Linkage

• Erik Spiekermann’s Typo Tips
  Should be in your toolbox.
• Commuter Files
  My boy, Z, and his take on, umm, life?
• The Visible Earth
  The best views aren’t always from down here. Try these from 200mi up.
• Top 30 Travel Books
  A solid list to start with… I’ll let you know when I get through them all.
• 42 ways to go trash-free
  From No Impact Man
• Gluten Free by Nature
  My sister Stephanie’s new website dedicated to gluten-free recipes.
• Flight Control (iTunes link)
  My favorite iPhone game
• Jude Healey Photography
  My wife’s gig
• The Tilley Hat
  I’ve got the Lighterweight LT6. My head thanks me.
• Turn down your A/C or heat
  Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer

Recently around here

• Behind the scenes at NASA’s hallowed Mission Control Center

  If you’re a fan of the space age, this is a must-read. Astronauts have been saying “Houston” into their radios since 1965. The callsign refers in general to the Johnson Space Center in Texas, and the people who answer to it sit in the Mission Control Center, located in Building 30 near the south end [...]

• Condé Nast Traveler: Top 25 Airlines

  I flew on SQ231 earlier this summer and wholeheartedly agree they’re on top. As for what’s available in the US? Pathetic. Readers’ Choice Awards at Condé Nast (via)

• Think Different.

  Think Different. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing [...]

• What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

  Ellen McManis on Relativistic Baseball: After about 70 nanoseconds the ball arrives at home plate. The batter hasn’t even seen the pitcher let go of the ball, since the light carrying that information arrives at about the same time the ball does. Collisions with the air have eaten the ball away almost completely, and it [...]

• HideIPVPN

  My new favorite service: HideIPVPN. Make your traffic appear to originate from United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany or Canada. Access sites like Hulu, Pandora, ABC, NBC, BBC iPlayer, ITV. Unblock Skype and VoIP. This allows me to watch Tour de France highlights on iTV Player for $5 — a fraction of the $30 subscription on NBCSports.

• LinkedIn iPad

  If you haven’t heard, LinkedIn released a new iPad app this week. The company’s developers have been writing blog posts about the technology behind the app, and many in the development community are intrigued to read the details. It turns out approximately 95% of the iPad app is HTML with nearly all of the view [...]

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