This? I found it online.
Posted: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:38 PM by Will Femia
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There isn't much structure to this entry but I did find an uncommon collection in my notes, style blogs. The actress who plays Kelley on The Office contributes to Things I've Bought that I Love. Totally enjoyable, even for me.
Sk*rt - "For women and for the men who want to get into their heads." Like a shopping Digg.
That tag line for Sk*rt seems appropriate for the BuzzFeed style category. Most interesting find: FitFlops. Something about the way they fit makes you have to work your abs, glutes and "core" extra hard. Sounds like a combination of bogus claim, exhaustingly ill fitting, and dangerous, but they're in such high demand that the manufacturer literally can't keep up.
I think the real hook for Trendmill is that you vote up or down on styles you like or don't like. I didn't register but I can see that it has social site features so you can see who voted for what and who submitted what and build a friends list called an entourage. It seems like the kind of site you'd come up with if you were sitting around saying, "You know what would be a good idea for a fashion site?"
Story map - This isn't style based but it strikes me as the kind of thing readers of women's magazines would already know about that's completely new to me. What a great way to help guests who don't know each other break the ice - or at least give the shy guests something to pretend they're reading so they don't have to talk to the other guests.
Did Pirates Really Say "Arrrr"? No. And nobody ever walked the plank, either. I am shocked. Shocked! Lots of corrections on the bottom of this one makes me think there are quite a few pirate experts out there. Given this line you'd have to be an expert linguist to participate in this year's Talk Like A Pirate Day: "The onboard speech was most likely underclass British sailor with extra curse words, augmented with a polyglot slang of French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch picked up around the trade routes."
I listened to all the samples of this magic music and I don't feel high. Maybe I need better speakers?
Cat cam - Even though this comes with instructions I'm not sure this is a very pedestrian DIY project in spite of the modest mission. Basically he put a timer in a small camera on his cat's collar. Do check out the photo tours. They're more interesting than I expected.
The South World Map! There was a mention of this a billion years ago on a West Wing Episode and I was never able to find it online. This is more mindblowing than that music a couple links back.
Traffic Stats for Web 2.0's 25 Hottest Sites May 2007 - There's so much hype around some of these sites that it's easy to lose perspective.
Talking paper made by scientists - "The prototype display uses conductive inks, which are sensitive to pressure, and printed speakers."
The new John Cusack movie looks sick.
Beware random tennis balls. I never even heard of a tennis ball match bomb and I thought I was well versed in stupid ways to set myself on fire. Disclosure: The guy who found it is a family friend.
Is gingerism as bad as racism? Um... what? Gingerism is anti-red-headism.
Speaking of Britishisms, you've surely heard about the outcry over the new London Olympics logo by now. Coudal has a piece that makes a good run at the apparent minority position in defense of it.
What would happen if all 1.3 billion Chinese jumped in unison? To test it they got 50,000 people at a rock concert to jump in unison and measured movement in the earth of one twentieth of a millimeter from a kilometer away. Since that's not an earthquake they just brush their hands and move on. Someone double check my math, but expanding that .05mm to 1.3 billion people means 1300mm of movement, right? Isn't that an earthquake? (Ok, it's probably wrong to think it scales that directly but still, I'm not convinced yet.)
New 125 Miles per Gallon Toyota Prius - I think we've heard that stat before, but this is a real, mass production model car, not a concept.
"You wear lenses while you sleep, then wake up with perfect vision. Short-sighted Jimmy Lee Shreeve tried it - and couldn't believe his eyes."
Well I'll be damned: "It's official: After being pressured by fans, who sent 50,000 pounds of peanuts to its New York office, CBS has brought back "Jericho," the America-after-the-bombs drama that the network had earlier canceled." It worked.
"FFFFOUND! is a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user's tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!" Right now this is a really great viewing but it's also in private beta, which means it's being run by the circle of contacts of whoever made it. I'll be interested to see if something like this can grow and still stay interesting and not get cluttered with cute animal photos and calendar sunsets. NOTE: A few are disturbing (is that photo of the anorexic girl altered or real?) and there's the occasional naked fashion boobie.
Speaking of photos that might need low-level capital letter NOTEs, Coachella porn. Not porn at all, the photographer took some crowd shots at a concert. The result is oddly orgiastic.
Y'know those people who make videos by taking a picture of themselves every day? FlickADay helps you do that.
For the Republican debate the other day Chris Dodd made another talk clock. I would have thought Wolf would have made a greater effort to make the thing even after seeing the Democratic clock.
Speaking of political horseracing, Pollster.com has some fun infographics.
Copies of the letters of support sent to the judge on behalf of Scooter Libby. Worth noting because hey, you never know when you may have to write one of these.
The Huffington Post has added a Digg-like feature called Huff It. The content is about what you'd expect, but what's interesting to me is that we've seen politics blogs add little buttons to advocate their submission to social sites but they really haven't been very successful in reaching those coveted front page spots. Is this a case of "if you can't join 'em, make your own"?
Have you seen any of these New York Times news games? I just played the Food Import one. Not bad.
I don't know why I thought peeing on an electric fence would produce more twitching and jumping or at least some screaming.
