16/08/2004 @ 23:58 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : occupations of MetaFilter users
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16/08/2004 @ 23:57 GMT
Steve Cook : Generation Joshua: Mobilizing home schoolers for Bush - There's a focused, partisan counter-establishment to the media and to the academy. Why -not- gear up religious high schoolers to hit the road for Bush?
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16/08/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
Dan Cederholm : XFN 1.1 - Updated profile released, with new values "contact", "kin", and "me".
Paul Hammond : XFN 1.1 profile - can be used or omitted in any combination
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16/08/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
Andy Baio : Nature magazine on the urban maze - or read the "Networks and Cities" paper [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Fijuu, real-time performance environment using 3D objects as instruments - it boots from a standalone Linux CD [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : MP3: WWE wrestler John Cena freestyling about the NES - he's surprisingly well-versed in the subject [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
anildash : New York Dog magazine - i expect to see lia and jarvis in a centerfold shortly
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16/08/2004 @ 22:55 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Look ma, no divs! - Arthur plays with tantekism #
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16/08/2004 @ 21:56 GMT
kellan : CocoaBooklet - For all your print on demand, pdf-to-zine needs #
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16/08/2004 @ 21:56 GMT
deusx : Mouthful of Nitrogen. - "Turns out that, in accordance with popular belief, you really should not drink the stuff."
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16/08/2004 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Mom helped five-year-old son smoke crack - from a homemade bong made from a baby food jar
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16/08/2004 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Gilmore v. Ashcroft, a story of security, indentification, and secret laws
Rod Begbie : Gilmore v. Ashcroft - Gilmore continues to cause trouble for the sake of the nation. Gawdbless'im. [via] #
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16/08/2004 @ 21:02 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : More Design, Less Standards - As seen on molly.com, promoting them is still important #
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16/08/2004 @ 21:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Swallowing iridium - Don't do it. (via BoingBoing)
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16/08/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Steve Cook : I've seen this movie, part 1 - Rock-throwing children awaken a 500-pound monster hive full of angry, angry bees.
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16/08/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Steve Cook : I've seen this movie, part 2 - A 48-hour car chase ends when the pursued vehicle runs out of gas. Insert joke about Nicholas Cage's career here.
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16/08/2004 @ 21:00 GMT
Steve Cook : Reporting from Bizarro Venezuela - I'm not a fan of Chavéz -- I think he's an unprincipled demagogue and probably bad for democracy -- but it takes real chutzpah for a -reporter- to claim winning 58% of the vote with massive turnout proves his opposition's case.
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16/08/2004 @ 20:59 GMT
Aquarion : Olympic-sized frustrations - Finding the events you want. Thank god for the BBC
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16/08/2004 @ 20:59 GMT
Aquarion : Belief-O-Matic - A personality quiz about your religious beliefs and spiritual beliefs
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16/08/2004 @ 20:58 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : time warner fakes blog comments - time warner fakes blog comments: won't these idiots ever learn?
deusx : The New York Times > Technology > Warner's Tryst With Bloggers Hits Sour Note - "...all four of the suspect comments had been posted from the same [IP] address... also the source of two e-mail messages that Ms. Bechtel sent to ... bloggers." Ouch. And yeah, I bet they were all from fan-employees of Warner...
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16/08/2004 @ 20:58 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : i don't like scoble's linkblog - i don't like scoble's linkblog: i hadn't seen it until today
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16/08/2004 @ 20:57 GMT
Andy Baio : Wired Style no longer capitalizing "net," "internet," or "web" - [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 20:57 GMT
Andy Baio : Novelty shaved head designs - lightning bolt! [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 20:57 GMT
Andy Baio : Suprnova Light mirror scripts - also: this Suprnova search engine is nice [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
Andy Baio : Top 10 Black Metal Publicity Photos - rule #1: don't be evil
Steve Cook : Top 10 most ridiculous black metal pics - "The only reason why this photo didn't make #1 is because of the lack of taxidermy."
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16/08/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
anildash : Searching with PHP and MySQL - cal's got a very useful writeup for those of us that work on these platforms
jkottke : Searching with PHP and MySQL
philgyford : iamcal.com - publish - PHP : Searching with PHP and MySQL - If only all code examples were explained as well (and appeared so solid) as Cal's.
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16/08/2004 @ 20:56 GMT
anildash : britney covers "my prerogative" - i wanna see ashley simpson do a cover of "humping around"
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16/08/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
anildash : A Good About Page - this is a good set of guidelines, but i'm curious what specific info should be on one
Paul Hammond : A Good About Page - I want to tell a little story that might help to illustrate why I feel an about page is important
Kayode Okeyode : How to write a good "about" page - How to write a good "about" page
Jeremy Zawodny : a good about page - a good about page: i should do one of those someday
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16/08/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
anildash : googlebar with pagerank for firefox - one less reason to ever start up IE
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16/08/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
anildash : i don't give a shit about multiply - it might be better, but i just don't care. stop inviting me.
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16/08/2004 @ 19:57 GMT
Eric Meyer : Climate predictions gain surer footing - Interesting approach; seems to follow in the vein of 'The Wisdom of Crowds'. But does it take global dimming into account?
