Posts from August 2008

29th August, 6:45 am

i miss h73. has it really been that long?

29th August, 6:26 am

Dropclock

29th August, 6:14 am

taptaptap has pretty apps with a lovely js interface. loving the screenshot viewer thingy

28th August, 7:18 am

is that like a flickr?

28th August, 5:44 am

this is some cutlery i would buy. thanks to mr baio, on vigilant bacon-watch

27th August, 12:44 am

a tough day at work, adding lots of documentation

27th August, 12:00 am

a want this screen cover

26th August, 10:46 pm

Talking 1500-LED Clock

26th August, 9:06 pm

a making bacon slideshow (p.s. new flickr slideshow is awesome) [via js]

26th August, 7:41 pm

and one more - the michel gondry chemical brothers video, which has some interesting visual effects

26th August, 7:37 pm

more interesting videos - this time a music video with stop-motion cut-outs [via r2]

26th August, 7:34 pm

a trio of three beautiful adverts: the original sony bravia ad with the bouncing balls, the tango parody of it and the bravia bunny ad. so beautiful

25th August, 10:24 pm

listentoyoutube.com is just what i'd been looking for - an easy way to extract an mp3 from youtube videos. lovely

25th August, 10:15 pm

mcsweeny's continues to be awesome. must add to my rss list

25th August, 9:25 pm

there are world championships for throwing mobiles phones? the world is awesome

25th August, 7:02 pm

mycrocosm is a lovely little collection of graphs of everyday activity. now i just need our robot overlords to silently collect this. and then kill us all [via asc]

25th August, 6:59 pm

another iamcal wedding. congrats!

25th August, 5:50 pm

The 2008 Olympics - Photo highlights

25th August, 5:35 pm

new favorite page on the internets

25th August, 5:18 pm

24 hours of Urbanspoon

23rd August, 10:55 pm

these predictions for the next hundred years are pretty interesting - some spot on, some fairly wishful

23rd August, 6:24 am

if you live in sf and are looking for a manly bike, this may be your answer

22nd August, 2:57 pm

i want this now. is the receiver small enough to fit in an iphone? [via bogan]

22nd August, 4:22 am

i remember why i never watch tv - i now need a baconator

22nd August, 4:15 am

big fat bacon: "1/3 lb slice of bacon fried and carmelized with maple syrup, served on a stick with dipping sauces". i'm in love

22nd August, 2:05 am

how does aaron know everything? a good article on pizza in nyc

22nd August, 12:32 am

an interesting visualization of the proposed tax cuts from both mccain and obama [via myles]

21st August, 9:19 pm

how do you even design a drainage system to do this?

21st August, 9:04 pm

mapature seems like a cool way to geo-tag in aperture. anyone tried it? [via bogan]

21st August, 7:14 pm

neil k is super nerdy and awesome. and he's joining team flickr

20th August, 4:35 pm

David Byrne Bike Racks

20th August, 4:32 pm

The RFID photo booth

20th August, 1:47 pm

The Wild Life

16th August, 3:42 pm

email rainbows

16th August, 3:38 pm

it looks like downtown sf is going to be full of win today

16th August, 12:17 am

maggie has some good twittering tips

16th August, 12:14 am

ok, i want a bubble calendar so bad

15th August, 10:47 pm

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene

15th August, 8:03 pm

Constant Setting

15th August, 8:01 pm

bacon angel!

15th August, 6:39 pm

these are not my cats

15th August, 5:37 pm

the new photosynth demo video is even more amazing than the last set. wow [via mr burka]

14th August, 9:59 pm

...a machine detected that a piece of bacon ... had a similar molecular density to certain types of explosives.

