Pinboard: bookmarks for joshtransient tagged 'article'

fyi, dubai isn't as perfect as you'd like to think. doha had the same kind of feel to it - lots of glitz and cleanliness, but the same blue-suited immigrant workers toiling away.

news article
april 2009 by joshtransient

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Step 1: Grab any pair of new or old earbud headphones. Step 2: Put them in your pocket for five minutes Result: They're tangled and knotted as hell! Is there a physics explanation for this?

included for the numerous links in the comments, including a physics thesis on the phenomenon and a video explaining the life-changing figure-eight wrapping trick that ensures this never happens again.

article awesome
march 2009 by joshtransient

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How to Stop Junk Mail in Its Tracks ∞ Get Rich Slowly

self-explanatory. if only stopping junk e-mail were this easy.

article reference list
february 2009 by joshtransient

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Questions for Dambisa Moyo - The Anti-Bono - Interview - NYTimes.com

this lady wants to halt all aid to africa in five years. dick move, or gentle push to kickstart a new revolution for a continent centered around short-term thinking? either way, well-justified argument with a large possibility of handing bono his ass on a product (red) plate. watch for the book.

article
february 2009 by joshtransient

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Giz Explains: Why More Megapixels Isn't Always More Better

fairly quick read on the "megapixel myth". must-read if you're thinking about purchasing a new camera.

photography article
february 2009 by joshtransient

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Copy of RIAA's new enforcement notice to ISPs

just so you know what it looks like when you get one, kids.

article music
december 2008 by joshtransient

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Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory

why a very deeply-hidden setting in windows is probably slowing down your machine (tl;dr: set your page file to your commit charge peak minus amount of installed ram).

article reference Microsoft troubleshoot
december 2008 by joshtransient

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NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens

wired.com's in-depth analysis of nin's lights in the sky tour. the tech that made this show left me completely awestruck, and it's cool to see behind the curtain.

article music
september 2008 by joshtransient

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If it works like a word, just use it

lexiconographer's (see?) take on the mighty morphin' characteristics of the english language, and why we should welcome made-up words.

article reference education
september 2008 by joshtransient

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Here's how to tune in to both Muslims and the Deep South

some insight onto why heavy metal is huge in the cradle of civilization and how country abandoned its class distinction.

article music
september 2008 by joshtransient

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8 Great Anti-Hacks to Fundamentally Change Your Life
article list
july 2008 by joshtransient

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Top 10 Computer Annoyances and How to Fix Them

highly recommend pretty much everything on here, especially the crapware section. it's sad that articles like this have to exist, but taking control of your box is paramount to not hating it.

article list software utilities
july 2008 by joshtransient

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Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren't Allowed to See on Google Maps

including the top of the white house and multiple military installations...

article list
july 2008 by joshtransient

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Electronic Musician interviews Metalocalypse co-creator, Brendon Small

this is an older article, mainly posting it so i don't freakin' lose the url again.

awesome music article
may 2008 by joshtransient

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Essay: How to Love a LEGO Lunatic
humor article
may 2008 by joshtransient

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Burning a cross platform CD using Toast

for those of you not in the stone age (i.e. using toast 8/9), make sure to burn the custom hybrid as a session in addition to specifying "cd-rom/xa" in the iso section, otherwise you won't be able to add audio tracks.

reference article apple
april 2008 by joshtransient

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