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As the Bay Area is facing another water crunch, the SF Public Utilities Commission free faucet aerators to anyone who can pickup in person at 1155 Market St, as well as a host of other tips for water conservation. [via] 

Andrew Chinnici pledged to use his economic stimulus package to support local businesses and keep the money in the homeland. After some consideration, he bought $600 worth of whiskey. Pictures of the effort here.  Andrew and I drank a fraction of that amount of various Thai liquors and beers one night in Bangkok, many moons ago. 

The Dude was based on a real guy. I’m into the whole brevity thing, so I’ll leave it at that. [via]

Tevan has some notes on Textgasm and putting it together. Pretty good for a first project, if you ask me; makes me want to learn some coding.  

Photographs of bankrupt offices: everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. [via]

Apparently, random companies can add charges to your phone bill, a process known as cramming, and AT&T (and one would presume, other vendors) won’t do anything about it. 

Largeheartedboy shares some music links and free downloads. When I get an intern following music I like will be part of his job description, as I don’t have time for it. I suddenly feel like I think my brother felt when he was my age. 

Jumpcut: “Here’s a handy little app to install and then forgot about ’til the day comes when you’ve somehow overwritten your clipboard or possibly lost some work.” [via]

Wired’s founding editor reflects on the last fifteen years since the magazine started. 

Interesting street art on Jesus Chris.

“The same people who use phrases like ‘Think outside the box’ are the ones ordering all these cubicles.”

Yesterday was Manhattanhenge. 

And finally, via Bill Bradbury, the video of the day: Charles Barkley getting Burgundy’d.