8/07/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Talking tombstones bear messages from the grave - I'm strongly reminded of an episode of "Max Headroom".
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8/07/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
Aquarion : I Agree With Me - Preaching to the converted
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8/07/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
Aquarion : Generic names for soft drinks in the USA - Mostly, they call it 'pop'
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8/07/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Richard MacManus : HubWiki: RVW Movable Type Plugin - RVW is a module for syndicating and aggregating reviews.
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8/07/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Star Wars Sunday - Or, "How to scar your child for life."
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8/07/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on the return of "Family Guy" - along with "American Dad," a more political animated show [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : If you've ever wanted to write Perl programs in Latin, here's the perfect module for you - If you've ever wanted to write Perl programs in Latin, here's the perfect module for you
Graham Leuschke : write Perl in Latin - if this existed for PHP, I'd be all over it (via) [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 22:57 GMT
Steve Cook : Crooked Timber turns 1 - This week they've talked about Michael Moore and the nature of political deceit, launched a vicious attack on poor Mary Astor, discussed leftist reforms designed to make child care more affordable, argued about weblog comments, and yammered about cricket.
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8/07/2004 @ 22:57 GMT
Steve Cook : Japanese Defense Ministry to publish manga - They also hope to make their annual white paper more interesting to younger Japanese by throwing defense minister Shigeru Ishiba into the Jusenkyo Springs, where he will be cursed to turn into a panda.
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8/07/2004 @ 22:56 GMT
deusx : USB FM Transmitter - "Think of it as your very own radio station on your desktop"
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8/07/2004 @ 22:56 GMT
Richard MacManus : Sun COO Jonathan Scwhartz on what Gen Y bring to school - "First, a cell phone. Second, a laptop. In that order. Stereo? Nope. TV? No."
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8/07/2004 @ 22:56 GMT
Andy Baio : Action verb photos on Yahoo News -
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8/07/2004 @ 22:56 GMT
jkottke : Johnvey has written an open source API for Google's Gmail - Johnvey has written an open source API for Google's Gmail
Tomas Jogin : Fantastic article on the inner workings of Gmail - Everything you ever wanted to know about how Gmail works.
deusx : Gmail Agent API - Mail Notifier - Address Book Importer * Johnvey.com - "There are two distinct components here: an open source Gmail API written for the .NET framework, and a proof of concept Windows application built on top of that API that provides basic remote Gmail functions."
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8/07/2004 @ 22:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Random photos found on filesharing networks - [via] [via]
jkottke : Random photos found on filesharing networks
Jeremy Zawodny : random pics found on p2p networks - random pics found on p2p networks: there's some really funny stuff in there!
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8/07/2004 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : It appears that "Plain Layne" is blogging again - It appears that "Plain Layne" is blogging again (The man behind the site is continuing his experiment in realtime fiction.)
Graham Leuschke : Plain Layne exists again, now explicitly fictional - interesting to see whether anyone still cares
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8/07/2004 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Area man on an unprecedented tear on Jeopardy - Area man on an unprecedented tear on Jeopardy (Streak stands at 26 games and $868,960.)
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8/07/2004 @ 22:55 GMT
anildash : spamassassin logo contest - your entry can't be any worse than what they have now
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8/07/2004 @ 21:57 GMT
Rod Begbie : WSJ.com: Blogs Help You Cope With Data Overload -- If You Manage Them - Bloglines gets a big thumbs up from the Wall Street Journal. [via] #
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8/07/2004 @ 21:56 GMT
Steve Cook : 4president.org - Campaign literature for presidential campaigns dating back to 1960. Dig that groovy Sanford '76 bumpersticker!
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8/07/2004 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Wired on blogger burnout - some good quotes from Kottke, Kos, and Reynolds
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8/07/2004 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video-equipped tombstones - [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : IDG published iPod-related magazine - [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
cobra libre : quebec french profanity - tabarnak!
