30DEC

[free] stock photography resource list
Human RFID Implant
Forensic types. Interview with type designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones.


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CSS3 Multi-Column Thriller

29DEC

top fonts of 2005: from Typographica

Griffin Introduces New iTrip Auto (FM Transmitter & Auto Charger for iPod)

parking garages. Lots of diagrams of parking garages.
eFile for free! Free version of TurboTax Online.
40 Things That Only Happen In Movies

Dentists on the border Mexico / U.S.A.:Dentimundo offers citizens of the U.S., a wealthy country where 42 million people do not have health benefits, help in finding affordable dental care just across the Mexican border.

Super Special Features

The hidden genius of The Dukes of Hazzard.


The A1200 is still under development. But a leak to the press from Motorola people, we have already known some of the specs and features. For the specs, the A1200 will be equipped with a 2 megapixel camera and just weighs 95 grams! It has a big 2.4” 240×320 pixels QVGA TFT screen and 8MB built-in memory. The storage space can be further upgraded by using the T-flash memory card up to 512MB.

The A1200 comes with a lot of business critical fearures, such as business card scanning function, supports POP3, IMAP4, SMTP e-mail protocol. Not to mention, you can also browse and edit Word, Excel, Power point files. When it comes to multimedia, the A1200 is one of the best with more than 10 types of file format supported, Real Player, MP3, MP4, AAC+ etc. With its Bluethooth stereo headset, it is the entertainment center on your hand. The battery capacity is 850 mAh. This is enough for 270-480 min talktime and 190-210 standby time.

It is quite sure that the A1200 will be available on Jan. The price is still up in the air.

linky

adobe illustrator tutorials
Top 10 Photoshop Tutorials of 2005
i should learn how to Make an RSS Aggregator with PHP and AJAX

11 reasons why Flat Panel LCDs are better than PLASMAs
New Printer makes 3d objects on demand - for andy, and his papa
Skype Handset for Macs! Yes!

New Sony Flat Mice

Sony has released 2 different kinds of fun mice for you this holiday season. The first is the SMU-WN10 model which comes in both wired and wireless models.

HTML Character Entities Cheat Sheet
JavaScript Cheat Sheet
MySQL Cheat Sheet
CSS Cheat Sheet
PHP Cheat Sheet
RGB Hex Colour Chart
source: Cheat Sheets

css menu generator
CSS3 Advanced Layout Module
Twelve Free CSS Navigation Menu Designs

YIPs:
msnbc
time
reuters

iPod tech:
Handbrake Lite
DVD-iPod (mac only btw)

Turn Your iPod into a Universal Remote
Convert videos into 3GP format for mobile devices
Drag and Drop to convert files for Ipod Video (PC)

iTunes libaray updater

too late for xmas:
clever clock

World of Warcraft players use virtual snowballs to deal with Gold Farmers!

QFT:
"Once out, there's no putting toothpaste back in the tube." -unknown

just a line

music is my life's blood, so this will be long and drawn-out.

• All time faves (pretty much in order):
• the charlatans
• ride (now defunkt)
  
• lamb
• muse
• jet
• u2
• erik b & rakim
• dr. dre
• franz ferdinand
• gorillaz
• the cure
• new order
• harvey danger
• happy mondays
• mark gardner
• beck
• love & rockets
  

• Recent faves:
• matisyahu (if you don't know, you better ask someone)
• aqualung
• the bravery
• the killers
• louis XIV
• the kills (not 'the killers' - different band)

• Top 40 faves ( i usually only like their singles):
• beyonce / destiny's child
• outkast
• pharell
• john mayer
• jay z
• snoop dogg
• foo fighters
• no doubt

• Bands you should must investigate:
• she wants revenge
• matisyahu (in case you forgot from above)

http://sandeepmakam.blogspot.com/
wrapables
nec's new battery

iPodstreet
everything iPod

http://www.tactiva.com/demo.html
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/pie.php
http://www.tomshardware.com/game/200509211/index.html
http://jeffcovey.net/tmp/trazan/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/77e6/
http://www.speckproducts.com/nano-iguy.html
http://matias.ca/usb2keyboard/index.php#
http://www.go-l.com/monitors/athens/features/index.htm
http://www.google.com/picasa/index.html
http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/css/css-cheat-sheet/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/news-item38.htm
http://spstudio.elena.hosting-friends.de/spstudio.html
http://www.barry.fireflyinternet.co.uk/JackSchitt/Jack_Schit.htm
http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS3139003780.html
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/endofworld.html

http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/reference/entity/index.php
http://www.andyrutledge.com/cssslides.html#
http://www.sparktech.com/content/pdetail.php?product=16
http://www.inhabitat.com/entry_714.php#body
http://www.codestyle.org/css/BrowserConfiguration.shtml
http://www.bigad.com.au/

http://www.hippyshopper.com/
http://users.design.ucla.edu/~ahierony/move/index.html
http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=22
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8282&feedId=online-news_rss20
http://www.persuasivegames.com/
http://www.iomega.com/direct/products/family.jsp;IomegaProdComSession=D0r7E1FFnR5NwBaqFNXFE7CxgoAQluTI90plBdASetWqdNuYroLF!-1530657569!-1817048987!7005!7002!1237998594!-1817048988!7005!7002?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=31220669&bmUID=1131735931945
http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=2370
http://news.zdnet.com/5208-9584-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=5216&messageID=111920&start=-1
http://www.trigem.com/tgproduct/lluon/ProductDetail.asp?category_seq=68&product_seq=375
http://www.lluon.com/showroom/pop_vr.asp
http://www.moimstone.com/Product/sb_a02.html
http://www.lynda.com/value.html
http://www.betanews.com/article/Office_12_Beta_1_Coming_in_23_Weeks/1131670827
http://geekswithblogs.net/

