January 2010
27 posts
1 tag
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham, Chicago architect (via Daring Fireball) (via kareem)
December 2009
65 posts
“Maybe you’ve heard of Parkinson’s Law:
Work expands so as to fill the time...”
– Square Signals : Work Dilation
“So, Mr. Cheney, you don’t make America safer with terminology, blustering...”
– Informed Comment: Eugene Robinson - Dick Cheney’s lies about President Obama - washingtonpost.com
“Bezos: There are two ways that companies can extend what they’re doing....”
– Jeff Bezos on Amazon’s success. - By Daniel Lyons - Slate Magazine
“Cory Doctorow’s emails end thusly:
READ CAREFULLY. By reading this email, you...”
– How to Destroy the Book, by Cory Doctorow | theVARSITY.ca
“As human beings. Some of us are going to get more money and be worth more. There...”
– DAVID SIMON - Vice Magazine
“Yes. Before finishing the first season I’d reread most of Euripides, Sophocles,...”
– DAVID SIMON - Vice Magazine
“The act of eliciting pity from another unequivocally makes the elicitor...”
– Your Conscience, the Sociopath’s Weapon of Choice | Psychology Today
“The final piece of the willpower puzzle is distraction. Research by Walter...”
– The Science Behind Failed Resolutions - WSJ.com
“The simple truth is that public sentiment in America is the reason that solitary...”
– Is long-term solitary confinement torture? : The New Yorker
“Joshua Micah Marshall is hiring a publisher for Talking Points Memo, the blog he...”
– The Future: When the Editors Hire the Publishers | The Awl
“Yet the truth is, Broussard’s financial freedom had cut him off from all...”
– Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem | Magazine
“While parents and teachers certainly aren’t perfect in their praise, this...”
– Can You Never Tell a Child She’s Smart? - NurtureShock Blog - Newsweek.com
“The Saints aren’t encouraging people to rebuild, or providing comfort to a...”
– NFL: New Orleans Saints are the soul of America’s City - ESPN
“Though this hypothesis is new to modern biological psychiatry, it can be found...”
– The Science of Success - The Atlantic (December 2009)
“From the outset, however, some words (THIS and WILL and NOT and SCALE) began...”
– The Stars Look Down – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
“True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself—the...”
– Bruce Lee
“And the man who, when given a letter for Garcia, quietly take the missive,...”
– A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
Solana Graphic Studios on Etsy →
Fun and creative wall graphics.
Ten must-have Google Chrome extensions :: Download... →
Useful, must-have extensions for Google Chrome
Most Popular Photography Hacks of 2009 ::... →
“First of all, don’t believe anything you hear from power systems. So if...”
– ZNet - IWW Interview of Chomsky
“First, oil spills can be horribly expensive: it is far cheaper to prevent them...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Will Big Business Save the Earth? - NYTimes.com
iPhone J.D. →
A site for lawyers using iPhones.
CiteGenie →
CiteGenie⢠will create citations in Bluebook, MLA, APA, Chicago, and Wikipedia formats.
The Cajun Village Cottages :: Louisiana Bed and... →
Eight Acadian-style shotgun houses dating back to around 1900.
New Cloud-based Service Steals Wi-Fi Passwords ::... →
For US$34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says.
the forest retreat →
Get lost in luxury hidden in the trees at Homochitto National Forest, near McComb & Natchez
Copy2Contact →
grab, review, and save new contacts and appointments in just seconds! It’s guaranteed to change the way you use your address book and calendar. No more re-typing errors or tedious cutting and…
Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word →
Record and transcribe notes with this digital pen.
PhoneTag →
Converts voicemail to text and delivers it via email and/or text message along with a file copy of the actual voice file.
Yahoo's How-To Guide For Big Brother Leaks ::... →
Though Yahoo’s guide “is not meant to be distributed to individuals or organizations that are not law enforcement entities,” we obtained both through WikiLeaks.
“Insurance coverage, pre-approval, deductible, non-covered services, co-pays,...”
– John Gary Maxwell: Health reform from my side of the surgery table | StarNewsOnline.com | Star News | Wilmington, NC
“That a community may no longer please its creator is hardly relevant. Once...”
– The Stars Look Down – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Accurint :: for the Legal Profession →
Instantly find people, as well as their assets, relatives, associates, and more. Proven Accurint technology allows searches to be performed more cost effectively than alternatives. A Lexis Nexis…
How To Clean Your Filthy Gadgets :: Gizmodo →
Some nice how-to’s for cleaning TVs, laptops, cameras, etc.
PostRank →
RRW highlights as a Top 10 RSS application in 2009. Great way to find topical blogs quickly.
JS-Kit ECHO →
Next-generation commenting system. Itâs the way to share your content, and watch the live reaction. You can quickly embed Echo on WordPress, Blogger, or any website and turn your static pages into…
Highcharts :: Interactive JavaScript charts for... →
A charting library written in pure JavaScript, offering an easy way of adding interactive charts to your web site or web application. Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline,…
Trend toward fixed attorneys’ fees not seen... →
But there isnât as much demand for alternatives in New Orleans as exists in larger markets, where economically challenged clients struggle to keep up with high hourly rates, Lightell said.
Is it too late to catch up? :: Seth's Blog →
Some excellent bullet points on how to implement social media for small businesses.
Medical Records Copying Charges, State Statutes ::... →
A list of the various state statutes that control the amount of money doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers can charge a patient for copies of their medical records, as well as records…
Online Bookkeeping: Outright :: Free Business... →
Track your business income and expenses, maximize Schedule C deductions and reduce your tax liability concerns.
Toys for little boys :: Ask Metafilter →
Some suggestions for toys for a one-year old boy.
Vital Records :: Birth Certificates, Death... →
A comprehensive listing of agency info for all 50 states.
Public Records Online Directory →
The Public Records Online Directory is a Portal to official state web sites, and those Tax Assessors’ and Recorders’ offices that have developed web sites for the retrieval of available public…