Interesting Links from January 28

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Charisma as Natural as Gravity | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com

This is a moving obituary written by Christopher Nolan, the man who directed “The Dark Knight,” which will be the last movie in which Heath Ledger will ever appear. It really gives you great insight into the sort of person Heath really was. “There aren’t many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world,” he says. “Heath was one of them.”

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CrazyLaws.com - Dumb Laws

Check out this list of rather asinine laws that are (supposedly, at least) still on the books. They’re broken down by state, so you can find your state (or a state you dislike) fairly easily. One of my favorites: “You may shoot Native Americans if there are more than five of them on your property at any one time” in Iowa. And it’s apparently illegal in Ames to have more than three gulps of beer while laying in bed with a woman, or while holding her in your arms. Umm… guilty.

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Daily Links for January 21

Friday, January 25th, 2008

YouTube - Richard Hammond presents Bloody Omaha (The Graphics)

How 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the TIMEWATCH program “Bloody Omaha.” It’s pretty fantastic to see this level of ingenuity at work.

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Daily Links for January 19

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Dave Woods - HTML, CSS, Web Design » 100% Height Layout Using CSS

This is a useful trick for getting a container to fill a minimum of 100% of the screen regardless of the amount of content.

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Daily Links for January 16

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

In His Candidate’s Voice | Print Article | Newsweek.com

Here’s a quick interview with Jon Favreau, Barack Obama’s 26 year old speech writer. Jealous much? Much. :)

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Daily Links for January 11

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

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I’m not even going to ruin the surprise by telling you what this is. You should just click on it. Cracked me up, anyway. :)

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