Turning MP3 audiobooks into iPod audiobooks
Create bookmarkable versions of downloaded/ripped audiobooks.
11 June 2009 | 1:46 pm
Wordnick
An ongoing project devoted to discovering all the words and everything about them
8 June 2009 | 6:04 pm
MAMA: What is the Web made of?
Really interesting study from Opera. Not sure how I missed this when it was first published.
4 May 2009 | 4:12 pm
"…one side effect, that was not lost on Anonymous, was the notion that for years to come there..."
“…one side effect, that was not lost on Anonymous, was the notion that for years to come there would be a number of digital books with the word ‘penis’ randomly inserted throughout the text.”
- moot wins, Time Inc. loses
28 April 2009 | 10:18 am
"Escovedo’s song “Castanets” appeared on the iPod playlist of George W. Bush,..."
“Escovedo’s song “Castanets” appeared on the iPod playlist of George W. Bush, prompting a three year self-imposed ban on live performances of the song.”
- cite
17 April 2009 | 3:39 pm
Rafe Colburn on the Bybee Torture Memo
Every American of voting age should read this article.
17 April 2009 | 11:54 am
Photos of an abandoned residential block in Detroit
Horribly depressing example of the housing crisis in Detroit - 60 of 66 homes on a single block vacant and/or abandoned.
16 April 2009 | 11:48 am
The Pond
Thoughtful essay on remote employment. The "pond" metaphor is apt.
16 April 2009 | 11:43 am
A Portrait of the American Craftsman
These images make me want to create something with my hands.
9 April 2009 | 1:43 pm
Twitter: blaming Ruby for their mistakes?
Really interesting discussion in the comments, including several folks from Twitter.
6 April 2009 | 1:08 pm
"Data is the pollution of the information age."
“Data is the pollution of the information age.”
- Bruce Schneier
5 March 2009 | 12:55 pm
Justices Step Closer to Repeal of Evidence Ruling
Scary stuff. The Exclusionary Rule has the potential to prevent criminals from being convicted due to honest mistakes & trivial procedural errors, but it also closes a loophole that otherwise allows law enforcement officers to do an end-run around citizens' Fourth Amendment rights.
16 February 2009 | 11:57 am
Google supports canonical URLs declared in the document
Come to think of it, rel="canonical" makes more sense than "permalink".
13 February 2009 | 10:10 am
Enabling Intellisense in Visual Studio 2008 for arbitrary JavaScript
Very nice, though I wish I could find official documentation on it.
12 February 2009 | 10:11 am
Templates for Rapid Interactive Prototyping (960 Grid System)
Probably faster than Illustrator for wireframing, and definitely more useful.
28 January 2009 | 10:17 am
