February 2010
28 posts
WatchThe Sandpit by Sam O’Hare
(via Justin M.)
Odd coincidence
I though it was odd to receive this pair of magazines this week.
Men banned from (some) toilets →
iPhone apps that I actually use
Inspired by Minimalist Mac, I cleared my first two iPhone screens and started moving in apps that I actually use. The first page I made a strict rule: Only apps that I use every single day. The second page are apps that I use at least once a week, but not every day. The third page is apps I find handy but don’t use often. The fourth page is Apple apps that I don’t use and can’t...
My new Google Reader folders
I’ve been using Google Reader for several years now and never quite been happy with my folder set up. I’ve been finding a few examples here and there of how people have set up theirs and decided to work on my own. Here’s what I’ve got now:
A-List - good writers on any topic that I do not want to miss
Friends in Real Life™
Local - anything specifically related to Dallas...
WatchDer Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] on Vimeo (via flowingdata)
WatchLeMons car lives (again)
WatchDallas IMAX Aerial Showcase (via Dallas Observer)
Weee! That was fun.
WatchMythbusting on Highway 535
Fantastic documentation of cycling on an “improved” shoulder vs. riding in the lane on a 55 mph roadway.
January 2010
13 posts
An engineer's calculators
The Casio ƒx-115MS.
Surprisingly, this is one of the best calculators I have ever owned.
I purchased it for using during my Fundamentals of Engineering exam as it was one of the few calculators that they allowed that did basic “solve for x”.
Now, 6 years later, I use it daily because: 1) I’ve never had to replace the batteries, 2) it lets you build a calculation on the...
I Don’t Know If We Should Be Giving Machines Our... →
WatchWho are you honking at? (via Vimeo)
I’m impressed with the officer’s reaction. I wonder how that would work for non-police. “Can I help you sir?”
WatchCompositing Breakdown
(via @jstayton)
Quite lovely.
Action, over-reaction and fighter-jet escorts →
“Where is the new music? I have been trying an experiment. Whenever I’m around...”
– Jaron Lanier Wonders about New Music, the Internet and Octopusses with Robert Krulwich (via WNYC - Radiolab)
“A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much...”
– The Economist (via solipsism)
December 2009
9 posts
A Break, to Reset
As some of you know, I’m on a (short) hiatus from work. Today was my first day of non-work. However, I prefer to not think of it like that. This isn’t exactly a vacation. I’m not traveling anywhere grand and I’m not turning it into the ultimate hedonistic Christmas.
Instead, I’m hoping to take a bit of time to do a few personal things (car repairs, files organized,...
“It can only be hoped that the planned bicycle routes will not, once again, be so...”
– Bicycle Crashes in Berlin: Surprising results of recent research work [1987] by Tilman Bracher (via Cycle*Dallas)