http://www.firewheeldesign.com/
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/0a03b5108e097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd/11.html

http://cloudburst.com/mistcool.html

http://www.gizmosforgeeks.com/index.php/articles/1588
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/25/thg-readerschoice2005/
http://storagereview.com/articles/200511/notebook_1.html
http://blog.neoteny.com/eno/archives/008875.html
http://www.athensmusician.net/archive/2005-02-13_oragamicdholder.php
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/page_layouts/index.cfm
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//1438/earth_lights_lrg.jpg
http://www.intensivstation.ch/en/templates/
http://www.bit-tech.net/columns/2005/11/28/path_to_pwn/1.html
http://krow.net/dict/subnet.html
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1840485,00.html
http://www.theshapeofdays.com/2005/11/my_contribution.html
http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/
http://nanocrew.net/software/sharpmusique/
http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/
http://www.cad-animation.com/
http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/index-linux.html
http://kk.hopto.org:8080/wiki/index.php/Portable_USB_Drive_Apps

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2005/12/new_plugins.html
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2005.html
http://www.macromedia.com/
http://www.devlobby.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75


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20october2005

linky:
Keyboard shortcuts in OS X
Submitted by Tigerstorm on Tue, 2005-10-11 03:31.
Here is a list of all the shortcuts in Mac OS X.. Perhaps useful if you switched to the mac or forgotten certain shortcuts. It's a pretty long list, but perhaps useful.

THE NAMES OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET ACCORDING TO THE ETYMOLOGICAL BACKGROUNDS OF THEIR FIRST AND LAST NAMES, AND OF THEIR MIDDLE NAMES WHEN AVAILABLE.*
BY JØRGEN G. CLEEMANN

Default Password List





Apple's trade-in program
Apple has recently announced several enhancements to our product lines and we are offering customers the option to select one of our new products. You may change your order or request a return using this web site.



Which Fantasy/Sci-fi Character Are You?

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lifey

so we're wrapping up the details for our SFO/LAX trip. gonna meet andy's fave uncle, coxy, in SFO, some fun cousins and the auntie. then we head down to los angeles for the U2 show at the staples center. holy hell man, that is some coolness.

we'd originally planned to attend blizzcon and put some faces to toons, but tix are wicked expensive and anaheim is a bore. i'm going to try to put up a shout out and get my fellow geeks to meet up with us after in el lay for the west hollywood halloween partay.

andy's going to be jack skellington and i'm going to be sally. super fun. we'll meet up with tess and colin (one el or two?) for the fun on monday and for recovery on tuesday - then off to the concert. i can't put to words how excited i am about that.

what's more exciting than that?
i've recently started a levulan therapy treatment for my skin. and get this, it's working. after years and years of bad skin, i think andy's found something that actually works. gotta get the images up on flikr - been doing a daily photo diary of the progress. my skin is smooth, breakouts are down to almost nil. my next session is scheduled for 04NOV, after we get back from our trip. so exciting!

toady

file it under: “pretty damned cool”
a responsive light wall that ‘reflects’ what you’re wearing by changing colors. not only is this fun, but the ambient lighting is beautiful on its own.

file it under: “things i want”
the mio a701 quad-band phone is now a most coveted possession for me. why is there still no ‘official’ website for this baby?
a ‘skyn’ for my lappy, hell any lappy, would be the bees knees.
a purse with interior led lighting.

file it under: “things i don’t understand but probably should”
ruby on rails
ajaxx <-- poorly-researched link

although not nearly as sexy (or expensive) as philip’s tv mirror*, hasbro’s child-friendly projector seems like i’d be super fun at parties. hoop it up to a vodafone wireless router, add a roaming digital camera and your party is on fire.
*”… mirror tv in essence is an lcd display integrated into a mirror, which means that you could surf tv channels, the internet or even view your blood pressure while brushing your teeth or styling you hair, or just admire your reflection…”

google is forced to break down the search engine process cause some kids are poopy about the results of queries like “utter miserable failure” (my words *cough*).

world jump day: what ever happened to the “global pencil drop” day i remember hearing about in high school? btw, i signed up. :: sigh ::

i love stuff like this. a web-based pellet gun aimed at a lappy. brilliant. i love the direction this is headed in. no, seriously. i do. i’m not kidding.

global warming hits the forum of dig.com. what i most appreciate about this is the feedback/comments. and there are a few good comments. one citing this article, and another, this one.
“…they believe global warming is melting arctic ice so rapidly that the region is beginning to absorb more heat from the sun, causing the ice to melt still further and so reinforcing a vicious cycle of melting and heating…the greatest fear is that the arctic has reached a "tipping point" beyond which nothing can reverse the continual loss of sea ice and with it the massive land glaciers of greenland, which will raise sea levels dramatically…”

i put super lappy up on ebay just to see what happens. i’m ideally gunning for a powerbook. if it sells, it sells. it’s only $5 to post.

i’ve added the complete calvin and hobbes to my wish list. in doing so, i came across hamster huey and the gooey cablooie. i had no clue this was a real book. added that one too then.

for completeness, all of the original "calvin and hobbes" collections released in the u.s. are here listed:
1. 'calvin and hobbes'
2. 'something under the bed is drooling'
3. 'yukon ho!'
4. 'weirdos from another planet!'
5. 'the revenge of the baby-sat'
6. 'scientific progress goes 'boink': a calvin and hobbes collection'
7. 'attack of the deranged mutant killer monster snow goons'
8. 'the days are just packed: a calvin and hobbes collection'
9. 'homicidal psycho jungle cat: a calvin and hobbes collection'
10. 'there's treasure everywhere--a calvin and hobbes collection'
11. 'it's a magical world: a calvin and hobbes collection'

additionally, three paperback books were published in the u.k. in 1992:

