December 2009
16 posts
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The Youtube bookmarklet I have been waiting for →
Go and check out this post over at Lifehacker.
This is the single best youtube bookmarklet I’ve seen so far. It not only allows you to watch the videos distraction free (without comments for example), but also gives you options for downloading the current video. Yet it retains all the functionality of the site and allows you to quickly switch back to the standard view.
John Welch on employee loyalty →
I had fun reading this, knowing that my father works at Opel (the German subsidiary of General Motors) in engineering. He expects that they will cut his (and everybody else’s) salary by 20% in the coming months.
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Assorted links on barefoot walking and running
While looking for running shoes for the winter yesterday evening, I came across those Nike Free running shoes. My first thought was how weird they looked, but then I started to read a bit more, and came across the trend of barefoot running and barefoot walking in general. I was really intrigued and did some quick google searches.
Here are a couple of articles I found on the net, while looking...
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“I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!”
– by Charles Babbage.
via @OMG_Ponies
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A gallery of Nick Brandt's photography →
These are some of the most beautiful pictures of animals I have ever seen. I think I’m going to buy the book and stare at the pictures for hours on end.
Too bad I couldn’t find some of his pictures in a wallpaper-ready resolution.
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Improved UK-Plug →
This is one impressive piece of design. It corrects everything that is wrong with the current design and more
After being fireballed™ this guy should have a well paid job in no-time.
Scary stuff = The RIAA's dream →
What happened here is a frightening example, of how far removed a government can be from its subjects.