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Attention RSS Users

There's going to be a new URL for the feed within the next couple of days, so if you stop seeing updates or the feed appears to be broken, check the site. I know, I know, it's a pain in all of our collective asses. I'll try not to do it again for a long time.

links for 2007-04-12

• 6abc.com: Tattoo Typo Leads to Trend
  Mistakes were made.
  (tags: awesome news)

links for 2007-04-11

• Audiofile: Classical music falls on deaf ears
  Another take on the Joshua Bell story.
  (tags: music news)
• Billable: Simple service and invoice tracking for Mac OS X.
  I plan to try this out for my next freelance project.
  (tags: apple mac)
• How to Write a Spelling Corrector
  For future reference.
  (tags: howto interesting web)
• Apple Matters | And They Said the Mac Was Intuitive
  Imagine if I was a novice user!
  (tags: hilarious apple mac)

Recommended

1. Pistachio madeleines from the bakery at Balthazar. Astoundingly good and not too pricey. They're probably also the least messy thing you can buy at the bakery, where everything is fantastic but often too flaky or sticky to eat at one's desk.
2. Staying the hell away from the Kid Robot store. I love Kid Robot's toys, but that's kind of the problem. The SoHo store itself is exquisitely designed to gently but firmly separate me from my money, and I am powerless to resist.
3. Amy Winehouse, specifically Back to Black. Thanks to Rands for tipping me off.
4. Not over-using Ajax on your website. Yes, it's neat stuff. But just like Flash, Ajax is something that shouldn't be used just for the sake of using it.
5. Twitterific 2.0. Just download it, already.

links for 2007-04-10

• Roman Dirge: Kind of a Big Dealio.
  Turns out, Todd Goldman is a huge dick.
  (tags: comics stupid news)

links for 2007-04-09

• The New Yorker: Selling Wal-Mart
  "Can the company co-opt liberals?"
  (tags: news)
• washingtonpost.com: Pearls Before Breakfast
  If my station had a violinist instead of the inescapable teenagers drumming on plastic buckets, I might actually take out my earbuds once in a while.
  (tags: music news interesting)

Puzzle Quest

My friend Colin, one of the evil geniuses behind Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, sent me a copy of the DS version recently, and it only took a few hours for me to get more firmly hooked on it than I have on a portable game since probably FFTA. I think it's going to become my subway companion for the forseeable future. My DS hasn't actually seen much use the past year or so, perhaps because I still believe the GBA SP to be the best handheld system ever, but I think Puzzle Quest definitely merits finding a spot for it in my bag.

links for 2007-04-06

• Reuters: Filipinos crucify themselves on Good Friday
  "The atmosphere was festive, with hawkers selling beer, ice-cream and souvenir whips."
  (tags: weird news)
• Wolf T Shirt Long Sleeve Mens-Large
  Me, I'm born to roam.
  (tags: awesome)
• McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Snow White and the Seven Goths.
  Hee, hee.
  (tags: funny goth)
• Bookmark Bliss: 50 sources for web design inspiration by Fuzzy Future
  (tags: web ref)
• Flickr: The Flap 'n' Snap Pool
  This is why I love Flickr.
  (tags: photo awesome)
• crocoPuffs: Arnold Schwarzenegger Soundboard
  crocoPuffs: Arnold Schwarzenegger Soundboard
  (tags: awesome)

Advice To Job Seekers

If you're applying for a job as a front-end web developer, it's probably a bad idea if your portfolio site looks like this: