42 month ago
Andy Baio : Bruce Schneier Facts - "Bruce Schneier can straighten out an elliptic curve with nothing but his teeth"
jimray : Bruce Schneier Facts - "Bruce Schneier once found three distinct natural number divisors of a prime number." The fact that I find this funny is evidence of why I don't have a girlfriend
gleuschk : Bruce Schneier Facts - Bruce Schneier makes abstract algebra look like elementary algebra.
Matthew M. Boedicker : Bruce Schneier facts, in the style of Chuck Norris facts - "Knuth is my homeboy" t-shirt is pretty funny too (via Boing Boing) [via]
Simon Willison : Bruce Schneier Facts - "SSL is invulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Unless that man is Bruce Schneier."
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51 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - del.icio.us: y.ah.oo!: yahoo buys del.icio.us
Andy Baio : Yahoo! acquires Del.icio.us - everyone I know now works at Yahoo
jkottke : Yahoo! buys del.icio.us - Yahoo! buys del.icio.us...muxway is all growed up. There's an interesting story in here somewhere about how Yahoo! is hiring/buying the "alpha geeks" (hackers, tinkerers, accidental entrepreneurs) and Google seemingly isn't (Ph.Ds, computer scientists) an
jimray : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - Wow
erikbenson : Yahoo buys del.icio.us. Nice! - Congratulations, Joshua.
Linkorama : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - I just thought I would link to it and add every recommended tag. Congrats Josh!
Paul Hammond : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - We're proud to announce that del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family
kayodeok : del.icio.us: y.ah.oo! - We're proud to announce that del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family. Together we'll continue to improve how people discover, remember and share on the Internet, with a big emphasis on the power of community
Philippe Janvier : del.icio.us : y.ah.oo ! - Après Flickr, Yahoo achète Del.icio.us. La fin du web tel que l'on a pu le connaître ces trois dernières années. Qui sera le prochain ? [via] #
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53 month ago
Andy Baio : My Outsourced Life - Esquire writer hires two Indian firms to manage his personal and professional life [via]
jkottke : Personal outsourcing - Inspired by Thomas Friedman's book, A.J. Jacobs outsources his life to India. He starts with his job but is eventually letting his Indian assistants argue with his wife, read to his son at night, edit his Wikipedia entry on his behalf, and even worry for
Jason Shellen : My Outsourced Life - A dig at Friedman's mustache, great writing and a tempting idea. [via Waxy] #
WillPate : Esquire Magazine: My Outsourced Life - This is brilliant, I want an outsourced assistant
Nelson Minar : My outsourced life - Very funny because the author is such an ass (via kottke)
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54 month ago
Andy Baio : Engadget 1985 - the SYSOP is IN
Jeremy Zawodny : Engadget 1985 - Engadget 1985: best. post. ever.
kayodeok : Engadget 1985 - Welcome to the Engadget BBS ( August 22, 1985 | 12:35)
Rod Begbie : Engadget 1985 - The SYSOP is. . . . . . . . . . . . IN! [via] #
deusx : Engadget 1985 - Engadget - www.engadget.com - I'd actually gotten one of those AM/FM radio watches at a flea market once when I was a kid...
Linkorama : Engadget 1985 - Damn that's cool
Nelson Minar : Engadget 1985 - Long, but amusing (via shellen)
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57 month ago
Rod Begbie : The WebKit Open Source Project - Apple lifts the skirt on Safari's HTML renderer and encourages people to dig in. #
Anne van Kesteren : Safari goes open source - David Hyatt reports that Safari releases their code online. You can now contribute! [via] #
jimray : The WebKit Open Source Project - Apple puts all of WebKit in CVS, including history diffs
Simon Willison : The WebKit Open Source Project - The Safari team's full CVS history, and more. Should hopefully improve their relationship with KTHML. (via) [via]
Ethan Marcotte : Apple's WebKit goes open source - This kicks truckloads of ass. Windows port, anyone?
Paul Hammond : The WebKit Open Source Project - Welcome to the web site for the WebKit Open Source Project
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57 month ago
Andy Baio : Is Trixie written by Microsoft? - other interesting information about the Greasemonkey clone for IE [via] [via]
Wayne Burkett : Mark Pilgrim comments on Trixie - A Greasemonkey-like app for IE. #
kayodeok : Mark Pilgrim's Thoughts on Trixie - "Filed under: things that don't work that people will constantly ask me about"
Paul Hammond : /pipermail/greasemonkey - [Greasemonkey] Trixie: Greasemonkey for IE - Filed under: things that don't work that people will constantly ask me about
jimray : Is Trixie a Microsoft project? - Which probably explains why, as Mark Pilgrim points out, Trixie doesn't seem to actually work
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57 month ago
kayodeok : Trixie: Teaching an old browser new tricks - Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox. It lets you remix the Web via scripts
Andy Baio : Trixie, Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer - closed source and, in my mind, somewhat unnecessary [via] [via]
Anne van Kesteren : Trixie - ?Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox.? #
Simon Willison : Trixie: Greasemonkey for IE - Second attempt - but it's still closed source. (via) [via]
jimray : Trixie - Greasemonky for IE - where's the Safari version?
Paul Hammond : Trixie - Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox
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58 month ago
Andy Baio : Google: Personalize Your Homepeage - drag and drop is nice, but I don't like the move away from simplicity
Jason Shellen : Google personalized homepage - You too can play Whitespace Invaders! Reminds me of my old Cheatsheet Creator. #
kayodeok : iGoogle: Personalize Your Google Homepage - See information you care about on your Google homepage
jimray : The Google portal beckons! - I, for one, welcome our Google overlords
jkottke : Google now offering customized home page, with weather, stocks, movies, etc.
Philippe Janvier : My Google - Google portal ! [via] #
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58 month ago
Andy Baio : OpenID, an actually distributed identity system - looks very cool
Rod Begbie : OpenID: an actually distributed identity system - Looks like a nice design, and the person behind this (Brad of LiveJournal/SixApart) has the clout to make a go at it. [via] #
deusx : OpenID: an actually distributed identity system - "This is a distributed identity system, but one that's actually distributed and doesn't entirely crumble if one company turns evil or goes out of business." This is what I was hoping someone would make after the announcement of TypeKey
jimray : OpenID: an actually distributed identity system - Authenticate without having to log into a lot of different sites
Paul Hammond : OpenID: an actually distributed identity system - a distributed identity system
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58 month ago
Andy Baio : Flickr switches from Flash to Ajax - that was quick! the notes work well with heavily annotated photos
jkottke : Flickr switches from Flash to DHTML/Ajax for displaying photos and notes - You can now also put links in notes, which, damn, my mind just blew.
jimray : Flickr drops Flash - Opts for Ajax, with some impressive results
ricmac : Flickr converting from Flash to Ajax - "photo pages no longer use a Macromedia Flash wrapper to display photos; instead we are using an old technology called "DHTML." "[via waxy]
Paul Hammond : FlickrBlog - From Flash to DHTML (on some pages!) - photo pages no longer use a Macromedia Flash wrapper to display photos; instead we are using an old technology called "DHTML."
Nelson Minar : Flajaxr - Taking Flash out of most of Flickr (via everyone)
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58 month ago
Andy Baio : BBC Backstage - open API, feeds, and tools for remixing BBC content; if only all media was this open [via] [via]
znarf : BBC Backstage - "backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with. Alternatively, share your ideas on new ways to use BBC content. This is your BBC. We want to help you play." Waow, this rocks ! [via] #
Rod Begbie : BBC Backstage - Auntie's new forum for sharing their (online) content. [via] #
jimray : BBC backstage - The beeb gets remix religion
Simon Willison : BBC Backstage - Feeds, APIs, and other geeky stuff. This is really, really good. (via) [via]
kayodeok : BBC Backstage: Build what you want using BBC content - backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with.
François Nonnenmacher : backstage.bbc.co.uk - Build what you want using BBC content -- an API to the BBC!
Philippe Janvier : BBC Backstage - "BBC's new developer network". [via] #
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58 month ago
Isofarro : Dive into greasemonkey - Mark Pilgrim is back with another awesome online book.
Rod Begbie : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Mark Pilgrim writes some docs for Greasemonkey. Hurrah! [via] #
kayodeok : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Dive Into Greasemonkey is a book about programming with Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension for customizing web pages. Read it online for free
znarf : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Dive Into Greasemonkey is a book about programming with Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension for customizing web pages. [via] #
mbertier : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Dive Into Greasemonkey is a book about programming with Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension for customizing web pages. [via] #
Simon Willison : Dive Into Greasemonkey - If you're not in to Greasemonkey yet, now you have no excuse.
jimray : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Mark Pilgrim is back and he wants you to surf the web your way
Wayne Burkett : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Fancy! #
Milo Vermeulen : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Dive Into Greasemonkey [via] [via]
Anne van Kesteren : Dive Into Greasemonkey - I guess it?s hard to find a new hobby. #
Paul Hammond : Dive Into Greasemonkey - Teaching an old web new tricks
Philippe Janvier : Dive Into Greasemonkey - "...a book about programming with Greasemonkey". [via] #
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58 month ago
Anne van Kesteren : Safari Passes the Acid2 Test - Now that didn?t take long. #
Ethan Marcotte : Safari is the first to pass the Acid2 test - And he posts the KHTML patches to boot. What a rockstar, that Dave Hyatt.
François Nonnenmacher : Safari Passes the Acid2 Test - Kudos to Hyatt and Apple. Now the $64,000 question is: will IE7 pass it too?
kayodeok : Safari Passes the Acid2 Test
jimray : Safari passes Acid 2 - Safari's rendering engine is now the most standards compliant - uber l33t
Paul Hammond : Surfin' Safari - Safari Passes the Acid2 Test - There were two issues left that needed to be resolved
Simon Willison : Safari passes the Acid2 test - Dave Hyatt runs rings around the rest.
Eric Meyer : Safari Passes the Acid2 Test - Hyatt's da man.
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58 month ago
Andy Baio : Adrian's Greasemonkey compiler - turn into Greasemonkey script into a standalone Firefox extension
Wayne Burkett : Greasemonkey compiler | Holovaty.com - "I've written a Greasemonkey compiler, which makes a Firefox browser extension (XPI) from a given Greasemonkey user script." Cool! #
kayodeok : Greasemonkey compiler - "This is useful if you're a script developer and want to distribute your work to people without having to ask them to install Greasemonkey. It can also be a helpful starting point if you want to write a more advanced Firefox extension"
jimray : Greasemonkey compiler - Compile greasemonkey scripts into standalone Firefox XPIs
Paul Hammond : Greasemonkey compiler | Holovaty.com - makes a Firefox browser extension (XPI) from a given Greasemonkey user script.
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59 month ago
znarf : Gmail adds feed reading - "there's a new feature in Gmail called Web Clips, which displays little headlines above your inbox or message and is fed via, um, feeds." #
kayodeok : evhead: Gmail adds feed reading - "there's a new feature in Gmail called Web Clips, which displays little headlines above your inbox or message and is fed via, um, feeds"
jkottke : The Gmail interface now includes a wee newsreader
Philippe Janvier : Gmail adds feed reading - "...a new feature in Gmail called Web Clips, which displays little headlines above your inbox or message and is fed via, um, feeds". Pas encore arrivé jusqu'ici :( [via] #
jimray : Gmail adds feed reading - I've never liked RSS aggregators as web services or as part of an email or web app, but this looks interesting none-the-less
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59 month ago
Andy Baio : Code snippets for implementing tags with SQL - this will come in handy for Upcoming's tag support
jkottke : Code snippets for working with tags and SQL
philgyford : LaughingMeme: In Lieu of the Promised Article on Tags and SQL - Enormously handy SQL snippets for doing del.icio.us/Flickr style tagging.
Paul Hammond : LaughingMeme: In Lieu of the Promised Article on Tags and SQL - you no longer have any excuse for building a sub-par tagging system.
jimray : LaughingMeme: In Lieu of the Promised Article on Tags and SQL - Implement tags in SQL - handy
deusx : LaughingMeme: In Lieu of the Promised Article on Tags and SQL - "There you go, you no longer have any excuse for building a sub-par tagging system."
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59 month ago
jimray : Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS - Brilliant! [via joeweiss and interactivenarratives.org]
deusx : Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS - Nifty stuff, here.
François Nonnenmacher : Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS - Very cool, especially sorting via drag-n-drop
kayodeok : Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS - Does exactly what it says; edits a web page on screen
Philippe Janvier : Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS - "Allow input wherever you have output" [via] #
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59 month ago
kellan : joshua quitting to work on del.icio.us full time #
Andy Baio : Del.icio.us gets funding, Joshua goes full-time - this makes me so very happy [via] [via]
Wayne Burkett : [delicious-discuss] big news - del.icio.us takes outside investment. Congrats and good luck, Joshua! #
deusx : [delicious-discuss] big news - "I've decided to quit my job and workon del.icio.us full time." Holy shit. Congratulations!
jkottke : Josh Schachter has taken on some outside investment and is doing del.icio.us full-time - Congratulations to Josh...looking forward to seeing what happens.
plasticbag : Josh Schachter quits his job to take del.icio.us professional - I really hope this one works out for him. I'm a bit nervous that it won't easily translate into a commercial space...
ricmac : delicious gets investor capital - Joshua: "I've decided to quit my job and work on del.icio.us full time." Congrats! (via waxy.org)
Nelson Minar : del.icio.us full time - Joshua announces funding and a new concentration
Simon Willison : [delicious-discuss] big news - Joshua has funding, and is now working on del.icio.us full time.
jimray : Josh Schachter quits his job to do del.icio.us full time - Also, inboxes are back!
