28/05/2004 @ 23:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Kitsch and Kalashnikov - Afghan wars, Afghan rugs: "Early pictorial, or 'aksi', war carpets are a fascinating hybrid of traditional abstract motifs slowly transforming into military objects. Where one might expect to find a 'boteh' symbol (an ancient precursor to our paisley
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28/05/2004 @ 22:00 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Spring 2004 Travelog: Part 2 - Or: why the web sucks and specifications don't work (imo) #
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28/05/2004 @ 21:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : mt per-word charges - mt per-word charges: it's funny. laugh.
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28/05/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Java: The Ladybug Game - fun, but aggravating, tile game [via]
Steve Cook : The Ladybug game - A nasty and addictive little Java applet
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28/05/2004 @ 20:06 GMT
doug : AT&T Relaunches Top-Level Site - AT&T (the example always cited for the trickery of ampersands in XHTML) launches new top-level site: CSS, valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, integrated Flash. The new work only appears to be at the top level.
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28/05/2004 @ 20:05 GMT
doug : CA Senate Tightens on Gmail - Oh, please. Privacy is good, but Figueroa is over-reacting, and leading the Senate down the wrong path.
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28/05/2004 @ 20:03 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : wordpress plugins - a rapidly expanding list #
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28/05/2004 @ 20:02 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : attention management now - i want a glowing orb like that #
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28/05/2004 @ 20:01 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : things that make god kill a kitten every time you do them - like naming a ninja bob #
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28/05/2004 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : I imagine all the dogs I see being carted around in Louis Vuitton carriers all have designer pet furniture in their homes
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28/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Chalabi's ancestry and Chalabi numbers - he received degrees from MIT and the University of Chicago
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28/05/2004 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : Computer gamers are professional athletes in Korea - Computer gamers are professional athletes in Korea (Some players are making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, wear uniforms, and have rabid fans.)
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28/05/2004 @ 18:03 GMT
Isofarro : WDG: HTML4.01 Entities - I need this when Sam mentions détente and François decides to linkblog it!
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28/05/2004 @ 18:03 GMT
Nelson Minar : Red Mars rave - Cory finally reads Red Mars. I agree, it's a fantastic novel.
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28/05/2004 @ 18:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : This Is Broken - Fun daily blog about anti-usability
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28/05/2004 @ 18:02 GMT
Richard Rutter : Pikea! - The long, slow trip along Purley Way for pie (filed under Funny stuff).
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28/05/2004 @ 18:02 GMT
deusx : Movable Type Must Die! - I see. Someone (namely, the author of Maypole) has thought about making a Movable Type replacement with Maypole.
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28/05/2004 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Economist.com | Coffee-houses - Coffee fuelled the information exchanges of the 17th and 18th centuries
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28/05/2004 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : PRESS PLAY ON TAPE - The Commodore 64 Revival Band - "...(almost) exclusively playing tunes from the 80's home computer Commodore 64 as rock on real instruments."
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28/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
deusx : Salon.com | Washington's Chalabi nightmare - "One more headache for the besieged Bush administration: The FBI is now interrogating the neocon cronies of Ahmed Chalabi."
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28/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
deusx : Procedures and Treatments Used for Book Repair and Pamphlet Binding - I love the before & after photo
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28/05/2004 @ 18:00 GMT
Tom Coates : Home hacking projects for geeks (looks awesome)
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28/05/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
Steve Cook : Periodic Table of Perl Operators - But it's not really a periodic table!
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28/05/2004 @ 17:01 GMT
deusx : Armageddon Almost Not Averted - "So the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War," Blair says, "remained constant at 00000000."
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28/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
doug : Andy Kaufman Effect - Zeldman: ?On the Internet, no one knows you?re not the dog you claim to be.?
Ethan Marcotte : The Andy Kaufman Effect - "The web depends on trust, and most people are worthy of it."
Richard MacManus : Zeldman: "Identity on the web is a gossamer construct, easily spoofed." - Another twist to the weblog as avatar meme that I've been pondering.