1. 'calvin and hobbes thereby hangs a tale' - the very first calvin and hobbes,
2. 'calvin and hobbes one day the wind will change'
3. 'calvin and hobbes in the shadow of the night'

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andy should have downloaded this already: the ipod bartender.

i neither follow sports nor office politics nor athletic gear. having said that, these reebok commercials had me in tears. clicking the first link will do just fine if you’re feeling lazy.

microsoft’s gadget site is pretty cool. i think the ui is a bit tame, but hey. i’ve yet to explore the “build your own gadget” link, but it intrigues and scares me all at the same time.

zdnet’s blog touches on the windows 12 (vista/longhorn) interface and all i can say is “oooooo….prety.” yeah, i want it now too. zdnet blog also has a nice piece on the user interface of today’s windows. mad to i love modern art. my last zdnet blog/microsoft cross reference covers geekdom: bill gates v napoleon dynamite.

things i’ll probably want to know how to do some day:
how to assign a domain name to your home web server
how to embed a wifi finder in your backpack strap

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the internet chain

don’t know what prompted it, but i was thinking about thespark.com the other day – remembering how they’d claimed “you know you’ve got something successful when someone does a porn parody” and launched a little contest to see who could come up with what. i’d entered my idea for thespank.com where you spank bad people/celebrities via flash application. never even got a mention. anyhow, the memory was enough to make me head over and see what those chaps are up to these days.

this surf reminded me of…

waferbaby.com – the first ‘blog’ i ever remember reading on a regular basis. he’s a designer, so his site’s down quite often for remodeling and such – enough so that i lose touch with it every year or so. once i found an old buddy by way of the random profile link.

this surf reminded me of…

makeoutclub.com – originally a site set up to help local bands fill open spots, it’s not what the url would have you think. my first housemate in san diego turned me on to it and we ended up making pals with the same fella who we’d met through this site, and neither of us knew until it was too funny to giggle about.

this surf reminded me of…

when i used to keep a blog at livejournal.com – my first real effort at blogging regularly. this is where i met esteban, my best pal. in this blog, i wrote such gems as “a wolf in geek’s clothing”and “mirabile’s winkie review,” and captured a sample of the passionate chat of that personal zeitgeist.

linkdom 12 september 2005

hunter thompson left a note.

merman spotted in the caspian sea. i told you so.

using chili peppers to curb drug abusers
"the biggest benefit, though, will be to society as a whole, because pain medicine abuse now is such a massive epidemic." good enough for me.

this is huge. the vatican addresses evolution.
“…in other words, the pope could live with evolution, so long as the process of “ensouling” humans was left to god.  (he also insisted on a role for adam, whom he believed committed a sin— mysteriously passed along through the “doctrine of original sin”—that has affected all subsequent generations.) pius xii cautioned, however, that he considered the jury still out on the question of evolution’s validity.  it should not be accepted, without more evidence, “as though it were a certain proven doctrine.”  (roa, 81)…”

people get angry over the recent patent granted to microsoft for inventing the “double-click.” ms also appears to be claiming invention of what we now know as the gui. this is also argued.
“you have to understand how patents work”
9/9/2005 8:51:03 pm posted by e-shy
they probably applied a long time ago. they did "invent" the double click, the rest oss used one-click at the time. they also invented the context-menu (which now exist in the mac as well). apple did sue microsoft on the gui and mouse issue and lost because it was xerox parc's invention, that story was the old silicon valley story of not caring what you got (same as cisco, 3com, yahoo, google and other companies[sic]). the folks at xerox didn't understand what it was and gave it away despite objections by the developers.

wired online interviews jon stewart and ben karlin (daily show producer) regarding their takes on the future of broadcast/network/cable/online television.

“responsibility, taking action and owning up” reference #2:
paypal freezes out katrina aid from wired news online.
"you've got to find a balance between assuming everyone is guilty and treating your customers with respect," he said.

pentagon revises pre-emptive nuclear strikes
is this scary?

flame wars for “grown-ups”

epson’s mini led projector makes news again (still?). it seems toshiba has one too.

a bluetooth device that turns your cell phone into a voip system when coupled with your lappy. here’s one at ubergizmo.

sim card back up keychain. i hate having to re-enter all those numbers. ooo! and it’s got a clock!

an online php how-to book

the history of google

top ten things you can do to get blogged

a new spin on paper: exbiblio [pdf] which is not to be confused with philips’ rollable display. more from polymervision.com (the developer?)

form agreeing with function: blue vertigo mint

incase you’re bored: hack a day

pfizer nearly debunks the whole “big pharmaceutical co = bad” theory by lending a hand in the hurricane katrina recovery effort. pfizer, i salute you.

newly added to my list of rss blogs:
ftrain.com: the website of paul ford and his pseudonyms. why?
flow | state: ui design craft. why?

neat little bit about the technology behind corpse bride. also includes some blurbs from tim burton worth taking in.

windows vista editions released
winging and whining abounds. you can test drive vista here, read a bit of propaganda here and complain about it here and here. read zdnet’s blog about it all here.

