links for 2007-06-22

numbr:: Auto expiring. FREE anonymous phone numbers for online safety. Operating systems are old and busted | The Register So now we’d have a new, specialized OS for everything? No thanks. Modern Drunkard Magazine Online: Andre the Giant 119 beers in six hours. Wow. CTV.ca | Couple blocked from naming their new son ‘4real’ I guess William Gibson’s character 3Jane wasn’t a citizen of New Zealand… Four hours upfront and then reevaluate – (37signals) This is very much in line with what I do, and encourage others to do. It’s hard to tell how much time something will take if you haven’t worked on it for a little while. But don’t spend too much time on it right up front.

links for 2007-06-21

New traffic ‘civil remedial fees’ will wallop the wallets of traffic offenders on OurValley.org Note to self: don’t live in Virginia. Rands In Repose: The Enemy I hate Randomizers. I really do.

links for 2007-06-20

Data Center Strategies: Standards, We Don’t Need no Stinking Standards! Why is it that backup systems are ultra-proprietary? That, and they have the worst security of any enterprise applications. Thanks For Nothing, Documentation Group – Worse Than Failure Yup, standard EMC. iconlet.com – icon search engine – free icons for your project Yeah, but it doesn’t have an icon that looks like a steak, and that’s what I need for my project. AT&T to target pirated content – Los Angeles Times First, it sucks that I just switched to AT&T DSL. Second, this is like the war on drugs, which by all accounts has succeeded by limiting the supply and ignoring the demand. I guess we’ll just have to depend …

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links for 2007-06-19

SEO_Wordpress: Plugin to maximise search engine positioning in WordPress – UtheGuru.com The Science Creative Quarterly » THE SOCIAL NORM OF LEAVING THE TOILET SEAT DOWN: A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS mezzoblue § A Subpixel Safari YouTube – Conan – Triumph at the Tonys duplicity: Main eighty-eight miles per hour » Blog Archive » Preview as Screenshot Jabber connectivity from WordPress? Cool. MacGyver Tip: Dry out your soaked gadgets in rice – Lifehacker AirPower Home Find power outlets in airports. Clientcopia : Stupid Client Quotes

links for 2007-06-18

Adium – Blog – 10.5 Issues & NDAs Ugh. Beta releases of OSes are for resolving problems like this, but the NDA prevents it. Grrr.

links for 2007-06-16

xkcd – Long Light On the other hand, a lot of places (including medium-sized cities) have done absolutely no simulation and synchronization of their lights.

links for 2007-06-15

Cool Hunting: Magic House Pencils Add these to my list, too. Problem with cool pencils impersonating boring pencils is that people will treat them like boring pencils and lose/break/steal/chew/mangle them. Cool Tool: Fiskars Pro Chopping Axe Axes are so underrated these days. The Boy Scouts don’t even teach axe safety and use anymore. It’s sad, axes are so cool, especially high-tech ones. Fiskars® – Ultimate Craft Scissors – Product Detail I have a pair of these in the office, I love them. TorrentSpy ruling a ‘weapon of mass discovery’ | Tech News on ZDNet Dear people, learn what acronyms mean before you use them. This goes double for judges. ClassicGaming.com – Oregon Trail Awwww yeah, that bustedtees.com Oregon Trail shirt …

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links for 2007-06-13

Micro Persuasion: Writing is Part of Almost Everyone’s Job Yes, yes it is. Being good at it takes practice. How to Be a Good Boss – wikiHow Busted Tees – Jokes you can wear! Funny T-Shirts! A shirt that says “You Have Died of Dysentery” — ROFL Oregon Trail. Kitchen Soap » Blog Archive » Lack of a *real* Web Operations Conference Amen! It’s always about the creation process and never about how to get the creation to work. Manage Your Sports Team Website with TeamSnap They don’t have stats yet, but this looks really promising. Hell of a niche.

links for 2007-06-12

Best Week Ever » Blog Archive » BWE SPORTS: The Difference Between Baseball Fans and Hockey Fans The Profit Calculator — New York Magazine claros.org: Products – Chat jcole’s weblog: Jeremy Cole’s take on life. » Blog Archive » Scaling out AND up, a compromise RAID isn’t going anywhere anytime soon (I agree wholeheartedly with Jeremy)

links for 2007-06-09

Welcome to BakersEdge.com: Bakers Edge – Edge Brownie Pan, Brownies, Corner Brownies, Edge Brownies, Brownie Recipes Heh, an edge on every brownie with this pan.