April 2009
Why Pro Sports Need Newspapers « blog maverick →
Facebook Sure Does Have Trouble Keeping Execs →
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Should You Buy a Home Right Now | Mint.com Blog →
Interesting.
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FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: GM's... →
Typo/graphic posters →
A directory of typographic and graphic posters. via Arkitip Tags: art design lists
Facebook Sure Does Have Trouble Keeping Execs →
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March 2009
IRS makes deductible sales tax on new autos... →
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Sweet news for people buying a new car.
Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal
One of the interesting tidbits revealed by President Obama during Monday’s …
Gliffy Online Diagram Software →
Interesting user flow software; going to have to check it out.
Bringing Adobe Flash Platform and Facebook... →
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Oh shit.
Today we’re excited to announce that Adobe and Facebook are working together to provide official support for building rich social applications in Flash. An…
Eater LA: Evolutions: Westwood Brew Co. Converting... →
I gotta check it out. Love me some BBQ.
Chimp carefully planned stone-throwing attacks on... →
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This is amazing.
This is really lovely: A researcher at Lund University has a new paper reporting on a chimpanzee in a zoo “calmly collecting stones and fashioning…
Designers: Make it Memorable →
Last year Jason Fried made a rather bold statement declaring the Drudge Report as one of the best designed sites on the web. I had recently been hired as a Designer, and I didn’t quite know what…
YouTube Adds A Twitter Button →
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Shared by Gregg I like fb, twitter, “myspace & more” better. :)
Everybody’s doing it. Even YouTube has succumbed to Twitter mania. Below every video if you click on the “Share” link you will…
THRU YOU | Kutiman mixes YouTube →
This is so amazing. This is why the Internet exists. (via fillup)
New Microsoft Ad - Find a laptop for less than... →
Great ad, and I’ve been to both stores featured in LA.
God of War 3 GDC Bootleg Gameplay Video →
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God I love God of War and cannot wait for the 3rd game.
This will probably be pulled sometime today…
Looks like expected: This looks exactly like God of War 1 or…
My Favorite Line From The President's Press... →
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At the same time, the rest of us can’t afford to demonize every investor or entrepreneur who seeks to make a profit. That drive is what has always fueled our prosperity, and it is what will…
I think my social studies teacher is spying on me? →
The comments are condensed internet GOLD.
“NPR’s programming now reaches 26.4 million listeners weekly — far...”
– Will NPR Save the News? | Fast Company
How to become Jason Bourne →
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This is just insane.
Timothy Ferris has some excerpts from a new book by Neil Strauss called Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life. The book is an “encyclopedia for…
Scrabble and Other Games Have Overvalued Points →
Scrabble and Other Games - on Boards, Fields, Courts and Ice - Have Overvalued Points
WatchI totally hope this is going to be awesome.
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This could be really good or really cheese.
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Where the Wild Things Are Trailer. Awesome
John Carmack releases open-source Wolfenstein 3D... →
his detailed design notes explain his gameplay changes
Designing Drop-Down Menus: Examples and Best... →
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Good follow up article about mega drop down menus.
As a general rule, most Web developers, especially usability enthusiasts, say it is bad practice to use drop-down menus…
Op-Ed Contributor - Dear A.I.G., I Quit! -... →
EVP’s resignation letter to AIG CEO.
Converting a PSD to XHTML/CSS →
A tutorial on how to convert a PSD into Valid XHTML/CSS.
how and why athletes go broke →
This is so crazy, but I can see how it happens.
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WatchThis is so badass.
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SexyBack vs. Legend of Zelda Theme on Two Tesla Coils on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
iPhone Developers Kit Still Missing A Few Basic... →
The reaction we’ve heard firsthand from iPhone developers regarding the newly released iPhone 3.0 software developers kit has been remarkably positive. Software companies big and small are…
Bartz's Yahoo Surges To New High →
Remember when Yahoo’s stock price broke $9 and everyone was howling that it was going straight to $6? We’re not hearing much of that chatter these days.
Yesterday, Carol Bartz-fueled YHOO…
Taco Bell Launches New 'Morning After' Burrito →
omg wow…
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Developed by a team of top Taco Bell gynecologists, the $1.99 “ContraceptiMelt” burrito creates an inhospitable environment within the womb, causing fertilized ovum tissue to be flushed from the body.
8 Awesome Cases of Internet Vigilantism →
Oh internet. You are so awesome and so scary at the same time.
34 Amazing Tumblr Themes, Twitter could never... →
5 Universal Principles For Successful... →
When was the last time you called customer support because you were having problems checking out online? Probably never! Cart abandonment rate is at around 60%, and most of it happens before the…
[Ask SM: CSS] Equal Spacing, CSS Font Replacement →
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This is our fourth installment of Ask SM, featuring reader questions about Web design, focusing on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. In this post we’ll cover how you can distribute the…
Monster "HDMI Difference" scam still... →
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Hate scams like this.
Man, this is just sad. Over a year after the internet was set ablaze with rage after seeing Monster’s HDMI cable scam, we’ve just been…
Allonzo Trier Is in the Game →
I love bball but it’s sad to know some kids are foregoing a childhood to be stars.
Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well (Jakob... →
Why Facebook has never listened and why it... →
My former boss, Jim Fawcette, used to say that if you asked a group of Porsche owners what they wanted they’d tell you things like “smoother ride, more trunk space, more leg room, etc.” He’d then…
Got an Hour? Create a Server in the Cloud →
Dave Winer yesterday announced EC2 for Poets, a step-by-step guide to help you create a server on Amazon’s EC2. His how-to is so easy to understand that we had our own server up and…
Why Facebook has never listened and why it... →
My former boss, Jim Fawcette, used to say that if you asked a group of Porsche owners what they wanted they’d tell you things like “smoother ride, more trunk space, more leg room, etc.” He’d then…