tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-366725572024-02-20T15:09:52.764-05:00Blake's (Semi)Yearly LinksStuff on the web I think is interesting and you should too.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-10913220900097626742008-01-14T22:24:00.001-05:002008-01-14T22:24:48.660-05:00I might change this to semi-annual. This blog may be dead soon.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-44436701227035293492007-10-05T09:40:00.000-05:002007-10-05T09:42:28.901-05:00Please see Shared Items on the right for links worth giving a peek.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-24657866195401392322007-08-15T13:30:00.000-05:002007-08-15T13:37:36.948-05:00<a href="http://www.speculativebubble.com/images/homevalues1.gif">Charting the housing bubble</a><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/15/how-to-tie-the-perfect-tie-every-time/">How to tie the perfect tie everytime.</a></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-08-12-smart-not-rich_N.htm">USA Today gives us bad news for smart people.</a></span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Exuberance.</span>Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-44752434596049305252007-06-25T22:06:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:13:27.303-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/06/20/the-freakest-links-happiness-gaming-and-congestion-edition/">Annual monetary value of marriage = ~$105,000</a><br /><br /><a href="http://secure.actualme.com/checkout.php?step=1&_offer_id=9&engine=GE9&keyword=email">Mindset Profile. Interestingly accurate for me.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2007/06/18/hurray-for-high-gas-prices/">Hurray for high gas prices!</a><br /><br />Consequence.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-48064611476581362622007-06-24T22:31:00.000-05:002007-06-25T19:58:35.674-05:00Videos:<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vSSNpFgkck">Vanishing Door Prank.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSRM">How not to use PowerPoint.</a><br /><br />Advice.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-44759220271638799102007-06-18T21:45:00.000-05:002007-06-18T21:58:25.995-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.google.com/corporate/today.html">Google's Corporate Philosophy.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/0,28757,1595326,00.html">The TIME 100: People who are transforming the world.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0005.shtml">Explanation of flight.</a><br /><br />Progress.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-87038631957866834292007-06-16T10:35:00.000-05:002007-06-16T11:16:20.570-05:00Video Saturday:<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA">Britain's Got Talent - Amazing Clip</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B4k19k98pQ">Penguin as a pet.</a>Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-34131851253588654902007-06-08T18:05:00.000-05:002007-06-08T18:12:02.722-05:00Weekend List:<br /><br />1. Sustaining a blog is difficult and should be commended.<br /><br />2. I will try to improve my posting frequency.<br /><br />3. Semi-daily means twice a day. (Semi)Daily means partially daily. This site was partially daily for the first 2 months.<br /><br />4. There are thousands of websites whose sole purpose is to link to other websites.<br /><br />5. Blake's (Semi) Daily Links is like a coffee shop in Seattle.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-860615986248184522007-05-02T21:45:00.000-05:002007-05-02T21:50:42.399-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.ejunto.com/index.html">Free Audiobooks to download.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dbooth.net/internerd/largenames.cfm">Large Numbers.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-keyboard-shortcuts-windows/">100 Keyboard Shortcuts.</a><br /><br />Limits.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-26596272380907676112007-04-26T16:34:00.000-05:002007-04-26T17:33:28.246-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.domystuff.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Get paid to do people's stuff.</span></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.domystuff.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Vote on Time Mag's Most Influential People.</span></a><br /><br />Persuasion.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-54910189506173172552007-04-19T21:15:00.000-05:002007-04-19T21:22:52.941-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://creativeclass.typepad.com/thecreativityexchange/2007/04/the_singles_map.html">The Singles Map.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/03/the_effort_effe.html">What is your MINDSET? Great concept.</a><br /><br />Function.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-49862837617518186282007-04-17T16:55:00.000-05:002007-04-17T16:58:59.889-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.dnscoop.com/">How much is a domain name worth?</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.statsaholic.com/sethgodin">Web 2.0 Traffic Watch List.</a><br /><br />Collaboration.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-7193648366204328042007-04-13T09:00:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:01:48.051-05:00Fun Friday Activity:<br /><br />Go to Google.com, click on 'maps,' then click on 'get directions.' Type in 'New York, NY' as your starting point and 'Paris, France' as your destination. Once it computes your directions scroll down to No. 23.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-7194875524635955982007-04-12T19:23:00.000-05:002007-04-12T19:32:25.694-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.scrapblog.com/">21st Century Scrapbooking. I recommend the tutorial video.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.filmloop.com/create">FilmLoop. Photo storytelling.