July 2008
Street & Style: An Urban History of... →
We’re super-happy to be working with Tate again this year. Tate are giving Flickr members the opportunity to get involved with their new exhibition Street & Studio: An Urban History…
Netflix Profiles To Stay! [NetFlix] →
Netflix announced today that they will not be removing the beloved profiles function that let users set up separate movie queues. Hooray! Speaking from personal experience, when two people share…
NY Times Profiles The Clone Wars →
As the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars gets closer (Aug. 15 to be exact), fans and the media alike are a buzz about the story, its characters and of course, George Lucas…
FriendFeed Finally Gets iPhone-Friendly →
FriendFeed, the popular social network feed aggregator, has released a new version of its site that has been optimized for the iPhone. While FriendFeed has always featured a relatively…
Keep Rocking: 30+ Sites for Free & Legal Music →
Downloading illegal music has become a hot topic on the Web. So much so that it’s easy to forget about the plethora of sites dedicated to free, legal music. We’ve put together a list of 30+…
June 2008
Devo sues McDonalds →
David Pescovitz via Boing Boing shared by 7 people Devo is suing McDonald’s over New Wave Nigel, a toy that the fast food restaurant gives away with some Happy Meals. New Wave Nigel is part…
The Books That Changed Your Lives ["What] →
Jason Fitzpatrick via Lifehacker shared by 6 people On Thursday we asked you what books have changed your life, and over 250 thoughtful comments later, it’s clear you all have…
Sexual Education 2008 →
Oliver Widder via Geek And Poke shared by 7 people See Christopher Dawson about Sex Ed 2.0 Download sexed.comicdoc
I got married... with Google →
Posted by Jonathan Rochelle, Product Manager, Google Docs Team We love hearing stories about how our products help people, and let’s face it — weddings are one time when help is needed. For many…
Best Wishes to Bill Gates →
Best Wishes to Bill Gates, who retires from Microsoft today. As the wealthiest man in the world Gates serves as a strong example for what the rich ought to do with their wealth. The $37.5…
Extreme Lifehacker Home Office Makeover [Clutter] →
When my messy home office got so cluttered I couldn’t get anything done in it, it was time to take action—and I turned to Lifehacker for advice. Disorganization leads to lack of free time,…
Wordle Creates Cloud Art from Text or Tags [Art] →
Kevin Purdy via Lifehacker shared by 5 people Stylish Java applet Wordle creates custom word clouds out of any text you throw at it. You can also have it parse your Del.icio.us tags…
The Six Way Opener Declutters Your Kitchen Drawer... →
The Six Way Opener is a kitchen multi-tool that lives up to its moniker, offering a multitude of ways to open, grip, and pry common containers in the kitchen. At $7.95, it can open bottles,…
750,000-Brick Kennedy Space Center Is the Mother... →
jesusdiaz via Gizmodo shared by 4 people Forget about the Lego Airbus A380 and the Lego Death Star, because this video will show you the mother of all Lego models: the 750,000-brick…
We Can't Wait for the New iPhone G3 [Caption... →
“It’s even faster than the old iPhone G3.” Found on Time. Think you can do better? You probably can. Hit the comments and give it your best shot. [Time via BGR]
RIM's BlackBerry BIS v.2.5 Due On June 28, Will... →
RIM is upgrading its BlackBerry Internet Service in anticipation for the next-gen of BlackBerry devices, and chief amongst the host of upgrades is the inclusion of native HTML email support –…
Miniature Paris replica made from trash →
Cory Doctorow via Boing Boing shared by 5 people Gerard Brion’s garden in the south France town of Vaissac contains a replica of Paris built from junk, trash, glue and paint.
The…
New Wall-E Promotion Posters Invoke 1950s Ad... →
Fans of retro-styled poster art and Pixar films can now buy Eric Tan’s 1950s throwback WALL-E prints. The WALL-E designs, which include pictures of Wall-E and Eve next to slogans such as “The…
Last Minute Spring Cleaning of your Windows XP... →
Summer starts today. It’s the longest day of the year and it’s not too late for some last minute spring cleaning. Of course keeping your system clear of junk is always a good idea. However,…
How Has Flickr Helped Your Career? →
People ask me why I use Flickr all the time. Let’s answer the question proper. Pro Photographers: Has Flickr helped your career? If so, how?
Did you learn new techniques in the Strobist forum?…
Orgoo To Offer True Webmail To Existing Social... →
Social networks are, first and foremost, vehicles for personal expression and interaction. But for all the wall posts, direct messages and pokes, one means of communication is conspicuously missing:…
Our Home Town →
About noon Friday here in California, I happened to click on a Summize tab substituting for Twitter’s Track functionality and monitoring the use of my Twitter screen name. Someone named…
Father’s Day Beta Launch: Odadeo →
We’re running into the final hours of Father’s Day 2008 here in the states, and while we shared with you last week a group of 20+ tools that we deemed helpful to making this Sunday super…
Get a Ninja in Your Google Reader [Easter Egg] →
(author unknown) via Lifehacker shared by 4 people Shared by Rialtus
So stupid it’s funny.
