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jul 08

Time for Braves to demote “The Chosen One”? | Braves
Whoa. Ballsy. But, I agree. Time to stop wasting your talent, Francoeur. 4:38 p.m.

Photograzing: Share Your Favorite Food Photos and Find Inspiration!
This looks great. Also, it has a clever and effective ad placement. 5:27 p.m.

The Minimalist - 101 Picnic Dishes to Make in 20 Minutes - List - NYTimes.com
One hundred and one ideas for baseball food. And, I was just reminded of that time at trivia when I tried to say it was 1001 Dalmatians. 4:50 p.m.

Amazon.com: Mic City Sons: MP3 Downloads: Heatmiser
Note to self: buy this. 4:06 p.m.

Twiek
Ooh. I want. 9:30 a.m.

Orange-Sesame Noodles with Grilled Shrimp Recipe - Rice/Grains - MyRecipes.com
This looks yummy and simple and could probably be eaten cold. 4:59 p.m.


jun 08

The Simple Dollar » Seven Ideas for Preparing Food at Home Cheaply with Minimal Space and Resources
Oatmeal with peanut butter?! I’ve got to try this. 5:47 p.m.

ICANN Proposes Sweeping Changes to TLDs - ReadWriteWeb
I think this could be pretty awesome. Hefty price tag, though. 2:43 p.m.

The Website Is Down
Nerdily funny. “How many times did you reboot?” “Three, man, you always tell me to do three.” 4:44 p.m.

Django code_swarm | oebfare
This is completely awesome! Watch on the Vimeo page; it’s a little easier to see the names. 11:44 a.m.

Nashville Scene - Not Playing Here
I definitely see a lot more shows now that I live in Atlanta. (Knoxville hardly counts here.) Interestingly, I didn’t know until I read this article that Starwood Amphitheater was no more. 11:16 p.m.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) on Vimeo
This is kind of remarkable, I won’t lie. 5:34 p.m.

Daniel Rubin: Enough already! A fan defects | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/22/2008
Red Sox fans are the new Yankees fans, unfortunately. 3:34 p.m.

The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: Gonzalez glad he has Smoltz’s support
OMG MIKEY G U R AWESOME! LUV SMOLTZIE. 1:04 p.m.

Southern Bakers Worry as a Treasured Flour Mill Moves North - NYTimes.com
This is kind of weird. It’s not really clear to me why the plant needs to be moved. Ahh, biscuits. 10:19 a.m.

The Guardian and Conservator of a Gated Urban Park - NYTimes.com
This article seemed to take a negative view of its subject. 8:54 a.m.

It’s a lock for Celtics — maybe - The Boston Globe
“It’s a sure thing. Like the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.” Amusing. 11:26 a.m.

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate
Sorry, I will not be taking any idea showers. 11:07 a.m.

Wordle - minarets
I am only interested in humor. 9:16 a.m.

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
New movie, but a full-screen popup website straight out of 1998. Vintage! 5:33 p.m.

Jonathan Coulton » Blog Archive » Washy Ad Jeffy
I’ve always wanted this. Seems like it would take a bit of work to memorize, though. 12:32 p.m.

Pizza Tips on Smitten Kitchens | Slice Pizza Blog
I’m pretty sure she only has one kitchen. 11:52 a.m.

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for the Whippy Light : TreeHugger
Whimsical (via). 2:38 p.m.

Metallica to bloggers: don’t review our music
It’s hard to believe anyone listens to Metallica anymore with this crap. 1:41 p.m.

The Minimalist - The Minimalist - Putting Meat in Its Place - NYTimes.com
Good advice. We eat beans with most meals. 1:38 p.m.

Hulu - The Colbert Report - Full Episodes streaming online for free
I can watch The Colbert Report for free? I really never need to get cable. 11:24 p.m.

Finding the Hits, Avoiding the Errors - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com
The Georgia Dog is SO GOOD! 4:33 p.m.

Skitch.com > zellyn > russia iphone
Made us all laugh out loud in the office. 2:54 p.m.

