capturing all the lovely things i see each dayTumblr (3.0; @webponce)http://reblog.webponce.com/<a href="http://zenhabits.net/2010/03/rest-one-day/">The Lost Practice of Resting One Day Each Week</a>: <blockquote><p>He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.<strong> – Benjamin Franklin</strong></p></blockquote> <h6> <strong>Editor’s note</strong>: This is a guest post from Joshua Becker of <a href="http://becomingminimalist.com" target="_blank">Becoming Minimalist</a>.</h6> <p>Ask any physician and they…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/441397484http://reblog.webponce.com/post/441397484Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:21:48 +0000<a href="http://carsonified.com/blog/business/freelancing-together/">Freelancing Together</a>: <div><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarsonified.com%2Fblog%2Fbusiness%2Ffreelancing-together%2F" target="_blank"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarsonified.com%2Fblog%2Fbusiness%2Ffreelancing-together%2F" height="61" width="51"/></a></div> <p><a href="http://carsonified.com/?administer_redirect_7=http://futureofwebdesign.com/?utm_source=thinkvitamin&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=freelancing_together" target="_blank"><img title="Future of Web Design London 2010" src="http://carsonified.com/wp-content/themes/carsonified/img/adverts/fowd_london_2010_side.jpg" alt="Future of Web Design London 2010" width="470" height="60"/></a></p> <p><em><strong>Editors Note:</strong> In his first article for Think Vitamin Matthew Smith, Principal Designer at <a href="http://squaredeye.com" target="_blank">Squared Eye Design</a>, discusses the benefits, risks and infrastructure required to work…</em></p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439403118http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439403118Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:43 +0000<a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/follow_the_sign_how_to_get_to.php">Follow The Sign!: How To Get To Hoboken</a>: <p><span style="display:inline"><img alt="hoboken.jpg" src="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/09/hoboken.jpg" width="450" height="343"/></span> You gotta admit, that’s a pretty clever <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/if_it_were_only_that_easy_phot.php" target="_blank">Photoshop</a> job. Granted not as <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/that_is_so_clever_dexterdexter.php" target="_blank">clever</a> as any of your ideas, but that’s because you’re so smart and <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/genius_but_dishonest_scoring_a.php" target="_blank">creative</a> and should probably be hired by some…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439403114http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439403114Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:43 +0000<a href="http://feeds.infosthetics.com/~r/infosthetics/~3/NV38cYZjPfE/obama_loves_infographics.html">Obama Loves Infographic Movies (and Edward Tufte)</a>: <p><img alt="obama_infographics.jpg" src="http://infosthetics.com/archives/obama_infographics.jpg" width="600" height="300"/><br/> Yesterday, I <a href="http://twitter.com/infosthetics/status/10188096151" target="_blank">tweeted</a> the quite surprising news that information graphics guru Edward Tufte will be <a href="http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0003e0&topic_id=1#" target="_blank">joining the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel</a> [edwardtufte.com], which aims to track…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439022923http://reblog.webponce.com/post/439022923Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:08 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/springwise/~3/-Jm3AoUAt60/">Kodak kiosks to print photos from Facebook and Picasa</a>: <p><a href="http://springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/kodakpicturekiosk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.springwise.com/pix/spotlight/kodakpicturekiosk.jpg"/></a></p> <p>We’ve seen several efforts recently to bring Facebook photos into the offline world, such as <a href="http://springwise.com/media_publishing/hotprints/" target="_blank">HotPrints</a>’ free, advert-supported albums. Now bringing such capabilities to brick-and-mortar…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926189http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926189Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/cuuute_squirrels_pretending_to.php">Cuuute: Squirrels Pretending To Be Astronauts</a>: <p><span style="display:inline"><img alt="space-squirrels.jpg" src="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/08/space-squirrels.jpg" width="450" height="282"/></span> This is a pair of <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/05/awwwh_i_want_a_million_pgymy_j.php" target="_blank">squirrels</a> playing <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/02/good_stuff_omg_laser_guns_pew.php" target="_blank">outerspace</a> in the <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/09/it_just_makes_sense_animals_wi.php" target="_blank">park</a> with a couple of coconut helmets on their heads. YOU TWO ARE CRACKING MY SHIT UP!! </p> <blockquote>Miss Roberts, 46, leaves out two