Category: Snapping links

• Getting into Character with Kathryn Erskine | Figment Blog
  Good tips. I need to work on this for my nano10 story in particular.
• [App][Updated 12-21-2010] PinDroid – Pinboard Bookmarks for Android v1.0.1 – xda-developers
• 8 Steps to Successful PPC Campaigns
  impressively clear & straightforward, actually.

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• Editing your Google Docs on the go – Official Google Mobile Blog
  in the browser, oddly enough. I would’ve thought that was a natural for an app.
• MetaFilter | Community Weblog
  This is a test of posting to pinboard on my phone by email.
• Help Desk : Possible reasons you cannot add a Facebook fan page to HootSuite
  "You are using a Facebook business account" – weak.

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• Smashwords – The Gingerbread House – A book by Ryan M. Williams
  free!
• VirtualBox 4.0 Simplifies Virtual Operating System Management, Adds Extensions
• How can I make restaurant-style Thai iced tea? | Ask MetaFilter
• Lifehacker Pack for Android: Our List of the Best Android Apps
• Load More Sidebar Content When There Is Room | CSS-Tricks
  would love to see a drupal module based on this!
• HTML5 WordPress Shell – by mimoYmima.com
  might give this a try.

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• Fourth Edition: the Phantom Menace of D&D – Woot
  "Luke […] saw the books on my desk and decided to intervene by explaining what a travesty 4E is in terms I could understand: Star Wars. More specifically, the worst Star Wars movie ever made…" pretty funny, and alas, fairly accurate, despite the fact that I’m currently enjoying playing in a 4E game. (WTF: I CAN’T DRINK A HEALING POTION IF I DON’T HAVE ANY SURGES LEFT?!)
• Mapping America
  2010 census data!
• Archos Android Market Install Hack Re-Enabled For Android 2.2

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• How to create a 3-column layout with CSS | 456 Berea Street
• Olympia City Councilwoman Karen Rogers’ community meetings under fire – State & Federal Government – The Olympian – Olympia, Washington
  "Olympia City Council members have expressed concerns that Councilwoman Karen Rogers’ community meetings […] are taking up too much staff time and that she is using the city’s website to promote them." I’ve been confused about the status/officialness of these meetings myself.
• Is Google In A Dream World? If So, Just How Close To Limbo Are They?
  "The open ecosystem is so open that the carriers are open to give consumers absolutely no choice."
• 12 Ways Libraries Are Good for the Country | American Libraries Magazine
  first written in 1995, with some updates, but nice clear points nonetheless
• An Unfortunate Decision by Peter Orszag – James Fallows – Politics – The Atlantic
  "these stories pile up in the background to create a broad American sense that politics is rigged, and opportunity too"

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• Text alternatives for images: a decision tree « Writing for the Web
  perfect.
• The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast – NYTimes.com
  now I don’t feel so bad about not getting breakfast before morning bike commutes. 🙂
• A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation – NYTimes.com
  restless math guy! but some interesting ideas that would be worth following up on by someone persistent.
• Innumeracy on the Street | Mother Jones
  "Many firms doubled base salaries and eliminated bonuses for midtier employees after the crash, and apparently this is causing panic among the troops" ::facepalm::
• Solstice Lunar Eclipse – NASA Science
  monday night/tuesday morning, hella late/early. (alas, our weather report calls for rain.)
• Floating Island (Oeufs a la Neige) Recipe – Allrecipes.com
  watching Desk Set, and this came up. looks (relatively) easy & tasty.

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• Olympia again named most secure U.S. city – Local Highlight Story – The Olympian
  "rankings took into consideration crime statistics, extreme weather, the risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, air quality, environmental hazards, terrorist threats, life expectancy and job-loss numbers in 127 areas with populations between 150,000 and 500,000" – 3rd year in a row!
• Royal Icing Recipe With Picture – Joyofbaking.com *Tested Recipe*
  a half-recipe was perfect for frosting a batch of those sugar cookies.
• Easy and Tasty Candied Nuts
• Sugar Cookies Recipe : Alton Brown : Food Network
• focus booster – home; try the pomodoro technique
• The Pomodoro Techniqueâ„¢
• Butter Cookies II Recipe – Allrecipes.com
  can be used for thumbprint (jam) cookies)

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• Mule Design Studio’s Blog: Giving Better Design Feedback
  "The right question is not, “Do I like it?” but “Does this meet our goals?”"
• A perfect 10: The results of the L.A. Times’ first Holiday Cookie Bake-Off – latimes.com
  sad that Mom’s gingerbread didn’t make it, but some interesting looking cookies here.
• Olympia Time #1: Welcome to Olympia
  on the topic of metonymy, for which I wrote an intro.
• Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: On Progressives, Rape Apologism, and the Little Guy
• The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention – Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com
  "Just by itself, the type of prolonged solitary confinement to which Manning has been subjected for many months is widely viewed around the world as highly injurious, inhumane, punitive, and arguably even a form of torture."
• The trouble with No Labelers
  "The basic difficulty arises from a false equivalence they make between our current ‘left’ and our current ‘right.’" Overton Window, anyone?

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• “Why don’t you just hit him?” | Geek Feminism Blog
  "Harassment is not a private matter between harasser and victim, and it’s not the victim’s job to put a stop to it."
• A List Apart: Articles: Smartphone Browser Landscape
  fascinating.
• Clever Cycles » Blog Archive » How to keep your hands warm
  I really need to replace my leather gloves, they’ve got a couple of little holes in the fingertips.
• ongoing photo by Tim Bray · Bright Early Winter
  beautiful image.
• Dev Profile: Angie Byron | Port 25
  pure distilled awesome. 🙂 (also, whatever community college she went to needs to contact her to use in promotional materials!)
• 6 reasons event organizers should adopt the Conference Anti-Harassment Policy | Geek Feminism Blog
  "Think of it like a seatbelt: hopefully you’ll never need it, and maybe it’ll make a few folk uncomfortable, but you’ll be happy it was there if you have to slam on the brakes."
• P8tch | QRCode needlepoint canvas | Online Store Powered by Storenvy
  wacky!

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• Scottish Sharp-Cheddar Shortbread Recipe at Epicurious.com
• Flourless Chocolate-Walnut Cookies Recipe at Epicurious.com
• It’s Not a Training Issue :: UXmatters
  “Training should never be a substitute for designing a usable application.” YES.
• Lawfare › Problems with the Espionage Act
  "Taken at its word, the Espionage Act makes felons of us all." My goodness. Whoever has info and communicates it violates that (WWI-era) law: not just Wikileaks, but other news orgs, tweeters, even casual conversation. Just plain broken.

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