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8/07/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
Steve Cook : Rock and Roll McDonald's is no more - Cry a little tear for Wesley Willis, everybody.
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8/07/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : Surgery without a cut to the skin - "A new technique might allow surgeons to operate on internal organs without making any cuts in the skin, say US researchers."
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8/07/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : XSLTs for RSS and Atom Feeds - "Just in case anyone out there is ever looking for examples of an XSLT to transform an RSS or Atom feed to HTML, here they are."
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8/07/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Typeface on Freedom Tower cornerstone is Gotham, designed by Tobias Frere-Jones - Typeface on Freedom Tower cornerstone is Gotham, designed by Tobias Frere-Jones (I told you 2004 was the year of Frere-Jones.)
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8/07/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : While NYC goes with Gotham for Freedom Tower cornerstone, Jersey goes with Times New Roman for its 9/11 memorial - While NYC goes with Gotham for Freedom Tower cornerstone, Jersey goes with Times New Roman for its 9/11 memorial ("Both Gotham and New Times Roman will suitably render the names of the victims of 9/11, and will do so with clarity and consistency.")
Nelson Minar : Memorial fonts - Gotham is lovely. Times New Roman is awful. At least they're not using Helvetica.
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8/07/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Wired News on blogger burnout - Wired News on blogger burnout (Couple quotes from me, including one in which I drop the f-bomb a la Dick Cheney.)
Kayode Okeyode : Bloggers Suffer Burnout
François Nonnenmacher : Bloggers Suffer Burnout
Graham Leuschke : "There are lulls where nothing seems interesting, where people are just talking about (blogging gadfly) David Winer again, and I say, what the fuck," said Kottke - Wired on blogger burnout
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8/07/2004 @ 19:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Rewrite URLs with Content Negotiation - Andy King's Speed Tweak of the Week, and a very concise intro to the whys and hows of setting up negotiation. [via Meryl] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 19:56 GMT
kellan : Feed on Feeds now in the BSD ports collection - [via aaron] anyone want to make a .deb? #
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8/07/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
doug : Times Roman vs. Times New Roman - In a response from 1994, Charles Bigelow elaborates on the differences between the two typefaces, and how they came about. (via Design Observer)
jkottke : A history of Times Roman and Times New Roman
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8/07/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
Steve Cook : Ben Samueks' Golden Age comic book covers - Bonus point for the presence of romance comics like "Radiant Love".
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8/07/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
Steve Cook : The transformation of Cabrini Green - Will a community arise from the ashes of America's most notorious housing project? (Don't forget Bugmenot for the Tribune's login.)
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8/07/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
anildash : are any women blogging the DNC convention? - for a democratic event, it seems like an awful homogenous mix
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8/07/2004 @ 18:59 GMT
Nelson Minar : Journalist Visa in US - Our border policy is insane
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8/07/2004 @ 18:58 GMT
Nelson Minar : Radio retention req - Apparently the FCC wants all radio stations to keep 60-90 days of archives to aid indecency investigations. My college radio station could never manage this much organization.
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8/07/2004 @ 18:58 GMT
Rod Begbie : Guardian Unlimited | Somebody, Anybody - Steve Bell sums it up pretty well #
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8/07/2004 @ 18:58 GMT
deusx : Why I'll use Dashboard: Quick Reference - "I just thought of a killer kind of widget that I'll be using constantly - the quick-reference card."
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8/07/2004 @ 18:57 GMT
deusx : Computer Science Isn't Programming - Computer Science Isn't Programming
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8/07/2004 @ 18:57 GMT
deusx : Programming doesn't begin to define computer science - "The tech meltdown ... caused a decline in computer science enrollments at colleges and universities across the country. This wouldn't happen if people understood the real goals of computer science."
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8/07/2004 @ 18:57 GMT
Phil Gyford : Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | John Barron - Awwww, CJ's died. No, not West Wing CJ, Reggie Perrin CJ: "I didn't get where I am today..."
