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Someone who once had a lot of free time # 12 & 34: Brian's huge chordlist collection

y2karl — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:50:36 -0800

I had this concept--after a strange dream, while scoping out the I Dreamed I Saw st. Augustine tab in my just-in-case-it-disappears downloaded dylanchords, of ...St. Augustine as a slow moody slide in Open D ala Blind Texas Marlin. But then I got to wondering whether someone might have a chord dictionary online where a few variations on a first position B Minor in Open D might be found. Voila! Achtung, Baby! Behold Brian's huge chordlist collection. Oh, man, he's got your standard and open tunings on guitar plus mandolin, uke, banjos, bouzouki, pipa and lute. A living room guitarist's must have, no doubt, although a few more open tunings for pipa would have been nice... I keed, I keed on that last there, of course... But last night, I actually did dream that I was riding the bus and hanging with the Bobster himself (my first celebrity dream in near a decade, too! Whoo hoo!) and feeling a great deal of diffidence in his presence. Especially when we were in that faded millionare's row there, with a few half size tyrannosaurs stalking the grounds of the mansion next door. All the while talking to various cats who flopped over on the sidewalk when we passed. This is what I get for not leaving the radio on with the BBC Overnight on. Instead the usual round the clock Siberian methane release global warming nightmare, I get downsized purple striped tyrannosaurs and B. Dylan. Well, it was a step up of sorts but, man, was he cranky... Anyhow and all the same, I'll let you be in my dream if you blah blah woof woof in your dream. And whatever, all the same etc. --Brian's huge chordlist collection is no doubt quite possibly an asset for the 82nd Couchborne living room geetar players virtual legion and, hence, therefore best of the web. And who knows who, what, when, where else rates such an encomium ? Christmas in the Heart already tabbed, perhaps ? Man, talk about OCD completist detailing, though...

When mod doesn't mean truck nutz

Mitheral — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:19:00 -0800

Whether it's trailer hitches or complete rebody customizations; Ford, GM and Dodge all provide guides to body builders or upfitters to make safe and reliable modifications to light and medium duty trucks and vans. The guides contain wiring diagrams; dimensions and specifications (eg: how much weight can you put on your van's roof); emissions information; and information on areas to avoid mounting equipment in for safety. GM also makes available extensive information on best practices to maintain fit, finish, safety, reliability and noise standards. The electrical guide[pdf] should be required reading at every stereo and lighting installation outfit.

Exploring Ingenuity in Iron ...

Mitheral — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:27:14 -0800

Alloy Artifacts an "online resource for 20th century hand tools and the companies that made them".

Welcome! [Name] is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for [audience].

Mr. Palomar — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:31:25 -0800

Programmers may already know about the blogs of Jeff Atwood (Coding Horror) and Joel Spolsky (Joel on Software), or their increasingly-popular collaborative Q&A site Stack Overflow. Additional sites have been introduced recently for other audiences: Server Fault for system administrators and IT professionals, Doctype for web designers, and the just-out-of-beta Super User for "computer enthusiasts" (previously and inspired by). It would appear that the business model is to sell the engine behind all these sites: the Stack Exchange "knowledge exchange platform" is soon to be released.

What the Hashtag is up with that punctuation?

GrammarMoses — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:55:45 -0800

What the Hashtag?! is a Twitter wiki (a twiki?) that explains most of those inscrutable acronyms and helps users find the sweetest tweets on any given topic. If you set up the TwitterBot, you can investigate hashtags on the fly. For other topics, though, you may wish to tweet your local librarian.

Patches

netbros — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:19:17 -0800

The Quilt Index is a growing research and reference tool designed to share access to information and images about quilts provided by an array of contributors. You may search by category including time period, style and technique, location, or fabric.

Cuss all you want, but only around men, horses, and cows

Del Far — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:09:30 -0800

Old Western Slang and Lingo also Insults and the Code of the West

Thank you. Good night

psmealey — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:33:19 -0800

"Thank you" in 465 languages Also, Hello! in 800 languages, I love you in 89, How much does that cost? in 93, I don't speak [this language] in 58 and Go fuck yourself in 20.

If Admiral Ackbar had dyslexia, he'd say...

Asparagirl — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:05:22 -0800

TARP, SSFIP, EESA, CPP, TALF, MMIFF... Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the new acronyms coming out of the US Treasury Department lately? Here's a handy PDF reference guide to untangling the US government efforts to rescue banks, financial corporations, and other companies.

"Yeah... looks like."

starman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:30:42 -0800

The Simpsons movie references, side-by-side. (two, three) Site is in Spanish.