My Butt Hurts T-Shirt | Snorg Tees
How did I miss this closer to…uh…Easter? Laughed out loud. 6:02 p.m.

On the subject of hand dryers (a hot popular topic,… (kottke.org)
Emma and I are big fans of the XLERATOR. 4:56 p.m.

‘Top Chef’ Contestant Lisa Fernandes Hates Your Poor Blogger Ass | Serious Eats : Required Eating
“I don’t want to know what people who can’t even afford to eat in my restaurant, let alone know how to cook have to say about me…” Oh no! I’m poor! I don’t know how to prepare food! 12:41 p.m.

YouTube - Red Sox/Rays Brawl
And here’s a video for you. Hilarious. 10:03 a.m.

Ramirez homers, argues with teammate in Red Sox win - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
What, is this hockey now? A “bench-clearing brawl”? Check out these photos. 11:17 p.m.

Man Scales Times Building and Is Arrested - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog
Hey, got my attention. 5:08 p.m.

Web designers should do their own HTML/CSS - (37signals)
Additional agreement. YMMV. 3:37 p.m.

Baseball Fan Discovers Awesome Baseball-Themed Website Called MLB.com | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“Keltner said that an additional search for other baseball-themed sites yielded only something called ESPN.com, which he described as a website about advertising.” 11:46 p.m.

How to Build a Better Content Model for Your Site: Understanding News Consumption Patterns
“Consumers are weighed down by information overload and unsatisfying news experiences. As a result, some people are gravitating towards satirical news sources which can spin news in an attractive way.” Colbert? The Onion? 11:38 p.m.

The 10 Most Worthless College Majors
“Reason being, communications is the major for anyone who wants to graduate, but doesn’t want to stop getting totally wasted on weekdays.” 5:09 p.m.

Why we skip Photoshop - (37signals)
“Photoshop is repeating yourself. Ok, so you’ve spent 3 days on a mockup in Photoshop. Now what? Now I have to make it all over again in HTML/CSS. Wasted time.” 3:29 p.m.

The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: McCann sticks out in voting fans’ minds
Don’t worry McCann, I voted for you like 24580734 times last night. 1:25 p.m.

YouTube - PHANTOM PLANET: Recording ‘Leader’ with Special Guests
They sound better on the album. 11:17 p.m.

Manny Ramirez catches, high fives, and turns two to end the inning for the Sox - The Official Site of Major League Baseball: Multimedia: Video Playback Page
Manny, you are a nutball. 7:41 p.m.


may 08

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Words Never Used in the Titles of Remotely Good Films.
Ninja 1:09 p.m.

Leah Culver » Announcing OEmbed - An Open Standard for Embedded Content
Looks cool to me. 11:24 p.m.

someecards.com | Let’s celebrate female friendship by seeing Sex and the City and ripping those bitchy sluts to shreds
Oh, if only I had some female friends. 6:05 p.m.

Indigo by Clarks Hydrangea - Zappos
Friends, I ended up ordering these. I placed my order this morning, they shipped this afternoon, and I should receive them tomorrow. Incredible. And with Zappos’ awesome returns, I’m not worried if I don’t like them. 5:55 p.m.

AJAX Libraries API - Google Code
This is pretty great. I switched my site over to jQuery via Google this evening. 10:35 p.m.

qualitycontrol.muxtape.com
Oh, you had me at King Missile. I never, never find Muxtapes where I can actually listen to all of the songs! 3:54 p.m.

Young New Yorkers Make a Brand New Start of It, on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
I have three words for you: not worth it. 10:53 a.m.

Link by Link - This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix - NYTimes.com
Nice (but short) profile of xkcd.com and its creator, Randall Munroe. 11:49 p.m.

Braves activate Carlyle from DL - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
And Chris Resop was designated for assignment. This makes my day. It’s even better than our win this afternoon. 5:17 p.m.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Web users ‘getting more selfish’
And this is why your splash page is a stupid idea, idiot. 1:11 a.m.