“responsibility, taking action and owning up” reference #1:
microsoft's army of lawyers was no match for a kid from kent state.
by denise grollmus
originally published by cleveland scene 2005-03-30
i’m not huge on suing anyone for anything, even though i’d love some revenge now and then. however, this kid made good and i commend him on his diligence and intelligence.

more for my css library: css hack

jason kottke writes a neat little blurb about mobile phone usage here. this got me thinking about what i use my phone for (in order of importance):
1. time
2. web based phone listings
3. movie listings and such
4. web browsing/info searching
5. news (rss feeds)
6. phone calls
7. sms
8. photo records of things i see/need/want

i do not want:
1. music
2. email
3. gaming
4. fancy pants ring tones

people id like to...

amelia’s list of people she’d like to….
…have dinner with:
     russell crowe
     steve buschemi
     jean renau
     george clooney     
…meet out in a bar and end up drinking and chatting all night and well in to the next day:
     jon stewart
     hal sparks
     sara silverman
     amanda peet
…shake hands with and thank for all the good times:
     dwyane “the rock” johnson
     luc besson

weekend movies

i sure hope this still from superman returns is not indication of the chemistry to be found in the film. although i love it when a “no-name” gets cast in a leading role of a blockbuster and ends up turning in to a harrison ford, who the hey is this goober? he seems to have all the presence of a superman cut-out displaying the director’s cut dvd in blockbuster.

i was fairly excited to see transporter 2. well not so much excited to see transporter 2(chud) as i was to see more of what i saw in transporter. total let down – especially since i saw it as a ‘palatte cleanser’ for the exorcism of emily rose. the exorcism of emily rose was so aweseome and not so scary as to freak my shit and make me see/hear/sense stuff that wasn’t there - however, i was woken up by some mysterious knock at 2.46 this morning. if you’ve seen emily rose, you know what that could mean. as a final note on the film, jennifer carpenter (emily rose) did such an amazing job. i hope she gets some recognition for her work on this.

anyhow, so yeah, transporter 2 was a huge disappointment. i knew, going in to the movie, it was not even going to be an italian job. my faith in luc besson and jason statham would not be deterred and i banked on at least being entertained. i’m convinced the undoing of this movie is the sole fault of louis lettrier. damn him. damn him to hell.

one movie i am going to bank on is waiting. i’ve a celebrity crush on ryan reynolds. one that went to seed with van wilder and was cemented with last years comedic sleeper, blade trinity.

we saw the trailer for doom before both emily rose and transporter 2. damn. an fps movie? i’m going to barf – and for more than one reason. fps makes me blow chunks. the story, as portrayed in the trailer, is also going to make me hurl. i don’t think even the cinematic genius of the rock will save this thing.

in addition to the aptly named “doom(ed)”, the aeon flux trailer ran before transporter 2. now, i used to watch aeon flux on liquid television and loved loved loved it. loved the love/hate relationship between aeon and trevor. loved the look of it all and was sometimes shocked by aeon’s *cough* clothing. andy said it best: “it looks like a sci-fi movie of the week.” :: sigh :: i’m still going to see it and i’m going to be more entertained than i was at transporter 2. the trailer looks so cheap and budgeted and ungh. damn. what a sad thing.

sex and violence in mmorpgs

Sex and the Archetypical Female Gamer
…in which Geekwoman coins the term “game-rape” as “when a character deliberately enters another character's space. This gives a visual depiction of mimicking a sexual act. In some games two characters can actually occupy the same spot, and even walk through each other. This gives creeps a chance to follow female characters around and sexually harass them.”

Andy and I have been talking more and more about the foul language and fouler behavior we’ve come across playing world of warcraft. Andy tends to do more high-lelve instance raids than I, and in doing so, uses teamspeak for more efficient in-game communication. Through this use, he is exposed to 12-35 year olds calling other players pussies, fags, fucks and the like.

We’ve recently switched from sleepless knights to blood of the innocent because I had conflicts with sk leadership and because andy really likes boti – plus bruins and felica are in boti and we love them to pieces. Anyhow, the misogynistic, homo-hate talk that comes through on guild chat is amazing. Is this abuse? Does reading the chat of one player going in to detail about how another player likes to ‘take it in the butt’ do damage to my spirit/pshyche/etc?

Back when and and I’d first started the game, my character was being followed and harrased by another player. This player continued to perform seemingly sexual acts on or near my character. Andy immediately logged his higher level toon and hunted this guy down wanting to duel him. A noble gesture, but the bastard simply logged off.

In world of warcraft a player can type “/me waves goodbye to everyone” and the game will translate that into “Sally waves goodbye to everyone” in a font and color that looks like an actual game emote. A player can also type “/me shoves his dick in Sally’s throat” which is exactly what I encountered while leveling my cooking in an inn the other day. A player hassled me in this way, with assorted lewd emotes for my entire time in the inn. I of course ignored the cunt and kept to my work. Clearly it bothers me to this day.

What can be done about this kind of conduct? Should anything be done at all? Where do you draw the line between what is kids learning about life and what’s plain wrong? How lame would it be to have a guild where you spoke respectfully and decently to your fellow player?

So I want to start a new cult guild called the elitist ninjas. Simply to let others talk all they want and let us respectful, decent folk take down onyxia on our own terms.

but what about you?

okay so

gramma linda was missing (she lives in the french quarter), but she’s turned up and is headed to rachel’s place by way of jersey.

the maxilliofacial nightmare only took 45 minutes last wednesday, thanks to the skilled mitts of dr. milder. i know have four bloody, very painful sockets where there were at one time a decayed, impacted wisdom tooth, a twice root-canaled molar, a deformed molar with a spike growing out of its crown and a “micro-dent” of an upper wisdom tooth.

too bad i went with the general anaesthesia (my first time) because i didn’t have the wits to ask to keep the two deformed ones. how cool, eh?

follow-up appointment is tomorrow @ 4 and i’m out of vic. moved to solid foods yesterday by way of domino’s steak pizza.

we’d originally ordered deep-dish, but got a call back stating “we’re out of deep-dish. is hand-tossed okay?” after suppressing giggles, we consented. the domino’s pizza guy shows up just as my team gets jumped by nek’rosh – going on about how my name isn’t on the call box out front.

we get the yummie smelling pie out only to discover that, contrary to our specific instructions, the ‘za’s covered in mushrooms (yay! more for me!). i pick out the fungus and andy chokes down two slices.

