18/05/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Lucas Gonze asks "how can I help micro-communities to form" for WebJay? - My suggestion is to use Topic Exchange - eg topic -> musical tastes? -> micro-community.
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18/05/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Business 2.0 on Nick Denton and the Gawker empire - also: Nick's response [via]
Richard MacManus : Business 2.0 article on Nick Denton's blogging business model - Insightful, esp bit about Denton paying writers with fame rather than money.
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18/05/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : Frontend Editing for MovableType - Frontend Editing for MovableType (I've been doing this for more than a year now and always meant to write it up...but now I don't need to.)
anildash : edit links on your MT posts - I've always liked the idea, but it confuses most non-advanced users
Jeremy Zawodny : front end editing for mt - front end editing for mt: i've been meaning to do this for ages
deusx : brain-dump.com - Frontend Editing for MovableType
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18/05/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Apple releases iTunes SDK for Windows - [via]
anildash : at last! iTunes SDK for windows - make this post to a TypePad music TypeList and I'll pay you $50 personally
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18/05/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Trained rats for mine detection - Giant Gambian rats to the rescue!
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18/05/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Andy Baio : The composition of Planters mixed nuts - the packaging lies!
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18/05/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
anildash : nick clarifies gawker media's business - just as long as they spell your name right, man.
Cameron Marlow : Denton clarifies Gawker media - And gets back at Business 2.0
Nelson Minar : Modesty is the new pride - Nick Denton: no, really, I don't want the attention
Tom Coates : Nick Denton on Business 2.0's blogger piece - I think it's important to note that all journalists, but particularly freelance journalists, sell their stories in the act of writing them - Nick Denton on Business 2.0's blogger piece - I think it's important to note that all journalists, but particularly freelance journalists, sell their stories in the act of writing them
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18/05/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
anildash : What Makes Nick Tick? - entertaining but fluffy piece on nick denton's blog business
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18/05/2004 @ 20:49 GMT
Charles Miller : Jean-Paul Sartre's Cookbook - Jean-Paul Sartre's Cookbook: "I have been forced to abandon the project of producing an entire cookbook. Rather, I now seek a single recipe which will, by itself, embody the plight of man in a world ruled by an unfeeling God, as well as providing the eate
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18/05/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
tehu : DotClear : coming soon with SQLite support - What do you want ? Katchup, mustard, béarnaise...
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18/05/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : macosxhints - Sort lists in AppleScript using the Unix sort command - "Pretty good demo of the Terminal/AppleScript integration."
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18/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
deusx : Frank Zappa: Coffee Achiever (INeedCoffee.com) - "Zappa had another attribute that would have fit in much better in the late ‘90s and beginning of the 21st century: his coffee-drinking habits."
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18/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
deusx : Micro Persuasion: Why Google Will Merge Orkut and Blogger - Like I've been saying: All social networking sites are doomed to repeat LJ, badly.
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18/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
Philippe Janvier : An RDF vocabulary for WGS84 geo positioning - a vocabulary suitable for use in XML and RDF/XML documents for indicating points in space defined by the WGS84 geospatial reference system
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18/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
François Hodierne : Atom discussion, New York City, 18 May 2004
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18/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Game-O-Graph, automated NBA point charting - or use the excellent espn2xml to do your own game analysis [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
Steve Cook : So very close to a Darwin award! - Although it would have been best if the chemicals turned him into a shambling hairy monster, like in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
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18/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Amazing 80-page transcription of Chris Ware/Ira Glass lecture - now I wish I'd attended the UCLA appearance
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18/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
anildash : new york's on the list for the 2012 olympics - i'm hoping we get the bid just for the infrastructure improvements that'll happen
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18/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
anildash : even dvorak liked nextfest - congrats to the wired team for putting on an event that actually gets people excited
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18/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
anildash : looking at caste prejudice in india - caste is a very real problem, but i'm not sure any religion's legacy is any better
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18/05/2004 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Computers as technotopian shapers of humanity
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18/05/2004 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : 98-026 Nintendo: Game Development for the 8-bit NES - Hmm, I think I need to sign up for this class! If only
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18/05/2004 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Association With Cardiovascular Risk - I have sleep apnea, but I've gotten treatment. If you snore, you should too.
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18/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Erik Benson : Semacode lets you use barcode-like prints to store URLs in the real world that can be picked up by Series 60 cameraphones - You have to install Semacode and also the new Opera Browser in order to get it to work, but I think it's pretty cool.
