linkdump for 2008.01.30
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dragdropupload :: Firefox Add-ons
Sweet sassy molassy, I’ve needed this functionality forever. I don’t know that I would have looked among Firefox’s vast collection of extensions to solve my particular need, though.
(del.icio.us tags: firefox useful)The Boston Globe: What font says ‘Change’?
This article about presidential campaign logos is a good discussion of typography for the layman.
(del.icio.us tags: politics elections typography design)Texas Community Media Summit
“The Texas Community Media Summit will bring together Texas community media makers, stakeholders, activists, and advocates on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Union.”
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linkdump for 2008.01.29
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Tweetmeme
This site ranks links posted to Twitter.
(del.icio.us tags: ranking search Twitter)Wired Campus: A Professor’s Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom
“Mr. Parry’s first instinct was that Twittering would just encourage students to speak in sound bites and self-obsess. But then he gave it a try, and he now sees Twitter as a useful classroom-communication tool. ”
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linkdump for 2008.01.28
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we make money not art: Interview with Cat Mazza (microRevolt)
Cat Mazza discusses her activist projects which use craft techniques like knitting to contest the role of branding and sweated labor in contemporary society.
(del.icio.us tags: interview DIY branding labor activism craft)Threat Level: Romney Gets Dinged Over “Bling Bling”
At campaign stops in Florida, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asked “Who Let the Dogs Out?” and complimented a black child on her “bling-bling.”
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linkdump for 2008.01.25
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Harper’s: “The Illustrated President” by Scott Horton
President Bush believes his favorite painting shows the struggles of a Methodist evangelical, but Horton digs up its original context and reveals the artist’s intent.
(del.icio.us tags: evangelical stupid publishing magazine)Last Plane to Jakarta: Butter Cow of Doom
John Darnielle listens to an old Minneapolis punk album and laments the commodification of domain space of spammers.
(del.icio.us tags: awesome indie distribution punk vinyl)waffle software: Monocle
This helper application sits in the OS X menu bar and allows you to search multiple search engines with a single query.
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linkdump for 2008.01.24
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Techdirt: Last.fm Joins The Crowd In Offering Not-Really-Free Music; Press Hypes It As New
Mike Masnick points out that Last.fm’s new service allowing users to listen to whole albums is already offered by services like Napster and Rhapsody. In fact, they allow users to listen to a track more times than the three allowed by Last.fm.
(del.icio.us tags: silly music)SSRN: Publishing Advice for Graduate Students
Thom Brooks: “Graduate students often lack concrete advice on publishing. This essay is an attempt to fill this important gap.”
(del.icio.us tags: useful publishing gradschool academic)SSRN: The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment by Adam Gershowitz
Apparently, courts have ruled that police officers have the right to search motorists mobile phones for text messages at routine traffic stops. This article argues that shouldn’t be the case.
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linkdump for 2008.01.23
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Murketing Guest column: “What Would Jesus Sell?”
Jean Railla wonders if buying handmade crafts does little to contest the role of consumption. I’ve thought the same thing; how is buying something made by a white woman in Texas different from buying something made in China?
(del.icio.us tags: consumption craft DIY)White Whine
This blog lists a new “white person complaint” each day of the week.
(del.icio.us tags: technology whiteness humor blog)TV Land Video Player: Hi Honey, I’m Home!
Streaming episodes of the self-referential sitcom are available at this site.
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linkdump for 2008.01.21
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The “Google generation” not so hot at Googling, after all
“A new UK report on the habits of the “Google Generation” finds that kids born since 1993 aren’t quite the Internet super-sleuths they’re sometimes made out to be.”
(del.icio.us tags: education youth searchengine google)I Can Has Rezearch Papar? by Cyle Gage
This essay provides an erudite overview of Internet memes and the boards that propagate macros like lolcats.
(del.icio.us tags: socialsoftware meme lolcats)murketing: Human rights icons in the form of LEGO minifigs
Rob Walker interviews the creator of pieces that represent human rights figures with Lego pieces.
(del.icio.us tags: socialjustice MLK art Lego)Talking Points Memo: Fried Squirrel: I’m Loving It!
I’m still chuckling over this video where Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee cops to frying squirrels on a popcorn popper.
(del.icio.us tags: scary video humor politics food)send.a.message
For thirty euro, this service will spray-paint your message on a wall separating Palestinians from Israeli settlers.
(del.icio.us tags: activism israel streetart)Network World: Sun’s bold MySQL buy
This story describes Sun’s strategy in buying the open-source database vendor. These databases are better suited for Web applications than datacenter products from Oracle and IBM.
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linkdump for 2008.01.19
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SweatFree Communities: 2008 Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide
For folks concerned about wearing sweatshopped goods, this site provides links to vendors with responsible labor practices.
(del.icio.us tags: socialjustice clothing shopping labor)Hand of Google
O’Reilly’s Dale Dougherty finds an image of a hand wearing pink finger condoms while browsing Google Books.
(del.icio.us tags: library image weird google)everystockphoto: searching free photos
This site enables searches for photos across a number of photo-sharing sites.
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linkdump for 2008.01.18
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Flickr: Photos from The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has posted over three thousand images to Flickr for end-users to tag and categorize.
(del.icio.us tags: awesome folksonomy library Flickr)NYTimes: McDonald’s Ending Promotion on Jackets of Children’s Report Cards
It’s worth pointing out that a franchisee was responsible for this promotion, but it’s good news nonetheless.
(del.icio.us tags: food education)Suck.com Archive
I’ve been looking for old Suck columns, but suck.com is content-free. Fortunately Aaron Schwartz has a mirror of the old articles.
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linkdump for 2008.01.17
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Bike Snob NYC: Apoca-Watch Update: Retirees on Tall BikesNext Page »
Ever reliable, the bike snob mocks photos of Lance Armstrong riding a hacked-together tall bike at what appears to be art gallery Okay Mountain.
(del.icio.us tags: hack humor cycling austin)Streeter Seidell: White Folks’ Guide to the NYC Subway System
This satirical MTA subway map displays only the stops typical whites would use.
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