Bumped The Shining up to the top of my Netflix queue #
Blogger or Zinester?
The hot topic at Webzine was videoblogging (aka vlogging), which is funny because video as a medium seems about as far from the traditional print ‘zines as one can get. Behold the synergizing power of the internets. Thus some of…
Patty, Joan, and Gillian
Left kind of late for the free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park this weekend. Was worried about parking and not really knowing where to do so. Takes about an hour to get from where I live to…
The Value of Internal Links
I wonder if this is correct. I’ve always thought that links to pages within a domain really didn’t amount to much in Google, but perhaps I was wrong. The PageRank algorithm is most famously characterized as valuing links that are…
Everything was not illuminated
A thousand sadnesses. I just went to see Everything is Illuminated tonight with my peeps Joy, Kyle, and Marcia. Several weeks ago I saw a trailer for this movie and was captivated, as much by the imagery as the song…
Blog Post Microformat Proposal
So I’ve been thinking about standardizing how we “syndicate” posts (or blurbs) in HTML. Currently the decisions about how to organize divs and what to call classes are fairly arbitrary. But if there was a standard and predictable way of…
Manzanitas
Took my camera hiking through Annadel yesterday afternoon and decided to snap a few shots of the manzanita trees. I’d never seen a manzanita before moving to California. They have a rather striking red bark that looks like the trees…
First They Came…
First they came for the communists, I did not speak out because I was not a communist. When they came for the social democrats, I did not speak out because I was not a social democrat. When they came for…
The Glitter Ponies
Finbar Devine’s is a pretty traditional Irish pub in Petaluma, traditional in the sense that there’s a painted portrait of JFK and his brother on the wall, as well as other “Irish” memorabilia. You know, like a bag of golf…
OAK to SEA
Left work early so I could catch a 4:30 flight to Seattle. I thought it’d take me an hour to get to the airport. Google Maps and traffic suggested otherwise. I got there in an hour and a half, I…
Saturday in Seattle
While Chloe was at ballet, Randy, Christy, and I got donuts at the Top Pot in Capitol Hill and then went walking around some of Seattle’s more charming houses. We picked Chloe when she was done and made a quick…
Justinsomnia refreshed
So what’s different? header image and “design” max-width, centered layout (only applies to FF, etc, width is fixed in IE6) in other words, the page doesn’t get wider than the visible width on a 1024×768 resolution monitor, but it does…
Musing on the social impact of disasters
I can’t seem to get to Google. Or Gmail. Yahoo is slow too. And I was having trouble getting to my blog. It makes me wonder, what would it be like if Google went down for an hour. Or a…
Olompali State Historic Park
Made my way out to Olompali State Historic Park today. The park overlooks the Petaluma River and San Pablo Bay from the east-facing slopes of 1,558 foot Mount Burdell. The name “olompali” comes from the Miwok language and may be…
Internet Explorer’s id="tags" printing bug
Got bit by the IE id=”tags” printing bug on Java.net today. Eric Meyer (of CSS fame) describes the bug on his blog here: Reserved ID Values? Basically if a page has an html tag with with id=”tags” as an attribute,…
Halloween came early this year
The fun thing about being growed up is that if certain holidays (like Halloween, my birthday, etc) don’t fall on an optimal day of the week (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) I can have the holiday on any day I want.…
quote of the day: I never knew until today that the one object that I required to make my life complete was a two-and-a-half-foot tall fiberglass hand grenade. #
William Bennett, racist of the week: But I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. (meta message: abortion is cool if you’re not white) #
mp3 of Jacob Appelbaum’s excellent talk at Webzine, here’s an excerpt:
One of things that I did when I was in Iraq which is probably worth mentioning is I went to the border of Iran, and that was the first time I ran into American soldiers there. And it was kind of funny, that I had kind of ruined their Vietnam war movie, gung ho-ness. Where they’re walking down the street with their M4 rifles, and all of a sudden there’s this guy wearing all black with wacky hair:
“Hey everybody, how’s it going, solider?”
“What are you doing here, where are you from?”