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16/08/2004 @ 19:56 GMT
deusx : Blogcritics.org: If life begins at conception, then death begins at birth - "Let's be pessimistic! Optimism is unfair!"
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16/08/2004 @ 19:56 GMT
Erik Benson : I love the Stranger's "Drunk of the Week" - When's the last time you rode the Space Needle?
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16/08/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Seven out of the current top twenty most popular photos on Yahoo! News are of female Olympian asses - Seven out of the current top twenty most popular photos on Yahoo! News are of female Olympian asses (Current gold medalist in this particular competition is Sandra Pires, Brazilian beach volleyballer.)
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16/08/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
anildash : ask metafilter on how to meet a mate - the consensus seems to be match.com and metafilter itself
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16/08/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
anildash : how the Guarani language continues to thrive - sounds like paraguay's made a compelling case for defending bilingual culture
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16/08/2004 @ 18:57 GMT
Rod Begbie : adbar for Firefox: Opera's least popular feature comes to Firefox! - Any browser can *remove* adverts. Only Firefox can *add* them. #
Andy Baio : Adbar for Firefox - the evil cousin of Adblock [via] [via]
François Hodierne : adbar for Firefox - grandiose #
anildash : adbar for firefox - i found this inordinately funny
Charles Miller : adbar for Firefox - adbar for Firefox Opera's least popular feature comes to Firefox! (FAQ: Can I register and get rid of the ads? A: Of course! Paypal $19 ... to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox's Extension Manager to uninstall adbar.)
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16/08/2004 @ 18:57 GMT
Rod Begbie : Presidential Debates dates announced - Setting the TiVo now #
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16/08/2004 @ 18:56 GMT
deusx : Main Page - Xbox-Linux - "This Website is a Wiki" Hmm, making me want to check out Media-Wiki
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16/08/2004 @ 18:56 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on Warner Brothers' marketing to MP3 bloggers - [via] [via]
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Andy Baio : Playboy's open source mirrors - "I read it for the source code"
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16/08/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Food stamp recipients receive educational videogames instead of pamphlets - [via] [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Matt's nice photo of Kay in the fog - Matt's nice photo of Kay in the fog
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16/08/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Long profile of Julia Child from 1976
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16/08/2004 @ 17:57 GMT
Nelson Minar : How to tie a tie - Surprisingly useful little website (via delicious)
Philippe Janvier : Learn How to Tie a Tie - "I created this site for people just like you the working professional who switched jobs recently and needs to wear a tie now but doesn't know how to tie it ..." and for all those who don't remenber after three weeks of holidays :)
jimray : Tie-a-Tie.net - For those times when you need to tie a Windsor [via delicious/popular]
Khoi Vinh : Tie-a-tie.net - Look sharp.
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16/08/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
deusx : BBC NEWS | Health | 'Cannabis' brain tumour drug hope - "An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say Spanish researchers from Madrid."
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16/08/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Bea-Shirts - Bea Arthur t-shirts. Get 'em while they're not hot.
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16/08/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
anildash : warner bros stumbles into music blogs - have you heard our new band, raging cow?
jkottke : Warner Bros trying to use MP3 blogs to pimp their music - Warner Bros trying to use MP3 blogs to pimp their music (They also posted fake messages praising the song.)
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16/08/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
anildash : bjork slideshow in the Times - in advance of her new single and album
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16/08/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
anildash : om's essay on crediting bloggers - looks like it's started a good conversation, but ignore the trolling comments
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16/08/2004 @ 16:56 GMT
Isofarro : The future of Accesskeys - XHTML 2.0 abandons accesskey for a much more powerful and flexible access attribute
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16/08/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : ABCNEWS.com : Does Web Information Help Terrorists? - "John Young, a 69-year-old architect, was contacted a few weeks ago by Department of Homeland Security officials, who expressed concern about what he was posting on his Web site." Wow, I wondered if he'd get some attention from the spooks.
Matthew M. Boedicker : ABC News story on John Young's cryptome.org (which the story does not link)
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16/08/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Christopher Schmitt's new blog - Christopher Schmitt, CSS guru and bon vivant, gets a new blog. The design's forthcoming, just you wait.
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16/08/2004 @ 15:58 GMT
deusx : turns steel into peanut brittle - S1ngularity, and why I won't be going on the rapture of the geeks. (Keeping up with the future) - "Very very smart people aren't necessarily right more often than anybody else. They're just wrong faster, and in more innovative ways."
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16/08/2004 @ 15:57 GMT
deusx : Wired News: It's Just the 'internet' Now - 'Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the "I" in internet' I remember when they de-capitalized email.
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16/08/2004 @ 15:57 GMT
deusx : Popular Science | Is Science Fiction About to Go Blind? - "Awed at the pace of technological advances, a faction of geeky writers believes our world is about to change so radically that envisioning what comes next is nearly impossible."
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16/08/2004 @ 15:57 GMT
deusx : Hello Kitty Desktop Cleaner -- Pink - "A delightful item for your computer that could only come from Japan, this is the Hello Kitty Desktop Vacuum Cleaner."
