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Sep 13th

Sep 10th

“Download map area” added to Labs in Google Maps... →

Very, very nice feature addition!

Jul 8th

Honduras, Here I Come

Well, tomorrow I’m headed for Honduras. The myriad circumstances that have culminated in this trip are kinda staggering. My connection with Honduras came from two different directions—my church, who is for the second consecutive year is taking a mission team to La Ceiba, and my coffee, which led me to La Union, Lempira, Honduras. We’ll be flying out tomorrow, June 12, and will...

Jun 12th

Do away with property tax uncertainties →

Wouldn’t this be nice. Unfortunately, we’re talking about Illinois, so I’m not holding my breath.

Jun 7th

Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader... →

I’m glad they’re moving in the direction of more open standards. I think I chose the right e-reader!

May 23rd

May 11th

LendleBlog: Are publishers now opting out of ebook... →

lendle: One of the reasons we’ve been so keen on tracking statistics surrounding the number of lendable books in our catalogue is that it means we’re harvesting information about an industry in its formative stages. Almost no one else has this information — and if they do, they’re not sharing it. One of…

May 3rd

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KC donates “Cranes for Kids” →

Very cool—sounds like a fun project all around!

Apr 25th

Dear Podcasters:

Please, please, listen to your podcast and adjust the volume level of your (mostly useless and probably too long) lead-in/lead-out music to match the volume level of your voice(s). Thanks, Eric

Apr 8th

Kindle’s Real Page Numbers →

I’m glad that Kindle took the time to wait and roll this out when they could do it right. I’m eager to see real page numbers on more and more books.

Mar 16th

Server Attention Span →

XKCD is spot on again. Dear anyone with a mobile site: DON’T DO THIS!!!

Mar 7th

Feb 26th

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So. Cool.

Feb 24th

Windows Drivers for Kinect →

OK, this is not helping me resist buying a Kinect.

Feb 22nd

http://xkcd.com/859/ →

Feb 11th

Goodbye, Last.fm →

If there’s one thing I hate (and trust me, there isn’t), it’s companies that entice users with a free (well, ad-supported, which isn’t exactly free) or freemium product and then switches it up. Either have the foresight and honesty to charge a fair price from day one or keep your word. Fare thee well, last.fm.

Feb 7th

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleMobile... →

This is a good move. It’s a lot nicer to look for apps on a desktop.

Feb 3rd

Feb 2nd

Google: Bing Is Cheating, Copying Our Search... →

Feb 1st

Jan 27th

The design of datalist →

This makes me way happier than it probably should. I’ve often been frustrated that comboboxes don’t exist in HTML. This will make database and form design much nicer!

Jan 11th

http://xkcd.com/844/ →

Jan 7th

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Nov 22nd

http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/why-making-... →

Interesting conclusion. I will say that, when I spend a lot of time making a meal, I tend to eat less.

Nov 20th

Watch

OK, even adjusting for an obviously one-sided discussion aimed at giving ammo to an audience that’s already made up their mind, this just has to stop. A choice between a virtual strip-search, sexual assault, or verbal/psychological abuse to produce an illusion of security is just ridiculous. I understand how they’re getting around the fourth amendment, but we’re talking about an...

Nov 11th

CodeSOD: Thourough Username Validation →

Best login script ever. My favorite part (that the article didn’t mention) is that it exposes every username in the database to anyone with a DOM inspector (aka, IE8+, FireBug, Safari, Chrome).

Nov 8th

Whiteside County sample ballots →

Nov 1st

Oct 28th

http://donmilleris.com/2010/10/26/children-dont-lea... →

Oct 26th

Stop! Don’t chute! →

Good Idea, Bad Idea

Oct 19th

Help Hollie meet her goal for the American Cancer... →

Oct 8th

Oct 1st

Updated Gmail app in Android Market →

If Google isn’t careful, pretty soon the GMail Android app won’t suck anymore!

Sep 21st

User Experiences: Customizing Pinned Sites →

Some IE9 goodies. IE’s getting harder to hate, and I don’t know who will take its place as whipping boy of the web dev community.

Sep 17th

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Sep 5th

Frank Chimero: There is a Horse in the Apple Store →

There is a horse in the Apple Store and no one sees it but me. I think, “Why?” What is the villain here that blinds all of these people to this situation? Am I nuts for thinking this is exceptional? Does anyone else see this? Did I accidentally drop acid and not realize? I must take a photo….

Sep 3rd

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Watch

This is such a great organization. Building communities while producing CoE final round contendor coffee. That’s what I like to see!

Aug 24th

Watch

A great close-up video of the vacuum (or syphon) coffee brewing method.

Aug 23rd

Aug 22nd