Archive for June, 2007

Chic: Aaahh freak out! Le Freak, c’est chic

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

It’s 1977. Disco. Don’t freak out.

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China’s Name Space Problem

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Yahoo reports that Chinese surname shortage sparks rethink.

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Nintendo Wii Becoming Less Scarce

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

The Target store in Santa Maria, CA had ten Nintindo Wii games available Saturday, June 9, 2007. Yes, I bought one. No waiting list, no nothing.

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Is Cloudy Thinking Ginormous?

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Kel Richards writes about the new (in the U.S.A.) word Ginormous. This could be big.

Marc Andreessen — Guide to Personal Productivity

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Marc Andreessen writes about personal productivity. It’s a great read.

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Steve Rubel on The Attention Crash

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Steve Rubel writes about The Attention Crash, his take on only so many hours in the day.

Karen Von Hahn asks: Are you a Phonie?

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Karen Von Hahn writes Note to phonies: Reach out and touch someone … in front of you.

Marc Andresson — Ultimate Cheatsheet of Cheetsheets

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Marc Andresson has posted a cheatsheet of cheatsheets. This is a “Wow!”

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Shrinking Size of Phone Books Track Decline of Landline Phones

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Jeremy W. Peters writes As Cellphones Multiply, Phone Books Get Slimmer.

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American Pie — Lyrics Decoded

Monday, June 4th, 2007

This video interprets the lyrics of the song American Pie by DonMclean. Delightful.

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Tim Bray on Ruby on Rails, Java and JRuby

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Tim Bray is interviewed about Ruby on Rails, Java and JRuby (the love child of Ruby and java).

Mark Pilgrim: One Year with Linux

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Mark Pilgrm reports on his year (so far) using Linux.

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