December 2008
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marco, the creator of the iPhone app Instapaper:
It should be illegal to bring a magazine or newspaper into a multi-toilet office bathroom and sit there for a half hour, solidly defeating anyone else’s attempt to wait you out in the uncomfortable silence.
Do your business, then leave in a timely fashion. Save the bathroom reading for home.
brianvan:
How ironic! This is my primary use of...
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NYT: 'Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the... →
Skateboarders from all around the world are making the most of the current economic problems, by emptying out the disused swimming pools in the many foreclosed properties in California and skating in them.
(via Daring Fireball)
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Why I take photos
Merlin Mann wrote a great piece about photography and creative endeavour, which inspired Marco to write his own great article about why he takes photos.
He sums up perfectly why I today splashed out the better part of a thousand pounds for a Nikon D90 DSLR with a 35mm f/2.0 lens.
I could easily take these types of photos with any consumer point-and-shoot camera, and it would be far more...
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Amazon.com: Free MP3 Downloads →
Free MP3s, from Amazon.
Merry Christmas!
Update 2009-01-02:
I am, of course, an idiot. Should have tried the link out properly before I posted it. As J points out in the comments, those particular downloads are USA only. This is the closest equivalent for the UK—it’s just a list of all the MP3s available on amazon.co.uk sorted by price, in ascending order—but there...
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Do the Test →
First go and Do the Test.
Then, check out this colour changing card trick.
Then, if your interest is piqued, go read this article about the technique.
(card trick and article via Merlin, ages ago)
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In the alternative
Squashed came up with a suggestion for what should done with the shoe thrower.
But then he had a better idea:
If my previously suggested sentence for Muntadhar “The Shoe Thower” al-Zaidi is too boring, I could offer an alternative.
Sentence al-Zaidi to having two shoes thrown at him by Bush.
Bush, citing his busy scheudule, declines to go back to Iraq to throw the shoes, but says he’ll send...
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Things Bears Love →
Things Richie Loves:
Bears.
(via taralikespink, via marco)
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Google Zeitgeist 2008 →
Google have released their Zeitgeist for 2008.
Looking at the Most Popular chart for the UK, I am struck by the fact that so many people search for sites like YouTube and Facebook. Do people really not know the addresses for these?
In particular, I’m tickled by the fact that the ninth most popular search on Google UK this year has been for “yahoo”. Yahoo. I’d love to...
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Men are Gross
Waiting opposite me at a pelican crossing this morning was a beautiful woman. As the green man lit up, and we started to cross, one of the two workmen who were behind me said “Whoa!” and then wolf-whistled.
His friend said, sarcastic but amused, “They like it when you do that,” and then the whistler laughed.
All of which showed me up, as I attempting to eye her up...
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“Have you ever noticed how if you assume someone has a negative intention, you...”
– Duff McDuffee @ Precision Change (via hardlikealgebra)
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Procrastinating Again? →
Raymond, a high-powered attorney, habitually put off returning important business calls and penning legal briefs, behaviors that seriously threatened his career. Raymond (not his real name) sought help from clinical psychologist William Knaus, who practices in Longmeadow, Mass. As a first step, Knaus gave Raymond a two-page synopsis of procrastination and asked him to read it “and see if the...
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“Music label Asthmatic Kitty Records is experimenting with a new post-In Rainbows...”
– Asthmatic Kitty (via fascinated)
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“There’s no question that drug prohibition has been every bit the failure alcohol...”
– Radley Balko (via marco, via azspot)
“When the Live Feed Puppies leave our computer screens, the Internet must die!...”
– dlisted, in a poignant ode to the puppycam
(tip of the hat to Katie for the link)
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How to Take a Shorter Shower →
A novel technique.