A foggy drive
My drive into Viddler HQ yesterday morning was very, very foggy.
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Dude at NASA makes a Tricorder with an iPhone
NASA scientist Jing Li (and others) has created a tricorder, ala Star Trek, using an iPhone and a few little gadget bits that is able to 'sense' gases in the air. My…
Moving sale row
The moving sale is in full swing (although you can not tell from this image). A lot of people have already been in and out and our "stuff" is following them. Nice.
The next challenge for Web designers, choosing font faces
For years the Internet has challenged those that work on it. At first it was all about how to get the bits from here to there. Then it was how to link…
A haircut. For me, by me.
As I said in a recent Random 60 about haircuts, I am not too picky when it comes to my hair. Then, on the Twitter, I mentioned that I was thinking of…
Flight is possible to man.
Another day, another great letter of note. I know I've suggested Letters Of Note in the past but today I must suggest this specific letter. A letter written by Wilbur Wright. My…
Google Chrome’s view source \”oddity\”
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Viewing the source of a page on Google Chrome is, for the most part, a terrific experience. Chrome supports syntax highlighting of the underlying code of a page making…
My question on IAmInLikeWithMyBike
I wanted to know what type of bike I should be saving for this coming spring. I fired off an email to the editor of I Am In Like With My Bike…
The New York Public Library’s new logo
One of my most favorite branding updates in recent memory, The New York Public Library gets a new logo and Brand New has the scoop. Side note: Glad to know I wasn't…
Bird book
New favorite site and now book on my wishlist (which has been recently updated, btw): Bird book. /via Jason Kottke.
Feature list of WordPress 2.9
Speaking of Wordpress 2.9, here is an exhaustive feature list from Dougal Campbell.
Flickr gets built-in prints (it is about time)
Yahoo! has announced that Flickr now has built-in Snapfish support through its (still one of the best Web apps ever) Organize & Create tool. It is about time. I hope Flickr and…
How to play piano like Philip Glass
Or, as I like to call this particular video – YouTube video of the week. Again /via Jason Kottke.
Quake Live for Mac
I didn't realize that Quake Live was available for the Macintosh now. Thanks to Sebastiaan de With for letting me know (and for the fancy Fluid icon). There goes a few hours.
The summer’s biggest catch
Photo credit: Eliza Devroe. After a friend and I were talking about fishing this weekend I noticed that I never posted a photo of my biggest catch this summer – a 5-pound…
Two new Twitter lists: Met and NotMetYet
I don't like to make it a habit of following people on Twitter that I haven't met. But I've made a few exceptions – mostly people I know "online" but not off…
Weigh in: November 16, 2009
What a great week on The Diet! As I said on the Twitter I was able to get a sufficient level of fitness in this week. On Tuesday I jogged six miles…
WordPress 2.9 and oEmbed and Viddler
While perusing Aaron Brazell's always great 10 things you need to know about [the latest upcoming version of Wordpress] for Wordpress 2.9 I noticed that it will have oEmbed support. Back in…
WordPress.com supports geotagging – Where is the plugin?
Wordpress.com now supports geotagging for both the blog itself on Wordpress.com and each individual post. Although there have been a few plugins that support this for the self-hosted Wordpress none look as…
CodeIgniter is fast
CodeIgniter is faster than its competitors by quite a margin. Glad we at Viddler chose it for our PHP-based solutions. /via Mike Rundle on Twitter.
Health tip: Hate yourself enough to love yourself
I know, hate is a strong word, but think about this for a moment (especially you new runners). Our entire lives we focus on self-preservation. From an early age we're told "Don't…
Pete N’ Reenie’s in Eynon, PA
On Wednesday my friend Chris and I ate dinner at Pete N' Reenie's in Eynon, PA – a 50s-style burger/shake joint. The food was delicious, the service was good (the owner was…
Pete and Reenie’s
Delicious food, good service. Recommended.
Putting the Yankees’ payroll into perspective
Recent piece from Khoi Vinh puts the amount of money that the New York Yankees spend on payroll into perspective. Short version: The Yankees spend a lot of money on payroll but…
More microsyntax for Twitter from Chris Messina
Chris Messina, founding father of the the ever-popular (and sometimes not) Hashtag, has proposed a few more syntax specific ways of doing things on Twitter. Chris is suggesting that we use /via…
The real story behind that Princess Leia bikini photo
If you're a Star Wars geek, like I am, then you've probably seen the photo of Princess Leia and her stunt double soaking up some sun during a Return of the Jedi…
What your lungs remember your legs quickly forget
My recent jogging resurgence has taught me a little bit about my own body's memory. It turns out that my lungs have not forgotten that this past spring I was jogging a…
Trapped!
Someone flipped a box lid on top of themselves.
Weigh in: November 9, 2009
I didn't eat very well this week. I ate more than I should have, and drank too much beer (my goal was to only drink beer one evening this week, and I…
A typical morning conversation at the Devroe home
Sometimes we communicate this way in the morning. Isn't Pookers cute?