Pared Down

Link dump for the week of December 7-13th, 2009.

• I bought a new digital camera (a Canon G10) this year but I’ve only used it a few times. Shameful, I know. There are some absolutely beautiful photos in the Your Best Shoot 2009 Flickr pool and Life’s 2009 Photos of the Year though. If you’re looking for some photography tips and tricks, check out some of these.
• Lifehacker also has a list of some of their favorite DIY projects of 2009. Who doesn’t want to build a pizza oven or hide a room with a bookcase? Want more than that? Check out Instructables and Make.

Link dump for the week of November 30th – December 6th, 2009.

• Buy a new computer on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?  Check out this article about a few great cross-platform apps. I use the majority of these everyday. I also highly recommend the extension Adblock Plus for Firefox.
• Google announced and rolled out Google Public DNS this week. PC Mag takes a closer look at it. I use OpenDNS currently but I’ll probably give Google’s DNS a try.
• Youtube launched Feather, an opt-in beta for a slimmer version of its player. It’s worth checking out if you’re surfing on an older machine or have a slow connection. There’s a lite version of Facebook as well.

Link dump for the week of November 23-29th, 2009.

• The Onion A.V. Club selects the best comics of the ’00s as well as the best books of the ’00s. There are more picks in their the best of the decade section.
• Last week, Google unveiled its operating system Chrome OS. It won’t be ready for users until sometime next year but the code is open source and available to those who want to take a peak.
• While you’re peaking, check out Flowing Data. This site has mad graphs, son. Who doesn’t like info-graphics? Occasionally, they can even be funny.