linkdump for 2008.04.08
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Next American City: Respect for the Human Scale
In this interview, James Howard Kunstler discusses how the scarcity of petroleum will lead to cities becoming less mechanized, but not before an effort to keep car culture intact.
(del.icio.us tags: urban_planning sustainability transportation)Stanley Fish : French Theory in America
This NYTimes blog post should be titled, “How to talk to your children about post-structuralism.”
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linkdump for 2008.04.05
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Identi-Tape - 2-inch Safety Reflective Tape
This is the best source for black reflective tape I’ve found so far.
(del.icio.us tags: shopping useful cycling)Outlaw Design: 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
I’m counting the days until the nineties come back. I never quit wearing flannel shirts, so I am ready!
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linkdump for 2008.04.04
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CHDK Wiki
CHDK is hacked firmware for Canon digital cameras that expand the cameras’ range of features.
(del.icio.us tags: opensource hack photography)NYTimes: You Use It Every Day. But Can You Make It Cook?
I’ve been steaming vegetables in the microwave for years, but this article is a nice reminder. I may have to try that eggplant recipe.
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linkdump for 2008.04.03
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Woopra
This looks like a nice traffic-tracking service for blogs and whatnot.
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linkdump for 2008.04.01
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Campus Technology: USPTO Rejects Blackboard Patent Claims
Although Blackboard won its suit against Desire2Learn, the USPTO has denied Blackboard’s courseware patent on re-examination.
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linkdump for 2008.03.31
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New York Times: City Subpoenas Creator of Text Messaging Code
Lawyers representing the NYPD in civil-rights suits have subpoenaed Tad Hirsch for information about his TXTMob software used during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
(del.icio.us tags: elections protest NYC)Logo Can Make You ‘Think Different’
“People who were exposed to the Apple logo generated significantly more unusual uses for the brick compared with those who were primed with the IBM logo, the researchers said. ” I would like to see the methodolgy.
(del.icio.us tags: weirdscience branding advertising)Freedom to Tinker: Comcast and BitTorrent: Why You Can’t Negotiate with a Protocol
“The problem is that you can’t negotiate with a protocol, for the same reason that you can’t negotiate with (say) the English language. You can use the language to negotiate with someone, but you can’t have a negotiation where the other party is the
(del.icio.us tags: p2p telecom publicpolicy bittorrent)Avi Alkalay: Google Maps Plugin for WordPress(del.icio.us tags: useful WordPress googlemaps)
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linkdump for 2008.03.30
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Syndicate Product Covert HQ: A troublesome bird.
AJ relates how Philadelphia cops harassed her for taking a photo in the Suburban Station concourse – where photography is permitted – and reflects on a beating death that took place at SEPTA headquarters days before.
(del.icio.us tags: stupid Philadelphia lawenforcement photography)From Hoops To Hipsters - washingtonpost.com
The takeaway from this puff piece on Nike subsidiary Converse is that designer John Varvatos’s new boutique occupies the site of former punk club CBGBs.
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linkdump for 2008.03.29
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O’Reilly Radar: Amazon Gets Demanding with Print-on-Demand Publishers
“Amazon has effectively told publishers that if they wish to sell POD books on Amazon, they must use Amazon as the POD printer. Small/self publishers are unsurprisingly feeling bullied.”
(del.icio.us tags: Web2.0 distribution amazon publishing)NYTimes: Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
American researchers found a mechanical audio recording in France that was created before Edison’s claim to inventing the phonograph. I wonder what the reserve price on eBay will be.
(del.icio.us tags: technology records oldmedia)Sokwanele: Mapping the election conditions in Zimbabwe
It’s about time I posted this mashup showing some of the dirty tricks used to suppress the vote in Zimbabwe.
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linkdump for 2008.03.24
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Kevin Allen Jr.: EGP at Target
A blogger has noted that Target is selling t-shirts bundled with games from the Experimental Gameplay Project, which began as a grad student project at Carnegie Mellon. I think this is an interesting use of the retail channel for distributing games.
(del.icio.us tags: retail distribution clothing gaming)ishida: Unicode code converter
This Web application takes blocks of Unicode text and converts them into CMS-friendly HTML entities.
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linkdump for 2008.03.21
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design history: The Evolution of Mugshot Design
There are only four examples on this LiveJournal post, but they do provide some insights into the priorities of inmate information management over the last two centuries.
(del.icio.us tags: information_design surveillance lawenforcement photography)Waxy.org: Abort, Retry, or EPIC FAIL« Previous Page — Next Page »
Andy Baio discusses his disdain for the “FAIL” meme propagating on teh Internets. I might summarize his point as “FAIL: DO NOT WANT.”
(del.icio.us tags: meme lolcats)The Bicycle Tutor
This site offers video tutorials on bicycle repair and maintenance.
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