Pinboard: bookmarks for amdavidson tagged 'blog'

The origins of abc | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog

A very interesting article relaying some of the history of the written alphabet, the reversal of trends as various things went into vogue had a long lasting impact that I certainly did not expect.

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march 2011 by amdavidson

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notes on "how to clone delicious in 48 hours"

A quick write-up on how difficult it is to clone a service such as del.icio.us.

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december 2010 by amdavidson

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Hyperbole and a Half: The God of Cake

A girl recounts her conquest of her Grandfather's birthday as the God of Cake.

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november 2010 by amdavidson

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Making Fast ISO Decisions in the Field / Duncan Davidson

A good post mortem on an an image and why the photographer shot at high iso on a bright, sunny day. Definitely something I need to remember as I usually tend to shoot at ISO100 or nothing in the sun. I should really put more effort into considering ISO as a variable even outdoors.

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october 2010 by amdavidson

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Catalog Living

A very amusing tumblelog of photos from catalogs and a quick story recounting a story of an imaginary couple, "Gary and Elaine" that explains the photo.

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october 2010 by amdavidson

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My First Week with the iPhoneBehind the Curtain | Behind the Curtain

An iPhone review, one week in. Would be standard fare except that this review is written by a blind person.

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september 2010 by amdavidson

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Things my girlfriend and I have argued about

A catalog of arguments that a couple have had over the last several years.

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september 2010 by amdavidson

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La Guillotine Camera, A.K.A The Adidas Camera | DIYPhotography.net

Awesome how to for creating a custom wide anyle, three exposure, action sequence, 120 film camera from cardboard, meniscus lenses from disposable cameras, paint, and patience.

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september 2010 by amdavidson

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Self-Employment, 12 Months Later

An interesting introspection into an entrepreneur and designer's first year of self-employment.

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september 2010 by amdavidson

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Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I'm Comic Sans, Asshole.

Awesome essay written from the perspective of Comic Sans.

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june 2010 by amdavidson

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johndlowell22

a photographer in crimea took a photo of the son at the same time, every ten days for an entire year. clearly showing the analemma of the sun.

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june 2010 by amdavidson

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You should follow me on Twitter | Dustin Curtis

An interesting article about the way that phrasing affected the click through percentage on Dustin Curtis's link to twitter

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november 2009 by amdavidson

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Prius, VW Crush Tesla In Green Car Violence - Jalopnik
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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Positioning Apple - holman runs the voodoo down

interesting article on the way apple manages expectations.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Chromeography

Wonderful website based on Flickr images of (mostly chrome) logos affixed to autos, appliances, and other goods.

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october 2009 by amdavidson

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Setting up a Movable Type Website - Linode Library

guide to installing Movable Type on a Debian server

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september 2009 by amdavidson

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Extracting Icons from Mac OS X Applications at keith-knipling.com

How to extract icons from applications and folders and save them to image files using OS X standard utilities

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september 2009 by amdavidson

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Why Bonneville Is Important - bonneville speed week - Jalopnik

A good explanation of why events like Bonneville are still important in a modern world.

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august 2009 by amdavidson

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If Twitter Consisted of 100 People [Gorgeous Graphics]

Amusing article imagining the twitter community if it only had 100 people in it. Stats are pretty interesting.

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august 2009 by amdavidson

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Jordan Running » Blog Archive » Instapaper “Send To” button for Google Reader

How to use Google Reader's now "Send To" button to send an article from Reader to Instapaper to read later.

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august 2009 by amdavidson

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AdMelee >> The Art Of Leadership – A Ford Story

Amazing story about the lengths that Ford went to to make one vocal customer a Ford convert... Alan Mullaly, CEO of Ford, makes an appearance.

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august 2009 by amdavidson

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The Word of Mouth KFC challenge | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

Reverse engineering KFC. Fried chicken recipes that I need to try out.

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august 2009 by amdavidson

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Michael Ian Black: A Death in the Family

A funny musing on the death of Michael Ian Black's son's hamster "Nibbles".

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june 2009 by amdavidson

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Michael Ian Black: If I Ever Create a Doomsday Machine, I’d Like it to Have the Following Features:

"This would be the ultimate Doomsday Machine mind-fuck. Give the Doomsday Machine an awareness of self and a desire for self-actualization. The machine would know it exists, but would also know that to fulfill it’s potential it will have to destroy everything, including itself"....... Great quote from Michael Ian Black

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may 2009 by amdavidson

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Download "Gallery": A Free WordPress Theme | Freebies | Smashing Magazine

Been meaning to do my own theme for sweetcron... like the looks of this, I'll probably end up using it for inspiration.

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may 2009 by amdavidson

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