Toilet Confessions

dhammond — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:36:24 -0800

Tired of getting busted for illegally peeing* in New York City? Try Diaroogle.com, a toilet search engine that "helps you find quality public toilets from your mobile phone." *This post is really just a roundabout way of linking to the very excellent Courthouse Confessions blog while simultaneously satisfying my urge to post about toilets.

It's more free maths!

Iosephus — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:00:59 -0800

Online Encyclopedia of Mathematics Edited by Michiel Hazewinkel (CWI, Amsterdam), and originaly published in dead tree form in 2002, now free to browse and poke into. Seems to have been made available online by Springer-Verlag for 2 years or so, and somehow I missed it all this time until I stumbled on it during a somewhat obscure googling for a calculus question over AskMe. It seems to lack a search functionality, which is a pity. "The Online Encyclopaedia of Mathematics is the most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language graduate-level reference work in the field of mathematics today. This online edition comprises more than 8,000 entries and illuminates nearly 50,000 notions in mathematics. The Encyclopaedia of Mathematics is updated on a regular basis to remain a quick, precise source of reference to mathematical definitions, concepts, explanations, surveys, examples, terminology and methods, which will prove useful for all mathematicians and other scientists who encounter mathematics in their work. "

Are your peers making more than you are?

allkindsoftime — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:04:18 -0800

Glassdoor: an inside look at companies from those who know them best.

"Nothing like a meeting you have to carb up for"

nthdegx — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:45:01 -0800

A runner's primer

Let's go Nintendo

dhammond — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:56:22 -0800

Everything you need to know about playing Nintendo.

History, writ Gangsta

psmealey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:53:25 -0800

The 5 Most Badass U.S. Presidents of All-Time. Just in time for Presidents' Day weekend. In ascending order of badassitude: Andrew Jackson, John F. Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, George Washington and your number 1, Theodore Roosevelt. Honorable mention: FDR , Harry S Truman and James K. Polk.

Improve your Rock Band drumming technique

nthdegx — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:41:26 -0800

Improve your Rock Band drumming technique. Rock Band as in the videogame, that is.

I didn't really need to know that, but thanks

drea — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:46:09 -0800

45 things you can learn online for free. To sample: Play craps. Chant. Dance Merengue. If only solving math problems were this easy.

Now my advice for those who die, declare the pennies on your eyes.

psmealey — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:24:07 -0800

Tax Info for Musicians. Musicians and taxes don’t seem to mix very well. Taxes and administrating the business of music are often last on the list of concerns for the working musician. The above link gives some helpful tips on what to look for and some simple dos and don'ts. Also, here's some information on the often confusing Section 179 Deduction and a list of common deductible business expenses

Teach Me How!

brain_drain — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:51:44 -0800

A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff. That is what this is.

Google widgets

psmealey — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:36:21 -0800

Top 10 Google Tools you forgot all about. Though some of these (Google Books, Google Trends and Google Base) have been mentioned a few times on MeFi, there are still some diamonds in the rough like Google Alerts, Google Code search, Google Notebook, Google's latest/experiment ideas and Flight Simulator in Google Earth.

Usability issues and principles

psmealey — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:43:39 -0800

30 Usability Issues to be aware of In this article we present 30 important usability issues, terms, rules and principles which are usually forgotten, ignored or misunderstood. What is the difference between readability and legibility? What exactly does 80/20 or Pareto principle mean? What is the law of proximity? What is meant with minesweeping and satisficing? And what is Progressive Enhancement and Graceful Degradation? What is banner blindness? How can you measure eye-tracking? Why fold area isn't that important. OK, it’s time to dive in.

Famous ESTPs include P. T. Barnum and DR. PETER OKOYE, SON OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA M. B. OKOYE

psmealey — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:43:03 -0800

Myers-Briggs personality types made relevant As you probably already know, the Myers-Briggs Personality Sorter is intended to be a general, universal personality ID that divides people into one of sixteen distinct personality types, along axes if introverted (I) or extroverted (E), Sensing (S) or Intuitive (N), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). Related: the Real Astrology.

Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary components

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:31:50 -0800

More than fifty selected articles from The Princeton Companion of Mathematics (username: Guest, password: PCM) — a thematically-organized compendium of mathematics and mathematicians from Fields Medal-winner Tim Gowers. [via, previously]

Because learning is sexy

jonson — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:32:10 -0800

Librarian Chick is a blogger who has put together a wiki of literally hundreds of online learning sources with over twenty categories for "students, educators & anyone else who's hip to learning." Also by the same author, a similarly vast collection of open source software resources. All found via.