Nectar: A fresh look at you

Nectar is all about delivering a online presence that doesn't sell a product or service, but rather sells you. The team believes in helping people build their own personal brand. Being friends with one of Nectar's founders, I've gotten inside peeks of their development process. I can tell you, the team is passionate, their product is inspired, and if you need to consolidate your online presence, or create one from scratch, Nectar can deliver the goods. Tags: blog, business, design, web design, personal, brand, branding, startup, nectar

10 Handy Numbers to Save in Your Mobile Phone | Marc and Angel Hack Life

"'Always be prepared!'  That’s the Boy Scout motto.  Here are 10 phone numbers we could not care less about until the moment we need them..." Tags: emergency, preparedness, mobile, phone, tips

VMware: Team Fusion: Make Windows Unity windows look like Mac OS X Windows: WindowsBlinds with VMware Fusion

This is really a just-in-case sort of bookmark for my own future reference, but those of you using Fusion to run Windows on your Mac may find it useful as well. Tags: fusion, vmware, mac, windows, interface View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

TidBITS Safe Computing: iPhone Security Tips

Rich Mogull's article from earlier this year is still wonderful advice. Tags: iphone, security, tips

Five Things You May not Know About NetNewsWire: NewsGator Widget Blog

Brent Simmons, creator of my favorite RSS reader, with five things you may not know about NetNewsWire. The keyboard shortcuts are alone worth the entire read. Tags: netnewswire, rss, tips

SHARKIE

"Superficially, it shares many features common to most markers, but appearances can be deceptive. For starters, it's made from the glass-reinforced plastic, Grivory [...] and features walls that are 4 times thicker than similar markers. This means it's built for impact and, in a self-defense emergency it can become an efficient Yawara stick for driving off an attacker. Plus, the screw-top cap will stay in place and won't pop off like a regular marker's cap would when you strike a percussion blow, or when obtaining joint locks or submission holds." $6 Tags: self-defense, security, marker, tool, weapon, wishlist View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Kayak.com - Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets, Cheap Airfare & Discount Travel Deals

"Find and book cheap airline tickets, hotel rooms, vacations and rental cars with Kayak.com. Search hundreds of travel sites, compare results, and buy direct." Tags: consumer, finance, shopping, travel

Baseball Brains - Fielding Into The World Series | Scientific Blogging

"With the crack of the bat, the ball sails deep into the outfield. The center-fielder starts his run back and to the right, trying to keep his eyes on the ball through its flight path. His pace quickens initially, then slows down as the ball approaches." An interesting look at the perceptions and mental processes of fielders in baseball. Tags: baseball, psychology, science

18 Means for Living Below Your Means | Marc and Angel Hack Life

"Live a comfortable life, not a wasteful one.  Do not spend to impress others.  Do not live life trying to fool yourself into thinking ..." Lots of good common-sense stuff here that too many of us don't use our common sense on. Tags: consumer, finance, money

Schedule Future-Dated Twitter Tweets » TweetLater.com

"Stuck on an aircraft? Back to back meetings? Taking vacation? Running errands? Playing with the kids? Keep your Twitter stream ticking over with new tweets even when you're not in front of your computer. Or, use it as your personal reminder system. PLUS... Send automated thank you notes to new followers, and automatically follow new followers, if you choose to do so." I haven't actually used TweetLater, but thought the concept intriguing. Tags: twitter

HALLOWE’EN 2008

Steve Hayman carved/built a Cylon pumpkin, complete with that terrifying red light... Tags: pumpkin, jack o'lantern, halloween, cylon, battlestar galactica, bsg View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Finishing Well: What does activist Christianity look like?

My friend Mike has an excellent post on what Christianity should look like. I routinely fail at this. Tags: bible, christianity, church, god, love

Macworld | Eight ways Twitter will change your life

"It seems that everyone is atwitter about Twitter. Even PC World. So here's PC World's list of ways Twitter works -- and doesn't." And no comments from the peanut gallery on "not getting Twitter". If you don't get it, you don't get it. No one's holding a gun to your head to participate. Tags: twitter

Scout's Honor | Texas Magazine

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has written a book about how the Boy Scouts provided such a positive influence on him growing up. "I wrote the book for two main reasons: to espouse the virtues of a movement that has positively shaped the lives of millions of young men and to expose the virus of secularism that endangers institutions that teach traditional values." Tags: books, boy scouts, boy scouts of america, bsa, rick perry, scout, scouts, scouting, texas

Christopher Nolan on 'Dark Knight' and its box-office billion: 'It's mystifying to me' | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times

