Archive

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

“After a month, more than three-quarters of the users who had typically spent roughly 30 minutes per day on TikTok were now spending nearly twice that much time on the app, on average.” via Dave Pell/NextDraft

How I'm using coding agents in September, 2025

Jesse Vincent goes deep on his process of working with AI, things are changing quickly and YMMV.

Layover, Over

It's time to get out of the terminal again

Monkeytype - A minimalistic, customizable typing test

Why not get better at a thing I do all the time? via @craigmod

Carboncounter.com

Plot out how current cars compare to climate targets — and to other cars — based on its emissions and costs.

AI Garage Sale

Haggle with AI to buy real products" you might just end up with a great deal on a Billy Big Mouth Bass

LoveFrom, Serif created by Jony Ive's LoveFrom Design Agency

Jony Ive (former Apple Design chief), Marc Newson and Peter Saville on LoveFrom, Serif, their elegant modernisation of influential and enduring early typeface Baskerville.

3D printed plant-based meatballs from Ikea

Meatball recruitment video

Tookski - Share things to Mastodon

Kent Brewster with a great Chrome Extension for those so inclined.

feeeed » build your own news feed

Follow anyone and any website. Seems cool!

Ironman lives in Flintstone looking Stone Age Binishell

An inflatable building style reinforced with steel and concrete!

The 15-min city

Do you live in a 15-minute city? A map to check whether you can access essentials such as groceries or transit stops from any US address in a 15-min walk or 15-min drive.

Consumer drone used to defend Ukraine

A 15-year old boy put his drone up to relay Russian positions to Ukraine forces and resulted in taking out a column of tanks.

salem ilese - crypto ₿oy (official lyric video) - YouTube

I got some news for you I don't care about your crypto, boy Not at all, not even one bit (coin) CEO of being unemployed

Help, is this عربي?

IsthatArabic.com will help you if you are dealing with Arabic but are not an Arabic speaker and are in charge of say, adding Arabic support to a site or app.

Type Your Name — What color is your name?

How does your name look as it is perceived with people with Synesthesia

COVID-19 Practical Advice

Leonard Lin breaks it down with some practical advice and research

PeloHacks: Sunny Health & Fitness SF-B1002 Belt Drive Indoor Bike

People are buying this bike and getting a Peloton digital subscription instead of buying a multi-thousand dollar Peloton.

The LIKE Movie

Documentary exploring the impact of social media on our lives and the effects of technology on the brain.

Ethical Alternatives

Want to make sure the digital products you use are "green" too? Great list of resources from browsers, search engines, to web hosts and email providers.

Researchers at Rice University developed a method to convert heat into light that could boost solar efficiency from 22% to 80%

Scientists at Rice University have developed a method of turning heat into light using carbon nanotubes, which could greatly increase solar efficiency.

Preserving Laptop Stickers on MacBooks

A sticker that covers your entire laptop lid. Cover your laptop in stickers without fear of ruining your laptop + save your lid forever.

Introducing Mercury OS

Jason Yuan reveals his vision of a new operating system driven by humane design principles.

How to do the Dutch Reach

If you drive a car, learn the Dutch Reach

Back in the saddle

In The Long Middle Part, I shared that I was in a world of hurt due to chronic pain. By the end of October, I wrote that I was in less pain after a few successful treatments. Today, I'm happy to say that I am almost completely pain-free. I'm looking forward to working again and getting back on track.

TRAVEL BACKPACKS vs DUFFEL BAGS - YouTube

My friend Chase Reeves does the best bag reviews. He's also in the middle of a spiritual journey called life and bags are just a part of it. Makes for a fun review.

Interactive Typography cheatsheet

Clever way to visualize the different pieces that makeup letters in type.

Outgrowing Advertising: Multimodal Business Models as a Product Strategy – Andreessen Horowitz

The Dahu Ecorce 01 Ski Boot

Skiing is fun. Putting ski boots on is not. Here's a new take on ski boots.

Canned Emails

Just like it says on the tin.

Newspack a new publishing service from Wordpress

Newpack/Wordpress could rival some of the world's top publishing syndicates if it pulls this off.

Antarctic explorer Lou Rudd on some of the rituals and media that powered his trek

Love the anecdote in here about the 1912 mission. Make a little extra effort in every journey. 11 more steps!

Inside.com Interview about Brizzly

Interview with Dave Foley - IGN

One of my favorite interviews. Comedian Dave Foley (Bugs Life, KITH) touches on the power of information when everyone has access. Circa 1998.

Applause Button

I've been thinking a lot about what happens "post like". Maybe everyone just gets a Medium-style applause button?

Fall Update

Fancy

The Truth costs $380

The Long Middle Part

People love stories, not decks

Is Mercury in Retrograde?:

Single serving site letting you know if Mercury is in retrograde.

World’s First 3D Printed Metal Gun - Solid Concepts Blog

OK, now you can freak out about 3D printed guns. This one really works.

Western black rhino declared extinct - CNN.com

Pour one out for the Black Rhino. Very sad.

Post-erity

Build a new model

Thing Labs joins AOL

We still miss you Mike

Charles in charge

A reminder: the title sets the tone

Kaiser meet social media

A small feed related note

Video-enabled digital SLRs go hip-hop

A robin among the persimmons

More something or other in 2010

My 11-year old self would die

Happy 10th birthday Blogger

Brizzly: Coming soon from Thing Labs

Plinky in today's New York Times Magazine

Biz Stone on the Colbert Report!

A little free product development advice

The doctor ordered "Back to the Future II" and bedrest

America needs Jon Stewart

Well I wouldn't say I "missed" work

A simple theory

A little over four years ago...

Laptops for change?

Bread!

Plinky

Another way to look at atomization

10 things to be happy about on the web

Macworld SF 2008 Annual blogger lunch and schmoozefest

Ghosts of Christmas past: 1988

Everyone's a critic

I'm joining LiveJournal as VP of Product Development

Next year: Stephen King novel adaptation in graham cracker

I'll say it, Shellen is a tease

My email is s-l-o-w and I've redesigned

Too much status?

A footnote in blogging history

Take Action: Tell Toyota to get in gear on better gas mileage

I'm a happy Toyota customer and were picking up an new Toyota Highland Hybrid in a week. I'm disappointed in their lobbying efforts to fight higher MPGs over the next few years. Use this form to let Toyota know you are disappointed too.

Save more than pennies

magnificent bastard - ask the mb blazer with tshirt

It's over Johnny, over. No more t-shirts with blazers. Next.

