Month: May 2011

Had this all ready to post yesterday, and got to my desk this morning, realized I neglected to hit submit. Whoops…

• Cuteness alert: Animals with stuffed animals.
• Blind horse is helped around by seeing-eye goat and sheep.
• 21 Fantastic Games under 5MB.
• TermKit combines Webkit with terminal on the Mac to create one cool looking terminal.
• I think I may have linked to this before, but An International Comparison of Cell Phone Plans and Prices basically shows how expensive our cell phone service is here in the US.
• Six unusual city maps: Locals vs. Tourists.
• Amazing long exposure airport photography.
• If you’re an Android developer, this might be useful: Test your app on the most popular devices.
• Apparently people are getting Oprah and Opera confused. Tells a lot about Oprah’s fans.
• Hacked Canonical Tags: Coming Soon To A Website Near You?
• Is that movie at the theater a little dark? I could be because they forgot to take the 2D lens off.
• Are you a stock market whiz? Kapitall makes a game out of it.
• Only tumblr posts with 10,000 notes or more need apply.
• ifttt (if this then that) looks like an interesting service that basically will automate tasks in your social media and real world.
• If you’re a web designer trying to get information across to a client in better ways, WeeNudge will help with useful articles on spec work, white space, content, feedback, etc… .
• Decades before the Web, Newspaper Row in Boston was where people got the news updated in real time.
• A visual representation of 11 million player deaths in Just Cause 2.

Mentioned a couple times how I’ve been utterly slammed the last week or so. But I really need to get rid of these links, so here’s a nice little dump…

• Multi-platform/network IM clientTrillian 5 is free everywhere.
• Five running apps for Android (wish I could be running — body’s not letting me).
• Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex.
• Cool trick to position an animated GIF over a JPEG.
• “I should apologize to the American people. It’s violated everyone’s rights. It can be used to eavesdrop on the whole world.” Full story.
• I’m 37 and haven’t aged in 17 years.
• Why do so many web sites fail to use print stylesheets? (I’m as guilty as anybody, and really need to rectify that on sites that I work on).
• Tych Panel is a great way to create a photo grid in Photoshop.
• Need to create a site for mobile use? 320 and Up provides a good starting point.
• Which SciFi series should you watch?
• OMGIMG.US is a fun little site whose goal is to cultivate conversations that are built from images alone.
• Villagers in a remote part of China may have descended from Roman soldiers.
• 55 T-Shirts Made Just for Designers.
• I could’ve used this one recently: How to get sign-off for your designs.
• Great trip down memory lane: Growing up in Arcades.
• Samoa to jump forward a day.
• Kotaku shows its lack of journalistic integrity.
• Comic Sans Criminal: Helping people like you learn to use Comic Sans appropriately.
• Apparently in ’97 on April Fools day, Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek hosted each other’s game shows. Alex hosting Wheel is here and Pat hosting Jeopardy is here.
• 50+ Tools to Automate Your SEO Link Building.
• Need dead-simple video chat for up to four people? AIM AV looks pretty slick.
• Somebody needs to actually sell these Casualties of War little army men toys.
• I’ve said it 100 times, I’ll say it again: When it comes to HDMI cables, brands don’t matter.
• Trolling Tumblr.
• Go The F**k To Sleep is a book every new parent is going to want. Excerpt here and it’s managed to become a best-seller on Amazon, despite not being released yet.
• Looking for a music app for your Android phone? This comparison will help you choose.
• PSA: AIM and Google Talk users can now talk to each other.
• 21 New Rules For Technology — A Maximum manefesto.