2. It's bad news that Google apparently didn't know that J.C. Penney was gaming search results until the NY Times figured it out and told them.
3. Wind Chill, the very annoying super hero.
*Buy old yearbooks at eBay.
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1. Highlights from a vintage yearbook.
2. It's bad news that Google apparently didn't know that J.C. Penney was gaming search results until the NY Times figured it out and told them.
3. Wind Chill, the very annoying super hero.
*Buy old yearbooks at eBay.
2. It's bad news that Google apparently didn't know that J.C. Penney was gaming search results until the NY Times figured it out and told them.
3. Wind Chill, the very annoying super hero.
*Buy old yearbooks at eBay.
Link roundup
1. My Twitter feed today had twice the number of Tweets as usual today - - all Nick Denton retweeting people telling him how incredible i09's new design is. (If that's progress, I don't want any part of it. It's certainly easy on the eyes, but it's like the front page of a newspaper, with even less information.)
2. The BBTS has preorder listings for 3.75" Assassin's Creed action figures.
3. Headlines today: (1) Apple rejects Sony's eReader app, are Amazon and Dark Horse next?; (2) Microsoft caught stealing Google's search results for Bing; (3) Google works to help Egyptians use Twitter via a voice connection. Which company are you routing for?
2. The BBTS has preorder listings for 3.75" Assassin's Creed action figures.
3. Headlines today: (1) Apple rejects Sony's eReader app, are Amazon and Dark Horse next?; (2) Microsoft caught stealing Google's search results for Bing; (3) Google works to help Egyptians use Twitter via a voice connection. Which company are you routing for?
Link roundup
1. The Beat says the Comics Code has been functioning as a zombie business for some time now - - allowing publishers to use it's seal of approval without any actual oversight.
2. When Google starts censoring results, it just ends up embarrassing itself.
3. KFC has really varied its offerings to appeal to different cultures in China:
2. When Google starts censoring results, it just ends up embarrassing itself.
3. KFC has really varied its offerings to appeal to different cultures in China:
Yum’s cultural flexibility doesn’t end with the localized menu. While fast-food restaurants in the West often host kids’ birthday parties, KFCs in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region that’s home to the Muslim Uyghur people, advertise parties for the families of boys who have just undergone the religious ritual of circumcision.Via.
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1. David Lanham posted some steampunk desktop icons.
2. Here's Lifehacker's guide to Chrome OS. I've never been a fan of paying through the nose for Apple products, so I'm really pulling for Google.
(And Google, let me say that I would be perfect to try out the new computers and blog about the experience.)
3. Rich Page is giving away stickers and a doodle.
*The HTC Droid Incredible is one penny at Amazon.
2. Here's Lifehacker's guide to Chrome OS. I've never been a fan of paying through the nose for Apple products, so I'm really pulling for Google.
(And Google, let me say that I would be perfect to try out the new computers and blog about the experience.)
3. Rich Page is giving away stickers and a doodle.
*The HTC Droid Incredible is one penny at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web by the Google Chrome team is both really informative and cleverly presented. It features illustrations by Christopher Niemann.
2. Speaking of the Chrome, I would make it my sole browser except for one strange quirk. When I upload images for Blogger in Firefox, the images automatically size themselves to fit within the column. But if I upload the image in Chrome, it won't size the picture properly, and it will typically overlap with the sidebar. Anyone have an idea why that would be?
3. Success comes from very hard work:
*The HTC Droid Incredible is one cent at Amazon.
2. Speaking of the Chrome, I would make it my sole browser except for one strange quirk. When I upload images for Blogger in Firefox, the images automatically size themselves to fit within the column. But if I upload the image in Chrome, it won't size the picture properly, and it will typically overlap with the sidebar. Anyone have an idea why that would be?
3. Success comes from very hard work:
As a vivid illustration, Nietzsche cited Beethoven's sketchbooks, which reveal the composer's slow, painstaking process of testing and tinkering with melody fragments like a chemist constantly pouring different concoctions into an assortment of beakers. Beethoven would sometimes run through as many as sixty or seventy different drafts of a phrase before settling on the final one. "I make many changes, and reject and try again, until I am satisfied," the composer once remarked to a friend. "Only then do I begin the working-out in breadth, length, height and depth in my head."Via.
*The HTC Droid Incredible is one cent at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. Photoshop Phriday: Porn Versions of Classic Films!.
2. New t-shirt design based on The Thing at Last Exit to Nowhere.
3. Google is road-testing cars that drive themselves. Via.
2. New t-shirt design based on The Thing at Last Exit to Nowhere.
3. Google is road-testing cars that drive themselves. Via.
Link roundup
1. Read about The Google Five, the creative lab responsible for endeavors like The Wilderness Downtown.
2. This free Android app lets you take a photo of the sky and find out how smoggy it is. Via.
3. "However, one thing I’ve learned about myself since I’ve been living as an unclutterer is the more I know about a chore, the more eager I am to do it. If I research sponges to learn which ones are the most durable, least likely to transmit bacteria, and best at cleaning a bathtub, I’m excited to use that sponge when I do the chore. Add to that research about methods for scrubbing and the most effective and safe-for-the-environment cleaner, and I’m downright giddy when I clean the bathroom." Via.
*The Droid II is $100 at Amazon.
2. This free Android app lets you take a photo of the sky and find out how smoggy it is. Via.
3. "However, one thing I’ve learned about myself since I’ve been living as an unclutterer is the more I know about a chore, the more eager I am to do it. If I research sponges to learn which ones are the most durable, least likely to transmit bacteria, and best at cleaning a bathtub, I’m excited to use that sponge when I do the chore. Add to that research about methods for scrubbing and the most effective and safe-for-the-environment cleaner, and I’m downright giddy when I clean the bathroom." Via.
