saving women's lives

Next time I have to do laundry, I'm going to keep some images in my head from the antique washing machines museum. I think it will make the whole job a bit more palatable.

Images of Native Americans : The Bancroft Library

We're all geeks now

Devastation, Hope in Iraqi marshes.

An interview with Dave Shea, the CSS Zen Gardener

Sometimes the trees strike back

Ten reasons why you should never accept a diamond ring

Monster Cards of the 50s and 60s

Highlights from Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americans' Health

spam broke the email?

Don Park raises some very good points about how spam is undermining a major communications channel at his Daily Habit. I wonder how many emails I discard because the heading is poorly written, I don't recognize the name attached, and I don't check carefully on all of the ones I'm discarding because they are spam.

100 Oldest .COM domain names

There was a time when you could count them all. But not anymore now that we've been Mooned repeatedly. Just how many moons are there in the solar system?

Accessibility: Build it, and They Will Come

Just what is an Interaction Architect?

Harlan Ellison's misguided, and forsaken television serices, The Starlost sounds like a heck of a lot of fun in theory. If only it turned out that way. (via metafilter.)

I've never really been bothered by Christopher Hitchens until his recent article titled Hopeless - Did Bob Hope ever say anything funny?: Hitchens concludes, "Hope was a fool, and nearly a clown, but he was never even remotely a comedian."

The article is filled with displays of a kind of wit that many of us exhibit and abandon before we leave elementary school. And what is it that makes Mr. Hitchens such a fine judge of wit?

I'd rather watch one of Bob Hope's Road movies that read one of Mr. Hitchens columns.

The idea of a 'Sesame Street' type program for adults, to teach life skills is a good idea. Sort of reminds me of the computer boot camp for executives / cruise adventure that I'd like to start. It would be a fun way to pass a winter of three. And teaching can be fun and financially rewarding.

The Key to a Successful Freelance Career: A Diary

Great points, made extremely well: Burningbird: On Identity and Edits

Business lessons from the donut and coffee guy (kottke.org)