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08 Jan 09
xkcd: Converting to Metric → The key to converting to metric is establishing new reference points. When you hear “26° C,” instead of thinking “that’s 70° F,” you should think, “that’s warmer than a house but cool for…
08 Jan 09
It _really_ bugs me when people interrupt me when I’m answering the phone. They can’t wait for four frakking seconds to be polite? Ugh.
08 Jan 09
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Seattle: Green River near Auburn → Hydrologic info for the Green River. Currently in the ‘caution’ zone at its single checkpoint, but seems to have crested already and is expected to drop from here on out.
08 Jan 09
That’s what _she_ said…!
07 Jan 09
One of these days I should bring in a candy dish and bag of M&Ms for workplace snacking. Would dramatically improve my little cubicle world.
07 Jan 09
I was going to add “Die Hard“‘s source novel to my Amazon wishlist, but at $213.94 for a paperback, it’s a longshot… http://ping.fm/UX5D8
07 Jan 09
UiRemote: The Universal Infrared Remote for iPhone → With the help of this small accessory, you will be able to use your iPhone to control your TV, DVD, Cable box, Projectors, Digital Photo Frames, AC, Fans, & Backyard evil robots, whereever you go….
07 Jan 09
25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek → Here’s what’s amazing about the Mac as it turns 25, a number that in computer years is just about a googolplex: It can look forward. The Mac’s original competition—the green-phosphorus-screened…
06 Jan 09
The temptation to run at the 8’ tall, 4’ wide rolls of bubble wrap in our warehouse and bounce around like a human pinball is really strong.
06 Jan 09
6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now → Every year, we see scores of innovations trickle onto the web — everything from new browser features to cool web apps to entire programming languages. Some of these concepts just make us smile,…