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8/07/2004 @ 18:56 GMT
anildash : Single Post Wins Google Contest - wired news on the SEO contest. blogs don't have an unfair advantage, good content does.
Andy Baio : Wired on Anil's winning SEO Contest entry - [via] [via]
Kayode Okeyode : Single Post Wins Google Contest
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8/07/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : MTV hiring Wonkette's Ana Marie Cox to cover Democratic convention - [via] [via]
anildash : MTV News hires Wonkette - brilliant move for both parties. congrats to the world's most famous blogger.
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8/07/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
anildash : reader-supported journalism - gen explains how sam whitmore did the right thing
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8/07/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
anildash : nokia lifeblog beta - an interesting download from the phone folks
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8/07/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
anildash : battle of the nintendo cover bands - only kathryn can truly judge indie cred
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8/07/2004 @ 17:57 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Full Moon Names and Their Meanings
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8/07/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
anildash : Venture Capital Deal Algebra - as with all industries, people in the business use jargon without explaining it
Nelson Minar : VC algebra primer - pre money vs. post money, etc
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8/07/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Virtual Manhattan - NIce article about creating Spiderman 2's world
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8/07/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Gameboy Advance videophone - here's a Babelfish translation of the announcement [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
Mark Pilgrim : canonical xml - my atom feed is canonical xml. no one cares. #
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8/07/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on the Gotham typeface used in 9/11 memorial - [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 12:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Surfin' Safari - On Extending HTML - I wanted to explain what we've done and hopefully clear up any confusion
tehu : On Extending HTML - Dave Hyatt's purposes : 1- learn the real-world standards * 2 - SVG sucks * 3 - XHTML support is worse than HTML * Cough cough cough
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8/07/2004 @ 12:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Eric's Archived Thoughts: Wrapped in Canvas - Did I just get hit over the head and magically transported back to 1994?
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8/07/2004 @ 11:55 GMT
Phil Gyford : BBC - BBC Four Documentaries - The Shock of the New Episode Guide - The whole series is being reshown, starting tonight. It *was* my art history class on my foundation course. Brilliant.
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8/07/2004 @ 10:55 GMT
Phil Gyford : Guardian Unlimited | Online | Man of the moment - A nice feature about me, me, me in the Guardian today. In the web version you miss out on the surprisingly vast photo.
François Hodierne : Man of the moment - An interview with Phil Gyford [via] #
Paul Hammond : Guardian Unlimited | Online | Man of the moment - Phil's one of the few people in this industry who produces much more than he promises; the complete opposite of the loud new media bullshitter
jkottke : Nice profile of Phil Gyford in the Guardian
Simon Willison : Man of the moment - Phil Gyford gets some well-deserved recognition.
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8/07/2004 @ 10:55 GMT
François Hodierne : FaqHtmlIdClass - l'attribut "class" représente un ensemble au sens mathématique du terme. Donc, non seulement, plusieurs éléments peuvent faire partie d'une classe (par définition !), mais un même élément peut faire partie de plusieurs classes. [via] #
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8/07/2004 @ 06:55 GMT
deusx : In Detroit, 5 die in a 6-hour span - "7 shootings, 1 stabbing mark holiday weekend" Fuck, now this makes me happy to work in Detroit.
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8/07/2004 @ 05:56 GMT
deusx : XML is tough [dive into mark] - 'You know what I want for Christmas? Markup Barbie. You pull a string and she says ?XML is tough.?'
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8/07/2004 @ 05:55 GMT
jkottke : I think this is either Gothamist's new LA blog or a blog about Southeast Asians - I think this is either Gothamist's new LA blog or a blog about Southeast Asians (Or is that laoist.com?)