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28/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : making fedora core 2 and windows play well together - data corruption is a bitch [via] #
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28/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
jkottke : Clive Thompson raves about a circular version of Breakout, the classic video game
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28/05/2004 @ 17:00 GMT
jkottke : Each year on May 28th (today!) and July 12th, the sun sets on the centerline of Manhattan's gridded streets - Each year on May 28th (today!) and July 12th, the sun sets on the centerline of Manhattan's gridded streets
Nelson Minar : Manhattan stonehenge - Today's the day the sunset is aligned with the Manhattan street grid
anildash : manhattan equinox - there's a sunset every night, but some are more magical than others
Tom Coates : Each year on two separate evenings, the sun sets on the centerline of Manhattan's gridded streets. I wonder to myself - isn't this dangerous? Better to have wiggly road, really... - Each year on two separate evenings, the sun sets on the centerline of Manhattan's gridded streets. I wonder to myself - isn't this dangerous? Better to have wiggly road, really...
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28/05/2004 @ 16:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : F-Secure: One more bust! - Virus writers are being captured left right and centre this month. #
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28/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Steve Cook : The Ixion Burlesque Company - "Epic Burlesque Theatre based on Greek Mythology" -- no word if they have a spinning fiery wheel act.
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28/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Scary Go Round: Count My Toes - I am loving, loving, the current Scary Go Round storyline. It may not make much sense to non-readers, though.
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28/05/2004 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : New version of Netscape based on Mozilla 1.7 - finally, they made the switch [via]
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28/05/2004 @ 14:01 GMT
Aquarion : BJP admits 'India Shining' error - Feelgood slogans in 'Not good for replacing politics' shocker
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28/05/2004 @ 14:00 GMT
Isofarro : Sam Ruby: détente - RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 and Atom have a reason to exist (via Hotlinks)
François Hodierne : Sam Ruby: Détente - "And if anybody tells you differently, and won't listen when you suggest détente, take Brent's suggestion and make use of the handy Unsubscribe button." #
Mark Pilgrim : rss causes data loss - your edge case is somebody else's day 1 disaster #
anildash : syndication détente - silent data loss and why sam ruby's as good a community leader as i've ever seen
Richard MacManus : Sam Ruby: The word is détente - "RSS 1.0 has a reason to exist. RSS 2.0 has a reason to exist. And Atom has a reason to exist."
Simon Willison : Sam Ruby: Détente - Absolute required reading for anyone with an interest in syndication.
Kayode Okeyode : Sam Ruby's Detente - Sam Ruby's Detente
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28/05/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : new yahoo toolbar includes anti-spyware - These links are copied directly from Mark Pilgrim to test some functionality [via] #
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28/05/2004 @ 13:00 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Rounded Corners with CSS and JavaScript - I did the same 26 days ago #
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28/05/2004 @ 12:00 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : California votes for Google mail safeguards
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28/05/2004 @ 12:00 GMT
phil : Seven tricks that Web users don't know - A brief summary of someone's experience of performing user tests. Excellent ammunition.
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28/05/2004 @ 11:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Dina Mehta explains the Indian origins of the word 'avatar' - Dina also mentions Yahoo! Avatars, a new beta.
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28/05/2004 @ 11:00 GMT
François Hodierne : New Atom Link Types? - Une bonne question, de bonnes réponses #
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28/05/2004 @ 10:00 GMT
Tom Coates : Most random episode of Enterprise ever...
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28/05/2004 @ 10:00 GMT
Tom Coates : Very slowly, I'm getting less and less terrible at using Illustrator - Very slowly, I'm getting less and less terrible at using Illustrator
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28/05/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
deusx : Jon Udell: The artful logger - "So here we are in 2004, I'm running Windows XP on my desktop, and there's essentially no interesting data in the Event Viewer's Application log."
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28/05/2004 @ 07:00 GMT
deusx : PlusDeck2 PC Cassette Deck Review - "EM411 has a nice review of the PlusDesk2, the 5.25-inch bay-sized cassette deck that is designed to interface with your PC." I so want one of these.
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28/05/2004 @ 05:01 GMT
kristine : managing email - Managing Email: The ever overflowing inbox -- How many non-spam emails are in your inbox on average? … do you have any tips for better handling your overflowing inbox? Very interesting questions and answers on managing email. Its really somethin #
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28/05/2004 @ 05:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Album covers that look like other album covers - It's visual pun-alicious.
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28/05/2004 @ 05:00 GMT
deusx : BEHOLD! THE SHRINE TO THE IKEA JERKER DESK!