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59 month ago
Andy Baio : Big changes over at Upcoming.org - a full API, tagging, e-mail/SMS reminders, and support for personal events! I hope everyone likes the changes
jkottke : Andy made some significant changes to Upcoming, his collaborative calendaring site - You can now add personal events, tag events, get email/SMS event reminders, etc. Oh, and a REST API.
jimray : Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes! - Big things happening - be prepared for the Yahoo! buyout announcement in 5...4...3
Nelson Minar : upcoming.org ++ - Lots of nice new features, including an API!
Paul Hammond : Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes! - support for personal and self-promotional events, tagging of events, a complete API, improved visual design, and e-mail/SMS reminders
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59 month ago
Andy Baio : Glassdog's amazing rant on Boing Boing ads - I adore Boing Boing, but Ponyboy's call for transparency rings true
jkottke : On the NASCARing of Boing Boing and what the hell are they up to anyway?
jimray : glassdog: "Boing Boing, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching" - The ads, as well as the constant self promotion and the continual inclusion of anything from Xeni are pretty much the reason I stopped reading BoingBoing
plasticbag : Glassdog on BoingBoing making money - At the little weblog conference I was at the other day, someone said that BoingBoing was making $40,000 a month. I have no idea if this is true...
Simon Willison : Boing Boing, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - In light of the whole WordPress kerfluffle, I'm surprised this story didn't get much attention.
nelson : Boing Boing, Ka-Ching Ka-Ching - 2005 complaint about advertising on BoingBoing
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59 month ago
jimray : Backpack is coming soon - it'll be better, not beta - From the fine folks who brought you the equally fine Basecamp
Andy Baio : 37signals' Backpack goes live - brilliant and very flexible web-based PIM, with adding data by e-mail, RSS changes, and a very loose wiki style
Rod Begbie : Backpack - New "Personal information manager" from those 37signals kids. #
Jason Shellen : Backpack launches - Lists, calendars and blogs - oh my! #
ricmac : Backpack goes live - Web-based Personal information management, to do lists, organizer.
Philippe Janvier : Backpack - Personal information management tool. [via] #
kayodeok : Personal and small business information manager: Get organized, Backpack - Gather your ideas, to-dos, notes, photos, and files online. Set email and mobile reminders so that you don't forget the little things. Easily collaborate with others
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59 month ago
Andy Baio : New version of Ruby on Rails supports Ajax natively - don't miss Curt Hibbs' beginner's tutorials
jkottke : Ajax is now supported by default in Ruby on Rails - "We've gone ahead and more or less removed the need for hand-written client-side javascript entirely".
Paul Hammond : Ajaxing the Rails (Loud Thinking) - we've gone ahead and more or less removed the need for hand-written client-side javascript entirely
jimray : Ajaxing the Rails (Loud Thinking) - Rails 0.11 has constructs for Ajax apps automatically - no need to build a whole Ajax library
Nelson Minar : Ajax + Ruby on Rails - it's all over (via Waxy)
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60 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : changing jobs from programmer to bike messenger
jkottke : A great account of a computer programmer's job switch to being a bicycle courier
jimray : A Coder in Courierland - A coder turned bike messenger
philgyford : A Coder in Courierland || kuro5hin.org - Report from a programmer who quit to become a bicycle courier.
Andy Baio : A Coder in Courierland - story of a computer programmer who dropped out of tech to be a bike courier [via]
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60 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr - Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr: yay!
Jason Shellen : Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr - Congratulations to Stewart, Caterina and the whole Ludicrew! #
Rod Begbie : Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr - In a surprise to absolutely no-one, Yahoo's bought Flickr. #
jkottke : Finally public: Yahoo! acquires Flickr
Andy Baio : Yahoo buys Flickr! - it's official! that's what I get for leaving the computer for nine hours; more thoughts from Caterina and Jeremy
Paul Hammond : FlickrBlog - Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr - Holy smokes, SOMEBODY out there is bad at keeping secrets
jimray : Yahoo buys Flickr - "Pro account holders will get super mega bonuses, to be announced soon."
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60 month ago
Andy Baio : Google Code - just announced, centralizes their open-source projects and APIs
Rod Begbie : Google Code - Google create a center (with RSS feeds) for open-source code they've developed, and tools using their APIs. Cool. [via] #
jimray : Google Code - Open source code to hack Google
Paul Hammond : Google Code - Google's place for Open Source software
kayodeok : Google Code - Code.google.com is for external developers interested in Google-related development. It?s Google's place for Open Source software and also lists of their API services.
Simon Willison : Google Code - An online home for Google's open source projects.
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