Author: Snapping Links

this event was f'ning awesome.

a lovely, lovely article about the MeFi.

"Nope, it’s not a coincidence that Secretary Reed shares his name with Reed Island, that tiny piece of land located in Lower Columbia River – it’s where his family settled more than 120 years ago!" crazy.

actually, some pretty good ideas here.

neat!

it looks like there's a lot of fun crafty projects here.

honestly, I'm just linking for this line: "Java is to JavaScript as ham is to hamster." awesome.

"Looking for higher rates and lower fees? Switch to a small bank or credit union."

pretty!

not sure if I'm going to need this.

I was thinking this was a super-cool new thing, but it looks like it just connects to the same QuestionPoint service as on the TRL site.

"Which brings me to the reason why I use XHTML: The validator enforces my preferred coding standards for HTML – lowercase elements, quoted attributes and closed elements. That’s it. Not much really. I know it’s marketing XHTML rather than technical XHTML. I don’t care. Or rather I do care, I just make a conscious pragmatic decision based on a small personal advantage. I’m both pedantic and like having a tool chain which enforces that, XHTML suits my style." this sums up my thoughts in a nutshell. via @fakebaldur, who quotes the same para in his blog. consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds or whatever, but it sure does help with coding.

"Changes your icons daily, forcing you to look up which obscure scientific figure is having a birthday."

WTF? It comes off as really mean-spirited. I used to admire Mark P a lot, despite the ultra-snark, but this…ugh. Eric Meyer in the comments in his usual clear & straightforward way: "Someone’s going off the rails, all right, but I don’t think it’s who you think it is."

"I think I’ve found that combo in the Overboard Duffel." Looks nice. I miss Derek's Bike Rubbish blog! (I think I saw him & his gal riding north on Blvd one morning last week, btw.)

the FreeLoaders suck in the rain, period. (although at least unlike the Ute's bags, they don't pretend to be designed for rainy weather.)

trying to figure out how to deal with the new bike in the rain, after yesterday's insane summer downpour. some good ideas to go through here.

sounds tasty!

"By now the iterations online and off are legion: “Keep Calm and Have a Cupcake” (substituting the pastry for the crown); “Don’t Panic and Fake a British Accent ”; “Keep Spending and Carry On Shopping,” etc." my fav by far is MeFite mattdidthat's "Flag It and Move On"

"When you damage the ligament, “you damage the neuro-receptors as well. Your brain no longer receives reliable signals” from the ankle about how your ankle and foot are positioned in relation to the ground. Your proprioception — your sense of your body’s position in space — is impaired. You’re less stable and more prone to falling over and re-injuring yourself." this makes a lot of sense. I'd kinda like to go back to that hot yoga stuff. it involved lots of balance work.

"There is nothing about HTML5 that represents long-term growth. Nothing that represents industry consensus about how the structure of web content should mature so that it is accessible to the handicapped. Nothing that makes it easier to markup content with its semantics in an extensible way. Nothing that allows the use of long-agreed upon W3C Recommendations." Fascinating stuff, I hadn't thought at all about this w/in the overall W3C mission.

"It has only been a few days but I am already sick of the “XHTML is bullshit, man!” crowd using the cessation of XHTML 2.0 activity to condescend to—or even childishly glory in the “folly” of—web developers who build with XHTML 1.0, a stable W3C recommendation for nearly ten years, and one that will continue to work indefinitely." Thank you. I like using XHTML purely for consistency in coding…always be closing & all that.

super-light hammock/tent.

mmmm, data.

I have wanted to get an owl tattoo for about 15 years. might go looking for a design.

oooh, I was waiting for this! would love to play around with this for oly.

have been meaning to comment on this since last week, but nothing has coalesced in my head. so, just sharing uncommented.

among other things Facebook as "white flight" among teens. interesting stuff.

"It began humbly, as [a] scripting language used by Solon to deliver the laws of Athens." mmmm, literary geek synthesis….

"Let me be clear: I have no beef with firecrackers or bottle rockets or Roman candles or anything else that one might set off in one's cousin's backyard." my opinion is precisely the opposite of the author's. I love fireworks displays, but in the neighborhood? not so much. one year in Tacoma, it was like a freaking war zone. fireworks going on CONTINUALLY from the middle of the afternoon until about 4 or 5 the next morning.

although the assumption that you are already well-stocked with dry goods is maybe not correct…still, could be useful to try next week or something.