The Ann Arbor Chronicle | In it for the Money: Occupation
november 2011
"I live next door to a house owned by Bank of America, and they are the worst neighbors I’ve ever had"
politics
finance
occupy
november 2011
The Quiet Health-Care Revolution - Magazine - The Atlantic
november 2011
A stitch in time saves nine, health care edition.
health
politics
medicine
november 2011
PocketToolX | Pocket Tools & Multi Tools | MAKO Bike Tool
november 2011
superlight, only holds a few tools, includes bottle opener. also: shaped like a SHARK!
bicycling
gifts
november 2011
Cynicism - Charlie's Diary
november 2011
"I just want a party to vote for whose three guiding principles are (a) maximize individual liberty, (b) minimize the Gini coefficient, and (c) protect the commons. Yes, I am aware that these three goals are orthogonal and often conflict with one another: that's why it requires an ongoing process of negotiation" I can get behind that.
politics
occupy
november 2011
The New Progressive Movement - NYTimes.com
november 2011
"To put it simply: tax the rich, end the wars and restore honest and effective government for all." I hope he's right.
politics
finance
occupy
november 2011
one-pan dark chocolate chunk skillet cookie | sophistimom
november 2011
totally insane, and yet tempting....
baking
chocolate
recipes
sweet
dessert
november 2011
Not The Blog Post I Was Going To Write Today « Unrepentant
november 2011
"At Stanford, where I work, most web developers on campus know that if you use a CAPTCHA on your site I will personally walk over to your office and smack you – quite literally (OK, maybe not, but I’m on record for saying that). Sadly, on the web this doesn’t scale."
accessibility
webdev
november 2011
Wondermark » Archive » #770; Race to the Top
november 2011
Includes absurd stickers for maximum awesome.
misctech
weird
funny
november 2011
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design
november 2011
Something I noticed in the video (w/out audio) is that when the kid was asking Mom for a recipe, Dad was RIGHT THERE. (Getting a beer, apparently.) WTF casual sexism?
design
society
misctech
november 2011
Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker
november 2011
“Well, Steve,” Gates responded. “I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.” I find this genuinely hilarious...and find that I like Gates a little better for it.
misctech
history
november 2011
How Justin Bieber did not ruin Steampunk | Oakwright
november 2011
"I would like to address my fellow Steampunkers: Stop being dicks." Very heartfelt post, really.
society
arts
november 2011
Just what it says on the tin. | MetaFilter
november 2011
now I really want to make pizza at home.
food
recipes
november 2011
Curry Carrot Coconut Soup - Pure Hunger
november 2011
this was delicious and really easy, most of the work was just in peeling/chopping carrots
soup
veggies
recipes
fave-foods
november 2011
The Income Disparity of Women in the Creative Class - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities
november 2011
"Even when we control for hours worked and education in a regression analysis, creative class men out-earn creative class women by a sizable $23,700, or 49.2 percent."
gender
business
society
finance
webdev
november 2011
Original Hover Effects with CSS3 | Codrops
november 2011
Gorgeous, wondering how it degrades, might have to play around with it some.
css
webdev
november 2011
CNN.com - Transcripts
november 2011
per a phone conversation with my sis: "Well, in our last hour, we spoke live with three people who were against the ban on same-sex marriage -- Frances Nicholson and Cynthia Aler (ph), who were married last year in California, and their 18- year-old daughter, Mary-Kate Nicholson (ph)." Mrs. N was my very favorite teacher in HS, and I babysat Mary-Kate when she was a baby, along with her older brother. I had no idea then that she was gay, although I find myself unsurprised.
personal
november 2011
Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision? - >*
november 2011
indeed. it's actually sort of annoying that the GReader Android apps are still pretty nice, because that's where I do about 75% of my reading, and it's hard to decide to switch from that.
google
webdev
usability
november 2011
Status conscious? Check out this social media flowchart.
november 2011
"consult this handy graphic to help make those hard choices among Google+, Foursquare, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter" amusing, and yet, that's basically the heuristic I use. (substitute restaurant for bar, and remove FB as an option.)
