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Ad Week: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:18:26 +0200

Ad Week: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. "Hire at least two new people every day." Jeff Goodby may have been exaggerating, at least at first, when he gave that directive ... in the spring of 2007. But the reality was, it was a necessity. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners was in a hiring frenzy following an unprecedented new-business windfall, which itself followed a major account loss early in the year that threatened to trim rather than swell the agency's ranks. Suddenly, the San Francisco agency needed to find a lot of talent, and fast.

WordPress Optimization Guide

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:03:20 +0200

WordPress Optimization Guide.

Heart of gears

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:10:19 +0200

Papercraft heart of rotating gears. Very nice! Via Boing boing.

Newcomb's paradox

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:08:22 +0200

Newcomb’s paradox. A strange look at a hypothetical situation of whether or not to trust a “fortune teller”. Via Mikolas.

New York Magazine: Sarah Palin's Heaven

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:16:32 +0200

New York Magazine: Sarah Palin's Heaven.

Sitepoint: Multi-threading in JavaScript

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:14:58 +0200

Sitepoint: Multi-threading in JavaScript. An interesting take on using interrupts to allow long-running scripts.

Mythbusters Adam and James paint Mona Lisa

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:56:17 +0200

How to paint the Mona Lisa is 80 milliseconds. Via Creative Good.

Two types: Leitura and Arlt

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:14:51 +0200

Leitura is a diverse family of faces that looks like two families joined into one. Arlt is a typeface with curious serifs.

Making barcodes play nice

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:30:38 +0200

Who said barcodes need to look ugly?

Minify

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:34:10 +0200

Minify. Another PHP based CSS and javascript combiner/optimizer.

Boot-time silent SMSs?

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:04:24 +0200

Dear LazyWeb, could you please tell me if there’s a S60 software and accompanying web service that will automatically and silently send a SMS every time my phone is booted. Or if this doesn’t already exist, would someone please start one?

PHP Asset Packager

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:53:25 +0200

PHP Asset Packager. An alternative to Combine.

Session fixation and PHP security

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:23:43 +0200

Session fixation in Chris Shiflett’s column on PHP security.

HS: Jos Suomi olisi suostunut syksyllä 1939…

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:20:37 +0200

Helsingin Sanomien Kuukausiliitteen arkistoista: Jos Suomi olisi suostunut syksyllä 1939…

M&M: Alman lehdillä umpipoliittinen tausta

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:54:20 +0200

M&M: Alman lehdillä umpipoliittinen tausta.

The Believer interviews David Foster Wallace

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:53:41 +0200

The Believer interviews David Foster Wallace.

Jefferson and Adams started it

noemail@noemail.org (Ilya) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:14:49 +0200

The Election of 1800: The Birth of Negative Campaigning in the U.S. Be sure to also read the comments, which, while casting doubt on the veracity of the entry, make it all the more interesting.