Archive for the ‘web’ Category

Social Networking Groups

July 12th, 2010

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Google researcher Paul Adams posted a thoughtful presentation critiquing how social networking sites currently model relationships and groups. Executive-summary-summary: poorly.

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Epic Kale

June 22nd, 2010

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The KALE Blog. Ideal for the health-conscious troll.

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Readability

May 14th, 2010

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Readability is a script/bookmark that cleans up online content. It’s very convenient if you regularly read blocks of text online. I’ve been using it for a few months now, and I’ll testify that it makes reading on a screen much more pleasant.

EDIT: Added link. Hurr, durr.

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Wikipedia In Print

May 8th, 2010

A new feature of Wikipedia allows users to compile articles into books, arrange them, and have them printed, bound, and shipped. This video demonstrates.

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Hatetris

April 11th, 2010

Hatetris: Like Tetris, but the game will always give you the worst possible piece. So, exactly like Tetris.

computer science, games, web | 3 Comments »

Selleck Waterfall Sandwich

March 12th, 2010

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Selleck Waterfall Sandwich exemplifies the kind of surreal and hyper-focused content I’ve come to expect from tumblr blogs.

There are a bunch of blogs like this. It’s as if the people creating them passed through that stage of ironic, postmodern self-commentary and just started writing haikus about Godzilla because it’s intrinsically an awesome thing to do. I feel like there should be some cultural-theoretical term for this kind of content (“ADD-fuel” doesn’t count).

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Drawing Blog

February 5th, 2010

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I’m not very good at drawing, so I started a draw-something-every-day-until-I-get-better blog. It’s pretty new, but it’s got a few doodles and wallpapers.

art+design, web | 1 Comment »

Habermas is on Twitter

January 29th, 2010

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Social theorist Jürgen Habermas is on Twitter. I think he’s still getting used to the format.

Edit: Nope, fake. Lame. Real Jürgen Habermas should get an account.

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New Year’s Resolution Generator

December 30th, 2009

New Year's Resolution Generator

Lack the drive to even come up with resolutions, let alone complete them? Try this beautifully-designed resolution generator!

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TeuxDeux

December 11th, 2009

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Designer/blogger Tina Roth Eisenberg (alias swissmiss) recently posted about her recently-completed web-based to-do list manager, TeuxDeux. Perfectly minimal – it’s my new home page.

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