November 2008
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Helvetireader →
matthewb:
Sweet user stylesheet for Google Reader created by Jon Hicks. You’ll need a couple of plugins to use it with Webkit-based browsers.
Must try. Thanks!
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Tweet Grid for following events in Mumbai →
Updates coming in too fast to read
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New word: "malus" →
Definition: The opposite of a bonus
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Feel Your Way Through NY, London →
Figure out what to do according to your mood. For Charlotte, I’m thinking the only moods available are “ready to shop” and “ready to eat.” Anybody got any other ideas?
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A comic for you to enjoy | MetaFilter →
The Abominable Charles Christopher, starting here.
Looks wonderful, but I think maybe MeFi did break it, at least for a little while.
Trying something new →
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Foreword from Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to... →
killingbambi:
defixiones:
We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at least, had not been visited by Orwellian nightmares.
But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another - slightly...
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But then the whole country seemed to implode in front of us, from our invasion...
– Salon
When Books Could Change Your Life →
A girl I once caught reading Fahrenheit 451 over my shoulder on the subway confessed: “You know, I’m an English lit major, but I’ve never loved any books like the ones I loved when I was 12 years old.” I fell slightly in love with her when she said that. It was so frank and uncool, and undeniably true.
Made me cry for Wilbur and Charlotte again, after thirty years. How...
Official Gmail Blog: Syncing your Google Calendar →
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The last time I tried to sync Outlook with Google Calendar, it killed my computer. But I’m willing to try again, I guess.
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The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites - Reviews by PC... →
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My new fave puppy-cam …
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The Criterion Collection →
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Whoo-hoo! Love the Criterion Collection.
The Criterion Collection just launched their new web site, complete with the option to watch several movies online. It’s $5 for a week…
● Best Esquire stories →
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Excellent reading.
In celebration of its semisesquicentennial1, Esquire magazine shares the seven greatest stories ever told in the pages of their magazine and has published…
Then I fall apart … →
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But at three o’clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same...
– Esquire’s 70 Greatest Sentences - Esquire
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Text 118 question stream | MetaFilter →
This is fascinating!
Sample question and answer:
Q: How do I know if I’m a goth?
A: You may be a goth if you belong to a punk-derived subculture of people who predominately dress in black. thx
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Quickly, here’s what’s up →
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Typography and the NYC subway →
Typography and subways - two of my geek favorites in one article. This could be embarrasing to admit.