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Suddenly and without warning, I leapt to my feet, only to realize I had no feet and the ceiling was much shorter than it was when I had a beard. That can really throw off your concentration. Fortunately I came across these links.
Desktop wallpaper for July - I was gonna make one for ya, but there’s already so many good ones here. Smashing Magazine does this every month.
How to Write a Quick Thank-You Note - Well, isn’t that nice? A thank you note addressed to me. what, no money inside?! Where’s the appreciation these days?
Practical Guide for earning Six Figures - when you break it down, it seems so much more possible. There’s a whole series with great ideas.
Best List of Financial Calculators - SmartMoney has it all. Now that you have some ideas from the above, here’s a list to make it happen.
SuperMarket of the Future? - Using a cellphone for faster checkouts? what do you think? I thought 3DVia was gonna make it possible to do all this online. Ya know, the virtual supermarket.
Dave Quiggle Endurance Skateboards - My friend Joel Holmes at Endurance Skateboards now has decks with designs by the legendary tattoo art-est, Dave Quiggle. You must go buy one now for you or your kids to learn how to skate.
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They didn’t attack at first, but then Earl threw one of his gravy biscuits at’em and right after they made some real weird screeching noises, they devoured all these links.
Dale Mathis Gear Sculpture - Yes, you too can make gear sculpture, but not like this guy.
101 Photoshop Tip in Five Minutes - Try to keep up. A lot of shortcuts you may know, but all the basics you need to know.
100 Personal Branding Tactics - Chris Brogan breaks down building rep via social media in a hundred common sense steps.
10+ Free Magazine Style Wordpress Themes - Great for your kids new summer blog project or if you want to spiffy up your own site.
11 Tenets for Maximum Profitability in 3 months - Eat it, breathe it, take it all in and chewww on these crispy success nuggets for a while.
How is Tech Changing the World in D.C. - Scoble makes the trips, see the sights and what’s changing. Interesting conversation in the comments.
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If I hadn’t gone there, who knows, I may have gotten a few more appendages, but I’m pretty happy with the one’s I have. These links certainly help.
Desktopia - Yeah, you can pretty much always go here from now on for cool backgrounds.
Upgrade your skill level in 24 hours - That’s darn quick, but these little tips work and your friends will be impressed.
Blurb.com - Make your own book. Download the software, slap in some pics and text, get it printed. That easy.
HippoPost - No more excuses for not writing a letter. Send a postage-paid, printed and customizable postcard to someone and do it all online.
The hundred push-up challenge - Who cares if you throw up, you’ll be doing a hundred push ups.
FotoViewr - Crazy slick gallery creation for your Flickr Photos. Mom will be impressed.
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It’s one thing if you’re just standing there waiting for the subway to come by, it’s a completely different thing if you’re standing there minding your business, maybe reading a paper, and someone throws beans point-blank into your face. These links help the stinging though.
Creatures in my Head - The enchanting and wonderful illustrative works of Andrew Bell will not give you nightmares.
Twingly - the greatest of blog search engine launched yesterday. Subscribing to searches and looking at blog profiles is way fun.
Google Reader Easter Egg - Special things await the one that uses the Konami Code (up up down down left right left right b a) in Google Reader. Thanks noych!
Hotpads.com - Home search that helps find the coolest place to live.
DIY Planner Kits - Release your obsessions and get organized with the ultimate in free ‘Getting Things Done” planner templates.
Photojojo Father’s Day Gift Guide - You have two days left to get something nice for pops. This may spur some ideas.. or some guilt.
A Weekend with Warren Buffett - What one question would you ask the richest man in the world? Here’s what Tim Ferriss asked.
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I picked’em off one by one, but it was actually the giant multi-headed caterpillars that really made things a mess. Had to use these links to clean up.
Spiral Coverpop - Jim Bumgardner can make photos pop-up. These are Spirals from Flickr. Check out the other ones too.
DIY Ballistics Gel - You never know when you’ll need to pour a gel encasement around you to stop a bullet. Thanks Ben.
Glide OS - A very slick multi-platform syncing tool. It should always be this easy really.
