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links for 2008-12-07

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 7, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• Kowloon Walled City
  fascinating labyrintic outlaw city, Hong Kong
  (tags: urban culture Sociology)
• Profile: Author M.T. Anderson Challenges Young Adults With Complex Narratives
  Interesting
  (tags: books review toread)
• Shopping Mall History
  Malls are such an ingrained part of my life experience that it seems strange that they are a recent phenomenon, and that they might soon be replaced by other consumer experiences.
  (tags: history culture shopping)
• The Millions: A Year in Reading 2008
  (tags: bestof2008 books)

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links for 2008-12-05

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 5, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• TraceyClean Home Page
  Green, enviromentally-sound cleaning products, produced here in Indiana.
  (tags: Indiana cleaning)
• Indy Photo Coach
  (tags: photography Indianapolis)

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links for 2008-12-04

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 4, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• PW's Best Books of the Year – 11/3/2008 – Publishers Weekly
  (tags: bestof2008 books)
• Holiday Books – 100 Notable Books of 2008 – NYTimes.com
  (tags: bestof2008 books)
• Thomas Frank: Health-Care Reform Could Kill the GOP
  "But it pleases me even more to think that the conservatives' nightmare of permanent defeat might come true simply if Democrats do the right thing."
  (tags: health politics reform)
• 15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
  (tags: webdesign webdev tools)
• 60 Beautiful Examples Of Night Photography | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine
  (tags: photography)
• The Typographic Desk Reference (TDR)
  Drool, drool, drool.
  (tags: typography reference books)
• Massive Reorganization at Random House | The New York Observer
  "Steve Rubin, Irwyn Applebaum Step Down; Doubleday and Bantam Divisions Dismantled." Yikes
  (tags: publishing)
• Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com
  Sad. I really love her music.
  (tags: music obituary)
• you thought we wouldn’t notice » Rosamond the Strange
  Comparison reveals that Emily the Strange is probably a direct rip of the Rosamond character from the Nate the Great books. That sucks.
  (tags: copyright Plagiarism books illustration)
• Checkvist: collaborative online outliner and checklist
  A checklist, to-do collaboration manager that I'm going to check out. I've tried several, but none really stick. Remember the Milk costs money; google docs are a pain.
  (tags: lifehacks lists productivity)

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Prop 8 – The Musical

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 3, 2008
• Post category:Funny Videos/GLBT Issues/Politics

“Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more…
A star-studded cast turns out for Marc Shaiman’s “Prop 8 – The Musical.”

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links for 2008-12-03

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 3, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• The “broken windows” theory of crime is correct | Can the can | The Economist
  This is why the upswing in graffiti downtown has me so bent out of shape.
  (tags: graffiti psychology crime Sociology)
• The Grid System
  The ultimate resource in grid systems.
  (tags: grids webdesign tools css webdev)

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You may be a Unitarian Universalist if:

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 2, 2008
• Post category:Funny Lists/Religion/You Know You're A...

1. You think socks are too formal for a Summer service.
2. You know at least 5 ways to say “Happy holidays!”
3. Your idea of a guy’s night out is going to a N.O.W. rally.
4. Unleavened bread is part of your Easter Brunch.
5. You refer to construction paper as “paper of color.”
6. The name of your church is longer than your arm.
7. You find yourself rewriting a church survey, rather than taking it.
8. You call up your minister in the middle of the night, panicking because you are starting to believe in God.
9. To explain your personal theology, you have to use interpretive dance.
10. You take your day planner to church instead of the Bible.

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links for 2008-12-02

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 2, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• 24/7 Wall St.: The Black Friday Ten: Retailers Who May Not See 2009
  (tags: economy business)
• Craft Project: Origami LED Light Embellishments
  (tags: crafts)
• Holiday light ball
  (tags: crafts lights)
• The Book Design Review's Favorite Book Covers of 2008
  Many of these I agree with.
  (tags: bestof2008 bookcovers)
• Three fire engines turn up to rescue Santa's hat from 'impossible to climb' university spire after student prank | Mail Online
  Funny because the name of the building is the "Gate of Humility" and it's supposed to be impossible to climb to the top of the spire.
  (tags: awesome pranks)
• X-Entertainment's Advent Calendar – 2008.
  (tags: bestof2008 funny)

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links for 2008-12-01

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:December 1, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• Web Design Inspiration – a set on Flickr
  (tags: webdesign inspiration)
• Best Of 2008: Most Popular Top 10's of 2008
  (tags: bestof2008)
• Amazon.com: Best of 2008: Books: Books
  (tags: bestof2008 books)

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links for 2008-11-30

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:November 30, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• Holiday Books – 100 Notable Books of 2008 – NYTimes.com
  (tags: bestof2008)

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links for 2008-11-29

• Post author:HFM
• Post published:November 29, 2008
• Post category:Recently Read

• Websort » Web-based card sorting
  (tags: webdesign tools architecture cardsorting)

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