socialmedia
funny
personal
facebook
twitter
november 2011
Summer Neckerchief w/shawl variation(Stitches in Time) : Knitty Winter 2011
november 2011
looks pretty, maybe a good way to get into increasing?
knitting
november 2011
knitty.com - Loosen up
november 2011
I think this is what I've been doing, unfortunately, although possibly not as badly as some!
knitting
november 2011
The New Amex Biz Travel Site Thinks I’m An Idiot
october 2011
I've seen several software packages that do this; always annoying.
usability
webdev
october 2011
Science-Based Medicine » “And one more thing” about Steve Jobs’ battle with cancer
october 2011
A thoughtful look at the information about the course of his cancer in the just-released bio.
science
medicine
october 2011
Hey, that tastes good!: Sausage, kale and potato soup
october 2011
Approximately the same recipe I've made a few times. Made with 4 cups of water, not 6, and added a splash of half & half at the end. (And the recipe says to cook the kale for 30 minutes...that should be the POTATOES.)
potatoes
soup
veggies
dinner
recipes
october 2011
Olympia Time: Occupy Olympia, Little Hollywood and 1933 at Priest Point
october 2011
Been thinking of the "Bonus Army" lately. Glad to see Emmett in the same vein, but with local parallels.
history
olympia
occupy
politics
october 2011
Sefat: Top 10 ways OWS can Succeed: Counsel from Iran's Green Movement | Informed Comment
october 2011
TBH, a color or symbol of solidarity would be nice.
occupy
politics
october 2011
CSS and ebook design
october 2011
Good stuff: why it's important to know your craft.
ebook
webdev
css
october 2011
Don’t EVEN Get Me Started, Mythical Bootstraps College Student | Persephone Magazine
october 2011
"This stupid little Facebook photo is not only ill-informed, it’s harmful. Nothing on it has anything to do with reality."
academia
politics
finance
october 2011
Ravelry - a knit and crochet community
october 2011
I hope they can get that mobile site going soon! Loving ravelry lots otherwise.
knitting
mobileweb
android
october 2011
The Unsocial Network: Why Google Is Wrong to Kill Off Google Reader - Forbes
october 2011
Why google reader is an "anti-social network" and why that's a good thing. Much like pinboard, actually.
google
webdev
misctech
blogosphere
october 2011
Fantasy Island: 1960 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive
october 2011
This is the era when my mother was growing up in this area. Neat photo.
californication
photography
history
october 2011
Where to find free Dungeons and Dragons adventures - by Sylvia Wrigley - Helium
october 2011
Obnoxious eHow type site, but actually some good stuff here, I think.
gaming
dnd
writing
october 2011
Module Template - EN World: Your Daily RPG Magazine
october 2011
PDF & Word (I think)
dnd
gaming
writing
october 2011
Predjama Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2011
the castle in Operation Condor: the Armor of God (released as Operation Condor 2 in the US)
writing
gaming
dnd
october 2011
Divine Elemente (plugin for photoshop). PSD to WordPress theme converter.
october 2011
I'm skeptical, but it's intriguing.
wordpress
theming
october 2011
Artsy Editor - WordPress WYSIWYG Editor Plugin
october 2011
very cool looking. $19 for single-site use.
wordpress
drupal
modules
october 2011
Die, VPN! We're all "telecommuters" now—and IT must adjust
october 2011
::sigh:: (That's all I have to say about that.)
science
misctech
october 2011
Daily Kos: Open Letter to that 53% Guy
october 2011
"Do you really want the bar set this high? Do you really want to live in a society where just getting by requires a person to hold down two jobs and work 60 to 70 hours a week? Is that your idea of the American Dream?"
politics
finance
october 2011
Rip Rowan - Google+ - Stevey's Google Platforms Rant I was at Amazon for about…
october 2011
Too long & ranty to summarize, but quite interesting!
