Revisiting Desert One.
Mark Bowden, who wrote Black Hawk Down (the book), wrote a feature for The Atlantic on the failed hostage rescue attempt in 1980. I heard the NPR interview this afternoon and stumbled on the excerpt later.
Awesome Kids’ Clothes.
Man, these are some awesome clothes. Makes me wish I was 9 and had cool parents like me. I want the Cult LRM shirt. (Thanks, Mat uh YOW ski!)
Zillow.com
Instant real estate evaluations, based on some proprietary calculations and public data. Yikes! (via)
BroswerCam.
I’m going to be subscribing to this next month, I believe. Does anybody else have experience with it?
Cut Copy, Bright Like Neon Love.
I have “Saturdays” going through my head on infinite loop.
I Thought I Had A Lot Of Macs.
DAMN. They have me beat by, well, a thousand or so.
Regression Therapy.
I dare you not to sing along. Whoa. WARNING- Youtube link (via)
DIY Solar Power for $600.
Still out of my price range, but getting much closer. I like the idea of being able to power a laptop all day with this. I’d love to upgrade to a larger system, ’cause we have 8 hours of Southern exposure and a good-sized roof to work with… (via)
Boards Of Canada Video.
Hm. Starts out interesting, and ends up a surf highlight reel. FYI, The footage in the beginning is of Col. Joe Kittinger, who made the highest-altitude parachute jump, in 1960, from 102,000 ft. (via)
iBook Screen Spanning Hack.
I’m very nervous to try this, but I’d also like to try it. I could use the extra desktop space.