December 2007
30 posts
Design Bookmarklet →
Follow up to the CSS Grid Bookmarklet I mentioned on Tuesday: this is a bookmarklet by the same guy that acts as a suite of individual bookmarklet tools. It includes the Grid Bookmarklet, as well as three other tools for measuring web page elements in various ways.
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Love is...
Three webcomics, so far, have created very cool “Love is…” strips since yesterday. If you know of more that I missed, please let me know.
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CSS Grid Bookmarklet →
Super useful bookmarklet to overlay a customizable grid on any web page. Much faster and easier to use than Blueprint.
“The resemblance between the international monetary system and clapping real hard...”
– Jon Carroll
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The Beacon Problem, Put Another Way →
Beacon: “Sure. But if you strike me down, dozens of others will take my place.”
Okay, I promise I’ll stop linking to The Laboratorium now. But no promises about Beacon posts.
“Captain DeMorgan’s Theorem: After enough shots, ∨s look like ∧s and...”
– James Grimmelmann
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“I dug a bit into the legalities of the issue, and this is roughly what I came up...”
– James Grimmelmann
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Block Facebook Beacon →
If you’re not at all concerned about Facebook Beacon, you might be interested to know that sites will send some of your data to Facebook even if you’ve opted out of the program or aren’t even logged in to Facebook.
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Mark Zuckerberg and Grey's Law
Last Wednesday: Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for Beacon.
A little over a year ago: Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for News Feed.
You’d think the company would eventually learn to tread more carefully (or just make better decisions) after getting burned by royally pissing off their users already, but apparently not. So is it malice or incompetence?
The Edible Martini →
Immediately after watching this I went to see how cheap you can get a vacuum machine for. The answer: not very cheap. I wonder if I could jerry-rig one…
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Most Under-Appreciated Christmas Songs
The Waitresses, “Christmas Wrapping”
Darlene Love, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
Jens Lekman, “Run Away With Me”
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“As long as I can hear you smilin’, baby…”
– Prince, “Another Lonely Christmas”
Wait, what? (Despite the logical disconnect, this is a great song.)
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“I see myself on my deathbed saying,
I wish I would have loved less”
– Jens Lekman, “Sipping on the Sweet Nectar”
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“Internet at the speed of a hat.”
– classmate
“Some writers in their manner and stance intentionally provoke challenge and...”
– Denis Dutton speaking about Jean Baudrillard
I am sorely tempted to find a way to use this quote in the paper I’m writing about some of Baudrillard’s theories. It expresses my own feelings about him quite nicely.
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“I’ll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it’s got to be...”
– New Order, “Ceremony”
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