Flotsam & Jetsam

I’ve been looking for a good, online to do list for ages. Tried writing one a while back, but got side-tracked and never got back to it. This list has a couple good ones that I’m going to check out.
http://designm.ag/resources/online-to-do-lists/

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Ever wonder what technology a particular site uses? Go here, type in the URL and the site will give you a good breakdown of all technologies utilized that it can mine.
http://builtwith.com/

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Are you a twitter fanatic? Looking for that perfect tool to increase your twittering addiction?
Here ya go – the ultimate list of Twitter Tools
http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/09/the-ultimate-list-of-twitter-tools/

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Surprise, you can actually apply metrics to our healthcare system and see whether it’s effective or not. This blog entry at Harvard attempts to break out the numbers and explain why our system could use some work.
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/08/how_effective_is_american_heal.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-DAILY_ALERT-_-AWEBER-_-DATE

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Another attempt to catalog and put online good lectures from top Universities. Some of these aren’t too bad. Hopefully they’ll succeed where others failed.
http://www.academicearth.org/

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Ran across this site a couple days ago and have been very impressed with the resources and data he supplies. If you’re ever going to design a site that people are expected to sign up and use, I highly recommend reading through his stuff.
http://bokardo.com/
This deck in particular was VERY good:
http://bokardo.com/archives/designing-for-social-traction-slide-deck/

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101 tips from small business bloggers:
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/101-tips-from-50-small-business-bloggers-gregory-go

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Top 15 Social Media resources for food and foodies alike.
http://mashable.com/2009/07/30/social-media-foodies/

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Niki and I went to a couple of their dinners a couple years back when they were touring the country throwing parties.  Food, ambiance, people and experience were great.  I’m glad to see they’ve expanded the program.  Check it out:
http://www.theghet.com/

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You have a smoker and you have a grill. What you need now is a wood fired pizza oven.    This site: http://www.fornobravo.com/ has free plans for building your very own pizza oven!!
If I had room in the backyard, I’d be all over this.  Alas, our small Queens yard is currently full with the above smoker [...]

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Found this while looking for Empanada recipes.

Spam Empanadas
1 pound Spam, with yucky gelatin layer removed and then ground or finely chopped
1/4 cup chopped onion
4 tablespoons Bisquick
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cloves minced garlic
1 cup ketchup
4 tablespoons sour cream
1 1/2 cups Bisquick
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup grated cheese
Cook the Spam and the onions until the onions are soft and [...]

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