site of the day archive for august 2009
- 08/31/09 - Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food - A look at the societal costs of cheap food. (www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1917458,00.html)
- 08/30/09 - Ornate Letter Directory - A huge collection of ornate and stylized letters avialble for print. (jcengraver.com/OrnateLetterDirectory.html)
- 08/29/09 - twitter for organizations - Twitter best practices for nonprofit organizations. (diosacommunications.com/twitterbestpractices.htm)
- 08/28/09 - mysterious letters - In April 2009, we sent a personal, handwritten letter to each of the 467 households in the small Irish village of Cushendall. We hoped these unsolicited letters would prompt neighbourly discussion, spreading across the town, promoting community curiosity. (mysteriousletters.blogspot.com)
- 08/27/09 - insanewiches.com - Insane sandwich fun. (www.insanewiches.com)
- 08/26/09 - Victoria's sidewalk prisms - A look a the historic sidewalk prisms in downtown Victoria. (islandnet.com/~ringuett/prism/report/prisms.htm)
- 08/25/09 - history's greatest gadgets - Wired takes a look at two thousand years of gadgets. (www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/02/historys-greate)
- 08/24/09 - tapeyourself.com - 1. Tape your face. 2. Take your picture. 3. Submit it now. (www.tapeyourself.com)
- 08/23/09 - Star Trek Re-watch - A look back at the original Star Trek series. (www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=48618)
- 08/22/09 - medieval gastronomy - Food, cooking and meals in the Middle Ages. (expositions.bnf.fr/gastro/enimages/anglais)
- 08/21/09 - outdoor play - 30 classic games for simple outdoor play. (www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/08/simpleoutdoorplay)
- 08/20/09 - dissertation haiku - Your dissertation. As a single haiku. (dissertationhaiku.wordpress.com)
- 08/19/09 - disgusting websites - Top 10 disgusting websites to share with friends. (www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-10-disgusting-websites-to-share-with-friends)
- 08/18/09 - periodicvideos.com - Videos about each element in the periodic table. (periodicvideos.com)
- 08/17/09 - crappy taxidermy - Really bad examples of taxidermy. (crappytaxidermy.com)
- 08/16/09 - foundoncraigslist.com - Hilarious conversations with Craigslist sellers. (foundoncraigslist.com)
- 08/15/09 - scouting new york - I work as a film location scout in New York City. My day is basically spent combing the streets for interesting and unique locations for feature films. In my travels, I often stumble across some pretty incredible sights, most of which are ignored every day by thousands of New Yorkers in too much of a rush to pay attention. (scoutingny.com)
- 08/14/09 - this is the only level - A flash game with only one level. Sort of. (30 levels, really) (armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level)
- 08/13/09 - night photography - 54 out of the box night photography examples. (smashingdownloads.com/2009/08/11/54-out-of-the-box-night-photography-examples)
- 08/12/09 - Penguins, Lizards and Apple's X Factor - How famous OS logos got started. (cio.com/article/499135/Penguins_Lizards_and_Apple_s_X_Factor_How_Famous_OS_Logos_Got_Started)
- 08/11/09 - Jon and the Neocons - New York Magazine takes a look at why neoconservative pundits Love Jon Stewart. (nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/08/why_conservative_pundits_love.html)
- 08/10/09 - Ignite - If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers. (ignite.oreilly.com)
- 08/09/09 - How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll - An Alternative History of American Popular Music. (elijahwald.com/beatlespop.html)
- 08/08/09 - the web of Seinfeld - A map of the Seinfeld social network. (moviefill.com/untitled/The-Web-of-Seinfeld-17)
- 08/07/09 - automatic tweet generator - Twitter is a wonderful thing, perhaps mankind's greatest achievement of all time. But it has one major flaw-- using it requires you to waste time thinking about and typing what you want to Tweet. Well, no longer! With this handy generator you can automatically create a piece of fascinating information and send it straight to your status for the world to pay attention to. (eviltrailmix.com/tweet)
- 08/06/09 - Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator - Make your own! Invalidating legitimate presidencies since 2009! (kenyanbirthcertificategenerator.com)
- 08/05/09 - Why There Are No Girls In San Francisco - A blog devoted to understanding why there are no girls in San Francisco. (whytherearenogirls.blogspot.com)
- 08/04/09 - letters to the president - An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process of how those ten letters make it to the President's desk from among the tens of thousands of letters, faxes, and e-mails that flood the White House each day. (whitehouse.gov/video/Inside-the-White-House-Letters-to-the-President)
- 08/03/09 - Abbey Road - The many album covers of Abbey Road. (www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1203117/The-Abbey-Habit-How-Beatles-famous-album-cover-inspired-dozens-imitations.html)
- 08/02/09 - page not found - NPR's new 404 is very helpful. (www.npr.org/404)
- 08/01/09 - lamebook.com - The lamest moments captured on Facebook. (www.lamebook.com)
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