Hamburger drama:

“The (Taylor family) sued us, saying, ‘You don’t have the right to use our name,’ ” said the Gotts’ attorney, Jim Rose. “Now they’re saying you have to use the name. My clients are tenants. They have a right to name their business whatever they want.”

For anyone out there (on Windows or Mac) who needs to convert video… Miro Video Converter

Very cool video: Master bladesmith Bob Kramer (esp the mechanical hammer!)

Nate had some “fun” at work: What the FEFF?

Worth a read: Artists Ain’t Saints: Jim Marshall, 1936-2010 by Ctein

Ok, this is pretty sweet: BSOD Belt

Irony of Orwellian proportions: The acronym for China’s state television is CCTV

To read later: Five Boys: The Story of a Picture

Watched two more excellent Soirée de Poches tonight: The Dodos and Kings of Convenience

Neat Kyrgyz posters: Programming: The International Language

Fun read: Relais Routiers: Oh, to Be a Trucker (in France)

Joy and Kyle have chicks: Meet Lucy and Penny

Aww! What a nice tweetimonial:

So refreshing to read a real blog. Well written, not trying to be anything but himself, http://justinsomnia.org

Surprisingly profound implications in 4 words: Always Be Content Creating

Nuns vs. Bishops would make a great movie title: Nuns in U.S. back healthcare bill despite Catholic bishops’ opposition

This was better than I expected: chat roulette by casey neistat (via Pamela)

IN-SAN-ITY: Photographer captures amazing images of lions after submerging himself in watering hole for three months

Constraints are cool: Super Mario Bros on an 8×8 LED matrix

LA BLOGOTHEQUE’s Take-away shows (Les Concerts à Emporter) are becoming an internet treasure. Look at you France! Beirut’s Nantes is particularly spellbinding. But there are so many others.

More Blogotheque/Beirut-y goodness here: la Soirée de Poche (a mini-concert)

What is this thing that the internet has with Phoenix’s Lisztomania? Exhibit A, Exhibit B

The best part is how instantly recognizable the Google Maps “style” is: My Way by Christoph Niemann

I was thinking a few months ago that I’d love to see Google Maps roll out a “shortest distance with least elevation change” feature, and it seems they’ve done it: Biking directions added to Google Maps

Also, via Matt Haughey:

Anil likes to say that when you’re a web developer and you’re considering adding features to not merely think about the technical aspects, but to think more about the cultural aspects of your decisions.

Been feeling this a bit lately: Musing on working and staying inspired

Good for certain types of friends too:

Two best things I’ve done for my parents: bookmarked snopes.com and admit I just use Google when they ask for tech support

I dunno, for me, going to the office kind of puts me in the work mood. Then again, Automattic is a different kind of company: 5 reasons why your company should be distributed

Need to check out this place: Sushi Bistro

MySQL slow in Ubuntu Karmic? Might be an issue with ext4′s barrier setting (try adding barrier=0 to your /etc/fstab)

This looks pretty sweet: Raygun Gothic Rocketship Wooden Model (a little pricey tho…)

Update: Potential pickpocket sighting in front of Dalva on 16th and Valencia

Sometimes the injustice in the world is too much to bear.

In Without A Face, Isabella Demavlys portrays the victims of acid attacks in Pakistan. In places like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and now also Afghanistan, acid attacks have become a common form of violence against women.

New legislation is aimed at preventing such attacks, and hopefully work like Demavlys’ can raise more awareness.

via Jörg Colberg

Nice find on Savvy Housekeeping: sofas from Doshi Levien

Nice concept: Desaturated Santa

It’s like the title had always existed, waiting for a post to be written: Just Kidding

First Google Opt Out Feature… now this: Google Responds To Privacy Concerns With Unsettlingly Specific Apology

Word of the day: yurtcozy

Unfortunately, I’m a tea drinker. Coffee Party | Wake Up and Stand Up

Where can I sign? Petition to make “Hella” the prefix for 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I like the idea of walking long distances… American Discovery Trail