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iCal calendar for the World Cup matches. Here's one for Outlook. (thx, armistead)

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 11:35AM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 10, 2006 9:00 AM

Coudal has a look at what people have read where they've read it with Field-Tested Books. Participants include George Saunders, David Rees, and Rosecrans Baldwin.

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 2:54PM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 10, 2006 8:59 AM

An update on how many players from Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Super Bowl, and RBI Baseball are still active. The Mets Julio Franco is still playing at 47 years old.

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 2:24PM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 10, 2006 8:59 AM

My stitches are itchy. But I have to lick at them when Phoggie isn't looking. When she caught me the other day she put me in a baby bodysuit. I was mortified.

Originally from Blue's Sunny Life by find_me@dogster.com (Blue) reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 8:07PM

Originally posted by find_me@dogster.com (Blue) from Blue's Sunny Life, on June 10, 2006 8:49 AM

Thanks to all of your awesome bug reports and close work with our engineering team, we're about to release Movable Type 3.3 (Beta-2), which is really looking rock solid. Not only that, when we do, we're going to have a few other awesome additions. More on that in just about an hour or two...

Originally from Movable Type Beta Weblog by jallen reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 10:00PM

Originally posted by jallen from Movable Type Beta Weblog, on June 10, 2006 8:47 AM

The one semi-interesting thing to emerge from the half-hearted Matt-hacking is that Matt owns dashpress.com, .net and .org, and has for the past three months or so. From the context in which it was first mentioned, Dashpress sounds like some kind of server-hosted to-do list, you know, this sort of thing:

• Change password
• Bitch about Six Apart
• Write own version of common software from the ground up e.g. forum, wiki, stats, to-do list
• Become bigger than Google

What has this to do with the hacking? Well, if you see this strange new word ‘dashpress’, and Google turns up nothing, banging ‘dashpress.com’ (or .net, or .org) into your browser is the logical next step.
(It wouldn’t have been mine, by the way — I’d have gone subdomain hunting on wp.org. I tend to forget how cheap domains are these days, or think that there must be some limit on how many can be owned by one person.) There’s nothing there now, of course, but if things were under construction there may have been sensitive information left lying around.

(My other theory is that the strange new word was actually the password, but then I have to doubt whether anyone in the world would be that silly.)

Originally from wordpressâ„¢ wank by wank reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 10:19AM

Originally posted by wank from wordpressâ„¢ wank, on June 10, 2006 8:47 AM

Peg-leg pint-size pirate
Originally uploaded by schickr.

Originally from hello, typepad by David Jacobs reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 10:12AM

Originally posted by David Jacobs from hello, typepad, on June 10, 2006 8:47 AM

In a society that pops a pill for every conceivable malady, in a society that rewards athletes with hundreds of millions of dollars, in a society that values money over all else, we must recognize that performance-enhancing drugs are rampant and widespread in all professional sports, and we're not going to get rid of them by vilifying the users.

We've tried that in sports and in our other high-profile, punish-the-poor-and-slap-the-wealthy-on-the-wrist war on drugs.

Ben Johnson lost his gold medal. We ridiculed East German sprinters and Chinese swimmers. Nancy Reagan said "just say no" while politicians locked up black folk and won voting support.

Finally, some sanity is creeping into the mainstream coverage of steroids. Also, it appears Albert Pujols' personal trainer distributed Human Growth Hormone, a banned but difficult to detect steroid. In moderation, there are little if no side effects, and it made probably made Pujols an immediately better player. I bet 300 major league players are doing it - it still doesn't make the 298 of them who aren't Pujols and Bonds Ruthian sluggers.

Originally from hello, typepad by David Jacobs reBlogged on Jun 9, 2006, 12:25AM

Originally posted by David Jacobs from hello, typepad, on June 9, 2006 12:30 AM

The World Bank has a comprehensive package on World Cup 2006 and its relation to economics, including an economic analysis of who's gonna win and how the Cup influences economies in the winning/losing countries.
Update: Goldman Sachs has a 50+ page report on World Cup 2006 and economics [PDF link] as well. (thx, beau)

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 6, 2006, 12:40PM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 8, 2006 10:34 PM

Is it any wonder (no pun intended) that music was so much better back in the days, considering that kids back then grew up on music like this and then the next generation grew up on Barney?

