Tony Stephens / Simian Design

Poolie Studios has a nice collection off icons that he uses to iconify links.  This process is a fairly lightweight, unobtrusive way to show what your links are.

a[href$=".pdf"] { BLAH BLAH } is the core of the it all.  This CSS selector object (easily done via jQuery for older browsers) allows you to showcase exactly what your links are.

I’m not 100% positive that this is always a good idea, but this is a nice collection of icons that fit the link sizes, and thus I’m linking it to you.

Pixelsurgeon is Dead.  I, for one, will miss this site.    It was a great site while it lasted.

The latest commercial from Guinness borders the line between commercial and short-story/art film.  It reminds me of the BMW “Drive” commercials at first watch.

I find myself just watching this over and over again in sheer pleasure.

The advert, part of a £10 million campaign, was directed by Nicolai Fuglsig, who was behind the Sony Bravia “balls” commercial. The advert took a week to film, with some of the sequences having to be reshot up to 15 times.

High Altitude Object is a fascinating project this guy did on his own.  He put a camera and a helium ballon up into the edge of space.  Amazing stuff.

Create your own simple homemade Van de Graaff generator.

This project will show you how to build a device that can generate 12,000 volts from an empty soda can and a rubber band. This is capable of drawing 1/2 inch sparks from the soda can to my finger. The spark is harmless, and similar to the jolt you get from a doorknob after scuffing your feet on the carpet.

To build the toy, you need:

* An empty soda can
* A small nail
* A rubber band, 1/4 inch by 3 or 4 inches
* A 5×20 millimeter GMA-Type electrical fuse (such as Radio Shack #270-1062)
* A small DC motor (such as Radio Shack #273-223)
* A battery clip (Radio Shack #270-324)
* A battery holder (Radio Shack #270-382)
* A styrofoam cup (a paper cup will also work)
* A hot glue gun (or regular glue if you don’t mind waiting)
* Two 6 inch long stranded electrical wires (such as from an extension cord)
* Two pieces of 3/4 inch PVC plumbing pipe, each about 2 or 3 inches long
* One 3/4 inch PVC coupler
* One 3/4 inch PVC T connector
* Some electrical tape
* A block of wood

ReubenMiller : Coat Hanger Gorilla

25 Skills Every Man Should Know.  I’m covered on 20 of them.  Have 3 of the others that I could probably do in a pinch.  2 I’d be floundering with.

Just started taking a look at the preview for the new Delicious.

It looks like it’s taking a giant step forward in terms of UI.  It is very different, and I do think there will be a “re-learning” of the interface.  While this is a bad thing, especially with such a large user-base, I think it might be a good thing.

I found the old Delicious dated, and cramped at times.  The links, tags, other people linking, save this, etc were all crammed in together.  There were differentiated okay, but still it felt like a bunch of feature creep.  Welcome features, but creep nonetheless.

This new UI spaces things out nicely.  I also really like the date separation and tag separation.

Granted, these are my first impressions.  Like after using it for 10 minutes.  This could easily change after using it more.  But Delicious might be winning me back…

I am blown away by Brian Dettmer. His work is stunningly complex and fascinating.  He cuts books into complex works of art.  I’d love to see this in person.

YouTube - Why Men Die Early. BWAHAHAHAHAHA.