excellent article: anatomy of a disaster (1 comment)
Sat, Jan 1
Sun, Jan 2
stumbled upon this, written by dr. newby (a former and excellent SILS professor): How UNC Screwed Me (0 comments)
my theory of hair color corroborated: assortative mating (also see the wikipedia article on assortative mating) (2 comments)
cute video: Get My Stuff Done (0 comments)
maybe it’s not so bad not having asperger’s syndrome: On the virtues of idleness (2 comments)
quote of the day: Leisure is permissible, we understand, because it costs money; idleness is not, because it doesn’t. (ibid) (3 comments)
Mon, Jan 3
apparently i’m not the only one who thinks asperger’s sounds like ass burgers (1 comment)
link love from ruby over at OrangePolitics.org (0 comments)
on the demise of strong’s: Strong’s was not able to stay in business because although it “looked full all the time,” the customers inside would stay for long periods of time and spend little money. (0 comments)
to read: Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism (by larry sanger, co-founder of wikipedia) (0 comments)
Tue, Jan 4
this scares me: One recent hire had 14 interviews before getting the job – and that was in the public relations department. (0 comments)
itching to write an essay about blogging for publication? (0 comments)
discovered a neat css property: clear (0 comments)
Wed, Jan 5
ok, i concede, arcade fire is the shit (i mean, look at the brilliance i conjured while listening to it) (6 comments)
fun with post-its: mario mosaic (1 comment)
perhaps the worst (or the best) thing to come to mouse pads in recent memory The breast mouse pad ever! (0 comments)
seeing our alphabet in a new light:
| a | b | c | d | ||
| e | f | g | h | ||
| i | j | k | l | m | n |
| o | p | q | r | s | t |
| u | v | w | x | y | z |
Thu, Jan 6
long live free culture!
neat: arcade fire on NPR (thanks anton!) (0 comments)
the interface is simple and effective: Tsunami before after pictures (1 comment)
Fri, Jan 7
bill proposed in virginia: when a fetal death occurs without medical attendance, it shall be the woman’s responsibility to report the death to the proper law-enforcement agency within 12 hours of the delivery. Violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor (0 comments)
in case these arrive in your inbox, they are not Closeup shots of the killer waves (0 comments)
quote of the day! Having enemy soldiers throw down their guns and start humping each other: Priceless (0 comments)
Sat, Jan 8
gasp! 2nd grader at the nc museum of art told to stop sketching works by matisse and picasso because they’re “copyrighted” (which is incorrect) (2 comments)
these day after party photos bear a striking resemblence to the photos from abu ghraib, which suggests to me that these photos are disgusting and that the actions at abu gharib can be understood in terms of cruel college pranks (1 comment)
spencer dorm (where i lived for 3 years at UNC) to stay spencer dorm (0 comments)
Mon, Jan 10
holy crap! dan gillmor is coming? (2 comments)
Tue, Jan 11
hot damn! 1GB for $149!!! i gotta get me one of these: iPod shuffle (1 comment)
Wed, Jan 12
in case you haven’t heard, there were no weapons in iraq a-duh! (1 comment)
does anybody know this guy? apparently, David Feld is the news director for interactive media at the News & Observer (and he’s got a blog) (1 comment)
Fri, Jan 14
the coolest thing EVAR! humanclock (0 comments)
i’m not sure how to pronounce that, but ibiblio now has a staff blog called the ibiblog (0 comments)
nice infographic: Apple’s Tipping Point? (0 comments)
neat: factoids about google (0 comments)
Sat, Jan 15
five days old but such a good picture: boulder in road (0 comments)
Mon, Jan 17
photo of the day: yeah, baby. check out my OS. (0 comments)
in the n&o: A chat with… Paul Jones, UNC-CH (nice photo) (0 comments)
quote of the day: May 1,000,000 hardware hackers descend on your tent (0 comments)
Tue, Jan 18
neat tshirt: inane! rambling! rarely updated! the blog (0 comments)
the blogger in me wonders, “but what if there’s no news?” Metro reporters will be expected to write 10 stories per week under new “guidelines,” and the front page will feature three local stories each day (0 comments)