14th August, 8:25 pm

omg. firerift is the best thing ever. we're moving flickr over to it asap

14th August, 7:44 pm

outer space: not that far away. cute, but could have been so much better

14th August, 7:40 pm

little gordon is full of win

14th August, 7:31 pm

ooh, i see a possible new career

14th August, 7:18 am

quasi quoting via a perl source filter looks cool. and the author works for the big y? must stop reading cpan twitter bot

14th August, 12:07 am

south van ness at army has barely changed

13th August, 8:16 pm

frotz for the iphone? time to get out my z-code compiler and get writing

13th August, 8:15 pm

the olympics opening ceremony in 60 seconds. i want all of my media in this format

13th August, 4:15 pm

a telescope for the iphone? that's pretty cool, but i'd prefer a macro

13th August, 7:43 am

oh dear - looks like apple is currently on fire. hope none of my friends have lost their desks

13th August, 2:12 am

there's a twitter stream of new cpan modules. nerd tastic

12th August, 8:11 pm

cake wrecks is the new best website on the internet

12th August, 7:21 pm

blue bottle are opening a permanent store in the ferry building (part 2 of the article). yay!

12th August, 1:14 am

Many Eyes visualization - circles

11th August, 10:50 pm

brady recommends vibram five fingers. looks pretty cool

11th August, 10:45 pm

wow, would anyone wear this? srly?

11th August, 8:14 pm

a lesson is learned, but the damage is irreversible. go and read it all. now. i'll wait. all done? wasn't that worth it? [via myles]

11th August, 8:09 pm

shut your fucking face, uncle fucka. swearing is very grown-up

11th August, 6:10 pm

a nice mysql flag that i wasn't aware of - --log-queries-not-using-indexes

11th August, 5:52 am

the spectral wolf fears only fire. godspeed

11th August, 12:52 am

because bats weren't already scary enough

11th August, 12:50 am

do your part - carry a ham

11th August, 12:27 am

omg. a candy mountain lipdub? my life is complete

10th August, 9:21 pm

i'm not sure why this is open in one of my tabs, but there we go

10th August, 9:20 pm

geometry wars 2 looks pretty badass. the character detail level is breathtaking

10th August, 8:16 pm

george orwell's diaries are being published real-time in the same way as the pepys diary project

10th August, 8:14 pm

some beautiful photos from the olympics opening ceremony

10th August, 8:14 pm

a map of sf micro-climates

10th August, 5:41 pm

Cut

10th August, 5:28 pm

Slay the Giant

10th August, 2:50 am

maybe batman smokes too much

9th August, 5:35 am

iPhone in Korean mode is awesome - 길

8th August, 11:02 pm

adolf is not happy with twitter's uptime

8th August, 4:26 pm

i'm not sure that this is the best idea. or maybe not. grim batol would be a badass name. at least he didn't pick serpentshrine cavern

7th August, 9:00 pm

welcome to my study is super creepy. hard to even watch

7th August, 7:34 pm

an awesome sweeny todd / over compensating mashup

7th August, 5:47 pm

Bugs

7th August, 5:31 pm

braid looks pretty fun - myles is obsessed with it

7th August, 5:25 pm

in my brain this morning: pork and beans acoustic version

7th August, 4:25 pm

ikea to sell solar panels? the future is now

7th August, 2:08 am

a buffy animated series could have been cool

7th August, 1:42 am

nerdery: ISO 7810 is the standard for bank cards, passports and SIM cards

6th August, 11:10 pm

the telstar blog has photos from the Emirates A380 demo flight out of sfo. even more photos on flickr

6th August, 8:20 pm

forget garfield - dilbert minus dilbert is where it's at

6th August, 7:23 pm

that's a pretty serious burger [via dunstan]

5th August, 10:21 pm

Crimes and Misdemeanors

5th August, 5:24 pm

Eureka Carpark Melbourne

5th August, 5:20 pm

Gargantuan Scale Model of Shanghai in 2020

5th August, 6:45 am

announcing lib_oauth - an OAuth library for PHP4, requiring no extra extensions, pear modules, etc.

5th August, 12:02 am

zach klein's homepage is super awesome. came across it again today and it's still great

4th August, 10:07 pm

songs from cannibal the musical. such a good film

4th August, 9:01 pm

Organic Flash generated video

4th August, 7:23 pm

10 reasons it would rule to date a unicorn [via joshua]

2nd August, 11:27 pm

the cern rap is just too awesome for words

2nd August, 2:16 am

teefury is a really awesome idea. assuming they're any good

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