Gallery | Francoeur lifts Braves past Diamondbacks | ajc.com
This was just incredible to be there for — one of the many special moments I have experienced/will experience this year. I’m pretty sure regardless of what we do next year or what the postseason brings, we’ll always remember 2008. 12:43 a.m.

WHEN TWITTER IS DOWN
“WHEN TWITTER IS DOWN, ADDRESS ALL COMPLAINTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THINGS YOU DON’T PAY FOR, YOU ENTITLED CRYBABY.” 2:40 p.m.

Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Some Thoughts on Twitter’s Availability Problems
Was thinking Twitter should limit the number of people you can follow, which would be problematic for spammers and Robert Scoble, neither of which I care about. Now I realize that won’t really help. 10:21 a.m.

Cover Story - Emily Gould - Exposed - Blog-Post Confidential - Gawker - NYTimes.com
The one good thing that came of this article is I watched a clip from the referenced episode of Larry King Live and saw how good of a fill-in host Jimmy Kimmel can be! On the flip side, this shows how well Dooce handles the “overshare.” 10:49 p.m.

Coding Horror: PHP Sucks, But It Doesn’t Matter
Does PHP suck? Of course it sucks… It’s a galactic supernova of incomprehensibly colossal, mind-bendingly awful suck. 9:47 a.m.

Francoeur not in starting lineup - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
It ended his streak of 370 consecutive games. I kept expecting Bobby to sub him in, but it never happened. He did put Kotsay in. 12:27 a.m.

ESPN - Royals vs. Red Sox - Recap - May 19, 2008
Well, he beat cancer. I’m pretty sure the Royals were a breeze after that for Jon Lester. 9:06 a.m.

Mirror’d API - Ma.gnolia Community Wiki
WHOA, Ma.gnolia has an API that mirrors the functionality of the del.icio.us API. SOLD. 6:54 p.m.

YouTube - Interpretation of a Fallout Boy Song
I think “I’m just a notch in your bedpost / But you’re just a line in a song” is pretty easy to pick out, but YES on “Luleelehura.” Warning: YouTube says this video is not safe for minors. 11:30 a.m.

25 resources for ornaments, fleurons, and “frilly bits” ~ Authentic Boredom
Destined to shoot straight to the top of del.icio.us/popular. 11:03 a.m.

Basic (Vegan) Chocolate Cupcake
These look like they could be good, although I must admit I am a bit iffy on the frosting. 9:50 a.m.

ABC News: Mommy Blogger: ‘Motherhood Is Awful’
I’m not Heather Armstrong, but I thought the Nightline feature was very good — balanced and positive overall. $40K a month! Also, Jon says shmoopie! 11:56 p.m.

Apple - Trailers - Quarantine
Oh wait, I already saw this movie when it was called “Cloverfield.” 11:42 p.m.

Apple - Trailers - Jack and Jill Vs the World
Quite possibly the worst trailer I have ever seen. 11:37 p.m.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Good Advice From a Grand Theft Auto Dating FAQ.
“Fill the fun bar all the way to the top and keep it there for a few seconds to have a successful date.” 6:48 p.m.

The Most Awesome Ice Cube Tray Ever | Serious Eats : Required Eating
It’s true. 4:39 p.m.

Cook the Book: Falafel Crab Cakes | Serious Eats : Recipes
I would like to make this. 11:05 p.m.

I Can’t Believe It’s Vegan!
NIce roundup of things that are “accidentally vegan” from PETA. 6:44 p.m.

Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain
Such as Spam, the polio vaccine and both of Barack Obama’s parents. 1:54 p.m.

Coding Horror: XML: The Angle Bracket Tax
JSON FTW! 11:50 a.m.

Braves beat Padres in ninth inning - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Finally, FINALLY, we win a one-run game. Pretty ugly for the Braves, but the Padres made a few errors and had to pay for them. 5:31 p.m.

Makin’ Music with John Mayer
“Having not been inspired since 2004…” Almost makes me want to like his new stuff. (via) 4:57 p.m.

Clinton fights on as focus turns to superdelegates - CNN.com
Way to Mike Huckabee it, Hillary! 4:48 p.m.

