February 2009 Neatlinks

Mon, Feb 2

This is freaky: Carved watermelon resembles human mouth (0 comments)

I like the last bit:

This piece was an open assignment from Nylon magazine where artists were invited to create their ‘dream bill concert poster’ featuring any lineup, at any venue at any point in history. I chose The Staple Singers opening for Iggy Pop in the nursery ward where I was born at the time of my birth.

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To watch later: The DOM is a Mess (0 comments)

Fun: Microsoft’s Songsmith fed with Stock Charts (0 comments)

Sentence of the day: Nothing is selling anywhere so everything sits in the now-constipated port. (0 comments)

Something to cogitate on later: “The New Liberal Arts” Exhibit A and Exhibit B (0 comments)

Some great pics of pre-1914 motorcycles on the road (0 comments)

Wed, Feb 4

The setup for this xkcd is just perfect: Boyfriend (0 comments)

Thu, Feb 5

Typo or Emoticon from 1862? (0 comments)

I totally read this as “feces”: M&M’s printed with faces (1 comment)

Fri, Feb 6

Yet another xkcd instant classic: Base System (0 comments)

To read later: The Trough of No Value (I really like the title/quote) (0 comments)

Something else to read later: Eye-tracking studies: more than meets the eye (0 comments)

To do later: Last chance for Gmail stickers (1 comment)

Sat, Feb 7

Two great tastes that taste great together: Christian Bale takes David to the Dentist (0 comments)

Tue, Feb 10

I hate to say I’m that guy, but I’ve been waiting for the “.1″ release before upgrading WP to the 2.7 series. Looks like I know what I’ll be doing tonight. (0 comments)

Please, will somebody just create a Fuck tha A.P. parody already?

Further complicating the dispute, Mr. Garcia contends that he, not The Associated Press, owns the copyright for the photo, according to his contract with the The A.P. at the time.

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Wed, Feb 11

Takes a while to get going, but this cracks me up: Trader Joe’s fan commercial not to be missed (0 comments)

Thu, Feb 12

The headline is the article: Google plans data centre at old Finnish paper mill (0 comments)

Too good: Carmina Burana, alternate lyrics (0 comments)

To check out: new-school barbecue (0 comments)

Fri, Feb 13

For future reference: HTML Syntax to Tell Google About Duplicate Pages, e.g. in the <head> put:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/link-to-main-page" />

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Something to look into later: Mozilla Labs’ Bespin (0 comments)

Mon, Feb 16

I’ve always been a little suspicious of Dubai: Goodbye Dubai (apparently I am not alone) (1 comment)

Simple things like this make me want to dip my feet into the DSLR pool: DA Limited Lens Case (0 comments)

Wed, Feb 18

Nice props for my WordPress Suicide plugin: I Commit Suicide Every Single Day (now that I’ve updated my blog to 2.7.1, I’ve really got to give my plugins a little polish) (0 comments)

I dunno, I really think this should have been a “My Hobby” xkcd: Neutrality Schmeutrality (0 comments)

I learn something every day: Datamoshing (an effect that only makes sense in the digital age) (0 comments)

10 days and 12 strong beers…is that even possible? Strong Beer Month 2009 (0 comments)

Thu, Feb 19

No way: New nerd merit badge: Inbox Zero (0 comments)

Oh McSweeney’s, so good sometimes: Secure Website Authentification Questions (0 comments)

Like This American’s Life’s Giant Pool of Money story, but with pictures! The Crisis of Credit Visualized (via Andre) (3 comments)

I find “bento” amazing and I hardly know what it is: An Online Bento Evolution (1 comment)

Hell yeah!

Bristol’s ability to make her own decision, without regard to her mom’s views on the issue, is precisely the freedom for which reproductive rights activists fight, trying to ensure that no daughters surrender control of their bodies to their mothers or fathers or husbands or clergymen or governments.

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Fri, Feb 20

Neat Polaroid experiments: Static Fields and Lightning Bugs (which I quite like) (0 comments)

Sat, Feb 21

I could watch this for hours: Time lapse of snails (0 comments)

Nice post illustrating the steps involved in letterpressing: the one where i try to explain how letterpress printing works though i am quite far from being an expert. (1 comment)

Nice WordPress theme: IAMWW W2 DnD (as seen here: commandliners) (0 comments)

Mon, Feb 23

Thing about WordPress I had no idea existed: Shortcode API (0 comments)

Tue, Feb 24

To do tonight: John Darnielle of Mountain Goats fame “in conversation and song” hosted by Tobias Wolff as part of City Arts & Lectures series (I just got tickets) (0 comments)

Thu, Feb 26

Quite possibly the coolest thing ever: Bacon Maple donut from Dynamo (2 comments)

Man, I wish all my eggs looked as good as these: Egg Season Again! (0 comments)

Paul Dano + Zooey Deschanel: Gigantic (0 comments)

This looks completely captivating: Must Read After My Death (0 comments)

Why do all the movie trailers look good to me tonight? Enlighten Up (0 comments)

So beautiful: Crayons as hexagonal pixels (0 comments)

Fri, Feb 27

Shepard Fairey and Mannie Garcia (of Obama poster fame/infamy) on Fresh Air with Terrie Gross (0 comments)

To read later: How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data (via Ivan) (0 comments)

Sat, Feb 28

Bart Got a Room (more like: William H. Macy got a perm) (0 comments)