The Secret Agency

Last day at Google

`Lucky' returns to Bay Area grocery stores

I never switched to calling the old Lucky's stores Albertson's so I am a fan of this development. Very glad they didn't go all the way back to renaming them Alpha-Beta.

WSJ: Q&A: Blogger.com Engineers Discuss the Evolution of Blogging - WSJ.com

Case and I aren't engineers but we play them in the Wall Street Journal.

My time at Google, by the numbers

On vacation at the lake

I've never really asked much of my readers

Labor vs. Capital: Dodgeball style

15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

Mr. Rogers is one of the few programs I'm happy to see my children watch. Even Sesame Street has gone downhill and overly commercial but good old Fred is still keeping it real posthumously.

When burning is a good thing

We The People

The Edwards campaign is trying to take the veto reversal to the streets. Link it up!

Funny, but it stings a little

SXSW Blogger party update

Microsoft takes aim at Google project - Yahoo! News

In other news, Microsoft pointed out that the little girl on the corner selling lemonade is not adhering to home owners association rules about signage on lawns.

Bloomberg.com: U.K.

Bloomberg.com: U.K.

Talk talk

Thoughts on Music by Steve Jobs

Hell yes! I have been privately lobbying a few major labels about this for a few years and they act like I have two heads. I would love to think this is possible.

YouTube - Barenaked Ladies - Sound of Your Voice

Featuring some familiar YouTubers.

YouTube - Mr. T: The "T" in I.T.

My friend at Hitachi sent this over. I think we can all learn something from Mr. T [via Mike Brandt]

Happy Holidays, 24 style

For the 24 fans in the house.

Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke

I would have made this a Blog of Note but it's not the most family friendly blog.

The Invisible Danger You Carry To the Gas Station

Scroll down to the video. Yowza!

Pregnant star misses Vatican gala

The 16-year old star is taking this method acting thing a little far.

Wireless energy could power consumer, industrial electronics

I've been joking about needing wireless power for years, but it usually conjures up images of a huge Tesla coil aimed at a laptop.

Apple Teams Up With Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM & United to Deliver iPod Integration

In response, Air Kazakhstan announces Zune compatibility.

Mossberg on Zune

...to buy even a single 99-cent song from the Zune store, you have to purchase blocks of 'points' from Microsoft, in increments of at least $5.

Ad-free blog

Punch the owl and win!

False Advertising

It appears that oil interests in other states have produced a bogus California voter info guide for Democrats. Bastards!

Worst boy band ever?

First version of Digg cost $200?!

Audio file of Kevin Rose from Future of Web Apps summit talking about using Elance to find a developer for Digg.

JotSpot acquired by Google

Welcome aboard former Jotters!

Last minute costume idea: Super Annoying

List of Canadian comedians

Comedians: Canada's finest export

GE Monogram® 30" Built-In Single Wall Oven with Trivection® Technology

Turns out 30 Rock wasn't really kidding about the Trivection Oven after all.

Welcome to Google, YouTube!

In the bag: Jack Spade Canvas Tech Field Bag

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual

More on this later...

Free-style walking pneumonia

New TSA Regulations for helper monkeys

'Only the handler will touch or interact with the monkey.'

Formula BMW @ the San Jose Grand Prix

Siren Bath on Drawball

Imagine a view of the Mona Lisa being painted but in Adobe Illustrator one layer at a time. Amazing site.

All a twttr

Adam Carolla hangs up on Ann Coulter

What millions would like the chance to do. That must have felt really, really good.

CrossOver Mac

Run Windows-native applications on Mac OSX without Bootcamp or Parallels. Crazy.

overplot: Overheard in New York meets Google Maps

Wherein the UI tech lead for Google Reader continues to prove he is a bad ass (and loves a good comedic line by a fellow New Yorker)!

TED Talks now available for download

Some of the wonderful talks from the TED conference in Monterey are now available for download.

TiVo releases a paid version of their Desktop software to add Video iPod friendly features and more

TiVo Desktop Plus automatically converts your TiVoToGo transfers for iPod, PSP, Treo, Nokia, and other portable devices that support MPEG-4 or H.264 video. It's $24.95 but seems worth it compared to an iTunes season passes for multiple shows.

Filming locations of The OC

Finally technology that fills a dire need!

Colbert 2006 Commencement Address

Colbert brings The Word of the Day to the newly graduated.

Doug Bowman joins Google full time

Doug is part of the secret sauce behind the Blogger redesign and the excellent Google Calendar, so having his full attention should bode well for Google.

Picasa for Linux

The Picasa you know and love - for Linux. Of course now I'm dying for a Picasa for Mac version.

Calacanis knows his sushi and more

In the interest of full disclosure

New Mac TV ads

Great new ads starring Justin Long from Dodgeball and Ed fame.

Official Google Reader Blog: Reader learns to share

We added sharing to Reader!

Tom Cruise @ Yahoo!

All the best controversial Scientologists end up visiting Yahoo!, when will Google catch a break?

Google Finance launches

Now I'm completely Yahoo-free... except for Flickr.. and delicious... and Upcoming.

Just call me JSON Shellen

World Water Day 2006

More than 20% of the Earth’s population lacks clean, safe drinking water!!!

Geeking out on vacation

His MySpace odyssey

The movie is pretty funny too, you can find it on YouTube by searching for MySpace.

So then I was saying to Jo from Melrose Place...

Official Google Blog: Here comes Measure Map

Google picks up Measure Map plus co-creator Jeff Veen and crew. Glad to have the deal all sewn up.

Threadless T-Shirts - Lost A Wheel

When you are reprinted in Large - Lost a Wheel - you will be mine.

Blogs by Olympics participants to be banned

I hope they can just keep journals, diaries, wikis, personal homepages, lists of links and MySpaces instead.

Official Google Blog: Here comes Measure Map

Fair & (Un)Balanced

Fox shows how Bush thwarted attack by aliens...or something.

Woot : Random Crap

Best. Woot. Ever.

Mavericks is on

Annual contest is on tommorrow

I *so* didn't listen to that

ABC News' Bob Woodruff and Cameraman Seriously Injured in Iraq

I saw Woodruff at Google in Mountain View last week. He sure gets around quick, best wishes on a speedy recovery.

Microsoft Considering Own Portable Media Player: BW

Does Microsoft need their own iPod? Couldn't they just work with Apple?

Woot : Vivitar Vivicam 8.1MP Digital Camera

I'm linking this because of the fantastic Nigerian spam email joke copy. Nice work, Wootbot!

Happy Birthday Miles!

