27/04/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Compressing Web Content - François's rule of Internet pipes: every bit of bandwidth you save will get filled with spam.
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27/04/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Size 12 wedding gown, going fast - SURE IS A BEAUTY! CHEAP! USED ONLY ONCE!
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27/04/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Sprint trying to block TTY relay fraud - the IP relay scam forums are a good source of insider commentary [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : A brief history of Microsoft Word from Word's program manager - A brief history of Microsoft Word from Word's program manager
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27/04/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : Paintings by Teresa Margolles made by dipping paper "into the water used to clean human corpses after autopsies" - Paintings by Teresa Margolles made by dipping paper "into the water used to clean human corpses after autopsies" (Part of her ''Muerte Sin Fin'' exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt.)
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27/04/2004 @ 22:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Hotelle Magritte - Some nice looking engravings-styled Mac screensavers from Japan
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27/04/2004 @ 22:00 GMT
dionidium : Pixelpalooza icon contest winners - 1997-2004
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Nelson Minar : Jan. 1993 web crawl - An early use of Python to crawl the web. 50 or 60 different sites!
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Prom Bombs - Boy howdy. I think #8 is my favorite.
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : is it time to switch to mysql? - is it time to switch to mysql?: i might be biased
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Andy Baio : U.S. Intelligence tracking blogs - no word on whether they're tracking Livejournals yet
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
anildash : rebecca's pocket is five years old - congratulations. and all this time coding by hand! the mind boggles.
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27/04/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
anildash : the 100 biggest cities in the U.S. - i always forget that texas jams 3 entries in the top 10
Nelson Minar : Top 100 big US cities - Just a list (via Anil Dash)
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27/04/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Tampa cops don't enforce the law, they intimidate citizens.
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27/04/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Thomas Oliphant: I watched Kerry throw his war decorations
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27/04/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
cobra libre : everyone is an editor - decent salon article on the wikipedia's success and the difficulty of curbing vandalism and flaming
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27/04/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
Steve Cook : Hot Doug's closed due to fire - Oh no! I was at the celebrated Chicago hotdoggerie just last month with my friends the Thirteens!
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
François Hodierne : Video of Bush using unsuspecting woman as human Kleenex - Nan !!!
Adam Gessaman : Bush uses unwitting woman as a human kleenex - I know we’re all here to serve him, but sometimes a little please and thank-you goes a long way.
Tomas Jogin : A bit disrespectful - President Bush wiping his eyeglasses on an unwitting woman's clothing during his appearance on The David Letterman Show (via).
Nelson Minar : Bush human kleenex - Bush uses unwitting woman's sweater to clean his glasses (via BoingBoing)
deusx : HUMAN KLEENEX - "How would you feel about a person who thinks it is okay to grab your shirt and use it clean their eyeglasses?" You know, it's a little thing, but it's a telling thing.
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
François Hodierne : How-to build a links weblog with Movable Type
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : slashnot - slashnot: like slashdot, but funny instead of sad
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : blue phone menu for os x - blue phone menu for os x: neat. now i need me a bluetooth phone
Erik Benson : BluePhoneMenu: another cool bluetooth app for powerbooks and mobile phone integration - via a.wholelottanothing.org
deusx : BluePhoneMenu 1.1 - "BluePhoneMenu is a small application that adds Caller ID functionality to your menu bar and desktop using your Bluetooth enabled phone."
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
anildash : MJ fires his lead lawyers - always a sign that things are going well
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
anildash : how to hack your head - SBJ dives even further into your wide-open mind
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
anildash : intelligence officials tracking blogs? - the government wants to know all about your cat pictures
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27/04/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
anildash : more details on the 2nd avenue subway - i can't wait to hop on board in a scant 7 years or so
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27/04/2004 @ 19:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : A false positive experience - DO NOT PANIC!
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27/04/2004 @ 19:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Thief 3 preview - The game is sounding better and better.
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27/04/2004 @ 19:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : New Iraq flag - Yep, it's ugly. (via Metafilter)
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27/04/2004 @ 19:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Python MS installer - Python2.4 is moving to MSI. Good idea: InstallShield and Wise are pure crap. (via Python URL)
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27/04/2004 @ 19:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Labour: I See Red (Labour Needs Leadership Change) - This is amateurish and crappy to look at, but I agree with its main thrust
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27/04/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Importing Hotmail into Gmail using Getmail - clever trick, but requires Windows [via]
Kayode Okeyode : Importing Hotmail into Gmail using Getmail
Mark Pilgrim : how to export mail from one proprietary webmail system and import it into another proprietary webmail system - this we call progress
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27/04/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Roi Sabarov's Letter Flow - check out the rest of Roi's portfolio [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : Push! Kiss your browser goodbye: The radical future of media beyond the Web - Push! Kiss your browser goodbye: The radical future of media beyond the Web (The original much-maligned article by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly from the March 1997 Wired.)
