December 2008
47 posts
My Year in Cities 2008
San Francisco, CA*
New York, NY*
Brooklyn, NY*
Chicago, IL
Düsseldorf, Germany
Cologne, Germany
New Delhi, India*
Nainital, India
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Brookline, MA
Edison, NJ
Woodbridge, CT*
North Bennington, VT
A quick look on Dopplr revealed that I spent a whopping 31 days in New York this year, burnt 12,281 kg of CO2, and had no travel in March or June.
One or more nights...
Critic’s Notebook - The Polaroid - Imperfect, Yet... →
jenbee:
Mystery clung to each impending image as it took shape, the camera conjuring up pictures of what was right before one’s eyes, right before one’s eyes. The miracle of photography, which Polaroids…
Photojojo is included as a “related link” in this article! Yes!
We are in much deeper trouble. In fact, we as a country have become General...
– Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com
3 Smart Things About Sleeping Late
susanbuck: elspethjane: expectoomuch:
1 // You may need more sleep than you think. Research by Henry Ford Hospital Sleep Disorders Center found that people who slept eight hours and then claimed they were “well rested” actually performed better and were more alert if they slept another two hours. That figures. Until the invention of the lightbulb (damn you, Edison!), the average person...
Apparently, you should pretend to like anyone who pretends to like you. This is...
– Twitter / hotdogsladies: Apparently, you should pre …
Another very thoughtful article. I really do admire people with the balls to be authentic with how they feel about being ‘socially obligated’ and call some of this BS in ‘networking’ for what it is.
The High Cost of Pretending
(via transistor)
Why everyone on Orkut is Brazilian
In the earliest days of Orkut (Google’s also-ran entry into social networking), the property managers featured a fun little widget at the top of the site: a country-counter, showing members’ geographical origins. Cute, right? Harmless, certainly. Google had no way of knowing, however, that the entire population of Brazil would make it a point of national pride to push their country to...
Vending Machine for Crows In June, Josh Klein revealed his master’s-thesis...
– My favorite of the NY Times Year In Ideas 2008. Now if only we could get squirrels to clean up all the gum on the sidewalks in exchange for acorns. (via saha)
Wake Up Your Mac Faster →
This will make you MacBook/Pro feel faster.
p.s. SmartSleep is a great PrefPane to enable/disable this feature and do it based on how much battery you have.
I love the Virgin America Safety video.
(The nun with the WRT54G is the best part.)
Usability Research on Federated Login (Google... →
jpcyr:
iPod Touch Online Ad on Yahoo Games
TBWA/Media Arts Lab created a spiffy new online ad for the iPod touch: it plays around with objects on the Yahoo! Games page as the ad plays.
I must say that for a user who NEVER, but NEVER click on any online ads, I found that one very compelling and very hard not to notice.
If you have chance today, please go see it on Yahoo Games for a real...
UX > The Photojojo Store →
jpcyr:
Looking for some gifts for christmas, I end up at Photojojo, a community of photographers who like photo tips and tricks and nice gadgets.
I really like their store. Simple to understand and use. I’ve the feeling that even my mother who still has some difficulties sending some email, will understand how to use this site.
Thanks, Jean-Philippe!
kittywigs.com →
abangupjob:
no explanation needed.
heh. That’s my friend Julie Jackson’s site. Her cross-stich is crazy, too.
New New York - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki →
How to get an Airport Express to wirelessly extend... →
I spent a while getting this to work today, so I figured it was worth 20 minutes writing it up in case it’d help someone else.
Renamed WiFi Networks Guilt Freeloaders Into... →
Brilliant! (via jaschu)
Rather than survey a bunch of users on every decision, the Mac team decided each...
– Why Apple is great at interfaces when others are not | TechRadar UK (via davemorin)
Grace looks great on camera. plus look! there's... →
saha:
OMG, that video is adorable. Photojojo is amazing.
(via abangupjob)
Thanks guys. It was a blast to make! Everyone, watch the video!
my apartment is famous! (oh, and buy these) →
kkr:
i saw these this morning and didn’t even realize this was chrysanthe’s place!
so cool, definitely on my holiday list (to give and to get!)
(via abangupjob)