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Linkage: June 6th, 2012 to June 21st, 2012

Doing the Line Charts Right — vis4.net
Great notes on how to make great line charts
SPDY in Nginx
Finally. Can't wait to turn this on.
The care and feeding of software engineers (or, why engineers are grumpy) | NCZOnline
Long, excellent essay on software engineering as a profession
star trail photos
Amazing photos from astronaut Don Pettit on the ISS.
Cabin Life: The Rewards of Trail Work
" Drive slow, be quiet and keep your dog on a leash." The three simple rules of camping at a campground.
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Linkage: May 31st, 2012 to June 6th, 2012

Fruit crop relief sought – Times Union
I do like 'dem apples. Or lack of apples. NY lost 50 ~ 75% of it's apple crop to frost this year.
Kartograph
A new map / visualization library that draws fully vector data, with configurable projection. Via @nelson.
Japanese Chisel Tuneup – Part 1 – Fine Woodworking
Japanese Chisel Tuneup – Part 1:
Posted by Jay_Speetjens

Some techniques for tuning up Japanese bench chisels …

Mortising / Adam Cherubini
Adam Cherubini's take on mortising technique. Very little pounding, mostly use the chisel in a paring fashion. Very different take on how to chop a mortise by hand.
Elliptical Shapes Using Simple Geometry – video
How to draw an ellipse using a compass and a straightedge
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Linkage: May 24th, 2012 to May 31st, 2012

VIDEO: The Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. An instant classic…
Keep 'em running, keep 'em on the road.
On Being the New Boss
Every time Tim Bray says "Mr. Lowery," I cringe a little.
my pupils
stupid eye tricks. the brain is crazy.
US Housing Crisis – Negative Equity Infographic – Zillow
beautiful visualization of a terrible thing
API Design – Matt Gemmell
Mostly focused on iOS / OSX, but good thoughts
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Linkage: May 17th, 2012 to May 24th, 2012

"The Maple Avenue Mind-Set"
The local drama over whether kids should be able to bike to a local middle school ends up in Bicycling magazine. Crazy.
Courtesy Table
More like a see-saw table. Clever idea and design.
Making a cutting gauge
Neat design for a cutting gauge with a captive wedge.
Untitled (http://twitter.com/bltww/status/204006124448522241/photo/1)
Improvised shave horse for roughing these dowels. #konkbench
Geeks and Repetitive Tasks
AUTOMATE
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Linkage: May 15th, 2012 to May 17th, 2012

Electric Imp
Tiny wireless controllers for just about anything. $25. Awesome.
[Interview] Christopher Schwarz of Lost Art Press
A good, quick interview with the Schwarz.
Instagram
Breaking in the skates on the brewpub floor. #daughters #6thbirthday #smallbusiness #shopsmall
Liquid Photo Page Layout
Flickr is now showing the biggest photo they can on a photo page. Awesome!
Buchanan, the gay president
I love the term "chronological ethnocentrism"
Wolfram’s bibliography omission
"A typical issue that came up was how the book was vetted or checked. In academia, there’s the idea that “peer review” is the ultimate method of checking anything. And perhaps in a world where everyone has infinite time, and nobody operates according to their own self-interest, this might be true. But in reality, peer review is fraught with error, often quite corrupt, and even in the best case strongly biased toward avoiding new ideas and maintaining the status quo. And for a piece of work as large, broad and complex as A New Kind of Science, even the basic mechanics of it seemed completely impractical."