Wygle Wide Web

A quiet field journal of digital archaeology. Reconstructing a life from 25+ years of digital traces, with occasional help from ChatGPT when things get weird or surprising.

Day: February 10, 2009

  • Hopside Down Beer Glass. It has the added benefit of acting as a thermal insulator to keep your beer at the right temp. I want one. via: hyperdink:HOPSIDE DOWN™ Source: worldwidefred.com

  • What Makes A Good Facebook App?

    Today I asked “Am I the only one the pretty much blocks almost all apps on Facebook?” And have been flooded with responses (and they are still coming in). So, my question is now this. Is it just too much work to filter through the crap apps to find a useful one or are there…

  • RE: What is GeoCities

    marco: David, this is what’s left of GeoCities. (via)

  • We’ve been watching Toy Story too much for me to pass this picture up. via: ffffound

  • via nickdouglas: You also can’t tell Arial from Helvetica.

  • Please stop giving us bills first, and coins second. via: joethorn.net The best way is to count out the change first anyway. Count the coins up to the dollar, then the bills counting back to the amount that was given. So, if something is $2.75 and a $5 was given it’d go thusly; “25¢ for 3…

  • Reading to Eve

    My daughter just brought me an X-Men book to read so I need to read it to her. Gotta learn ‘em young.