Oh Shit! Here it comes again.

This graph depicts this past year's mortgages effected by the sub-prime debacle (orange) and the coming wave of ALT-A and option ARM loans that will have people starting to default in the near future. It's not over yet...

A Second Mortgage Disaster On The Horizon?, 60 Minutes

Bookmarks for December 3rd through December 13th

A little link love for sites that are interesting, useful or simply top-of-mind for December 3rd through December 13th:

• Xslimmer - Your Mac, on a Diet!: Xslimmer, the friendly way to right-size your apps without losing functionality.
• Nice Translator - The fast, easy to use online translator: "NiceTranslator was created during the Fall of 2008 to provide an improved interface for translating text on the Web. Although web-technologies have advanced greatly recently, existing online translators remain cumbersome to use.

  Thanks to the Google Translation API, we were able to focus on designing a simple and functional online translator, unlike any other to date.

  We will continue to develop NiceTranslator over the coming months but will not stray from our initial purpose of providing an easy to use and straightforward online translator. "

• Ask Nature - the Biomimicry Design Portal: "Imagine 3.8 billion years of design brilliance available for free, at the moment of creation, to any sustainability innovator in the world.

  Imagine nature's most elegant ideas organized by design and engineering function, so you can enter "filter salt from water" and see how mangroves, penguins, and shorebirds desalinate without fossil fuels.

  Now imagine you can meet the people who have studied these organisms, and together you can create the next great bio-inspired solution.

  That's the idea behind AskNature, the online inspiration source for the biomimicry community."

My Social Media Map

Waimarama House

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Read: Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy

"This Article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the law and policy of privacy on social network sites, using Facebook as its principal example. It explains how Facebook users socialize on the site, why they misunderstand the risks involved, and how their privacy suffers as a result. Facebook offers a socially compelling platform that also facilitates peer-to-peer privacy violations: users harming each others’ privacy interests. These two facts are inextricably linked; people use Facebook with the goal of sharing some information about themselves. Policymakers cannot make Facebook completely safe, but they can help people use it safely.

The Article makes this case by presenting a rich, factually grounded description of the social dynamics of privacy on Facebook. It then uses that description to evaluate a dozen possible policy interventions. Unhelpful interventions—such as mandatory data portability and bans on underage use—fail because they also fail to engage with key aspects of how and why people use social network sites. The potentially helpful interventions, on the other hand—such as a strengthened public-disclosure tort and a right to opt out completely—succeed because they do engage with these social dynamics."

MAKE presents: The LED on Vimeo

This is so incredibly geeky...it is wonderful!

MAKE presents: The LED on Vimeo.

What is Biomimicry?

What is Biomimicry? - Ask Nature

Bookmarks for December 2nd

A little link love for sites that are interesting, useful or simply top-of-mind for December 2nd

• Social Media Monitoring Tools for PR Professionals – Radian6: "The impact of social media on public relations and advertising is fundamentally changing the profession. Brand ownership is no longer solely the domain of the institution. A brand is now defined as the sum of all conversations taking place amongst users and it's happening regardless of whether you are part of these conversations or not.

  Radian6 is focused on building the complete monitoring and analysis solution for PR and advertising professionals so they can be the experts in social media."

• Poll Everywhere: "On the surface, Poll Everywhere is a simple text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include txt2screen, texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV."
• Helvetireader: "A minimal interface theme for Google Reader."

Bookmarks for November 17th through November 29th

A little link love for sites that are interesting, useful or simply top-of-mind for November 17th through November 29th:

• Rypple - A little feedback goes a long way: "Rypple gets you quick, specific and private feedback from trusted advisers and co-workers. Use it frequently for honest advice that advances your career. Great for individuals, teams, companies and schools."
• Spoonflower: Print custom fabric on-demand: The Spoonflower community uses fabric to make quilts, clothes, pillows, dolls, blankets, handbags, framed textile art and many other things.
• Convergence 08: Home: "Join a historic convergence of leading long term organizations and thought leaders. Two days with people at the forefront of world-changing technologies that may reshape our career, body and mind – that challenge our perception of what can and should be done.

  Convergence08 is an Unconference: each day starts and ends with an eye-opening debate or keynote to inspire us, and the remaining agenda is created by YOU."

2009 Thanksgiving Menu

Roasted Turkey with Apple, Rosemary and Sage
Dressing with Pork Sausage and Roasted Chestnuts
Pork Chops with Spiced Apples and Raisins
Salad w/Cider Vinaigrette
Corn Relish
Fresh Cranberry and Orange Relish
Homemade Rolls
Mashed Potatoes
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Green Beans with Shallots and Hazelnuts
Baked Brie and Almonds
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie