Panic - Transmit 3 - The next-generation Mac OS X FTP client!
(tags: mac sftp software tools)

Telegraph | Opinion | The frightening truth of why Iran wants a bomb
Interesting opinion piece on the “truth” of why iran wants a bomb. I find the assertions suspect and definitely heavy handed.
(tags: extremism iran islam politics)

April 6 Nick Lampson Press Confe
Some weirdness in the Delay group trying to disrupt Lampson’s press conference today. Bizarre is a good word for it.
(tags: delay politics)

The Blog | Jane Smiley: Notes for Converts | The Huffington Post
Excellent, excellent article about dealing with the pro-Bush advocates.
(tags: bush politics progressive)

WP Tiger Administration // Ordered List by Steve Smith
Wordpress administration goodness! I really like K2 for the external stuff I have already but that’s starting to get stale, too. Very nice!
(tags: css plugin theme wordpress)

Anytime is the Right Time to Start a Company - Blue Flavor
Excellent insight regarding starting up a new business
(tags: business entrepreneur startup)

Cameron Moll ~ I {heart} design.
Beautiful!
(tags: css design inspiration webdesign)

HistoryShots Store
Neat little visual representations of periods of history or other areas - all on a nifty poster
(tags: history politics poster shopping)

Web 2.0 By Paul Boutin
An interesting account on the taxonomy of web2.0 — in many cases this article speaks the truth about the current trend of web2.0 products and companies. I yet want to keep the web2.0 idea pure, but eventually I know the bubble2.0 version will win.
(tags: article web2.0)

Vitaly Friedman’s Notebook: 25 Best Free Quality Fonts
25 nice free fonts
(tags: design fonts free typography)

75 Helpful Web Design Resources - Cameron Olthuis
Nice list of design resources
(tags: css design html resources webdesign)

Dragon Labs | The Ultimate Tabbed Menu
Cool css tabbed menu work
(tags: css resources webdesign)

The Ethical Hacker Network - How To Break Web Software
Interesting report on how to break your apps…
(tags: hacking programming resources security)

Michelle Malkin: WELCOME TO RECONQUISTA
Well, it had to start happening sometime. The proponents of Aztlan want to “reconquer the southwest.” All they are going to do is make us brown folk look a little silly. Ugh…
(tags: aztlan immigration politics racism)

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Insulating Bush (03/30/2006)
Excellent coverage of what he knew and when he (bush) knew in the months leading up to the war in Iraq.
(tags: bush iraq politics)

US debt clock running out of time, space - Yahoo! News
It’s sad - like when you have to get a larger weight scale…ugh…
(tags: budget debt politics)

Mexican Invasion!
No description - you have to read it…really…I can’t summarize it here…
(tags: aztlan immigration politics)

Townhall.com :: Columns :: Mission to Niger by Robert Novak - Jul 14, 2003
Original column by Robert Novak that outed Valerie Plame - and caused a ton of mess for Scooter LIbby and the Bush administration.
(tags: bush plamegate politics)

StressEraser and SleepTracker: Tech that can make your life better - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
An odd endorsement for interesting gadgets at 37signals. I’m actually interested in these contraptions. I went through a period of trying to understand my sleep patterns to produce more effective rest in less time but to no avail.
(tags: 37signals life2.0 lifehacks sleep)

Ajaxian » Dollar E: A document.createElement Wrapper
Prototype is great, don’t get me wrong, but I do have some issues with the way it subverts the base language. Still this article points out a new nicety and if you use prototype you don’t want to miss it.
(tags: feature javascript prototype tools)

FISA judges Say Bush Within law
Not exactly. You have to read it. Very interesting means of distorting article content for political gain.
(tags: bush fisa nsa politics)

Real Security - Democrats.gov
Is politics really about rebranding? I post this link because apparently this is the new site and strategy for the democrats. Boy oh boy…
(tags: democrats marketing politics rebranding)

New Firefox Extension: X-Ray | Design Meme
New Firefox extension for looking at css markup usage within the flow of a document.
(tags: extensions firefox tools web)

CoverFlow
Wow. You have to go there to see it. Mac based album “jukebok” stuff. Beautiful…
(tags: mac music software tools)

It’s a great time to start a business - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
Excellent recap on why it’s a great time to start a business. These are principles that I can deal with. I’m not into bubble2.0, but I am into the passion of the user experience in web2.0. Must get off ass and start coding!
(tags: 37signals business entrepreneur microisv startup web2.0)