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27/04/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : Teacher and Meteorologist to Blog Week of Storm Chasing in Tornado Alley - Teacher and Meteorologist to Blog Week of Storm Chasing in Tornado Alley (Behold, tornadoblogging is born.)
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27/04/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : PHP and MySQL security - Why I switched off those damn globals.
Kayode Okeyode : PHP and SQL Security
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27/04/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Nelson Minar : Filing nerd book - Fun 1960s book about how to file stuff. The world before computers. Great 60s design, too.
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27/04/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Nelson Minar : RoN expansion pack - The best RTS game ever. Expansion pack should breathe some new life into it.
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27/04/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
jkottke : An interactive look at the design and security features of the new US $50 bill
anildash : explore the new fifty dollar bill - stars and flags for our currency? a bold an unconventional choice!
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27/04/2004 @ 17:02 GMT
deusx : In Bushworld...
Adam Gessaman : In Bushworld... - I can’t say that I get the Olsen twins reference…
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27/04/2004 @ 17:02 GMT
deusx : HEY COWBOY MY BODY IS MY RANCH KEEP OUT!
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27/04/2004 @ 17:02 GMT
deusx : If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a holy sacrament
Adam Gessaman : If men could get pregnant... - … abortion would be a holy sacrament.
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27/04/2004 @ 17:02 GMT
deusx : Ned Batchelder: Arcade copy protection - "A week later, the game has been physically destroyed, having collected about $25."
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
doug : Father of the iPod? - Leander has been trying to dig up more info on the story of Tony Fadell as father of the iPod, but knowing that Apple prefers not to credit individuals or small teams for successful products, details are scarce.
Tom Coates : Is this the father of the iPod?
Adam Gessaman : Father of the iPod?
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Holding Pattern screen saver for Win/Mac - composite Internet searches draw a landscape outside your window [via]
Steve Cook : Holding Pattern - The view outside your airplane window -- screensaver for Mac and PC.
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Create your own You're The Man Now Dog site - use IE to hear the audio
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Blogdigger Media - recent media links scraped from weblogs
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Guardian UK profile on Nick Drake -
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
jkottke : Benetton debuts new Kurt Anderson-helmed Colors today
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27/04/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
jkottke : How To Hack Your Head, a buyer's guide to recreational brain scanning - How To Hack Your Head, a buyer's guide to recreational brain scanning
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27/04/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Wired on the return of Push - partially inspired by my comment on Gary's blog, no less [via]
jkottke : Gary Wolf on The Return of Push - Gary Wolf on The Return of Push (Nothing's being "pushed", but the customization and personalization stuff was right on.)
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27/04/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Paul Hammond : search.cpan.org: XML::RSS::TimingBot - for efficiently fetching RSS feeds - XML::RSS::TimingBot has the same interface, but knows when to more efficiently request the data.
dionidium : XML::RSS::TimingBot - Efficiently fetch RSS feeds.
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27/04/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Paul Hammond : Ascription is an anathema to any enthusiasm: TypeKey - Eliminating the Universal ID - Just don't do it
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27/04/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : MyMediaList, media lists for blogs - may be useful until Mediachest adds RSS feeds [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 15:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Thousand-Faced Moon - Comics, movies, books, queer old things. Who wants to read a blog about -those-??
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27/04/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Special Elections in case of Disaster? No thanks. - Without rights, Democracy is just a mob empowered.
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27/04/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Boeing Unveils 7E7 Dreamliner Interior - When you "connect the passenger with the flying experience", could you make something about the noise too?
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27/04/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
deusx : Treo 610 to be launched on Verizon - April 26, 2004 - "Treo 610 is expected to have hi-res screen, built-in Bluetooth and more memory."
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27/04/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
deusx : Perl RSS-fetcher XML::RSS::TimingBot - "If you're writing an RSS-fetcher in Perl, you should use this module instead of LWP::UserAgent"
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27/04/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : 1169 and counting: weblog that relives Irish history - Features news coverage from 1863 about my rebel ancestor Terence Bellew MacManus.
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27/04/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : WebReference.com interview with Dave Winer, 4 yrs ago - The "desktop website" vs web app question is one I'm pondering currently.
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27/04/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Jay Rosen on Bush disrespecting the Press - I agree that the Press uses Gotcha tactics too much. I'm with Bush on this one.
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27/04/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : alignedStrategy: a weblog devoted to strategy - Bookmarked for future browsing. What's up with the header though?
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27/04/2004 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Scumbag ISP uses cloaked links to game Google - displays links on client sites when the user agent is Googlebot [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 08:00 GMT
Cameron Marlow : The Slack Album - Slanted and Enchanted vs. Jay-Z. Brilliant.