YouTube - Authors@Google: Michael Pollan
To watch. 11:23 p.m.

Pitchers who have struck out three batters on nine pitches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buddy Carlyle appears to have been the most recent pitcher to do this, and against the Padres! 10:41 a.m.

The plight of the older sibling - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com
“That stricter parenting style often shapes the first-born kid into a play-by-the rules perfectionist…” 11:59 a.m.

Filly Eight Belles breaks down, is euthanized - More Sports - SI.com
This is incredibly sad. 11:15 p.m.

#7155 (dates() querysets don’t work after qsrf) - Django Code - Trac
Ohh…this just bit me. Problem is, it took me forever to identify what was going on. My investigative skills must be atrophying. 3:55 p.m.

Dollarshort: Wasted on the Young
Kinda funny. I have similar feelings about my youngest sister having Facebook, etc. for her high school years. 2:31 p.m.

Quinoa Cakes With Eggplant-Tomato Ragu And Smoked Mozzarella
I love the idea of a quinoa cake, but they sound incredibly fragile. 1:03 p.m.

Fan Survey - MLB - SI.com
Braves fans scored Fan IQ 20th. I can definitely vouch for that. Also, Braves fans are ridiculously negative, and it really gets to me. 9:15 a.m.

jQuery style chaining with the Django ORM
I used this as an example of why we should use jQuery as our JavaScript framework. (I won!) 9:04 a.m.


apr 08

Facebook In Real Life is Today’s BIG Thing - APR 30, 2008
Poke! Are you my friend? Confirm or ignore. 2:16 p.m.

First pics of the Boston Apple Store - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Oh, Green Monster. That is awesome (via). 11:31 p.m.

» This is How You Get sIFR to Work | Design Intellection
I tried sIFR once, ran into a roadblock and abandoned it since I simply didn’t feel like working through it at the time. (I know, I’m an inspiration.) Maybe I’ll try again. 4:54 p.m.

Obituaries not available on dailygazette.com
Vote it up. (If you have a Digg account.) 4:52 p.m.

Headius: The Rubyists are Wrong
“Check your favorite Ruby project. If they have a ruby in the logo, it’s probably a ‘brilliant’ cut. And I think that proves once and for all that we Rubyists aren’t as brilliant as we think.” 2:12 p.m.

Media co. Cox eyes online ad growth, buys startup for $300M
Maybe I can go work for Adify. California? 9:37 a.m.

3G IPhone Due on June 9, Analysts Say - Yahoo! News
I hope so. I’ve been holding out. 3:41 p.m.

BlissfullyAware by Joshua Lane » Are You a Web Designer?
Yeah, I totally agree with this. I feel like there should be a good analogy here… Thoughts? 11:23 p.m.

Clinton says she leads in popular vote - CNN.com
Al Gore also led the popular vote. Way to get another Republican elected, democrats! Even I’m over you. 11:14 a.m.

White-Collar Redneck: The Post to End My Social Life
“Keep in mind my parents are addicted to grandchildren. I am pretty sure they freebase grandkids on the weekends.” Oh, I laughed. 1:01 p.m.

A recent study of 740 first-time pregnant mothers in the UK… (kottke.org)
Wow, I am going to have to eat a lot of calories when I conceive. At least I’ll be able to eat cereal. 11:20 a.m.

Google Expands Search API Beyond Javascript | Compiler from Wired.com
Yeah, I’ll stick with the Yahoo! search API for now. (It’s not perfect yet because the new site doesn’t seem to have been fully indexed.) Here’s how I did it. 10:59 a.m.

Etsy :: nervoussystem :: SALE Radiolaria Necklace (white)
Wow, that is beautiful (via). 10:10 a.m.

Phantom Planet: Raise The Dead (2008): Reviews
Finally, some reviews by people who have actually heard some Phantom Planet besides “California.” I love this album. 4:52 p.m.

Are you sure you want to be in San Francisco? - (37signals)
So, at first I thought this was going to be a nice thing about how you can start a successful web business from anywhere in the world. But San Fran, toxic? Not sure about that. 4:07 p.m.

