Archive for July, 2006

links for 2006-08-01

10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work | Copyblogger (tags: writing blogging copywriting blogs blog content headlines)[ READ MORE ]

Live in NYC? Check out the back of today’s Metro!

Following in the footsteps of our SpreadFirefox NYTimes ad, a group of OpenOffice.org volunteers organized a fundraiser to run a full page ad on the back of today’s metro. I contribued to the effort and was pleasantly surpised to see the ad greeting me as I went to pick up a copy of the metro [ READ MORE ]

links for 2006-07-31

Badge Maker: Create an (unofficial) Flickr ID badge using your digital photographs (tags: flickr badge photography fun photo generator Tools)[ READ MORE ]

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Computer World

One of the listeners of Sara’s and my music podcast, The Alternative Music Show, dropped me a very nice email the other day and asked if I wouldn’t mind taking a look at his new blog featuring reviews of comptuer programs. I checked it out, and his first two reviews are extremely well written and [ READ MORE ]

links for 2006-07-27

AmigoFish: Catch What You Love AmigoFish is a podcast recommendation service. You rate the shows you like, and it tells you other shows that people like what you like are listening to. Brilliant! (tags: podcast blog video rss podcasting podcasts aggregator) hResume plugin now available at FactoryCity Chris Messina pointed me to the new hResume [ READ MORE ]

links for 2006-07-25

Bayden Systems – SlickRun ncie little “windows run” command replacement with tab autocomplete and assignable “magic words” so you can simply type mail to launch c:\program files\mozilla thunderbird\thunderbird.exe (tags: windows Software tools freeware utilities launcher free)[ READ MORE ]

74 free desktop wallpapers

A few days back, I got some nice encouragement from my mom. Moms are perennial cheerleaders by their very nature, but this particular compliment on my photos got me thinking that I should collect my best desktop oriented shots and make them easily available to download. They’re already freely available through flickr under the creative [ READ MORE ]

Trying not to gloat as we run our A/C

Well, Sara and I thankfully have power in our apartment, but that appears to be simply because we’re on the same circuit as the 23rd ave facing businessess in our building. They’ve got a generator powering them, and I think we’re the happy beneficiaries of that juice. The rest of the building is fairly dark, [ READ MORE ]

Did we find the inspiration for Pixar’s Cars?

Part of our photo adventure today brought us to this junkyard that I’d spotted on the way to Holden Beach last saturday. If you’ve seen Pixar’s Cars, check out these old relics we found along the road… Did we find the inspiration for some of their characters[ READ MORE ]

Is it creepy, is it art, or is it both?

On the road to Holden Beach where we’re staying, there’s this strange colleciton of interconnected shacks on the left. As we drove by, Sara’s mom told us the story of the creepy old lady who runs the place, and visions of the junk lady from the Labrynth came to our minds. Before we knew it, [ READ MORE ]

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