It’s Friday, and it’s been a long week, and so here’s a collection of random links I’ve found this week that you might find interesting. This week, I’ve the courtesy to break ’em up into subject areas.
GEEK + TECH
- Fear the SSN algorithm : http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=679&doc_id=178957
- Digg vs. IE6 : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/10/can-you-digg-it-maybe-not-if-youre-stuck-on-ie6/
- “… as obsessions go, battling the Borg is waaay overrated” : http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/lets-all-take-deep-breath-and-get-some.html
- RSS is too slow : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/09/speeding-up-rss/
- Check it : http://malwarebytes.org/
- FTP vs SFTP : http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/13/142210/RIP-FTP
- Font potential : http://craigmod.com/journal/font-face/
- Zeldman gets interesting : http://www.zeldman.com/2009/07/14/pain-is-my-alarm-clock/
- lifehacks for designers : http://www.designer-daily.com/25-amazing-lifehacks-for-designers-2579
- Unlock the potential of WordPress widgets : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/14/5-useful-and-creative-ways-to-use-wordpress-widgets/
- Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Google Analytics : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/16/a-guide-to-google-analytics-and-useful-tools/
ART
- Photos of larval fish from Belize : http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/sets/72157607254072541/
- Polaroid me : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/13/rollip-brings-back-distant-memories-of-discolored-polaroid-photos/
- New Right Hand Pointing : http://www.righthandpointing.com/
GARDENING
- If only my plants could water themselves : http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/irrigatingplant/
- Squirrel vs. Dog – squirrel wins : http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=vansli&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=vansli&plckPostId=Blog%3avansliPost%3ab9ea79fe-db93-474b-90c6-a3525c874fdc&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest
- Gardening can kill you : http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2009/07/thanks-for-all-the-memories.html
HYPER-LOCAL
- Betty Martin recalls the time daddy wouldn’t let her swim : http://bettymartin.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/the-backstroke/
- New theme park in Tomball : http://swamplot.com/grand-texas-theme-park-in-tomball-bringing-some-of-that-texas-frontier-spirit-to-texas/2009-07-09/
- The history of Rosenberg : http://www.fbherald.com/articles/2009/07/14/news/doc4a5cb19b3cddd157802480.txt
- Work (for free) for Swamplot : http://swamplot.com/wanted-swamplot-neighborhood-correspondents/2009-07-15/
- Hey Annise! It only really works if you use it : http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/wanted_social_media_consultant.php
MUSIC
- Paste interviews Todd “I’m Always on Tour” Snider. He says, “I swear, it’s the truth, I’m not as into music as I am into chicks who will shave their heads and fucking whack a car with an umbrella.” Seriously. : http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/07/catching-up-with-todd-snider.html
- Not enough Snider? The previous link links here – the (mostly) true story behind Greencastle Blues : http://www.knoxville.com/news/2009/may/22/life-lessons/
MEDIA
- “Â So now you want to put a price on a so-so online product that heretofore has been free and can largely be duplicated elsewhere? Good luck with that.” : http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2009/07/you-cant-charge-for-something-that-doesnt-provide-value.html
- Screw the Ethicist, tailgaters deserve worse : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19FOB-ethicist-t.html
- Subsidize this : http://uhjournalism.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/subsidizing-journalism/
RANDOM
- I’ll do this … tomorrow : http://lifehacker.com/5309174/banish-clutter-by-evaluating-your-collections