November 24, 2008
These are my links for November 24th from 19:40 to 20:29:
LED blinky panel - Lots of soldering, but interesting random blinky effect.
Teddy Bear Remote Control - Another intricate project. Uses some different materials - like conductive tape. Also, builds a muslin 'circuit board' inside the piece. Probably not washable, but some great construction ideas.
Bats Have Feelings Too - A more complex project with a LilyPad. Good notes on project design and sewing choices.
November 21, 2008
These are my links for November 20th through November 21st:
CSSKarma.com » Header and Footer in the Semantic Web - Calling for abandoning 'header' and 'footer' for more semantically correct monikers.
Quote: What if you want to put the logo somewhere else? Maybe your copyright and contact information isn’t stylish at the bottom of the page anymore? Or you just want to move that sidebar where your "footer" is? You’ll have to rework the markup, move code around and waste time. This takes a valuable function of out CSS, you should be able to completely redesign the layout of your site without touching the markup (unless you want to add stuff, of course). That’s the true power of CSS.
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November 20, 2008
These are my links for November 19th through November 20th:
Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy - Lots of good historical datapoints to mull here. Note section about how internet-based social groups, in their quest for "more," skipped right past small groups - which is where a ton of interesting interconnection and conversation happen.
mental_floss Blog » Sweetest Song Ever: “Tonight You Belong to Me” - A favorite song, done by a number of different artists.
DVD-R,DVD R Media,DVDR Blank Media,DVD R,DVD+R,Dual Layer,Double Layer,Printable DVD,DVD Case,Duplicator,USB Flash Memory,Ink Cartridges - Awesome supplier of blank disks (DVD, CD) and thumb drives.
November 18, 2008
These are my links for November 18th from 06:12 to 07:39:
JS-909 - This is just too much fun. A beat machine.
Electromagnetic Field Shielding Fabrics - All kinds of conductive fabric and stuff.
Conductive Fabric: Make Flexible Circuits Using An Inkjet Printer. - Making circuits on fabric using resist techniques - crayons or wax can be used
These are my links for November 17th through November 18th:
Visualizing - Pressure sensor made with conductive thread and snaps
Three Fabric Buttons - Pressure sensitive buttons created with conductive fabric.
P&G's McConnell Not Sure Marketers Belong on Social Networks - Advertising Age - Digital - "Mr. McConnell pointed to the drumbeat of complaints about social networks being unable to monetize their sites.
"I have a reaction to that as a consumer advocate and an advertiser," he said. "What in heaven's name made you think you could monetize the real estate in which somebody is breaking up with their girlfriend?" "
November 16, 2008
These are my links for November 13th through November 16th:
Ypsilanti Citizen - Well done! The news will out!
Maeda's SIMPLICITY: Think-Make-Think -
Spoonflower: Print custom fabric on-demand - You could lay out pattern pieces for stuffed animals, tote bags, whatever on this, perhaps to sell as project kits. (Integrate this idea with LilyPad Arduino?)
November 12, 2008
These are my links for November 10th through November 12th:
a degrumpifier STAT! Even the puppies aren't helping. - logista - #7rdfw - Instant de-grumpification.
I Don't Care About Your Personal Brand " The Buzz Bin - "The combo of incredible value AND the personal brand is lethal. But one would succeed without the other, and its not the personal brand."
Spidercamp: cold women, kept safe - A good short story about sisters, and stuff.
November 10, 2008
These are my links for November 10th from 07:18 to 08:39:
swffit - Smart Flash Resize Script - 100% Width and 100% Height - Helpful for doing a moving image background???
1stAveMachine: Home - Full screen video backgrounds on a website. Woah.
Lensbaby - Composer - Maybe a gadget for Christmas?
November 8, 2008
These are my links for November 6th through November 8th:
The latest research on the correlation between religion and niceness. - By Paul Bloom - Slate Magazine - "The Danes and the Swedes, despite being godless, have strong communities. In fact, Zuckerman points out that most Danes and Swedes identify themselves as Christian. They get married in church, have their babies baptized, give some of their income to the church, and feel attached to their religious community—they just don't believe in God. Zuckerman suggests that Scandinavian Christians are a lot like American Jews, who are also highly secularized in belief and practice, have strong communal feelings, and tend to be well-behaved."
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"The sorry state of American atheists, then, may have nothing ...