Ajaxian » Javascript Windows Enhanced
I fucking *love* this shit. I’m going to port it to MochiKit.Visual when I get a chance. w00t!
(tags: javascript mochikit prototype scriptaculous web2.0)

Ajaxian » Touchstone: Web Attention on the Desktop
It looks pretty but I’m not sure I can buy it. I actually don’t have google sidebar anymore. I like the search engine but having the sidebar up is too distracting and as much as I love Dashboard and Yahoo! Widgets, I just don’t see a whole lot of utilit
(tags: attention web2.0)

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
Hate to be the messenger there. Seriously, if we wanted to intervene and rig a couple of elections (like they do here in the states) you think they would have started with Hamas…but no. It’s interesting to see the response now that we are “directly in
(tags: bush democracy iraq)

CSS Formatter and Optimiser/Optimizer (based on CSSTidy 1.2beta)
Yet another CSS formatter and optimiser
(tags: css tools)

dirtSimple.org: Attention Means Attention
Philip Eby’s always excellent articles….read it and meditate on it.
(tags: life2.0)

Explore For Truth: No He Didn’t
Rep William Clay Jr of Missouri asks the President why his daughters aren’t in Iraq…certainly it’s a technically valid question but do we really have to go there?
(tags: bush iraq)

Online CSS Optimiser/Optimizer : flumpCakes
Wow, another css optimiser i didn’t know about.
(tags: css tools)

Creating Passionate Users: Manager 2.0
Outstanding article! This continues the confirmation about life2.0. web2.0 is not a meme unto itself, it’s about a revolution in every aspect of life, including management (especially management of creative and technical teams). Bear with me and don’t
(tags: life2.0 management2.0 web2.0)

Creating Passionate Users: Multitasking makes us stupid?
I tend to agree on this one. I don’t think I’ve ever really considered multi-tasking in the way that it’s mean to be discussed. I think of it as more “pre-emptive multi-tasking”, more like holding a queue of things to deal with but never really dealing
(tags: attention multitasking productivity)

Creating Passionate Users: User Enchantment…
Willing suspension of disbelief…web developer edition.
(tags: ui usability userexperience web2.0)

The adventures of scaling, Stage 1
Excellent write up of an adventure in scaling an application for heavy usage.
(tags: ruby rubyonrails scaling)

Demographics and details of profanity poll
Poll results regarding profanity and its usage in the modern age. Who gives a shit…
(tags: poll)

Top News Article | Reuters.com
Since I’m reading Zinn’s Declarations of Independence this hits home even more. I’ve never thought much about labor unions or the working class struggles - at least not in this respect. The other interesting issue here is the sheer numbers (think percen
(tags: equality france labor march rights social.justice)

Valleyschwag: Join the Party!
w00t! Getting my part of the bubble2.0 schwag. Get yours before they put the limit on!
(tags: bubble2.0 web2.0)

Inbox Zero: Processing to zero | 43 Folders
Good article on dealing with email. 43Folders has been pushing the “inbox zero” series for some time and continues to make good suggestions for GTD style.
(tags: 43folders gtd lifehacks)

CSS Tweak ~ Web Based CSS Tweaker!
CSS tweaker, ’nuff said.
(tags: css tools)

Daily Kos: FEC: The Netroots Win
Very important win for the political blogosphere. I was getting ready for a down and dirty fight for free speech. But looks like folks have wised up. Hooray!
(tags: blogosphere fec netroots politics)

ITMFA
Ya know, I’m really starting to feel people on this. I have been for impeachment for some time - but I’ve really hit the moment of , “well, what the fuck are you waiting for?” — this guy puts it into perspective - and offers a lapel pin to prove it.
(tags: bush impeach)

mediabistro.com: TVNewser
Go Keith! If you haven’t watched Countdown yet, then you should get your ass over to MSNBC at 7pm sharp and do so! Actually, my favorite part of the article is that O’Reilly is down 24% in that same demographic…weeee!
(tags: countdown msnbc)

MyDD :: Bloggers Shouting “Wake Up”
Wonderfully written piece on what’s going on in the blogosphere. Those that have “awakened” are shouting from the hilltops but we’re wondering if anyone is listening…I think folks are starting to wise up but the damage is done and will certainly take m
(tags: bush netroots politics)

LA Daily News - Entertainment
Excellent article with ex-military on our current state with regard to the war in Iraq, our credibility as a nation and our future apparent if we don’t start fixing things.
(tags: bush iraq war.on.terror)

MacUser: News: Firefox bug causes breakup with fiancé
Oh man, this is just completely hilarious. Just goes to show you how important good, quality software is. Heh…
(tags: bug firefox testing)