Aces Full of Links

Heathen Holiday Shotgun

Deck those halls with lots of shotgun.

• How To Do Anything Photographic (Reference)
  • Awesome site if you want to know anything about photography. Two valuable lessons right off the bat: Why your camera does not matter and The Megapixel Myth.
  • Confirmed my suspicion about megapixels. For most people’s purposes, you don’t notice much difference over 3. This from looking at many online samples at PBase. Choose a camera on the opinions of expert and look online at the pictures people are taking with that camera.
  • “Forget the silly debate over pixel counts among digital cameras. There is little visible difference between cameras with seemingly different ratings. For instance, a 3MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 5MP camera.”
• Best Links of 2004 from Kottke.org (Article)
  • Kottke gives us his pics of the best links. It’s like a super-shotgun!
• Smallware (Tech)
  • MarkTAW provides a list of favorite smallware… tiny, useful programs.
• The Graphing Calculator Story
  • Why did Greg and I do something so ludicrous as sneaking into an eight-billion-dollar corporation to do volunteer work?
• Sober Santa 2 (Flash Game)
  • More like drunk Santa. Use your arrow keys to get Santa a drink and keep him off the third rail.
• Scared of Santa Photo Gallery (Images)
  • Pictures of kids who are scared, and some freaky Santas, too! The first 10 are decent, but they get boring after about 15.
• Pomtini (Drink)
  • Patti send along this link in an earlier post comment. A pomegranate martini. I love pomegranates.
• Giant Microbes (Plush)
  • For all your plush stuffed microbe doll needs.
• Toy Train Maker Equips Train With Condom (Odd News)
• Thomas Frank’s Advice For Democrats (Audio Essay)
  • From Minnesota Public Radio, Thomas Frank argues that Democrats need to return to economic populism. Contains some interesting points.
• Psychiatrists Treating Phantom Of The Opera Viewers For Post-Melodramatic Stress Disorder (Onion)