Category: Snapping links

• In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning
  "While central air will always be needed in facilities such as hospitals, archives and cooling centers for those who are vulnerable to heat, what would an otherwise A.C.-free Washington look like?" – I grew up in southern CA without AC at home. (And if memory serves, in most of my schools as well.)
• ‘See Washington Last’ | Crosscut.com
  "But, what’s done is done. Washington is left to coast on reputation alone. It presents an opportunity to make cider from sour apples. We need to play up our tourism outlier status."
• Caren Alpert Fine Art
  beautiful microscope photography of food
• If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault – Anil Dash
  yay metafilter!
• Social vs. Time vs. Buying (by @baekdal) #media
  also, how many people have tabs stacked in the background while doing other stuff?

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• The Adventures of Spike Bike
  "The Adventures of Spike Bike were posted to the rec.bicycles newsgroup in 1989 by Robert Fishell. The posted articles are presented here in unedited format for your reading pleasure." haven’t actually read it yet, just looked up an old link and discovered it was 404.
• Why Aren’t There More Union Members in America? A Reply to Will Wilkinson « Corey Robin
  "union-busting has a lot to do with the past, present, and future of the labor movement in America"
• When design kills: The criminalization of walking | Grist
  "Yes, you heard that right. The mother, who was also struck and injured, was charged with vehicular homicide, second degree, in the death of her son."
• Postcards from Space
  "In recognition of your [hard work / untimely death] on [Name of Recent Project], an Advanced Confectionery Positive Reinforcement Facilitative System has been placed in the Production Break Area."

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• The Godfather vs. Arrested Development
  kinda eerie, actually.
• Define the Ratio of People to Cake – The Morning News
  "The world’s oddest job-interview questions, from companies like Citigroup and Facebook, were recently revealed. Our writer decided to take all of them, to prove he’s hirable anywhere."
• Gettin’ the wheels turning. – bicycles bicyclesafety transportation | Ask MetaFilter
• Bruce Weber – In Transit Blog – NYTimes.com
  blog posts of the author biking across the country
• Reporter to Cross the Nation on 2 Wheels — Again – NYTimes.com
  "Eighteen years ago this summer I rode a bicycle, solo, across the United States and wrote about it. Starting next weekend, after flying from New York to Portland, Ore., I’ll be trying to do it again."

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• agile approach | Open Atrium 1.0 Released
  yay!
• Stage File Proxy | drupal.org
  intriguing, altho disappointed to note no official release yet
• Text Message Marketing | SMS Marketing | Mobile Marketing | Textingly
  interesting idea.

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• Simple Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe : Emeril Lagasse : Food Network
  Made today with garlic salt & maple syrup, turned out pretty good.

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• CHOW’s Intense Brownies Recipe – CHOW

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• easy lasagna
  Pretty sure this is the one i used to make.

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• how to make decisions (my go-to model) | hey amber rae
• Designing For Android – Smashing Magazine
  a lot of info here.

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• A Flock of Lawn Flamingos, by Pat Murphy
  "Live Oak Estates was a pleasant little townhouse development in a pleasant little California town. I lived there peacefully enough, until Joan Egypt moved in and everything changed."
• New Learning Institute: Youth Social Norms and Privacy Online: Interview with danah boyd, Part I
  "that line of inquiry is really pushing back against the myth that kids don’t care about privacy"
• "We Don’t Need None of That Smart-Growth Communism" | Mother Jones
  Tea Partiers freaking out about planning: ""compact development" aka "smart growth", aka "New Urbanism", aka "Traditional Neighborhood Design", aka "Transit Oriented Development", aka "Livable Communities", aka "Sustainable Development." These are all names meaning the same thing: they are anti-suburban, high-density dwelling design concepts that are part of the UN’s Agenda 21 and will make single family home ownership for our posterity unattainable." WTF?

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• An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine | NeuroTribes
  I had conjunctivitis in college (Worst. Thanksgiving. Ever.) and had to wait until Monday to see somebody. It was excruciating…and technically, I had insurance (Mom’s), just no idea how to use it. I’m trying to remember what my BF (not in school, no insurance) did, because he had it too, but that info is lost to the sands of time. Needless to say, it was nowhere near as nice as this.
• no shit.
  "everything you will ever see on a celebrity’s body, including their outfits when they’re out and about and they just get caught by a paparazzo, has been tailored"
• Drupal HowTo: Duplicate / Copy Drupal Site | Linux Sysadmin Blog
• Designing Responsive Layouts with SimpleGrid by Needmore Designs
• Pipsqueak handlebar bag | Steel/Silver Dust
• Deuter City Bike Bag – Save 36%
• An Illustrator Wireframing Toolkit | eleqtriq
  cute!
• Getting Good Descriptions When Sharing on Google Plus | Phil Windley’s Technometria
  I found the "WordPress Meta Description" plugin helpful.
• xkcd: Fight Club
  I heartily concur.

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