iamcal.com Since May 2000

i love this typographic map of sf. i have a few too many nice maps of SF to warrant hanging this one, but still considering it

i'm still using smarty and you're no longer on the internet. i think i win this round

nice piece from mark at joyent about the dangers of abstraction

i used to work right by mount pleasant sorting office and was a bit obsessed with the mail railway. this photo series exploring it is excellent. read it now

a really nice cellular automata generative audio toy

the final frontier: bacon roses

ok, i guess it's pretty clever. youtube and flickr especially

favorite blog of the evening is i curate the internet. a billion times yes

a super-complex but awesome wedding invitation

wow. i now have a new lego hero. new weekend(s) project!

railguns might be a reality pretty soon. 7km with no elevation after punching through a steel sheet? that's scary

this guide to the interesting bits of javascript is really good

all of the recent 'dance battle' movies are hideous, but this is pretty awesome [via lhl]

ninja cat makes everything better

yup flengbot is still awesome

did i ever link to the article on password usability? i meant to

ok, i'm totally going to become a model now

the ethics of abandoning software. open source is getting a little more mature

i'm stuck on step 4 of the bandcamp job application test (the email address). well takle another stab tomorrow. don't want to actually apply, but neat. [edit] aha! that one was pretty easy in the end

the economist's democracy index is kind of fascinating. is there a good discussion for the criteria anywhere? the 2010 document is here and contains lots of good detail

SPDY is already out there. but as myles pointed out: why is gmail still so slow? :D

i really want this awesome cocktails poster. yes pls

a working bolt-action rifle in lego. watch up until the end to get a demo of the mechanism. very well done

man, those orcs sure are dumb (portions inspired by our current D&D campaign)

lego sniper rifle is very well done. keep watching for the mechanism demo

it was a joke, and there's been plenty of coverage of why it can't really work, but it sure looks pretty

all devices need instruction manuals this awesome. nice work sparkfun