December 2010
45 posts
The Hidden Magic in TextMate | Think Vitamin
This looks like a valuable feature I was not aware of in TextMate.
The Hidden Magic in TextMate | Think Vitamin: ⇧⌃T – To-do list – This feature scans the project for code marked as ‘FIXME’, ‘TODO’ and ‘CHANGED’. It provides an informative list of them along with comments.
nvALT 1.0.4
Great stuff. Check it out fellow Mac users.
nvALT 1.0.4: Brett’s latest, nvALT 1.0.4, adds custom color options for the note title pane, social sharing, and more. If you’re already using one of Brett’s earlier versions, you can upgrade by simply clicking Notational Velocity -> Check for Updates.
(Via practically efficient)
The Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team...
I agree with @gruber. Just go read it.
The Greatest Letter Ever Printed on NFL Team Letterhead: I don’t want to spoil a damn thing about this. Just read.
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(Via Daring Fireball)
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Interview exchange of the day | Daniel Pink
Interview exchange of the day | Daniel Pink:
From Deborah Solomon’s New York Times Magazine interview with superstar physicist Brian Greene …
SOLOMON: Do you think SAT scores define intelligence?
GREENE: No. They define the capacity to answer questions on an SAT test.
(Via Daniel H. Pink)
YouTube - Sir Ian McKellen, On Acting
(Via Joe Shirley)
It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver.
When I discovered Quicksilver (with partial thanks to Merlin), it was like catching your breath after staying underwater too long or discovering magic.
It is done. Adieu, Quicksilver.: It was a good run. So long, old friend.
I love LaunchBar—but she’ll never be another you.
I made “the switch” from Quicksilver to LaunchBar about a year ago, so Merlin held out quite a bit longer...
★ Title Junk
★ Title Junk: An awful lot of websites use patterns for page titles that are ugly, hard-to-scan, and/or just plain stupid.
And then he said:
The New Yorker’s home page title is sloppy:
National and world news, Profiles, culture, reviews, fiction, poetry : The New Yorker
The New Yorker — arguably the most precisely punctuated and copy-edited publication in the English-speaking world —...
Online Fandom » Why, despite myself, I am not...
Good points that explain why I still endure Facebook.
Online Fandom » Why, despite myself, I am not leaving Facebook. Yet.: When I signed up for Facebook in early 2006, it boasted of its strong privacy, of my ability to control who saw what. I used it as a place to share things I didn’t want publicly searchable. Now I’ve been teaching about the internet long enough to know not to post...
Free Music That Doesn't Suck
Got this email from one of my favorite bands, the Floating Men. They say to spread their message far and wide so everyone can download their latest music for free! Two CDs. A rock opera! Get it now. Details below. You won’t regret it.
Happy holidays from The Floating Men! If you don’t already have Act I: No Clocks, No Calendars, scroll down and redeem the download coupon for a free...
Sam Lipsyte: “The Dungeon Master” : The New Yorker
Terrific find. I’m off to seek more Lipsyte (that sounds like some soft of personal problem doesn’t it? Like a junkie or a fat person seeking a back alley weight loss surgeon?)!
Sam Lipsyte: “The Dungeon Master” : The New Yorker: he Dungeon Master has detention. We wait at his house by the county road. The Dungeon Master’s little brother Marco puts out corn chips and orange...
‘Inevitable’, Eh?
Great catch by the Daring Fireball:
‘Inevitable’, Eh?: Jenny Williams, reporting for Computer Weekly:
HTC has spoken out against internet reports that claim HTC HD7
handsets suffer from antenna ‘death grip’ problems, similar to
those experienced by Apple’s iPhone 4 users. […]
From The Wall Street Journal, back on July 19:
Taiwan-based HTC said Monday that reception problems aren’t...
Seattle Police to Use Twitter in Stolen Car...
Terrific use for Twitter.
Seattle Police to Use Twitter in Stolen Car Recovery: Seattle Police Department blog:
When a car is reported stolen in Seattle, employees in the Seattle Police 911 Center will tweet the color, year, make, model, body style and license plate of the stolen car. Twitter followers who spot a car that has been tweeted as stolen on “Get your car back” should call 911.
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Stopping the world
Fascinating.
Stopping the world: Oh, this is lovely. Someone took a high-speed camera and instead of pointing it at something fast, they put it on a fast-moving train and shot footage of the platform moving by.
Wonderful illustration of the concept of frames of reference. (via capn design) Tags: time video
(Via kottke.org)