- GOOG-411 - For those that haven’t heard of it, Google announced it’s free, souped-up 411 service awhile back. It wasn’t until I watched the video (and hurriedly added the number to my phone) that I realized how cool it was. Besides being a exceedingly intelligent voice recognition system (health insurance companies, take note), simply saying “map this” will cause GOOG411 to send me a text message with a link to the Google Maps/Directions for the location that I just looked up. Very cool.
- Friday History Channel & Beer Time - I’ve had a tradition as of late, lasting a whopping few weeks (on and off, at that). But for some reason I really enjoy it. I pour myself a beer and hit the couch in the basement to watch The History Channel. I think in a previous life I was a history buff because I get a lot of enjoyment from this. Who knows, maybe it’s the beer making the magic happen. Tonight it looks like I’ll be taking in the Siberian Apocalypse with a homemade Nut Brown Ale.Whoo!
- The work of Tauba Auerbach - Poster/print design? Check. Nauseatingly beautiful typography work? Check. I’d kill for an original of “F”. [via]
- Barack Obama to name a “Chief Technology Officer” - I still have no clue who (or even which party, for that matter) I’ll be casting for in a year. But seeing stuff like this gives me hope that maybe there will be one or two candidates who can think outside of the Washington box? And while the concept of webcast meetings and an open government seem scary, I think to me it’s likely because it’s such a foreign idea. Makes you wonder if our forefathers could have done that, if they would have? I’ve got to keep an eye on these proposals.
- The Hutj Camila Rocker by Matthew Kroeker - One of the most cherished memories I have of a kid is visiting my grandparents in Philadelphia and spending countless hot summer afternoons just rocking back and forth or my grandfather’s rocking chair. This modern take on the rocker style looks likely like Pop’s chair, but I could still see myself spending hours on end in it. If I had a wad of $100 bills hanging out of my pockets.
5 Things I Love for Friday #93
Originally posted on November 16, 2007
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I was a boyscout when I was younger. And while I didn't care for everything that we did as a troop, I still lament the fact that I never won a Pinewood Derby competition. Do they have those for adults?
