January 2009
“If you don’t remember filling out 12 pages of Japanese tax forms, you might want...”
– The Curious Case of Missing Yen (via Daring Fireball)
“Here it is, 2009, and I’m typing SQL statements into my telephone. This is...”
– Tim Bray
WatchWestern Spaghetti (ePES via Ned Batchelder)
“Patio heaters burn liquefied petroleum gas, while most Agas use oil, electricity...”
– The campaign against Agas starts here (Monbiot.com)
Watchmaniacalrage:
Photo Booth Montage
Sean Madden asked me to respond to his Photo Booth montage with one of my own, so I grabbed all the photos I had taken recently and dropped them into a quick vid. No big deal.
(I think I accidentally recorded Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” in the background.)
The Corkscrew →
A video
(via Ned Batchelder)
The ultimate in decluttering →
Convert your friends in to hamburgers using the WHOPPER Sacrifice app on Facebook.
What BK has unwittingly done here is provide a way to determine the valuation of Facebook (in Whoppers).
“If you printed out the SMIL 3.0 specification on US-Letter-sized paper, it would...”
– A gentle introduction to video encoding, part 4: captioning [dive into mark]
The Dial Up Kid →
Younger viewers may need to ask a grown-up what these noises mean. (Via Manical Rage.)
“In case you missed it: All songs will be DRM-free in iTunes.”
– Macworld Expo Keynote: Live Update