Bottle Maker to Stop Using Plastic Linked to Health Concerns - New York Times
Yes, but does my knockoff Nalgene bottle have the chemical? 11:20 a.m.

Changing Speeds to Go the Distance - New York Times
I did intervals yesterday, and it hurts today. 11:33 a.m.

Braves reliever Moylan may be out for year with elbow injury - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
NOOOOO! Peter Moylan is my favorite Australian sidearmer. 6:27 p.m.

Family Recipes, Passed Down From One Site to Another - New York Times
See, this is funny, because I actually forwarded that passion fruit mousse recipe to Shaun (as a joke). Farfallegate! 10:44 p.m.

Tennessee Edu » CSS Mania
One of the last things I had a hand in at my old job is making the rounds on CSS sites. Weird, because it’s not new! 3:32 p.m.

Bill Clinton Suggests Young Voters Too Easily Fooled - Politics on The Huffington Post
I’ve got to agree that the Clintons’ plan to marginalize anyone who won’t vote for Hillary is disappointing. 1:11 p.m.

This timelapse video of man trapped in an elevator for… (kottke.org)
Covered elsewhere, but I liked Kottke’s summary. Really unfortunate and remarkable story. 1:10 p.m.

Scientists May Have Found Titanic’s Weak Link - New York Times
Okay, rivets is a funny word to read over and over, kind of like Web 2.0 widgets. 4:38 p.m.

WebFaction Forum / Django request.META
Oh good! I thought I was just an idiot. Turns out I need the SetRemoteAddrFromForwardedFor middleware. 1:20 p.m.

YouTube - End Petlessness
The music in this ad is by Laura Gibson, who completely adorably opened for Colin Meloy last night. 12:15 p.m.

A New Design and More | Blue Flavor
Incredibly different, in an incredibly great way. (Built with Django?) 6:38 p.m.

Let’s See How Funny This Is in 25 Years on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I laughed out loud. 3:21 p.m.

Recipe of the Day: Crabby Crab Cakes - Bitten - Dining & Wine - New York Times Blog
I love crab cakes. 11:32 a.m.

Tweet Clouds - minarets
I just talk to Shaun a lot. 1:48 p.m.

A List Apart: Articles: Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards
Part 2 of A List Apart’s EveryBlock addition. 8:41 a.m.

A List Apart: Articles: Take Control of Your Maps
Because using Google Maps is so 2007. 8:39 a.m.

Beautiful apartment next door to Piedmont Park
Wow. *Drool.* No one rent this, we want it! 12:45 p.m.

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop - New York Times
Blogging may be hazardous to your health! 9:50 a.m.

If a Programming Language Was a Boat, What Boat Would it Be? | Compiler from Wired.com
“Python would be a catamaran. Light and functional, with conspicuous spacing.” 4:02 p.m.

Ice Cream That’s Out of This World | Serious Eats : Required Eating
There’s some childhood memories. 12 p.m.

ESPN - Pirates vs. Braves - Photos - April 03, 2008
An “unruly fan” ran onto the field last night. The grass was wet and slippery, so it made for quite a spectacle. 11:21 a.m.

11Alive.com - Squirrel Knocks Out Power in Midtown
So it turns out my morning power outage was caused by a squirrel. And he died. :-( 2:29 p.m.

Red Pepper Hummus Recipe - MyRecipes.com
This was just delightful. I’d recommend doubling the spices, though. Is there anything more wonderful than roasted red peppers? 11:56 p.m.

37signals Product Blog: [Basecamp] New Feature Preview: Replying to messages via email
Holy crap, FINALLY! 1:30 p.m.


mar 08

Students Apparently Copied Honor Code | ajc.com
This is hilariously meta. 3:15 p.m.

Life in the ‘Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate : NPR
Luckily, I am not an average Atlantan. 10:40 a.m.

ESPN - Unsung Braves built for October glory - MLB
I’d actually prefer no one was saying things like this, but, I loved the title on the ESPN main: “Brave decision.” 8:33 p.m.

