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Baseball players put their faith in Phiten titanium necklaces
I know baseball players are a superstitious lot, so this doesn't surprise me. I've been out of watching baseball enough that the prevalence of the necklaces did.
Kunqu's time-honoured innovation
Alexander Varty from Vancouver's The Georgia Straight on the ancient Chinese operatic theatre.
You Can Enjoy Cooking
Not convincing. Gordon Davidescu always loved cooking. I'm trying to answer to the question "how does someone (like me) who hates cooking find a way to enjoy it?"
Men who explain things
"He was already telling me about the very important book -- with that smug look I know so well in a man holding forth, eyes fixed on the fuzzy far horizon of his own authority."
LoadMyTracks now supports the Globalsat DG-100 on Mac OS X
Boris gets an email from the development team. I'll send debugging reports about the altitude problem.
Julie Szabo's figure skating blog, Boot and Blade
A figure skater herself, Julie provides insight into a sport I can't not look at when I come across it on TV.
VVORK displays contemporary art, gives the title, artist, a link, and nothing else
In other words, it doesn't tell me what to think about it. Looking at the works even gave me an idea for a piece. I know!
Stephen Rees summarizes Paradise Makers: The Neighbourhood Activists at SFU
I attended the conversation hosted by Gordon Price with Jacques Khouri and Margaret Mitchell, activists in Kitsilano and Little Mountain, respectively.
Andy Rutledge on creativity and design
"While many commonly popular definitions of creativity amount to little more than references to self-expression or flamboyancy, we designers should not be so lax or obtuse in our concept of it."
Making thmbnl
I've been using it, via Ma.gnolia, on my blog. I'll investigate the API in order to use it directly. Interestingly, accounts are OpenID-only.
"'I owe a great deal of my success to being reclusive,' Deadmau5 says."
The trance/electro house producer knows Tommy Lee, and has a DJ name/online handle with a story behind it.
John McCain's amazing first-hand prisoner of war account
In case there was any doubt that he is a real American war hero.
10 good Unix command line usage habits
For those of us who spend half (or more) of their time in a terminal window.
Audio of my Blogging 101 presentation at Northern Voice
Keeping consistent with my desire not to hear my voice, I haven't listened to it yet. But if you missed it the first time, now you can!
My Google Book Search library
So far just books I've reviewed (no matter how long or short the review) on justagwailo.com. Some were borrowed from public libraries and are not (yet) in my home library.
Google Book Search Listing for Getting to Maybe: How the World Is Changed
Is there a way to get my review of the book added to this listing? Other book reviews of mine have made it, but I can't find out how.
Mac OS X Dashboard widget for Canadian weather using Environment Canada's information
The default AccuWeather widget generally sucks for Vancouver, so I'm giving this widget a try.
Apparatus for the Future: Reconstructing the Design World for New Media & Bloggers
Slides of Stephanie Vacher's presentation at Northern Voice 2008.

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