Sleepless in Seattle trailer remix

Very well done and a little scary. [via laughingmeme.org]

small blue printer : design your own house plan

Free, web-based floorplan designer. Nice use of Flash.

Since Sliced Bread

Rock the Vote is holding a contest to come up with ideas for social change. They are down to 7 final ideas.

TuneCenter for iPod

Add a hard drive and I thought this was what Apple would announce at MacWorld. Looks pretty cool.

The Last iPod Video Guide You’ll Ever Need

Pretty much obsoletes about 30 links I had on delicious, in other words a great guide [via Micro Persuasion]

Apple - iLife - iWeb - Blogging

Seems a bit weird to lead off with how easy blogging is by touting that iLife does RSS.

Reminder: Macworld 2006 bloggers lunch...

Napoleon Explosive

Version of Napoleon Dynamite that was subtitled in Chinese, then translated from Chinese back in to English.

Overheard in the Bookstore

Overheard in NY is one of my favorite daily reads. Perfect content for compilation as a book. Nice work!

Letterman rips O'Reilly a new one

A spectacular site to behold - a Winter Solstice Festival miracle!

The original: Flicker

Not Flickr, Flicker. An open-source stand-alone computer program for visually comparing 2D gel images.

You've been chipmunk'd!

Audio recording is weird. Some of my podcasts sound chimpmunk'd in Odeo - this is an explanation why.

Google Cube? Google PC?

David Krane in Google PR squashes the Google Cube/PC rumors.

Biker Dancing Silly - Google Video

In full racing leathers dancing to My Humps. Merry Christmas.

AvantGo for RSS

Seems a little clunky but perhaps worth a try if you already use AvantGo.

Google Hiring Mac Engineers

Mac it up at Google!

Joe Nacchio, does indictment feel worse than being fact-checked?

Retouch

Sneaky magazine photoshop-fu revealed

Why should text have all the fun?

We added a photo template feature to Google Reader for photo feeds.

Blogger Web Comments for Firefox

Like Hoodwink'd or Third Voice but hopefully more pervasive.

Google Homepage API

Stick that in your deal, or build a new one.

Planning ahead for Macworld SF 5th Annual blogger lunch and schmoozefest

OptOutPrescreen.com

The offical credit industry site to remove yourself from the credit card/junk mail offer list - permanently.

Course in culture jamming at SMC

I have a new sense of pride for my alma mater. Go culture jamming Gaels!

Microsoft Thanks Google for IE Fix

Mena's speech on civility has network effects.

Pleasanton fairgrounds to be Iraqi election polling place

I hope the elections in my town go a lot smoother than say the polls in Faluja.

San Fransocial

'So you show up somewhere where there are other people you're going to "meet" and when you arrive, out come the laptops.' That's not always true, some of us order a drink before bringing out the laptop.

Clark Foam forced to close doors

This will severely impact the ability for new surfboards to be made in the US.

The RSStroom Reader, Feeds On Your Toilet Paper

There is a river of news joke to be had here.

Donate a Computer to Computer Recycling Center

A good place to drop off your old computer in the Bay Area. If you are out of area and still want to donate a laptop they will reimburse you for ground shipping.

Consumating is now part of CNET Networks

Congrats to Ben Brown and crew. However, CNET watch out he has a propensity for putting his 'DNA' on servers.

Saab Performance Team

The only ballet I love is auto ballet. [via AutoBlog]

Add to Google button

Your site needs a new chicklet.

Where's your Google?

Wherein, Google = web

Leia's Metal Bikini

It's a shame Jabba isn't alive to see this. [via Cinematical]

Driver injured by flying deer when he stops car

Driver thought he had struck an animal, was bowled over and injured by the flying body of a deer hit by another vehicle!

Treo 650 Cingular unlock?

Is unlocking a Cingular Treo really this easy?

Web Two Point Oh!

Create your own Web 2.0 Company. Nice - my next venture will be Inftix, tag-based micropayments via flash!

DRM Crippled CD: A bizarre tale in 4 parts

Long story short, CD crippling isn't the answer, especially when the question isn't clear. I've yet to be convinced that any DRM is good DRM.

My Son in Iraq: I Know That it Happened Because I Heard It

What the hell are we doing in Iraq? I'm calling my congressperson now - I suggest you do the same.

Close the laptop to beat the drum

CW from the Reader team is doing rock star stuff instead of work this evening. What a life!

Canon PowerShot SD430 WIRELESS

Canon's first consumer wifi digicam. Send photos to Flickr even faster! [via Engadget]

Wicked Awesome Monkys YEAH!!!!!!

Video made of the sample clips out of Windows Movie Maker. Watch your back!

Cassette Jam '05

If you are what you eat, then the tape player in the Volvo I drove in college was a Maxell 90 II Metal.

Master Bath Shower: EULA

When will the madness end! Love the tinyurl on the poster.

My Outsourced Life

A dig at Friedman's mustache, great writing and a tempting idea. [via Waxy]

HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software

Exactly what I was looking for earlier today. Thanks Mark!

Hammertime @ Blogger

I still haven't gotten the back-story on his visit to Google today, but there he is hanging with Case.

Worst Who Wants to be a Millionaire contestant ever

Wisdom of crowds my friend, wisdom of crowds. [via Best Week Ever]

Google Reader

This is the project I've been working on for some months now. Give it a whirl!

Haze of love

Our project launched

Ike Was Right About War Machine

Andy Rooney tells America that were screwing up in Iraq.

Toyota to Offer Smart Key Wristwatches

In Japan-only for the time being.

Ashlee Simpson thinks blogs are too time consuming

Then just read MeFi, Ash.

At Roberts Hearings, Bored Senators Become Photojournalists

Senators discover what Summer from the OC already knew - that cameraphones are the autograph of the 21st century.

SaveMyAss.com

Of course if you need this service, you may need a seperate service to remind you to sign-up.

Kerplunk - The rise and fall of the Lookout Records empire.

Great read about the 'post-Dookie Lookout' [via Stereogum]

Writely - How do I post to Blogger?

This nice web-based word processing site can also post to Blogger.

Blake... da Musical

A musical about Robert Blake.

Blog Search by Google

Search blogs from all over the web.

Six-Year List of Names for Atlantic Storms

'Names are recycled every 6 years. Influential hurricanes have their names retired.'

Robertson issues Fatwa

Tell Robertson you don't remember assasination being advocated by Jesus.

Berners-Lee on the read/write web

Talks about how blogging is close to his original vision of the web. [via Derek Baird]

Google Talk

'Talk and IM with your friends for free'

vedana: Fresh Gmail

Eric explains a cool new feature for Gmail that just went live.

