Blog: Tony2Nice - Made in the Shade

Leading Off (3/2/09) : 1. The fancy new Whole Foods in Lakewood opens this morning with a ceremonial bread-breaking at 9:30 a.m. (I believe it's a 7-foot loaf of challah.) I went there on Friday with the girls . It's…

Prevent Firefox from Hogging Memory When Minimized : In our latest browser speed tests , I half-heartedly complained that Firefox eats up memory over long periods of use. Our lovely, helpful commenters pointed out that there is, indeed, a tweak…

Top 10 Tools for Your Blog or Web Site : Having your own hosted web domain has never been cheaper, or easier, with the vast array of free resources out there. Here are our ten favorite tools to help anyone launch and maintain their…

Who's your team? : OK, so here we are in fantasyland and you have the unique opportunity to buy an NBA team for $1. But not just any NBA team, only one of two teams. And you have to choose between the Mavericks and…

DoubleTwist May Be the Coolest Universal Media Manager Ever : Mac OS X only: doubleTwist simplifies media management, whether you want to sync to your mobile device, share it with friends, or upload it to YouTube, Flickr, or Facebook. It's so easy…

25% Off All Art Prints at Juxtapoz : For one week only, Juxtapoz is offering 25% of all of their art prints. This of course includes work by Jeff Soto, Jeremy Fish, Usugrow, and more. Most of them are 18″ x 24″ screenprints, open…

A Hands On Look at Safari 4's (Crashy) Eye Candy : If Apple knows how to do anything, it's take tech you've already seen and make it flashier and more fun to use. The new Safari 4 public beta is no exception. Apple says Safari 4's 150…

New Books & a Reprint. (Pre Order) : In the next day or two I will be getting proofs of the 3 books to either revise or sign off. The scheduled time to get the books in will be Friday, March 13th or a few days…

Billy Bob's and Purgatory Make Top 100 Clubs In US : A couple of surprising things: One, that there's a publication called Nightclub & Bar Magazine . Two, that it has yet to reproduce its Top 100 Nightclubs in the U.S. issue online. (Thankfully, …

Safari 4 Beta Adds Cover Flow, Runs "3x Faster" than Firefox : Windows/Mac only: Apple today released a new beta version of its Safari web browser, boasting several new features including Cover Flow, full history search, a faster JavaScript engine (dubbed…

Either The Apocalypse Is Finally Upon Us, Or Edgar Bought a New Chalk Set : If you're someone who voted for Proposition 8, the above is what the world will look like when gays can get married. If you're a regular ol' person who just doesn't care one way or the other,…

Tweak uTorrent's Settings for Faster Downloads : Aside from having a really fast, non-filtered broadband connection, there are a few ways you can speed up your BitTorrent downloads through simple tweaks. The MakeUseOf blog runs down a few of…

Madea Goes To Jail Dominates Box Office On Weekend Honoring World's Best Movies : Is it perhaps a tad ironic that on the weekend of the Oscars, on which the Academy gathers together to redefine the term 'self-fellatio' honor the best films, actors, directors, and technicians that…

Last.fm really isn't sharing user data with the RIAA : If you believe certain outlets, Last.fm is in bed with the RIAA and sharing your data with them. However, that's not really the case…

Denver Airports Controversial 32 FT Zombie Mustang Sculpture : Does this make you want to fly the friendly skies? Not meant to represent the local Bronco's sports franchise. The artist who sculpted this died when it "fell" on him during construction. Many locals…

Kevin and Alex scheduled for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon : Jimmy Fallon announced on his video blog that Kevin and Alex of Diggnation will be guests on Late Night the second week of his show.

My New Favorite Place: Jack's Backyard : Right off Commerce, Oak Cliff side of the river. Very Lee Harvey's, only a bit fancier. Popular with lesbians, I'm told. Bonus.

40+ Adobe After Effects Best of Tutorials & Resources : Whether you want to learn how to create vibrant motion graphics, breathtaking special effects or cinematic footage, today we got it all. In this post, we want to showcase some of the best After…

Don't Mess With Ebby : Property doyenne Ebby Halliday didn't reach the top of her industry by being a shrinking violet. That was evident during a lunch at the Adolphus' French Room today celebrating her 98th…

Jump to a New Career with a Killer Resume and Plan : Whether you're suddenly unemployed or just looking to change up, starting out in a new career is daunting. Take our advice on how to write—and plan—your way into a new field. Photo by Yo…