Kayode Okeyode : Camera Phones Link World to Web
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18/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The right tool for the job - Great addendum to the tables-or-CSS discussion.
dionidium : John Allsopp weighs in on the tables-for-layout scandal - "Yes, it is about choosing the right tool for the right job. But first you need to know what the job is."
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18/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Use LaTeX equations in Adium - Will I ever use this? No. Is it very damn cool? Hell yes.
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18/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
jkottke : Tutorial: PHP + Flash MX + MySQL
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18/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : GmailSwap - what would you give (or take) for a Gmail account?
jkottke : People are offering mix CDs, weblog posts, and videos of naked coeds for Gmail accounts on Gmail Swap
Steve Cook : Gmail Swap - I thought it was sad until I saw the (incredibly clever) branding. Torrez has inspired greatness.
Philippe Janvier : Gmail swap - Aurais tu une invitation pour gmail stp ?
Tom Coates : Gmailswap - fun idea scarred by horrific use of anti-aliased Silkscreen/Pixelfontage
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18/05/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Will Pate : Larry Page on Lego - "Legos and other lesser construction toys have been quite important to me. I have constructed numerous amazing contraptions out of Legos."
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18/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
dionidium : Blog Software Breakdown - Excellent comparison of features in 10 blogging tools.
François Hodierne : Blog Software Breakdown
François Nonnenmacher : Weblog Software Breakdown - A comprehensive comparison chart of various weblog software
Adam Gessaman : Blog Software Breakdown
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18/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : How to size text using ems - Richard explains it so very damn nicely.
Jon Hicks : Dive into ems... - Richard shows us how to use ems instead of pixels...
Paul Hammond : How to size text using ems | clagnut/blog - how ems can be as quick and easy to use as pixels
Kayode Okeyode : How to size text using ems
François Hodierne : How to size text using ems - Désormais une référence ... Un bon candidat pour un mini article de pompage !
Dan Cederholm : How to size text using ems - Great writeup from Rich at Clagnut.
Philippe Janvier : How to size text using ems - A pomper ? Pourquoi pas !
jimray : How to size text using ems - Where's the part about explaining to your boss/client that precise pixel measurements in webdev are, shall we say, naive?
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18/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Asheron's Call bans eBay game auctions - silly company, real-world auctions are a sign of an economy's success
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18/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Paypal freezes Freenet's account -
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18/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
jkottke : Crackpot family members of man who coined the term "googol" are considering legal action against Google - Crackpot family members of man who coined the term "googol" are considering legal action against Google
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18/05/2004 @ 16:02 GMT
tehu : DotClear 1.2 beta release - Neokraft blog - Like b2, two years later, but en mieux. What do you want my brozer ? Tadjin, kebab, américain...
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
François Hodierne : WASP : No Peeing in the Pool - 100% d'accord
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Image: Paddington Station ads in 1874 - from this ad archive, they needed some sans-serif fonts back then [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Snarkout on the history of rock n' roll - here's a local MP3 of "Rocket 88"
anildash : talkin' 'bout rock and roll - snarkout issues a brief and compelling history
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Sippey archives Carl Steadman's Placing - here's the original announcement on Suck.com from 1996
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
jkottke : The New Yorker has rediscovered itself through timely news reporting
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
jkottke : What the heck is semiotics?
Paul Hammond : Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / The semio-grads - What do you mean, semiotics?
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18/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
jkottke : Photo gallery of new Koolhaus-designed Seattle Public Library
Nelson Minar : Seattle library photos - New architecture (via Kottke)
Cameron Marlow : Photo gallery of Koolhaas library in Seattle - I heard that Rem is very nice to his workers
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18/05/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : My England Euro 2004 XI - Calamity in goal, Roonoid up front and Lamps instead of Scholes (filed under Cricket for the masses).
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18/05/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
jkottke : Six Apart wants to know how you're using Movable Type - Six Apart wants to know how you're using Movable Type
Tomas Jogin : Six Apart wants constructive feedback - "If free isn't an issue for you and you're willing to pay for a version of Movable Type (say the $69 version) and the blog/author limits won't work for your current use, write a non-emotional post explaining how you're using Movable Type."
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18/05/2004 @ 11:39 GMT
Charles Miller : Linus Confesses! - Linus confesses! "Ok, I admit it. I was just a front-man for the real fathers of Linux..."
