Category: Snapping links

• Personal Informatics Tools
• ‘Professional’ editorial from the medical librarian in theory « eagledawg.net
• Guardienne of the Tomes: LibPunk: Using Our Powers for Awesome. And Breaking Shit.
  "To me, LibPunk is unconcerned with whether or not it is considered a profession at all." delightful take on the subject of my blog post yesterday.
• The Essential Posthuman Science Fiction Reading List – Posthumanity – io9
  huge list, most of which I have not read! (R was inordinately fond of Geek Love, tho.)
• LukeW | Touch Target Sizes

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• Elaine Nelson — Steepster
  quirky. I don’t drink a lot of different kinds of tea, so there’s not much to say.
• A List Apart: Articles: A Brief History of Markup
  "Any web designers trying to make sense of this situation would have had an easier time deciphering a movie marathon of Memento, Primer, and the complete works of David Lynch." 1st chapter of Keith’s new book – history stuff.
• A List Apart: Articles: Habit Fields
  surprisingly deep.
• Dana Milbank – Through oil-fouled water, big government looks better and better
  "There is something exquisite about the moment when a conservative decides he needs more government in his life." no kidding.
• Installing Brushes (GIMP)
  \share\gimp\2.0\brushes
• PA BLOG: Gimp Tutorial: Awesome Bokeh Effect in Gimp
  atrocious spelling, but I was able to make it work!
• Adding a Character table to Scrivener

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• Spaghetti with Butter and Parmesan | Mark Bittman
  drool. (also, made with drupal!)
• Pinboard Blog – What is Antisocial Bookmarking?
  "I thought I’d explain my own motivation for setting up an ‘antisocial’ service, what exactly I mean by the term, and how it affects features that will or won’t make it into Pinboard" fantastic micro-essay!
• Congregar: Organize events easier
  this one is good for just picking a day if you already know what time. (ie, board meeting is always at 7pm; picnic is always at 11am.)
• NeedtoMeet – Find a Time to Meet
  "Use Needtomeet’s free and simple calendar to find a time that works for everyone." this one is nice if you need to pick both a day AND a time.
• The Salad Edition
  Steve’s blog! Awesome! (I knew Steve & his lovely wife Paula back in Tacoma. Actually, I have one of her paintings on my desk right now.)
• A Book Apart, HTML5 For Web Designers
  I want this. (DOM Scripting was the first book that penetrated my mental blocks re: JavaScript.)
• The Happiness Project: Happiness Myth No. 3 — Venting Anger Relieves It.
  "Studies show that blowing up, punching a pillow, yelling, or slamming doors makes you feel worse, not better." so I guess the glass-throwing wall at the hell house was a bad idea?
• Color Survey Results « xkcd
  "If you ask people to name colors long enough, they go totally crazy." indeed. some fascinating stuff.
• Welcome to the Quantum GIS Project
  "QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)."
• GeoDa Center & Affiliated Software | GeoDa Center
  "software programs developed by the GeoDa Center and affiliates (R-Geo)" ASU, more academically oriented

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• Cakespy: Behemoth Crumb Cake
  "A hulking behemoth of crumb, anchored by a little sliver of cake."

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• CSS Reset – a simpler option | Max Design
• Writing Flow Chart by Daniel Heath | Script Frenzy
  in which all paths lead to "write." unless you are dead.
• FactoryCity » Understanding the Open Graph Protocol
  "Except — shucks — there’s just one problem with this model: it’s evil!"
• Today Facebook, Tomorrow the World
  "The question for many in the days to come is whether you are actually using Facebook to keep in touch with your friends and family, or whether Facebook is just using you."
• Titanium Mobile Application Development | Appcelerator
  looks intriguing.
• Seth Godin: Wrong on higher education, wrong for America
  "his case is so vapid and superficial it’s as if he’s seen the postcard and that’s all the data you ever need to judge a place" awesome post from Dylan.
• Facebook’s Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline | Electronic Frontier Foundation
  "To help illustrate Facebook’s shift away from privacy, we have highlighted some excerpts from Facebook’s privacy policies over the years." boiling frog, anyone?

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• Content moderation | drupal.org
• Revisioning | drupal.org
• Revision Moderation | drupal.org
  looking at a couple of different modules to be able to post changes to a page ahead of when the changes should go live.
• Tacoma Tomorrow: Tacoma to Olympia: By Bus
• Web Domination Using Photoshop
  NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE PEN TOOL.
• EFF Explains New Facebook Jargon (Serious Alert) – Kathy Gill’s posterous
  argggggghhhhhh.
• Cookbooks everyone should own « My Return to Cooking
  Modern Basics sounds intriguing, and I wish I’d had Ratio checked out longer from the library.
• Keep WordPress widgets from appearing on particular pages — KnowIT
• Financial crisis: Big banks’ lies on what caused meltdown – MSN Money
  "there was too much lending and too much leverage" – whenever you see the passive voice, look out!
• How to Pitch your Idea to a Publisher – cogito ergo myerman
  non-fiction.

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looking at a couple of different modules to be able to post changes to a page ahead of when the changes should go live.