Misc

Charmingly half-finished, coffee-stained sketches of San...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:27:49 -0600

Charmingly half-finished, coffee-stained sketches of San Francisco (mostly the Mission) by Aindrila Mukhopadhyay on Flickr. Great use of Flickr maps too.

Space Explorer by Bill Robinson, who also has a blog and even...

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:00:00 -0600

Space Explorer by Bill Robinson, who also has a blog and even more awesome flimflammery for sale

“I like retro cartoon pinups. I like fuzzy space aliens. Perfect match!”

I’m excited to see “A History of the Sky: A dynamic...

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:40:54 -0600

I’m excited to see “A History of the Sky: A dynamic time-lapse visualization of the sky for an entire year” at the SF Exploratorium. Two things I love: clouds and time lapse!

“Here is a movie made from images from the camera’s first 42 days on the roof of the Exploratorium. The earliest day is in the upper left, and consecutive days follow left to right, then down, with the most recent day in the lower right.”

Watch it in fullscreen HD!

The Mostly-Random Password Generator

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0600

The Mostly-Random Password Generator:

The difference between typing the words “authentic” and “aggregate” is small, true, but multiply it by the number of times you type your password … it’s a lot.

How a web design goes straight to hell

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:30:40 -0600

How a web design goes straight to hell:

The hardest I have laughed in a long, long time

"Every time you attempt to parse HTML with regular expressions, the unholy child weeps the blood of..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0600

“Every time you attempt to parse HTML with regular expressions, the unholy child weeps the blood of virgins, and Russian hackers pwn your webapp. Parsing HTML with regex summons tainted souls into the realm of the living. HTML and regex go together like love, marriage, and ritual infanticide.”

- Stack Overflow (via Cody)

“It’s like there’s a gap. For the first couple...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:46:22 -0600

“It’s like there’s a gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, what you’re making isn’t so good, okay … it’s not that great. It’s really not that great. It’s … it’s trying to be good, it has some ambition to be good, but it’s not quite that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game — your taste is still killer.”

Watch this, okay? Especially you creative types. It’s important.

This is possibly even cuter than an axolotl

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:38:00 -0500

This is possibly even cuter than an axolotl

Business model

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:10:21 -0500

Boris: also, not only the layout but user experience may need to be custom tailored to each mobile device to maintain parity with other native apps
Heather: as much as I hate this argument, at least the underserved are used to being underserved
Heather: iPhone users are definitely not
Heather: they complain if it doesn't do foot massages
Boris: that's my next app btw
Boris: turn on vibrate and put it under your foot
Boris: I'll call it iPhoot
Boris: and i'll sell it for free, but I'll also sell special handy wipes that cost $5

Sum-up Stories

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:28:26 -0500

Sum-up Stories:

I also love Jane Solomon’s flash fiction.

I love my coworkers. “Get viral!”

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:00 -0500

I love my coworkers.

“Get viral!”

"But even factoring in their annoying eccentricities, the disobedient attitude of hackers is a net..."

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:02:00 -0500

“But even factoring in their annoying eccentricities, the disobedient attitude of hackers is a net win. I wish its advantages were better understood.”

- Paul Graham, The Word “Hacker”

English IPA visualizer

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:19:19 -0500

English IPA visualizer:

I made this little toy forever ago and didn’t bother putting it on the interweb because, well, it’s totally useless. But I just realized there is NO PENALTY FOR USELESS TOYS ON THE INTERNET.

A call for writers

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:08:34 -0500

Hey guys, you know the drill. I’m whipping up a batch of internets and you’re all invited.

If you’re a writer (aspiring or otherwise) and want to be an early member of a new creative writing community, shoot me an email and I’ll send you an invite. It’s not open to the public yet but I think it has great potential, and you guys always have the best feedback. :)

heather@rivers.pro

No, no, the Night Runner DELUXE.

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:45:38 -0500

Orion: At the new space, the guy next to me is trying to order 48 hamster wheels, but they have to be a very particular model of hamster wheels and they need to be shipped to Phoenix
David: You can't cut corners when it it comes to vengeful practical jokes

"Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical..."

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:27:38 -0500

“Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.”

- Stanley Kubrick, 1987 (No Kubrick Movie is Just a Movie)

I have the occasional hobby of hollowing books, filling them...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:02:51 -0500

I have the occasional hobby of hollowing books, filling them with things and giving them to people; it’s a nice, relaxing AFK activity for when I want to listen to podcasts and keep my hands occupied. One time I took pictures of the process to share some pitfalls and techniques I’ve picked up or developed, in case you would like to try it sometime. Here they are!

How to Hollow a Book in 80 Easy Steps

Geek Etiquette: Dress codes

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:11:47 -0500

Dresscode	Geek version	The rest of the world
None	Dressing gown; underwear; nothing; ~~Frankenfurter~~ Klingon outfit	Trackpants, tshirt, and sneakers
Casual	Trackpants, tshirt	Jeans, tshirt or collared shirt
Business casual	Jeans, tshirt	Chinos, collared shirt
Business	Chinos, collared shirt	Suit and tie
Semi-formal	Nice pants, nice shirt	Dark suit and tie
Formal	Suit and tie	Tux (”black tie”) or tails (”white tie”)

Via Geek Etiquette

"One or two generations from now, the impossibility of scrubbing every private utterance for the..."

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:34:04 -0500

“One or two generations from now, the impossibility of scrubbing every private utterance for the demands of permanent public presentation will lead to a society much more accepting of occasional flubs, faults, and flaws. Behold, the triumph of context.”

- Anil Dash, Privacy Through Identity Control via @grantbarrett (This is what I’ve been banking on all this time with my incurable oversharing.)

When my heart hurts, only Ani will do. I think I’m going...

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:30:32 -0500

When my heart hurts, only Ani will do. I think I’m going to disappear with her for a while.