mad dog in the fog

• Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Look, ma, no servers
  “Think of how much more efficiently computing assets are used in this model - and, equally important, the way it renders IT essentially invisible to the users.”
  (tags: saas enterprise2.0)

• The death of e-mail. - By Chad Lorenz - Slate Magazine
  “Ten years later, e-mail is looking obsolete. According to a 2005 Pew study, almost half of Web-using teenagers prefer to chat with friends via instant messaging rather than e-mail.”
  (tags: communication email socialnetworking microblogging trends)
• HomeBrewBlog.com: make better beer: “How to build a kegerator” FAQ
  Good, detailed instructions.
  (tags: beer howto)
• Amazon Customers Vote Homepage
  “The products that get the most votes in each of six rounds will be offered at ridiculous winning prices, and the runners-up will also be sold at slightly smaller discounts.”
  (tags: amazon shopping bargains deals)
• Derek Powazek – NaNoBloPo Q&A 6: Chopping Blocks
  “When I get jammed up, here are some of the things I do to chop the block.”
  (tags: creativity design productivity)

• StyleIgnite.com > Analysis of Web 2.0 Design & Layout Trends – Part 1: Clean, Colorful and Horizontally Divided
  (tags: web2.0 webdesign)
• Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection: The Importance of Keywording Your Photos
  Tips on tagging or keywording your photos
  (tags: photography digitalphotography photomanagement tags)
• Tweet Scan - Real-time Twitter Search
  Twitter search engine. Type in a topic and get the latest buzz. Also allows you to set up daily and weekly e-mail digests for up to five search terms.
  (tags: twitter microblogging)
• Banzai!
  Personal finance site focused on managing your expenses
  (tags: personalfinance lifehacks)
• ExpenseWire - Expense Reporting Automation
  Web-based expense reporting tool.
  (tags: webtools startup)

• amCharts: customizable free flash charts and graphs
  (tags: flash graphs visualization webdesign)
• Coding Horror: What’s in a Project Name?
  First task on a new project? Give the project a cool name.
  (tags: projectmanagement work)
• Inbox 2.0: Yahoo and Google to Turn E-Mail Into a Social Network - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
  “Web-based e-mail systems already contain much of what Facebook calls the social graph — the connections between people.”
  (tags: google yahoo socialnetworking)
• Workspaces for agile teams and rapid application development | Assembla
  (tags: webdevelopment collaboration project wiki communication)

• SmartRatings.com - Directory of Expert Product Reviews & Product Ratings
  Aggregated gadget reviews
  (tags: gadgets aggregator reviews electronics shopping)
• MOO.com | Accessories - Stuff that goes with our stuff
  A place to stash your MOO cards
  (tags: moocards)
• the Idea Shower » » Read it Later - Firefox Extension BETA
  “I needed a simple way to keep track of the things I wanted to read, but didn’t want to bookmark (at least not at first).”
  (tags: firefox.extensions productivity useful)

• Rangiroa: The French Polynesia that tourism forgot
  One of my favorite places. We went here for our honeymoon six years ago. There are only 160 hotel rooms on the island.
  (tags: travel frenchpolynesia vacation)
• macosxhints.com - 10.5: Banish the 3D dock from 10.5
  Gets rid of the reflective dock
  (tags: leopard macosx apple)
• Rands In Repose: The Nerd Handbook
  Tips for understanding the nerd in your life
  (tags: funny essays)
• News Blog - Daily Brief: Official: Facebook Poised to “Take Over The World” - Portfolio.com
  But like a couple of championship boxers at a pre-fight weigh-in, they didn’t so much as acknowledge one another. [Sergey] Brin just smiled as he walked straight past Zuckerberg, who kept his gaze straight ahead.”"
  (tags: facebook google socialnetworking advertising)

• November 9th Webcast - Videos and Audio! - Mortigi Tempo
  mp3’s and videos from last night’s “Thumbs Down” webcast by Radiohead
  (tags: music radiohead mp3)

Covering New Order / Ceremony

Covering The Smiths / The Headmaster Ritual

• Gracenote: Music Maps
  See what people are listening to in different parts of the world
  (tags: music maps visualization)
• Flight Patterns
  Animations of flight traffic patterns and density
  (tags: airtravel visualization)

• Eater SF: San Francisco Restaurant, Bar, and Nightlife Blog
  (tags: sfrestaurants sanfrancisco)
• i.document » Blog Archive » SurveillanceSaver alpha 0
  “SurveillanceSaver is an OS X screensaver that shows live images of over 600 network surveillance cameras worldwide. a haunting live soap opera.”
  (tags: screensaver macosx)
• Is Philips clock radio/digital photo frame a potential sleeper hit? | Crave : The gadget blog
  (tags: gadgets giftideas digitalpictureframes)
• SFGate: Dining does the lounge act
  Lounge dining in San Francisco
  (tags: sfrestaurants)
• Shooting High-Def: 10 Things to Know When Buying an HD Camcorder
  (tags: camcorder hdcamcorders)
• ”Heroes” creator to fans: I’m super sorry | Heroes | Television News | TV | Entertainment Weekly
  Tim Kring admits mistakes were made at the beginning of season 2, but promises to get back on track
  (tags: television heroes)