December 2006
links for 2006-12-30
YouTube: Ira Glass on Storytelling #1
I heart Ira Glass.
(tags: youtube video npr)
links for 2006-12-29
Slashdot: Slashdot’s Games of the Year
Featuring Chris “Entweichen” Brown
(tags: games)
links for 2006-12-28
macosxhints.com: Take iSight snapshots during invalid login attempts
(tags: apple mac howto pp)
Smashing Magazine: 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006
(tags: web)
All You Need To Know
I don’t think I need to tell you all much about last night. The fact that the bar was at one point actually on fire: that right there encapsulates the flavor of the evening.
Not pictured: our now-legendary bartender, who danced down the flaming bar either shortly before or just after this picture was taken. Celebratory shots were consumed.
Alas, poor Limelight
Company Christmas party last night was good times, which was especially excellent as work-related events have a large built-in potential for suck. But I work with a neat group of people so that’s less true here than at some other places I’ve been.
I read this morning that Limelight will be turned into a mall. I find that notion so incredibly depressing that I almost don’t even...
links for 2006-12-14
Regret the Error: Crunks ‘06: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
(tags: funny awesome pp)
I don't want a lot for Christmas
It’s the middle of December, but here in New York we’ve still got the same eerily mild weather we’ve had since September. It’s 50 to 65 degrees, often foggy or drizzly, with the occasional cold day thrown in but no real winter weather yet. I should be happy about this, as it’s essentially an extended fall. And I love fall, so I am happy. But that doesn’t mean it...
links for 2006-12-12
Photojojo: DIY Photo Ornaments in 15 Minutes or Less
Seems like you could do this with wrapping paper scraps, too.
(tags: howto awesome xmas christmas)
NPR: Holiday Story of the Day
Seasonal NPR podcast.
(tags: christmas xmas radio npr podcast)
Shit I did this week
Found a problem with a site I’ve been working on for four months that appears only in certain versions of Firefox, and only under OS X. Researched problem for many hours, tried many non-solutions, killed many luckless vagrants in my rage and frustration.
Finally got the fucking problem fixed.
Did most of my Christmas shopping, but not all of it.
Caught my third cold this month, which...
links for 2006-12-07
Marksman Called In To Kill Kingstons Pigeons (from Surrey Comet)
Best comments thread ever. Ever.
(tags: funny news)