EasyEnvelopes

Great UI solution for printing envelopes [via TUAW]

Lush Life West Sounds

Kanye West's The College Dropout mixed with the Beach Boys Pet Sounds.

Support Our Ribbons

What no Git-R-Done ribbon?

This was posted from Microsoft Word

Word, I have finally tamed you!

Blogger for Word add-in

A Comparision of the Size of the Yahoo and Google Indices

'...on average Yahoo! only returns 37.4% of the results that Google does and, in many cases, returns significantly less'. Ouch.

Scoble: Google's intranet pointing here

Why I'm not going to Foo Camp

Another Director's Path- Parte Deux

Great story from one of the brains behind Family Guy.

If Bloggers Had Been Around Throughout History

Fun Viewmaster promo put together by 6A.

Harlan McCraney: Presidential Speechalist

Andy Dick as the President's speechwriter, Harlan McCraney. Awesome!

Study: Web site's appearance matters

This posits that design by a certain gender attracts that gender. I buy that.

Google Fight : RSS 1.0 vs RSS 2.0

Calling a fight between RSS and Atom is stacking the deck by a long shot.

Crime, Pornography Taint Russian Reality Show

My fellow Americans, rejoice! We are not alone in the decay of modern civilization! The title graphic alone proves this.

Art prankster sprays Israeli wall

Love that Banksy [via rebecca's pocket]

KMaps for Treo

Cool looking mapping program that uses Google Maps.

Breaking story: Google News Feeds

Google News adds Atom and RSS feeds. Yay!

Peter Jennings, urbane news anchor, dies at 67

Rest in peace.

J!NX - UNSUBSCRIBE T-Shirt

Mine arrived yesterday. Such. A. Geek.

The Treo 670 is real and does run Windows Mobile

Video proof of new Treo running Pocket PC software. Weird.

Adaptive Path Helicarrier

My buddy Ryan has been thinking about the future at AP.

PHP baby doll

Nice, but where's the Mens version?

5 recent album purchases that you should actually buy too

Jenny's phone number is 867-5309!

5 albums purchased recently out of a sense of obligation or guilt

Odds Against 7even

I'm a sucker for a fake viral campaign, especially when it involves free music, ringtones or podcasts from indie bands.

Fearless Basra blogger is abducted and murdered

American journalist and blogger, Steven Vincent, was assasinated in Iraq.

Calling All Luddites

Thomas Friedman in the NYTimes on the role of technology in the future of politics.

5 recent album purchases I felt would help maintain my 'cred'

Marriage by the numbers

PT Cruiser Woody Men’s 3-Speed

Cool, though weird that it uses the PT Cruiser brand. [via Dad]

BDN: Two Minor Updates

Blogger now has draft mode in the API! Such a big deal to a geek like me.

'Email is for old folks'

danah boyd has been telling me this for over a year. The kids love their IM!

New name for 'war on terror'

In my opinion 'Operation Happy Funtime Shoot-em Up' is in poor taste. [via dack.com]

Amazon No Longer the Role Model for E-Commerce Design

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox discects some recent Amazon.com design changes.

AIM Fight

It was a close one but I must tip my hat to Anil and anyone in Google PR.

Bush tried to aid Iraqi parties

Clearly this administration would have to produce a televised special with Jessica Simpson and Donald Trump singing and firing people with the intent of convincing the American people that they DID in fact mislead them before they would be removed from office.

How To Build Community

Good advice from a poster in Santa Cruz.

Change of Course

Wherein Aaron Swartz stops being a silly blogger and begins adhering to the rigid ethical standards of major media journalists.

Karl Rove must go

Please petition the White House to ditch traitor Karl Rove.

Paul's Personalized Google News, ca. 2031

I like that the personalized content includes quotes from the reader.

Otterbox waterproof iPod Shuffle case

Only $29 for a case you can use to swim with your Shuffle.

Atom: The Standard in Syndication

Robert Sayre breaks it down.

The Scrolling Belt Buckle

I'm trying to think of a good reason NOT to order one.

Google Toolbar for Firefox

Woot! Go to More under Options and check BlogThis! if you are a Blogger user.

John Davison's 1UP Blog: What's The Big Idea?

My favorite quote: 'It's not the game, it's the parents, and Halo 2 proves it.' It's true!

Motorola RAZRBerry?

Shhh! Don't tell my Treo, but I might be in love.

Lance peddles podcasts

Available via Sirius and the audio feed uses Feedburner.

Online dating? Thin, rich works here too

Hal Varian on the world of online dating.

Adam's advice and reading list for startup entrepreneurs

Some great advice from a startup veteran (and current Googler).

BV Tapestry Reserve (2000)

Recommended! (21 and over only please)

Jon Stewart's W&M 2004 Commencement Address

I'm clearly addicted to motivational speeches.

Google Maps API

Realty will never be the same.

Cruise 'passionate about life'

Transcript from GMA shows Dr. Tom Cruise is either insane or a very good, but shameless self-promoter.

Female Copywriter Hates WE's Bridezilla Campaign

I have no idea what Bridezilla is, I just like that Steve Hall is calling our focus as a nation where it lies... on Lindsay Lohan's bra size.

Democratic Middle Eastern Union Votes To Invade U.S.

Funny, in an 'I should be building a bunker in the backyard, shouldn't I?' sort of way.

Evan on incorporating feedback into products

Go Daddy founder vents spleen about 'Gitmo'

I consider reading Bob's post a cruel form of torture. I like Dotster.com better anyway.

The Great British Venn Diagram

Handy for those of you who aren't a geographical smarty pants like me. [via gwaldon.blogspot.com]

Flylittlebird.org

Building collective wisdom from commencement speeches.

Mark Hurd on HP, R&D and the importance of customers

'Focus on the customer' the new HP way?

Top Three Things Q*bert Is Pissed About Today

C'mon you would curse too if you fell 10 stories to your doom.

Steve Jobs commencement address to the Stanford Class of 2005

Three great stories about connecting the dots in life.

UW professor holds North Korea talks

Donald Hellmann for Secretary of State!!!

Crack Creme

Catchy name, but I really don't want to rub this on my skin.

Campaign Finance Rules vs. Freedom of Blog

Red state, blue state, donkey, elephant - you all need to TAKE ACTION!

Secret TiVo Tips and Tweaks

Maybe not so secret, but a handy page nonetheless.

Call for Windows hackers (yes, Windows)

Are your Windows hacks good enough to go in an O'reilly book?

Brazil adopts open-source software

I knew those Brazilians were smart!

