December 26, 2003
December 23, 2003
AD Age has 2003's 10 ADS AMERICA WON'T SEE, some for better, some for worse.
Very little is as jarring as reading the blog of a complete stranger and finding out he's going to the same wedding as you. The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century :: Carnival of the Canucks, Part 1: A Beer in a Tree
Wonderful free MP3s, written on 8-bit systems like video game consoles and old Commodore 128s. Brings me back to days of eating pita pizzas and sitting in my friend's basement playing Ultima III. Good times. Discography GFX
December 22, 2003
If this lovely personal photo site had an RSS feed, I would visit it every day: Camerantics
So much information online, so difficult to make sense of it. This page, though visually explains the distribution of zip codes
Some lawyers are very funny: Letters of Marque: Sauron: Offer and acceptance
Search Engine Crawler Simulation shows that Variety needs to change a few things.
Wizbang presents the 2003 Weblog Awards. I like the fact that everyone can post real long acceptance speeches but no one has to sit through them all.
AMAZING: Try this search for "Harper's Index cultural" -- when you click on Harper's Index, the searched-for words are highlighted in the body. That's very cool. Google Search: harper's index cultural
December 21, 2003
I'm quoted in this article: OJR article: A Look Back at 2003, and What's on the Horizon for the Online News Universe
WHAT I SAY:
Q: What do you think will be the most important developments in online journalism in the coming year?
Watch out, Google: "I do predict that 2004 will be the year that Google gets greedy, and a significant group of odd bedfellows will band together to challenge Google's hegemony." -- Travis Smith, editor of Variety.com
Q: What do you hope for most in 2004? {on any topic}
The economy, stupid: "A 10% increase in staffing for my online department. (Are you listening, Santa?)" -- Travis Smith
Photo Friday: Desire
My entry for Photo Friday: Desire. It's a pile of candy.
It's also a piece of art called "Untitled (Portrait of Ross)" in the Chicago Institute of Art. It weighs 175 lbs., the healthy weight of Ross, the boyfriend of artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Ross died of AIDS in 1992, emaciated. (Gonzalez-Torres died in 1996 of AIDS as well.) Visitors can take a piece and the exhibit is regularly replenished. Mine was lemony.
Desires: The audience for the artist, the artist for understanding, Felix for Ross, and me for candy.
Extra link: This artist stole 8,000 candies one by one, numbered them, and made her own copy of the art; she shipped it to Durban. Did she violate copyright?
I'll give you five reasons to visit this site: 1) Creepy name reminds me of "Se7en". 2) No graphics means no "Punch the Monkey" ads. 3) If you don't I might cry. 4) It's funnier than this list. 5) Any site with the word "Five" in it ROCKS!
If all the data in the world could be boiled down to three colored lights that could be on or off, bright or dim, and/or blinking, it would look a little like this Ambient Orb Device. Think of it like an ultrapowerful wireless computer with a 9 pixel display.
December 20, 2003
Susie, here's a nice article about Dreamweaver - Macworld: Dreamweaver MX 2004
December 19, 2003
Criminals are not stupid. Are newspapers? Prison scam hits 415 newspapers, magazines
Bloglet is a way to get email notices that your favorite blogs have just updated.
A truly big picture story: The earth is receiving less light now than 30 years ago. Guardian Unlimited | Life | Goodbye sunshine
Good news for the Rule of Law: kuro5hin.org || Appeals Court Rules Military Must Release Padilla
Once again, I blog things that are interesting, as it makes me feel like someday, sometime I might actually do something with them. I won't, but still... This one's a recipe for Christmas cake. kuro5hin.org || A Cylindrical Yuletide Heart Attack
Look, over there! someone's writing about blogs! Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The revolution should not be eulogised
December 17, 2003
The Mirror Project (a user-submitted collection of self-images) just reached its 20,000th photo (Thanks MetaFilter)
FUH2 | Fuck You And Your Hummer, Too -- a eco-friendly (but not very people friendly) collaborative photo project.
Forget the standard browser interface. Here's a complete site in one page, and it doesn't suck: OurType. Fine Typography from Europe.
What a Crappy Present - CD Gift Advice, Parents and Kids. Don't let this be you!
Amazon.com: Listmania! Your Holiday Gift Guide from thesneeze.com (back story here: Holiday Gift Guide: The Sneeze.)
A Web photogallery of body paint. Number 24 is particularly striking. Warning, some nudity. Thanks, BoingBoing
December 16, 2003
A love letter written in Excel -- our tools shape our expressions
The Catapult Watch! Never be caught defenseless again!
December 15, 2003
Widgetopia is a lovely new blog about the little graphical icons and form interfaces that make our online time easy or miserable.
December 13, 2003
National Geographics has a great site: "Gal Reporters": Breaking Barriers in World War II. (Thanks, Tom Mangan.)
December 12, 2003
If God had a snowglobe -- but then again, maybe he does.
December 11, 2003
One day I'll look back on these links and I'll be able to see what I learned and when. Today, I learned about Secret Gardens: a Pattern for Personal Web Sites
This weblog's design is spectacular. It's pixel perfect. King Blog | Blog | 1976design.com
Kempa.com - Barnes & Noble is all about working a B&N, if you've ever wondered what it's like.
A great look at Social Security from the point of view of someone who sees it as a ticking timebomb of debt: Meet the Greedy Grandparents - Why America's elderly are so spoiled. By Steve Chapman
Weblog Hype | News and commentary on the great weblog hype -- tries to inject some sanity into the blogging bubble.
The truth about the quote: "Because that's where the money is"
There's no nudity here, but I'm not sending this hilarious video link to Mom: COME ALL YE FAITHFUL!
December 10, 2003
Photo Friday: Structure
My entry for Photo Friday: Structure. It's one of the Superior Court buildings in Los Angeles, CA.
What a cool little plugin for Movable Type: David Raynes: MTOtherBlog (v 0.25)
A little offensive, sure, but funny to imagine on the wall of your grandma's house. subversive cross stitch: mind your fingers
Bret W has a great picture of people with more hair than brains -- and I'm not implying they're dumb.
December 09, 2003
PressThink: Private Life, Public Happiness and the Howard Dean Connection - With Dean, the campaign is somewhere... out there.
Learn how to put eye-catching symbols in your page titles and thus your listing on Google: "Look At Me" Search Results: Signal vs. Noise Weblog / Blog (by 37signals)
December 08, 2003
Next time I make tab navigation, I'll read this article and then I"ll know what the hell I'm doing. Sliding Doors of CSS: A List Apart
I like the design here; the content is, well, just some guy. neorants: where one opinionated geek makes new enemies daily
Variety.com just launched a new Weblog: The Porning Report.
Want to know why kids cry when they sit on Santa's lap? CALENDAR OF DISTURBING SANTAS -- click to see all 9 already posted.
A lyrically written article about the odd, ignored L.A. River: Los Angeles Journal - Los Angeles by Kayak - Vistas of Concrete Banks
December 07, 2003
I like this site's design as well -- clean, white, light, and interesting software too. thelittleappfactory.com
Eightlinks: I love this site; design, content, everything.
December 05, 2003
December 03, 2003
Seldom asked questions about Japan and their answers
