October 2008
89 posts
jesse showed me this →
After showing Lykke Li to a co-worker and him promptly purchasing it off Itunes, he showed me this little gem that it reminded him of. I know the whole childrens keyboard thing is a little odd, but…
The Future of Reading - Using Video Games as Bait... →
“You can’t just make a book anymore,” said Mr. Haarsma, a former advertising consultant. Pairing a video game with a novel for young readers, he added, “brings the book into their world, as opposed to going the other way around.”
luckily that sounds untrue to me.
WatchStreet Projections - Peroni2008 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
guerilla signage.
Mobile street projections executed on the streets New York City promoting Peroni’s sponsorship of 2008’s Fashionweek. Lit Studios used a 15,000 lumen projector at several locations during the course of Fashionweek with a concentration on special events around town. Custom cornerpinning software was employed to...
Lykke Li & Punks Jump Up →
This video is totally killer, and the song has been stuck in my head for at least a week now.
I had never heard this song until seeing the video, and at the beginning I…
the Halfterparty →
October 31, 2008 11:59 pm
to
November 1, 2008 3:00 am
(Please forward / re-distribute as you see fit - feel free to invite folks as well…)
The Official Unofficial Troy Night Out Afterparty …
Useful Google Bookmarklets →
I’ve always been a fan of bookmarklets, small pieces of JavaScript code saved as bookmarks in your browser. Often they provide features only available if you install a plug-in and they’re pretty easy to backup. Here’s a small list of bookmarks related to Google’s services. Most of them provide features from Google Toolbar. To save them, make sure bookmark toolbar is...
Calendar Gadgets Reference Guide - Google Calendar... →
Calendar Gadgets are special events that appear as icons above a day’s events. When clicked, the icon can pop up with any image, webpage, or a gadget. Try it out below!
Map Channels Feed Maps - embed custom Google maps... →
Feed Maps is an API which works with the Google Maps API to display a map containing one or more data feeds. A wide range of options let you customize the map appearance.
Google Code FAQ
- Using Ruby with the Google Data... →
Ruby is a dynamic scripting language that has received a good amount of attention in recent years due to the popular Rails web-development framework. This article will explain how to use Ruby to interact with Google Data API services. We will not focus on Rails, instead we are more interested in explaining the underlying HTTP commands and structure of our feeds. All of the examples presented here...
Excellent iBook HD Replacement Instructions - The... →
i should doublecheck that nada’s has all the screws…
Harvest%20Co-op%3A%20How%20it%20works →
Barcinski & Jeanjean - FITC Installation Online... →
Lawsuit Claims Mapmaking Firm Owns Your... →
The lawsuit highlights the growing importance of neighborhood data in web applications and science.
IGN: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Cheats, Codes,... →
MARAJADE - Unlocks Force Combos LIGHTSABER - Extra Damage effect always on KATARN - All Force Powers at maximum potency DATHOMIR - Force Repel at maximum potency EXARKUN - Force Push at maximum potency ADEGAN - Force Saber Throw at maximum potency MOLDYCROW - All Force combos available JOCASTA - All Force talents maximized
Question: How will templates be updated?
Answer: yes
Tyler Durden’s 8 Rules of Innovation | Lateral... →
“No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.”
This is the most important lesson, and it’s the one people struggle with and resist. Tim Ferriss advocates the 80/20 rule of productivity, where you focus relentlessly on the 20% of the actions that lead to 80% of the return. People see this as nice in theory, but not practical.
But believe it or not, this is...
rev69: DINOSAUR BBQ →
more evidence of the goodness
DINOSAUR BBQ DINOSAUR BBQ, with restaurants in Rochester, Syracuse and Harlem, will open a fourth restaurant in….. TROY! More specifically, the waterfront building that most recently housed “Fresno’s”, and before that, The Castaway. Expected opening late spring 2009. For those in the Albany area, this is excellent culinary news. For those...
Squidfingers / Patterns →
Feel free to use any of these patterns on your own site. If you do decide use one, a credit link back to my site is always greatly appreciated.
Work - Coasting Bicycle Design Strategy for... →
i just remembered why i’m so impressed with this page.
video games + torrents →
Play Asteroids Play Breakout Play Hexxagon Play Interactive Buddy Play Invaders Play Moonlander Play Pac-Man Play Solitaire Play Simon Play Snake Play Stan James Original Free-kick Challenge Play Starcraft Flash Action 3 Play Tetris
Category:International management consulting firms... →
Category:International management consulting firms
Impact Mozilla →
As you formulate your ideas for Impact Mozilla, we thought it might be helpful to share some information and data related to Firefox and what we know about our ability to retain a typical user. A wealth of information is already available at Mozilla’s blog of metrics. For example, we’ve been able to better understand the adoption and retention paths of our users through past experiments such as...
The Brain Rules
bauldoff:
1. EXERCISE: Exercise boosts brain power. 2. SURVIVAL: The human brain evolved, too. 3. WIRING: Every brain is wired differently. 4. ATTENTION: We don’t pay attention to boring things. 5. SHORT-TERM MEMORY: Repeat to remember. 6. LONG-TERM MEMORY: Remember to repeat. 7. SLEEP: Sleep well, think well. 8. STRESS: Stressed brains don’t learn the same way. 9. SENSORY INTEGRATION: Stimulate...
If you’d purchased $1000 worth of Delta Airlines stock a year ago, you’d have $49 left. With Fannie Mae you’d have $2.50 left. With AIG you’d have less than $15 left. But if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer, drunk all of it, and turned all of the cans in for recycling refunds, you’d have $214 in cash. Based on the above, the best current investing advice is to...
successful small companies are probably run by people who are better at making decisions than making best decisions. those people are probably against new fangled ways to get things done, like automating your invoicing system or something (unless it was a product they can “subscribe” to online). while this may seem like a tough market to break into, being able to explain things in a...