First of a three-part interview with Christopher Nolan, writer, director and producer of arguably my favorite movie in the past five years. (The other two parts are already online and are linked at the end of this part.) Tags: batman, the dark knight, movie, movies

Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid

"EditGrid is a free web-based online spreadsheet which allows you to create and share spreadsheets documents. You can collaborate with your team, publish your spreadsheets and even power them with external data." Looks interesting. Tags: spreadsheets, web app View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Little Green Footballs - Obama Ridicules 'Socialist' Charge, But He Admitted Seeking Out Marxist Professors and Socialist Conferences

Complete with audio of Obama himself talking about his socialist influences. Tags: obama, politics, socialist, socialism View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

iPhone Search

My friend Michael Tsai has created a simple search page for iPhone users. You can search Amazon, IMDB, Netflix, and Wikipedia all from a single page. Pull this up in Mobile Safari on your iPhone, then add it to your home screen, and you're good to go the next time you need to find a book or settle a historical argument. Tags: amazon, imdb, netflix, iphone, search, wikipedia View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Cruz - A Social Browser for Mac OS X Leopard

Todd Ditchendorf, the developer of Fluid, has entered the web browsing space with Cruz. Featuring an open plug-in architecture, global keyboard shortcuts, sidebar windows, session restore, TinyURL link creation, and automatic software updates, Cruz looks like an interesting addition to the browser arena. I've been playing with Cruz for a couple of days, and it seems fairly stable for the little web browsing I've thrown at it. I did create a right-side sidebar for Hahlo, the excellent Twitter web app optimized for the iPhone. It's been an interesting and fun experiment so far, and I encourage Mac users to check Cruz out. Tags: web app, web browser

How To: 13 Step Method For Buying A Car While Controlling The Sale And The Price

Title is pretty self-explanatory. The advice at the end regarding used cars is dead on. My next door neighbor growing up was a mechanic, with his own shop, and my dad had him look at my first car, and a couple of others he'd picked out. (My dad has a knack for finding great used cars.) It's never a bad idea to have a mechanic not affiliated with a dealership/brand, and most importantly, one you can trust, in your contact list. Tags: automobile, car, consumer, mechanic, shopping View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Macworld | Mac 911 | Etiquette and the BCC field

"An email message's To field is not a plaything. Be respectful of others' addresses by putting the BCC field to good use." I know several people who need to read this article. Unfortunately, I'm fairly certain none of them read my blog, or read Macworld, so they won't see this... Tags: e-mail, etiquette

Macworld | Mac 911 | More on etiquette and email

"Huh, it seems that the subject of etiquette and email has struck a chord with our readers. Here's more helpful advice to pass along to the email unwise." There's a mention in this piece about chain e-mails. Note that I never respond to or forward chain e-mails, so you can just leave me out of those, k? Tags: e-mail, etiquette</a

Mini Motel

Pro-abortion - The Curt Jester "Either dismembering a child in the womb is an acceptable moral act or it isn't. If you think it is then you are pro-abortion and should admit it." Jeff Miller has a nice little piece on the nuances of language in the abortion debate. Tags: abortion, baby, child, children, language, politics Rands In Repose: FriendDA "The following morning, if I’m still chewing on the bright idea, I start to worry because the logical next step is to pitch a friend. The rule here is: all ideas improve as a function of the number of eyeballs that see them. The troubling converse rule is: as soon as your idea gets out in the wild, it’s no longer yours." Rands' idea is that of a Non-Disclosure Agreement for friends, only not legally binding like a real NDA. Tags: friends, nda FriendDA -- Slightly more than a hearty handshake The official document. Tags: friends, nda 21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers | instantShift Not surprisingly, Helvetica tops the list. I was pleased to see Futura in the top ten. I'm a big fan of Futura Bold. Tags: design, font, typeface, typography blackr "blackr is a bookmarklet you can put in your browser's bookmarks bar. Later, when you are on a photo page or one of the “All sizes” pages on flickr, you can click the bookmarklet and it will hide everything on the page behind a soothing black canvas except for the photo. All that remains is the picture." Tags: flickr, photo, photography 10 ways to Simplify Your Life and Save Money ~ Frugal, Freebies and Deals Title pretty much says it. Tags: finance, money View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Domainr "There’s a whole world of domains out there—hundreds at the top-level and even more beyond—Domainr helps you explore them all." For instance, if you type "retrophisch", you'll see the top search item returned, "retrophis.ch" is already taken. Tags: domain, search, web site View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Not Art. Gospel. at The Plow "Not Art. Gospel. is an artistic view of each topic on the Sermon on the Mount. Some amazing doors have been opened, and some great conversations have started from this. But what is most important is that the words of Jesus are being discussed. We want to create art that will lead to God, and we pray that this project will be for His glory." There is some really nice stuff here. Tags: art, bible, god, jesus, love Terminal Tip: Add scroll arrows to both ends of scroll bar - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) If you don't mind getting your hands dirty on the command line, the title pretty much says it all. Tags: command line, interface, mac, terminal View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Umbrella Today? Simple way to find out whether you'll need to carry an umbrella with you for the day or not. Type in your zip code, get a simple answer. You can also type in your mobile phone number and receive text messages at a time you determine each day telling you whether or not you'll need your umbrella... Tags: weather ProfileMenu "This is a simple little application which places a ColorSync menu in your menu bar that will allow you to switch between display profiles, see how old they are, reset your video card's gamma LUT, and clear out ColorSync's internal profile cache when it starts acting up. Useful for troubleshooting, evaluating calibration packages, and for those times when you just want to change white points on a whim." Tags: color, color management, colorsync, mac Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie - Health & Family - Kentucky.com The title is pretty self-explanatory. Pretty impressive. Tags: art, sharpie New Buzz on Honey | ScienCentral | Science Videos | Science News "The next time you’ve got a sinus infection, that honey in your tea might do more than just soothe your cough, says a recent study done by the University of Ottawa. Researchers found that two types of honey are effective at killing bacteria that cause sinusitis and other infections." Tags: food, health, illness View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

iPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle - Forbes.com "Free app Stanza has more people reading books on iPhones than on Amazon's Kindle e-reader." Tags: amazon, books, ebooks, iphone, kindle, reading View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

SmartSleep "[A] preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. It’s a successor to Hibernate.prefPane." Tags: hibernate, mac, macbook, macbook pro, prefpane, software, sleep View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Brunton Vapor™ AF All Fuel Expedition Stove Runs on pretty much any liquid fuel there is: butane, diesel #1, kerosene, auto gasoline, aviation gas, white gas, and more. Tags: camping, preparedness, stove, survival View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Fly tshirt Tshirt - PleaseDressMe I can think of several teenagers who would wear this shirt... Tags: fun, t-shirt The New York Times > Opinion > Image > Op-Art "Statler & Waldorf come down from their balcony to agree to disagree about why watch the presidential debate." They accurately sum up my feelings on the matter. Tags: muppets, politics, opinion View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Canon Digital Learning Center - Sample Video: EOS 5D Mark II "REVERIE, an independently-produced video by Explorer of Light Vincent Laforet. This video was shot with a pre-production Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR. The files used to create this video were not manipulated in any way, only re-compressed for ¼ resolution display on our website." Pretty amazing for a $2,700 camera with the primary purpose of shooting photographs. Tags: camera, canon, 5d mark ii, photography, video Vincent Laforet : photos : Reverie - Behind The Scenes- powered by SmugMug "Behind the scenes footage of Reverie the film by Vincent Laforet." Tags: camera, canon, 5d mark ii, photography, video Helvetica and Alternatives to Helvetica | The FontFeed You can certainly skip this one if you're not a type nerd. My favorite of the alternative bunch is FF Schulbuch. Tags: font, helvetica, typeface, typography Leslie Carbone: Ten Conservative Concerns with the Treasury Bailout The House Republican Study Committee, a group of conservative Representatives, yesterday issued a list of "Ten Conservative Concerns" with the Bush bail-out. Tags: conservative, politics, republican, finance, money PhotoBook - Caffeinated Cocoa "PhotoBook is a Facebook photo browser for Mac. It makes it easy and fun to manage, share, and view your friends' Facebook photos in one intuitive interface." You can also import single photos or entire albums into iPhoto with one click. Handy for capturing those images of yourself others have taken. Tags: facebook, mac, photo, photography, software View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Subterranean Press » Blog Archive » A Brand New Short Story by John Scalzi What might it look like if super heroes really existed in our publicity-minded, sue-happy society? This short story by John Scalzi nails it pretty well. Tags: fiction, sf, science fiction, writing View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New Hitchhiker's author announced "Children's author Eoin Colfer is commissioned to write a sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series." Tags: author, books, science fiction, sf, writing PMSBuddy.com - The free online PMS reminder "PMSBuddy.com is a free service created with a single goal in mind: to keep you aware of when your wife, girlfriend, mother, sister, daughter, or any other women in your life are closing in on 'that time of the month' - when things can get intense for what may seem to be no reason at all." Tags: web site View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA) » 1933-2008 Mac pundit Andy Ihnatko eulogies his mother on her recent passing after a nearly year-long battle with cancer. Grab some tissues. Tags: family, love, mom View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia