Via Boing Boing, this article by StevenBerlin is kinda cool, talking about using software that’ll “jam” with you while writing, linking up ideas and cross-referencing other notes and things you’ve come up with in the past.
The software in question (DevonThink) is only Mac-enabled for now, but there’s been other good ones out there.
Steal These Buttons is a neat little list of stuff for making those little blog-like XML buttons, only you can make you own outta anything.
Go to GtmcKnight to check it out.
Ducks in Lodi is a comic strip that may or may not be funny. I dunno. I thought Clara would dig it though, ’cause hey, DUCKS! Also, I wanted to post about this strip ’cause it’s done by the same guy who made my little UnkyMood thing on the side there (I have no idea what kind of Mood “Toasty” is, but I’m feelin’ it – are you feelin’ it?).
Anyhoo, here’s the Ducks In Lodi strip I kinda liked.
iFilm is showing “Hooped!” by Steam Powered Films
I know these guys, and they’re funny as hell.
Go check it out
They’re #92 on the top 100 for short film as I post this.
Oh, but lots and LOTS of swearing in it, so if you can’t handle 6+minutes of “Did you or did you not f*ck me in the ass” in the style of Who’s On First, forget it. Also might get you fired and launched off the roof of your workplace.
Mostly posting just to remind myself that I dig this song (repeated sample of “I gotta get out… I’m not staying here…”
Neat stuff. Love Groove Salad most of the time, and Limbik Frequencies (or is it Systems?) is usually pretty good too.
This article has a little blurb about licensing, and then heads into the Top 10 (here’s the list, you’ll have to visit the article to get the reasons WHY):
10. The Scroll Lock Key
9. 10-Sided Dice
8. Gary Bingham of Columbus Ohio
7. The Little Shoe from Monopoly
6. Graph Paper
5. Jumping
4. On/Off Switches
3. Your Mamma Jokes
2. Warehouse Levels
1. The National Anthem (American)
Paul Graham has this neat thing for a talk to a bunch of high school kids.
I’m not saying I’ve read the whole thing, but this is a pretty good start:
I’ll start by telling you something you don’t have to know in high school: what you want to do with your life. People are always asking you this, so you think you’re supposed to have an answer. But adults ask this mainly as a conversation starter. They want to know what sort of person you are, and this question is just to get you talking. They ask it the way you might poke a hermit crab in a tide pool, to see what it does.
Check out the whole thing here.
There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.
– GhostDog
Okay, so I generally try to stay away from getting things just because they’ve got nerd appeal, but I might just have to pick up one of these bad boys:
They’re only $19.99 at XSCargo.com. Click the picture to check it out.
Gee, I can’t *imagine* why they didn’t sell.