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.changethis.com/">ChangeThis. A new kind of media.</a><br /><br />Rational.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-61089931200821792702007-04-11T20:46:00.000-05:002007-04-11T20:58:59.935-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">SlideShare</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834/">A presentation about progress and global perspective.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.slideshare.net/darmano/logic-emotion-one-year-later/">Logic+Emotion</a><br /><br />Fusion.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-71685745797557767902007-04-05T21:39:00.000-05:002007-04-05T21:47:03.914-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/11/061113093726.htm">World Happiness Study. USA is 23rd in world.</a><br />and<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/28_07_06_happiness_map.pdf">the happiness map. (PDF)</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html">Interesting philanthropy idea.</a><br /><br />Solutions.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-90590440836334923752007-03-28T20:07:00.000-05:002007-03-28T20:39:32.621-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/007871.html">Sad, surprising, and enlightening Census Bureau release.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.sr.se/P1/src/sing/index.htm?key=2BJAJBJL#">Write and let them sing it for you.</a><br /><br />Clarity.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-8162382677898969382007-03-23T07:57:00.000-05:002007-03-23T08:08:32.335-05:00Foto Friday:<br /><br /><a href="http://dirtycarart.com/index.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Dirty Car Art...until it rains.</span></a><br /><br />Temporary.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-7045033637318961912007-03-17T17:05:00.000-05:002007-03-18T17:13:37.959-05:00Video Saturday:<br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pGusFXhWyY">Wolfpack or Tarheels?</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b146_atvG4g"><br />Light Drawing Technology.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnXE2791yg">The Facebook Song.</a><br /><br />Cute.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-40030804317047668942007-03-13T08:00:00.000-05:002007-03-13T08:28:51.645-05:002-fer Tuesday--Sorry it's been a while:<br /><br /><a href="http://globalwarming-facts.info/50-tips.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">50 things that will slow global warming if it is happening.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Seth Godin's (Business and marketing author) insightful blog.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/02/50_states_in_10_minutes.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Can you remember all 50 States in 10 minutes? Without cheating!</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Squidoo. Explore this aggregation of online material.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.angryman.ca/rants.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">Things that make this guy angry. Rated PG-13.</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cardstacker.com/gallery.html"><span style="color:#3333ff;">House of cards, more like a city.</span></a><br /><br />Busyness.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-53482269981998225492007-02-28T18:21:00.000-05:002007-02-28T18:25:48.499-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2159747">28 days. Why February gets the shaft.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://word.sc/">WordSource. A wannabe Wikipedia for a dictionary. Maybe it'll work.</a><br /><br />Words.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-36411289393208047992007-02-25T21:10:00.000-05:002007-02-26T00:22:56.460-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=list">Oscar nominees</a> and <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://oscar.com/oscarnight/winners/index">winners.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/19/25-gadgets-that-actually-save-money/">25 gadgets that actually save money.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://crazytopics.blogspot.com/2007/01/craziest-laws-in-america.html">Crazy laws in America.</a><br />Don't sneeze on a city street in Asheville.<br /><br />Sensibility.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-38744747653748711482007-02-16T18:58:00.000-05:002007-02-16T19:02:05.853-05:00Foto Friday:<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://humanelement.blogspot.com/2007/02/most-amazing-waterfall-in-world.html"><br />Check out the border between Argentina and Brazil.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.2spare.com/item_72903.aspx">Strange houses around the world.</a><br /><br />Scale.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-18992844357105965012007-02-15T21:29:00.000-05:002007-02-15T21:41:34.883-05:00<a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://ririanproject.com/2006/08/28/11-ways-to-sleep-better/">11 common sense ways to sleep better.</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784/print/">The Onion has a prophecy from January 2001. Dubya.</a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Influence.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36672557.post-74471707224648208252007-02-10T16:03:00.000-05:002007-02-10T16:15:21.187-05:00Video Saturday:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7GGkKpBR-g"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">The Beat Box recipe.</span></a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR1Y_8YPvOM">Highlights from the best college football game I've ever seen.</a><br /><br /><br />Mesmerizing.Blake (and sometimes Ashley)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04893769288522337308noreply@blogger.com0