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TwitterLocal allows you to enter a city, state, and/or postal code and find people Twittering within 1, 5, 10, or 20 miles from you. A few neat things I've noticed while giving…
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White Castle
It has been way too long! As a stroke of complete coincidence, Eliza brought home some White Castle burgers for lunch today!
A Review of CakePHP
Kyle Slattery, Viddler's Lead Social Developer, recently gave CakePHP a spin to see how it compared to Ruby on Rails – or at least how the MVC modularity of the two compared…
Google App Engine
Just released with only a limited number of applications being accepted at the moment: "Google App Engine enables developers to build web applications on the same scalable systems that power our own…
Live testing the Tumblr-esque redesign
To be completely honest, I'm no where near "done" on this redesign but spending a few minutes each day is just killing me. So I thought I'd do some live testing, and…
Number 9
As a way to test mobile photos, again, here is a large orange 9 that sits somewhere in New York City. You might even see Viddler's newest Community Leader, Brandice, in there…
Vintage photo gallery from Consumer Reports
Ranging from interesting to weird, the Consumer Reports Vintage photo gallery is an entertaining resource to look through. With images dating from the mid-1930s until the 1980s this gallery is a collection…
John Gruber compares the Firefox 3 and Safari 3 browsers
If you don't read Daring Fireball already, you may consider this link also a recommendation to do so. In fact, I recommend becoming a member, and after you read John Gruber's comparison…
Creative Barcodes in Japan
File this under amazingly creative. Japanese Barcodes, or at least some of them that are being handled with creative care, are being turned into works of art instead of just your run-of-the-mill…
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
A "Sea Pig". Who hasn't always wanted to be a marine biologist? Earth's oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers are by far the largest untapped and ill-explored territory – which is what makes…
Ma.gnolia Blog: On Our New Front Doors
Ma.gnolia, my favorite social bookmarking service, recently switched from merely supporting OpenID to actually restricting all new user signups to use the authentication platform. This received a lot of attention – most…
TweetStats :: for cdevroe
TweetStats, a way to get all types of statistics for your Twitter account (or anyone else's actually), has some interesting graphs by default. The one about interfaces (pictured), or "how you twittered"…
Billionaire College Dropouts
This list of college dropouts is particularly interesting because every single person on the list has an estimated net-worth in the billions. Most of the people on the list are vested mainly…
eBay Ink
The eBay Ink blog is a really snazzy looking corporate blog for eBay, Inc. Doing some digging I see they are using Wordpress for their site, but they lack the "powered by"…
Kissing with Ross
Want to get your team at work sick? Maybe a family member you owe a shot in the arm to? Look no further than Kissing with Ross. Source: Kissing with Ross. Via:…
Pronouncing words wrong on purpose
Fun and interesting little conversation going on over at Jason Kottke's blog where people are chatting about words they pronounce wrong on purpose. Eliza and I do this too so it is…
Sameer Barkawi, actor
Sameer Barkawi, actor My good friend Sameer Barkawi, who has been writing on TUG.n a little lately, has wrapped up shooting on what will be his movie debut. Sameer plays a homeless…
The Grapes Of Wrath
Mirco-review: Excellent story but a very tough read. So tough, for me at least, that I didn't finish it.
The Paradox of Perfectionism
Rob Goodlatte on letting go and not being so much of a perfectionist: "Stop being a perfectionist—just throw it out there and see what happens. It’s simple advice, but something that I’ve…
Getting geeky on the OtakuGeneration.net podcast
It should come as no surprise to anyone reading this that I'm a geek. Sometimes I'm successful in hiding that fact and, well other times not so much. Well today I'm pleased…
iPod box dock
From the "An oldie but a goodie" department. In March of 2005 I saved myself $30 by not buying an iPod dock and building my own out of the box that the…
Life Poster 2.0?
Looking through Keegan's now aptly named "The Great Springfield Coffee Tour" photoset I came across a link to theworkshop 308. On their site they have great photos showing off some of their…
Past designs of this site; some made the cut, some didn’t
As I work on the next version of my site's design, which is coming along quite nicely I might add, I figured now would be a good time to take a stroll…
Risa Fukui: The Darkness Of Graphical Papercut Reflections
Incredible Although I remember doing something similar to papercut art in school, nothing I ever did came anything close to what Risa Fukui is able to do. "Papercutting doesn’t work without a…
Royal Mint: New coin designs revealed
The Royal Mint, responsible for the management of the monies created for the Royal Crown, held a competition in 2005 where they had received 4,000 unique entries to redesign their coins. The…
Unrealized architectural projects of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s
Hot on the heels of my unrealized designs for this site comes something I saw, starred, and never got back to a few months ago: Unrealized architectural projects of Moscow from the…
Baron Woolen Mills by Heather Armstrong
Baron Woolen Mills Heather Armstrong, also known as Dooce due to the domain name of her Web site, is an excellent photographer. I recommend perusing all of her photos – but you…
Blurb
Blurb, seemingly, is a really great way to make books online using your digital photos. I haven't tried it yet but if their site says anything about their company/books, I think you…
Classic photos recreated with Legos
Tiananmen Square Mike Stimpson does an excellent job recreating classic photos using Legos. Some of the most notable photos include: Tiananmen Square (pictured) V.J. Day Times Square Lunch Atop a Skyscraper More…
Get a job! Use a Job Board.
Looking for a job? Might I suggest looking through the various Job Boards that have popped up over recent years? You might just find what you're looking for. 37signals' Job Board The…