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deusx : javascript:xmlhttprequest [JPSPAN]
jimray : javascript:xmlhttprequest [JPSPAN] - Nice collection of resources
jkottke : Lots of XMLHTTPRequest resources
François Nonnenmacher : XMLHttpRequest Introduction
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12/11/2004 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : dragon.JPG (JPEG Image, 1533x2019 pixels) - Freaky dragon illusion
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deusx : httpcache.py - "A caching http interface that supports ETags and gzip to conserve bandwidth."
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veen : Wanted by the Police: A Good Interface - "Do you think if you're hunkered down and someone's shooting at you, you're going to be able to sit there and look for Control or Alt or Function? No, you're going to look for the red button."
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12/11/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Phil Gyford : NeXT Screenshot - Steve Jobs introduces you to "the NeXT world", 14 years ago. Funny.
Matthew M. Boedicker : Steve Jobs says welcome to the NeXT world
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12/11/2004 @ 23:55 GMT
Phil Gyford : Blahgger: I Haven't Forgotten, And We Will Never Forget. - Steve Gedikian of Nullsoft on what it's like to sell your little company to a big one. "As time goes on, everything you loved is ripped from your hands piece by piece."
Jeremy Zawodny : the reality of high-tech acquisitions - the reality of high-tech acquisitions: from the little guy's side
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jkottke : Head on over to Flickr and pick a good name for my helper monkey (you'll see when you get there) - Best name gets 3 free months of a Flickr Pro account. Good luck!
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cameron : Hardcore Morris Dancers - MC Skibadee
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12/11/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : TestMy.net :: BroadBand Speed Test - Handy Java-free bandwidth tester. #
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12/11/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Inside The Election Fraud Battle - Think Kerry Is Not Involved In This Fight? - "It is the prosecutor, also one of Kerry?s previous jobs, who knows well enough to thoroughly prepare and investigate his case be leveling charges." Maybe the Fad Lady ain't sung yet?
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12/11/2004 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : PodShop | Essential Maccessories | iDrops - I really wish their website wasn't just one big freaking image, though.
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cameron : Bruce Sterling: Social networks for scientific and artistic funding - what about preferential attachment? not a fair way to distribute funds
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12/11/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Microsoft's Google-killer arrives with a 'whuh?' - Better than Google in all aspects but one: search!
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12/11/2004 @ 19:55 GMT
Steve Cook : Why Robert Blackwill lost his job - The top NSC official in charge of Iraq policy didn't get shoved out in a conflict between realists and neoconservatives; he reportedly resigned because he hit an aide. Did this sort of thing happen to Lord Palmerston?
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12/11/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Ludwig Boltzmann's tombstone showing his entropy equation
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12/11/2004 @ 18:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Magic propaganda mill - Hypnotic (via Metafilter)
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12/11/2004 @ 17:57 GMT
kellan : NYTimes lovely review of 'Polar Express' and its imagery not usually found in a children's movie. - Including a Dickensian factory, Nazi propaganda, and a giant red scrotum. #
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12/11/2004 @ 17:57 GMT
kellan : Vancouver WifiMug - Just getting started, but already lots of great listings. #
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12/11/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
cobra libre : natalie jeremijenko, the Q of direct action protest - "it will make your mind fizz" [via] #
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Steve Cook : EA's employees filing a class action lawsuit? - Working conditions in the computer game industry can be brutal, but there must be something else going on here.
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12/11/2004 @ 17:56 GMT
Dan Cederholm : The True Story of Audion - Fascinating story behind the retiring of Panic's MP3 app.
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Philippe Janvier : The Atom End-Game - "I recently proposed to the IETF Atom Working Group that we might be nearly finished. Some people think that's a mistake because, as they point out, Atom doesn't have much more in the way of features than RSS. Here's why I disagree." [via] #
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12/11/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : flickr is sorry - flickr is sorry: good to see what's going on from an honest company
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Ethan Marcotte : Blackadder quote generator - "Something's always wrong, Balders. The fact that I am not a millionaire aristocrat with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino is a constant niggle."
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12/11/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Slashdot post from when Apple announced the iPod - They said "well-thats-not-very-exciting" and "lame"...but the commenters got it.
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12/11/2004 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Looks like the folks at Flickr are working on something like Google's PageRank for photos
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Matthew M. Boedicker : interview with mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot
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deusx : eBay item 2282460229 (Ends Nov-14-04 12:00:00 PST) - Star Trek Classic Communicator Bluetooth Headset Pokia - "You can use it to make and recieve calls with any bluetooth 1.1 compatible mobile phone." *eyebrow* Fascinating.
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12/11/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Green and Libertarian candidates request Ohio recount - It's about damn time.
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12/11/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Coastopia, My Ass - "People. I know you're angry. I'm angry, too. But hate only breeds more hate."
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12/11/2004 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Firefox Fear Level Plugin - Doubleplusgood.
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12/11/2004 @ 15:55 GMT
plasticbag : Women design databases too - on Cal Henderson saying normalised data is for sissies - 'Sissy' as a term is often used as a term to suggest that a man is gay. Sure it's not positive about the feminine either, but to pick up on one injustice at the cost of another is ludicrous. And bluntly, in this case misplaced, given how well I know Cal.
