Archive for February, 2006
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
Shirt:
St. Croix 4728/Our Finest Lightweight Wool-Blend Mock-Turtleneck
(Pick Black)
Pants:
Levi'S® '501 Fit' Jeans
Shoes:
New Balance - 991 GL - Men
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
ACM Ubiquity - WHY FEATURES DON'T MATTER ANYMORE: THE NEW LAWS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
Finally some people are getting it. It's not about how many features something has, it's all about the user experience. Features are the main reason I have hated MS Word since the early days. ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
This guy is a great photographer and a great helper on flickr as well. Very much an inspiration to many a budding photographer and an all around cool guy. I thought I would pimp his photoblog.
No Traces
I'm a firm believer that dogs are God's gift to us. Think about it. ...
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
Vehicle Hits Underpass :: Insured?
WOW.
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Friday, February 24th, 2006
Carnivorous Creations(TM)
Nice gift idea for the budding botonist in your life.
This deluxe Carnivorous Creations kit has seeds from over 10 varieties of carnivorous plants, including the Cobra Plant, Venus Fly Trap, Pitcher Plant, Trumpet Plant and more. You'll make your won authentic bog with the included peat planting mix, blue ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
InformationWeek | Pateents | U.S. Grants Patent For Broad Range Of Internet Rich Applications | February 22, 2006
Just as I think the patent office is pulling it's head out of it's collective ass it goes and does something stupid like this:
The patent--issued on Valentine's Day--covers all rich-media technology implementations, including ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
Damn Interesting » Sordid History of the Salton Sea
An accident spawned a lake. The lake fed water to millions of acres of farmland, and was a booming tourist trap that whithered and died to leave a ghost town in its wake, all in the course of less than a century.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
TIME: Life in the Googleplex Photo Essay
A pretty cool look into some of the perks of being a Google employee.
Life in the Googleplex
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Flickr: Detroit Zoo
I've started a new Flickr group for the Detroit Zoo. Please join and post pictures if you've got them. It appears now that the city might be able to save the zoo, but it wasn't looking good 'til this morning.
In hopes of preserving memories of the ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Another chance for zoo plan
Hopefully the second attempt will work.
With public outrage mounting over the possibility that the Detroit Zoo may shut down, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's administration resuscitated a plan to save it on Tuesday.
The plan is the same one voted down by the council 7-2 Saturday night. It would ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
FIVE THINGS: About the Detroit Zoo
Interesting article about the zoo.
The first Detroit zoo happened by chance. In the early 1880s, a small traveling circus happened to be in Detroit when it went bust, and the owners abandoned their animals. So, in 1883, a group of Detroiters opened the Detroit Zoological ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
How many folksingers does it take to change a light bulb?
How many folksingers does it take to change a light bulb?
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
Shuttle next-gen SFF PC exposed | Reg Hardware
Cool tiny PC.
Exclusive Shuttle has taken the wraps off its upcoming next-generation small form-factor PC which crams an Intel 65nm dual-core processor, memory, hard drive, optical storage and other goodies into a case that's just 5.4cm high and has a footprint the ...
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