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pledge bankdonating for charity, losing weight, limiting air travel, giving blood — getting things done is difficult. after all, why should you rough it if everyone else isn't changing anything either? if you feel paralyzed by the I'll do it, but only if others will do it as well stubbornness, PledgeBank may help your motivation. the site allows users to set up pledges and then encourages other people to sign up to them. the list of successful pledges speaks for itself. reddit.tgzboxes, boxes, and more boxes. our place is a real mess at the moment:
there's still quite some work to be done and my time in front of the computer is thus rather limited (read: should be limited). apart from checking my mail and enjoying your blogs, I therefore pretty much restrict myself to browsing through my reddit recommendations. some of them are really good, and worth sharing:
fuer alle deutsch-sprachigen freunde: sala publiziert seit kurzem interessante und aehnlich skurille links als "link-salz in der web-suppe" hier. 10 gebote fuer domi
google web toolkitin the pre-ajax era, I was extremely happy that I didn't have to struggle with web development, but could instead write fat clients in good ol' java. then came the times when I was like "hmmm, this whole new flickr/gmail/reddit stuff really IS cool" and I got a bit jealous of all these smart developers who know how to create such slick user interfaces even though they are restricted by such crappy languages and technologies. the latest google offspring, google web toolkit, is still wet from birth but seems to have been built for me: Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a Java software development framework that makes writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language. [...] You write your front end in the Java programming language, and the GWT compiler converts your Java classes to browser-compliant JavaScript and HTML. it comes with alles und scharf: nice examples, eclipse-support, a blog, younameit. in fact the getting started is so well written that I feel like I don't even have to try it out to know that it's cool. but I will (and I'll let you know about it). fcb - fczI was looking for some sunday evening entertainment and just found this:
unfortunately, google doesn't seem to cache the forum contents very frequently, and we thus missed an excellent example of "how to be a good loser". congrats to the champions — well deserved! recipe: semolina pudding3 dl milk 3 dl water 6 tsp semolina 2 tsp sugar mix the milk and water and bring them to boil. add the semolina and the sugar and stir well. to give it that certain je ne sais quoi, add raisins, ground almonds, and/or lemon cest. keep on boiling (and stirring!) for about 10 minutes, until the pudding is rather thick. fill into small cups and serve either hot or cold, with fruit, jam, or syrup. save leftovers for breakfast. recipe: pancakes250 g flour 3 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 50 g sugar 2 eggs 2 tbsp oil 2 dl milk put all dry ingredients into a large bowl and form a hole in the center. pour all liquids into this hole and mix well (with an egg beater). depending on how late you are for your brunch, let the dough rest for about half an hour. bake the cakes in a non-sticking pan and serve them with fresh fruit and maple syrup. recipe messeven though I hardly ever follow recipes, I still can't cook some of my culinary all-time-favorites off the top of my head. for example, as certain as the after brunch lazyness is the before brunch search for pancake recipe annoyance, simply because my recipe mess looks like this:
since I'm in clean-up mood, I've just decided to gradually replace these little snippets by posting all my recipes here on my blog. E guete! big sisterout of curiosity, I integrated a site meter into this blog a few days ago (you have to scroll to the bottom of this page to see the little button). it's quite impressive to what level of detail you can track down your audience. the bluewin crowd is not quite as traceable, but some of you are less anonymous than they think (admin.ch, keystone.ch, navis.com, fh-aargau.ch, auckland.ac.nz). but please don't let this prevent you from coming back here (just be aware that your boss has access to these stats as well). coCommentthe problem: blog commenting Did you ever lose track of a conversation because you lost the URL of the post you've commented on? Have you ever wished to be informed when someone responds to your comment, rather than frantically refreshing the page looking for a reaction to your latest comment? How much would it improve your life if you could see all our conversations in one easy and simple page? the solution: coComment, yet another cool web-tu-ouh site which works like a charm even though it's just a beta. |
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