links for 2006-06-02
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Filed under really cool, but kind of dumb: "Crumpler Bags is bringing bartering back in grand style, with the Beers for Bags sale, kicking off Saturday at both their NYC locations."
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How to swipe your metrocard: "Hard and straight like you're going to punch somebody in the stomach. Straight and firm. People want to lift it up, but that's the critical mistake. No flick of the wrist, like in tennis. Hold it firm. Follow throgh."
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They're redesigned their website and now you can subscribe to in-stores over RSS or iCal, powered by Eventful.
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How big should a single glass of wine be? "Five-ounce pours allow restaurants to get five glasses out of a bottle, which has a bit more than 25 ounces in it. But some restaurants give six-ounce pours and figure on four glasses per bottle."
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"Duarte Design absolutely kicks butt when it comes to presentation design. Duarte gets visual storytelling. And just who are Duarte's clients? You've probably heard of a few of them: Apple, Adobe, Kodak, Google, Cisco, Symantec, Sun,...Al Gore. Al Gore?"
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"Depending on your vantage point, Manhattan seems either very big or very small. On complete map of the New York City area, Manhattan is dwarfed in size by the other four boroughs and surrounding megopolis."
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"DVD-addicted cinephiles in America know that with a region-free player and a willingness to navigate confusing technical specs, they can shop overseas for rare titles, along with the odd indie gem that domestic studios can't be bothered to release."
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Mena on the new Six Apart product, Vox: "Vox is about our lives, what we read, what we see, what we listen to and most importantly, who we choose to share it with. It's about having the option to write a post to reach thousands of people or two people."
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"Just enter a flight number into the tracking box and you get a bunch of data about it. The advantage of this over some flight tracking services is you can enter it in plain English (US Air 723 for example) instead of choosing stuff from pull downs. "
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My friends pointed me to LiveJournal's friend/family controls and I tried out, but I must have some sort of LiveJournal blind spot because every time I looked at the interface I thought, "Why do you hate me?"
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I want to go to the beach. Right now.
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