Unvarnished - Travis Smith
Overheard
“I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it.”
Juxtaposer: It’s like the first Photoshop for iPhone
http://juxtaposer.info/Main.html
Well, minus about 2000 features... but it's pretty cool. My friend Hendrik wrote the app.
The New Yorker’s editorial in support of Obama
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/10/13/081013taco_talk_editors
Well said sirs, well said.
Canadian stock market is down 8.8% today
http://finance.google.com/finance
U.S. is down "only" 7%. When the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold. Ouch.
Guitar Pedal Manufacturer Goes All Web 2.0
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/guitar-pedal-ma.html
EHX is our client.
Google Docs has a new spreadsheets editor
http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=112475
It's much nicer looking.
Vancouver Reminder: Find out how to apply for $5MM in funding for local news projects
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=73319110202
Facebook | NewsChallenge Meet Up Vancouver, hosted by Susan Mernit. I'm going fer sure.
Overheard
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
Now *that’s* a big Schnitzel!
Overheard
“There are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you are safe, but bored. Or you can care greatly, and live greatly, ‘til life breaks you on its wheel.”
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Stuff White People Like: Ultimate
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/09/23/110-frisbee-sports/
This is so not true, there were one black people on my team this summer! And this fall we have an entire Asian person! Geez.
Many more people would ride bikes, if bikes were more like this
Seriously -- more storage, ability to haul a passenger, it's a great idea.
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Overheard
“Adams’ Rule of Obvious Calamities: Any calamity that is foreseeable by the public at large won’t turn out so bad after all.”
Upcoming iPhone features (comic)
http://ifyouseesomething.net/2008/10/01/upcoming-iphone-features/
I like the choosing the safari crash color.
Pigs in the Bahamas - a set on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/echeng/sets/72157605113505126/
Surreal, but sure real.
SquareTrade.com seems to offer affordable after-purchase warranties on tech gear
http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2008/09/lipstick_on_a_p.html
I'll try it on my next electronics purchase.
William Gibson writes in Wired about eBay and his watch-collecting obsession
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.01/ebay_pr.html
I also collect watches. Thanks, Darren.