“Oh, I’m on vacation. What are you doing here?“
what a guy: [Ronnie] Earle has an eccentric streak, clearly, sometimes in the service of projecting a squeaky-clean image. He once filed charges against himself for submitting a campaign finance report a day late. He asked a judge to fine him, His Honor obliged, and Earle was out $212. #
omgomgomg! wtf? this may be the most brilliant thing EVAR: O’REILLY MEDIA ADMITS USING SECRET BOZO METRIC TO BAN INDIVIDUALS FROM EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY MEET-UP : FOO CAMP. (my mind has been blown, my face has been rocked off) #
lord of war mashup with you know who #
The hurricane season ends November 30. Thank god for that. You’d think maybe the powers that be would want to shorten the season? #
Things change so fast: In part because the Only Name You’ll Ever Need (ONYEN) is only temporary. #
Actually a WikiConstitution might just be what the doctor ordered #
Steve, don’t eat it! I found it odd that the pull-tab was actually on the bottom of the can, until I realized this is just a time-saver for people who’d rather open it right over the garbage. #
We love the web SO MUCH we’re going to produce a PDF web development magazine! huh? #
OMG!!! HP must be brain dead: HP to ship Netscape browser on new PCs??? #
Hell Yeah! Andy Rooney tears the Bush Administration warmongers a new one #
the next big thing? eyeOS, a self-hosted, php- and xml-based “internet operating system” (thanks jason!) #
Effect of the day (or wikipedia article of the day): Matthew effect #
now everyone can be snarky! StripGenerator (via ae) #
Aww shit, we’re all gonna die. Current thinking suggests coughing or sneezing into the crook of one’s arm would be preferable to limit germ spread. #
conference watch: BlogOn 2005 – The Business of Social Media (whatever that means) October 17-18 NYC #
groan: Salmon-Thirty-Salmon #
Like this card? visit us at www.apologies4men.com! #
it’s a mad mad world: Longview Hands on a Hardbody contestant kills self (via Stay Free) #
oh no they didn’t! microsoft gadgets (deep inside a cave in redmond someone says, “hmm, so widgets is already taken is it? Then we shall call them gadgets! Mwa ha ha, mwa ha ha ha!”) #
what a rocking flyer: colors of web 2.0 (I’m thinking about going down into the city because of the flyer alone) #
From the Belly of the Beasts: So I’ve been thinking about standardizing how we “syndicate” posts (or blurbs) in HTML. #
Dive into Mark: Imagine having your own private database of every person you’ve ever stumbled across online, and being able to download their vCards into your address book. And every event, which you can download into iCal/Sunbird/Outlook. #
from my spy at Web 2.0: Google just released a Feedreader #
cool! a Flying Spaghetti Monster Brooch #
friday link fun: hair is the new hat #
I was there! Partying Like It’s 1999 #
whoa, cool: “Number 99 cannot play in this game anymore. He’s not wearing shoes, knee pads or thigh pads.” (way to go Bobby Martin!) #
no joke. really, no joke. Bacon of the Month Club #
Best burger in Sonoma County must check out Taylor’s Refresher #
amazing animation: Sixes Last (from 1st Ave Machine) #
our faces are becoming a liability in a survellience society: ANTICON #
check out my sister’s todo list: i’m stressed #
hehe: What would Macgyver Do? #
renting is the new home ownership: More than a million million-dollar homes dot U.S. #
oh no! FEMA: What We Do #
Stand up! The vote was one of the largest and best supported congressional revolts during President George W Bush’s five years in office and shocked the White House. (another gold star for McCain) #
Terrible: ‘Wallace and Gromit’ creator’s clay archive is destroyed by fire #
hahaha! the holy toaster #
I need to check out ALLOFMP3.com again. Pay for bandwidth, not record companies. #
This is fun, mp3 of tech luminaries answering “What is Web 2.0? #
Yowzers: In lieu of flowers, please send acerbic letters to Republicans. #
to read later: Interview with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie #
I don’t even know what to say about Blendie 2000. But you should watch this video. #
Love the 37signals tagline: Our products do less than the competition — intentionally. #
hehe tshirt: Have a Semi Good Time from grooveking #
to watch later: Jimmy Wales talk at UNC #
Genius: Camera tossing (from Curious Lee, one of the first blogs I ever read regularly–which I realized after seeing this photo) #
zen: photo of the day #
Kanye was right! President Bush’s job-approval rating among African Americans has dropped to 2 percent, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll. #
it just gets worse: Bush Teleconference With Soldiers Staged #
Achewood: This is still gonna make a killer Christmas card though! #