Kremed! - CFO.com

The rise and fall of Krispy Kreme is a cautionary tale of ambition, greed, and inexperience.

Wireless Carriers' Veto Over How Phones Work Hampers Innovation

Walt Mossberg on the amount of power that US cell carriers wield.

10 worst album covers of all time

#5- Orleans cover is uber gross.

ABC News: PODCASTING

ABC News is going podcast.

Nokia Launches Linux Based 770 Net Appliance

Nothing but net, no phone inside. [via Coolhunting.com]

AutoBlogger

Letting you live your life one entry at a time.

AFF and a friend on the inside

Eat that frog

Google personalized homepage

You too can play Whitespace Invaders! Reminds me of my old Cheatsheet Creator.

Apple's homepage thru the years

A photoset that looks at the past few years of the Apple homepage.

Blake Ross on Netscape 8 problems

My favorite line: if it's impossible for you to explain a feature to your users, ask yourself what the hell it's doing there.

Digital Rebel Firmware Hack

I usually the first to try any sort of non-destructive hack but firmware level hacks make me nervous.

Pac-Man Turns 25

I feel old! This was our generations horse-less carriage.

dodgeball + Google

MoSoSo @ Google

GIMP for Windows

I never knew there were Win and Mac versions of GIMP.

Calif. Violent Video Game Bill Passes Committee

If the Parental Advisory labels on music are any indicator, this will only help sell more games.

The Huffington Post

Celebrity blogging aggregated by Arianna Huffington. Great first post from Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Delivering on Catherine Zeta Jones promises

The Hitchhiker's Guide to PHP

Oddly, it's from Oracle. I must panic.

Google Blog: They are among us

Tell anyone you know with a cameraphone, it's blogging time!

Beef Relief Patch

Viral spoof for Fuddruckers. Watch out for the audio.

Backpack launches

Lists, calendars and blogs - oh my!

One-click audio news, synced with your iPod in Tiger

Automator-casting in just 14 easy steps.

MIT Time Traveler Convention

...in the hopes that people in the future will hear about it and come back to attend.

A whole lotta something

The world can always use another Haughey. Congratulations!

Rojo launches

Good luck to Chris Alden, Kevin Burton and crew.

Maxwell Smart eat your heart out

FeedBurner out of beta

Announces that no gamma or delta versions will be forthcoming. Hah.

Bitten chef saved his life by snapping lethal spider

Cameraphone to the rescue!

George Lucas Guests On 'The O.C.,' Announces Two 'Star Wars' Series

This seems like an April Fools headlilne I would have written - but it's not!

Five non-standard spellings of 'weblog' (and where I'd like to see each used)

I would add Webl Ogs (The Princess Bride)

Interview with the Music Supervisor for The O.C.

I must confess, I own all 4 OC mixes.

GoogleMap for Tivo

Enter a zip code and zoom away on your TV.

Counter Counterfeit Commission

Protecting you from buying a counterfeit Mini. Awesome viral campaign.

Armstrong Says He Will Retire After Tour De France

It would have been more like him to announce that he will retire after *winning* his 7th Tour De France.

Adobe to acquire Macromedia

Congratulations to both sides. However, I'm calling the death of MM Fireworks at 06:00 hours on April 18th, 2005.

iPod-A-Month Creativity Competition

This means something.

Department of Corrections

The Annotated New York Times

Nice use of blog search.

Google Maps now with satellite data

Get directions to your next protest.

Price/gallon

Ouch! The price of gas in the Bay Area is getting a little out of control.

The Worlds's Ugliest Car - Restored

Ugly but advanced for it's time. I bet it had cup holders. [via Mefi]

Since U Been Gone Annual Report from Clarkson Industries

Merlin Mann and Matt Haughey lose marbles, fake PowerPoint.

Quake strikes off Indonesia coast

I hope this time around a tsunami early warning system is in place.

Lions Gate Directors - David Duchovny

New Blogger blog from David Duchovny.

Cable Yo Yo

I like the idea, but I need about 20 of them.

Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr

Congratulations to Stewart, Caterina and the whole Ludicrew!

Google X

An alternate Google interface that pays homage to Apple OS X from Google Labs.

Female bloggers pitch 'Bloghercon' to gain visibility

I for one welcome our new female overlords.

Blogger Buzz

Wherein we on the Blogger team actually maintain a blog... again.

U.N. 'explodes' American kids

Broadcasters not showing graphic ad depicting soccer children blown apart.

Non Sequitur

The journalism vs. blogging debate hits the funny pages.

Google Desktop Search 1.0

Now out of beta GDS supports Firefox, Netscape and many more file types. The kicker is the open plug-ins and Desktop SDK.

evhead: Apple Addiction

Sadly, this feels familiar. Ev's in it to win it though.

Huh Corp.

They do stuff.

syncOtunes

Synchronize your iTunes libraries across different machines. PC and Mac versions.

The Cadillac of Soda Fountains

Twenty soda flavors plus Horchata. Now that's freedom.

Terror at school rips apart a Russian town

Months later, Beslan is still far from OK

The Mavericks Surf Contest Is On!

World Class Surfers From Around the Globe Will Compete Wednesday as They Ride the "Most Dangerous Wave on the Planet"

No RSS? No downloads? No interaction? Fake content? You're fired!

Scoble puts a boot in the ass of the folks responsible for MSNFound.com

Odeo: Listen, Sync, Create

Podcasting done right.

For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting

The New York Times on Ev and Noah's new gig.

Your Traveling Billboard

Drive the World to Your Website with our mobile billboard advertising system! - Just point and click, er... remember and type and point and click.

Daily Show On Bloggers

Ted Hitler reporting with a shoutout to Atrios to boot.

Armstrong says he will ride in Tour

Armstrong added - Seriously this is the last one, I can quit whenever I want... maybe.

Non-Blogger Fired For Blogging!

I wish all of my competitors were as smart as Anil.

Map Address Book addresses via Google Maps in OS X

Nice little script for OS X address book.

Kazaa employees annoyed by program as well

Of course they are - Spyware and Adware are horrible for users.

saladwithstacy

Congratulations to Steve and Stacy who are headed for a salad-filled bliss!

UniKeep

The View Case Binder is the Trapper Keeper of the 21st century. I'm dorkishly excited about a new binder. This makes me feel like I'm 11 again.

Newsburst Preview Release

Let the online aggregator games begin! This is not fully baked but looks interesting.

Miles Jay Shellen, internet sensation

Hewlett-Packard Ousts CEO Carly Fiorina

Engineer of the HP - Compaq merger out after 6 years at the helm.

