Category: Snapping links

• Tracking the porting status of Drupal 7 modules | webchick.net
  "using the magic of Upgrade Status module’s data I’ve set up a site at http://drupalcontribstatus.com/ to track the status of the top 60 contributed projects"
• Fuck Yeah Weird Bikes
  "The goal here is to collect some of the weird bikes. Some of them are only slightly weird, perhaps just deviations from the standard frame style. But some are completely whacked out looking."
• Google’s Ta Da Moments | Technology at Burningbird
  Putting the pieces together…"embrace and extend" as practiced by Google.
• Speaker Interview: Greg Dunlap (heyrocker) | Do It With Drupal
  "So I guess the requirements to become an initiative lead are having a big mouth, but lacking the common sense to know when to shut it." Hilarious, and I can totally hear that in his voice.

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• stevenberlinjohnson.com: The Glass Box And The Commonplace Book
  Somewhat reminiscent of Zittrain’s Future of the Internet book, but from a slightly different direction.

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• Electra Bikes’ New Designs – Bike Rumor
  Owl!

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• Replogle Globes – How Old is Your Globe? History, Geography and International Politics
  I love old maps, and this is awesome. How to tell the age of your globe (or map, presumably) by the country names. (I want to make a list of the asterisk’d countries, which have gone thru multiple name changes.)

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• Square Grid theme | drupal.org
• Faviconist – Make a beautiful favicon in seconds

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• Wesley the Space Princess, a repost now…
  how adorable.
• What Is Pacifism Good For? – NYTimes.com
  "BOTH pacific and martial currents run through American culture, and pacifism has struggled as much with its own principles as it has with the nation’s abiding militaristic streak."
• The NLRB’s New Social Media Guide: What Employers Can (and Can’t) Do
  Focusing on "Employer conduct that would be viewed as interfering with protected concerted activity" and "Where an employer acts “to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees” in the exercise of their Section 7 rights, which include the right to self-organize, form, join, or assist unions." You have the right to talk about your employer, to talk to your co-workers, and to generally be yourself online.
• Code: Flickr Developer Blog » In the privacy of our homes
  "Geofences are special locations that deserve their own geo privacy settings. Simply draw a circle on a map, choose a geo privacy setting for that area, and you’re done." very smart.
• The “Gray Ones” Fade To Black | Sound On Sight
  "The Internet, Netflix, DVDs, dozens of cable channels…my students had incredible access to a virtually limitless library of movies, yet almost every day I went into class it was like I was speaking in tongues to them." reminds me of my mother, in a good way.

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• What Julia Ate: Wild Raspberry and Blueberry Jam

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• A Short Rant About Hosting (Pinboard Blog)
  "Quick quiz: can your entire sales staff be replaced by a nicely formatted HTML table? If the answer is ‘yes’, then you are subtracting value and wasting my time." actually made me laugh.
• kitchen flavours: Fruited Muesli Bread
• Muesli bread – dried fruits’ favorite hideaway » delicious:days
• Blueberry Muesli Bread « Baking Bites
• Oatmeal Raspberry-Jam Bars | Real Simple Recipes
• Cooks.com – Recipe – Raspberry-Cheese Breakfast Bars
• Black Raspberry Granola Bars Recipe – Food.com – 289766

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• Blackberry Jam Shortbread Bars | RecipeGirl.com
• Fruit Oatmeal Cookie Bars Recipe – Allrecipes.com
• Juxtapoz Magazine – Arrested Development Made of Legos | Current
• The Shapes of CSS
  a wide variety of shapes created only with CSS.
• The Buck Stops Here
  "From this point forward, our response to these situations [problems with services provided by other companies that compliment our product] is, “It’s our fault” – and now that we own the problem, we will help you solve it." good on them.
• A Terrifying Study and Chart | Leeds on Finance
  "If this study turns out to be correct, by 2030 investors will have had close to 30 years of no real returns." the effect of demographics (age) on stock prices.

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• Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion | American Civil Liberties Union
  I don’t even.
• Web Surfing Makes You Work Better, Study Says – WSJ.com
  "According to a new study, Web browsing can actually refresh tired workers and enhance their productivity, compared to other activities such as making personal calls, texts or emails, let alone working straight through with no rest at all." And given the examples, possibly even more important for people doing routine work. (Which are those most often blocked from browsing!)
• Community arts center to open at Loma Alta school site (altadenablog)
  A lot of my friends from junior high went to that school. Nice to see it getting reused. (My first elementary school is now a charter school. Not sure how I feel about that.)
• Long-neglected L.A. River now open to paddlers – CNN
  "For seven weekends this month and in September, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allowing the public to make canoe and kayak trips on a 1.5-mile stretch of the 51-mile waterway."
• Christmas 2010: The Lives of Doctors: Bicycle weight and commuting time: randomised trial
  "Evidence based cycling is not high on the bicycle salesman’s agenda." – study author saved about 30 SECONDS (on a 27mi ride!) with a carbon frame vs a steel frame. I’ll stick to my big ol’ xtracycle, thanks. Interesting that the time difference of winter vs summer (7mins) vastly overwhelmed the difference in frames. I’ve had the same experience.

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