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Linked List: October 3, 2006

Tuesday, 3 October 2006

Erik Barzeski:

I’ve spent the past hour playing with my licensed copy of Billable and I’ve come away impressed. Despite the fact that I’m (currently) out of the “invoice a bunch of smaller clients” mode (long-term contract work is so much smoother), I can see how Billable will pay for itself within minutes.

DailyLogger 0.1 ★

Ultra-simple app for logging actions. (Via Gina Trapani.)

Why Writing Is Harder Than Programming ★

Paul Graham:

Switching back to writing has confirmed something I’ve always suspected: writing is harder than hacking. They’re both hard to do well, but writing has an additonal element of panic that isn’t there in hacking.

With hacking, you never have to worry how something is going to come out.

Happy Cog Philadelphia ★

So, sure, no championships since 1983 — but at least we’ve got a Happy Cog office.

Jackass of the Week: Alton Verm ★

Texan Alton Verm wants to ban Farhenheit 451 — a book about book-burning — from his daughter’s school. The icing on the cake: he admits he hasn’t read it.

“It’s just all kinds of filth,” said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read Fahrenheit 451. “The words don’t need to be brought out in class. I want to get the book taken out of the class.”

It’s like something out of The Onion.

(Via Andy Baio.)

Cheesesteak of Suffering ★

23 years and counting since a Philadelphia team has won a major pro sports championship. There are a lot of people reading this who weren’t even alive then.

‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ Effects ★

Excellent special effects show-off reel from Buzz Image Group. (Via Coudal.)

Freeverse: Lineform 1.2.2 ★

William Thimbleby’s Apple Design Award-winning vector illustration app is now being sold by Freeverse. Does it have as many features as Illustrator? No. But can Illustrator “launch in under a second”? Definitely not. (By way of Khoi Vinh, who puts Adobe on notice.)

Update: Version 1.2.2 was just released a few moments ago.