Google Maps

Cool maps, from Google. Click and drag is my favorite feature.

Nobody Expects The Bloglines Askquisition!

Congratulations to Mark Fletcher and team. Nicely done.

Magic 8-Ball Answers Your Questions Regarding the 'Napster To Go' Subscription Service

There are other music services?

So You Wanna Be A Blogstar?

Advice and pointers from Grant about using a blog to your advantage as a musician.

Podcasting lets masses do radio shows

When it hits USA Today it means something - I just wish I knew what.

List of words (or phrases) to hate

Words I have encountered that are either annoying, misused, overused, or painful.

Excel Blog / Excel Tip.com

No - I would not like to make a pivot table!

Groundhog Day

Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties because it's COOOLD out there today.

The Million-Dollar Mac mini Media Center Question

It's more of a Mac iTunes question and perhaps worth about $25 if answered properly.

Shellen Mini 2 released

For those of you not keeping up with my main blog - a self indulgent announcement.

1001 Free Fonts

Cool, but only until 1002freefonts.com trumps them.

PostSecret

Secrets posted on a group blog. Cool and sorta scary.

Google Video Search

Currently showing fair use video snapshots and accompanied text.

US bans Internet for Iranians, almost

Well this won't help the situation one bit.

Anti-Nofollow FUD

Anil deconstructs a black hat spammers attempt at humor.

Bomb-A-Tron

Attention Reporters: Use this tool to file your story about the latest car bombing in Iraq.

cin-o-matic

A tool to help people decide what movies to go see or rent. Feeds, Netflix and Dack Ragus are involved so of course it's cool.

Popcast

They call it Open Access Internet TV. It looks like Tivo for BitTorrent.

HistoryHound

That dogs eyes just aren't right, but I'll give their sofware a try regardless. [via JJG.net]

Get Back To Work

Crack the whip on yourself. Perhaps the TaDa list could integrate this too? [via 43 Folders]

Donald Rumsfeld Must Resign

An appropriate response to NO WMDs FOUND. Short of actually leaving Iraq of course.

Ta-da List: Simple sharable to-do lists.

They also do private lists. Nice work 37signals!

NFL Game Broadcasts Coming to IPods

Prices will be $10 a GAME. Way to compete with AM radio Audible!

Preventing comment spam

In which we (Google) propose a tag to help address the problem of comment spam.

My attempt to end the war in Iraq

New Test For People With Food Allergies

To investigate - I've got some weird food allergies. I can't eat apples, carrots, and more. Wack.

Picasa 2

An excellent revision to an already great piece of software.

Napoleon Dynamite soundboard

Call all your friends and ask them if the chickens have large talons!

Ballots in Iraq Are Being Sold

That's got to be bad for business.

Photolightning -- Create Photo Blogs with Blogger and Club Photo

Nice integration for Club Photo and Blogger users.

The Mac mini… what’s inside the box?

Macnews.de has the first alien dissection photos of the Mac mini. A mini marvel.

The Bloggers' Rights Blog

An F***ed Company for bloggers.

Macworld Expo SF 2005 Events List

Great list of events for MacWorld SF. Don't forget to tip your waitress Ilene.

WorldCom Directors Pay Own Money To Settle

After the insurance companies kick in their share it amounts to 1.8M per company director.

Iran blocked!

Hoder reports Blogger, Blog*Spot, Y! Mail, Orkut and other services are being blocked in Iran.

Six Apart Acquires LiveJournal

Not a rumor any longer. So technically this isn't a double post.

CNN lets Tucker Carlson go

Thank you, Jon Stewart! [via Fury.com]

ColorWhore

a directory of nice colors

Six Apart to buy LiveJournal

Let me be the first to ask the question, will it be TypeJournal or LivePad?

TiVoToGo is here

It's a little kludgey and doesn't work for Macs yet. I still have to applaud a step in the right direction though.

Macworld SF 2005 bloggers lunch

ABC News: People of the Year: Bloggers

Always nice to see the orange B on national TV.

The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami blog

A blog to track and help during this tragedy.

When Does a Copyright Expire...?

Just take the year of copyrighted work + authors age, add 70 or 95 or not, then jam self in eye with nearest sharp utencil. It's just that easy!

PHP Login System with Admin Features

I'm working on a little side project in my spare time. This script might come in handy.

Christmas Carols and Songs

Legal classical mp3 downloads from Amazon

Release the CEO of eBay India (Baazee)

Please sign this petition. It has implications on ecommerce beyond this case alone.

LineIn and SoundSource

Two must-have free pieces of software for Mac OSX. It turns out it's really hard to do a simple line-in monitor thru your speakers or headphones without LineIn.

Apple iTune Phone Coming

Motorola and Apple sitting in a tree.

The Jimi

I hate wallets - I'm trying a Jimi.

Han Shot First Shirt

Han Liebowitz that is.

Give Me Centrism or Give Me Death!

Chuck Klosterman shoots the middle.

PodcastAlley.com

The place to find podcasts.... or at least one place.

Bush to Google Future Nominees

'I guess I have a lot to learn about the Internets,' Mr. Bush said.

Elfster

Online secret santa exchange organizer.

Google Answers: blogs written by employees of google or yahoo

Google Answers: blogs written by employees of google or yahoo

Crumpler bags

German bag manufacturers site. This site is recommended whether or not you need a bag. Funny stuff.

Place The State

I got 45 out of 50 with an average error of 33 miles. I owe Delaware an apology however. I was way off.

This is rock and roll

As a result Ringo Starr and Neil Peart simultaneously retire.

BandAidDilemma.net

Help the poor and take the piss out of celebrities. We like to call that a Win-Win where I come from.

West Western Europe proposal by Dack

I think 'covert sodomy' should be on the red list. By the way, welcome back Dack.

Bug Images and Inline Styles

Chris brings up a few issues with regard to formatting for the web vs. formatting for newsreaders.

MSN's New Blogging Service On the Way?

In other news, Blogger considers launching paperclip style wizard for enhancing blog entries.

Chrismukkah Blog

Seth Cohen would be proud.

The Relationship Revolution

Replace the word information with relationship.

I'm wishing

Wherein I post on the Google blog for the first time. Can't believe it took this long.

¿Qué es un blog?

The FCC as Marketing Partner

Mark Cuban identifies the Apologevent. Perhaps Cuban is looking for an FCC fine to go with that NBA fine?

Mustangs, SUVs, Trucks and Baseball Bats. And Nuns.

Even I - a Eurocar nut - must admit that the 2005 Mustang is somewhat bitchin'.

