November 2008
21 posts
TV Go Home →
A great website from the first dotcom boom. It’s basically a fake tv listing that is 100% hilarious! You can read the FAQ for more deets.
Nov 28th
Nov 27th
“What happened to oddball choices, eclectic taste, and taking a chance? Since...”
– Is The Web Really Helping Us Find New Music?
Nov 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
White Denim  The Rural Alberta Advantage  Okkervil River  Tortoise  Blind Pilot  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
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Nov 20th
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The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New... →
A nine page essay covering the history of Helvetica and the New York City subway. Required reading.
Nov 19th
Musicians Get Meta in Guitar Hero and Rock Band →
There’s something satisfyingly self-referential about watching talented musicians try to play their own music in Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Especially when they’re worse than you.
Nov 19th
“For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of...”
– YouTube - MontyPython’s Channel
Nov 19th
Auckland Fucking City →
Aucklandfuckingcity is an online magazine that aims to have interviews, music, art and food reviews. It has a ‘I hate this fucking town’ attitude. What I’ve read so far I quite like.
Nov 18th
Nov 18th
Mapanui - a pocket map for your browser →
“Mapanui started out as a bookmarklet to locate an address on a map, without leaving the page. But it does use Microformatted address data to do so.”
Nov 17th
Free seamless background patterns →
Nov 16th
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The Best Free Web Icon Sets - WebIconSets.com →
WebIconSets.com lists the best icon sets suitable for web use. All the icon sets are of professional quality and free to use in your own projects. This page will be kept up-to-date with the latest and best icon sets so be sure to bookmark us for future use.
Nov 16th
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Nov 9th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9) →
Ladi6  Okkervil River  Death Cab for Cutie  Kings of Leon  The Decemberists  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 8th
Nov 5th
2008 Election Maps →
Mr. Kottke has collected a huge amount of 2008 US election maps. Including this awesome one from The Onion.
Nov 5th
Image Optimization Part 2: Selecting the Right... →
the YUI blog has a great series of posts at the moment about image optimization. Part 1 was basically a setup - the above linked article is where you should start. I eagerly await the next installments!
Nov 4th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2) →
Sigur Rós  The Velvet Underground  Doves  Death Cab for Cutie  The Phoenix Foundation  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 2nd