links for 2007-04-13

• No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July
  I'm going to have to show this site to the Gilroy Writer's Group when I talk to them about blogs on April 21.
  (tags: webdesign writer)

links for 2007-04-04

• The Typing Life: Books: The New Yorker
  really interesting piece about typewriters (sent by Kathryn)
  (tags: typewriters writing)
• Avatar Politics
  a nice paper on politics and second life
  (tags: politics secondlife)

links for 2007-03-28

• The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version)
  A great video on web 2.0 and other things...
  (tags: video web2.0)

links for 2007-02-10

• purevolume™ | Aaron Stolpen
  Eduard has some songs online!
  (tags: eduard music songs)

links for 2007-01-29

(Forgot to put this into de.licio.us, so here it is posted -- please come do puzzles with us!)

• Silicon Valley Puzzle Day
  On February 24, 2007, there will be crossword and Sudoku tournaments for all levels, a giant Silicon Valley themed community crossword, workshops and wordgames. Prizes will be awarded in several categories. Registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for s
  (tags: PuzzleDay Crossword MorganHill sudoku puzzle)

links for 2007-01-23

• Pajamas from PajamaGram.com - Crossword Pajamas for Him & Her
  Too cute (and yes, I'm beginning to become obsessed with crossword puzzle things)
  (tags: Crossword, puzzle, pajamas)
• Children’s Librarian Patron Wins Newbery, Wiesner Nabs Caldecott - 1/22/2007 - School Library Journal
  Ooh! This year's winning books have been announced... oh to have time to read all these wonderful things!
  (tags: books)

links for 2007-01-22

• The Tech tries to broaden its appeal
  SJ Merc Article about the changes at The Tech
  (tags: TechMuseum)

links for 2006-12-08

• YouTube - Tech Museum
  The Tech Museum has a YouTube channel
  (tags: TechMuseum YouTube video)

links for 2006-12-02

• hubwear - airport code tshirts
  I totally want an SJC -> JRS one for our trip (of course that's not a route they have yet...)
  (tags: tshirts travel)

links for 2006-11-30

• Airport Wireless Internet Access Guide
  Where you can find free (and not so free) wifi in US airports
• The Dispatch: Trader Joe's Mania
  Trader Joe's is finally coming to Morgan Hill -- opening Dec 8!
  (tags: MorganHill TraderJoes)

links for 2006-11-17

• fototiller -- diy book frame
  Ooh, another fun thing to do with leftover Library Book Sale books....
  (tags: books frames crafts)

links for 2006-11-04

• Table of Malcontents: Cats on Treadmills
  (if nothing else, Trish should appreciate this given her fondness of both cats and treadmill videos...)
  (tags: cats treadmills video)

links for 2006-11-03

• Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC 2006 Congressional Arts Report Card
  Not surprisingly, Pombo gets an F. How did your rep score?
  (tags: arts advocacy politics)
• Sunnyvale Public Library Podcasts
  How cool that they have a whole site for their podcasts, including a recent League of Women Voters panel on "Pros & Cons of the Statewide Propositions"
  (tags: libraries podcasts politics)

links for 2006-11-02

• bookcut scuptures
  the most amazing altered books...
  (tags: alteredbooks art books)

links for 2006-10-27

• Grazr, you know for feeds...
  another tool to try
  (tags: feeds rss web2.0)
• Ride Different
  Super cool decals for your car from Blik!
  (tags: car blik art)

links for 2006-10-26

• not martha : crawly cakes for halloween
  super cool halloween treats out of snack cakes and pocky!
  (tags: pocky halloween cupcakes)

links for 2006-10-20

• Could a 30-in. monitor help you do your job faster?
  hmmm... wouldn't mind testing that out
  (tags: monitor productivity)

links for 2006-10-14

• LEGO® Ice Cube Tray
  so cool!
  (tags: lego icecube)
• Little Voters - Democrat by Starchild Shoes
  BobbiLynn found these...
  (tags: shoes politics)

links for 2006-10-12

• Get Tech at the Library
  They've launched the library/Tech Museum collaboration...
  (tags: library TechMuseum collaboration)

links for 2006-09-26

• Today Throws a Wedding
  Lisa reminded me that its time to follow along again with Today's wedding fun
  (tags: wedding tv)

links for 2006-09-24

• Roll Your Own Catalog Card
  Check out Blyberg's cool virtual card catalog card generator
  (tags: catalog libraries cardcatalog)

links for 2006-09-20

• The Ambassador from the Next Economy
  a great piece on Joi Ito (aka "World's Coolest Guy"). I still laugh when I think of meeting him in '89 and now seeing him as one of the most famous people anywhere...
  (tags: joiito)

links for 2006-09-16

• Chihuly Art Kit
  I just need to find the right kid for one of these (unless the patch would scare them...)
  (tags: art chihuly kids)

links for 2006-09-09

• MediaPost Publications - Politicians Finally Enter Internet Age - 09/08/2006
  I recently talked to a politician about whether she should be on MySpace -- I almost miss playing in the politics online space somedays...
  (tags: politics internet)

links for 2006-09-07

• Financially healthy arts in S.J.? Plaza shows it can be done
  SJ Merc article on how local arts groups can work together, etc.
  (tags: arts SanJose)
• September 2006 trend briefing on STATUS SKILLS
  From trendwatching, an interesting piece on "Status Skills" -- makes me want to go out and learn all sorts of new things
  (tags: trends learning skills)