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18/05/2004 @ 11:36 GMT
Charles Miller : Linus Not Father of Linux - Torvalds claim to "invent" Linux® probably false, says new study. It's good they have a new study, because the old one was discredited as having been funded by Microsoft.
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18/05/2004 @ 11:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : ! OS X security flaw solution - Jay Allen prescribes a remedy for the security flaw just found in OS X. This affects Safari, Firefox and IE....
Ethan Marcotte : Mac OS X highly critical security flaw - Get your patch on.
Paul Hammond : Mac OS X: Highly critical security flaw :: The Daily Journey :: JayAllen.org - allows attackers to run scripts via Safari or IE 5.x on Mac OS X simply by loading a web page
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18/05/2004 @ 11:00 GMT
Paul Hammond : dog or higher - Yes, it is about choosing the right tool for the right job. But first you need to know what the job is.
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18/05/2004 @ 11:00 GMT
anildash : Star Wars Helmets - i think the pro-abstinence crowd could publicize this site as an alternative to sex
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18/05/2004 @ 10:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Sr. Investigator - Apple is hiring its own private detective
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18/05/2004 @ 10:01 GMT
Kristine Beeson : about: color galleries - Colors that are businesslike, but playful -- "Looking for color combinations that work?" How about: A cloudy spring day - Emeralds & rubies - Business like but still playful - and more... I've seen several sites lately with color combinations, and its gr
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18/05/2004 @ 10:00 GMT
anildash : new england ruins - sometimes i think institutional buildings look better after they fall apart
Steve Cook : New England Ruins - Something there is that doesn't love a wall.
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18/05/2004 @ 10:00 GMT
anildash : International Year of Rice: 2004 - in our household, *every* year is the year of rice
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18/05/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : David Fletcher on Accenture's E-Govt rankings - Canada first, followed by US & Singapore. Good links to Canadian sites.
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18/05/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Gotzeblogged: E-Govt has reached a plateau - Accenture notes "a common slow-down after a period of rapid development".
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18/05/2004 @ 06:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : Urban Legends Reference Pages: Pain in the Gas - Claim: Participating in a one-day "gas out" on May 19 will help bring the retail price of gasoline down. Status: False.
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18/05/2004 @ 06:00 GMT
deusx : Even Conservatives Are Wondering: Is Bush One of Us?
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18/05/2004 @ 06:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : crazy ass sex toys - crazy ass sex toys: should be called "scary ass sex toys"
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18/05/2004 @ 05:01 GMT
Steve Cook : Giant concrete Presidential heads - Don't you just want to pinch their giant concrete Presidential cheeks?
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18/05/2004 @ 05:01 GMT
deusx : Solar wind to shield Earth during pole flip
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18/05/2004 @ 05:01 GMT
deusx : Powell Admits False WMD Claim - "The secretary of state revealed that he, the CIA and the administration were conned (perhaps too easily) by exiles supported by the Pentagon, and this fraud helped set the stage for a war and a bloody and difficult occupation that still is claiming the l
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18/05/2004 @ 04:00 GMT
deusx : Biothermal battery offers long-life power source for implanted medical devices - "A patented implantable power system could provide as much as a 30-year power source to â??trickle chargeâ?? batteries for implantable devices by converting thermal energy produced naturally by the human body into electrical energy"
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18/05/2004 @ 04:00 GMT
deusx : Atom feeds for alt.fan.penn-n-teller - Holy crap. Atom feeds for Usenet groups, from Google Groups
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18/05/2004 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : startups working out of tents and rvs - startups working out of tents and rvs: that doesn't sound so bad
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18/05/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
cobra libre : donkey konga song list - what, no "fool's gold?"
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18/05/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : New Yorker on musician Nellie McKay - she's very good, highly recommended [via]
Adam Gessaman : The New Yorker on Nellie McKay - Like Andy, I highly recommend her album. [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Kazaa removed from Download.com - oddly, at the developer's request
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18/05/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Roadsage, traffic-aware driving directions - finally, someone is working to integrate TANN with Mapquest
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18/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
anildash : CIO magazine on blogs for projects - "plog" may actually be the worst blog-related word ever
Richard MacManus : CIO article on project blogs ("plogs") - "IT organizations that can effectively use blogs as managerial tools (or communication resources) are probably development environments that take both people and their ideas seriously."
