via 9gag.com
via techcrunch.com
Looking forward to trying diaspora out. I don't know / don't think it'll ever truly threaten Facebook, but I for one am definitely looking for an alternative, even if it means splitting my personal social network activity in two.
I was uncluttering my home computer a few weeks back and stumbled on a bunch of random files. They're the kind of things that end up in "My Documents" and you never really need them again but just can't throw them away. (see: everything in your apartment) So I thought I'd emulate ffffound and just upload a few.
Enjoy!
- An excel spreadsheet tracking my college GPA, from 1998-2002: gpa.xls (17k)
- A letter to an HSBC branch asking to release my funds to another, from my 2005 England stint: hsbc letter.doc (27k)
- A scanned map of Ithaca, for getting around during college, from 1998: map.psd (6.0mb)
- The ad Mozilla bought in the New York Times thanking its donators (my name is buried somewhere in it), from early 2000's: nytimes-firefox-final.pdf (736k)
- A random video of a rain puddle, when I was testing my new 3MP Canon digital camera, from 2003: rain puddle.AVI (16.2mb)
- My mom's sauce recipe, from 2002: sauce recipe.psd (1810kb)
- One of the first and all-time best shared internet files, the Star Wars animation / rap, from 1998: Starwarz.exe (1918kb)
- A font of my handwriting, from 2009: Tabone5000.ttf (19kb)
- Four audio files of J.R.R. Tolkien reading snippets of The Hobbit, from 2000: tolkien reading 1.au (5283k), tolkien reading 2.au (5324k), tolkien reading 3.au (5324k), tolkien reading 4.au (5367k)
via nu-kitchen.com
...is shutting down. Amber and I have been using them as a dietary plan for a few weeks now. I had been on the fence about continuing it much longer, but they made the decision for us. In an email I received this morning:
"We are writing to let you know that Nu-Kitchen will no longer be continuing operations as of Friday September 17.
For the past seven years we have had the privilege of helping thousands of people enjoy the benefits of healthy and delicious eating. Along the way, we have gotten to know many of you personally, and that connection has made our work all the more rewarding.
It's precisely because you have come to rely on our service that today's decision is particularly difficult. Nevertheless, it's the right one for us at this time. You have our commitment to continue to provide the best possible experience through your last delivery."
They were a pretty good service. If you're not obsessive about your food intake and wanted a good brainless option for moderating your portions and choices, Nu Kitchen was solid.
Godspeed!
via thedailywh.at
More brilliant than the last!
Love Consumer Reports.
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Eric Tabone is Operations Manager at the digital strategy consultancy, Undercurrent.
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his awesome wife and two kick-ass cats.
All original opinions and commentary throughout this blog (comments excluded) are Eric's alone, and do not necessarily represent Undercurrent in any way.
All original opinions and commentary throughout this blog (comments excluded) are Eric's alone, and do not necessarily represent Undercurrent in any way.