The Bench
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Vote intelligently (USA)
Register to vote
Don't wait! You have to register soon to vote in November for president of the US. Do it online.
Project Vote Smart - checking the record on US representatives
Labels: unitedsnakes
Roll Your Own Media
Funk the System
Network, Soundsystem, Video Activism
Berlin, Amsterdam, the world.
Labels: publishing
Music
Ogg Vorbis: Open, free audio format, and the software that plays it.
Say goodbye to annoying and nosey Real Media player and other proprietary formats. Distribute your music without licensing fees.
Magnatune
Internet music without the guilt
Weed pays you to share music (concept!)
Hiphop History Month
Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice - by Stick Figure Ninja
very cool line animation with music
Labels: music
Graffiti
Wooster Collective - street art galore
soma nyc - cool gear and nyc graf happenings
See Tristan Eaton's 3D works now or email them about NYC graffiti lighters
info@somanyc.com
Ekosystem has street art and cool gear too.
Skullz Press (Giant's site) has a bunch of new posters and books and Persue's new Bunny Kitty thangs
Sonik has published his first children's book!
Computer / Net
NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML
ABCs of HTML - lessons from NCSA
Frequently Asked Questions and Very Handy References
about HTML
John December's excellent guide to everything about Web development
webmonkey
Quick lessons on just about any web-tech topic, especially helpful on
advanced subjects. Code samples, browser feature compatibility chart.
EchoEcho
Lessons on just about anything web-related, more complete and in-depth than above (but beware of JavaScript
tricks in general because they often have negative effects)
Blooberry
Best reference all around after you've gotten started making a site
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
Free Web Page Analyzer - speed up your site
Fastmail
Tired of your webmail provider? Get your mail from other accounts (even APOP, IMAP, hotmail accounts), wherever you are, with Fastmail.
Try it for free. Even the paid modes are cheap enough to be worth it.
Recycle your old computers
Labels: safetytips