Category: links + bookmarks
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The angry french guy
Got a request from “the angry french guy” couple days back asking to use one of my CC licensed photos. As Nancy said today .. “Wow, he really is an…
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Manjulas kitchen on Youtube
Like Indian food? Vegetarian? Want to try your had at making some Indian food at home? Answering yes to any of these three; you’ll want to check out “Manjulas kitchen…
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The Illustration of Matt Forsythe
Header 10: Ghost Birds Stumbled across the work of a very talented Montreal based illustrator; Matt Forsythe. His style really appeals to me with it’s washed colors and thoughtful lines….
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SXSW is less than 2 months away
It’s coming up fast. We’re all very excited; this year Plank will be sending 4 people to Austin, Texas to fill their brains with the latest in web development practice,…
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An Airmail bag for your MacBook Air
If you found yourself giggling when Steve Jobs mentioned that the new MacBook Air would fit into a Manilla envelope in some weird “inter-office mail” throwback; “let me send you…
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Great showdowns
(click for large) This made me smile. Drawing by Scott C – tons more great work on his bog.
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3 people recreate ‘Omaha Beach’ on a budget
Great video on how 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the Timewatch program “Bloody Omaha”. Think of how close they are to Spielberg’s opening scene…
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New Cinema Du Parc
Venerable ‘Cinema Du Parc’ finally has a new owner, a new web site and once again I here people saying… ‘I’m going to go see it at parc’. They are…
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The American Star
Found this great link/image from Google maps of a famous ship that wrecked and ran aground in Spain. Since the Google photo was taken the ship has “… listed to…
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Farecast now available to Canadians
Ever wondered when the cheapest time to fly to a destination is? Or if the current ticket price you’re looking at is going up or down? There’s a site out…
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NOVA tackles ID
Watched a great TIVO’ed episode of NOVA last night that centered around the debacle of teaching ‘intelligent design (ID)’ (creationism) as science. It’s available online in 12 parts online. It…
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Apple CA v$ USA
Let me preface this by saying – I’m far from an economist; Our dollar is now worth 8-10% more than the US Dollar. Stands to reason that prices at the…
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Pac-Txt
This is very funny. Someone took the time (wow) to create a text only version of Pac Man, like Mac games from 1986. The game starts off with this spooky…
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Chris Gougeon profiled on Malakeye.com
One of my best buds, Mr. Chris Gougeon, has gotten his due over at Malakeye.com. I can’t think of a better person to be profiled there; Chris has worked his…
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‘Where the Wild Things Are’ becomes a movie
I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. One of my favourite books of all time and one of my favourite directors (Spike). I, along with many other kids,…