webdev
google
misctech
october 2011
Sublime Text: The text editor you'll fall in love with
october 2011
via @jaydeflix - not sure about light-on-dark, but always interested in good text editors.
webdev
writing
to-do
october 2011
Rands In Repose: The Rands Test
october 2011
"A growing groups needs to continually invest in new ways to figure out what it is collectively thinking so anyone anywhere can answer the question: “What the hell is going on?” This is the first question The Rands Test answers. As I’ll explain shortly, the second question The Rands Test helps you answer is selfish. The second asks: “Where am I?”"
work
philosophizing
october 2011
Tool: URL Builder - Analytics Help
october 2011
how to build those "utm_" query parameter things.
google
analytics
webdev
october 2011
What Everyone Is Too Polite to Say About Steve Jobs
october 2011
"a great man's reputation can withstand a full accounting"
misctech
history
politics
october 2011
Broken Promises: Following Your Dreams, and the 99 percent
october 2011
"in the end it’s a “follow your dreams” speech, and as such is quite a contrast to another Internet event of the moment" - on the Steve Jobs graduation speech everybody's posting.
politics
academia
philosophizing
october 2011
GNS Theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
october 2011
"GNS Theory holds that participants in role-playing games reinforce each other's behaviour towards ends which can be divided into three categories: Gamist, Narrativist and Simulationist." rings true for me.
gaming
philosophizing
psychology
october 2011
Berroco® Fashion Yarns for Knitting and Crochet
october 2011
includes free patterns. look like they mostly do funky yarns.
knitting
october 2011
Eric's Archived Thoughts: Searching For Mark Pilgrim
october 2011
Drama! (Or something. Who the hell knows.) FWIW, Dive Into Accessibility was one of my favorite resources when it first came out.
webdev
html5
history
accessibility
october 2011
The Moneyball of Campaign Advertising (Part 1) - NYTimes.com
october 2011
"much of what goes into modern campaign advertising may be futile" - Let's try SCIENCE!
politics
science
math
october 2011
Green Tomato Majjige Huli or Kai/Kayi Huli Recipe: Green Tomatoes in Coconut-Yogurt Gravy - Monsoon Spice
october 2011
may do this with green tomatoes in my garden
garden
veggies
asian
recipes
curry
october 2011
Why Facebook Is Becoming the Media World's Black Hole | Commentary and analysis from Simon Dumenco - Advertising Age
october 2011
"The truth about social-media sites is that they've never been particularly great environments for advertising. People immerse themselves in social media because they want to socialize."
marketing
socialmedia
facebook
october 2011
Shopping for a Web Developer is like Shopping for an Auto Mechanic | Metal Toad Media
october 2011
A useful metaphor, honestly, both for the shopper and the developer.
webdev
philosophizing
business
october 2011
Sutor, ne ultra crepidam « self-evident
october 2011
"While (CA) state policymakers have spent considerable time debating spending issues, I think it would be difficult to argue that financial trouble catches officials off guard." response to recent VF article by Michael Lewis.
politics
finance
october 2011
Cruel America | The Nation
october 2011
"It appears that no one is so unfortunate that he or she is exempt from spending cuts, while at the same time no one is so fortunate as to be ineligible for a tax cut." also: cheering the death penalty.
society
politics
october 2011
5 questions to ask when deciding whether to use Drupal or WordPress | Poynter.
october 2011
"The question of WordPress versus Drupal isn’t Coke/Pepsi, boxers/briefs, Red Sox/Yankees. It’s about understanding the needs of your organization." YES.
drupal
wordpress
webdev
october 2011
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accessibility
adu
android
ants
aphids
architecture
arts
asian
baking
bed
beef
beverages
bicycling
bike-vs-car
bindweed
blogosphere
bread
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californication
camping
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checkback
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sweet
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to-write
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translucent-wall
travel
truck
turkey
tv
twitter
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urbanstudies
usability
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war
webdev
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webvisions
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wifi
wifi-pics
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wireframe
word2html
wordpress
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writing
x-ua-bs
xmas-tree-lane
xtracycle