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Linkage: January 2nd, 2013 to January 4th, 2013

Behind the Bar: Pauline Boldt’s Holiday Gin and Tonics
Rosemary simple syrup. Yum.
The Icarus Deception
Nice video on Seth Godin's new book. Lots of nice little shots in and around Tarrytown and Irvington NY, my old haunt.
The Design Lesson
"In graphic design, nothing is what it actually is. Everything other than content is representative of something else. Additionally, much of the content is also merely representative of something other than what it actually is."
If NTFS is a robust journaling file system, why do you have to be careful when using it with a USB thumb drive?
Applies to any journaled filesystem really. Ever wonder why you can't just yank a removeable device on a Mac? This is why.
Shop Apron From Artifact Bag Co.
Great looking handmade bags and things in waxed cotten and leather.
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The Netherlands

Ever wonder what the difference was between Holland and The Netherlands? Now you know.

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Linkage: December 7th, 2012 to December 20th, 2012

Geeky Fingernails / Doctor Who “Silence” manicure
#DoctorWho "Silence" Manicure #NailArt
A Tale of Animation Performance | CSS-Tricks
On using translate() vs top/left for moving elements around. First I'd seen of using translate() to do designy type motion effects. Pretty neat.
A Seasonal Tipple
Plane's Milk of Amnesia. Basically, make at home Bailey's.
You Are Not Your Code
Thoughts from Sam Stephenson, creator of Prototype
jq
"jq is like sed for JSON data – you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text."
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Linkage: November 16th, 2012 to December 5th, 2012

Level Legs the Easy Way
Neat trick for leveling legs on four-legged objects. Requires a table saw.
ITTEN: The Elements of Color, 1970.
Wonderful book on color
Git Immersion
Good starting point for Git
Save _flymake files in a temporary directory | blog.arithm
How to make flymake behave with javascript using the jshint forumula from EmacsWiki
Using QOS – Tutorial and discussion | LinksysInfo.org
A long, good read on setting up QoS for a SOHO network.
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Linkage: October 18th, 2012 to November 16th, 2012

Setting up Emacs as a Javascript editing environment for Fun or Profit « Deadpan Sincerity
Some good tips on setting up Emacs to edit Javascript. This is where I stumbled upon auto-complete-mode. js-comint is super super handy.
Auto Complete Mode – The most intelligent auto-completion extension for GNU Emacs
Wow, an auto completion mode for emacs that actually seems to work. Worth a shot.
Tom Blomfield: Making something people want – The GoCardless story
"Most startups aren't competing with other startups; they're competing with no one giving a shit".
Writing Fast, Memory-Efficient JavaScript | Smashing Coding
Writing Fast, Memory-Efficient JavaScript –
Leaner Programmer Anarchy
Longish talk on programming and using anarchy to get shit done