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The Verdict on Vibram Five Fingers

Vibram Five Fingers shoes When I initially picked these shoes up I thought they were amazing, but I resolved to wear them around for a while before I weighed in with my opinion of them. Well, it’s been a little…

Object Oriented CSS

I may be outing myself in the nerdiest way, but I really enjoyed Nicole Sullivan’s talk at Web Directions North on Object Oriented CSS. I don’t think anyone I know would be interested in a conversation about strategies in making…

Oh So Easy Muffins

This post is in response to my friend Heidi’s Easy muffin post. Her recipe sounded so healthy and good I just had to try it. There were also 4 over-ripe bananas hanging out in my kitchen, so the timing was…

Script Me, Baby

Building in Second Life. Looking for an LSL script that can give an object, change a texture, play a sound, or similarly simple action? It seems easy enough to look these things up in the LSL wiki, even for those…

SynthPond

SynthPond is a sort of audio exploration toy app for iPhone by Zach Gage. It really brings to mind a very complex and highly customizable windchime. I’m not quite sure how else to describe it without getting into a more…

Women’s Olympic Volleyball 1964

I’ve been cruising the internet for video of women’s volleyball and came across this wonderful synopsis of the Japan vs. USSR game during the ’64 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The editing is quite good, and wonderfully conveys the tension of…