around 12.00pm all the ammoxicilin starts kicking the shit out of my belly and i’m on the pot and in pain. unhappy, can’t sleep and dreading work in the morning, i was distracted for 120 minutes by the life and death of peter sellers. good stuff really.

my hunt for a girly doctor may actually be over. julie and jonna sent some info my way. now if only they’d answer their phones….

linkdom 07 september 2005

design
ten css tricks you may not know
ten more css tricks you may not know
css and designing tables


software
mac n jeez
trends in mac apps
tiger secrets: system settings
how-to: upgrade the processor on an older macintosh g4

gadgets/electronics
alex: sony's latest hd projectors: the vpl-vw100 hd sxrd and vpl-hs60

the coolest custom lcd panels on the planet. hannspree.

thg: logitech’s new wireless thx system
“…logitech claims that its z-5450 system is first to have received to have received thx 5.1 certification for its wireless rear speakers. the package eliminates the need to wire audio cable through a room, under carpets or behind walls, as it uses wireless signals to transmit audio. each of the rear speakers can be placed anywhere within 28 feet of the speaker system control center…”

looking like a weird egg-shaped thingamajic, the oculas is definitely not a toy for the average joe. with harman + kardon roots behind it, the oculas’ main function is to provide its ‘passenger’ the best private entertainment experience possible. it features 5.1 surround sound that’s a must in any media nowadays, and with an integrated mac, pc, xbox and ps2 within the shell (according to the brochure), you will be hard pressed to stay bored. crisp, flat screen technology tops off this sensual delight of the eyes and ears.

reference
turing test

web/internet
google improves mobile phone searching. thank fucking god

broadband speed test for cable, dsl and modem

science
scientists in germany have created a material that is harder than diamond.
26 august 2005
“…the group created the adnrs by compressing the carbon-60 molecules to 20 gpa, which is nearly 200,000 times atmospheric pressure, while simultaneously heating to 2500 kelvin…”
nano material harder than diamonds
18:18 30 august 2005  will knight

liquid drops takes big nano step
by jonathan amos bbc news science reporter, dublin
“…it may not sound like much but the molecular engineering that went into this feat is said to be a step forward in the emerging area of nanotechnology. the trick is in tiny "machines" about a millionth of a millimetre in size that coat the surface and propel the drop…”

gaming
is world of warcraft good or bad for the gaming industry?
ny times
by seth schiesel
published: september 6, 2005
“..worldwide, about the only subscriber-based multiplayer online games that can compare to world of warcraft are lineage and lineage ii, from ncsoft. each game claims about 1.8 million subscribers, but in both cases the vast majority of players are in south korea, where internet gaming has become practically a national pastime…”
cnn money
by chris morris
september 1, 2005: 12:55 pm edt

make friends and kill people
september 3, 2005
by: aaron mckenna
“…it's not just about dropping in and killing, anymore. online video gaming has less to do with the games these days than about the social experience. so if you haven't already, find your clan and discover a new universe lurking within your favorite action game…”

world of warcraft subscribers reach 4 million
“…1 million active accounts in north america alone…”

fun
jason kottke hacks popcorn in…
popcorn hacks
published: on wednesday, 07 september 2005 08:21:19
if you've got a bag of orville redenbacher's butter microwave popcorn on hand but no microwave, there's no need to panic. just tear open the bag and pour the kernels into a large pot. put over medium heat. the kernels will be in a big clump of congealed butter-like substance...break them apart with a wooden spoon as the pot heats up and the "butter" starts to melt.
when the "butter" is melted, stir the kernels around with the spoon so they don't burn. at this point, you may want to don some protective eyewear so that when the first kernels pop, you don't get hot butter-like liquid in your eye; i just put on my sunglasses. when the first kernels pop, cover the pot and shake it across the burner so the kernels don't burn. stop periodically to listen for pops and to exclaim, "i can't believe this is actually working!" when popping stops, quickly remove from the heat, and get it out of that hot pot into a bowl. eat. as good as microwaved.

mcsweeny’s lists strikes again
things hagrid the half-giant would say if he served jesus instead of harry potter
by hart seely

my cat abraham lincoln
by paul ford and paul ford
“…he has poked his head into a small brown paper bag, gotten it stuck, and run across the room like a brain-damaged unicorn, smashing into chair legs and trash cans. i just watched, in paradise, until finally he sat on his haunches with his head still encased in the bag, waiting for fate to deliver him, or kill him—he'd made his peace…”

evangelical scientists refute gravity with new “intelligent falling” theory
the onion august 17, 2005 | issue 41•33
"…things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'god' if you will, is pushing them down…"

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samsung to play safe with dual hd dvd/blu-ray rig
by tony smith
published tuesday 6th september 2005 15:09 gmt

samsung unveils 'world first' laptop with detachable screen
monday 5th september 2005
the launch of the m70 follows last month's revelation that samsung will be saying goodbye next year to its only contract notebook client, dell, forcing the company to focus on marketing its own-brand notebooks. sources have said that samsung's next aim is to become a world leader in the ultralight notebooks segment.

scientists baffled by changes in saturn's rings
by alicia chang, ap science writer
monday, september 5, 2005
among the most surprising findings is that parts of saturn's innermost ring — the d ring — have grown dimmer since the voyager spacecraft flew by the planet in 1981. a piece of the d ring also has shifted, moving 125 miles inward toward saturn.

a history of the photoshop ui

diy fps games

ipod nano
is this for real?

