Category: Snapping links

• The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire » Blog Archive » H.P. Lovecraft on Republicans
  "Intellectually, the Republican idea deserves the tolerance and respect one gives to the dead." Florid Lovecraftian diss.
• An Election: A Short Story Presented by Subterranean Press « Whatever
• Trees to fall after 70 years – South Sound – The Olympian – Olympia, Washington
  "23 of the old trees need to be cut down in the next three years because of decay" big replanting event on Nov 11!

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• Soul Sweet ‘Taters (Step-by-Step!) | The Pioneer Woman Cooks | Ree Drummond
• Feral Houses | sweet juniper!
  amazing photos.
• Wondermark » Archive » #275; In which a Cat plays the Piano
  🙂
• MAD LIBRARY SCIENCE!!!!! The story of Melvil Dui | Book of Trogool
  "I thought I’d go a little steampunk-horror on you and talk a bit about the early far-from-halcyon days of American librarianship" quirky.
• Steve Thomas: Star Wars Travel Posters
  in the vintage 30s/40s style. lovely.

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• When Are Facebook Users Most Active? [STUDY]
  "The biggest spike occurs at 3:00 p.m. ET on weekdays."
• Return of the Secret Donors – NYTimes.com
  "The legacy of Watergate is quite clear." Hmmmm, I guess if you mean that ultimately, 30+ yrs later, the Nixon methodology WON, I suppose so. 🙁
• milk and honey cafe: Magnificent Memories
  milk chocolate florentine cookies – thin oatmeal cookies with a chocolate center. (note: requires corn syrup.)
• Free OpenOffice Template: Flowchart – Marc Carson Web Design – Ukiah, California
  nice looking OpenOffice flowcharts!

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• map011_l.JPG (689×788)
  a "sample" map? (from C by email.)
• Crowdsourcing chocolate cake: How a New York Times foodie stumbled upon the new news production » Nieman Journalism Lab
• Chocolate Dump-It Cake – Recipes – The New York Times
• Science of Raw Food? | Ask MetaFilter
  (I read "Catching Fire", mentioned in the discussion. Good book.)
• Mom’s Gingerbread Cookies
  LA Times bakeoff: vote early & often. (This recipe is actually for the cookies that my mother makes Every Year.)
• cake for lazy people | Ask MetaFilter
• The Baker’s Apprentice: French Yogurt Cake – NYTimes.com
• America’s Dirtiest Interview: Mike Rowe Talks About Work – Business – GOOD
  "The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another. Why do we value one above the other, when our future depends upon both?"
• Lemon Crème Fraîche Cake

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• E.J. Dionne Jr. – Voters are in the dark on campaign spending
  "Secret money is antithetical to the transparency that democracy requires."

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• Science Tarot
• The essence of Tex-Mex | Homesick Texan
  cheese enchiladas.
• Stop! You are doing mobile wrong! | Metal Toad Media
  start simple & build up. (oh, wait: progressive enhancement!)
• Yiibu – About this site…
  "This site is a proof of concept for many of the ideas described in Rethinking the Mobile Web."
• Recipes for Health – Greens for the Summer Heat – NYTimes.com
  spinach, tomato & goat cheese
• Rands In Repose: An Unexpected Connection
  humor & trivial pursuit. (also: reincorporation.)
• Jabe Blumenthal’s Voter Guide – The good, the bad, and the ugly v.2010
  "Ever notice you never see Eyman and Satan in the same room at the same time?" indeed. also, I did not know that Patty Murray voted against the war. good for her.
• Tracking The Companies That Track You Online : NPR
  "those shoes followed me around for a month" :\
• Awesome Freebie: Web Accessibility Checklist Desktop Wallpaper :Speckyboy Design Magazine
  pretty and simple.
• 100+ free HTML email templates | Campaign Monitor

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• No-Carve Owl Pumpkin for Halloween
  cute!
• blondies, infinitely adaptable | smitten kitchen
• The Answer Sheet – How billionaire donors harm public education
  "That none of their projects is grounded in any research seems not to be a hindrance to these big donors."
• Gov Docs online – can you trust them?
  interesting take from a librarian on authenticity etc. (fodder for a future blog post?)

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• ikea hacker: Jerker treadmill desk
  neat!
• Starbucks Wants Baristas to Slow Down, Can Caffeine-Craving Customers Wait? | Fast Company
  "They say they already have ceramic cups and plates available in nearly every store, yet approximately zero people I know have ever gotten a real cup or plate in a Starbucks" I have, a few times, in the one near the office.
• The future of urban agriculture is not about the 10-mile diet | Feeding the City | Grist
  "Benfield doesn’t hesitate to ask difficult questions about the experiments in agricultural urbanism that reverse this order." (ie, humans at the center of metro areas, natural systems left alone at the edges.)
• Sundial : How to make your own Cut Out Paper Vertical Sundial
  looking forward to seeing how this looks at our place.
• The Credit Union Warrior: Put Us Out of Business
  "if your credit union’s success is tied to your members’ failure, you may want to rethink your business model."
• Case Tracker Due Date | drupal.org
• White Chocolate Walnut Blondies with Maple Butter Sauce – Tasty Kitchen Blog

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• BattleBricks: MakerLegoBot: The Lego Mindstorms NXT 3D Lego Printer
  whoa.
• One Woman’s Abortion – Magazine – The Atlantic
  From 1969. Fascinating — and vital — reading.
• Sierra Madre Tattler: We Answer the AOL/Sierra Madre Patch Questionnaire So YOU Won’t Have To!
  mmmmm, crabby hyperlocal sarcasm!
• Those popular joint-pain supplements? They don’t work. – Los Angeles Times
  An analysis of 10 studies involving more than 3,800 people has found that glucosamine and chondroitin supplements for joint pain are ineffective either alone or in combination.

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• Anatomy of a House
  diagram
• The Great Geek Manual » The Ultimate D&D Gaming Cycle Flowchart
  silliness!

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