Originally from Tuberaider Video by Jay Smooth reBlogged

Originally posted by Jay Smooth from Tuberaider Video, on June 8, 2006 10:34 PM

Brad Choate on the new Tags plugin and about Movable Type development in general.

Originally from Movalog Sideblog reBlogged on Jun 9, 2005, 12:37AM

Originally from Movalog Sideblog, on June 8, 2006 10:33 PM

The plugin replaces the Keywords box with a single-line Tags field that lets you enter any tags you want and assigns them as categories to the entry when the entry is saved.

Originally from Movalog Sideblog reBlogged on Jun 9, 2005, 12:31AM

Originally from Movalog Sideblog, on June 8, 2006 10:33 PM

wp-hackers angst about some company repackaging WP and selling it on without explicitly stating what it is.

Whatever the morals of this, the code itself remains open-source by virtue of being PHP and, you know, editable in Notepad; so as long as they keep some form of credit tucked away in a random text file nobody ever reads, you can’t touch them. It’s GPL, you have no rights. The developers are fine with this (who needs intellectual property when you have venture capital?) so I’m not sure why anyone else needs to worry about it.

Originally from wordpressâ„¢ wank by wank reBlogged on Jun 6, 2006, 1:51PM

Originally posted by wank from wordpressâ„¢ wank, on June 8, 2006 10:32 PM

I've written a lot about Google and its decision in China - I've always thought that the company had a chance to lead here, but talked itself into doing what everyone else has done. In fact, back when Google was just getting into China, I wrote:

The Real Irony Here...is that Google is, for the first time, being a content editor. I've written extensively about how Google, by its very DNA, does not like to be an editor of content. But in China, it's doing exactly that.

Google's first big editing job? Deciding which sites to exclude because they might offend the Chinese government.

There's still time to pull out, guys. I've read your rationalizations, and Uncle Bill's as well. I don't buy them. I don't buy that this is what, in your heart, you believe is right. Sure, I understand the logic. But, well....in your heart, is this what you wanted to do? No? Then why did you do it?

Now comes this news from the AP: "Brin says Google compromised principles."

Originally from John Battelle's Searchblog reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 12:17AM

Originally from John Battelle's Searchblog, on June 8, 2006 10:31 PM

Clap your hands and say “yeah!” for Portuguese illustrator Marta Monteiro. Her folksy styled illustrations and comics are the result of a near-perfect blending of traditional and digital methods.

Originally from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog by Johnny reBlogged on Jun 6, 2006, 11:18AM

Originally posted by Johnny from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog, on June 8, 2006 10:24 PM

Thanks to Erin for pointing out something that I missed: Joe Dumars now admits he made a mistake drafting Darko Milicic. Drew Sharp reports in the Free Press:

Dumars was asked if the clarity of hindsight gave him a different perspective. He knows that he blew it. "Absolutely," he said. "As I've said before, the pick ended up being a mistake for the Pistons. It didn't work out, and I'm accountable for that. But I won't split hairs over it. After I made the pick, (we) won a championship, went to Game 7 of the Finals and came back and got the best record in the league. Want to split hairs that somebody else could have helped us more during that same period of time, and I'll give you the same answer. Maybe so."

No, the pick wouldn't have changed much about the Pistons' past much but it certainly would alter their future to have a young stud ready to take over. The next thing for Joe Dumars to worry about: will he be making another mea culpa in a couple of years about trading Darko Milicic?

Originally from True Hoop by Henry Abbott reBlogged on Jun 6, 2006, 10:47AM

Originally posted by Henry Abbott from True Hoop, on June 8, 2006 10:21 PM

If every camera is essentially alike, what's left to attract buyers? The answer: specialization. Adapt or die.

Originally from NYT > Technology reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 12:00AM

Originally from NYT > Technology, on June 8, 2006 10:19 PM

Awesome has been quiet this week because we've been preparing to release our first major serious awesome professional piece of literature, The Very Best Weblog Writing Ever By Anyone Anywhere In The Whole Wide World!

