adamrice

http://www.ipdl.inpit.go.jp/homepg.ipdl

Japanese patents online

http://www.esquiremac.com/2009/09/convert-pages-docs-to-word-docs-en-masse/

Does what it says on the tin. There have been times when I could really use this

http://www.changedetection.com/

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110529.html

Wow

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_ede5d49e-8272-11e0-a6e0-001cc4c03286.html

Aide's boss sponsoring a voter ID bill. Typical

http://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/

extension to markdown language, with compilers

http://textie.me/

If you have an iPhone, think that paying for text messages is ridiculous, and can convince your friends to download it (like I am doing now), then Textie is for you

http://flowarts.net/

A new community site for spinners

http://planet-iphones.com/cydia/

Search cydia from a desktop browser

http://modx.com/

content-management system

http://vimeo.com/22053820

Words to live by

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/04/18/powerful-new-css-techniques-and-tools/

Crazy roundup of interesting stuff

http://www.crashplan.com/

online backup service

http://www.widgetpress.com/modelbaker

Point-n-click PHP webapp creator. Sounds too good to be true.

http://xkcd.com/386/

"Someone is wrong on the Internet"

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/

interesting wordpress widget lets you construct a query for your content and display it accordingly

http://www.lakesoffire.org/

Midwest regional burn

http://thememorypalace.us/

Interesting podcast.

http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/hank.html

A plastic sleeve to protect the iPad in the kitchen

http://www.chefsleeve.com/products/Chef-Sleeve.html

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all

A history of the cult and one man's involvement and eventual escape.

http://money.bundle.com/article/food-spending-in-the-biggest-US-cities-11040

Austin on top for some reason, both groceries and eating out

http://designfestival.com/

A blog about Web Design, Typography, Logo Design and UX

http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/

Q&A site for wordpress

http://longform.org/

Selection of long, well-written articles, with Instapaper hooks.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

Graphs showing distribution of wealth in the USA

http://www.rootstheme.com/

Neighborhood artist who converts tires to planters. Really nice.

http://flippinretire.com/home.html

http://velolet.com/

Lets individuals list their bikes as rentable, or rent from others. Sort of like AirBnB for bikes. Great idea.

http://www.theescapers.com/flux/

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