Tinkered and a Question on Links

Oh god. It’s another blog in Helvetica with cryptic and industrial-looking iconography.

Every time I restyle, I have a conundrum with links. I can never decide on criteria for who/what I link to. Do I link to blogs I find interesting? Do I link to friends’ sites? Do I link to other places you can find me on the Web? I’ve also thought about making a People and Things I’ve Linked To page to keep it all in one place without cluttering up the sidebar.

What are you thoughts on links?

Tinkering

I’m going to be tinkering here for the next couple of days. If things look weird, DON’T BE ALARMED. Well, maybe be a little alarmed.

Grand Circus Park

I took a little trip to Detroit today to take some photos around Grand Circus Park.

The full set.

Making dinner is serious business

A barrage of Jello salads begin at 10:25.

Update: Friend transiit has reminded me of the wonder that is James Lilek’s Gallery of Regrettable Food in general, and his exploration of Jello salad in particular.

Update 2: The embed seems to have taken a dump. Here’s the original “Brighter Day in Your Kitchen” video at archive.org.

A brief history of pneumatic tubes

Pneumatic tubes are one of my favorite 19th century technologies.

A friend passed along this O’Reilly TV video wherein Molly Wright Steenson, aka girlwonder, talks briefly (and quickly) about how pneumatic tubes formed the proto-Internet, particularly in 19th century Paris and in the early 20th century in the US.

Unrelatedly, YouTube seems to have begun allowing video imbedding that doesn’t require people viewing the embedded video to save cookies. As a result, you shouldn’t get any YouTube cookies for watching this video here, but if you click on the video and go to its YouTube page, you’ll get cookied. Interesting.