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Bush Urges End to Cartoon Violence

February 9th, 2006 Comments Off

defective yeti: Shares Of ACME Corp. Plunged In After-Hours Trading. This not funny, except that it is hilarious.

getElementsByClass Javascript Function

February 5th, 2006 Comments Off

Dustin Diaz’s [getElementsByClass](http://www.dustindiaz.com/getelementsbyclass/) Javascript function is a swell piece of work. Not only will it find all the elements of a given class on a page, but you can tell it to look only in a certain node (it defaults to `document`) and only for certain tags (it defaults to `*`). Be sure to also take a look at [Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time](http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/).

State of the Union Drinking Game

January 31st, 2006 Comments Off

From Will Durst: The George W Bush 2006 State of the Union drinking game. Plus fondue! With Li’l Smokies!

The True Nature of Evil

January 27th, 2006 Comments Off

Dan Sandler on the true nature of evil. He makes a good point.

When Buying Organic Pays

January 13th, 2006 Comments Off

Consumer Reports on which kinds of products are worth buying organic. Pretty much what we do, and it also highlights the pitfalls of the “organic” buzzword (lack of certification standards for seafood, for example).

Crash Course in Learning Theory

January 12th, 2006 Comments Off

From Creating Passionate Users, a Crash course in learning theory. This is good and timely. I’m about to start teaching web development to public school teachers.

American Hardcore – The Film

January 4th, 2006 Comments Off

AMERICAN HARDCORE – The Film
“Hardcore was more than music — it was a social movement created by Reagan-era misfit kids. The participants constituted a tribe unto themselves — some finding a voice, others an escape in the hard-edged music; some sought a better world, others were just angry and wanted to raise hell.”
I know some of the Texas folks that are going to be featured in this film, and played shows with most of the Texas bands at one point or another. I hope the movie is good.

Non-Electric Random Pixel Display

January 3rd, 2006 Comments Off

“ ‘
Random Screen
‘ is a mechanical thermo dynamic display which does not rely on any electricity.” Cubes with one transluscent side that each hold a single tea candle with a specially cut beer can that displays or hides the light according to the heat from the candle. Very pretty.

Too Late for Katie Holmes

December 21st, 2005 Comments Off

If only Katie Holmes had thought of this. David Letterman subject of restraining order — Woman says she sent ‘thoughts of love,’ talks of ‘code words’.

Free Icons from Icon Buffet

December 1st, 2005 Comments Off

From the brilliant folks at Icon Buffet comes Free Delivery. Sign up and get a pack of icons from every month. For free!

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