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Information Is Beautiful: Snake oil? Scientific evidence for health supplements
Infographic on the scientific evidence for effectiveness of popular dietary supplements. ‘Showing tangible health benefits when taken orally by an adult with a healthy diet.’
reference  science  health 
july 2011 by matthewmcvickar
PageUp People: Front end standards
Return to this. A good set of standards, including some things that I wasn't aware of and would like to implement.
css  html  reference  webdevelopment  performance 
may 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Pitchfork: Odd Future Mixtapes
“A year ago, when nobody knew who they were, the demonic L.A. skate-rat rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All cranked out music at an alarming rate. And now that nobody will shut up about them, they’re still doing the same thing. Since 2008, Odd Future have released no fewer than 12 full-length albums, as well as assorted between-releases singles — all available free on their Tumblr. Some of those releases are brilliant, paradigm-shifting works of violent vision. Others are entirely forgettable. Almost all of them are worth your hard-drive real estate, and almost all of them will confound you in one way or another. Below, you'll find a guide to every single one of those albums, from their introductory 2008 ‘The Odd Future Tape’ to Frank Ocean’s ‘Nostalgia, Ultra.’, the experimental R&B tape that the crew released just a few weeks ago.”
hiphop  history  music  free  reference 
march 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Forvo
“All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers.”
audio  dictionary  reference  language 
february 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Rap Genius
‘Discover the Meaning of Rap Lyrics’

This is actually well-maintained and awesome, from the two songs I looked at.
hiphop  humor  music  rap  reference 
january 2011 by matthewmcvickar
The Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
"Have you ever started rapping along with some song on the radio and then realized that you don't know the lyrics? Now you don't have to worry about that embarrassing moment when it happens in front of your friends. OHHLA.com is your one stop shop for rap and hip-hop lyrics."
hiphop  rap  music  lyrics  reference  archive  culture  america  database 
november 2010 by matthewmcvickar
The Phrontistery: Word List: Adjectives of Relation
"There are many terms which refer to a state of relating to or pertaining to a certain thing or category of things. Instead of using a phrase such as 'pertaining to buttercups', you can substitute the adjective 'ranunculaceous'. Using the admittedly invented phrase 'adjectives of relation', I have compiled 842 such terms."
writing  language  reference  english  linguistics  words  dictionary  adjectives 
february 2009 by matthewmcvickar
Wikipedia: NATO phonetic alphabet
"The NATO phonetic alphabet, more formally the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. ... The paramount reason is to ensure intelligibility of voice signals over radio links.
information  alphabet  language  military  nato  communication  speech  radio  linguistics  code  words  reference  history 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
The Grid System
The ultimate resource for designing to a grid.
design  grid  modern  howto  webdesign  inspiration  reference 
december 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Wikipedia: 2012
"2012 is claimed by some to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse)." And no more foie gras in California.
2012  apocalypse  endtimes  astrology  calendar  future  time  reference  religion  culture 
august 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Unnecessary Knowledge
"Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time." Refresh until you die. Looking through these, though, I recommend a grain of salt with each serving. These are the Snapple caps of the internet.
fun  humor  reference  trivia  america  animals  people 
july 2008 by matthewmcvickar
graphpaper.com: Design Rules to Live By
Christopher Fahey lays out his. A by good set of commandments for happily and successfully working in design.
design  business  people  reference  inspiration 
november 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Jeff Russell's STARSHIP DIMENSIONS
"A Museum of Speculative Fiction-Inspired Spaceships." How big is the Death Star compared to Halo, or Marvin the Paranoid Android to Return of Jedi's Rancor?
culture  humor  film  reference  scifi  illustration  startrek  starwars 
november 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Particletree: Visualizing Fitts’s Law
An excellent, diagram-guided overview of Fitt's Law, which declares that the closer and larger something is, the easier it is to access. The relationship is curved: small changes to small items can have a large impact.
usability  webdesign  math  design  reference 
october 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Regular-Expressions.info
Tutorials, examples, patterns, and reference.
programming  regex  howto  reference 
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Wikipedia: Regular expression
"In computing, a regular expression is a string that is used to describe or match a set of strings, according to certain syntax rules."
regex  programming  reference 
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Open Library: About Us
"What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book." Aaron Swartz is at it again!
books  library  reference  opensource 
july 2007 by matthewmcvickar

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