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“Groovy Motherfucker”

Entries for week beginning April 27, 2008

May 3, 2008

Olinda

Schulze & Webb’s hardware prototype of a socially-networked open-source digital radio. Some excellent ideas for internet-enabled physical objects in the pamphlet.

May 2, 2008

5 Cats that Look Like Wilford Brimley

The most important webpage you will look at today.

XSketch

Multiplayer online Pictionaryalike.

Review: Apple Keyboard

I’ve been using an Apple aluminium keyboard at work for the last couple of weeks (after stealing it off the desk of a departing colleague), and can confirm that it is an amazingly comfortable surface on which to type. Only downside: The function keys are different from the ones on the laptop keyboard, so I keep hitting the wrong ones.

May 1, 2008

April 30, 2008

April 29, 2008

YouTube - batting stances: red sox

Accurate and entertaining impressions of Red Sox players’ batting stances. His “Youk getting a third strike” is uncanny.

Falindrome.com

“The world’s largest (only) source of fake palindromes!”

April 28, 2008

Holy Crap! Pepper // Peppermill // Mint: A Fresh Look at your Site

Hehe. Plugin for Mint which sends you an email if you get referrers from Digg, Reddit, Slashdot, etc.

April 27, 2008

World Tapir Day

Hooray for tapirs — the most wicked awesomest damned herbivores in the world!

Creative Review: Spiritualized and Farrow: made for each other

Interview with Jason Spaceman and Mark Farrow about the fantastic packaging they’ve put together for Spiritualized’s albums. They’re one of the few bands where I make sure to buy the “deluxe” CD.

Gigantic: A Tribute to Kim Deal

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Gigantic: A Tribute to Kim Deal

Boston Apple Store

Apple’s “Coming Soon” facade for the new Boston Apple Store is fashioned after the Green Monster scoreboard. Well played, Apple!

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