Wow-Imagine my surprise when my favorite geek/wierd stuff/political/epherma blog Boing Boing looked strangely different this morning. It’s a nice change from the decidedly lo-fi preceding version, and it reads a lot better now, but I don’t like the idea of splitting the gadgets off into their own section–one of the things I liked most about the original was the anything-goes smorgasboard of stuff each day. Progress, I suppose…
This is an O’Reilly book about Designing Interfaces, with a pretty detailed companion website. I’m going to have to go to a store and lay hands on the actual book, because most of the online information is nothing new.
This is a Google mashup which highlights restaurants on a map based on zip code. It’ll be helpful after a few months when more restaurants are entered, but it’s a great start. (via)
All the glyphs on OS X in three handy PDF sheets. Beats hunting and pecking for the € symbol. (via)
I don’t know what’s funnier about this story, really. From everything I’ve read, Petraeus is a straight shooter who will tell the truth about Iraq, so I’m not surprised our lousy government is trying to keep any bad news covered up. But it still makes me mad that they’re trying to spin this thing like their half-baked war is a success.
How to use a wristwatch as a compass. I keep forgetting this one, but I love it.
There’s a fantastic article in the latest New Yorker about the mysterious honeybee illness that’s threatening the commercial apiary business here in America. (Commercial honeybees are essential for pollinating most of the crops grown and sold here in the States.)
Through a completely random scan, I found a site which has a user-contributed list of photobooths by state. Apparently there’s one in the basement of the American Visionary Arts Museum, which I would like to visit sometime soon.
!!! Holy CRAP, I want to buy this place and live in it! (via)
update: I had no idea these were in Waldorf! Apparently, though, the gubmint wants someone to come and tear them down.
What rock have I been living under that I missed Pandora? I mean, seriously, where the fuck have I been? Enter a couple of artists you like, start the playlist, and edit to your heart’s content. I’ve already found three albums I want to buy based on my love of drum & bass/trip hop/DJ mix, and other suggested artists I already like have come up in the mix. Plus, it works with a Squeezebox, another electronic gadget I lust after.
Or, maybe I should finally just subscribe to XM Radio.