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18/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Jon Udell on personas and plogs - "...the art of storytelling [...] has woven itself into the science of information technology."
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18/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
anildash : ofoto brownie blog - ofoto's new mac upload software has a nice new typepad tips blog
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18/05/2004 @ 01:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Google Search: Andy Kaufman - The lack of news indicates that he may not have risen from the dead as planned. Investigation continues. [Update: He's baaaack. ;)]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Dave Weinberger reports on midnight marriages in Cambridge - Right. On. [Although the trolls in the comments aren't the funny, cute kind.]
Simon Willison : Joho the Blog: "We are legal" - Dave Weinberger reports from Massachusetts.
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18/05/2004 @ 01:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Gotchas in the MT to WordPress Import Script - I have a few more, but I'm not picky about maintaining post numbering, so #1 isn't a big deal. I didn't notice #2, but now that I look, it is a huge deal. Now I get to re-import all my entries. And #3 didn't cause me any problems.
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18/05/2004 @ 01:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : Brit Pack - Andy Clarke has redesigned 'Stuff and Nonsense' - so watch out Johnny Foreigner! The Brits are coming!...
Richard Rutter : And all that Malarkey - Lovely looking blog from the man behind Stuff and Nonsense (filed under Design thinking). [via ]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Springs World 3D - like a 3D version of Sodaplay, but harder to use [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Andy Kaufman's new blog - written as if he's back from the dead [via]
doug : Andy Kaufman Returns? - And with a Blogger blog and use of my Minima template. I'm skeptical as everyone else. But what else would you expect after being "dead" for 20 years?
Rod Begbie : Andy Kaufman Returns - I want to believe.
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Coolio Maximo! - in which Jeff embarrasses his daughter [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Carnegie Mellon students develop new NES games - the games from the class are free for download
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Official Catwoman trailer - compare to the leaked trailer, they're marketing it without any dialogue [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Singing Science Records - full MP3s for five classic science-themed folk albums [via]
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18/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
anildash : blogads-sponsored blogger survey - i'm hoping that we can eliminate some of the self-selection bias by getting other people to submit
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18/05/2004 @ 00:02 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Google Search: Andy Kaufman - The lack of news indicates that he may not have risen from the dead as planned. Investigation continues. [Update: He's baaaack. ;)]
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18/05/2004 @ 00:02 GMT
Adam Gessaman : Notes on new Leisure Suit Larry/Sims rip-off - "As big fans of naked women, we knew we wanted to get as much sex and nudity in the game as possible."
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Adam Gessaman : The NY Times loves the new Seattle central library. - some more photos
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Survival Guide to LAMP: Who says you gotta be dynamic
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Survival Guide to LAMP: Multiple Weblogs Support In Wordpress
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Survival Guide to LAMP: Taught by Tweak
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Instant XML with PHP and PEAR::XML_Serializer
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Bookmarklet for Searching Google News
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : New Google Bookmarklet for Google Web Alerts
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : DMOZ Category for Google Weblogs
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18/05/2004 @ 00:01 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : i let u b u
dionidium : Joe Clark on b and i - "I am the biggest pigheaded rat bastard in the world where it comes to Web semantics. Nobody holds a candle to my shit."
Mark Pilgrim : i let u b u - no argument here
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : childless couple told to try sex - childless couple told to try sex: it improves the odds a lot
Will Pate : Childless Couple Had to Be Taught Sex - Somewhere in Germany there are real adults that haven't been bombarded with sexualized media.
Simon Willison : Childless couple told to try sex - But of course, abstinence only sex education is the way to go.
Tomas Jogin : Childless couple told to try sex - "We are not talking retarded people here, but a couple who were brought up in a religious environment who were simply unaware, after eight years of marriage, of the physical requirements necessary to procreate."
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : walmart sells high performance mysql - walmart sells high performance mysql:
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Hip Hop Handout - A handy PDF reference. Start on page seven, and stir the pot.
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : practical advice for everyone getting married today in massachusetts - today is also my one-year wedding anniversary, we booked reservations early
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
jkottke : Do Penis Enlargement Pills Work? - Do Penis Enlargement Pills Work? (Penis enlargement blogger concludes that pills (when combined with exercise) do work; he got 1.1 inches bigger in 16 weeks.)
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18/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
jkottke : 101 Ways to Save Wired - 101 Ways to Save Wired (An oldie from the Stating the Obvious archive.)
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