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Takes the term "human interface" to a whole new level. Remarkable.


"I’ve been using it [sig2feed] for my Secret Links feature, which only people who subscribe to my RSS feed can see." — a creative and smart use of my RSS Signature plugin.


"After two months of paternity leave and mostly not posting, I’m resuming work on kottke.org today." — you’ve been missed sir, welcome back.


"Good copywriting is part of the development process — it is not optional. It is part of good usability and accessibility." — an interesting take on how the designer-blogger should work their craft; it’s yet another how-to yes, but does it resonate in part?


"However, if PR folk followed a few steps that I shall propose below, a considerable amount of time and energy could be spared on both ends." — good how-to advice is rare, doubly so regarding blogging, however Paul delivers a great article on the topic.


"Sydney company tickgreen has launched a service dedicated to helping Web site owners reduce the carbon footprint of their online offerings." — of course, tickgreen couldn’t possibly be profiteering from those concerned over global-warming, right?


"If you’ve never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different?" — David Hewlett’s comic vision of familiy and murder gone so very horribly wrong.. top stuff!

Shattuck’s Summer Ride

From the too-cool-for-school department, comes Justin Shattuck’s idea of a fun time:

For 30 days I am going to be giving away rides to individuals to anywhere in North America! No, I’m not crazy — but it sure is going to be fun! I just wanted to let you know because I am going to be streaming the entire project, live over the internet as well as broadcasting my live gps position. You can get updates, information and even pay for some gas over at www.summerrideshare.com!

– So, if you’ve had a hankering to take a bit of a punt across the US of A, Justin can hook you up.


"Allows you to create a link to yourblog.example.com/?random which will redirect someone to a random post on your blog, in a StumbleUpon-like fashion." — matt releases a plugin then suggest users on 2.0.x aren’t "serious" about their blogs. What?!


"I’ve closed submissions to stop the waiting times. We have a long list, no ETA on going through them all and I didn’t want to stress out anyone else or put additional pressure on myself, Scrivs and Mike." - Tyme pulls-the-plug for all the right reaso Continue Reading »


A nifty little site to give a blog "9 minutes of fame" — every 9 minutes a new URI can be submitted for the edification of others. #