Section 435 – A Braves blog. From the upper deck at Turner Field.
My man made a new blog. Go Braves! 8:44 p.m.

Coding Horror: I {entity} Unicode
I laughed. 2:04 p.m.

Increases in the National Debt
Oh man, I miss Billy. 9:29 a.m.

Phone Guy - Solid State on Vimeo
I thought about making a website in homage to how hilarious Merlin Mann is, then I realized he has plenty of his own. 11 p.m.

Expired-Tired-Wired
Django is wired. I actually think this is a bad sign, like Django is going to jump the shark. 3:18 p.m.

Is There a Really Good Registrar? | Compiler from Wired.com
I’m curious about the outcome of this. 1:52 p.m.

Chuck’s heightened sense of AWESOME! | dooce ®
Ha, what a great story! 8:04 p.m.

Original Hoo-Mee Chow Mein Mix on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I got a box in my Easter basket and made it last night. 1:31 p.m.

Will This Judd Apatow Movie Be Any Good? Vulture Does the Math — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine
I like when movies are quantified, like on Metacritic. 1:57 p.m.

Fliggo - The Sad Truth About Relationships
Shaun, I promise not to do this to you. Except the part about doggies. And we’d use our grill all the time. 9 p.m.

Black Guy Asks Nation For Change | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“According to witnesses, a loud black man approached a crowd of some 4,000 strangers in downtown Chicago Tuesday and made repeated demands for change.” 6:06 p.m.

Translation From MS-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Joel Spolsky’s “Martin Headsets” [dive into mark]
“Hi, I’m Web Developer Barbie. Pull my string and I say, ‘Standards are tough! Let’s go shopping!’” 4:30 p.m.

#6822 (date_based.archive_index should append _list to template_object_name) - Django Code - Trac
Filing tickets. 4:26 p.m.

Chamblee: Kung fu pose leads to man’s capture | ajc.com
Although this story has a terrible headline, it has a wonderful ending. 4:07 p.m.

Twitter / Merlin Mann: “Every time you treat Twitt…
Oh yes. If you’re telling me about your new blog post via Twitter, I hate you. 8:46 a.m.

Jenn + John - our labor of love - the blog
Came across some photos of my landlords’ wedding. This is the second time this week I have come across acquaintances’ wedding photos on photographer blogs. *Not stalking.* 6:41 p.m.

Amazing Black Bean Brownies Recipe - 101 Cookbooks
Count me intrigued. 2:29 p.m.

Police to Atlantans: If you can, ‘stay out of the city’ - CNN.com
Oops, I’m already here. 9:09 a.m.

Lasik Surgery: When the Fine Print Applies to You - New York Times
I can’t even get through an article about Lasik without being uncomfortable. I’m pretty sure I’ll never have it. 6:32 p.m.

Down for everyone or just me?
Super-useful website. 9:39 a.m.

Obama St. Patrick’s Day Button - 2-1/4”
OMG I want! 1:45 p.m.

Web Design Blog: Web Design & Innovation in web standards : Viget Labs
Nice design. 7:58 a.m.

All code will eventually go stale - (37signals)
Today, I added a note in my code letting my future self know I had thought it through and should think twice about changing it in the future. 3:39 p.m.

Twitter / Merlin Mann: We should thank newspapers …
Merlin Mann is my hero. 10:59 a.m.

Vatican official lists new sins: drugs, pollution, DNA manipulation | ajc.com
Drug use wasn’t already a sin? Crap! I missed my chance. 1:48 p.m.

Obsolete Skills: Main/Home Page
Such as “using a slide rule.” 1:28 p.m.

Javascript Regular Expression Validator | Regular Expressions Library and Testing Tool
Simple. Useful. 11:01 a.m.

Girl seen in Clinton’s ‘3 a.m.’ ad supports Obama - CNN.com
That is hilarious. 8:43 a.m.

Matryoshkus set of six traditional Russian dolls
Nerdy! I love it. 4:34 p.m.

Ties still bind Braves, Renteria | ajc.com
I miss you, Edgar! 11:58 a.m.