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deusx : µTidylib, the TidyLib Python wrapper - Looks like a simple, more recent wrapper in HTML Tidy
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12/11/2004 @ 12:56 GMT
Tristan Rivoallan : Guide d'installation et de configuration de Linux - excellent guide
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Tristan Rivoallan : Microsoft says Firefox not a threat to IE | CNET News.com - hihihi
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12/11/2004 @ 12:55 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Mailing List Community Care
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12/11/2004 @ 12:55 GMT
Tomas Jogin : Fuck the South - "Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass."
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Anne van Kesteren : Your Wordpress is broken - Time to upgrade to 1.2.1 #
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12/11/2004 @ 08:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : science crackers and vodka - science crackers and vodka: yum
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12/11/2004 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : microsoft is evil - microsoft is evil: so says msn search
Ethan Marcotte : Microsoft is evil - According to the new MSN search, anyway. (via zawodny)
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12/11/2004 @ 05:55 GMT
Richard MacManus : ThoughtStorms: The Flow Internet - More things for me to explore on the theme of Design for Data.
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12/11/2004 @ 05:55 GMT
jkottke : The Incredibles was just as good the second time around
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12/11/2004 @ 04:55 GMT
deusx : Moore's Lore: The King Of Yes, But - ?The way to drag them into the future is with love."
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12/11/2004 @ 03:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : St. Expedite, patron saint of hackers
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12/11/2004 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Sex in Second Life - the adult clubs are the most popular locations in the virtual world [via] [via]
Nelson Minar : Sex and Second Life - Interesting comments on virtual sex (via Waxy)
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Andy Baio : EB breaks Half-Life 2's street date - I'm sure it'll be on Usenet by tomorrow [via] [via]
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Andy Baio : Halo 2 sales break all entertainment records - between GTA, Halo 2 and HL2, it's a good year for games
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12/11/2004 @ 02:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Panic - The True Story of Audion - Behind-the-scenes magic of a long-time Mac app. [via] #
Eric Meyer : The True Story of Audion - The thrilling tale of two guys from Portland and the Mac software they created. Lengthy, but worth it. From the creators of Transmit, one of my must-have applications.
jkottke : The true story of Audion - An independent Mac software developer loving tells the story of the little MP3 player that could. Worth a read. (Comment on this)
deusx : Panic - Extras - The True Story of Audion - "Is it just me? I mean, do you ever wonder about the stories behind everyday products?" Great story. Click on the links.
Phil Gyford : Panic - Extras - The True Story of Audion - Cabel Sasser on the story of developing Audion and the emergence of iTunes. A long but great read.
Simon Willison : The True Story of Audion - A long but fascinating read. (via) [via]
Jon Hicks : The True Story of Audion - I know the would and his wife have linked to this, but it really is worth your time!
Jeremy Zawodny : The True Story of Audion - The True Story of Audion: It seems you can either be free to do anything you want, to create anything you dream of without answering to anyone, or you can be rich. You're not likely to be both.
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12/11/2004 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : Honourable Fiend - Shaping up to be the UK's Wonkette? (via) [via]
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Simon Willison : Write Great Code. Get an iPod. - Feedster are running a developer competition, with iPod minis up for grabs.
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Simon Willison : Donald E. Knuth: Musings and more - Downloadable videos of Knuth lectures. (via) [via]
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Ethan Marcotte : Microsoft says Firefox not a threat to IE - The stench of denial makes for a powerful aftershave. Or something.
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Ethan Marcotte : Grill Skill - Wendy's training video. Now with hip AND hop.
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Andy Baio : The Venn diagram of "getting it" - no relation to Getting It [via] [via]
deusx : the space in between: getting it - The Venn diagram of getting it.
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12/11/2004 @ 00:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : Microsoft Search Beta Manipulating Results? - Gentlemen, this isn't any way to make friends. #
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Richard MacManus : Digital Web asks: What's the Next Emerging Thing on the Web? - An interesting conversation to track.
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Ethan Marcotte : Dave S. explains it all to you - Love life getting you down? Need help buying a car? Stock tips? Well, me neither.
Dan Cederholm : Ask Dave - Got a question for Dave Shea? He's answering anything and everything over at Mezzoblue.
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12/11/2004 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Rich nutcase trying to collect an MP3 of every song ever recorded - I posted some thoughts in the Mefi thread [via] [via]
Phil Gyford : MacNETv2 - The Music Man – King Of The Pirates Has A Goal – Own It All! - Interview with a man who's downloaded 900,000 tunes to save them for posterity, and kind of echoes my view of "pirating" music.
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Andy Baio : Usability and users as hungry mice, cheese, and electric shocks - or: people care less about usability as usefulness increases [via] [via]
jkottke : "If you want to have any hope at all of users actually using your application, forget about the cheese: just make sure you aren't shocking your users"
Paul Hammond : Coding Horror: You'll never have enough cheese - We may think our applications are compelling, but I seriously doubt they look that compelling to users
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12/11/2004 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Experiment: can you improve the taste of crappy vodka by repeatedly filtering it through a Britta charcoal filter?
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