This is fun and interesting: Poladroid, a tiny app that creates faux-Polaroid images from any image you like. It gets a lot of the details right (10 images to a session, old-style textured frame, a pseudo-Lomo effect at the edges) and does a nice job. (Mac only)

Date posted: November 19, 2008 | Filed under flickr, shortlinks | Comments Off on Poladroid

AP: Stevens Loses Alaska Senate Race. Sweet justice. They should now throw this asshat out onto the tundra and paintball him from helicopters.

Date posted: November 19, 2008 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Comments Off on Stevens loses race

FUCK, FUCK, FUCK. FUCKITY FUCK. God dammit, now there’s a Flip MinoHD. Son of a BITCH.

Date posted: November 12, 2008 | Filed under flickr, shortlinks | Comments Off on Flip MinoHD

CopyPaste Character – a handy reference for web design.

Date posted: November 10, 2008 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on CopyPaste Character

Change.gov, a website put up by the Obama campaign. If they use this to its fullest potential, this could be a game-changing tool for his presidency.

Date posted: November 7, 2008 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Comments Off on Change.gov

Apparently, Maryland has an online firearms safety training program for potential law enforcement recruits. I’m still going to take the in-person course, though.

Date posted: October 28, 2008 | Filed under projects, shortlinks | Comments Off on www.mdgunsafety.com

Plainview, a full-screen web browser, with a tiny footprint. Helpful for designers like me. Very nice.

Date posted: October 27, 2008 | Filed under projects, shortlinks | Comments Off on Plainview

Palin’s Nightmare. HA! This is so funny, it’s criminal. This dumb broad needs to get some book learnin’, dontcha think?

Date posted: October 27, 2008 | Filed under politics, shortlinks | Comments Off on Palin’s Nightmare

14 to 42: New York City Signs. I’m a sucker for old signage. This is a magnificent historical timesuck. (via)

Date posted: October 24, 2008 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on NYC Signs

I’ve been looking for a good quick method for converting color images to black and white, and this article has the LAB color method I’d read about a long time ago. I just set it up as a Photoshop action for future use.

Date posted: October 24, 2008 | Filed under flickr, shortlinks | Comments Off on Color to Black and White