Link Sharing: 5/4/08

May 4th, 2008

How I Reviewed 300 Bad Movies And Earned $900 This fellow found a loophole in the Web 2.0 site Helium and got user-generated content to work for him. Some of his reviewed titles are hilariously obscure.

Apple Basic Interpreter in JavaScript I had a great time futzing around with this. I wrote some really simplistic Choose Your Own Adventure type games in Apple Basic way back when.

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Link Sharing: 4/25/08

April 25th, 2008

Been a while since I did a “link sharing” post so here goes.

What Have You Done For You Lately? Engtech mixes up his routine and gets high on life.

Managing Information Overload This “life hack” works really well; more should try it.

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Link Sharing: 3/27/08

March 27th, 2008

Nubrella: The Hands Free Umbrella. I just wonder if the protection from the rain is worth looking like a complete weirdo in public.

It’s FriendFeed Week: FriendFeed releases an API. Engtech writes super-useful FriendFeed greasemonkey scripts. Steven Hodson loves it. What? You’re not on FriendFeed? Your Web 2.0 site doesn’t have a freaking API? Get with the program!

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Link Sharing: 2/27/08

February 27th, 2008

Video: History Of Evil. Note the brush stroke and how it moves from left to right while marching forward in time.

Australia Dairy Company in Hong Kong: Supposedly the best scrambled eggs ever, in China. The dish is scrambled eggs between two slices of fluffy white bread.

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Link Sharing: 2/21/08

February 21st, 2008

Yet another installment of Link Sharing. I’ll try to add more commentary from here on out.

Serious Eats: Where to Find Macarons: I never really heard of macarons until I read this article. I guess all this time I’ve been eating the American version: The Oreo. There are some shops in San Francisco so perhaps I’ll indulge my culinary curiosity.

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