I’m hooked on this new site called upl8.tv. The genius is in it’s simplicity. It continuously plays “curated” videos from YouTube. Don’t like what’s on? Change the channel by pressing the space bar. You can “seed” the tv by putting a term after the URL like “/monkeys” or whatever. Up late indeed.
Category Archives: Raves
Dropbox: Free Personal File Synchronization
Want 2GB of free space that you can access from any computer (Mac/PC), iPhone or web browser? Get Dropbox! Free 2GB accounts synchronize across all of your computers and to your iPhone. Easily share files/folders with any other Dropbox user. The files are stored locally on all machines so you can work “offline” and sync […]
Drying for Freedom
I’m an advocate for drying clothes outdoors. There are many reasons why I choose to do this but the biggest is the reduction in the utility bill (we have an electric clothes dryer). Even before we installed solar panels on the roof, I would hang laundry outside to reduce our carbon footprint. Jeff just tipped […]
Making Green Tomato Pickles
We grow a modest amount of tomatoes here at home, they're so much better than what you can buy in the store. But they certainly don't last that long. When the frost came recently, I decided rather than let the green tomatoes still on the vine go to waste outside, I'd try to pickle them. […]
Rex The Dog: New Album Coming 9/1/08
Rex The Dog, one of my favorite remixers has a new album coming on September 1, 2008. To promote, he's drawn a sweet comic strip to tell you all about it. I especially *love* the drawing of Depeche Mode and Yazoo. Link.
Blogwatch: BibliOdyssey
If you're not already subscribed in Google Reader to this one, do it now! BibliOdyssey is a gold mine of vintage printed materials of all kinds. It's nice to see someone preserving the history of these treasures so it can be shared with the rest of us. Most are of high resolution, suitable for printing, […]
MINI Factory Tour
One of the highlights of our trip to London was a visit to the MINI factory in Oxford. We weren't allowed to take pictures during the tour but in this blog post from Paul Tan, you can get a good feel for what it was like for us. Link.
New Stamp Design from The Onion
New Stamp Honors 41-Cent StampSometimes The Onion just gets it.
Your next band, album name, sleeve artwork in seconds
Tired of having to come up with a band name? Then you have the album name. Let's not talk about picking out the right album cover artwork. How many bands have we lost to this task simply because they couldn't work it out? Tire no more, Joshua Blankenship has come up with a no hassle […]
Perhaps the best use of Flash?
Check out this e-commerce site and especially the cup on the right. Link. Thanks, Jnova!