Remember when the internet was just a place for reading and discovering things when you were bored? (Okay, you don’t need to remember: It still is.) Here are my picks for the best places to waste away an hour or so.
Neatorama. This is my favorite, and one of my staple bookmarka for finding neat stuff. A lot of genre-related stuff I find here will find its way to CJ or @clubjade.
NOTCOT. This one is more focused on art and design, but a lot of neat stuff will show up here. Plus, pictures!
Metafilter and Kottke. Going old school with some of the staples that are still kicking. I actually really enjoy AskMeFi and could browse it for hours.
Design*Sponge is one of the best blogs around for anyone interested in modern interior design. Apartment Therapy is also fun.
Naturally Adobe discontinues Homesite the week I finally buckle down and buy an iMac. It was one of only two programs that I missed the first time I switched to a Mac, back in 1999, and thus one of the few I was happy to see again when circumstances forced me back to a PC. Of course, I was going to take this opportunity to look for something new anyway. (I went back to BBEdit on my Macbook, but it’s never been ideal: I basically use it as a scratchpad anyway. A coding pal has recommended Smultron and Coda.)
I still use Homesite daily at work, though not to the extent I used to, but our tech guys have spoken of replacing it…
So, I posted a tweet today about how disgusted I am that I know who Adam Lambert is. (I have a deep and abiding hatred of American Idol.) A half hour later? @lambertfans is following @clubjade. Uh, no.
Yes, it came out years before GM decided to use Pontiac as a sacrifice to the reorganization gods, but I can tell you that the design aesthetic began by the Aztek is the reason why I wouldn’t even touch the damn things when my ’93 Grand Am started to be more trouble than it was worth. I mean, I grew up with Pontiacs (and Chryslers.) I can’t recall a serious problem that wasn’t the result of regular wear and tear. But with the Aztek, it was all over: I replaced my Pontiac with a Toyota. Even my parents defected to Mazda.
I know, it may seem petty. But I almost crashed that Grand Am on I-94 the first time I saw one of those things in the wild. It was just that ugly. And it’s only in the last few years that they’ve recovered… But I guess it was too late. Stupid Aztek.
Judge Reinhold in Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks… SEPARATED AT BIRTH? (Not the best picture of Segel, but I’m watching Ridgemont and I can’t unsee it.)
I loved this song back in ’92. I can’t for the life of me remember why, but thanks to the magic of Wikipedia I am now boggling that one of those chicks was in Bananarama.
