December 2007
Get smarter! Go use some creative tools from... →
CreatingMinds.org has these great creative tools that can
help you and your organization become even more creative.
I highly recommend them.
Good design is for everything, including radiators →
There’s alot of objects in home that no one seems to want to design well, and these often have to do with heating and cooling. But there is no reason these can’t be well designed. Over at the CONTEMPORIST blog is striking proof of this with examples of radiators from Carisa that are exceptional.
There is wealth of other great design examples at that blog, too. Well worth a visit.
Web 2.0 Template Generator →
Very cool tool to generate templates
52 Proven Stress Reducers →
Resolve to be less stressed next year….
A good introduction to algorithms →
If someone has to learn about computer algorithms, a very nice introduction can be found at the well designed site called DataStructures. This site is
dedicated to students and other who want to learn about programming, data structures, algorithms and how to write efficient code. You will find free e-books as well.
PocketMod: The Free Recyclable Personal Organizer →
A very cool and small way to keep organized
A visual aid to help you diet…the 300 calorie food... →
You know tomatoes have alot less calories than bacon, but how does it compare? See these images:
Over at the 300 Calorie Food Picture Gallery you can see the difference between these foods and many more.
Scone Recipes & Photos - Joyofbaking.com →
A great collection of scone recipes. Yum!
LEO KEMPF - Cardboard Furniture →
Low cost furniture that is ALSO well designed
Project Euler: for those who love math and... →
If you know someone who loves mathematics and computers, send them over to the web site, Project Euler.
Simply, it’s…
a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to...
10 Questions to Ask Yourself to Regain Your... →
Find Santa with the Norad Tracker →
Kids everywhere want to know where Santa is, and the always watchful people from NORAD can help with the NORAD Santa Tracker at Northpole.com
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas!
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. →
Berkeley Logo (UCBLogo) →
cURL and libcurl →
cURL is the tool for easy web development
“Chuck Norris sues, says his tears no cancer cure”... →
Chuck Norris has a serious suit against a Penguin book that mocks him. I think he has a good case, regardless of what you think of Chuck Norris. However, the Yahoo! News title seems to continue the mockery with the headline:
Chuck Norris sues, says his tears no cancer cure - Yahoo! News
Perhaps he did say that, but most of the quotes in the following news article are pretty much what you...
Bacon: chocolate for men →
Over at Boing Boing is the excellent posting: Web Zen: bacon zen As the comment from V suggests, bacon IS chocolate for men.
The entire flow chart above — which is very funny — can be found here.
P.S. Thanks to my good friend Leta for news on all things bacon!
2007’s 101 Dumbest Moment in Business from... →
Alot of year end reviews are boring or lame. Not the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business from FORTUNE. It’s sad but true and also VERY funny. One of my favourites is #70: Circuit City (70). Here’s the details:
In a cost-cutting move, Circuit City lays off all sales associates paid 51 cents or more per hour above an “established pay range” - essentially firing 3,400 of its top performers in one...
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Making the World... →
Lots of cool DIY science projects here.
My favourite new blog: Evil Mad Scientist... →
This is a great site for all you geeks / evil mad scientists.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Making the World a Better Place, One Evil Mad Scientist at a Time
Tip from one of my other favourite blogs, Geekdad.
The design retailer Moss shows you how not to... →
There is a fine line for “attitude” retailers like Moss: you can’t be too open and friendly, or you may lose your cachet, your edge. But it can easily slip over into arrogance and hostility. I think to walk that line you have to have an air of friendliness but still maintain that distance, that aloofness.
I think Moss slips over the line, based on this reading. Or perhaps Franklin Getchell...
Xing, academics and body language →
Look at the pictures at the following URL: XING Corporate Information - Management
There is a relationship between a person’s title and their body language? Can you see what it is?
What to eat in Toronto in 2008! Or a great new... →
I think I have the perfect new year resolution for people in Toronto: eat all of this food before 2009! Forget that dieting stuff, this is the year to Eat, Drink and be Daring (as the good folks as Toronto Life recommend).
Go to the article…but not on an empty stomach!
Why you should not buy cheap wine from the LCBO... →
I’ve blogged about good / cheap wine under $10 at the LCBO. There are lots of reasons to go with wine at this price, but it doesn ‘t mean you should only buy wine at low prices. For example here are some good reasons why you should not buy cheap wine:
You won’t get the same flavours you will get from a better bottle of wine. On average, more expensive wines will have more flavour, either now...