SI.com - NFL - Favre to retire after 17 seasons - Tuesday March 4, 2008 10:13AM
No way! 10:57 a.m.

My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables) - New York Times
The farm bill blows. What else is new? 6:54 p.m.

1718 NEELY AVENUE, EAST POINT 30344 - Georgia Multiple Listing Service
Love the kitchen and the alcove in the master bedroom. Also I love (!) staircases in the kitchen. 6:31 p.m.

707 WOODSON STREET, ATLANTA 30315 - Georgia Multiple Listing Service
Quite possibly the ugliest exterior I have ever seen. 11:56 p.m.

django-syncr - Google Code
Syncs Flickr, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube. 7:48 p.m.


feb 08

Twitter / John Gruber: Except for uptime, consiste…
Amen. But we all keep using it, so who’s laughing last? 7:21 p.m.

YouTube - He’s F*cking Ben Affleck
OMG McLovin! I had tears in my eyes (from laughing). 3:49 p.m.

The Audacity of Hopelessness - New York Times
“This must be the first presidential candidate in history to devote so much energy to preaching against optimism, against inspiring language and — talk about bizarre — against democracy itself.” 2:44 p.m.

Shall we play a game? (kottke.org)
Aww. 2:42 p.m.

LJWorld.com / Crimes reported in KU residence halls
A visualization of campus crime at KU. Very nice work by Richie, even though he doesn’t like me. Also nice work by JAMES!!! 12:58 p.m.

How it Works - xkcd
This is exactly what I am talking about. 11:46 a.m.

YouTube - Barack Obama Letterman Top 10
“Appoint Mitt Romney secretary of lookin’ good.” 11:30 a.m.

Survey: Americans switching faiths, dropping out - CNN.com
I have a “dropping confidence in organized religion.” 5 p.m.

Liveblogging the Oscars (kottke.org)
Funny. Similar to my night except for the American Apparel tshirt. 11:16 a.m.

Chez Pazienza: Say What You Will (Requiem for a TV News Career) - Media on The Huffington Post
All of us MSM-ers are toast! Thanks, CNN. 4:06 p.m.

Google Static Maps API - Google Code
Welcome to my Friday. 3:39 p.m.

jacobian.org : Sailing on…
!!! 6:20 p.m.

Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely Location - New York Times
Ah, the underused semicolon. 1:14 p.m.

Apple - iPod shuffle
$50!!! Must have! 10:12 a.m.

Stuff White People Like
It’s funny, because it’s true. 10:12 a.m.

‘Trade’ to Japan leaves Kendrick in shock - Sports Rumors - MLB - Yahoo! Sports
Hilarious, but you had to really feel for the guy with his life just turned upside down! 12:30 p.m.

IKEA | Tables & desks | Dining tables | ANTNÄS | Table and 4 chairs
Saw this last night. Now I want it. 8:27 p.m.

Watch the spy satellite before it’s shot down | ajc.com
“Look, in the sky, it’s a spy!” 10:08 p.m.

Hand-wringing About American Culture - Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge? - New York Times
I feel like a genius. 3:49 p.m.

Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle
“Barack Obama followed you on Twitter.” 11:43 p.m.

Heads up, ladies: Cupid’s condo is back on the market | ajc.com
I want! 9:44 p.m.

PandoraJam
Really nice. 4:26 p.m.

Beagle, a Breed Long Unsung, Wins Best in Show - New York Times
Uno is so cute! 12:43 p.m.

How popular is Django ? - Django users | Google Groups
“Yesterday, Django took my lunch money.” 8:52 a.m.

Yahoo to reject Microsoft bid - source - Feb. 9, 2008
Please be true!!! 3:52 p.m.

Shauns - Atlanta, GA, 30307-2543 - Citysearch
Really want to go here. Meredith Ford loves it. 5:28 p.m.

Caucusing Is Easy - News - 2008 Election - The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
Illuminating. 5:11 p.m.

Georgia claims stake to Tennessee water | ajc.com
Oh crap, we’re going to war with Tennessee. 8:42 a.m.

