Today is March 15 or the Ides of March – beware! I am not superstitious but I’ve had server problems on March 15th on more that one occasion where it took the entire day to resolve the problem. Fortunately, this year it falls on a Sunday so most of us won’t be working.
Last Sunday was International Women’s Day, which I didn’t realize until after the fact but I do have a link about women’s issues this week. I also have tweetdeck tips, operating systems over the years, creating a large website background in CSS, the Hawaiian Chair, USB drives, and a year in 2 minutes.
- Ides of March – March 15th is the Ides of March, which was the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated. Apparently he had been warned to beware of that day and since that time the date has had a sense of foreboding.
- Facts About Women – I somehow missed the memo that last Sunday was International Women’s Day. How nice that we get one whole day on a Sunday. Vered at MomGrind wrote an awesome post about 10 disturbing issues still facing women around the world.
- Realistic Food USB Flash Drives – Well, this was food week at (Anti) Social Development so what better way to end it than silly USB’s that look like food. The shrimp one makes me laugh.
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How to Effectively Follow 15,000 People on Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks Jesse Newhart explains how he effectively follows 15,000 people using Tweetdeck. If you aren’t following him, you should because he posts some great links. @jessenewhart
- How To: CSS Large Background – A great tutorial that explains how to create a large image background and use it on your website using CSS. Now if I could just figure out how to make the awesome flowers.
- Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009 – A visual history of operating systems over the last 28 years. It’s interesting to watch Windows become more Apple like.
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One year in two minutes from Eirik Solheim.
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A funny video of Ellen demonstrating the Hawaiian chair seen on Infomercials.
These are awesome links, Kim!
Thanks for the link to Vered’s article. It was a great reminder of what women still face and was really well done.
On the lighter side:
I’ve always wanted a shrimp sticking out of my laptop. Now that dream is realized.
I came into OS’s with Windows 3.1 and with the amount of nostalgia I hold for everything else from growing up I do not miss Windows 3.1 one bit.
The one year in 2 minutes video is incredible.
And we totally have to get you a Hawaill chair. It will help you take your blogging to the next level!
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Hi Jim – Glad you liked the links!
Is anyone nostalgic for Windows 3.1? The first OS I used was Mac Classic.
Shrimp USB? B-day gift for Jim resolved!! ;-)
Can you honestly see me in that chair with the amount of coffee I drink?
I wonder what the kitties would think of it…
I think CC might wig out but Emma probably wouldn’t care enough to get off her cushion to check it out. ;-)
Yay! Shrimp!
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LOL – CC climbed the curtains again last night because she was trying to get a fly. I ran to get my phone so I could take a video but by the time I came back she was sitting on the floor with an innocent look on her face.
hahaha. You should keep your camera close by at all times. CC could be the next youtube sensation at any moment.
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Well the lists keep getting better and better. I really loved the tut from Jesse Newhart and the hilarious vid with the Hawaiian chair. The previous week you forgot the video and this week you gave me so many :) Keep them coming!
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Hi Stratos,
Every time I watch that chair video I laugh. I love it when she’s trying to
pour water and talk on the phone.
I’ve been using Tweetdeck since last summer and had never thought
of doing the filtering that Jesse showed in the video.
Thanks for the link, Kim. :)
Curious about “effectively following” 15,000 people – off to check it out.
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Hi Vered,
I don’t know how he does it – I can’t keep up with 1500.
That video One year in 2 Minutes, was very cool. The spring burst was magical , kind of what we got going on here now. And I really liked how it showed the changed in the sun’s arc too over the year, you could even see the quality of the light change.
10,000 on Twitter eh? Didn’t Obama have, like, 200,000 near the election?
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Hi Jannie,
I like the way the sound changes too – you don’t hear anything and
then the birds slowly get noisier. Obama might have the highest
number of followers – of course, he doesn’t actually monitor the account.
The one year in two minutes video is absolutely amazing. And following 15,000 people… that sounds almost scary. But first, I have to try out Tweetdeck. :)
~ Kristi
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Hi Kristi – Tweetdeck makes it a lot easier to effectively follow a lot of people because you can filter on keywords and because you can makes groups.
Thanks for the links. I will check them out!
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Hi Nihar – Great! I hope you enjoy them,
Nice collection of links Kim
Hi Madhur – Thanks! And sorry about ManU this weekend :-P