The Jones Soda Holiday Pack 2004

I bet the Mashed Potato and Butter Soda tastes just like Mom used to make!

do not despair

The United Cities of America from the cover of The Stranger from Seattle.

NBA bans iPods for players during warm-up

Somewhere at Sony USA a marketing team is secretly wishing the Sony Network Walkman were banned by the NBA too.

Sorry Everybody

Photo gallery of folks apologizing for the way the election went. Just for good measure - Sorry Everybody.

Cycle Tree

Store six bikes in a four foot space. Crazy.

Microsoft Search Beta Manipulating Results?

Gentlemen, this isn't any way to make friends.

Jesusonic

Fully programmable effects processor for guitar, vocal and general use by the founder of Winamp Justin Frankel.

2004 Election result maps

Turns out we are purple - not red or blue.

Can We Please Bury the Netscape Metaphor?

Battelle sez Google isn't Netscape... and of course I agree.

IBM blog memo?

Is there an IBM memo asking employees to stop posting company plans via blogs?

Another Technoratist

You may remember him from sites such as BlogRolling.com and SENT

Vatican sex guide urges Catholics to do 'it' more often

Wasn't this covered in our Vote Bush drive?

Google Zeitgeist Special Edition - Election 2004

All the queries have been tabulated and the winner is - Where To Vote.

Post-Election 3-pack

Mule Design Feed Store helps you lick your post-election wounds with funny shirts.

Modern Living

Great animation site found via Tom Green's blog.

Canada 2.0

Mena suggests that moving to Canada 2.0 won't require a van or cardboard boxes. I'm in.

Comedy Central: Indecision 2004 Blog

After joking about bloggers they have finally joined the crowd.

Troubles in Florida

An alligator ate my vote will not be an acceptable excuse this time.

Blogger Knowledge: Blog The Vote

It's like voting twice!

DCCC Election Night Resultron

Feed Resultron!!!

Cobra Commander in 2004

Who better to fight terrorism than an evil genius?

Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition iPod

It's fake, get it!

Who Links To Me

I'll bite.

Happy Halloween from Blogger

I was looking forward to getting back to the office...now I'm just scared.

I'm all over the place

Mediabistro hires Elizabeth Spiers As New Editor-in-Chief

Congrats to Gawker and Kicker pioneer Spiers on the new gig.

Google Desktop Search

Google your own computer.

DigitalLife NYC

Google, Microsoft and AOL - I understand but Ludacris?

JustBlogIt v0.1

A neat little tool from our buddy Dylan Parker.

Hot Links

Hot links just got hotter - now it includes this linkblog!

The Diaries of Barbara Bush Sr

Best grandma blog ever.

JavaHMO for Tivo

Share even more with your networked Tivo.

Google SMS

I will never go without good coffee again!

Campaigns Ask Supporters to Flood Web

This strategy still won't make your candidate less of an a**hole.

BlingBling

Who needs content when you've got really colorful ads?

Television Archiving

Jeff Ubois new blog about TV archiving.

Next Ev

Screenhead

Not as high-brow as BoingBoing but not as low-brow as the Stile Project.

DEA Gives Up Battle Against Hemp-Based Foods

Now your Whopper can have weed in it.

Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake in Central California

It made the lights swing at Google in Nor Cal.

Overstock launches auction site powered by social networking

Wait till eBay launches a social networking site powered by auctions!

All the Kids video

The latest Dealership video starring your favorite Javascript expert and mine, Chris Wetherell.

candor club

I honestly don't know about the longevity of this idea, but I've got a button.

JPG Magazine is Coming

Awesome photo awesomeness(?) from Heather and Derek.

Blogs look burly after kicking sand on CBS

Another possible headline, 'Rather bad, Bloggers good'.

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart Threatens To Kill Gays

It's a shame really, since the I'm pretty sure women don't want him either.

Olsen Twins: New McDonald's Poster Girls In France

Girls with low self esteem choose McDonalds!

Raindrop

Raindrop is the group blog for the Social Computing Group at Microsoft Research.

Straight to TiVo

Biz may have just saved TiVo with his latest idea.

Hastert's al Qaeda comment draws fire

Hastert followed with further advice 'step on a crack, break your mothers back'.

Driven by Precision : Porsche

This video was on my TV when I got home the other night. Plus - I am that kid in the video!!!

America 24/7 and custom covers

The United Federation of Bloggers (Part One)

I know you must think we have to link to these knowledge articles, but we don't and this one is great and you should read it.

LazyLife: A free idea for Make-lovers

The persian weblogs meeting

Amir's photo of the annual Iranian webloggers at the Tehran book festival.

Yahoo! to Acquire Musicmatch

To compete with iTunes?

Amazing Slow Downer

I will have to try this...slowly.

Blogger vows outings to continue, including ‘some doozies’

Blogactive.com is outing prominent Republicans who have opposed gay marriage and military service.

iPod your AIWA

Not cheap but then you can ditch those cassette adapters and FM transmitters.

Just One Question...

Currently offering $688.29 for anyone who asks 'How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?' in a public forum.

250GB USB External drive - $149

Now I'll have a place for all OurTunes.

Cory in Gollum Mask, Boston Science Museum

This fits in perfectly with our Questionable Celebrity Endorsements Campaign.

Study links TV to teen sexual activity

Does not apply if television viewed on a Sony Watchman.

VOTE or NOT?

Jim and James are crazy, crazy for democracy that is. Register!

ASUS Digimatrix PC

Build your own Tivo starting at $299

Persuasive Writing For Keeps

When knowing your audience *really* counts

The Inner Secrets of Google Revealed

Mother Google.

going, going, almost gone

My new favorite phrase is - Her modesty was saved by a g-string.

Bush photographed wearing award he never earned

Shouldn't things like this crush his bid for re-election? Yes, yes it should and alas it won't.

Humiliated, Angry, Ashamed, Brown.

Photography assignment turns into civil liberties stripping excercise.

Who Let the Blogs Out?

Yes - we've punched Biz in the arm sufficiently hard for the title.

Out Firefoxed

Treo 600 DVD Movies: As Simple as 1, 2, 3...

...58,59,60 - Done!

Heather, interrupted

Warm wishes for a safe and fast recovery Heather.

Shitcanned

Shitty.

PHP iCalendar

Looks promising.

Lance Armstrong on the streets of San Francisco

The T-Mobile International is a great time!

Coke Buddies For Truth

Fair is fair.

You Have Bad Taste in Music

Great video from the Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake show in LA.

Bush was AWOL in 1972

Lost Weekend?

Are You a Good Googler

Old Yahoo Internet Life article about Google. Also by Googler they mean - user of Google not - an employee.