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8/07/2004 @ 04:55 GMT
anildash : car designers upset over blingin' vinyl tops - i am suspecting that german car designers are also not familiar with spinning rims
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8/07/2004 @ 04:55 GMT
anildash : seattle times is looking for local political bloggers - a great way to take advantage of Movable Type for local press coverage
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8/07/2004 @ 03:56 GMT
Andy Baio : Keira Knightley's bust retouched for "King Arthur" poster - they gave her a tan and a tattoo, too [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 03:56 GMT
Andy Baio : 100 song mix CD - "I Like Short Songs" [via] [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 03:56 GMT
Andy Baio : "A Better Version of Me," another new Fiona Apple song - I wonder if these "leaks" are just a marketing ploy
Richard MacManus : New Fiona Apple song: A Better Version of Me - I'll end up buying this CD, due to the Internet "leaks". [via] Also, lyrics here. [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
anildash : firefox ads a find toolbar - just say no to late-stage feature creep!
François Hodierne : Find Toolbar - in Firefox #
Paul Hammond : The Burning Edge: Find Toolbar - a work in progress
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8/07/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
anildash : Cassini-Huygens Web Guide - time's got a surprisingly good list of links
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8/07/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
anildash : AskMen on how to start a blog - and they say men don't ask for directions
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8/07/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
anildash : notes on Ben and Mena's BlogTalk keynote - The revolution happens when weblogs become invisible.
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8/07/2004 @ 02:55 GMT
veen : My, how the Dutch have grown - "A new survey that measured 10,000 Dutch schoolchildren confirms their status as the world's tallest."
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8/07/2004 @ 01:58 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Windows NT/2K/XP/2K3 manual removal of the Administrator account
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8/07/2004 @ 01:58 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Windows XP: Surviving the First Day
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8/07/2004 @ 01:58 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Safely Installing (and Slipstreaming) Windows XP
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8/07/2004 @ 01:58 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : How to get "RunAs" to work with Windows Explorer - How to get "RunAs" to work with Windows Explorer
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8/07/2004 @ 01:57 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Another Internet Explorer flaw found
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8/07/2004 @ 01:57 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : SysAdmin to SysAdmin: Approaching Perl
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8/07/2004 @ 01:57 GMT
Kayode Okeyode : Fine-Tune Your Web Site for Windows XP Service Pack 2
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8/07/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
Steve Cook : Bill Sienkiewicz gets a website - "Big Numbers" is not, however, listed as a continuing work.
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8/07/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
Steve Cook : Crash Course: The science of reconstructing car accidents. - "Drivers lie to protect themselves, and given the speed of most accidents, even the memories of honest souls can't be trusted."
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8/07/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
Richard MacManus : Lyrics to Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine - "I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time."
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8/07/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
Richard MacManus : MTCloseComments plug-in - Installed this to help control spam. I'm closing comments for posts more than 21 days old.
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8/07/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Why XML served as text/plain is not well-formed - Apparently plain text is intended to be displayed "as-is". (via) [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : USaviation.com Forums -> Edwards Vp - These guys knew before anyone else. (via) [via]
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8/07/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Veen's tutorial on scraping MP3 blogs with wget - is there already a site listing all MP3s hosted on blogs?
Simon Willison : Jeffrey Veen: MP3 Blogs and wget - Quite simply the smartest wget one-liner ever.
Matthew M. Boedicker : one-line mp3 spider using wget
Ethan Marcotte : MP3 blogs and wget - Some awesome auto-scraping strategies.
Graham Leuschke : MP3 Blogs and wget - instead of see-want-take, you can just make it want-take
Jeremy Zawodny : using wget to fetch new mp3 files - using wget to fetch new mp3 files: hm, one could adapt this to fetch rss feeds from a blogroll too
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8/07/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
anildash : clickz interviews nick denton - it's good to be king
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8/07/2004 @ 00:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Software piracy 36% - Estimate of the rate of piracy world-wide.
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8/07/2004 @ 00:55 GMT
Steve Cook : Explaining Dale Peck - Isn't "mediocre writer looking to make a name for himself" a good enough explanation?
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8/07/2004 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : FairKeys, retrieve your FairPlay keys from Apple's servers - DVD Jon strikes again [via] [via]
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