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27/04/2004 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Tree Wave, 1980s electronics - Paul is a badass Atari 2600 developer [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Guide to creating very high-quality MP3s - using free software for Windows
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27/04/2004 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : The Rise of Elegance in Open Source Software - some good examples outlining the trend
doug : Interface Elegance in Open Source Software - Steven Garrity writes an excellent post on the increasing importance of elegant interface design in open source software, citing three living examples, and dispelling the myth of average user vs. power user.
anildash : Interface Elegance in Open Source Software - firefox 1.0 will be a big milestone in more ways than one
Paul Hammond : The Rise of Interface Elegance in Open Source Software | Acts of Volition - One of the most important acts of a software project manager is to say "no"
Jon Hicks : The Rise of Interface Elegance in Open Source Software - An excellent article on open source software by Steven Garrity...
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27/04/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Jerry Springer opera set for Broadway - Very excited that I might finally get to see this.
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27/04/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : John Kerry Is A DoucheBag But I'm Voting For Him Anyway.com - A sentiment I can get behind. He's a Tony Blair-esque lesser of two evils.
Aquarion : JohnKerryIsADoucheBagButImVotingForHimAnyway.com
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27/04/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
dionidium : Ten Questions for Keith Robinson - From the Web Standards Group.
Dan Cederholm : 10 Questions for Keith Robinson - From Russ at the Web Standards Group .
Simon Willison : Ten Questions for Keith Robinson - Another interview from the Web Standards Group.
Will Pate : 10 Questions for Keith Robinson - He doesn't look at all like I imagined. I had him pegged as a greying goatee and well worn birkenstock guy with a nice watch.
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27/04/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : NZ E-Govt Guidelines: Web Strategies - This is a good web strategy framework for corporates too.
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27/04/2004 @ 05:00 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Sound on the Web? - I think that anyone who puts sound on their website should be shot. With one of those crying-baby guns.
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27/04/2004 @ 05:00 GMT
Adam Gessaman : The Revolution Will Not Be Blogged - Oh, the world of the political bloggers.
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27/04/2004 @ 05:00 GMT
Adam Gessaman : How to care for your Web Designer - Just remember, your web designer can survive for long periods in dark rooms, but also appreciates pretty things — so get them a plant or something to keep them company.
Kristine Beeson : How to Care for Your Web Designer - Eris Design | How to Care for Your Web Designer -- You are now the proud owner of your very own Web Designer! But now what do you do? A four part series. Very good! And made me giggle. :)
Paul Hammond : Eris Design | How to Care for Your Web Designer - You are now the proud owner of your very own Web Designer! But now what do you do?
Philippe Janvier : How to Care for Your Web Designer - "This triangle (fast, goog, cheap) represents a balance of issues within your project in a very simplified form. Most of the time you can only have two of those options at the expense of the third option."
Kayode Okeyode : How to Care for Your Web Designer
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27/04/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Prosser student's artwork interests Secret Service
deusx : Prosser student's artwork interests Secret Service - '"If this 15-year-old kid in Prosser is perceived as a threat to the president, then we are living in 1984," Cravens said.'
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27/04/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Erik Benson : I tried doing this with "Man Versus Himself" but would love to hear Maciej's wisdom on the topic of hacking literature with Perl - Anyone want to give me a free ticket?
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27/04/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Small Pieces Loosely Joined for Kids - Kids version of David Weinberger's influential book. Excellent idea!!
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27/04/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : yahoo messenger 6.0 public beta - yahoo messenger 6.0 public beta: annoy your friends today!
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27/04/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
anildash : prince simulcast on 5 Viacom stations wed. - the biggest promo of this sort that he's pulled off
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Adam Gessaman : 7E7 interior takes design notes from Star Trek: TNG - Especially this one.
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
phil : John Peel Sessions - Details of every Peel Session since 1992
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Pro-Symbian Internet m@fia and their machinations exposed - It's a conspiracy! The funniest tripe I've read in quite a while.
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Victor Ng's Weblog: python's import is broken - "Never use 'from foo import baz'. Always always always use the 'import mypackage' form of import."
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : V2's Pre)Thing E-mail a Hoax - No seance after all. (via)
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27/04/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Make your own Iraq photo controversy - based on the original fake [via]
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27/04/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Erik Benson : What could kill Google? I think the internal threat is bigger than the external one. - I don't think they've jumped the shark yet. Their speed of development is still incredible.
Paul Hammond : Geeking with Greg - Kill Google, Vol. 1 - as Google grows, having incredible people isn't enough
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27/04/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
anildash : TypePad France launches - thanks to the Ublog team for their work, and stay tuned for Spanish and other languages soon
Tom Coates : Typepad France has launched...
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27/04/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
Philippe Janvier : FOAF-a-matic -- Décrivez-vous en RDF (en français) - "Ce F o a f n'est pas encore vraiment humain :)", mais maintenant vous pouvez le créer en français.
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27/04/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
jkottke : Hundreds of photos of Frisbees
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