http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/ 2008-11-19T23:25:01-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/11/#001606 This is fun and interesting: Poladroid, a tiny app that creates faux-Polaroid images from any image you like. It gets a lot of the details right (10 images to a session, old-style textured frame, a pseudo-Lomo effect at the edges) and does a nice job. (Mac only)

]]> photo idiotking 2008-11-19T23:25:01-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/11/#001604 AP: Stevens Loses Alaska Senate Race. Sweet justice. They should now throw this asshat out onto the tundra and paintball him from helicopters.

]]> politics idiotking 2008-11-19T08:23:29-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/11/#001599 FUCK, FUCK, FUCK. FUCKITY FUCK. God dammit, now there's a Flip MinoHD. Son of a BITCH.

]]> photo idiotking 2008-11-12T15:22:27-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/11/#001598 CopyPaste Character - a handy reference for web design.

]]> design idiotking 2008-11-10T21:42:02-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/11/#001595 Change.gov, a website put up by the Obama campaign. If they use this to its fullest potential, this could be a game-changing tool for his presidency.

]]> politics idiotking 2008-11-07T13:27:25-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001588 Apparently, Maryland has an online firearms safety training program for potential law enforcement recruits. I'm still going to take the in-person course, though.

]]> projects idiotking 2008-10-28T22:36:33-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001587 Plainview, a full-screen web browser, with a tiny footprint. Helpful for designers like me. Very nice.

]]> projects idiotking 2008-10-27T22:45:31-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001585 Palin’s Nightmare. HA! This is so funny, it's criminal. This dumb broad needs to get some book learnin', dontcha think?

]]> politics idiotking 2008-10-27T15:23:02-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001583 14 to 42: New York City Signs. I'm a sucker for old signage. This is a magnificent historical timesuck. (via)

]]> design idiotking 2008-10-24T14:49:57-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001581 I've been looking for a good quick method for converting color images to black and white, and this article has the LAB color method I'd read about a long time ago. I just set it up as a Photoshop action for future use.

]]> photo idiotking 2008-10-24T13:45:05-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001580 I'm bookmarking this for future use: a lin to the Adobe CS3Clean Script. (via)

]]> productivity idiotking 2008-10-24T12:29:30-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001574 I know there's a financial crisis brewing, and money is best left liquid, so is it wrong of me to see this 1968 Airstream Landyacht for $3K and immediately want to go buy it? Not that I have anyplace to put it.

]]> travel idiotking 2008-10-13T11:46:26-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001570 It got down to 63° last night, so we cranked up the furnace this morning to warm the house. I've been meaning to gather a list of links on caring for steam heating systems. In no particular order: Bleeding, shimming, gurgling and clangs, Steam radiator tips, and troubleshooting a steam distribution system.

]]> other idiotking 2008-10-03T16:02:54-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/10/#001568 How sweet is this? A 1982 Fleetwood Hearse for $1,800.

]]> humor idiotking 2008-10-01T11:25:42-05:00 http://www.idiotking.org/linkblog/archives/2008/09/#001558 Don't know why I didn't think of this before, but I added my first video to Flickr and replaced the shit YouTube version I'd posted earlier. Much better quality and embedding flexibility. I'll have to go back and dig out the original video files from my other two time-lapses and upload them too.

]]> photo idiotking 2008-09-16T15:00:49-05:00