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American River - dervala.net

A nice piece of prose from Dervala: "We imagined our grandchildren's complaints about Gen-Xers. Mommy, I don't wanna go to Grandpa's house. Old people smell like Tevas and chai lattes. Daddy, why does Grandma give us Red Bull?"

Delicious - exljbris

Delicious is a beautiful font family with true italics, multiple weights, and great attention to detail. Interestingly, line-length is exactly the same, no matter what weight you use. Most amazingly, it's free.

Tips for tweaking the performance of your PHP scripts

Tools for exploring the leaked AOL search data. The author has the Don't Delete tool listed as less useful, but I find it to be the quickest way to see aggregate data for a search phrase.

This was one reader's response to the question "What is the most beautiful thing you have seen recently?". I don't play much tennis, but even I can see the beauty: balance, power, control.

I was under the impression that html could not be rendered (reliably) on top of flash. Perhaps I was wrong. Here's hoping...

An analysis of the leaked AOL search data. The author divides searchers up into 7 categories based on their search patterns. An interesting read, but it really whetted my appetite for a deeper analysis. Anyone?

Creativity beats budget any day. Just check out this OK Go video.

Top Gear - Ariel Atom

No windshield, no bodywork, 0-60 in 2.9, faster around the track than anything except a Ferrari Enzo, $50k. From a company of 7 employees.

The Brick Testament

The Bible in legos. Creative. Hilarous. Sacrilegious?

Internet ‘96

"Additionally, very few web designers had even the most rudimentary of aesthetic sensibilities, and nearly half of them were clinically retarded."

A new twist on the rooftop garden. The article says it best: talk about having your cake and eating it too.

Motorhome, Mad Max style. This one's for you Montie.

The space between things may be as important as the things.