November 2008
another peaceful news reader
I was really liking Rososo, but it’s been intermittent at best lately. So I went hunting for another simple reader and I found pHome.us.
It’s more along the lines of a home or start page, but it provides a nice experience for keeping up with the sites you like. It allows you to add bookmarks, categorize, and track them. If a bookmark you are following has been updated since you last logged on a little blue dot (or other visual cue depending on your theme) appears next to the title. Click. See the site you like in it’s natural environment (i.e. outside a feed reader).
Nice and easy. I will definitely be giving it a test run.
Visual Movie Reviews →
flickr.com
Much better than regular movie reviews. Now I don’t feel bad about not seeing There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men. Via.
Swiss Army Bike →
swissmiss.typepad.com
One badass bike. Not sure what you would put in all the saddle bags, unless you were planning a bike trip across the US.
“I want something to eat.”
—Said by my son with a mouth full of apple.
The Museum of Online Museums →
coudal.com
The best part about the MoOM are the check boxes so you can track your visits. Nice touch.
Timeline twins, music and movies →
kottke.org
Listening to Michael Jackson’s Thriller today is equivalent to listening to Elvis Presley’s first album (1956) at the time of Thriller’s release in 1982.
I got one. Watching Time Bandits (one of my favorite flicks as a kid) today would be like watching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea back in 1981. For some reason that seems about right to me.
“So much of our mental landscape is shaped by illustration, specifically illustration for children’s books, spaces that are created when the mind is primed to store imagery.”
—things magazine
Tel Aviv Port Redesign →
dezeen.com
I really like the undulating surface. (via)
“The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.”
—Henry Ward Beecher (via)
Maned Lion Report From Virginia →
cryptomundo.com
Observed on November 10, 2008, a medical clinic employee on her way to work reported that she saw “an African lion, mane and all, chasing cows in a field near her house in Bluefield, Virginia.”
I will now add lions to the list of animals (that includes rabid foxes) that I keep an eyeball out for while hiking.
Play
Leg Lamp Inflatable Lawn Ornament →
redriderleglamps.com
My only questions are how mad would my wife be and how long ‘til someone steals it.
Listen
Nothing wrong with a little James Brown. Via mentalreminder.