Picasa2Flickr - Finally! This great Picasa plug-in to upload photos to Flickr has been upgraded! Get it!
Gmail Labs - The last Tab in your setting has cool new feature you can test out in Gmail. Try the mouse gestures!
Slow-Motion punches - Looks kinda rough… but also kinda funny.
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Man! this is just stingin’ like crazy! I’d think I’d rather fall on top of a bowl of boiling gravy and incredible links.
Compfight - The best, and I mean, THE BEST, Flickr search tool. good options and fast as milk.
The Drugstore Game - Save hundreds. Seriously. My wife and are are doing this very thing today to get $30 worth of free stuff at Walgreens.
BrandDoozie - Make really slick marketing material for your biz, really fast and really free. Lots of options too.
Trulia Snapshot - A sweet interface for finding a home to buy or land to plant cabbage on. It’s all interactive like.
FlyClear.com - Cut the security lines at airports and save a ton of time, while mocking those standing in line.
Plants for your health - Plants that will remove toxins from the air, but unfortunately will not remove people from the air.
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That’s what I called it, and nobody dared challenged me. Being covered in oil, cayenne pepper and these links probably helped.
40 Professional Free Icon Sets - The best darn icon sets I’ve seen the last couple days. Box icons, food icon, and, yes, even some 3D icons.
SmallWorld - A 3D Virtual World? Inside your browser? Play games and watch videos together? Pigs can fly?
All about ROWE - eww, business stuff. But, I bet you would love working anywhere, anytime. yeah, I thought so.
The Telectroscope - A tunnel between New York or London? or a broadband network? you decide.
Hubcap Creatures - your life will never be the same. That’s all I’m gonna say.
20 ways to learn language online - Like you need 20 right? well, one of these is bound to get you into trouble with new words and phrases.
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Yes’m, the sky split open like one of them biscuit cans and then my mama takes out this laser shootin’ thing, but these links were downright mean I tell ya.
Piel.Skin Contemporary Architecture - An online architechture book, but whats cool about this is the live link to Google Maps that shows where the buildings are.
How to Make a Physical Gmail Notifier - I love the links my brother finds. They use a lighted cub, but police sirens would be more approriate.
TwittBuzz - What’s going on in the Twit-osphere? THIS is. Shows real-time most linked-to topics being discussed on Twitter.
Vistas Best Features on XP - They’re not all in one program, but you may find something cool, like that 3D screen flippin’ stuff.
Free Photoshop book - A totally free, and totally useful book for getting graphics going on the web with PS. Yes, that is really cool.
BrandTags.com - What one word would you use to describe SolidSmack? This site shows what people feel a brand is.
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Yes, it was very tiny and I don’t think it had any eyelids, which made it all the more creepy. I’m glad you have eyelids, they look good on you with these links.
Thomas Doyle Miniatures Art - Tiny but not necessarily cute. Miniature people in odd and surreal situations.
Addictomatic - The is what I use to search topics now. It’s customizable and it feels like your searching everything.
Webmaster and SEO Optimization Tools - Who wouldn’t like a little optimization right? A great list of free and useful tools to help you out.
EverNote - In beta, but signup, you will want to use this to capture any information you want really fast on any type of device.
PassPack - All your passwords in one spot. This is one of the single best online tools out there and the security is phenomenal.
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Indescribably small and cuddly, the albino water dragon can suddenly turn on his owner, devouring him and unleashing the fury that are these snazzy links.
Cool Web Characters - Just think, one day you could be an illustrated character online. Something to aim for anyway.
XSketch - an online social pictionary-type game. Highly addictive and time consuming like online games should be.
German Script - Yes, this is a page of just Old German Script. The difference of some is really interesting to me.
The Art of Asking - Some people..not so good at this. Amazingly, sometimes the right question has nothing to do with the topic being discussed… and sometimes it’s just nice to waste someone’s time with obscure questions.
ReadyMech Cameras - Print and build your own pinhole cameras. cool designs, no lens, endless possibilities.
It’s Our Tree.com - I do a bit of genealogy stuff. This is a cool web2.0 family tree maker. Cool visualizations and gedcom import. nice.
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