osx86 project guides hidden from apple
submitted by akia 1 day 23 hours ago (via http://wiki.osx86project.org/w...)
a while back, apple issued an order to have all the guides removed. the osx86 project team did removed the links and the guides section on the menu. however they never really removed the guides. "enjoy" them while you can

free portable windows freeware

adding the red cross
posted sep 4, 2005, 8:45 pm et by brian alvey
you can add the same buttons to your own site. we added a simple javascript document.write to the end of every one of our pages:<script type="text/javascript"><!--document.write('<div style="position: absolute; left: 100%; top: 0px; overflow: visible; height: 120px; width: 120px; margin: 0 0 0 -120px; padding: 0; z-index: 9999; border: none; float: none;"><img src="http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/media/red-cross.gif" width="120" height="120" border="0" usemap="#rc"></div><map name="rc"><area shape="poly" coords="0,0,120,0,120,120" href="http://www.redcross.org/"></map>');// --></script>you can add the same thing to your site, just download the image you want, upload it to your site (we block most image hotlinking) and change the path for the image source.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/8587/redcross5gs.gif

linkdom 30aug05

Glass-bottom walk project for Grand Canyon
“…Admission will be $25.
The project is still seeking an insurer, said architect David Jin, who said he came up with the skywalk idea while visiting the canyon in 1996.”

CSS design and inspiration sites
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/index.html
http://particletree.com/features/an-overview-of-current-css-layout-techniques
http://thesis.veracon.net/
http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/throwing_tables/
and something to help with my ongoing transparency issues:
http://www.domedia.org/oveklykken/css-transparency.php
neat little loading trick:
http://clagnut.com/sandbox/imagefades/
yet another css switch that will probably just frustrate me (cross your toes)
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/phpswitch/
css dropshadows
http://web-graphics.com/mtarchive/001589.php
image map concept
http://www.frankmanno.com/ideas/css-imagemap/
rollover button generator
http://www.collylogic.com/scripts/rollover.html
my favorite since 2001
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html

further inspiration
http://www.designsnack.com/index.php?category=blogs&sortby=id&order=desc&rows=0
Design clichés
http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002342.html

Color palettes and such
http://www.colourlovers.com/
http://returnofdesign.com/colors/

I was going to make one by hand, but hell
http://www.lucazappa.com/brilliantMaker/buttonImage.php

something about tutorials
http://www.pixel2life.com/

Good old fashion standards
http://webstandards.org/img/logo.gif
http://webstandards.org/

Maybe it’s destiny but I keep coming across this company
http://textdrive.com/common/textdrive_head.gif
http://textdrive.com/textpattern/txp_img/txp_slug105x45.gif

holy farking snit. I think I’ve been wanting to learn this my whole damn life.
http://www.livejournal.com/community/craftgrrl/3674467.html
or was it this I was looking for?
http://sasisa.ru/2005/08/04/esli_vas_zadolbal_vash_sotrudnik___.html

the new icons for Windows Vista (Longhorn)
http://vistaicons.com/images/mainicons.gif

and stay out
http://upl.codeq.info/index.jsp

typography essay
http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five_simple_steps_to_better_typography/

money to burn?
http://www.elsewares.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=227

me without andy
http://www.tshirthell.com/images/contestpics/a510_002.jpg

I love ana faris and eddie izzard. How can this go wrong?
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050830/film_nm/ex_dc

aybabtu

aybabtu

so i’d been wondering and again, the magnificence that is google provided the answer. someone should rewrite that part in hitchiker’s guide. you bet your ass you’d get an answer better than “42.”

so i googled my best guesstimate as “all your mice are belong to me” and came up with loads of hits but only two winners and the second one was most impressive.

protos.dk
“all your base are belong to us!”
june 22d, 2005

the other is exactly titled and a bit less extensive
successdoctor.com (um, yipes?)
“all your base are belong to us!”

that google search i did: implementing random nouns into a quote i could only hazard a guess at, got the wheels a spinnin…..

linkdom 29aug05

linkdom 29aug05

McSweeney's lists
Chapter Titles From My Creationist Textbook
By David Ng (8/26/05) Published: on Friday, 26 August 2005 11:00:00

Totalitarian Institutions That Would Have Been More Fitting for George Orwell's 1984, Considering How That Year Turned Out
By Patrick Cassels (8/26/05) Published: on Friday, 26 August 2005 11:00:00

Suck it, roomba
Not only is the design amazing, but…uh…m…the design is rad! Electrolux Trilobite, baby.

Damn. And I thought I was all cool n shit. Now I want a new tattoo. (

25 SQL Commandments
A girl’s study is never ever fucking done

If you’re like me, you love love love mac design but loathe working with the OS. Here’s fun ways to cheat like me.
Cursors @ winmatrix
Aqua dock – look on the menu on the right. (another download)

revolutionary
lighting
andy – blu-ray dvd burner for pc
alex – wireless tee vee

in which i miss being 6

in which i miss being 6

i’m so not getting this whole spaghetti god thing. i know it’s supposed to be witty and such, but it’s really going right over my head. clearly the london times is in on the joke. am i dim? have i lost my sense of humor? or is this simply as dumb as i think it is? the only part of it that makes me giggle is the word “pastafarian.” however, i’d take a pastafarian to be a fellow carb addict.

what’s more to my confusement, there’s a comment below the image liked above that says “hehe, all your religions are belong to pastafarian.” i know this is a parody of a quote. and i’ve heard many parodies of said quote. i haven’t a clue what quote this is or where it’s from and again, i’m left feeling quite out of the loop.

phooey

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sodoku (the hamster version)
stopped in b&n saturday to price the muppet show - season one ($39.99 @ barnes & noble) and my eye was caught by this book ( official sodoku puzzle book: the utterly addictive number-placing game. there was a grind on the front with numbers in it so all the buzzers in my brain went off.

one of the problems with me is that words like “hot new”, “trendy”, “popular” and “addictive” trigger the firewalls in my ego, popping up “warning!” and “this action cannot be undone!” dialog boxes. so my first instinct is to shun this new fad and condemn it without investigation. but it’s got numbers on a grid and deals with words – a deadly combo.

the bigger problem is this: i’m terribly drawn to this new bit of mystery, but who’s got the time for this nonsense? learning a new word/puzzle game? oh man. i can hardly keep the dishes clean. maybe someone will get immersed in it and tell me all about it.

i gotta call andy.

