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Bookmarks for December 3rd through December 4th

delicious These are my links for December 3rd through December 4th: arduino meets processing - PUSHBUTTON - Do you innovate or opt for the safe route in web design? | News | Duoh! - Veerle Pieter's thoughts on sticking your neck out in web design. CSS Angles: Just the Edge Your Web Page Needs! [CSS Tutorials] - Make shadows with nothing.

Bookmarks for November 25th through December 2nd

delicious These are my links for November 25th through December 2nd: SparkFun Electronics - microcontroller info - here be dragons Miller-McCune | Article | The Close Relationship Between Pop Music and Advertising - "Major labels function with the assumption that 90 percent of artists they sign are going to fail — that should have been a red flag for everybody. I mean that’s a bizarre business model in any arena. But particularly in the cultural arena, the idea that the system through which culture is transmitted is dictated entirely by profit should concern us, because that’s going to narrow the types of culture that are transmitted. And then, on top of that, the alternative venues of distribution are stuck in the ...

Bookmarks for November 24th from 19:40 to 20:29

delicious 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.

Bookmarks for November 21st through November 24th

delicious These are my links for November 21st through November 24th: The Electronic Goldmine - All kinds of electric and electronic goodies. Vibelights.com offers Neon Wire and EL Wire in 10 Electroluminescent wire colors as well as Cold Cathodes, CCFL kits and Raw CCFL's. - Leather iPod Touch Case using Water! - Simple leathertooling instructions A Blob is born on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Resin constructed blobs. With noise. And LEDs. And stuff

Bookmarks for November 20th through November 21st

delicious 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. Where The ...

Bookmarks for November 19th through November 20th

delicious 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.

Bookmarks for November 18th from 06:12 to 07:39

delicious 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

Bookmarks for November 17th through November 18th

delicious 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?" "

Bookmarks for November 13th through November 16th

delicious 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?)

Bookmarks for November 10th through November 12th

delicious 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.

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