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Month: November, 2008

Links from Saturday, November 15, 2008 to Tuesday, November 25, 2008

‘Special’ T-ShirtInspired by the "CBS Special Presentation" intro from the '80s. Want. A little pricey at $28, though.(tags: none)
The Queen’s Favorite DrinkGin and Dubonnet. Thirty percent Gordon's gin, 70 percent dubonnet. With a lemon slice *under* two square cubes of ice.(tags: none)
Cheap Healthy Good: Easy Vegetarian Bean Chili
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‘Tokyo Reality’ shot with prerelase Canon 5D MkII

Tokyo Reality (Canon 5D MarkII) from utsuru on Vimeo.
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Links for Friday, November 14, 2008

Jessi Klein Hates Foodies"Let me be clear: I really love eating and I love food. I think anyone who knows how to cook anything is a genius, and I always appreciate the time and love that goes into a home-made meal. And I love going to restaurants. I love menus and forks and appetizers and [...]

Links from Monday, November 10, 2008 to Thursday, November 13, 2008

FlickreditAllows you to download and keep backups of your Flickr photos. Good to have. You never know what will happen to online services in this day and age. Especially with Yahoo circling the drain. It's Java-based, so should work with Mac/PC both.(tags: Flickr Flickr:Hacks photos technology )
Macabre but Fascinating: Death Masks [...]

Links from Wednesday, November 5, 2008 to Thursday, November 6, 2008

Newspaper Framing at thePaperFramer.ComCosts about $53 for a 12-by-22-inch frame — large enough to fit a broadsheet newspaper, like, say, the November 5, 2008, cover of the New York Times.(tags: newspapers framing )
Quartz Composer: Tiger’s Sleeper Hit App?Dan Dickinson's hint on how to build your own screensavers for Mac OS X. Old news, [...]

How Kansas voted

County by county on the New York Times map, Kansas was almost entirely red, with three exceptions in the eastern part of the state.
I grew up in Johnson County (above). Knowing the people I grew up with and among, there’s no surprise it went McCain. I wish my good friends who still live there could [...]

Alien Lanes in Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles

Tonight on Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, someone stole the Connors’ credit cards and made a charge at a bowling alley called Alien Lanes. The bad terminator calls up the credit card info on his computer:

Alien Lanes is, of course, one of Guided by Voices’ best albums:

I never thought to research the title of this GBV [...]