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wrt: the muppet show - season one
after saturday’s stellar festivities, andy and i had just enough energy to pop the dvd in and curl up in bed. man do i love the muppet show. you know how when you go back to the house you grew up during, say 8-12 years old? and everything’s smaller and not as fantastic as you remembered? i was born in 1974 but we didn’t have a tee vee until i was 8 (74+8=1982) so the muppet show is a bit older than my tee vee viewing. in short, we really could have used a good pot buzz before we slid that disk in. of course the writing is great and the snarky jokes are awesome (yes, i love waldorf and steadler), but some things, were just bizarre. granted, it was the 70s. just another instance where i really missed that 8 year-old brain.

…which brings me to my next bit…

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friday was a work party – president’s birthday. all the guys where there with their respective lady-friends/wives and one of them brought his offspring. keegan is the boy’s name. he’s two. andy was enchanted by this creature and i later dubbed him “monkeydog” as that’s really what he seemed like to me. andy watched as monkeydog bonded with an antique toy truck (with a duck driver, i might add) and went through many problem-solving trials in an effort to get the smaller toys into the bed of the truck and haul them about the back lawn.

“oh my god. i think he just discovered ‘black.’” andy hushed to me excitedly. and thus began our discussion on learning, the development of neural pathways and wrinkles in the brain. i could go on for hours on this, but suffice it to say, we both agree that the loss/silencing of one’s inner 5 year old is a terrible thing indeed.

andy had earlier (in the week) asked me “how did you ‘play barbies?’” all i could share was how you dress them up, pretend you’re going to work/clubbing/out to dinner with g.i. joe or to the summer house in the closet and how when i’d recently sat down with some barbies and a full barbie kitchen, i was at a loss over what to do with them. further, i was extremely frustrated that my now adult fingers couldn’t manipulate the tiny drawers, snaps and cups as gracefully as i remembered.

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i used to favor photoshop, but now that i’ve learned illustrator so well, i really only use photoshop for cropping, resizing, coloring and, well, photo editing. however…
editing images without the mystery
pslover
digital photography tutorials
photoshop contest.com’s tutorials
planet photoshop tutorials
photoshop tips and tricks : great effects and tutorial guide
free photoshop video tutorials
lyzard’s stomp photoshop tutorials
photoshop tutorials via itunes
photoshop cafe
tutorialized

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if i had to, i’d choose legos over barbies any day of the week. it’s true now just as it was in 1980. and to design my own kit? ho man! how rad!

linklist 26082005

linklist 26.08.2005

berners-lee on the read/write web
bbc news
in august 1991, sir tim berners-lee created the first website. fourteen years on, he tells bbc newsnight's mark lawson how blogging is closer to his original idea about a read/write web.


the hamster powered cellphone charger
engadget
posted aug 25, 2005, 3:14 pm et by ryan block

recording and producing your podcast
tom’s hardware guide
published: on thursday, 25 august 2005 22:00:00

blu-ray
cdfreaks.com
blu-ray disk association
blu-ray.com

mio gps smart phone
theregister.co.uk
by tony smith
published thursday 25th august 2005 15:38 gmt
http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/mio_a701_2.jpg
the specs are impressive, but no wifi or 3g :( 
• 520mhz intel xscale cpu• windows mobile 5.0• 2.7-inch, 320x240 display• 192mb of memory (64mb rom)• 1.3 megapixel camera• bluetooth 2.0• gsm/gprs + integrated gps• sd/mmc expansion slot

china says three hours of games is enough
techdirt.com
contributed by carlo on thursday, august 25th, 2005 @ 11:52amfrom the pac-man-stole-my-youth dept.the online gaming world has bred some strange incidents in parts of asia, like the korean man who died after playing for 50 hours straight, or the guy in japan that created an in-game bully bot to beat up people's characters and steal their goods. after seeing game-related incidents rise in china, the government there is introducing a three-hour time limit for online gaming sessions. after three hours, players' characters will start to lose abilities, and after five hours, they'll be "severely limited". after a five-hour break, gamers can start up again. it's hard to think that hardcore gamers won't find a way around the restrictions, or will simply change games or systems rather than quit playing. perhaps nothing's quite as effective as mom taking away the ol' nes controllers was.

mustang

mustang

north america, or at least california, should eliminate automobiles, vans, buses and motorbikes all together. no more cars. we all ride horses.

i was a bit behind schedule this morning when i hopped into the acura and peeled out of the parking garage. out of the parking lot, up the 163, over the 8 and up to the 5 in 4 minutes flat. then up the 5 to la jolla in 5 minutes. but then it’s 7-8 minutes on the la jolla exit ramp, 4-5 minutes through la jolla to the prestigious location of nautilus entertainment design inc. 1-2 minutes to park and another 1 or 2 to walk through the door. so let’s see here…4+5+7+4+1+1 (on a good day) = 22 minute commute with a soundtrack of either bad morning radio, a mix i’ve heard a millionbajillionbazillion times or the sound of the loose belt under the hood chirping like a cricket caught in the patio door.

“if only i was on a sweet morgan or quarter horse. this would be great.” i find myself musing.

“but if there were no cars, how would handicapped kids get about?” you ask
chariots.
next question?

“…moms taking childrens to soccer practice?”
big chariots. or stage coaches.
go on.