We started this project four months ago, and in two weeks the book will be available to the world. But today we're announcing a pre-order release! Which means you get it for just $15 and pay no shipping charge! And you'll get it A WHOLE WEEK before anyone else!

Now doesn't that sound like the best way to end our first week of Cheap Ass $50 June? We think so, and we think you should hurry up and order your copy!

Originally from Awesome! by S H reBlogged

Originally posted by S H from Awesome! , on June 8, 2006 10:18 PM

I love blue bikes, cute designs, comfy, flattering tshirts, and shit under 30 bucks, so this Hardboiled shirt is basically perfect for me.

If you've never bought one of these popular American Apparel shirts that all the designers are using these days, rest-assured: the material is so soft and wearable, you'll probably want to sleep in it.  The sizes tend to run just a little small, so when in doubt, go up just a bit. 

Oh, and don't really sleep in the shirt, y'all -- that's what these are for.

See also: Hardboiled Inc., one of our very first Awesome posts!

Originally from Awesome! by citywendy reBlogged

Originally posted by citywendy from Awesome! , on June 8, 2006 10:18 PM

Growing succulents in the windowbox on the fire escape portion of my rooftop garden has become a tradition -- most likely because they are just about the only plants that can survive the intense sun, heat, and drought.

Originally from ReadyMade Blog by Gayla reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 2:27PM

Originally posted by Gayla from ReadyMade Blog, on June 8, 2006 7:06 PM

A couple of months after Liz and I arrived in Portland in January of 2005, I did a photo series of NW Portland apartment building names. It was a way to say hello to the place, a byproduct of our apartment search, a study of typography, and an exercise in answering "how many different ways can you do the same thing?" In about a month, Liz and I will move back to the Bay Area, so I did another small photo essay (inspired by the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher). This one is on the surprising variety of fire hydrants in NW Portland, something I've noticed in walking around the neighborhood in the last year and a half. (the whole set is on Flickr) Although we haven't left yet, I guess this is my goodbye letter to Portland. I've enjoyed my time here, and I've made great new friends and deepened some old ones. Thank you, PDX, and although I'm not yet gone, I certainly hope that when I am, it's not forever. [Addendum: The Internet being what it is, here's an exhaustive history of Portland fire hydrants, including an explanation of the color scheme Portland uses to mark...

Originally from Orange Cone by mikek reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 3:57AM

Originally posted by mikek from Orange Cone, on June 8, 2006 7:06 PM

William Saletan's latest highlights the use of LASIK in sports today. It totally makes sense, but blows me away all the same.

Originally from random($foo) reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 2:31AM

Originally from random($foo), on June 8, 2006 7:06 PM

What if Google was so brilliantly twisted that they’re using Writely and Spreadsheet and Calendar and massive numbers of new hires as flares to distract Microsoft (and others)? Shoot up a flare (Spreadsheet) and scare Microsoft into paying even more attention to new attacks from new directions. The flares serve one purpose: to redirect competitors’ energy away from focusing on search/ads, which are Google’s core competency (and primary revenue source). Hey look over here!!! Is Google the best slight of hand magician around? Is the “Google Office” just a head fake?

Originally from Signal vs. Noise reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 10:45AM

Originally from Signal vs. Noise, on June 8, 2006 7:03 PM

Here is a picture of my thesis twins, taken at the foothills of Senate House, the inspiration for the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984, and rumoured to have been Hitler's no. 1 choice for HQ location, had he moved in on London.


I handed them over to the flesh-eating zombie in the research degrees office, and he said 'BRAIIIIIINS....'. Gentle reader, I feel absolutely nothing.

Originally from the lady upgrade project by mr tibbles reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 7:04AM

Originally posted by mr tibbles from the lady upgrade project, on June 8, 2006 7:03 PM

Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product Manager

What could be worse than forgetting to bookmark the obscure page you found that maps out the perfect walking tour of Venice? Having bookmarked it on the computer sitting on your desk back at home, 6000 miles away, instead of on the laptop you brought along. Or how about the frustration of being on a new computer and not remembering your passwords because your browser on your old computer automatically filled them in for you?

