June 2009
34 posts
Jun 30th
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“The roles that a mother plays in the lives of her children are so integral that...”
– Changing the Language of Fatherhood - NYTimes.com
Jun 29th
“I had a handleless cup of hot, stale tea, poured and reheated from a pail stored...”
– Childcare: new short fiction by Lorrie Moore in the New Yorker.
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
Jun 25th
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merlin: Yo Gabba Gabba! - “Pick It Up!” The after intro animation segment in Yo Gabba Gabba is consistently amazing.
Jun 25th
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GoogleMapsScrollZoomDisable for Greasemonkey →
Greasemonkey script that disables the insanely annoying “mouse wheel = map zoom” feature on Google Maps, which I accidentally trigger All. The. Time. It’s pretty easy to tweak the settings in…
Jun 24th
Jun 23rd
Star Wars figures and chipmunks by Chris McVeigh →
Thanks, kev, these made my day and it’s only 10am.
Jun 23rd
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Jun 23rd
Arrested Development Documentary: Final Trailer -... →
Jun 21st
Pixar grants girl’s dying wish with home viewing... →
What an incredibly sad story. (Not only did Pixar do a beautiful thing here, they also refused to turn it into a callous marketing/PR ploy and declined to comment on the story or discuss it with reporters.)
Jun 21st
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Pictaculous - A Color Palette Generator →
There have been at least a few of these in the past (the “sample an image for the most common colours) but none as nicely put together as this one.
Jun 20th
Phoenix '1901' (Official Video) →
Jun 17th
Jun 16th
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PS22 Chorus "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'" by JOURNEY →
Jun 16th
Jeremy's Extreme Ford Fiesta road test - Top Gear... →
Jun 16th
Amazing Basketball Trick Shots Video →
Jun 14th
Jun 13th
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Pattern Tap →
Another “get inspired” web site, but still looks like a nice collection of designy-bits.
Jun 11th
Apostrophe Now! →
I had no idea if this new content management system is any good, but I like the stark design aesthetic.
Jun 11th
How Firefox Gets Grassroots Marketing Right →
Nce look at how Mozilla does marketing.
Jun 11th
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Jun 10th
3 notes
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Biking with 5D Mark II
Jun 8th
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Surprise Wedding Reception →
Jun 8th
Damien Walters Showreel 2009 →
Jun 8th
Rideshare - Zimride | A Carpool Community →
Looks like a feasible alternative to the lack of Allostop in Ontario.
Jun 7th
Jun 7th
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“So what does Microsoft do? They launch - I’m still reeling from this -...”
– A hundred million mistakes: Microsoft’s Bing search engine - Good Experience
Jun 6th
Jun 6th
Jun 6th
Jun 6th
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A MIghty Wind "Hi Class Management" Scene. →
Jun 3rd
"Too Many Dicks (On the Dancefloor)" - Flight of... →
Jun 1st