User Skills Improving, But Only Slightly (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Users are still idiots. Shame about the home link. 11:14 p.m.

Manning Keeps Cool, and Keeps a Drive Alive - New York Times
Leave it to the New York Times to infographic the superbowl. 10:41 a.m.

LJWorld.com / What is your favorite board game?
“I’ll go with The Game of Life. It teaches you a lot of life lessons, like how to become a doctor without going to school.” 9:44 a.m.

Bathumphone | GEORGIA NAMES | ajc.com
I feel like this must be alluding to circumstances surrounding conception, somehow. 11:48 a.m.


jan 08

Cynical-C shares some of the more interesting complaints received by… (kottke.org)
I think what’s more interesting is that The Family Guy just annoys the hell out of me. 4:04 p.m.

Dip Once or Dip Twice? - New York Times
“The study, to be published later this year in the Journal of Food Safety, is the only one I’ve ever seen to proclaim that it was inspired by an episode of ‘Seinfeld.”’ 3:04 p.m.

Forty: Phoenix web design, branding, public relations, and interactive marketing agency
What a great, straightforward agency website. Incredible. 12:15 p.m.

stevenf.com: Trees Reviewed
Funny review of trees parodying tech reviews. 10:02 a.m.

Maura | GEORGIA NAMES | ajc.com
That’s actually too many Mauras for my liking. And, what’s better than Maura? Maurajah! 2:36 p.m.

Best Picture Showcase | AMC Theatres
Too bad I’ve seen all the nominees except for one. 9:32 a.m.

Sam Brown
Very nice how he differentiates categories in his tumblelog. 1:23 p.m.

Pitchfork: Josh Grier Reveals All About New Tapes ‘n Tapes Album
Was listening to “Cowbell” when I found out. 10:31 a.m.

Casual Francoeur home reflects couple’s unassuming style | ajchomefinder.com
Check out that bottle of two buck Chuck in their kitchen! 8:51 a.m.

Django People
Nice but no OpenID support?! 11:35 p.m.

Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse
Aww dammit. 12:37 p.m.

OpenID Splash
Big Yahoo! adoption of OpenID. 10:31 a.m.

Design Police | Bring bad design to justice.
“Comic Sans is illegal.” 1:38 p.m.

YouTube - Terrell Owens Post Game Interview
Aww, TO needs huggles. 10:36 a.m.

Cells, texting give predators secret path to kids - CNN.com
Right, blame the cell phones, not your lack of parenting. 7:22 p.m.

Clear
Very nice one-page design. 10:18 a.m.

The B-List: Web frameworks and web hosts
James’s reply. 9:08 a.m.

The deal with shared hosts
DHH’s reply. 9:08 a.m.

DreamHost Blog » How Ruby on Rails Could Be Much Better
*whine* Deploying Rails isn’t a walk in the park, but I actually agree with DHH on this one. 9:05 a.m.

Urban Mapping Gives Us Free Neighborhoods
I’m going to play with this. 11:04 a.m.

Apple - Support - Discussions - Safari 3.0.4 forgetting my cookies …
Also happening to me. 1:50 p.m.

Defying Classification: Django Tip: Complex Forms
This is sorta kinda like something I did for work. 9:48 p.m.

Caramelized Onion-Cranberry-Cream Cheese Bites Recipe - MyRecipes.com
Looks delicious. 9:21 p.m.

Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games
Incredibly fascinating article. 5:10 p.m.

Anthropologie.com > Maura Dress
I would TOTALLY wear that dress! 2:41 p.m.

ThinkGeek :: SnūzNLūz - Wifi Donation Alarm Clock
Hilarious…although I’d donate to charities I liked, because I’d definitely be hitting the snooze button. 12:10 p.m.

ESPN - Nashville Predators Local News - ESPN Local
I probably shouldn’t be considered a reliable source of Nashville Predators news. 7:56 p.m.

Local Weather conditions and weather forecasts for US and international weather - SimpleWeather.com
Sold. 2:45 p.m.

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