These sorts of frustrations inspired us to build a Firefox extension that keeps your browser settings for all your computers in sync. Google Browser Sync unifies your bookmarks, history, saved passwords, and persistent cookies across all the computers where you install it. It also remembers which tabs and windows you had open when you last closed any of your browsers and gives you a chance to reopen them. We think you'll enjoy how it handles sync conflicts and "just works," enabling you to bring your browser with you everywhere.

Meanwhile, we've also been improving version 2 of the Google Toolbar for Firefox. We've fixed a bunch of bugs and made it more stable, so we're stripping off the "beta" tag. We'll be updating all Toolbar users to this new version in the next couple of weeks.

Originally from Official Google Blog by A Googler reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 10:02PM

Originally posted by A Googler from Official Google Blog, on June 8, 2006 6:59 PM

*I read her blog maybe twice a week. Three days go by, and she's found ten awesome things I have never heard of. Vivat Regina.

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008606.php I bow the knee, and so should you

Originally from Beyond the Beyond reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 6:20PM

Originally from Beyond the Beyond, on June 8, 2006 6:59 PM

Hello, readers. This is Lastings Milledge. Lastings has gotten lots of press since he’s come up to the bigs. Lastings thought he’d get lots of press, as he’s had a great minor league career so far, and is bound to do great things in the majors. But the press Lastings has [...]

Originally from Yard Work by Administrator reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 11:54AM

Originally posted by Administrator from Yard Work, on June 8, 2006 6:59 PM

The Grass-Fed Revolution: Beef raised wholly on pasture, rather than grain-fed in feedlots, may be better for your health--and for the planet. [via Saute Wednesday]

Originally from megnut.com blog reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 5:31PM

Originally from megnut.com blog, on June 8, 2006 6:55 PM

Diet Tips or How To Lose Weight with a Spreadsheet and a Web Site from Jeremy Zawodny. I like his advice, "Small changes have a major impact on weight loss because they're compounded over time." As with (nearly) everything: consistency and patience pay off.

Originally from megnut.com blog reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 11:18AM

Originally from megnut.com blog, on June 8, 2006 6:55 PM

Hot food is hot right now, and the trend's not cooling off. "While spicy is the in flavor right now, many say teriyaki may be the next big flavor. And, lavender and orange-lemon are developing a following."

Originally from megnut.com blog reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 10:34AM

Originally from megnut.com blog, on June 8, 2006 6:55 PM

yaaaaay! schacht table loom is on the way!


yaaaaay! iberia found my glasses! they are on the way!


dream friend quetzalcoatl arrived! he was in the gumball machine at the pizza place! i said, hey buddy! will paint image of him for YOU tonight! the janome arrived! will complete certain dress for YOU tonight!

(deep breath.)

yaaaaay!

Originally from serenalarogers by serenalarogers reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 8:38AM

Originally posted by serenalarogers from serenalarogers, on June 8, 2006 6:55 PM

The awesome Sarah Smith just found Awesome, and we just found her! Look at her adorable pendants at Rustic Relics!

This little cotton blossom pendant is so cute and feminine, and just the perfect touch of color and class for your favorite jeans and t shirt ensemble.

We're so glad you stumbled upon us, Sarah!

Originally from Awesome! by S H reBlogged

Originally posted by S H from Awesome! , on June 8, 2006 6:49 PM

Exactly one year ago today, I made my appearance on The Daily Show. Apparently, I am in some weird sort of seasonal cycle with Comedy Central, because tomorrow night (Thursday, June 8) I will be the guest on The Colbert Report, speaking truthiness to power, no doubt. It will be surreal, but also fun I hope. Tune in.

Originally from stevenberlinjohnson.com by stevenberlinjohnson reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 8:44PM

Originally posted by stevenberlinjohnson from stevenberlinjohnson.com, on June 8, 2006 12:33 AM

A blind inventor plans to make Internet accessible to visually impaired people by rethinking the whole damn thing. "To use a screenreader you have to understand the visual paradigm—what dialogue boxes are, radio buttons and all the rest. That's the wrong model as far as I'm concerned. What you really want is a model that is intrinsically orientated towards a one-dimensional audio stream." Chris Mairs, founder of assistive technology charity A-Technic.