Feeling sentimental for your classic NES? In Google Reader, hit the Konami Code key…
Online social networking, time for an... →
Mike Fruchter via MichaelFruchter.com shared by 4 people
Addiction -The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or involved in something.
The question is…
Happy Father's Day!!! →
It looks like breakfast in bed for me. Share your Father’s Day surprises in the comments. Follow-up: I think I received the best Father’s Day card ever! Okay, it’s slightly cheesy, but…
if i had a dime… →
for each view:
ha. Well, it felt wonderful last night to go out for the first time in AGES and do something foolhardy like jump into Kleifarvatn half naked at 2:45 am , in wind and drizzle,…
Q&A: How Hard is it to Get Into Photography? →
“Eric, I love photography and I think I’m pretty good. How hard was it for you to get into professional photography? Your Going Pro series makes it sound easy!”
I’m not gonna lie. It’s…
$199 iPhone? Sure, with a 2-year contract →
For the sake of time, I’ll just paste the release. Pricing for the iPhone 3G is based on a 2-year contract. Woohoo. Unlimited data plans for iPhone 3G customers will be $30/month while business…
Free iPhone 2.0 Software Available in Early July... →
It has been a long wait, but the final version of the iPhone SDK has turned out beautifully, like the new iPhone 2.0 operating system, which will be available in early July—free for…
Loaded iPhone App Store Available in Early July... →
After 250,000 downloaded SDKs, 25,000 official beta developers applicants (only 4,000 accepted), the Application Store is finally coming in July. And it’s going to be full of applications.
•…
iPhone 3G and MobileMe: Our Thoughts and Yours... →
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced several new Apple products and developments today—most notably, what we can expect from the iPhone 2.0 firmware, the new .Mac replacement MobileMe, and,…
Beautiful Black and White Photography →
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz via Smashing Magazine shared by 11 people If you’ve been following Smashing Magazine for a while, you know that almost all posts from the Monday…
John's Background Switcher Automatically Swaps... →
Windows only: Freeware application John’s Background Switcher automatically switches your desktop wallpaper at regular intervals using photos from your desktop or from online photo…
Reconsider the Butterfly Chair Outdoors →
We’re planning a trip to Palm Springs this coming weekend so we’ve been surfing a lot of hotel websites. We’ve always found a lot of inspiration in hotel design; this photo, from the Parker…
Star Wars Disney Weekends Photos →
(Photo by Matt Stroshane/Copyright Disney)
For fans eager to see all the excitement at this year’s Star Wars Disney Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort,…
Dwell on Design Downtown Urban Living Home Tour →
The highlight of this week’s Dwell on Design show here in LA was arguably the Downtown Urban Living Home Tour, with 6 different residences in or around the historical region of Downtown Los…
Ten Commandments of Photography →
Ten simple things to keep in mind the next time you pull out your camera.
Shoot what you love
Use light to communicate.
Capture or provoke emotions.
Tell a story.
Master technique.
Show old…
Video: iPhone 3G Ad Reveals Apple's Secret-Keeping... →
Did anyone else let out a Darth Vader scream when Steve said July 11? Sorry to mix movie metaphors here, but the new commercial makes me want to go all Mission: Impossible Tom Cruise and…
Gmail Gets 13 Experimental New Features [Exclusive... →
Note: This was originally posted on Thursday evening, June 5th. Several users already have these features enabled in their account.
Starting at 6PM Pacific Time tonight, Google will start…
How to Comment About Your Company on Blog Posts,... →
Marshall Kirkpatrick via ReadWriteWeb shared by 9 people For every 1000 people who read a tech blog post, there may be one that leaves a comment. Lurking in the crowd are any number of…
Schneier on Security: The War on Photography →
Schneier on Security: The War on Photography: Bruce Schneier, writing for the Guardian, has penned an article entitled “The War on Photography.” In Schneier’s article he points out the that…
95 percent of all returned gadgets still work,... →
Joshua Fruhlinger via Engadget shared by 9 people Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Blame it on poor usability or just not reading the frickin’ manual, but it turns out that 95…
Hey, Düsseldorf! →
If you’re in an around Düsseldorf this coming weekend, Kay wants to buy you brunch! Or rather, please join Kay and other members of the Flickr community in celebration of great…
Picasa2Flickr Uploads Picasa Photos Directly to... →
Adam Pash via Lifehacker shared by 9 people
Windows only: The free Picasa2Flickr plug-in uploads photos from image-editing application Picasa to photo-sharing web application…
EcoGeeks get all the girls : Yahoo! Green →
Riverdance →
What Friendfeed’s “MicroMeme” Means For You,... →
jeremiah_owyang via Web Strategy by Jeremiah shared by 4 people
Bret Taylor, one of Friendfeed’s four founders
After experimenting with Friendfeed (add me) on and off since…