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Old roadsigns

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Posted 4:19am 8/20/2008

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The most famous trips in history

As traced by GOOD Magazine.

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Posted 4:08am 8/20/2008

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World Records Seen From Above

A sample of the pictures Vincent Laforet has been taking at the Beijing Olympics with his staggering amounts of gear.

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Posted 3:51am 8/20/2008

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Stone facade

Stone facade
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I think this scene bears a striking resemblance to the set of The Prisonerthis one too. They were actually taken in Longwood Gardens, a beautiful park in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Posted 10:10pm 8/18/2008

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How to Shoot the Olympics, Laforet Style

I’m assuming “Laforet Style” is photographer-speak for “fantastically wealthy.”

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Posted 8:14pm 8/11/2008

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Ideas are just a multiplier of execution

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Posted 8:14pm 8/11/2008

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GM: What a difference fifty years makes

Automotive design used to be jaw-droppingly awesome.

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Posted 8:14pm 8/11/2008

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Audio versions of this year's Hugo-nominated stories

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Posted 8:14pm 8/11/2008

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Typography of the Electric Company

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Posted 3:30pm 8/9/2008

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Posted 3:29pm 8/9/2008

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Classic computer advertising

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Posted 3:28pm 8/9/2008

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30 years of the Lego minifigure

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Posted 3:17am 8/7/2008

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Six Principles for Making New Things

“Find simple solutions to overlooked problems that actually need to be solved, and deliver them as informally as possible, starting with a very crude version 1, then iterating rapidly.”

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Posted 3:17am 8/7/2008

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Launched: pnt.me

When the dot-me domains were released a few weeks ago, I thought it might be fun to pick one up and officially launch some “url shortening” code I’d been experimenting with. Today I managed to put the finishing touches on the first version of pnt.me — which I think looks a lot like “point me,” but won’t waste any extra characters in your tweets.

It’s a standard url shortener, meaning you give it a link that looks something like http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&pwst=1&q=url+shortening&start=10&sa=N and it gives you back something more like http://pnt.me/CzwU9K.

It does have a few other features:

I’m working on a bookmarklet that will let you shorten links from anywhere on the web, but it’s got issues in IE. And sites with frames. And Wikipedia. (Like I said, I’m working on it.) Try it out if you like, your mileage may vary. I hope to have a new and improved (read: “working”) version up soon.

All in all, I’m quite happy with how things are coming together. It’s fun to polish and release code originally intended to just be a weekend project. Personally, I got a lot more out of the experience knowing it would be in front of someone other than me when it was finished.

Thanks to everyone on Twitter who helped test things out this afternoon. And extra thanks to Jaythan for adding some most-excellent style my wireframes.

Posted 3:52am 8/4/2008

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How to Show Telephone Numbers On Letterheads

From the early 1960s.

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Posted 10:41pm 8/2/2008

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The ever-dwindling list of still active players who appeared in RBI Baseball or Tecmo Super Bowl

Just one left.

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Posted 10:41pm 8/2/2008

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Zombie Haiku

For those with whom I will be dining this evening. No, not on brains.

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Posted 10:41pm 8/2/2008

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Graffiti for Butterflies

How to paint a roadmap for butterflies to follow in urban settings.

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Posted 12:45am 7/17/2008

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What did Apple BASIC sound like?

Extracting the ancient software from its audio cassette.

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Posted 12:44am 7/17/2008

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