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deusx : Surfin' Safari - "I'm happy to report that we now have basic XSLT support working in Safari using libxslt" HOORAY!
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deusx : Agyris - Fantasy RPG Campaign Setting - Free and Universal Gaming - Make your saving throws against this carpentry.
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16/08/2004 @ 15:56 GMT
jkottke : Why I Continue To Write by Hubert Selby Jr.
Mark Pilgrim : why i continue to write - "Now, I am blessed with a rotten attitude..." [via] #
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16/08/2004 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : The Living Room Candidate section of the American Museum of the Moving Image site contains Presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2004
Phil Gyford : The Living Room Candidate - Awesomely comprehensive collection of US presidential campaign TV adverts from 1952 to 2004 (doesn't seem to work in Firefox).
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16/08/2004 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Watch some of Errol Morris' commercials supporting John Kerry for President - Watch some of Errol Morris' commercials supporting John Kerry for President
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16/08/2004 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : The New Yorker on Errol Morris' political ads for MoveOn and John Kerry - The New Yorker on Errol Morris' political ads for MoveOn and John Kerry
Steve Cook : Errol Morris' MoveOn ads - "'If youÂ’re doing an ad for Quaker Oats or Tylenol or whatever, thereÂ’s a set of boundaries that you work within, but youÂ’re not really worried about offending anyone,' Eric Korsh, one of MorrisÂ’s producers, told me."'
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16/08/2004 @ 11:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : SubEthaFari - View source in SubEthaEdit? Yes, please.
Richard Rutter : SubEthaFari - View source in SubEthaEdit when using Safari (filed under Apple).
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16/08/2004 @ 11:55 GMT
Phil Gyford : Worthwhile magazine's weblog - Designed for when you're having a "what am I doing with my life?" moment. Their answer is "you should be working, but make it satisfying." The Idler's nemesis?
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16/08/2004 @ 07:56 GMT
kellan : Voter registration deadlines by state - 30 days is the norm, or 7 more weeks #
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16/08/2004 @ 07:55 GMT
kristine : web checklist - A web standards checklist -- A quick web standards checklist that can be used as a handy tool for developers during the production phase of websites or as an aid for developers who are interested in moving towards web standards. Very nice overview of th
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16/08/2004 @ 06:55 GMT
Charles Miller : Osh Kosh Satellite Photo - A 4000x4000 pixel satellite photo of Osh Kosh 2004, the world's biggest air show. (2Mb, jpg)
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16/08/2004 @ 03:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Bible fragrances - Smell like the world of the Bible! I think they mean the frankincense and myrrh part, not the pestilence and dung
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16/08/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
Will Pate : NetImpact - "a network of business leaders committed to using the power of business to positively impact social and environmental concerns"
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16/08/2004 @ 02:55 GMT
anildash : feedster adds ads - kanoodle's powering the ads
Andy Baio : Feedster prepares ads in RSS feeds - I actively dislike ads in RSS feeds
deusx : Feedster Preps Paid RSS Links as Ads Expand - "Feedster Inc. is embracing RSS advertising with plans to add sponsored links into its feeds of search results."
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16/08/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
deusx : The Onion | Kerry Unveils One-Point Plan For Better America - "Delivering the central speech of his 10-day "Solution For America" bus campaign tour Monday, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry outlined his one-point plan for a better America: the removal of George W. Bush from the White House."
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16/08/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
deusx : Semantic Planet Library - Rdf To Triples Stylesheet - "...if the XML to triples production occured inside an XSLT stylesheet, many more languages could be used to build interesting RDF applications." Seems very cool.
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16/08/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
Erik Benson : A surprisingly brilliant interview with Craig Newmark
anildash : sfgate interview with craig - i'm in favor of any interview which mentions a "moral compass"
Richard MacManus : Interview with Craig Newmark of Craigslist - "...we're trying our best to be run with some sense of moral compass." [via] [via]
jkottke : Good interview with Craig Newmark about craigslist
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16/08/2004 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Neighborhood Hazard (or: Why the Cops Won't Patrol Brice Street) - Entertaining story about a guy, his motorcycle and a psychotic squirrel. I like squirrels. (via) [via]
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16/08/2004 @ 00:57 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Because? - I like this one #
Ethan Marcotte : Mezzoneue - Dave redesigns again. Designers everywhere cut off their right arms in fits of jealousy.
Tomas Jogin : Mezzoblue redesigned - I like it. Very nice.
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Will Pate : Bootstrapping Top 10 List - VC Brad Feld lays down the rules for bootstrapping entrepreneurs.
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Phil Gyford : Japanese %lt;-> English Dictionary Server - Insanely complex interface, but very handy.
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16/08/2004 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : This is the first level-headed thing I've read about the Google IPO in weeks - This is the first level-headed thing I've read about the Google IPO in weeks ("The success of a traditional IPO is often counted by the size of the pop but that is ridiculous. A pop means the firm left money on the table -- money which was transferred to
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jkottke : Ilunga is the world's most untranslatable word - Ilunga is the world's most untranslatable word
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