December 2008
66 posts
GrownUpCamps.com →
Educational, fantasy, outdoorsy camps for adults.
Dec 31st
From the Department of Badly Chosen Defaults -... →
OH MY GOD BICUBIC INTERPOLATION FOR IE OH MY GOD.
Dec 31st
2008 Genres Of The Year: Ambient and Metal
This year I grew to highly regard two genres of music previously thought unendurable: Ambient and Heavy Metal. Ambient Why listen to ambient? It’s a noise shield. Some ambient works completely white out your surroundings, allowing you to read and work in peace. It provides a unique, ever-changing flow to your day. Ambient music, when done right, interacts with your life instead of drawing...
Dec 31st
The Design Studio of Mike Precious →
I like this.
Dec 29th
jQuery Live Query Plugin 1.0 →
Oooooh.
Dec 29th
URDB - Most Giraffe Tattoos On A Shoulder →
British/Australian Daniel Fowler endured tremendous pain en route to setting the world record for greatest number of giraffe tattoos on a shoulder. With an astonishing single tattoo of a giraffe on…
Dec 21st
URDB - Most Images Of Fish Sandwiches Looked At In... →
Daredevil Todd Lamb sets a new world record by looking at 25 images of fish sandwiches in just one minute. The images were held and dropped by Opus Moreschi in a manner similar to Bob Dylan’s…
Dec 21st
The 50 Best Albums of 2008 | Pitchfork →
“You’ve read it all over: 2008 was a big year for disco.” Oh yeah, I keep reading that. (Note to self: buy everything except Vampire Weekend)
Dec 21st
The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3) - The... →
Wow. Just wow.
Dec 21st
DD_belatedPNG: better PNG background-image support... →
Ooooooh.
Dec 21st
2008 Movies of the Year
I liked Batman and Role Models! That’s it!
Dec 20th
2008 Disappointment of the Year
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix Madlib and MF Doom’s Madvillainy is, to me, the best rap album ever produced. I defy you to find a single track on that album worthy of less than five stars. So IMAGINE MY EXCITEMENT at a sequel: Not necessarily a new project, but Madlib’s retooling of the original, mixing in new sounds with the (now classic) Madvillainy lineup. BUT IT’S NOT...
Dec 20th
Dec 19th
fairleads: Rails 2.0 and Scaffolding Step by Step →
Thannnnnk you.
Dec 19th
fill/stroke.com » A clock for identity designers →
This is great, but also a little sad. Also, everyone, please stop buying moleskines. Please.
Dec 19th
Peace Corps →
Read me during a break.
Dec 18th
Logos on the Behance Network →
Fun, loose style I envy.
Dec 17th
Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips →
Read me later.
Dec 17th
Black Estate Vineyard – Omihi Waipara. New Zealand... →
Love this, especially the footer.
Dec 17th
MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 2.11... →
Ugh.
Dec 16th
Iraq Shoe Tosser Guy: The Animated Gifs - Boing... →
Dec 16th
Dec 16th
Extreme Metal Subgenres I Did Not Know About Until...
Doom Metal Epic Doom Stoner Doom Sludge Doom Traditional/Southern Sludge Stoner Sludge Atmospheric Sludge Funeral Doom Drone Doom Death Doom Black Doom Black Metal Melodic Black Metal Symphonic Black Metal Folk Black Metal Viking Black Metal Ambient Black Metal Black Doom (See Doom Metal) Blackened Death Metal Death Metal Melodic Death Metal...
Dec 16th
No Limit Texas Dreidel - Jewish Gift Pack Family... →
Brilliant.
Dec 14th
Dec 14th
eMusic Shopathon
Spent a lot of time yesterday carefully composing my shoppings lists on eMusic, so I thought I would share. Ambient Classical Dance Electronic Folk Hip-Hop Indie International Metal Rock
Dec 14th
“A kind in glass and a cousin, a spectacle and nothing strange a single hurt...”
– Gertrude Stein
Dec 13th
Scientists extract images directly from brain -... →
HOLY CRAP YES.
Dec 13th
Typechart - Browse Web Type, Grab CSS. →
Dec 12th
Your Majesty Co. →
Dec 12th
Urban Terror Jumping Techniques Guide →
Read me later.
Dec 12th
Care.com - Provider Search Results →
PET SITTERS ON TEH INTERNET. Scary, but interesting.
Dec 12th
Tyler Finck, Sursly, The New Site →
Dec 11th
Web Design, Graphic and Logo Design, Hosting and... →
Dec 11th
jquery.pngFix.js - PNG transparency for Windows IE... →
Dec 11th
YouTube - mouse agility II →
WORLD’S SMARTEST MOUSE MAKES GOOD. EXTRY EXTRY.
Dec 11th
Home › BA21 →
Dec 11th
Tek Jansen - You Are the Best →
I’d forgotten about how great this song is. Editor Jason Baker performs “You Are The Best” on the Colbert Report. Someone please make an MP3 of this for me.
Dec 11th
RSS feeds - eMusic.com →
Tricksy way to get RSS feeds of eMusic’s beloved “freshly ripped” list.
Dec 11th
Survival Bracelets wound from paracord - Boing... →
BAD AS HELL. BUY ME THIS.
Dec 11th
Top 40 Music Videos of 2008 | Pitchfork →
Only watched a few so far. “Return To Horse Mountain” is awesome. NOTE: NSFW MEANS NOT SAFE FOR WORK MEANS NUDITY OR STABBING OR BOTH.
Dec 11th
Dec 10th
Require Entry Parameter – ExpressionEngine... →
Read me later.
Dec 10th
Brandon Kelly → Playa for ExpressionEngine →
Dec 10th
“All the Property that is necessary to a man, for the Conservation of the...”
– Benjamin Franklin, 1783 (I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING. SHUT UP)
Dec 10th
“The words should roll out of the mouth” - On the... →
On the difficulties of dubbing the slang-rich “The Wire” into German.
Dec 9th
Genetic algorithm evolves a better car in Flash -... →
Dec 9th
The McSweeney's Store →
Love this shirt.
Dec 9th
DOING IT WRONG →
NO NO UR DOING IT WRONG
Dec 9th
Creating a multi-resolution favicon including... →
Dec 9th