*The Droid II is $100 at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. The adorable Star Wars posters by Chris Bishop that I previously posted are now on sale.
2. Hunters in Oregon regularly shoot the "insulators on Google's electricity distribution poles. It's so problematic Google's moving their fibers underground."
3. It may only work in Australia, but s Plane Finder AR is an incredible-sounding iPhone augmented reality app - - point it at a plane flying above, and it'll tell the plane's destination and other information.
2. Hunters in Oregon regularly shoot the "insulators on Google's electricity distribution poles. It's so problematic Google's moving their fibers underground."
3. It may only work in Australia, but s Plane Finder AR is an incredible-sounding iPhone augmented reality app - - point it at a plane flying above, and it'll tell the plane's destination and other information.
Link roundup
1. Comment and win art prints.
2. "Google’s Biggest Advertisers in June 2010 (And What They Tell Us About Online Media)." Via.
3. Wild photo of a burnt out, but still standing (floating) telephone pole. Via these sites.
2. "Google’s Biggest Advertisers in June 2010 (And What They Tell Us About Online Media)." Via.
3. Wild photo of a burnt out, but still standing (floating) telephone pole. Via these sites.
Link roundup
1. The adorable Google Android mascot bears more than a passing resemblance to an old character from Gauntlet. Via.
2. Time to throw up your hands in despair:
*The Droid II is $90 at Amazon.
2. Time to throw up your hands in despair:
Exercising your brain can keep you sharp longer into old age, confirmed a new study. But here's the twist: When symptoms of dementia finally settle in, the decline happens faster in those whose brains have been busiest.3. Some skinks lay eggs, and some give live birth - - apparently they're evolving right before our eyes. Via.
*The Droid II is $90 at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. More information about the British spy, whose decomposed body was found locked inside a large sportsbag in the bath.
2. Google Code University, a collection of tutorials on languages like Python, Java and Go for relative beginners. Via.
3. "The highest paid athlete of all time was a charioteer from ancient Rome, say researchers."
*Buy Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War at Amazon.
2. Google Code University, a collection of tutorials on languages like Python, Java and Go for relative beginners. Via.
3. "The highest paid athlete of all time was a charioteer from ancient Rome, say researchers."
*Buy Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. Starting today you can use Gmail to receive or place Google Voice calls.
2. Haunted by a smelly sock.
3. This would be a cool Tetris ARG.
2. Haunted by a smelly sock.
3. This would be a cool Tetris ARG.
Google Logo as Platonic Solids
Google Logo as Platonic Solids by Ji Lee, who explains:
Platonic solids are three dimensional shapes that have equal sides, angles and face. They were conceived by Plato. Each of the five shapes represents five elements of the universe: Earth, Air, Water, Fire and Divine.*Buy Google Android vinyl toys at eBay.
Toothpaste for monsters (link roundup)
Toothpaste for monsters advertisement on sale at Steamcrow.
And a few more links:
1. How to use GOOG-411 and Skype to Call Any U.S. or Canadian Business for Free.
2. Lots of Tron-inspired fashion on the way.
3. Stylish Psylocke drawing.
*Previously: Uma Thurman is Psylocke.
*Find Psylocke action figures at eBay.
Golden State Warriors to bring back the best logo in the league (link roundup)
The Golden State Warriors new logo is a slightly updated version of the classic Golden Gate Bridge logo.
And a few more links:
1. Video breakdown showing how the Lakers defended Rajon Rondo. Via.
2. Google employees sleep in a giant Pac-Man-like pod for power naps.
3. Recipe for Pasta with Cauliflower and Anchovies.
*Previously: Vintage NBA logos.
*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.
Nobody is watching you (link roundup)
Anti-Google images by Porous Walker for a recent show at Fifty/24. (There's no content at the url). Via.
And a few more links:
1. If the whole point of big budget movies is moving merchandise, then why not simply skip the big budget, and instead create a cheap cartoon to give nostalgic parents an excuse to buy toys for their kids. For example - - Voltron, coming soon. Via.
2. Dogs painted to look like pandas and tigers. Via.
3. Gangster hamsters for Kia.
*Previously: Obama as Big Brother.
*Buy Big Brother Is Watching collectibles at eBay.
Plush rainicorn (link roundup)
Plush rainicorn from Adventure Time.
And a few more links:
1. Phineas and Ferb/Clone Wars mashup birthday invite.
2. The alternate world DC Comics covers from the season finale of Fringe. That show would be a heck of a lot more interesting if it was told from the point of view of the "evil" Walter and Olivia, rather than just being an X-Files knockoff. Via.
3. Encrypted Google search page.
*Previously: Homemade Perry the Platypus costume (from Phineas and Ferb).
*Buy Phineas and Ferb toys at eBay.
South Park mocks Facebook and Jim Cramer (link roundup)
Hilarious South Park episode mocking Facebook, and making great use of Tron.
And a few more links:
1. AT&T phones are only 1 cent at Amazon.
(My wife set up her Droid/Verizon through Amazon without any problem at all.)2. Google favors fast-loading pages in search results.
3. Next time someone talks about the "innocent" people wrongfully on death row, keep in mind that they might have a curious idea of what innocent means.
*Previously: Tron-esque poster by James White.
*Buy Tron toys at eBay.
Tip jar filled with water (link roundup)
Adding a little water to a tip jar adds low-tech mystery and security.
And a few more links:
1. It's looking like Google's Knol is a failure. I gotta say - - I'm surprised. I figured people who felt compelled to write Wikipedia entries, would be even more eager to earn a little adsense money.
2. There's a cute surprise waiting at the bottom of the Neatorama main page (wait for the site to fully load).
3. Father/daughter drawings of Storm.
*Previously: Clever signs on tip jars.
*Buy sketch cards at eBay.
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