Architecture in an Age of Austerity (1)
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Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places (0)
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“Architectural publication, criticism and even education are now focused relentlessly on the enticing visual image. The longing for singular, memorable imagery subordinates other aspects of buildings, isolating architecture in disembodied vision.” – Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa, from his essay “Toward an Architecture of Humility” Anyone paying even remote attention to the domain of high architectural design in the past decade will surely recognize the name Frank Gehry. The celebrity architect (or if you prefer to ...
Automate your drive re-organizing with Download Mover (6)
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware I've been writing about plenty of manual ways to keep your hard drive neat and clean recently. That's a nice start, but what about some automated help along the lines of Auto-Delete?While Download Mover is no longer actively developed, it's still good at what it does. Download and extract the zip file and launch the executable, and DM will ask you where and what you want to monitor. Specify ...
Disabling the WordPress update nag - Yoast - Tweaking Websites (9)
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WordPress' core update nag is quite the useful thing, I'll usually know before it shows that there's an update, but a lot of people won't. If you don't know what I mean with core update nag, it's this thing: The issue is that this thing doesn't only show to you, it shows to all users of your blog. Now there's a plugin that will disable this for you, but it will disable it for everyone, ...
Extract Your Concert DVD Audio to MP3 With 4 Simple Tools (19)
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For a couple of years now, I have been awaiting a decent, standalone, freeware program that can extract DVD audio tracks and convert them to audio mp3’s. There are dozens and dozens of trialware and shareware applications, but absolutely no decent freeware programs that get this done in a satisfactory manner. I only have a couple of music concert DVDs, but the live music from these shows are not available on CD, and nowhere else ...
Plugin: RpTreeMaker (2)
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Al Hart, of Render Plus Systems Inc., wanted to let people know about their new, free plugin for creating tree components in SketchUp: We have just released the Beta-test version of a new, free, add-on application for SketchUp - RpTreeMaker. RpTreeMaker RpTreeMaker generates fractal trees based on parameters - tree type, number of trunks, number of roots, age, bending parameters, etc. - and the creates a tree image and places the tree as a 2D, ...
60 Free Vector Icon Packs for Design Professionals - VECTORTUTS (37)
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Vector icons are a dime a dozen, but how many would you actually use in professional work–or personal work you want to look professional? A very small percent, most likely. That’s why we’ve assembled the cream of the crop here, featuring only icon packs that are superbly good, yet completely free. 1. 165 Lovely Vector Icons 165 free hand drawn icons from Liquidcity for use in your designs, available as AI, SVG and JPEG files. ...
Over 100 WordPress Video Tutorials (3)
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iSerenity Ambient Sounds Offer Soothing Background Noise [Distraction] (43)
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Whether you work quietly alone at home or in an office where the hum of fluorescent lights is the dominant soundtrack of your day, tune into one of the 31 ambient loops offered on the iSerenity web site. Listen to the clack of typewriters and maybe your own keyboard pace will pick up; if you miss the big city, you can have New York City as your background (at least, the safe-for-work version); expatriate Angelenos ...
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Robert said:
Another site added to the list with simplynoise.com and i-dose.us
Open Stepper Project (1)
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Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog (6)
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Carl Erickson from Phenostream has built a very small yet very smart stepper motor. Many of them can be controlled via a daisy chained serial connection which could make it simple to interface with complex projects. This car project is a cool example of the possibilities. "The OpenStepper Module (OSM) is comprised of a GSM_01 and the OpenStepper circuit board. OSM firmware is based on Mike Thompson’s popular OpenServo project which Jay Ragsdale was kind ...
13 Thrilling Ways Steampunk Art Hijacks Hi-Tech [30 PICS] (70)
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Steampunk art, fashion, design and mods are seen by some as a reaction to today’s generic, plastic gadgets that all look the same until one gets very, very close - practical yes, pleasing no. So polish up that monocle, bring on the brass and banish cookie-cutter clutter as Steampunk artists find thirteen more ingenious ways to redesign and refashion the world by hijacking hi-tech back to the future (past)! (image via: Geekologie) How to take ...
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Andrew said:
i love this x 10
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imma said:
ooo, pretty :)
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Goldie Katsu said:
I love the creativity and style of steampunk. My personal style is very Victoriana (taste in Jewlery and clothing) so I suppose that when this extends to technology it is no wonder that I love it.
WordPress Plugin: Shared Items Post (20)
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Google Reader is a nice little blogging tool that is an essential item in my arsenal. Aside from the obvious RSS aggregating capabilities of Google Reader, I also use Google Reader as a bookmark manager of sorts for my followed feeds. And I can choose to star some entries for reviewing, by myself, at a later time, or I can also choose to share some articles that caught my interest with others. By default, these ...
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deeped said:
Äntligen!
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Ryan Sholin said:
If you're using Delicious to do this now, this looks like an alternative.
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iVahid said:
حالا هی بیا با عملیات آکروباتیک لینکدونی بساز!بفرما، هلو برو تو گلو!
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Nima said:
بدرد سیاره ساختن می خوره.
BubbleTimer Webapp Helps Track Time and Set Goals [Time Management] (16)
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Based on the Emergent Task Timer worksheets from David Seah, BubbleTimer is a quick and easy to use web application for budgeting, tracking and working towards time management goals. Set up a series of activities, such as work, physical activity, entertainment and personal projects and click to fill in the bubbles representing fifteen minute periods of time. As priorities change or you end up spending time on one task instead of another, you can change ...
Klimatet. Igen. (2)
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Låt oss vara överens om en sak. Klimatet förändras. Det har alltid förändrats och det kommer alltid att förändras.Under perioder har det varit väldigt mycket varmare än nu. (Lustigt nog tycks isbjörnarna ha överlevt det.) Och det har emellanåt varit oerhört mycket kallare. Det behövs bara en snabb titt på historiska klimatkurvor för att inse detta.Dagens debatt är en parentes. Men debatten är rätt infekterad.En del hävdar att människans koldioxidutsläpp har skapat en växthuseffekt, med ...
Doc Scrubber Removes Hidden Metadata from Your Word Docs [Featured Windows Download] (55)
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Windows only: Every time you save a Microsoft word doc, Word embeds gobs of potentially embarrassing metadata in your document, meaning that when you send a document off to someone else, you may be sending more than you intended. Free application Doc Scrubber analyzes Microsoft Word documents for hidden data, scrubs the document of any metadata you tell it to, and then creates a new clean file. We've highlighted a similar Microsoft Office add-on once ...
WPCandy - The Best of WordPress (0) permalink
Speckyboy did the amazing work of collecting over 100 links to WordPress video tutorials, ranging from simple tasks (like installing themes) to more advanced stuffs (say, creating plugins). [Link]Contribute comment
