¤ jetless heights

makin’ tea in your underwear

+ Fri, December 31

→ More than you ever wanted to know about the history of the word “fuck”.
→ Absolutely unbelievable satellite imagery of the tsunami area before and after.

+ Thu, December 30

→ “But officials have reported abundant wildlife—including elephants, buffalo and deer—and have not found a single animal corpse” – How did 119,000 humans not catch the warning signs every animal nearby caught right before the tsunami?

+ Tue, December 21

→ Remember the old Mac app Graphing Calculator?  The incredible story of its clandestine genesis.

+ Mon, December 20

→ Engadget’s PlayStation Portable review – Really, who doesn’t enjoy a glossy black electronic device from Japan?

+ Sat, December 18

→ Floating Logos Project – Very cool, via Antipixel.

+ Fri, December 17

→ Gmail now rocks the POP access – Excellenté!

+ Thu, December 16

→ Mike Davidson: Smug bastard… with perfect reason.
→ Keep in mind, he’s completely for this program whether it works or not: Bush’s missile defense system fails again after two years of engineering. – (free registration required)
→ Apple sells another 100,000,000 songs in less than 6 months.
→ The 10,000 name-rich Firefox ad goes to the New York Times – And with my name peculiarly missing, I get a free autographed copy!  Also, see the ad.

+ Wed, December 15

→ Greg Storey addresses the commonality of weblogs – I gave this a lot of consideration this summer and I eagerly look forward to the results of this momentum-gaining drive.

+ Tue, December 14

→ McCain: “Screw you, Rummie”
→ Anyone want to buy me a sweet winter hat with integrated headphones?
→ Ding dong, the witch is dead!  NASA’s Chief O’Keefe resigns.

+ Mon, December 13

→ Ford Excursion to be end-of-lifed – Good riddance, I appreciate the slight lean towards environmentalism from Ford recently.
→ Might as well be called Zen And The Art Of Creating MarsEdit – Brent Simmons’ insightful inquiry into the values and genesis of his new – and wonderful – MarsEdit.
→ NASA generated zoom-ins on American landmarks

+ Sun, December 12

→ NASA’s Sean O’Keefe to step down? – Be sure to let the door crash into you on the way out, you misguided ass

+ Fri, December 10

→ You can now purchase on the iTunes Music Store with Paypal!
→ Google Suggest – Auto-completing Google search, cool!

+ Thu, December  9

→ Fan made iPod mini ad – And it’s really, really good!

+ Wed, December  8

→ Finally!  Someone cracks the iPod firmware! – First up: new graphics
→ 2005 in web design

+ Tue, December  7

→ stereoboy.org – Now with… beads.  Lots and lots of beads.
→ Cartoon character skeletons – Now, if only he’d make more
→ Is this the rumored iPod flash?
→ Better traffic by fewer rules

+ Fri, December  3

→ If you thought the NBA was getting a little too violent, try Greek water polo

+ Thu, December  2

→ Cool New Year’s Goals page – With a weighted list to boot!
→ Classics don’t die, they get rereleased: Apeiron X
→ iTunes Music Store open for business in Canada – Making their November deadline very literally in the midnight hour

+ Wed, December  1

→ The Graphic Stylings Of Ken Jennings – Only wish they were all up