How Academics are using Facebook for their studies... →
Over at the - New York Times is a good article on how Facebook is being used as a serious tool for academics. For example:
In other words, Facebook — where users rate one another as “hot or not,” play games like “Pirates vs. Ninjas” and throw virtual sheep at one another — is helping scholars explore fundamental social science questions.
“We’re on the cusp of a new way of doing social...
Free CSS Editors →
CSS/ HTML Tutorial - Table of contents | Free HTML... →
More good tutorials on CSS and HTML
Style Sheets Example →
A very cool example of using CSS
CSS Tutorial : Introduction - web.blazonry →
Excellent CSS tutorial at this site!
Dynamic Drive CSS Library- Practical CSS codes and... →
Really good examples of CSS code at this site
Layout Gala: a collection of 40 CSS layouts based... →
A great collection of simple CSS layouts.
I am doing research on CSS and best practices...
….can you tell? :)
How to defeat Captcha →
How can you defeat CAPTCHA? With sophisticated software? Not necessarily. RMG, a company in a legal dispute with Ticketmaster (a big user of CAPTCHA) does this:
“We pay guys in India $2 an hour to type the answers.”
If you want to know how tickets to an event can sell out so fast, read this: Hannah Montana Tickets on Sale! Oops, They’re Gone - New York Times
How to drive traffic to your blog →
Not sure how useful this is, but based on examining my blog stats on Wordpress.com, here are some observations I came up with that seem related to driving traffic to my site (not that I am Robert Scoble or anything..and what is alot for me is really not much). But they are practical tips.
Here they are:
Make it easy for search engines to find you: use searchable words in your blog title. I...
A new art form: the customer review at Amazon! →
Want to see what I mean? Go see:
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz
It’s 97 pages. 9-7.
If you open up your web site to others to work on, they may work on it in ways you might not suspect.
(Tip: www.andrewsullivan.com)
Personal Automation in the 21st Century
In the 20th century much of the labour associated with cleaning a house was automated by machines. (There is still somethings we do, but comparatively, alot less.) In the 21st centry, much of the labour associated with personal assistants will be automated by machines. We will all become CEOs in a way, just like in the 20th century, we all became masters of a house of servants.
Inexpensive gift ideas at Real Simple →
The good folks over at RealSimple.com have some great ideas for this Christmas. They have a nice Holiday Gift List Worksheet and a list 50 Gifts Under $50.If you are not close to done or could use some help, go there now.
(Tip from lifehacker.com)
Quote of the day
Google is a reputation management system - Wired
Philip K Dick on Reality
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.-Philip K. Dick
CarePages.com | CaringLife →
A very good community site set up by SickKids in Toronto
Beating a Dead Horse - The Humor Archives - funny... →
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Oscar Wilde Quotes / Quotations - Quoteopia! →
Lots of great Wilde Quotes here!
AJAX frameworks - For newbies →
Links to jQuery, dojo and more……
ThinkofCode.com->PHP tutorials->Store data... →
A Very simple example of how to use AMP to capture data and store it in a DB
Great Gift Ideas for Christmas and any other times →
Over at ThinkSimpleNow.com is a list of 40 Simple Gift Ideas to Spark a Smile | . If you are stuck for gift ideas, check it out. They have separated out into:
* Unique Gifts * Gifts that Touch the Soul * Books that Change Lives * Alternative Wrapping Ideas
Who wouldn’t like something like this?
Virtual Appliances -> Products →
I tried the VA LAMP appliance and it worked pretty well
One more reason why Jott is great :)
That worked fine! I logged in and I used the (647) number and now everything is working well! You have a great service AND great user support! Well done! I will tell everyone I know! FeedBack wrote: Hi Bernie, It appears that you do have an account set up with your cell phone number and yahoo email. I have reset your password to XXXXXXX. You should be able to log on to the site using that 10...
One of the great things about Tumblr: email...
One of the thing I like about Tumblr is that I can send emails to it and voila! they appear as blog entries (like this one).
YouTube - Fall Out Boy - Love will tear us apart... →
Great to see a cool new band like FOB covering a cool old band like JD