Recommended Reads for August 21, 2006
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“Putting the Sans back into Comic Sans” — hilarious! Actually, I am a bit of a font snob, and I secretly abhor comic sans as well. There are better comic looking font, and seeing it being used makes my hair curl. Funny site, if that’s your bag.
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Free Textbooks! The selction is pretty limited (social sciences, math, accounting, computer science so far), but the price is right. Who can argue with free?
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In a study published in the Lancet with a connection to the University of Toronto, data suggest that the “girl deficit” is “most common among India’s elite, who can afford multiple trips to an ultrasound clinic, and the hushed-up abortion of an unwanted g
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Courtesy of Guy Kawasaki, a “guy”, who’s been there, done that, got the shirt, and has written the book. Several times. Which are now in softcover. And have hit the New York Times Best Seller list. Already. Just go and read it! ;)
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Well, whether’s Digg’s API is public knowledge or not, some enterprising young lad has created the “Digg Card”, so you (if you’re proud enough of what you’ve done) can display what your profile is like on another webpage by simply editing a small piece of
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Great article on harvesting Google traffic — for images! I agree, I think this has to be done carefully, especially if you’re into fine art, because of how Google will recognize your art … the name. Aping titles with similar or identical known pieces
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… to prevent malicious hackers from grabbing your username/pwd if you happen to check your email in a public wi/fi hotspot. Primarily discusses how to use PGP (Pretty Good Protection ) to encrypt your online missives.
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Coffee is the Staff of Life (especially Tim Hortons), but how cool would it be to have your own brewing system in your wall? Uh … don’t ask about the price, but four stars on the coolness factor nonetheless. Courtesy of the hipsters at uncrate
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… named Relakks (”relax”). Based in Sweden, home of Piratebay.org, Relakks gives its users IP’s that make you look like you’re in Sweden, and allow users to share files and so on. If you’re into p2p stuff, check it out.