coconuts…</blockquote>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926192http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926192Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2195-lingo-slack-yagni-and-low-ceremony">[Lingo] Slack, YAGNI, and low ceremony</a>: <p>Three terms that came up repeatedly during our San Diego retreat:</p> <p><strong>Slack</strong> <br/> All the stuff that doesn’t fit neatly into bigger, concept-driven iterations. We save one of our programmer/designer <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2185-a-new-way-of-working-a-two-month-recap" target="_blank">…</a></p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926182http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926182Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/psfk/feed/~3/j1fh_uXPMVE/headstones-get-interactive-with-rfid.html">Headstones Get Interactive With RFID</a>: <p><span style="float:left;margin-right:15px;display:inline"><br/><a href="http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/headstones-get-interactive-with-rfid.html" title="Headstones Get Interactive With RFID" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.psfk.com/wp-content/uploads/pth/thumb_Picture-1-525x217.png" alt="Headstones Get Interactive With RFID"/></a></span>RosettaStones are specially-crafted RFID tags that can be embedded on or within any headstone, storing a personal memorial that can be accessed up to 3,200 years from now.</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926191http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926191Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/springwise/~3/y81kMB4Wrs8/">High-end thrill-seekers pay to be kidnapped</a>: <p><a href="http://springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/ultimerealite/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.springwise.com/pix/spotlight/ultimerealite.jpg"/></a></p> <p>Extreme sports such as <a href="http://springwise.com/lifestyle_leisure/bungee_jump_for_high-end_thril/" target="_blank">bungee-jumping from the Macau Tower</a> may well be enough to satisfy the adrenaline needs of the majority of premium thrill-seekers. Those still wishing for more,…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926288http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926288Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/springwise/~3/Ek_v6saU1No/">Prizes for academics who solve real-world problems</a>: <p><a href="http://springwise.com/education/onebillionminds/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.springwise.com/pix/spotlight/onebillionminds.jpg"/></a></p> <p>We’ve seen the crowdsourcing contest model applied to everything from <a href="http://springwise.com/life_hacks/spudaroo/" target="_blank">business documents</a> to <a href="http://springwise.com/food_beverage/favefan/" target="_blank">doughnut design</a>. The latest spotting? <a href="http://www.onebillionminds.com/" target="_blank">One Billion Minds</a>, a prize-led innovation platform that…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926193http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926193Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/03/08/alberto-seveso/">Alberto Seveso</a>: <p><img src="http://kitsunenoir.com/blogimages/alberto-seveso-.jpg"/><br/><br/><img src="http://kitsunenoir.com/blogimages/alberto-seveso-1.jpg"/><br/><br/><img src="http://kitsunenoir.com/blogimages/alberto-seveso-2.jpg"/><br/><br/><img src="http://kitsunenoir.com/blogimages/alberto-seveso-3.jpg"/></p> <p>I spotted these amazing images by <a href="http://www.behance.net/indiffident" target="_blank">Alberto Seveso</a> about a month ago but I never got around to posting them. Th effect is simple, he’s poured varnish into a fishbowl, but the end…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926286http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926286Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/mario_and_luigi_venture_into_f.php">Mario And Luigi Venture Into Food Service</a>: <p><span style="display:inline"><img alt="mario-food.jpg" src="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/03/08/mario-food.jpg" width="450" height="293"/></span> Not to start any wild speculation or anything, but I haven’t heard from <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/i_knew_it_i_knew_it_toadstool.php" target="_blank">Toad</a> in over a week and the <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/03/timelapse_video_of_mushrooms_g.php" target="_blank">mushrooms</a> on Luigi’s <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2009/08/ninja_turtles_offering_relatio.php" target="_blank">pizzas</a> are f***ing huge. <em>And delicious</em>. ‘But our princess is in…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926251http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926251Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/acer-working-on-frameless-laptop-with-touchscreen-keyboard/">Acer working on frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard?</a>: <p><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100308PD209.html" target="_blank"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/fujitsu-frame-0-concept-8mar10.jpg"/></a></div> Would you believe that Acer is working on a frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard? As far-fetched as the idea might be, it’s certainly plausible, expected even. The idea, as rumored…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926233http://reblog.webponce.com/post/436926233Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:56:33 +0000<a href="http://fletter.tumblr.com/post/428375919">Dead Slow</a>: <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytdxnl9Tw1qz9odlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deadslow" target="_blank">Dead Slow</a></p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197228http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197228Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:33:24 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/springwise/~3/r1if64Co_fI/">Subscription service for men's underclothes</a>: <p><a href="http://springwise.com/fashion_beauty/manpacks/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.springwise.com/pix/spotlight/manpacks.jpg"/></a></p> <p>The subscription services are coming thick and fast lately, automating for shopping-weary consumers the routine purchase of life’s little necessities. Most recently it was <a href="http://springwise.com/fashion_beauty/breadandbutter/" target="_blank">men’s skincare…</a></p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197231http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197231Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:33:24 +0000<a href="http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/03/05/the-ultimate-verdict-on-amusingly-defaced-street-signs/">The Ultimate Verdict on Amusingly Defaced Street Signs</a>: <p><img title="stopdefacing-stop-signs" src="http://www.infrastructurist.com/wp-content/uploads/stopdefacing-stop-signs.jpg" alt="stopdefacing-stop-signs" width="570" height="760"/></p> <p>We’ve done <a href="http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/04/23/ha-amusingly-defaced-street-signs-part-3/" target="_blank">quite</a> a <a href="http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/04/21/ha-amusingly-defaced-street-signs-part-2/" target="_blank">few galleries</a> of <a href="http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/04/16/gallery-amusingly-defaced-street-signs/" target="_blank">amusingly defaced street signs</a>. And while we like to celebrate their tongue-in-cheek lets-all-laugh-at-ourselves humor, we do have to acknowledge…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197229http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197229Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:33:24 +0000<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dyt/~3/Whmo5xV-nh8/">Fade Out-Chair</a>: <p><img src="http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads7/nendoblownoutchaircrop.jpg" alt="" width="535"/><br/><img src="http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads7/neo04.jpg" alt="" width="550"/><br/><img src="http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads7/neo06.jpg" alt="" width="550"/></p> <p>This chair, made by Japanese design company, Nendo is really dramatic piece of furniture! The fadeout chair’s legs seem to gently disappear, as though the chair stands in a pool of…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197234http://reblog.webponce.com/post/431197234Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:33:24 +0000<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/art-lebedevs-segmentus-clock-gives-you-a-digital-reading-using/">Art Lebedev's Segmentus clock gives you a digital reading using its analog hands</a>: <p><div style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/segmentus/" target="_blank"><img hspace="4" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/5mar10ouwb4t3.jpg" alt=""/></a></div> We’re not quite sure whether you need a really active or a really idle mind to come up with this, but the dudes over at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/artlebedev" target="_blank">Art Lebedev Studio</a> have just unveiled their latest conceptual…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789221http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789221Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:15:13 +0000<a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/fhSYvO5e0fw/remains-of-the-day-why-drm-doesnt-work-edition">Remains of the Day: Why DRM Doesn't Work Edition [For What It's Worth]</a>: <p><a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/03/the_brads_drm2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/03/500x_the_brads_drm2.jpg" width="500" title="Remains of the Day: Why DRM Doesn't Work Edition"/></a>Designer Brad Colbow details how to download an audio book from the Cleveland Public Library (or why DRM doesn’t work), YouTube adds closed captioning to all videos, and a Google employee…</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789224http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789224Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:15:13 +0000<a href="http://theduty.tumblr.com/post/427125836">professional beards. …wanna show yours?</a>: <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kys8vwBUdr1qz9bwro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>professional beards.</b></p> <p>…wanna show yours?</p>http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789225http://reblog.webponce.com/post/430789225Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:15:13 +0000