Google's Closure Tools is a suite for doing intensive javascript development
november 2009 by jimray
Includes a javascript library, compiler and templates.
javascript
tumbl
webdev
google
awesome
november 2009 by jimray
OneBusAway releases a native iPhone app
september 2009 by jimray
If you live in Seattle and ride the bus, you want this app. It's kind of magic how well it works, providing real time data about when your bus is going to actually show up, instead of just when it's supposed to.
seattle
masstransit
awesome
tumbl
september 2009 by jimray
EveryBlock's new "custom neighborhoods" feature is awesome
august 2009 by jimray
Draw out the area you're interested in following instead of being limited to the official neighborhoods.
everyblock
local
awesome
tumbl
august 2009 by jimray
OpenSecrets has released 20 years of data, for free
april 2009 by jimray
This is pretty incredible - campaign finance and lobbying data going back to 1989, in a scrubbed CSV. They also offer a number of APIs and enhanced politician profiles.
politics
awesome
money
data
transparency
tumbl
april 2009 by jimray
"Techcrunch are full of shit"
february 2009 by jimray
Grammatically, I prefer "is full of shit" but that's just one of those delightful Britishisms. The sentiment is still the same as it ever was.
music
techcrunch
dumb
media
awesome
tumbl
february 2009 by jimray
eBaum's World founder fired, complains that he gets no respect
february 2009 by jimray
eBaum's World is a blight on the internet and the sooner it dies the death it so richly deserves and the idiot horde that supports it sterilized so as not to infest future generations, the better.
awesome
irony
tumbl
february 2009 by jimray
Right wing blog network Pajamas Media shuts down their ad network
february 2009 by jimray
Lost money from day one, they are instead focusing on their TV efforts. With such compelling content as Joe the Plumber reports from Gaza, best of luck with that one.
advertising
idiots
conservatives
awesome
media
tumbl
february 2009 by jimray
Momofuku pork belly sandwiches at home
january 2009 by jimray
One of my favorite ways to eat one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite animals
food
awesome
tumbl
january 2009 by jimray
Social media experts
january 2009 by jimray
Oh, the irony. The brilliant and brutal irony of Rex Sorgatz, polyp on the colon of the internet that he is, linking to a shaming post about webcocks. Well played.
webcocks
awesome
tumbl
january 2009 by jimray
Enable full path view in Finder windows
december 2008 by jimray
This is super freaking handy
mac
finder
awesome
via:daringfireball
december 2008 by jimray
Mark Bittman’s bad kitchen
november 2008 by jimray
A friend recently pointed out the words "Well, Bittman says..." come out of my mouth a lot, but this interview sums up why I idolize the man: he walks his talk.
food
cooking
awesome
bittman
tumbl
november 2008 by jimray
Ryan Irelan's UNC iPhone fan pack
november 2008 by jimray
Some might ask "Why create an iPhone app just for UNC? Why not all of college basketball?" Because no other team matters is why. Ryan gets it.
unc
basketball
iphone
awesome
tumbl
november 2008 by jimray
Flickr reverse-geocoded a bunch of photos to create a bunch of GIS-like shape files
october 2008 by jimray
This is ridiculous cool - using people's photos, they've created freely available shape files that works from the neighborhood level to the continent.
awesome
flickr
yahoo
photography
maps
community
geocoding
tumbl
october 2008 by jimray
Carol Blymire finishes the French Laundry at home
october 2008 by jimray
Incredibly well written journey through the French Laundry cookbook, she's now moved on to Alinea
cooking
food
weblogs
bloggers
tumbl
awesome
october 2008 by jimray
Drobo apps adds software to your stack of drives
october 2008 by jimray
Turn your infinite storage bot into a web server, ftp server or iTunes server. Wicked.
stoarge
networking
awesome
drobo
october 2008 by jimray
Mail goggles aims to stop you from sending an email you might later regret
october 2008 by jimray
Only active at night and on the weekends, this gmail labs experiment forces you to solve a quick math problem before dashing off that email you might later regret. I love it!
awesome
google
email
funny
tumbl
design
october 2008 by jimray
Will Allen, urban farmer and MacArthur genius fellow
september 2008 by jimray
Growing Power, Allen's non-profit farm collective in Milwaukee and Chicago, provides fresh food to urban areas that are usually only served by corner groceries peddling processed crap. Absolutely incredible.
food
urban
awesome
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
PhoneGap aims to make iPhone app development easy for webdevs
september 2008 by jimray
Wraps the mobile Webkit in a framework that gives it access to the iPhone APIs like the accelerometer and geo location. Building a native app should be as easy as building a web app.
webdev
iphone
mobile
javscript
awesome
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
PublicMarkup.org
september 2008 by jimray
Sunlight Foundation project to increase transparency of how a bill becomes a law
legal
politics
media
awesome
democracy
opengovernment
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
Bandcamp, the anti-MySpace publishing platform for musicians, looks awesome
september 2008 by jimray
Nice interview from Andy Baio. I particularly like the embeddable visualization enabledy music player. Fantastic work.
music
startup
awesome
tumbl
september 2008 by jimray
Cheap Shit Condos is my favorite new Seattle real estate blog
august 2008 by jimray
Sort of a foul mouthed LOLCats for the crappy condos that are going up all over town
seattle
awesome
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
TraceMonkey is the new javascript interpreter built into Firefox 3.1 and it's wicked fast
august 2008 by jimray
Using just-in-time compilation to speed up Javascript, in this case by about 80%
javascript
awesome
webdev
firefox
browsers
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
IE Death March
august 2008 by jimray
End support for IE 6 by March, 2009. Just in time for my 30th birthday.
webdev
ie
microsoft
browsers
awesome
via:magnetbox
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
Daytum collects personal data about anything you can count
august 2008 by jimray
I was literally thinking just today how I'd love something like this. Given Nicholas Felton's pedigree, with his annual reports starting in 2005, this should be awesome.
design
visualization
stats
awesome
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
Race Usain Bolt
august 2008 by jimray
This is incredibly well done. Love the finger "racer".
funny
olympics
awesome
tumbl
august 2008 by jimray
Kottke proposes a new method for dealing with idiots: stop giving them attention
july 2008 by jimray
If this actually takes hold, Gawker media might have to shut down, along with half the blogs in New York, LA and silicon valley. Which is to say, I'm all for it. Curiously timed around the release of NonSociety (couldn't resist).
awesome
media
weblogs
bloggers
tumbl
july 2008 by jimray
The Lightbox Clones Matrix
july 2008 by jimray
Find the lightbox that's right for you, with filtering by feature or JS library
webdev
design
awesome
javascript
jquery
css
july 2008 by jimray
Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" script
july 2008 by jimray
"Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo."
awesome
funny
movies
tumbl
via:daringfireball
july 2008 by jimray
Rock the Net, a compilation CD put out by Future of Music supporting Net Neutrality, looks pretty excellent
june 2008 by jimray
Including a new track from The Wrens!
music
netneutrality
awesome
tumbl
june 2008 by jimray
Why Me?
june 2008 by jimray
Once again, Adam does a fantastic job of talking nerdy, this time with a breakdown of the MobileMe branding. For all the cyberchatter, there are so few people who talk about technology in a big picture way with this kind of clarity, bloggers, take note.
mac
awesome
tumbl
marketing
june 2008 by jimray
ROFLCon is coming to a city near you
may 2008 by jimray
Assuming you live in Chicago, Seattle or San Francisco. Hopefully Portlanders Waxy and Mathowie will trek north when they come to Seattle, I can't imagine a celebration of the meme without at least one of those guys.
roflcon
seattle
awesome
tumbl
may 2008 by jimray
Qwest is finally getting off their ass and offering fiber
april 2008 by jimray
I seriously can not wait to kick Comcast to the goddamn curb
awesome
seattle
broadband
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
French Laundry at Home
april 2008 by jimray
Someone is cooking every recipe from the French Laundry cookbook and blogging it. This person is clearly insane but an inspiration nonetheless.
food
cooking
weblogs
awesome
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
Lamb tajine
april 2008 by jimray
Oh, good, Dean Allen's doing the food thing again, too. Pay attention, when Dean lets loose a recipe, it is good.
food
awesome
april 2008 by jimray
Preliminary Bumbershoot lineup announced
april 2008 by jimray
Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Neko Case, Del tha Funky Homosapien, !!!, Saul Williams, M. Ward, The Walkmen, Blitzen Trapper, and John Vanderslice are just a few reasons to go
music
seattle
awesome
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
Muxtape recommendations
april 2008 by jimray
A Yahoo pipe that recommends muxtapes based on your last.fm profile. Clever, that
via:magnetbox
mashups
music
awesome
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
You look nice today
april 2008 by jimray
Merlin, Scott and Adam could probably talk about drying paint and it'd be entertaining. Incidentally, drying paint was the title of the now lost episode 1.
friends
awesome
podcasts
funny
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
BuzzFeed has a fantastic roundup of Battlestar Galactica links to get you ready for season 4
april 2008 by jimray
Like you've got something better to do on a Friday night...
scifi
awesome
tumbl
television
april 2008 by jimray
Radiohead launches remix program through iTunes
april 2008 by jimray
The bass, vocal, guitar, string and drum tracks to "Nude" are all available DRM-free for your remixing pleasure.
itunes
music
tumbl
awesome
april 2008 by jimray
Bacon. Wrapped. Bacon.
april 2008 by jimray
Italian pancetta wrapped in Canadian bacon wrapped in American hickory smoked bacon with a maple butter sauce
bacon
food
awesome
tumbl
april 2008 by jimray
Rick Astley on Rickrolling
march 2008 by jimray
“I think it’s just one of those odd things where something gets picked up and people run with it. But that’s what brilliant about the Internet.”
celebrity
internet
culture
memes
music
awesome
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
KEXP starts simulcasting in NYC today
march 2008 by jimray
KEXP thrives in an era of dying radio, great to see them expanding east
radio
kexp
seattle
awesome
tumbl
march 2008 by jimray
Bush's war
march 2008 by jimray
Four-hour Frontline documentary that will be broadcast online and on air with impressive web supplements as well
pbs
awesome
war
iraq
media
video
march 2008 by jimray
Science writer and all around great guy Alan Boyle has a great rundown on the science of leap year
february 2008 by jimray
As timekeeping gets more precise, we're going to have to come up with new ways to keep track - every three thousand years or so
science
awesome
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The encycolopedia of life has launched
february 2008 by jimray
The latest attempt to catalog every species on the planet
science
awesome
tumbl
libraries
february 2008 by jimray
First single from new Roots album, "75 Bars"
february 2008 by jimray
How much do I love the second comment: "I bet White people will appreciate this" because damn if I don't love this track already.
music
hiphop
awesome
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The FCC is actually going to do the right thing to stop ISP traffic "shaping"
february 2008 by jimray
This is as great as it is surprising.
internet
netneutrality
awesome
government
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Sasquatch 2008 announced
february 2008 by jimray
R.E.M., the National, Built to Spill, Cold War Kids, Okkervil River, Rogue Wave, Mike Patton & Dan the Automator (!!), BATTLES, Cave Singers, Pela, Thao Nguyen, Sera Cahoone, The Cops. Yeah, you're going.
music
seattle
awesome
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
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