Originally from Rebecca's Pocket reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 8:30AM

Originally from Rebecca's Pocket, on June 8, 2006 12:33 AM

I don't know if it's the white wine or what but I'm feeling good. Here are some other reasons why.

My tummy had been hurting for a few days. I think it had to do with dairy but who can be sure. I had a difficult conversation with a friend that I am still processing. That might be it too. This week started out with a bit of a whimper.

But last night I saw an advanced screening of a documentary that I worked on. The experience of making this, as with most films, was filled with highs and lows. I knew though that the film would be good. That the film would look beautiful and it did. I feel proud of it. It's one of those PBS art films that I used to watch as a kid. One of those films that made me want to be an artist.

Afterwards we went to one of the most beautiful bars I had ever seen. I met some new people and got a good feeling about someone I was not sure I could have a good feeling about.

I ducked out a bit early because I knew the food was going to be a small fortune! As I turned towards the escalator, I heard a voice that was familiar. I thought it was a friend of mine. I'd had three glasses of wine and two vegetable spring rolls so my judgment was challenged. I turn to see who it is and look right in the face of Terrence Howard!

I smile because I can't help it! He smiles back and we both stand there for a moment. I guess he was waiting for his friends. I overhead his ask someone if the bill was ok. I assumed it was. As I turn to get on the escalator because I was feeling like I had stood there a bit too long, he says, "We have the same glasses." And I realize we do. My ridiculously expensive Armani glasses were money well spent!

I reply, "Yeah, we do." I am about to say more but then a woman appears. I can't tell their relationship but I can read folks enough to know that the conversation was about to end there.

"Good night," I say. I get on the escalator and know that he is behind me. I smile the whole way home.

Originally from tuckergurl by Angela Tucker reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 7:48AM

Originally posted by Angela Tucker from tuckergurl, on June 8, 2006 12:33 AM

Handling drags to your Cocoa application is pretty simple: you just have to implement the informal NSDraggingDestination protocol in some view hierarchy object that has been registered for particular drag types.

Usually a drag is handled by a specific view that can make sense of the drag’s data type. For instance, an NSTextView will accept text from the dragging clipboard and plop it down into the edited documnt. Most of the time, drags should only be handled by these specific views, but sometimes it makes sense to intercept “unhandled drags” and make something useful happen for the user. For instance, when a user drags a URL to a web browser, you might as well assume that they want to open the URL, even if they carelessly let go somewhere in the browser window’s non-descript background texture.

Apple made it easy to handle such “drags of last resort” at the window level, by kindly passing along all dragging offers from NSWindow to the window’s delegate. If your delegate simply implements the required methods, you can snag and make useful any drag that would otherwise bounce back to the originator.

But handling such non-specific drags at any level lower than NSWindow becomes tricky. There is no corresponding “delegation” when it comes to NSView, so drags that hover over or release in an uncooperative view will not be accepted, even if you’ve asked the view to register for the desired types.

When you are faced with the desire to “stake out” part of a window’s real-estate as a drag destination, the simplest way to do so is to sneak a custom NSView into the hierarchy that does accept drags. But instead of writing a custom view every time you need to do this, why don’t we follow AppKit’s lead and write our own NSView subclass that makes use of the delegation strategy.

RSDragDelegationView (MIT License) is a very simple NSView subclass that does just this. To mark the background area of a part of your UI as dragging-receptive, just select items in Interface Builder and “make subviews of custom view.” Set the class of the custom NSView to RSDragDelegationView (drag the header file to your IB document to teach it about the class), and connect the “mDraggingDelegate” outlet to the delegate instance. From your delegate code, you can now ask the custom view to register for your desired drag types, and all dragging messages will be forwarded on to you as they’re received.

An example of where I use this in my own code is in the “product registration pane.” I want to accept drags generously, because I advise users to drag their product registration email into the window after they’ve paid. If they can’t figure it out, they might email me, and while I’m always up for a nice customer chat, I’d just as soon talk about other things. There’s no reason for me not to make this as error-proof as possible, so I stake out the entire space of the tab view item in which the pane is installed. By using a custom drag-enabled view I avoid inflicting drag receptivity on the rest of the window, and keep the dragging-related code right near the controller code for the UI that needs it. If another section of the window’s UI needs to accept drags liberally, the same trick can be applied without complicating drag-handling at the window level.