Wed, Jan 19
unc begins digital music program where you have to pay to save music to a CD/ipod/hard drive (1 comment)
does anyone know if there is a way to embed css pseudoclasses (e.g. :hover) in html inline style rules (e.g. <a href=’http://www.unc.edu/’ style=’color:white’>UNC</a>)? (0 comments)
i find this scary: architecture of density (1 comment)
Thu, Jan 20
PSA: According to reports, Wilson stated that he had consumed four bottles of Listerine and could not walk. (0 comments)
another fine product from justinsomnia.org: a dynamic local blogroll that is resorted every hour based on when the blogs are updated (more details coming) (1 comment)
quote of the day: The piece makes a point about the rentware world we’re fast approaching, where individuals are stuck in a kind of feudal relationship with commercial entities, who reach into our homes and track and bill us for the use of our household goods. (cory doctorow) (0 comments)
Fri, Jan 21
co-worker (an economist) discovered to have a blog: Aging Disgracefully (0 comments)
this is a fun read: Heavy metal umlaut (0 comments)
Sat, Jan 22
a vulgar achewood i missed from a while back Excuse me, sir. Can you spare a moment to talk about the life of Jesus Christ? (0 comments)
Sun, Jan 23
does anyone know anything about OZ? (0 comments)
Mon, Jan 24
something i might have to try: Hostess Twinkies Sushi (0 comments)
sun jan 30, 5:30pm: free screening of george lakoff’s How the Democrats and Progressives Can Win at Hanes Art Center (UNC) (1 comment)
this is why people were linking to heavy metel umlaut: Jon Udell’s 8 minute flash presentation on the development on an article in wikipedia (1 comment)
i am justin #16 (4 comments)
this is worth a link: Stop the spread of Viral Link Skank today (0 comments)
Tue, Jan 25
nice: Calvin & Hobbes snowmen (0 comments)
wtf? Razor Blade Soap (0 comments)
documentary that looks interesting: ‘We Are Dad’: Fighting a Gay Adoption Ban (0 comments)
Wed, Jan 26
photo of the day: john vickery’s brand new baby (0 comments)
damn! nice looking sweater, cory (what’s alice pointing at?) (0 comments)
imagine a day when any table in an internet cafe could power any electrical device set upon it: One charging pad could power up all gadgets (0 comments)
whoa: WEYCO, INC is a non-smoking company that strongly supports its employees in living healthy lifestyles. (0 comments)
send an email to your state representatives telling them to Say “No” to Discrimination in North Carolina’s Constitution (0 comments)
fun quote: Half were given perfume with…pheromone…isolated from a woman’s armpit sweat. (0 comments)
Thu, Jan 27
sad story: Forte says now that he should have stayed at Chapel Hill for four seasons rather than two (0 comments)
carl’s pictures of christy’s 29 and 1/12 surprise birthday update: more pictures from christy (0 comments)
neat: PostSecret (0 comments)
Fri, Jan 28
wow: serious icing (2 comments)
news of the weird: Massive cow manure mound burns for third month (0 comments)
Sat, Jan 29
family news: matthew and new girlfriend beth (0 comments)
go united church of christ! Absolutely, the UCC extends an unequivocal welcome to SpongeBob (0 comments)
email the newly confirmed secretary of education, margaret.spellings@ed.gov, to let her know how you feel about censoring diversity with respect to postcards from buster (0 comments)
Sun, Jan 30
to read later: Cheap Eats at the Semantic Web Cafe… (0 comments)
Mon, Jan 31
nice rims: Michelin Tweel (0 comments)
awesome: fantasy coffins from ghana (0 comments)
whoops! unintended consequence of legalizing prostitution: Under Germany’s welfare reforms, any woman under 55 who has been out of work for more than a year can be forced to take an available job — including in the sex industry — or lose her unemployment benefit. (0 comments)
good tech blog, nice name: StronglyTyped (0 comments)
new fish: katie’s first “pet” (0 comments)
is this for real? Flat-D: Flatulence Deodorizer (0 comments)
holyshit. i should do this: Geekcorps.org (2 comments)

