Year: 2009
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Sampling Twitter
DeWitt Clinton, heckuva name, recently sampled some Twitter data to determine the number of active users on Twitter. The sampling is rather exhaustive (at least for this guy with ADD ((I don’t really have ADD.)) !) and, if accurate, would shed a lot of light on a number of things. I’ve done my own, rather…
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A Thank You card with meaning
Searching for the perfect card can be an arduous task. Just walking into a Hallmark, or venturing into the card-section of any store, seems daunting. There are so many cards! You stand there, looking at the upper-third of every single card to decide which one to pull out, look at the front, read it, open…
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International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest 2008
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] I have no idea what the criterion for such a contestis but the results are absolutely stunning. The winner, Cheng Slu Wai from Hong Kong (pictured above), is without a doubt gorgeous but how does one possibly make the call? Also interesting to note that most of the top entries were from…
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Millions for miniatures
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] This comes courtesy of Jason Kottke, so if you subscribe to his site – you’ve already seen this. For those of you that haven’t- meet Willard Wigan, an artist who specializes in micro-sculptures. Willard manages to sculpt the world’s smallest pieces of art that reside inside the eye of a needle or…
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Re-reading The Lord of the Rings: Part one – The Fellowship of the Ring
It has been years since I’ve read The Lord of the Rings trilogy and so I’ve decided, even though I think I’m a little crazy, to re-read the series. I’ve just finished The Fellowship of the Ring last night, and so hear are some of my thoughts about the first book. I’m no literary scholar…
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Unico
Venice, Italy. Considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world it is also one of the more geographically unique. Made up of over 100 islands at the northern tip of the Adriatic Sea, the city of Venice is connected to the mainland by a single, four lane bridge called Ponte della Libertà (The…
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iWork and iLife ’09 UI overview
Speaking of changes to iWork ’09, Sebastiaan de With pours over a large number of changes, updates, and other little tidbits of the new iWork and iLife ’09 application suites. Some of the more interesting and notable revisions are that there are completely new visual styles throughout, new toolbar icons for every application, and much more.…
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Subtle Keynote icon changes in iWork ’09
There are 3 subtle changes that have been made to the Keynote icon in iWork ’09. I thought for the sake of, oh I don’t know, fun? that I’d point them out here in a side-by-side comparison. If you find any other differences between these two icons, feel free to share them. The entire icon,…
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Bourdain’s Mexico blog post and photo journal, now online
Just prior to each episode Anthony Bourdain and his No Reservations crew publish a blog post and a photo journal. The Season 5 premier is no different. One thing I didn’t realize about this season premier is that the guide for this episode, pictured in the green shirt, is the same chef that took over…
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Polaroid, only MOSTLY dead.
After a short break during the holiday season my weekly posts on Waking Ideas resume with an interview of my friend Dan Rubin regarding his recent foray into shooting with Polaroid film. Source: Polaroid, only MOSTLY dead.
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Down south.
Is cultural influence reciprocal? As 2009 begins many reflect on what has happened this past year. I’ve read many reflections, updates from last year’s resolutions, countless thoughts on World events, and some have jotted down a list of the places that they traveled to in 2008. I had the privilege of traveling to many places…