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April 2006
How to Find Lost Objects
Some days everything is lost. But this amazing little meme is going around the Internet like crazy. Simple problem. Simple and amazing solution. I wonder how many people buy the book just out of Gratitude. I wonder how many people make a little poster out of the principles? I know I am. I wonder how many people would buy the poster?
Pricing a Project - Blue Flavor
Pricing a Project - Blue Flavor
And how right on this is. I find it difficult to show a client how much the project costs. But this provides a very straightforward presentation and so either you estimate the hours or simply record them.
Honda Accord Ad Committment
Albino Blacksheep - Flash / Honda Accord Ad
You thought those people that set up roomfuls of dominos to knock over were
amazing...
There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film.
Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it.
The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very
minor, didn't work.
They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day.
Blogging Traffic
Cheeky in the extreme but really lively thought on what you need to do to get your blog out in front of people.
Bruce walks the Pacific Crest Trail
A good friend is walking the Trail this summer and in a combination of high tech and old fashioned legwork is sending his position every few minutes using a combination of GPS and shortwave radio.
Angus
Bruce walks the Pacific Crest Trail
A good friend is walking the Trail this summer and in a combination of high tech and old fashioned legwork is sending his position every few minutes using a combination of GPS and shortwave radio.
Angus
Mr. Lube
Mr. Lube Okay I have to admit I'm impressed. I got a nice personalized letter from the manager of the the Lube shop I went to last week. As one of my buddies says "They look to the uninformed market and upsell like crazy." Did I really need that new PCV valve? No probably not but at least they didn't try to upsell me on my clean air filter. And they caught the broken CV boot. Fo a guy on the fly who doesn't want to mess with oil and lube... a great deal. And for a longer post here is the letter:
Dear Angus,
Chance Ruder - Base Camp
Chance Ruder came to my attention yesterday through a blog that I read regularly. 14 years old and making a difference in the world that he would like to see. Reads like he had a pretty unique upbringing but still a pretty amazing story.
Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Marc Andreessen
Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Marc Andreessen
The founder of Netscape gave an interview in the mid nineties to the Smithsonian. Inspiring? Absolutely. Plain no nonsense guy that loved making things accessible to people.
CSS Naked Day
What happened to the design?
To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.
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