“Designed Deterioration”, and the return of Links

Now that I have 2 days left at my current job, and a big move to NYC coming, I’m going to attempt to post more often. A new design for the weblog is also in the works, but not sure when I’ll get to it.

In that spirit, I found myself reading and re-reading Khoi’s recent post about how we value objects that deteriorate in a cool way. Khoi is far more eloquent than I can be, so just go there and read it:

• Subtraction: Designed Deterioration
  Unused objects are ignorant; only the ones that have been put to use, that have traveled, that have been tossed around have accumulated knowledge. That knowledge and familiarity, if it’s worn properly, can make an object desirable.

So far, I’ve resisted the urge to get a case for my iPhone, but I know that regret will set in the moment that i drop the thing for real.

Also, I used to just have del.icio.us dump my bookmarks into a post on the Weblog, but once a day is way too much… and, there are plenty of things that I don’t want/need in my weblog.

Apparently, I’m not the only one feeling that way – Andre Torrez came up with a nice filter between del.icio.us and our weblogs –

• Torrez.org: The Return Of Links
  a little script in JavaScript that uses the JSON feed to generate a page where I can select which links I want to publish and then have them populate a simple unordered list which I can copy and paste into a new post

I customized his work a bit, which you can see here. Well done.

Now, I’ve got to make this thing worth checking in on (or subscribing to) again.