12/811
Fun watching the feeds pop in as I read though. Reminds me of reading usenet with nn.
Poking at the Facebook/Google/Yahoo feeds in greader. Discover feeds made some excellent recommendations.
20071231
kinnear
All We Are Saying - New York Times: "kinnear v.
To take a candid photograph surreptitiously, especially by holding the camera low and out of the line of sight. Coined in August by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee of the Yarn Harlot blog when she attempted to take a photograph during an encounter with the actor Greg Kinnear at an airport."
Funny, another named coinage.
To take a candid photograph surreptitiously, especially by holding the camera low and out of the line of sight. Coined in August by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee of the Yarn Harlot blog when she attempted to take a photograph during an encounter with the actor Greg Kinnear at an airport."
Funny, another named coinage.
FTW
All We Are Saying - New York Times: "FTW interj.
For The Win. A bragging exclamation of approval, as in “K-Fed got the kids FTW,” or “I was able to open the file with Photoshop. FTW!!!” Originally part of the patter of the game show “Hollywood Squares” and later found in online games like World of Warcraft. Now largely used ironically and sarcastically."
This one is still not natural. I started seeing it on twitter used unironically and had to look it up ...
For The Win. A bragging exclamation of approval, as in “K-Fed got the kids FTW,” or “I was able to open the file with Photoshop. FTW!!!” Originally part of the patter of the game show “Hollywood Squares” and later found in online games like World of Warcraft. Now largely used ironically and sarcastically."
This one is still not natural. I started seeing it on twitter used unironically and had to look it up ...
10 Google Feeds You Should Subscribe To
10 Google Feeds You Should Subscribe To: "Stay up on all the official Google posts easily by getting the feed. Read posts to the All Official Google Blogs Feed here; get the actual feed here.
Nice! And here I've been trying to collect them all.
Nice! And here I've been trying to collect them all.
20071230
How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time
How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time: "Employment law in most states provides little protection to workers who are punished for their online postings, said George Lenard, an employment lawyer at Harris Dowell Fisher & Harris in St. Louis. The main exceptions are workers who are covered by collective bargaining agreements or by special protections for public-sector employees; members of these groups can be dismissed only “for cause.” The rest of us are “at will” employees, holding on to our jobs only at the whim of our employers, and thus vulnerable."
Oh! doocing all around?
Chapter 12: How to not get Dooced: "To avoid Jen’s or Simonetti’s blog-based mistakes, you need to know your corporate culture and what it is and isn’t willing to accept."
Oh! doocing all around?
Chapter 12: How to not get Dooced: "To avoid Jen’s or Simonetti’s blog-based mistakes, you need to know your corporate culture and what it is and isn’t willing to accept."
20071229
Bloglines | My Feeds (11) (10)
9/807! Done.
And if it's 302/807 in the morning I'll scream. No, louder.
And if it's 302/807 in the morning I'll scream. No, louder.
Sci Fi Blogger
Sci Fi Blogger: b5media is hiring a second writer for its recently launched blog on Science Fiction (SFUniverse.com). The blog will primarily cover SciFi television shows & movies (present and past), as well as other important news in SciFi.
Whoa, someone's stoked.
Happy birthday Perl!
Happy birthday Perl!: "Tue, 18 Dec 2007. In case you hadn't yet heard, today is the 20th anniversary of the first release of Perl."
Whoa. Perspective blown, wayback machine on weld.
Odd to note that I'm no longer on any perl lists where I would have seen this sooner.
Yes, Virginia, it was a PR stunt
Yes, Virginia, it was a PR stunt: "Starbucks has been taking it on the chin lately in certain corners of the blogosphere in response to their “Cheer Chain” promotion. It seems that random acts of kindness began popping up in stores all over the country, in which a person in line quietly paid for the following customer."
Oh! Is that what those billboards were? Well, color me grinch, but, I had no idea what they were going on about.
And however could you pay for the horror that the gum-popping cellion behind you is going to gibber? Some "Extra-hot half-caf with-whip hint-of-mint mocha ... inna bucket".
20071228
Pentagon Pursues Mashups and Microformats for Battlefield Intel
Pentagon Pursues Mashups and Microformats for Battlefield Intel: "The Pentagon is meddling with both technologies to use microformats with mashups to help expose legacy information for broader reuse"
Words that I never though would be seen together ... pretty fun though!
Sir Arthur C Clarke: 90th Birthday Reflections
YouTube - Sir Arthur C Clarke: 90th Birthday Reflections
Oh! Not sure how I missed this. I need better Feeds!
He does certainly delight!
20071227
Bloglines | My Feeds (3472) (19)
227/804! Still beasty s* folders to read ...
Humm, may have to poke at Blogines beta again.
Lovest.at
Lovest.at: "Lovest.at combines many of these media discovery sites - like del.icio.us and Last.fm - and turns their data into a people discovery service, for want of a better phrase."
Whoa, and leaves eddresses and birthdays up for the public to consume. It dumps whole linkfarms of public entries from other services. Wack.
Hundreds Line Up In Alameda For Ancient Liquor
Hundreds Line Up In Alameda For Ancient Liquoro: "On the first day that the legendary alcoholic drink absinthe went on sale in the United States legally in about a century, hundreds of people lined up outside an Alameda warehouse to get their hands on the stuff."
"Each bottle cost $75. Cases of four could be bought for $300, Gaughran reported."
Whoa, lining up all around the parking lot for $75 bottles of unknown quality? I think I even see some goths up before noon in those pix ...
Twitterrific
Twitterrific: "is a fun application that lets you both read and publish posts or 'tweets' to the Twitter community website."
I was always surprised by how much I saw this client used for twitter. Guess they didn't like the popularity because they started charging $15 for an ad less version when there are a plenty of competitors.
I'm quite happy with some combination of web, sms,
Spaz, and Flock ...
20071226
Paperspine
Paperspine: "Our book rental model aims to give you the best of all worlds. We offer a huge selection of books - over 150,000 - to choose from, they get shipped conveniently right to your door, and you don’t accrue any late fees. Even better, when you’re done with the book just drop it in the mail using our pre-paid postage mailer. Not only will you be saving money, you’ll reduce BCS (Book Clutter Syndrome) around your house."
Hay! I like my Book Clutter!
Weird to see a retro-netflix business model.
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