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Homemade Turtles from Twig & Thistle
Ingredients: Mini Pretzels, Pecan Halfs, Rolos. That’s it!
This is the sort of the out of the box thinking that defines genius. Make your very own homemade Turtle candies!
Facebook, brands & you
From the recent Forbes piece, Why Business Needs To Get Social:
Businesses that ignore the call to be “social”–that is, to abide by a social contract with their constituents (customers, partners, resellers, employees)–run the risk of appearing pathological. I see “social” business as an inherently healthy change. Social contracts generally involve listening and talking, give and [...]
More nerding out with Ruby & Tokyo Cabinet
I pushed out a little change to my Big in Twitter toy. (Recap: it sucks in lists of band names and then searches Twitter for them. When it finds a match it’ll then grab the Twitterer’s location. So at a glance, see what (and where) bands are getting the most mentions.)
This version adds some basic [...]
Live performance with Lisp, OpenGL & Sound
Granted, it is also “live” programming and that can either put you to sleep or keep you clicking the fast forward. Gets good around 5 minutes in and picks up again around 9 minutes in. I don’t know if this is built in the latest Impromptu from Mr. Sorensen. Maybe he’s using a beta or [...]
Even more things to read
Couple of new blogs in my rotation that have stood the test of time. Check them out!
Appliancist is “an online magazine about the latest Home Appliances & Home Appliance Trends. Covering High-End Luxury Kitchen & Bathroom Appliances.” They do something you don’t see much online, even with the fashion-oriented sites. They use big images. And [...]
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Nerding out with Ruby, Tokyo Cabinet, Hpricot, Twitter, Sinatra, Haml & Passenger
[Update: The service described in this article has been relocated to http://gavinmcgovern.com]
I wanted to get back into Ruby and since it’s been many years I went for total immersion. Only one rule: don’t use anything I used in the past. So easy; everything is pretty much new to me now.
The project: grab the names [...]
The Mad Men of Modern Design « The Selvedge Yard
The Mad Men of Modern Design « The Selvedge Yard
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GrandCentral Lives
I used to have a less dramatic & glittery Call Me button on my About page. It was fun: received some strange and interesting messages. But over the years just a single business-related legit call. So to celebrate the new GrandCentral lease on life, I’ll leave this up for awhile.
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Big In Twitter has moved