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Dramatic Chipmunk reminds me of that scene in Austin Powers where he’s playing blackjack and holds on 5 because he “also likes to live life dangerously”. Judge for yourself…

First, Dramatic Chipmunk – aka the best 5-second clip on the internet…


Next, Austin Powers…
If you’re impatient, fast-forward to the 0:43 mark.

• Younger Workers Demanding Web 2.0 Tech On The Job – Yahoo! News
  “…Now people have better computer technologies at home. … People want to use their favorite technologies at work. They’re satisfying themselves and not waiting for IT.”
  (tags: web2.0 enterprise2.0)
• Small Is Essential | TIME
  Profile of Chicago-based 37signals, creators of BaseCamp, Highrise, etc.
  (tags: 37signals web2.0 startup)
• Ustream.tv > Supernova
  Live streaming of the Supernova conference
  (tags: supernova)

I’ve always been a sucker for a good bicycle kick. This goal by Maceo Rigters in the 89th minute tied the game. The Dutch went on to win on penalty kicks.

• flickr > Shadow Traffic on Flickr
  View of the Bay Bridge from the still-under-sonstruction One Rincon.
  (tags: flickrfavorites photographs sanfrancisco)
• Flickr > Toward Twin Peaks
  Wanna know where I live? At the base of the hill in the middle of this photo – a.k.a. Mt. Davidson.
  (tags: flickrfavorites sanfrancisco)

• The iPhone Inaugurates a Dangerous New Era for Apple Boss Steve Jobs — New York Magazine
  (tags: apple iphone stevejobs)
• Screengrab!
  Firefox extension allows you to save web pages as images
  (tags: firefox.extensions)
• Marc Andressen> The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup
  “In the worst case, you end up with widespread, self-reinforcing bitterness, disillusionment, cynicism, bad morale, contempt for management, and depression.”
  (tags: startup entrepreneurship)
• YouTube – Judah’s Prius
  Are they still giving out the Darwin awards? If they are, they should give one to the person who drove their Prius into the N Judah tunnel. (via SFist)
  (tags: video funny sanfrancisco)

• Laughing Squid » In-N-Out Burger, A Fast Food Underdog With a Cult Following
  Everything you wanted to know about In-N-Out, including a link to a PDF of the secret menu.
  (tags: food restaurants)

• Apple – iPhone – High Technology – Multi-touch
  A cool 3D demo of the iPhone
  (tags: apple iphone)

• Exclusive: How Justin.TV’s Live Video System Was Born – Gizmodo
  Kyle Vogt from justin.tv talks about the gear that is used to power the mobile video
  (tags: justin.tv lifecasting)
• Managing Your Money In Public View – WSJ.com
  “…a crop of new personal-finance Web sites is letting users post their private personal-finance details and share advice with each other on tracking their spending and making better investment decisions.”
  (tags: personalfinance wesabe)
• SGgate > S.F. Zoo opens luxury lair — Grizzly Gulch
  A diagram of the new Hearst Grizzly Gulch at the San Francisco Zoo
  (tags: sanfrancisco)
• FaceReviews.com
  Reviews of Facebook apps/widgets
  (tags: facebook)
• Grammar Girl > An Unofficial Twitter Style Guide
  (tags: twitter)

One of my favorite gadget purchases of the past couple of years has been Sonos. It’s a great way to stream music throughout your house. The source of the music can be mp3′s, music subscription services such as Rhapsody, internet radio, even line-in sources such as an iPod. You can set up multiple “zones” in the house either playing different music or synched up to play the same music. One of the most requested features on the Sonos forums has been integration with Pandora. They added that a few weeks ago and it works great. Here’s an interview / demo with Sonos CEO John McFarlane from Robert Scoble’s ScobleShow.

Here’s a photo of my Sonos controller running Pandora.

• Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Zen and the Art of Attention «
  Different theories out there for dealing with information overload
  (tags: productivity)
• TechCrunch > The 3D Real/Virtual World Hybrid: How Far Away?
  “How long will it be until we can stroll through the streets in a virtual world that is identical to our own?”
  (tags: virtual)
• Tim Goodman > Sopranos finale: What really happened
  “It’s been both fun and funny reading some of the interpretations of the end. People are creative (insane?) and it certainly speaks to the beauty of the last scene in that it allows people to imagine what they will.”
  (tags: sopranosfinale thesopranos)