July 2008
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10 Obsolete Car Features →
So you don’t have to flip through the slideshow presentation, I’ll list them.
Drum Brakes, Front Bench Seats, Cigarette Lighter, Tape Decks, No Headrests, Hub Caps, Hood Prop-Up Bars, Vinyl and Leatherette, Digital Speedometers, and Visible Radio Antennas.
Save lots with truly generic pills
brianvan:
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Matt Thompson has some advice for you: stop buying cheap-ish pseudo-generic drugs from Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and Duane Reade and start buying really cheap true generics.
As you might know, Benadryl (available at Walgreens.com for $5.29 for a box of 24 capsules) and Wal-dryl ($3.99 / 24 capsules) are otherwise known as “25 mg. of diphenhydramine HCI.” Compare [with the...
31 Simple Ways to Prevent Cancer →
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“Flickr is currently receiving 60 uploaded photos a second, roughly 10 times the...”
– Influxinsights (via carolynannahall)
Conversations on an airplane.
lissak06:
A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, ‘Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.’
The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, ‘What would you like to talk about?’
‘Oh, I don’t know,’ said the stranger. ‘How...
topherchris:
The Bad Plus _ Smells Like Teen...
tuneage:
Hello Tokyo - “Girls” (Beastie Boys...
Prof. Randy Pausch Passed Away :( →
caseyliss:
His “Last Lecture” and “Time Management” videos were both really incredible. They’re worth spending two hours on (1hr each), if you haven’t seen them yet.
I hope when my time comes I have 1/10th the courage he did.
topherchris:
Tomoyasu Hotei _ Battle Without...
“When did we become so afraid of maintaining, updating, and manipulating HTML?...”
– from smart CSS ain’t always sexy CSS
very good read. for all the self-taughts out there, it’s a good reminder not to get too caught up in this CSS minimalism thang.
you can only achieve ‘simple’ if you can think through your markup, the project, the context and the future.
also, i’ve had a few...
GOOD Magazine covers life as an Expat in China →
goodriddancetobadnews:
Shanghai has anywhere between 13-20 million residents. It has perhaps a few hundred thousand expats. And this group fragments out into smaller parcels- families, 40ish businessmen hitting the sports bars, uber-wealthy flash Europeans, Japanese, Korean, aimless 20somethings, English Teachers, etc. And they create tiny little incestuous group. And if you go out enough you...
tuneage:
Saul Williams - “Black Stacey” Poet,...
“It’s sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”
– Henry Rollins
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Faith No More _ Easy
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tumbledore:
Mission of Burma -...
annamarie:
Elliott Smith - Angel in the Snow
rockuboff:
tuneage:
Social Distortion - “Ring Of...
“I didn’t really grasp it at the time, but the whole world we lived in was as...”
– why nerds are unpopular via samuelaberman
My experiences of living in a suburban town my entire life lead me to agree with this statement 100%.
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Suitable for Framing →
soupsoup:
staff:
So you can view your tumblelog on your computer and your phone, but what about on your bookshelf or your kitchen counter? No? Well, Ilya Grigorik is out to change that. He’s used the Tumblr API and some image-processing to make his Quote posts display in a digital picture frame. It’s pretty slick and we can’t wait to see an auto-updating WiFi version.
Thats actually really...
muxtape.com/random →
muxtape:
Feeling lucky?
What To Believe?
ellebelle:
“Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see”.
The girl I work with just told me this…I don’t know how I feel about it but I’m going to try and keep it in mind.
The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1 →
jessicalindsey:
danhacker:
I’m doing much better when it comes to eating cheap healthy foods. I eat 14 out of 20 from that list regularly, I can live with that.
20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World:... →
hydeordie:
Fascinating article.
#1 sounds like the plot of a really awful action movie, but it really happened.
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