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Neat jQuery plugin that makes it dead simple to wrap text around an image. The key point here is that it will actually wrap the text around the contents of the image, not just the bounding box of an image. /via Simon Willison.

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Very much looking forward to baking bread again this winter.

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While in Hawaii last year, visiting Shane and Roxanne in Kailua, Eliza and I found this orchid Bird of Paradise flower behind a few garbage cans near a burger joint we were having dinner at. It just shows you that beauty runs deep in Hawaii. Update: I stand corrected. Mike Cohen commented that this is […]

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I’m no medical expert, but one has to wonder about the finances behind having a global pandemic – or at least the appearance of one. The H1N1 virus, or swine-flu, is no doubt a virus that should be taken seriously. If you have the symptoms of the virus you should take action to get the […]

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One sip of a Mocha Joe makes my heart palpitate. @elizard loves them.

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Last weekend I rolled out an updated theme for this site when your browsing it with an iPhone. The main reason for this is my mobile photos. When I post a mobile photo my site automatically Twitter’s a link to it, like this, and a lot of people flood in to view the photos and […]

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Love playing in old beat-up gyms. Love seeing Chris get blocked even more.

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Came across this photo in my library and now I’m in the mood for hibachi.

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Playing with Eric and Terry. I love this game.

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My drive into Viddler HQ yesterday morning was very, very foggy.

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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 advice: get this tricorder things to the point where it can repair broken bones and inject medicine into a human’s neck, then move […]

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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.

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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 them together and to navigate through them. Then it was about adding media. Next came display ports and fitting well-designed information on them […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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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 cutting my own hair. Many of you said to go for it. Then, a few days ago Eliza came home with some clippers […]

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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 favorite letter so far. "With this general statement of my principles and belief I will proceed to describe the plan and apparatus it […]

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[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 it much more readable for us geeks while we look under the hood. However, something I’ve run into of late is that it […]

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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 on Tumblr and they posted it to their Tumblog (mistypings and all). Nice. Update: Now I’m finding myself wishing they answered the question. […]

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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 the only one thinking "Simba!!". Image credit: Brand New.

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New favorite site and now book on my wishlist (which has been recently updated, btw): Bird book. /via Jason Kottke.

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Speaking of WordPress 2.9, here is an exhaustive feature list from Dougal Campbell.

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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 Yahoo! bank some serious dough on this deal.

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Or, as I like to call this particular video – YouTube video of the week. Again /via Jason Kottke.

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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.

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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 bass. As you can see from the photo I was soaking wet. Eliza, my friend Johnny, and myself walked to our fishing spot […]

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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 and celebrities. I was wondering tonight: "How many people do I follow that I haven’t met?". So I created a list for just […]

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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 (or 10K), on Wednesday I did the P90X Kenpo X routine, on Friday I fit in another 5K jog, on Saturday I did […]

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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 June 2008 I added an oEmbed service to Viddler. That means that in the next version of WordPress you’ll be able to embed […]

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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 promising as the one running on WordPress.com now. So, where is the plugin?

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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.

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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 touch that, its hot." or "Don’t jump off of that, it is too high." And, obviously, this is good advice. It saves us […]

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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 our waitress), and the place is altogether great. I think Pete N’ Reenie’s is going to quickly become one of my favorite places […]

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Delicious food, good service. Recommended.

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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 compared to their revenues they spend less than some other teams when compared to their revenues. Read the long version though, it is […]

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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 instead of (via @cdevroe), /by for quote credits, and /cc for carbon-copying messages to specific people on Twitter. Chris gives good examples for […]

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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 shoot. The Official Star Wars Blog decided to set the record straight about the origin of the photo – since some of the […]

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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 lot. That I was jogging further and further and more consistently than any other time in my entire life. And that I was […]

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Someone flipped a box lid on top of themselves.

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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 think I drank like three or four evenings). I did well with beginning my exercise routine again though. I ran on Tuesday, Friday, […]

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Sometimes we communicate this way in the morning. Isn’t Pookers cute?

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Photo credit: AP Photo/Kevin Frayer. This is a fantastic image. Not that I’d expect anything less from The Big Picture.

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[viddler id-e0f2f376 h-280 w-420] Random 60: What time do you wake up? I wake up every morning around 6:45a. I love it. Back in 2006 I was getting up at 7. As I get older, I’m getting up earlier. But really, I enjoy waking up early and getting things accomplished. It is when I work […]

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You know all of the jokes that I’m thinking about right now. So I don’t need to type them.

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