December 2008
29 posts
5 Tips For Making Great iPhone Photos →
My iPhone has been like crack to me since the day one on the market, June 3, 2007. Most of us iPhone users make regular and swift use of the impressive ‘Net, email, and location-based tools,…
MRY XMS BRB LOL! →
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“A Zulu man wearing adaptive glasses. Photograph:... →
“A Zulu man wearing adaptive glasses. Photograph: Michael Lewis”
“What if it were possible, he thought, to make a pair of glasses which, instead of requiring an optician, could be “tuned” by…
2000-year-old 'computer' recreated →
Of course, if this device is a computer any mechanical watch or clock is, too. Calling it an astronomical clock would be more accurate. But regardless, it’s quite impressive to see the…
No ShopRite Cake for Baby Hitler →
When you name your baby Hitler—or, in this case, Adolf Hitler Campbell—perhaps you are stacking the deck against him. A NJ family is upset that ShopRite refused to personalize a cake with…
Mitch Mitchell, Drummer in the Jimi Hendrix... →
Insights About Leaders and Followers from an... →
I just finished read a wonderful article in the American Psychologist called Leaders, Followership, and Evolution, by Mark Van Vugt and his colleagues. You can get a pdf from Van Gut’s website…
WCAG 2.0 finally a W3C Recommendation →
Today the W3C announced that Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG) is now a W3C Recommendation. The announcement is available in W3C Web Standard Defines Accessibility for Next…
Teenage Text Message Plans Now Include Unlimited... →
In the latest shocking exposé of raunchy teenage behavior on the the internet or cell phones, today’s Daily News reports on the rising numbers of teens who use their phones to send scantily…
Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring... →
Tribune Company Files for Bankruptcy →
The Tribune Company, which owns the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and Baltimore Sun, as well as the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field, has filed for bankruptcy, which Dealbook calls, “the latest —…
Greenpointers: Sunday Snaps: Wintery →
The shot that won it all →
Winning photo from among 55,000 contestants in the 2008 Metro Global Photo Challenge made with a Canon Powershot SD500 point-and-shoot camera and a $20 plastic tripod.
Obama taps Shinseki as VA secretary - White House... →
“You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader,” he said. “You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it. And without leadership,…
Unfortunately Timed Standard Hotel Opens Next Week →
Unfortunately Timed Standard Hotel Opens Next Week →
John Cranford Photography →
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Scary Bailout Money Info Graphic | VOLTAGEblog →
TheStar.com | sciencetech | 2,700-year-old... →
Typecast - Japan's obsession with blood groups | →
Toilet Museum Needs You! →
The AMTMoA (that’s the Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art, for you philistines) is holding their first-ever call for submissions! Before you go trying to steal the royal throne at the Louvre, read…
At the Museum of the City of New York, Ray... →
Accessibility: Making Video and Audio Usable For... →
Nicholas Hughes →
Gothamist: Another Sunny Day →
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CineFile Video » T-Shirts →
Global Classrooms - Going Off to College for Less... →