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links for 2005-12-31

• Do you get less wet if you run in the rain?
  quick answer - if you're running to a shelter, yes.
  (tags: articles bbc math)
• Quick verizon voicemail hack
  edit the voicemail entry in your phonebook to have *86 (pause) (pause) your password #...then never dial your voicemail password again
  (tags: hacks cellphones razr motorola verizon)
• automating the Amazon.com low price guarantee
  If the product you purchased within the last 30 days has dropped in price they will credit you back the difference....enter your info here and you'll be emailed if/when the price drops
  (tags: hacks tools amazon)

links for 2005-12-27

• How to sync your Mac address book with RAZR V3c
  (tags: cellphones hacks mac)

links for 2005-12-25

• SNL Narnia-Rap Skit: Better Than Actual Rap?
  It's something that white rapping herbs across America could learn from: sledding and 7-11 runs and Animal Planet are more interesting than another fuck-Bush song, and you don't have to act like a buffoon to make them funny.
  (tags: hiphop music)
• 3 types of procrastination, doing: (1) nothing (2) something less important, (3) something more important. That last type, I'd argue, is good procrastination.
  "When I think of the people I know who've done great things, I don't imagine them dutifully crossing items off to-do lists. I imagine them sneaking off to work on some new idea."
  (tags: graham business productivity motivation)

links for 2005-12-24

• The value of an MIT education
  the title should really be - how to get more $$$ out of your career without having an MIT education. beyond the money, it's an interesting perspective on how hard some people work to take home the salaries they do
  (tags: career business)
• Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2005
  with sufjan stevens coming in at #1
  (tags: music bestof 2005)
• The advantages of being in the weeds
  You're either good or you're bad. You can't lie. If you lie, it's obvious. If you're in the weeds, its clear to everybody -- you can't say that you aren't. So I love that aspect of it. I love the immediacy of it, the vitality of it.
  (tags: quotes kottke business career)
• How we got the unusual symbol used for the menu command key
  blame the swedes
  (tags: apple design)
• IVR Cheat Sheet, with a link to "hard to find 1800 numbers"
  "No more getting your tail kicked by a robot, and no more wasting your life away trying to find the correct menu item."
  (tags: tools hacks)
• In-Progress Ideas for New Yorker Cartoons
  "what's the other one—in the desert? Yeah, two guys crawling in the hot sand, desperate for water, their clothes shredded, sun beating down, vultures circling overhead. But funny."
  (tags: funny comics newyorker mcsweeneys)

links for 2005-12-23

• The Chronic of Narnia Rap
  SNACK ATTACK MUTHAFKCR!
  (tags: funny video music)
• Ebert's Best 10 Movies of 2005
  (tags: 2005 bestof movies)

links for 2005-12-18

• Video of how the Nintendo Revolution controller works
  (tags: video nintendo innovation)
• "You are what you can explain"
  ignore the weird picture after the quote
  (tags: quotes)

links for 2005-12-11

• Interview with Second Life CEO, Philip Rosedale
  from what I've read/seen of SL it's seems like only a matter of time until it becomes HUGE
  (tags: web culture tech interviews)
• Stylus Magazine’s Top 50 Singles of 2005
  (tags: 2005 bestof music)
• A list of blogs that Chris Anderson (of Long Tail fame) subscribes to
  (tags: blogs longtail wired)

links for 2005-12-10

• Excellent article by Michael Lewis about Texas Tech's innovative offense and the man behind it - head coach Mike Leach.
  The Texas Tech offense is not just an offense; it's a mood: optimism.
  (tags: football innovation sports nyt)
• Yahoo! buys del.icio.us
  "There's an interesting story in here somewhere about how Y! is hiring/buying the "alpha geeks" (hackers, tinkerers, accidental entrepreneurs) and Google seemingly isn't (Ph.Ds, computer scientists) and what effect that could have on each company's develo
  (tags: business del.icio.us yahoo)

links for 2005-12-09

• Best bookstores in the world
  a few in the bay area to check out
  (tags: kottke books)
• Said the Gramophone: 2005's Best Music
  get it while the songs are still available
  (tags: bestof music 2005 mp3blog)

links for 2005-12-05

• The ThinkGeek "Power" Tie
  ThinkGeek simultaneously does and does not condone the use of ties.
  (tags: funny)
• Surowiecki on how the number of hours you work can affect the economy (US vs. Europe)
  "The less work that gets done, the less work there is to do. Helping some people get off the labor treadmill can keep many people from ever getting on the treadmill at all."
  (tags: business culture jobs money newyorker surowiecki productivity)
• The costs of working long hours
  "creative energy drops to zero. you get labor but no passion. Productivity with no creativity. If we want to make happy users, we have to be happy."
  (tags: productivity creativity)
• Interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto
  "I don't play video games in my free time." Wha??
  (tags: nintendo business interviews creativity videogames)
• A response to Nicky Hilton's question in Vanity Fair
  (tags: celebrities funny)
• Business porn
  not getting enough customers, publicity, traffic to your blog, etc...need more porn. "With Porn, all things are possible."
  (tags: marketing business)
• evil iPod nano cases
  (tags: iPod apple design)

links for 2005-12-04

• Nokia N80 official photos
  sa-weet!
  (tags: cellphones design)
• Take a Screenshot of DVD Player in OS X
  painfully complicated...but supposedly it works
  (tags: apple hacks osx)
• What happens when you unleash a Ferrari 275 GTB in downtown Paris?
  "The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets."
  (tags: video quicktime)

links for 2005-12-03

• forget the power rankings, here's the NBA's Big Picture
  "I like Ron Artest. He's my favorite NBA player who was ever suspended for a season for attacking a fan."
  (tags: sports espn sportsguy nba)
• What to do next time you want someone's autograph
  ask for them to sign your name instead...great idea!
  (tags: culture)
• evhead's (founder of Blogger, Odeo) Ten Rules for Web Startups
  "Create something you want to exist in the world. Be a user of your own product. Hire people who are users of your product. Make it better based on your own desires." (ie - be in it for more than just money!) Also see note on casual content.
  (tags: business startups inspiration howto)
• Philly Street Art
  (tags: art graffiti)
• Hip Hop Party Flyers from the 70's and 80's
  now THIS is old-school...also, who would have guessed roller-rinks would have been such a popular venue for ground-breaking music?
  (tags: advertising art culture design drawing graffiti hiphop retro)
• Presentations from Startup School
  (tags: business startups tech)