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You can't judge this book by its cover!

Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:53:10 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Caught this over @ Guy Kawasaki's blog. The title is punchy and gets right to the point; I'm clipping this at the encouragement of my girlfriend, and also because it goes hand-in-hand with the positive "be a nicer person" clips I've been seeing around.

I haven't read this book, but Guy's blog entry about it sure is valuable. Read and laugh... at your own peril!

Clip Source: blog.guykawasaki.com

Book Review: The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton

You have to like an author who has the testicles (or ovaries) to walk away from Harvard Business School Press because it wouldn’t let him use the word “asshole” in his title. (HBS Press also turned me down once, but I digress...) Robert Sutton is the author who did this; he’s a professor at Stanford in the engineering school. While I am not a big fan of profanity, “asshole” is the only word that delivers the proper connotative meaning in some situations, so forgive me for using it in this posting.

I have an early copy of Sutton’s book, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t, and it’s the definitive guide to understanding, counteracting, and not becoming an asshole. I am qualified to make this judgment because (a) I’ve been an asshole a few times and (b) been a victim of assholes more than a few times.

Tags: nice, human, book, review, interpersonal relations, starbucks test, kindness, workplace, courtesy

Toys that freak your kids out, Vol. I

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:07:20 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: As much as I love watermelon, I couldn't help but feel a little perturbed at seeing this...

Clip Source: cgi.ebay.com

Tags: watermelon, toy, creepy, wacky, pull toy

Watermelon car

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:25:01 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: So well done. Thanx to Cory Ondrejka and some others for sending this to me. HAD to clip it for posterity. Or something like it.

Clip Source: www.offbeatearth.com

Tags: watermelon, fruit, car, automobile, tasty, food, green, red, pink, stripes

Beautiful interview with Michio Kaku

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:38:34 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: I admire this man!

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

There is a contradiction in Professor Michio Kaku's appearance, as if he had been drawn by a composite artist, based on the memories of an unreliable witness. It is to do with the smoothness of his skin being at odds with the silver hair that flows down to his shoulders. The latter reflects his age, 61; the former suggests he is a teenager.

That answer would have been true to form. Prof Kaku has a gift for communicating complex scientific ideas in a way that lay people can understand. He argues, moreover, that good physics should be simple, so simple that it can be understood as an image. I'll let him explain. 'A good physicist is driven by a childlike fascination and imagination. If we find ourselves getting jaded or bored we have to try to recapture that childishness. Einstein used to do that. He could be quite childish. He wanted to get access to that feeling of wonderment.

Lame YouTube comment about Second Life

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:14:34 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: The replier has a good point.

Clip Source: youtube.com

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mmmm people who have never met each other buying land and objects with real money that don't exist, for characters that don't exist, for sad people tapping away on a keyboard to look at.

What a scam. How long before players realize they have completely wasted their time and been ripped off?

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Whats sadder the second life players or people who have such great lives they sit on you tube watching secondlife videos and commenting on how pointless it is ?

Tags: lame, youtube, comment, about, second, life

Clipping Factory - pay 'em to do your clipping paths/masks

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:11:39 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: I haven't tried this service yet but am clipping it for future investigation. If this is of interest to you, you may want to investigate, too.

Clip Source: clippingfactory.com

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Autistic Amanda Baggs uses the same keyboard I do!

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:34:45 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: AND she hangs out in Second Life?

(For the record, the keyboard is a Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000.)

I find Amanda's video inspiring and hope it continues to set a precedent for more sharing from autistic & Asperger perspectives.

Clip Source: www.wired.com

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Baggs lives in a public housing project for the elderly and handicapped near downtown Burlington, Vermont. She has short black hair, a pointy nose, and round glasses. She usually wears a T-shirt and baggy pants, and she spends a scary amount of time — day and night — on the Internet: blogging, hanging out in Second Life, and corresponding with her autie and aspie friends. (For the uninitiated, that's autistic and Asperger's.)

3D Flickr viewers... most excellent!

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:43:57 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Man, I could cruise on this "Flickr Related Tag Browser" for hours. Very slick, works responsively, and relaxes me out!

Clip Source: www.airtightinteractive.com

Flickr Related Tag Browser

Enables user to surf Flickr's 'tag space'. Zooming Flash UI. Uses Flickr's REST API to retrieve XML.

Awards: Favorite Website Award,Flashforward Film Festival Finalist
Date: Mar '05
Role: Design and development
Link: Flickr Related Tag Browser

TiltViewer

TiltViewer allows you to browse Flickr's most interesting images in a 3D space. It's designed to provide a fun, intuitive user experience.

Awards: Favorite Website Award, Mashup Award
Date: Sept '07
Role: Design and development
Link: TiltViewer

PicLens - 3D picture browser for Firefox

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:27:09 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Sheer elegance. My wife and I are diggin' this — it makes visual exploration so much more rewarding!

Clip Source: www.piclens.com

Think beyond the browser

PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing images on the web. Photos will come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes well beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. With PicLens, browsing and viewing images on the web will never be the same again.

Why, this "Tobacco Pipe" looks like something else!

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:12:56 GMT

clipped by: Torley

Clip Source: www.amazon.com

My Neighbor Totoro merchandise

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:39:16 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: From couches to bags to slippers oh my.

Clip Source: www.futurepda.com

A real melonhead!

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:13:31 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: Thanx to Kendra Charlton for sending this to me!

Clip Source: www.plasticbamboo.com

Tags: a, real, melonhead!

Free Photoshop Plugins - a badass list with many gems

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:11:49 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: I never heard of many of these before. This was especially surprising, considering that I've seen many "free Photoshop plugins" lists. This one's definitely a standout, give it a shout.

Clip Source: technotarget.com

BleachBypass is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in designed to digitally simulate the traditional “bleach bypass” technique, producing pleasing film-like results. The bleach bypass, or “bleach skip” technique involves the partial or complete skipping of the bleaching stage during the processing of a colour film. This prevents the silver from being removed from the negative, and the result is a contrasty image with muted colours. The technique is often used extensively in motion pictures, such as “Saving Private Ryan” and “Three Kings”.

Tags: free, photoshop, plugins, -, a, badass, list, with, many, gems

Undescribably weird-looking stuffed animals

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:19:40 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: If I were to take a stab at a descrip, I'd say they look like a cross between the Rolling Stones lips and the front of a slug.

Clip Source: www.newropeans-magazine.org

Tags: undescribably, weird-looking, stuffed, animals

It took THAT long for this to come to Snopes?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:35:00 GMT

clipped by: Torley
clipper's remarks: It's watermelons. All is forgiven and good.

Clip Source: www.snopes.com

Tags: it, took, that, long, for, this, to, come, snopes?