links for 2006-09-06

• Google Image Labeler
  Wonderful time eating tagging "game" where you get to help improve Google image tags with a random partner.
  (tags: photos google tagging tags)
• excel in-cell bar graphs
  cool way of making little bar charts of your data in excel -- a colleague had included them in a spreadsheet today and they looked nifty
  (tags: excel chart data)

links for 2006-09-02

• Hot Library Smut
  Absolutely gorgeous library photos
  (tags: libraries photography books)
• Oregon Shakespeare Festival
  if we make it all the way to oregon on our roadtrip... maybe we'll be close enough to go to a show...
  (tags: Oregon Shakespeare theater)

links for 2006-09-01

• Chumby Industries
  I think I'm going to want one of these when they come out...
  (tags: chumby clock gadget)

links for 2006-08-31

• Werewolf
  Looks like they had a blast playing this game at FOO Camp so I had to look it up and see what they were talking about
  (tags: werewolf games)
• Avant Game: It's Foo-tacular!
  Another amazing sounding group game from the Foo folks, a reverse scavenger hunt where you find things and then make them fit categories
  (tags: scavengerhunt games)
• Avant Game: Werewolf Attack! ETech 2006
  modifications to the werewolf game for the Foo folks
  (tags: werewolf games)

links for 2006-08-25

• Pioneers Hitchhiking in the Valley of Heart's Delight
  Part of ZeroOne, these cardboard cutouts of Silicon Valley luminaries are hitchiking across the country
  (tags: art)
• The Way to San Jose (Metro Times Detroit)
  article about the hitchiking art project
  (tags: art)
• Sun buys Hewlett and Packard painting
  Looks like at least some of the hitchiking figures have sold
  (tags: art)

links for 2006-08-23

• artsymama's Etsy Shop - Altered antique printers drawer vintage style HaLLowEEn
  BobbiLynn sent this -- isn't it awesome??
  (tags: drawers crafts)

Here are some other examples: Lipstick Ranch, Elizabeth Frank
And someone using one for thread storage

links for 2006-08-21

• Personalized Ketchup
  Its a shame I don't actually like ketchup, because these are adorable
  (tags: ketchup personalized)

links for 2006-08-18

• ReadyMade Blog - Blog Archive - Peek-a-Boo
  pull tab invitation template -- an excuse to take more photo booth pictures!
  (tags: invitation photos)

links for 2006-08-17

• Photo-opoly (Late For The Sky Production Co.)
  This would be a great thing to make for an anniversary present with a lifetime of photos, etc.
  (tags: photos games)
• Cool manhole cover Folger's Ad (MediaPost.com)
  What a neat idea for an outdoor ad!
  (tags: advertising coffee)
• Moving On: What your inbox says about you
  I don't even want to tell you how many messages I have sitting in my inbox right now... sigh
  (tags: email)

links for 2006-08-16

• Hebrew language, alphabet and pronunciation
  nice resource on Hebrew
  (tags: Hebrew)

links for 2006-08-13

• NY Times: At the Exploratorium and the Tech Museum, 2 Views of Science
  Interesting piece comparing the weaknesses of both museums. After being a docent at The Tech for 4 years I certainly have some opinions about how they could adapt... (NY Times login required)
  (tags: TechMuseum museum science Exploratorium)

links for 2006-08-12

• Boing Boing: Laptop sleeves like monster muppets
  super cute laptop case... i have a bunch of blue fuzzy fabric like that... hmmm
  (tags: laptop monster)

links for 2006-08-09

• Wired 14.06: PLAY
  Brief review of "In Flagrante Collecto" -- which looks like a cool book to check out -- In Flagrante Collecto is a vividly illustrated book that is equal parts cultural history, personal memoir, and coffee table objet d'art. The 1000 color photographs tha
  (tags: books collecting)
• In Flagrante Collecto: caught in the act of collecting
  Web site for the book
  (tags: books collecting)
• Ten Free Browser Add-Ons to Help Nonprofits Work Faster
  great firefox plug-ins
  (tags: firefox)
• A Nonprofit's Guide to Green Printing
  (tags: printing environment)

links for 2006-08-04

• Make Your Own Photo Mosaics With LEGOs
  or you could do it with jellybeans
  (tags: lego photos)
• FastStone Capture
  I always use "grab" on my mac, but this is the first time I've found a good screen capture tool that I like for my pc (rather than dealing with cropping the results of alt-prtscn)
• Preschool Storytime Volunteer Handbook
  looks like a good collection of tips for organizing a preschool storytime
  (tags: storytime library preschool)

links for 2006-08-03

• Mexican restaurant in Campbell
  sounds like one to try out
  (tags: burrito restaurant mexican vegetarian)
• Navigating the ZeroOne festival
  Mercury News article detailing some of the cool things going on in next week's ZeroOne art festival in San Jose
  (tags: ZeroOne SanJose art)

links for 2006-07-30

• Welcome to The City of Morgan Hill
  (tags: Morgan Hill)
• Welcome to the Morgan Hill Public Library
  (tags: MorganHill Library)
• Morgan Hill Times
  (tags: MorganHill news)
• Morgan Hill Restaurants
  (tags: MorganHill restaurants)
• Techcrunch » Blog Archive » US House: Schools must block MySpace, many other sites
  (tags: DOPA)
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog: What's Wrong with DOPA
  (tags: DOPA)

links for 2006-07-29

I managed to set up the automatic posting of delicious links! So every night at midnight if I've tagged things in delicious, there will automatically be a record of them here. Neato.

• Common Craft - Social Design for the Web: How to Post Daily Del.icio.us Links to Your Movable Type Blog
  (tags: tags blog del.icio.us)