“…fat peoples?”
they can walk. they need to walk. okay, fine. big chariots.

imagine the beauty of it: of course we’d still have airplanes  and the technology of instant service, on demand movies, text messaging, nanotechnology and smart phones – all on horseback. i can see myelf right now: racing up the turfway that used to be the 5 north, laptop and makeup kit in my backpack, hair whipping in the wind, ipod strapped on, bugs in my grill and thighs of steel. imagine the new engineering and invention/innovation opportunities involving wheel design, suspension, stagecoach/buggy/chariot design. we’ve even get into the science behind harnessing the power generated by the turning of the wheels (dvd player).

what we’d loose:
built-in gps, satellite radio, cell phone/laptop charger, dvd players, air conditioning

what we’d gain:
more exercise, environmentally sound transportation, chaps, ponies

“but where will we keep all these horses?”
a parking spot is about the same amount of space a horse needs to be stabled in. plus, we’d have to build pastures since horses like to play.

“but what will all the mechanics do?”
work on the buggies and chariots.

“won’t this drive up the price of hay?”
most definitely. however, i kinda doubt hay will get anywhere near $67 a bale. ever.

“um, what about the winter? when it’s effing cold out? or when it’s raining?”
uh, well…let me get back to you on that one.

so then we’d have no more drunk driving, hit n run, carjacking, assholes who refuse to use their turn signals properly or idtiots chatting away on their cell phones. we’d have stables instead of parking garages, vets instead of grease monkeys, tack shops instead of showrooms, ranches instead of detroit, stable hands instead of the dmv –

“whoa! wait. what? no more dmv?! count me in.”

good. then it’s settled. someone get arnold on the phone.

linklist 24.08.2005

Mio A701:: a new powerhouse of a Pocket PC Phone Phone that runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 and has a built-in GPS, tri-band GSM/GPRS a 520MHz processor, 192MB of memory (prob. 128MB of RAM and 64MB of ROM), a 2.7-inch LCD touch screen (El Reg isn’t sure whether it’s VGA or QVGA), a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 1.2, and an SD expansion card slot. Should probably be announced next week.

Dell's 5100MP Projector:: note to alex. now that you've got a job - two jobs, even, you can finally get your tee vee system up n runnin. now to find you a wife.






Nerds:: still can't beat Evil Dead 1 & 2 - The Musical but it seems like a decent way to kill a thursday nite

Summer Fading, Hollywood Sees Fizzle NY Times:: ahhhhh...i so dream of the day when i never ever have to leave the house. when i can just use my movies on demand (movielink) to view the latest and greatest. hell, theaters are such a rip-off anymore. i can get commercials and goobers at home - in the comfort of my underpants even.

Wireless News: Intel pushing Wireless USB to market by 2006 tomsnetworking.com:: fina-fucking-lly

strapya.com:: all the fun of nesting - for your cell phone

Dallas scholars and nanotech

Scientists Create New Human Embryonic Stem Cell

EW background image and banner image

female friday results

compressed file

you've been warned

google talk:: yay! i love the google method. gmail is great. now i've just got to figure out what to do with...
Blogger's MS Word plugin:: not that i'd use it (?@#$%?). or even care
Google Print Library:: man, those guys are busy little bees
it seems my obsession with wow has ended. now it's back to the drawing board. literally. got to bring back the old drawing skills.
Dallas scholars and nanotech:: The sheets can collect solar energy, and do so when bent or creased
learning typography and autoCAD? sometimes i wear myself out just planning my day. sheesh.
Scientists Create New Human Embryonic Stem Cell:: from reuters
How To Meet Women Playing Warcraft:: i believe this is when it starts getting offically scary.
hrm...$14/hr gross? yeah, maybe i should dust of my CV. /sigh
sleepless knights:: see what i mean?
did a few quick images for our pals over at EW too. not too bad, if i may say so myself.
ms access:: learning so much and building more efficient databases for clients
rss bandit:: i'm finding better ways to act spongier
NED:: some day this will look cool

mcsweeny's lists does it again. too funny

and what's this all about then? Neave Lab's =flash earth= i can't get in close enough to peep the mustang. :(

monkeys on the web: survey monkey is new (to me) and i still love mail chimp for nicely handled, heavy graphics email campaigns.

you'd never know how hard it is to find a *current* forum for typography/fontography. these forums are either last updated july 03, 2003 or weeks behind in comments/posts/replies. where o where am i to find a good forum for learning Fontographer? bah!
anyhoo, here's what i've come across:

• SOTA
• AIGA
• Microsoft - still can't seem to find this magical font editing tool i hear so much about.
• typophile5

engadget. yeah, right. like i don't have enough to geek out over. andy's gettin a pc so he can game without making the hairs on the back of my neck dance. tom's building it too. very effing exciting! he's stuffing all the goods inside a lian li, too. :: drool :: so now i get to decide if i want to put the custom lappy up for sale. if i do that, may as well toss int he desktop pc and the lil lappy that could. i'll never ever get rid of the IBM phone book tho.

no way.

keyboards to die for
• Digitech G15 - LCD display, backlit keys, programmable "G" keys (like "F" keys, but not), serves as a hub for mouse, headphones, mic, etc...
• Optimus - LCD keys that can switch labels depending on what application you're using. omfg
• wolfclaw - this is just funny looking, but man would it help alleviate the stress from the right hand, you know?

you know, i've always wanted to effortlessly pee standing up. thank you, pee mate

i really really really wish i still had my old portfolio from school. i did some really great stuff back then. i've recently invested @ $200 in markers, bristol and a lame Lucy. i think i'll take that one back too. perhaps an actual overhead projector would be more appropriate - and fun.
markering used to be so easy for me. but then, i haven't really done anything in over 10 years. i've so lost my touch. didn't think that this sort of thing was a "use it or lose it" deal.