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28/05/2004 @ 04:00 GMT
anildash : no, thank *you*, christian slater! - ok, i didn't actually do his ugly-ass tattoo
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28/05/2004 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : cargo plane tips over at lax - cargo plane tips over at lax: whoops
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28/05/2004 @ 02:04 GMT
Steve Cook : How widescreen won - And if I never have to watch a John Ford movie butchered by pan-and-scan again, it'll be too soon.
anildash : how did widescreen win? - slate at its best, talking about aspect ratio battles at blockbuster
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
Graham Leuschke : chocolate martini - bwah ha ha ha!
deusx : Chocolate Martini recipe - For my girlfriend. It uses *real* chocolate.
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
deusx : ASCII Art Farts: #1799: THE ENCHANTED CHALICE (Thu, 2004 May 27) - "I'M THE SQUARE FROM ADVENTURE"
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
deusx : The sham handover - "Fact is, nothing much will change." Well, duh.
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
deusx : Build Web apps with Maypole - I'm a bit surprised no one's tried making a clone of MovableType with Maypole
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
deusx : The Mighty Daemon Cron - 'There is a powerful daemon, occupying the nether realm, called "cron".'
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28/05/2004 @ 02:03 GMT
deusx : Seth-Tech: Switchers: Beware Macromedia - "...whatever platform you first activate the software on is now your platform for life." Pretty shitty.
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28/05/2004 @ 02:02 GMT
deusx : Sudeki Evolution: Design - Wow.. this doesn't come up until near the end of the article, but they snagged Tom Baker (ex-Dr-Who) to do some voice work.
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28/05/2004 @ 02:02 GMT
deusx : Researchers zero in on a cause of aging - "Experiments point to defects in cells."
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28/05/2004 @ 02:02 GMT
deusx : Zebra Sarasa Ball Pointed Pen 0.4 -- Black - "Japanese pens are the best in the world, made of extremely high quality, with well made, extremely fine parts." Tempting, tempting
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28/05/2004 @ 02:02 GMT
deusx : Scripting GNU in the 21st Century - Some nice shell scripting to scrape the BART schedule
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28/05/2004 @ 02:01 GMT
deusx : Israel lays claim to Palestine's water - "Israel has drawn up a secret plan for a giant desalination plant to supply drinking water to the Palestinian territory on the West Bank."
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28/05/2004 @ 02:01 GMT
deusx : Chromosomes reveal surprise human-chimp differences - "Humans and their closest relatives, chimpanzees, may be more different than geneticists have realised."
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28/05/2004 @ 02:01 GMT
deusx : Hello Kitty Dreamcast - Engadget - www.engadget.com - "Perversely enough, Sega’s Dreamcast game console continues to live on, but now as a special Hello Kitty edition that was surely never intended for purchase outside of Japan."
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28/05/2004 @ 02:01 GMT
Simon Willison : Rejecting rejection letters - "Please do not regard this letter as a criticism of your qualifications in attempting to refuse me employment. I wish you the best of luck in rejecting future candidates." (via)
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28/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Brooklyn Camera Stores - documenting the fly-by-night storefronts advertising online
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28/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
jkottke : What Else Happened in America While Lewis and Clark Explored the West - What Else Happened in America While Lewis and Clark Explored the West ("For each day of the Lewis and Clark expedition two hundred years ago I post, on the corresponding day in the present, a little summary of what the expedition did on that day and also
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28/05/2004 @ 02:00 GMT
anildash : Geek DIY - great site listing super geeky projects like building your own catapult
jkottke : GeekDIY points to all sorts of geeky projects, like building your own Mac or catapult - GeekDIY points to all sorts of geeky projects, like building your own Mac or catapult (Or putting Linux on Big Mouth Billy Bass (the talking fish).)
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28/05/2004 @ 01:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Lego Turing machine - I ♥ Turing machines #
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28/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Richard MacManus : Liam O'Donnell: "for freelance writers, [blogs are] a great place to test out ideas for new articles" - I should do this more.
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28/05/2004 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : California Senate approved anti-Gmail bill - read the text of the bill
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28/05/2004 @ 00:00 GMT
anildash : Trends in Blog Searching - christina pikas has done some good research on the plethora of options
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