Archive for November, 2005

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Delicious ironies!

I discovered the private del.icio.us bookmarklet through my subscription to David’s del.icio.us feed, and then once I’d bookmarked it myself, I thought, I should blog this before del.icio.us posts the link to my blog. And I then I considered all the layers of public and private, of concealing and revealing, in the set of […]

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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

links for 2005-11-03

The Word We Love To Hate - Literally. By Jesse Sheidlower
JTS on the use of “literally” as an intensifier. Dig that Little Women snark, too.
(tags: words friends writing grammar)

BBC NEWS | Magazine | The secret of making things work
The head of design for the BBC News website discusses usability
(tags: design web usability)

Pew Internet & […]

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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Hippos, dignified

I would be remiss if I didn’t blog this perfect example of how design can actually do good, rather than just look good: the Hippo Water Roller. It’s basically a sturdy water barrel with a push handle, but designed so cleverly that 200 pouds of water can be easily pushed by a child or […]

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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

The Mountain Goats at the Knitting Factory, Halloween 2005

The Mountain Goats at the Knitting Factory, Halloween 2005

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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Tech note

Comments temporarily turned off while I play with spam-management toys. If you want to reach me, the e-mail address is exactly what you’d think it was.

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