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Archive for January 2006

January 31st, 2006

Pop-Up Book on the Web

Do you have any idea how many pop-up books lie in state somewhere in my garage, waiting for the mythical day when someone will “fix” them? Wait a sec while I compose myself, I can’t type while I’m laughing (the person I’m scoffing at is asking me right this minute if I’m “mocking him […]

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January 31st, 2006

10 Essential Firefox Extensions

Just found this via populi.cios, a great list of the 10 Useful Firefox Extensions That Don’t Get Glamorised. The list includes a bookmarks synchronizer, a PDF download thingy, and MediaPlayerConnectivity.
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January 30th, 2006

Gallery of Demonic Tots and Deeply Distrubing Cuisine

As if I didn’t need more things to torment me as I go to sleep, huh? Check out the Gallery of Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine; whoever thought that the dish below would be appetizing was seriously unhinged.

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January 30th, 2006

How to Live Overseas

Have you ever had the hankering to live overseas? Lately, I’ve been actually seriously thinking about what it would take to say, move to London or Germany, where my husband and I lived for six months when we were first married. What an experience!
There are tons of great sites out there that make working and […]

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January 26th, 2006

Free Web Site Templates

I do a bit of web design in my spare time and just found this: Open Web Design ; “a community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information. Helping to make the internet a prettier place!” There’s actually some pretty good free templates here, which, if […]

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January 26th, 2006

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Want to have more friends and not sureof what the best way to go about it is? Read the classic Dale Carnegie paper How To Win Friends and Influence People online.
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January 26th, 2006

History of Children’s Literature

You might not realize it, but there is some serious symbolism going on in most children’s books - for example, who else was always creeped out by Hansel and Gretl? And what is UP with these men always marrying these wicked and evil women who basically terrorize and abuse their children? Don’t they check them […]

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January 26th, 2006

Listen to University Podcasts

You can listen to university podcasts online now via your computer or iPod; check it out:

Berkely Webcasts: There’s three different ways to listen to Berkely lectures here; via RSS, download via MP3, or streaming audio or video.

Stanford University on iTunes: “Stanford on iTunes provides access to a wide range of Stanford-related digital audio content […]

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January 23rd, 2006

Hostess Pies, Twinkies, and other Evil, Evil Delights

As I sit here eating my Hostess apple pie for breakfast - don’t give me that look - I suddenly had an urge to visit the Hostess official website. And boy, am I glad that I did. Check it out:

Hostess Cakes Recipes: No, this is not a collection of secret Hostess recipes; rather it’s […]

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January 20th, 2006

Well-Designed Sites

You know, I spend a lot of time on the Web since that’s kind of my job, and every once in a while I come across some truly gorgeous, well-designed sites that are an absolute pleasure to look at. Here’s a few that I’ve looked today:

JohnnyCash.com: From the opening welcome from the Man in Black […]

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