http://theplotters.com Public blog for some people who would like to speak frankly with each other without all the crap. Oh yeah, and we (generally) came to know each other on General Discussion and In The News. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:09:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, browsing through the Whistleblower Blog of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, I happened upon an entry discussing the Minnesota Revenue Department's new practice of publicizing the names of establishments that have failed to pay their sales taxes... now this didn't bother me as much as a reference to the Chicago Police ... http://theplotters.com/2008/06/04/the-new-scarlet-letter/ So, I saw this article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel today, and it highlights an issue that's been brewing in the US, and, really, around the world over the past decade or so. As over half of the world's population now lives in cities (I forget when we passed that ... http://theplotters.com/2008/03/24/going-dry-and-i-dont-mean-giving-up-beer-for-lent/ When you have nothing else to do (or even if you have, but you don't feel like doing it), you can always play with your camera (if you don't have one, go buy one, now). This week's tip (like there's going to be another next week) is how to take ... http://theplotters.com/2008/01/27/slow-sync-flash/ So, a friend who kills immense amounts of time at work by reading online magazines forwarded me this article, It's Way Too Easy Being Green (Slate) about all the ways that architects (and design teams, in general) have found to circumvent the principles of LEED certification for buildings and attain ... http://theplotters.com/2008/01/10/how-to-defeat-leed-in-one-easy-step/ http://theplotters.com/2008/01/03/the-browser-in-winamp-will-not-let-me-type-in-the-post-field/ I've found a girl, lost a great friend, travelled something over 4,500 miles by train and realised that when I was small '2007' was far away enough to be totally unimaginable; by then inventions on Tomorrow's World would be around. I spent silly days in Korčula pulling faces and ... http://theplotters.com/2007/12/28/this-year/ this is what happens when you don't sleep. it's not pretty. you end up commenting on random people's blogs* about their fabulous extensions that are so simple yet helpful. must sleep! /me changes into cute pajamas *he's kinda cute, actually.  damn nerds. http://theplotters.com/2007/12/19/the-internetz-stole-my-sleep-time/ This Dopplr looks like a cool service. We all know some of our Plotters buddies are all over the place... you (and we) know who you are. Thanks, Lifehacker http://theplotters.com/2007/12/18/for-those-of-you-who-travel-a-lot/ Since today I am a last.fm subscriber. I finally decided to subscribe, primarily for the extended radio functionality. However, in retrospect, I don't find it as appealing as I thought it would have been. The best part is the Loved tracks station but when I am at home I wouldn't ... http://theplotters.com/2007/12/17/lastfm-subscriptions/ So Last.fm's client finally features audio fingerprinting built in. Remember all the craziness of audioscrobbler and track moderation and all the various ways they've tried to make the content work. I'd like to see, someday, a version of Last.fm (or really any service) that really works for classical music. Classical music ... http://theplotters.com/2007/12/09/of-audio-fingerprinting-and-classical-music/