the communicative power of symbols: be there or be ? #
Co-worker Mark’s photos from Amsterdam for EuroOSCON (so far) #
Jakob Nielsen on Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (via Gadgetopia.com) #
warm my heart: Fried strawberries at the NC state fair #
Atlanta based bookstore Chapter 11 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy #
Wikipedia article of the day: Record label #
Visualize grammar: The Elements of Style, Illustrated (via GreeneSpace) #
I don’t even know what to think about this: Fetal Attraction #
Dream Job? Code (PHP) + Think + Manage + Innovate for TheOnion.com #
LOL!!! I just squeezed this out, so it’s still a little warm. #
Hmm, I’m so surprised he didn’t mention my neatlinks “linklog”: Kottke on tumblelogs (all it takes is a bookmarklet and a dream) #
Country lyrics I never thought I’d hear: Jesus loves you, I don’t #
Class I want to take: Letterpress I at SF’s Center for the Book #
SO geeky: Linux Demotivational Posters #
Trust me, Marcia is an expert on diaper rash quesadilla #
Given that I don’t consider myself a “programmer” but end up doing a fair amount of development, Sam Ruby’s Homesteaders of the 21st Century strikes a chord. #
The Pacific Ocean: you can look, but don’t touch #
This is pretty funny: Plane entertainment hacking (Linux crashes?) #
wtf? Dethroned King of Pop Michael Jackson has quit the United States permanently for a new home in the Arab state of Bahrain #
Captivating: Do-Ho Suh’s childhood home replicated in semi-transparent fabric #
Clever: gloves for geek girls #
Mullenweg Leaving CNET to focus on WordPress fulltime #
Apparently Republicans Are People, Too (via Webb) #
I think I’ve linked to Cardboard PC Case or something like it before, but it’s worth it the second time around. #
too cute: Crocheted infant Yoda ears #
Eric Meyer on gadget juxtaposition #
snark: “dos-stitch” (and beautiful) #
I’m still a devout-deleter: We know that Gmail isn’t quite right for everyone yet. We’re working on that too — there’s still more we can do for the folder-lovers and devout-deleters out there. Like adding a Delete button? (yeah yeah, I know there’s a Greasemonkey script) #
Holy Hollywood Special Effects Batman!
Yes, that is the US Department of Justice’s website banner/logo.
Update: Holy Propaganda Batman, I thought that looked familiar!
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new word: rebarbative #
I have crushes on Ziyi Zhang and Michelle Yeoh #
Physics is fun! Plasma car #
hehe: What is it Lassie.com? #
It was a lovely dinner I thought, but I couldn’t shake the sense that a urinal was being washed nearby. #
Cory Doctorow speaking at UNC’s Symposium on Intellectual Property, Creativity, and the Innovation Process #
A lot of people are still using version 3.x MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use #
I just want to keep listening to the song Consequence from The Notwist (the opening song from the Shop Girl trailer) #
hardy har har: eBay Adsense Madness #
From Google: All your base are belong to us #
a different kind of mascot: Avenging Unicorn Play Set #
Found myself inspired to comment on Jason’s More mistakes with authority… #
I’m usually a pretty good speller, but empirical is one word I just can’t remember how to. EM-PI-RI-CAL. not empiracal, not empiracle. #
Anyone else experienced this WordPress bug? double quotes escaped inside pre tags #
Ok yeah, this may be the awesomest thing ever: Bennett’s Expedient Survival Tin (I am so not prepared) #
For future reference: Ubuntu Linux for Novices (all I need now is a spare monitor) #
wow, invention of the day: we constructed a belt which enables its user to feel his orientation in space via vibrotactile stimulation #
File this under goofiest bank gimmick ever: Keep the Change #
New fact of the day: it is always possible to rotate the table to a position where all four legs stand solidly on the ground #
Quote of the day: Translating the lyrics from the Shaft theme into Chaucerian English isn’t just cool — it’s practically what the Internet was invented for. (Cory Doctorow) #
Props for my monthchunks plugin: It’s quite simple, it works well, and it doesn’t eliminate the ability to browse older posts and require use of the WordPress built-in search engine. Rock on! #
Parody Heaven: Anoop Dogg – Drop It Like a FOB and White Boy DJ – Baby Got Book #
news: The nation’s most common household composition has shifted from married couples with children in 1990 to people living alone #
I was thinking this afternoon how much I like the word marginalia (and sure enough it shows up in something I was reading later) #
Restaurant to check out: Manzanita in Healdsburg (for the coltish young women) #
Add Roger Dodger to your Netflix Queue #
Stirling engines are art #
Yey! A jack-o-lantern for our generation!!! LOL #