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Archives for December 2004
links for 2004-12-30
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He wrote the book on MP3. No, really…
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Smart talk about architecture, design, and photography.
Architects May Come and Architects May Go
Erin and I took a driving tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Oak Park while we were at my folks’ place for Christmas. The photos are here.
Repet
So a Texas lady paid $50,000 to have her pet cat cloned. This is the result:
I’m a little conflicted about this. Part of me wants to condemn her for lunacy while another part of me is hoping the price falls (dramatically) before my cats kick it.
links for 2004-12-22
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Finally a way to stream audio from any application to an AirPort Express.
links for 2004-12-21
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Join the Calendar Reform Movement! (Yes, I’m Kidding)
The Holiday Strike
National Lampoon presents “The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time.” My personal favorite is Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas from 1951:
In this hour-long radio drama, Santa struggles with the increasing demands of providing gifts for millions of spoiled, ungrateful brats across the world, until a single elf, in the engineering department of his workshop, convinces Santa to go on strike. The special ends with the entropic collapse of the civilization of takers and the spectacle of children trudging across the bitterly cold, dark tundra to offer Santa cash for his services, acknowledging at last that his genius makes the gifts–and therefore Christmas–possible. Prior to broadcast, Mutual Broadcast System executives raised objections to the radio play, noting that 56 minutes of the hour-long broadcast went to a philosophical manifesto by the elf and of the four remaining minutes, three went to a love scene between Santa and the cold, practical Mrs. Claus that was rendered into radio through the use of grunts and the shattering of several dozen whiskey tumblers. In later letters, Rand sneeringly described these executives as “anti-life.”
links for 2004-12-17
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Screw GI Joe. Kids should have toys that prepare them for their real future.
links for 2004-12-16
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A cool service connecting bands with venues and promoters.
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How to properly normalize data.
We Drank the Kool-Aid, and So Should You!
I like open-source alternatives as much as the guy, but there’s something a little creepy about 10,000 random people donating real money to run a two-page NY Times ad urging people to ditch Internet Explorer in favor of Firefox.
links for 2004-12-15
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Anyone want to start an online liner-note archive?
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How many times did he say that?
links for 2004-12-14
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Why use PGP when you can rely on paper loops?
Shepherd in Wolf’s Clothing
I can just imagine the meeting where the marketing folks over at Transit Books were hunched over a mirror snorting coke thinking up new product lines:
Hmmm? Our focus groups and online polling show the number one reason teens don’t read the Bible is that it is “too big and freaky looking.” Why don’t we publish hip magazine-format editions of The New Testament. We can jazz them up to look like fashion and music magazines and insert cosmetics and relationship advice in the margins.
links for 2004-12-10
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Why not use PHP and curl to grab those suggested matches?
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A great website pitching a great book on type.
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Fantastic PDF planner page templates for GTD.
Walked the Sands with the Crustaceans
I saw The Pixies on Tuesday night. The show was at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Is there any single institution inherently less Rock ‘n’ Roll than the Daughters of the American Revolution?
links for 2004-12-07
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Create Tufte style sparklines with this PHP library.
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Cheating at roulette with a pimped out cell phone.
links for 2004-12-06
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A character study of 22 present and past cartoon characters.
links for 2004-12-03
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Why I’ve been waiting for a cheap 8 megapixel SLR.
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A City Paper profile on the architect who designed my house.
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Get your free annual credit report online.
