Archive for March, 2006

My del.icio.us bookmarks this week

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
  • A four-part series on the techniques to create that worn look. Awesome.
    (tagged: art cool creativity design diy fonts free graphicdesign graphics guide howto illustration image images import layout media photo photography photos photoshop ps reference resources retro style tutorial tutorials typography useful web webdesign)
  • Cut a line around the potato, boil it, then dunk it in ice water for 10 seconds, then carefully squeeze the potato out of the skin!
    (tagged: awesome cooking food howto japan lifehacks tips tv video)
  • Learn how to create that oh-so-sexy worn look. Links galore from this article.
    (tagged: article design graphicdesign graphics guide howto layout links photoshop reference)
  • A neat little unobtrusive javascript that creates tabs for you from your markup.
    (tagged: css design dhtml dom howto html interface javascript js web webdesign webdev webdevelopment webstandards xhtml)
  • A neat sum-up of some of the basic and advanced structures of javascript.
    (tagged: ajax dev howto html javascript js programming software tutorial web webstandards)
  • This book looks to be the go-to guide for writing modern javascript. Go read the sample chapters! +wishlist.
    (tagged: books documentation dom howto javascript js standards tips useful web web2.0 webdev webdevelopment webstandards work)
  • Can’t find that awesome Penny Arcade comic you saw 3 years ago? This search engine will help you more than the official site’s lame dropdown box and search that only searches the titles.
    (tagged: comic list pennyarcade search webcomic)
  • a useful guide to some helpful applications that will free that valuable hard drive space up on your mac.
    (tagged: apple downloads free guide hdd howto mac osx software space)

Blanket Man has a Posse

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

I was stunned and amused to overhear some of my collegues say that Blanket Man has a wikipedia page. Turns out his name is Ben Hana.

Wow. This is pretty awesome, because while a lot of people don’t think he should be on the street, he is, so the least we can do is learn more about his reasons.