale right now! Get three issues now, plus two more in the future, plus a limited-edition pocket protector, for just $35 plus shipping. Makes a great gift!

A Good Thanksgiving

In Video on 27 November 2008 with Comments Off

Here’s what I was thankful for nine years back.

links for 2008-11-27

In Links on 27 November 2008 with Comments Off

The Sound of Young America: John Hodgman, author of More Information Than You Require
Wonderful wonderful wonderful.
(tags: tsoya audio interview JohnHodgman)

Guardian's "Message for Obama" Book
Another great example of a net meme (began on Flickr) becoming a print object (published by Blurb). Well done, all.
(tags: publishing photography politics)

links for 2008-11-25

In Links on 25 November 2008 with Comments Off

Daring Fireball: Treating URL Protocol Schemes as Cruft
Jon Gruber on the revised iPhone browser chrome. I still prefer my solution.
(tags: iphone apple)

Alien-like Squid Filmed at Ultra-Deep Oil-Drilling Site
Looks like an orchid.
(tags: squid video)

The Economist: The “broken windows” theory of crime
"The researchers’ conclusion is that one example of disorder, like graffiti or littering, can indeed encourage [...]

Ripley

In Photos on 22 November 2008 with 1 comment

Ripley is the shop cat at Borderlands Books in the Mission.

links for 2008-11-22

In Links on 22 November 2008 with 1 comment

Internet, I'm craving Doritos
Congratulations, BlurboDooceries! I'm packing care packages. The Doritos for Heather, the Bourbon for Jon.
(tags: family fantastic)

'Milk' Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black on Fresh Air
Terry Gross talks with Black about Harvey Milk, California Prop 8, and growing up mormon and gay. Fascinating interview. Can't wait to see "Milk." Wish he was still alive. [...]

Ethics in Online Advertising

In Advertising, Video on 20 November 2008 with 17 comments

So there’s this video game called Guitar Hero that the kids are into these days. A few days ago, a video appeared on YouTube showing someone “playing” the game while riding a bike. Today a videogame blog found out that that the video was produced by an ad agency. (Score one for bloggers doing real [...]

Kvetch! Reborn with Twitter a Decade Later

In Fun, Geek, Internet on 19 November 2008 with 23 comments

You know all those things you wish you could post to Twitter but don’t want to say with your name on them? Those brilliant angry complaints that would feel so good to get off your chest? Now you can.
Kvetch is an anonymous oracle of complaint. Kvetches are displayed randomly and anonymously. There are no permalinks [...]

links for 2008-11-18

In Links on 18 November 2008 with Comments Off

Ze Frank's Angrigami
What do you do when you get a huge pile of hate mail? Make art. (Way to go, Ze.)
(tags: zefrank community hatemail)

Chicago Tribune: Nothing to get excited about
Meh.
(tags: meh words)

Hosted by Media Temple

In Geek, Internet on 17 November 2008 with 3 comments

Just a brief housekeeping note: This site is now hosted at Media Temple. They’ve been hosting Fray since last year, and the few times something’s gone wrong they’ve been completely on top of it. So I finally got all my sites moved over. If you need expert hosting for sites big or small, tell ’em [...]