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Could someone get me one of these?

Seriously, these are awesome: Shirts For Coders. I mean, yeah, you need to be a hardcore geek (like the guy in my tattoo post a while back) but I am a hardcore geek! My favorite:

Domain shortcuts on the iPhone/iPod Touch

Courtesy of Lifehacker comes this nice little tidbit: iPhone/iPod touch only: The iPhone has sported a .com keyboard shortcut for making quick work of URLs in Mobile Safari since it was released, but reader George points us to an expansion to this keyboard shortcut that can save tons of time for entering email addresses and non-.com URLs. [...]

Reblog: Big Contrarian on the marked man

Really great mention of an article by GQ on Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Christian bishop. Jack Shedd picked out a really great quote to pull, and I’m going to echo it here: (A) man of the cloth who doesn’t seem to communicate so much as embody his love of God; […] a disciple whose elevation [...]

The most awesome political campaign ever.

Seriously, go check it out. And if you life in Kansas, help the guy out & maybe you’ll improve your sociopolitical state of being. Running for Office: It’s Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner

How I roll [nsfw]

Awesome. (via the rut)

Who remembers Mario Paint?

Seriously, this is AWESOME: Mario Paint Composer. Mac & Windows versions available; if the Mac download link isn’t working, check the forums, the link is in there. (Via Lifehacker)

The loss of a great comedian [nsfw]

George Carlin has shuffled off this mortal coil as of yesterday. The LA Times provided the article I read, although it’s being reported everywhere. His comic wit will be missed. In his honor, one of the greatest comedic routines ever:

An analysis of a study of the paragraph

So I really love typography. I mean, seriously. I read I Love Typography, download free fonts all the time, keep looking for ways to use swfIR or sIFR in my websites, and otherwise utilize beautiful typefaces. So when I came across this article by Jon Tan, I devoured it. It’s a study of the paragraph as punctuation, [...]

Markdown editor for comments

Just a quick heads-up to anyone who comments, I’ve modified my comments field to have some markup available. You can click the buttons, and it’ll format, or, if you know Markdown syntax, you can type it in directly. There’s also now a live preview to aid you in creating your comments. Give it a spin [...]

In defense of liberty

“There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.” — Ed Howdershelt I couldn’t agree more. (Via dive into mark)