When I ever get a chance to put up a good online resume (instead of my basic PDF version that really needs to be re-written and updated), I need to create something as frickin’ awesome as this.
Category: Cool
It’s Super Mario Bros. with a Portal Gun
Mari0 would be a lot of fun to play:
Yes, it is under development.
Building A Newsroom Time Machine
This sounds fun for an ol’ newsgeek like me. The FAU’s inagural All On Paper Project forces college journalists (and some seasoned pros) to get their hands dirty and produce a newspaper the old fashion way. Here’s how it went.
Holy Cow, That’s A Load Of Links
Finally getting around to a post-vacation link dump — hang on for the ride…
- Why John Mayer quit twitter.
- There’s an abundance of stock art if you’re doing stories about hackers.
- If you want to browse reddit at work, run this full screen (more details).
- Speaking of reddit, metareddit is all about reddit and why AskReddit is far more useful than Yahoo! answers.
- Spock is not impressed.
- This is just sad: Our security auditor is an idiot.
- How to make photos looks like pencil drawings quickly and easily.
- Yet another reason I will keep voting for Ron Wyden: Bill Would Force Intel Chief to Renounce ‘Secret Patriot Act’.
- A note to Google recruiters (and on Google hiring practices).
- While I like Amazon’s Free App of The Day, I can see where developers would hate it: Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core.
- Somebody has far too much time on their hands — and far too many dead flies.
- Just the Swearing: “The films and telly programs you like, but with the boring, non-sweary bits cut out.” (obviously a naughty language site)
- Has the Code of The Zodiac Killer Been Cracked? Possibly.
- D. B. Cooper is might be getting closer to being identified (NPR has a good story and follow up updates).
- I’m building my next server case out of Legos — just like this guy.
- It’s official: IE users are dumb as bag of hammers (Update: Or not — thanks Barney).
- If you’re designing sites or books for folks that have dyslexia, this font might be of use.
- John Gruber: On Succeeding Steve Jobs.
- How to configure your router for network-wide URL logging.
- Maximum PC’s guide to being online anywhere.
- The Oatmeal’s Summer State of The Web.
- You. Yes, you. You are not a photographer.
- What It’s Like to Interview a Celebrity: A GIF Story.
- Every city should be designed with more slides.
- Don’t Fear The Internet: Basic HTML & CSS for non-web designers.
- The 50 Things every creative should know (I need to forward that on to my designer sister-in-law).
- Little CSS Stuff Newcomers Get Confused About.
- Build your own 135 Terabyte Storage Server for $7300-ish.
- The advanced system recovery toolkit for times when you need to repair a buggered, locked, or virus-ridden system.
- Chosen is a great little plugin that makes select boxes more user-friendly.
- Did you know that you could have your loved one’s ashes put into bullets? Now you do.
- Did you know there’s an Opera house that’s built right on top of the border between Canada and the US and has a dividing line (that’s enforced) running through it? Now you do.
- Only in Japan: Clone yourself into what looks like an action figure.
My “pile o’ shortcuts” folder looks much better now. Video links coming tomorrow.
If You’re Looking For Something For My Wish List…
..these 20+ geeky posters should definitely be on there.
Somebody Has Far Too Much Time On Their Hands
But this is pretty dang sweet:
Read about the whole setup at Melvin The Machine.
What Do You Do When Your Street Is Flooded?
Well, I think this is a pretty good solution, even if it’s not entirely useful:
My Daughter’s Famous
Thanks to all the folks who called me to say there was a nice picture of my daughter and I in the paper. We were out trying to get her to ride without training wheels, and that picture was taken right before I let go and she rode fine on her own and we celebrated. Thankfully the Bulletin photographer didn’t take a picture of her riding into the dirt, nearly hitting a concrete post (stopping is always the tricky part — we’ll work on that next time).
Anybody know anybody at the Bulletin that can get me a good digital version of that photo or one of the other photos the photog took for our scrapbook? I know I can buy reprints, but I’d rather have a digital version.
I also apologize for exposing everybody to my ghostly-white legs.
I’d Hire The Guy
I need to re-do my resume to look like this.
Resurgence of the Animated GIF
It’s amazing in this world of highly interactive video media that the animated GIF is still so dang popular. I’ve mentioned From Me To You and If we don’t, remember me before, which is the cream of the crop. For a more bit more humor, however, Animals Being Jerks and this huge collection on reddit of classics should be bookmarked.