It's Just the 'internet' Now

Wired runs out of things to write about.

Office Space soundboard

Totally using this on my next call.

The World Star Gazette

Superior News from a Source You Can Trust

White House West

Will Ferrell - A message from White House West

Noah Glass inteviews Goldman

I'm going to call him too, but not if he says 'raucus caucus' again.

The new blogocracy

Great article by my buddy danah boyd

Dems close convention door to Moore

I'm not sure which door, because he slipped in anyway.

The DNC so far

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

It may have a name, but if it has Jar Jar - I'm out.

Blogger: Live from the DNC

cycling.blogspot.com

Some great reports and photos from the Tour by my co-worker Dylan.

Michael Moore powers Blogger!

Bing!

Lay Unaware He Was CEO Of Enron, Say Lawyers

Almost plausible.

BlogOn and blogging on in Boston

Van chauffer rockstar confessions

The Strokes have a weakness for In-N-Out, Beasties have weakness for Armadillo Willy's?

Homemade Bottle Cap Tripod

Save $9 off the production version and get friendly with your local hardware store. Double bonus.

NeXt cube burning

Not as easy as it first seemed

CSV to vCard

A nice little trick so you can import into the Apple Addressbook application

Canon Digital SLR comparison grid

EOS D30, D60, 10D, 300D, 1D, 1Ds and 1D mark II covered herein.

2004 Election coverage - What I'd like to see

Amen!

OurConvention.org

What to do in Boston if You're Under 35

iPod Resource link list

Rejected engravings to Weather on your iPod, it's all here

Picasa Download

Picasa now free!

AlwaysBlogging

Google Acquires Picasa

A more descriptive comment to follow post-IPO. Quiet period and all.

Blogg?

Google Acquires Picasa

WNBA player acknowledges she's gay

You know you've got a browser problem when...

I *heart* Firefox.

Getting the Band Together, Part III

You are all total phobes.

FactCheck.org

Annenberg Political Fact Check calls politicians on their campaign mudslinging.

Groove Networks Releases New Workgroups Tool

I hope the Groove client has gone on a diet.

I read it for the articles... about Britney's engagement

Wonkette Does Boston

...or MTV does something right!

HBlogger for Palm

Blog from your Treo or other connected Palm.

SmartKlamp

Even more glad we opted out of the knives-penis mess with our son. Yuck.

TiVo Customer Suggestions

Let Tivo know what you would like to see in the next version.

Commercial Alert

Stop aggressive marketing towards children. If you dont speak up for them no one will.

Safari RSS

Supports Atom out of the box!

MacOS survival notes

Cmon Nelson - iOrganize will rock you!

iPod Your BMW

Like I needed one more reason to buy either of these fine works of art.

Cheney drops F-bomb on senate floor

A frank exchange of f-youz.

Customize your lips

...your shirt lips

The Calgary Sun: Am-Bushed

Turns out peaceniks were the real patriots all along

gCount - gMail message count

For Mac users. Neat.

HELLO (San Francisco)

Talk about friend of a friend

Organizer cancels Comdex 2004

First Lollapalloza now Comdex, next up Christmas!

Lollapalooza 2004 cancelled!

Now where am I going to catch Sonic Youth and Morrissey on the same bill???

Dive into favorite jokes

Mine is #52

Google Search: oh hot baby

shellen dot com - home of hot babies

Blogging: A Web Diary Tour

NPR with a blogosphere rundown.

Themed Fonts

Scooby Doo font - where are you?

G-Mailto

Just what I needed.

I know they call it a quiet period but sheesh!

VirtualStapler

Revolutionary Online Stapler Simulation

PhotoMatt goes out on top

Like Michael Jordan, I'm sure he'll be back.

Bluetooth Bounty

The not-so-lazyWeb approach to getting what you want out of your hardware of choice

Saves the Day, The Alps bassist Sean Mc Grath loses battle with cancer

28-year old Sean leaves behind a fiance and some of my favorite music. RIP.

The father of www finally gets his due

1.2M is still a tad less than a Jeff Bezos or Jerry Yang made, but it will keep you neck deep in Eskimo Pies.

Elevator For Sale

Gotta love Craigslist.

Gore NYU speech excerpts

Where the @*%$ was this Gore in 2000?

Turn your PC into a Mac - Engadget

Christ, what have I started?

Found: Item of the Week

April 25th is my favorite.

The Cowbell Project

Bruce Dickenson would approve.

Who is Automated Marketing Solutions Inc.?

...and why no link back from their many sites. Weird.

Honor the Gipper with a smoke

Great find - by my buddy Chris at whatisleft.org

SoundRec for Treo 600

Free sound recorder released for the Treo 600! Even exports to WAV.

danah boyd, google intern

Hoping to soak up some smarts this summer - I of course mean me.

the OQO computer

Fits in the palms of your hands.

Microsoft granted patent for double-click

Uh oh.

Ten things about Steve Jenson

Complete Guide to Guys

Dave Barry's G2G movie coming soon.

DVRs 'Recapture' 96% Of TV Ad Zapping

DVR owners are more likely to watch TV period, enhancing recall over normal TV viewers.

At the Atom Community meeting

PhoneSpell.org

What does your phone number spell?

Collectify

You know, for collectifying stuff.

Auto type photos

The Dart Swinger is my favorite.

The Wired 40

What no Blogger mention? Ok - I'll settle for the corporate name.

TrailerOn

Bike... Bring Stuff! [link via Bruner Blog]

Eats, Shoots and Leaves Quiz

I'm a 58% stickler.

FICA Condor

This looks more impressive in person and only $299 sans P4.

Eric Idle presents The FCC Song

If they broadcast it, it will cost a quarter of a million dollars.

Caroville on innocence

A reminder that the West Memphis Three have still not received a fair trial.

Hello, Photoblogging

The BloggerBot is your friend. Really.

To Woo Impatient Novices, Google Tweaks Its Blogger

We also did it for the nookie, the nookie - yeah.

How To Build A Blog

CBS News walks you through setting up a blog. Could use some screenshots IMHO.

Stattoo

Info that blends in with your Mac OS X Desktop. Needs a feed reader.

Estonia, where being wired is a human right

Well it is!

We will crush you

Vengeance is almost always a bad idea, unless you are Batman.

Powell Says C.I.A. Was Misled About Weapons

How do you mislead the CIA? Tell them the NSA are working for the KGB? Seriously?

SprintPCS Camphone blogging with Blogger

FreeCache

I thought it was FreeCash when I clicked the link. Damn.