Originally from Red Sweater Blog by Daniel Jalkut reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 1:44PM

Originally posted by Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater Blog, on June 8, 2006 12:30 AM

I'm hosting my own yatta meetups drinkups each night of Vloggercon. A yatta drinkup means we find a table or a couple of couches at an existing night event and NOT talk shop.

That doesn't mean you can't talk shop. In fact, the person who makes up the funniest fake or existing Web 2.0-compliant app does a shot with me. In participatory media fashion, the users folks at the table browse and tag your content listen to all entries and generate the user ratings do the judging. I'm hoping to have several winners.

Originally from braintag reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 11:24AM

Originally from braintag, on June 8, 2006 12:30 AM

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Cory Arcangel has created a web page with Kurt Cobain's suicide note that, when refreshed, pulls up different sets of Google Ads based on "keywords" in the letter. Pretty droll, and about says it all about our ad-annotated culture. I should say, so-called suicide note because, this being the first time I've read it, it sure didn't sound like he was planning to kill himself. More like, explaining why he was going to stop touring. As Paul notes, there is a conspiracy theory about the "suicide" that this note certain lends credence to.

Originally from Tom Moody by tom moody reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 10:31AM

Originally posted by tom moody from Tom Moody, on June 8, 2006 12:30 AM

Mike Monteiro on why you shouldn't unilaterally call professional athletes a bunch of jackasses just because they play sports. While FIFA's preemptive cease and desist was stupid, the anti-sports stuff in the Boing Boing post Mike references was surprisingly closed-minded and disappointing, considering the source.

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 8, 2006, 12:33AM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 8, 2006 12:27 AM

Awesome must-read article about people who have implanted magnets in the tips of their fingers, effectively giving themselves a sixth sense, a sense of magnetism. A very simple human/machine hybrid...or a mutant like the X-Men's Magneto.

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 7:14PM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 8, 2006 12:27 AM

BIRD FLU DANCE WATCH! Here's the earliest instance of the Jamaican strain of the bird flu dance I could find on YouTube. A "1dance creation" it says...

Originally from kottke.org remaindered links by jkottke reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 11:02AM

Originally posted by jkottke from kottke.org remaindered links, on June 8, 2006 12:27 AM

While shooting Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa directed a number of ads for Suntory whiskey. With Francis Ford Coppola, executive producer of the film, as a guest star. The ads might not be as fun as Orson Welles drunken attempts to sell Champagne but anything by Kurosawa grabs my devoted attention.

The armies of the Takeda clan on the march in Kagemusha

Via Crazy Japan. Related: Akira Kurosawa Poster Cards.

Originally from we make money not art by Regine reBlogged on Jun 7, 2006, 3:58AM

Originally posted by Regine from we make money not art, on June 8, 2006 12:27 AM

Mark Wilkie and I are having a Web 2.0 conference tomorrow at 3pm. Venue: The Shake Shack. Speakers: TBA.

UPDATE:

Jason Kottke has purchased a keynote at the conference. (Whether or not he keynotes is another matter). All participants who attend will receive this Deck-sized ad that they can place on their website. Thanks to our "Motivator" sponsors at Mule Design for the badge.

To particpate in the virtual Web 2.0 Shake Shack conference, place this badge on your web site:

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Originally from hello, typepad by David Jacobs reBlogged on Jun 5, 2006, 1:47PM

Originally posted by David Jacobs from hello, typepad, on June 6, 2006 12:44 PM

I'd be remiss if I didn't link to Skyline for Sale, the latest Times coverage of Bruce Ratner's proposed development surrounding the Brooklyn Nets' new stadium.

The article is promising, but ultimately delivers only gossip and some rough ideas about how architects should theoretically act. There's no news. One of the Times great city writers should take a Brooklynite under their wing and cover this story and all of the characters surrounding it with a McNulty-like[1] tenacity. This is the kind of thing that a blogger should do well, but I don't know of anyone who is.

[1] That is, like a dog drying to dig up a bone in the yard.

Originally from hello, typepad by David Jacobs reBlogged on Jun 5, 2006, 12:21PM

Originally posted by David Jacobs from hello, typepad, on