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harmlessinc) wrote2006-04-21 11:57 am
harmlessinc) wrote2006-04-21 11:57 am
Friday links
It's Friday and it's links time, hopefully those of you stuck at jobs you dislike can spend a few minutes surfing the web and pretending things aren't so bad in the office. For the rest at jobs you enjoy... get back to work.
Beautiful and dead? Well at least well dressed
http://www.highfashioncrimescenes.com/
This is one of the more entertaining things I've run across lately.
Where do the directions come from
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/24/Autos/modern_mapmakers/index.htm
"Mapquest said it would take 41 minutes for me to drive from Columbus Circle in Manhattan to Far Rockaway in Queens. Google Maps estimated the trip at 39 minutes. I looked at the route and figured it for an hour. About an hour later, I was in Far Rockaway riding around with two of the people who create the raw material for driving directions like those spun out by Mapquest, Google and any number of portable navigation systems."
Freeze Frame
http://www.cuisinetechnology.com/antigriddle.html
"This unique innovation allows you to effortlessly freeze sauces and purees solid or develop semi-frozen creations with stable, crunchy surfaces and cool, creamy centers."
I know I don't cook enough to justify wanting this... but I do.
Old Version
http://www.oldversion.com/
Have you ever upgraded a piece of software only to find out that the new version is a piece of garbage? This is your solution.
"OldVersion.com has been supplying the online community with old versions of various programs since 2001."
Watergate? Amateurs... children... gather round and listen to this.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jalon8mar08,0,2280342.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
35 years ago... "a group of anonymous activists broke into the small, two-man office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Media, Pa., and stole more than 1,000 FBI documents that revealed years of systematic wiretapping, infiltration and media manipulation designed to suppress dissent."
Cut away
http://www.khulsey.com/demo_1howto.html
I used to love diagrams like this as a kid.
Wetlands, ... well it's wet at least.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/01/Opinion/Wet__yes_Wetland_No.shtml
How to count your backyard pond as a wetland, thanks to the Bush Administration.
"And what replaced those swamps, marshes and salt flats that are the incubators of life and natural water filters? Norton counts golf course water hazards, ornamental ponds and wastewater treatment lagoons among the legitimate substitutes for nature."
Hey Steph... how many days left?
Spinning Cap Hack
http://reverendtimothy.com/Graduation2006/
Consumer Sheep
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/the-latest-in-advertising-technology-166598.php
There are lots of jokes here... I'm going to let you work out your own.
Time to finally upgrade
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/49964/49964.html
Microsoft has begun alerting its customers that it will retire three of its legacy Windows versions--Windows Me, Windows 98 Second Edition (Win98SE), and Windows 98--on July 11, 2006."
Reading problems
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
"Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe."
Those papers, that have been out for decades, yes. We've like them back
http://chronicle.com/free/2006/04/2006041801n.htm
"Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have told university officials and members of the Anderson family that they want to go through the archive, and that agents will remove any item they deem confidential or top secret."
Part of the current administration's efforts to retract information that has already been made public.
When you have some free time:
The Merchants of Cool
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/
"They are the merchants of cool: creators and sellers of popular culture who have made teenagers the hottest consumer demographic in America. But are they simply reflecting teen desires or have they begun to manufacture those desires in a bid to secure this lucrative market? And have they gone too far in their attempts to reach the hearts--and wallets--of America's youth?"
Beautiful and dead? Well at least well dressed
http://www.highfashioncrimescenes.com/
This is one of the more entertaining things I've run across lately.
Where do the directions come from
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/24/Autos/modern_mapmakers/index.htm
"Mapquest said it would take 41 minutes for me to drive from Columbus Circle in Manhattan to Far Rockaway in Queens. Google Maps estimated the trip at 39 minutes. I looked at the route and figured it for an hour. About an hour later, I was in Far Rockaway riding around with two of the people who create the raw material for driving directions like those spun out by Mapquest, Google and any number of portable navigation systems."
Freeze Frame
http://www.cuisinetechnology.com/antigriddle.html
"This unique innovation allows you to effortlessly freeze sauces and purees solid or develop semi-frozen creations with stable, crunchy surfaces and cool, creamy centers."
I know I don't cook enough to justify wanting this... but I do.
Old Version
http://www.oldversion.com/
Have you ever upgraded a piece of software only to find out that the new version is a piece of garbage? This is your solution.
"OldVersion.com has been supplying the online community with old versions of various programs since 2001."
Watergate? Amateurs... children... gather round and listen to this.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-jalon8mar08,0,2280342.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
35 years ago... "a group of anonymous activists broke into the small, two-man office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Media, Pa., and stole more than 1,000 FBI documents that revealed years of systematic wiretapping, infiltration and media manipulation designed to suppress dissent."
Cut away
http://www.khulsey.com/demo_1howto.html
I used to love diagrams like this as a kid.
Wetlands, ... well it's wet at least.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/01/Opinion/Wet__yes_Wetland_No.shtml
How to count your backyard pond as a wetland, thanks to the Bush Administration.
"And what replaced those swamps, marshes and salt flats that are the incubators of life and natural water filters? Norton counts golf course water hazards, ornamental ponds and wastewater treatment lagoons among the legitimate substitutes for nature."
Hey Steph... how many days left?
Spinning Cap Hack
http://reverendtimothy.com/Graduation2006/
Consumer Sheep
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/the-latest-in-advertising-technology-166598.php
There are lots of jokes here... I'm going to let you work out your own.
Time to finally upgrade
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/49964/49964.html
Microsoft has begun alerting its customers that it will retire three of its legacy Windows versions--Windows Me, Windows 98 Second Edition (Win98SE), and Windows 98--on July 11, 2006."
Reading problems
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
"Eyetracking visualizations show that users often read Web pages in an F-shaped pattern: two horizontal stripes followed by a vertical stripe."
Those papers, that have been out for decades, yes. We've like them back
http://chronicle.com/free/2006/04/2006041801n.htm
"Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have told university officials and members of the Anderson family that they want to go through the archive, and that agents will remove any item they deem confidential or top secret."
Part of the current administration's efforts to retract information that has already been made public.
When you have some free time:
The Merchants of Cool
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/
"They are the merchants of cool: creators and sellers of popular culture who have made teenagers the hottest consumer demographic in America. But are they simply reflecting teen desires or have they begun to manufacture those desires in a bid to secure this lucrative market? And have they gone too far in their attempts to reach the hearts--and wallets--of America's youth?"