February 2011
Anonymous Takes Down Westboro Baptist Church... →
This is precious.
WatchBilly Idol - Don’t Need A Gun
I have forgotten how much I like Steve Stevens.
“Scientists at the UK’s Institute of Cancer Research have prevented breast...”
– BBC News - Blocking enzyme cut cancer spread
“The British government has approved the sale to Libya of a wide range of...”
– British government approved sale of crowd control equipment to Libya | The Guardian
.. as well as this little article at the Telegraph, for a perspective.
Ask Ars: What is the best way to use a Li-ion... →
That would be it, as my phone battery is dangerously low.
„LET HER BE TAKEN‟ SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN MEDIEVAL... →
Things that make me happy
Herr Chaos likes to note that I concentrate predominantly on things that anger me or make those potentially nice things sound trivial, so I thought I should write a list of things that make me happy — from the elevated to the practically mundane.
Smart design that for some reason came out of my head
Even smarter and skilful drawing that came from my hand
Pens and pencils
Nice paper
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Text Editor Inside Chrome →
… that saves files directly in Dropbox. via @behalf
Textpattern - Context in depth →
A rather good look on the work of context in Textpattern.
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“You can have political/economic setups that disappoint the poor for generations...”
– BBC - Newsnight: Paul Mason: Twenty reasons why it’s kicking off everywhere via an earlier post by mappeal
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“Mind you, apparently Andy was monochroming his clients’ sites in IE6 as long ago...”
– WebKit Updates CSS3 Gradient Support, Matches Mozilla Syntax
Almost made me regret I didn’t come up with this myself.
“My two feet are in the grave but I’m alive and kicking”
– (Mairead) from the back of the lady’s wheelchair. She has no legs from the knee down but still has a lot of life in her (via vnvobit)
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“Meine letzte Reise endete mit dem Weinen von Viktors Geige. Da, auf dieser...”
– Wien-Sofia-Express - fm4.ORF.at via bendyourcircuit
“ELLE: In the film, someone says to your character, “I thought you were more...”
– Miranda July Used to Interview Towels
Oil Spill? What Oil Spill? BP Posts Profitable... →
bmdesign:
You read it right. Diverse offerings, slick PR, and deep pockets (as deep as the oil drills go) BP might have, but I doubt that the “$4.4 billion” couldn’t go to help, now and in the future, the damages from “the worst oil spill diaster in U.S. History”.
Put the profits toward diaster relief—have a positive impact not just net zero. Put the profits toward innovation at preventing...
