24/02/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
kellan : Babies on planes - Not currently useful information but quinn and Ada are definitive on this subject, so I'm flagging it. #
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24/02/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Protect your browser from "Protect your site from Google's new toolbar" - Heh #
Wayne Burkett : Protect your browser from 'Protect your site from Google's new toolbar' #
Paul Hammond : phil ringnalda dot com: Protect your browser from "Protect your site from Google's new toolbar" - perhaps it's going to spread to other people who need a reminder of just whose browser it is: mine!
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24/02/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
ricmac : New Grub Street (via Susan Mernit) - I must read this...altho it'll probably just depress me. Quote: "...Its logic is that of a vicious circle: poverty demoralizes; the best escape from poverty is commercialism; but commercialism also demoralizes."
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24/02/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
ricmac : SVW on Become.com - "Become.com?s focus is on shopping and related content such as product reviews, but that is probably just a bit of cloaking since it can clearly be used as a very effective general purpose search engine."
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24/02/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
ricmac : Jeff Jarvis on AP RSS feeds - "I wonder whether Reuters' plans to build an online brand of its own is causing a little competitive indigestion."
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24/02/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
ricmac : Moonwatcher on AP RSS feeds - "Media brands are finding their content atomized, their brands diluted, and their content wholesalers going retail."
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24/02/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : Guardian article: Posting for profit - "...the thousands of dollars pulled in by top weblog writers pale in comparison to the sums generated by big players in blog services."
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24/02/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Movies vs. Keanu Reeves - some creative queries with the Google's new movie support
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24/02/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Flickr, Yahoo deal rumored - I've been hearing these rumblings, as well
kellan : business2blog: Flickr, Yahoo Deal Rumored - Just to note, we had this like a month ago #
jimray : Flickr + (Yahoo || Google) == cha-ching! - After a year of beta, it's ALMOST ready for Google...
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24/02/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Eric Ward e-mails Yahoo's Jerry Yang in 1994 - patient zero of the SEO plague
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24/02/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : MySimon founder starts Become.com - "...a shopping search engine with a content twist [...] Become.com is simply indexing the products available on the Web and tries to link to relevant articles and buyer?s guides."
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24/02/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : PaidContent.org: more acquisition rumours - Yahoo-Flickr; Apple-Tivo
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24/02/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : Interview with ProBlogger Darren Rowse - Full-time blogger, 17 blogs - "I expect that this year my blogging (across all blogs and income streams) will generate a six figure income ($US)." WOW!!
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24/02/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Google Reviews : Movies - "The selection and placement of reviews on this page were determined automatically by a computer program. No movie critics were harmed or even used in the making of this page". [via] #
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24/02/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
kellan : If you think Larry Summers' view on gender are upsetting... - ...then you clearly don't remember his earlier comments about exporting dirty industries which were down right disturbing. #
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24/02/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : better games to come standard on iPod
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24/02/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
deusx : In first, scientists regenerate optic nerve | Science Blog - "This is the closest science has come to regenerating so many nerve fibers over a long distance to reach their targets and to repair a nerve previously considered irreparably damaged."
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24/02/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
deusx : Daigasso! Band Brothers (Jam With The Band) (ds: 2004): Reviews - "Jam with the Band gives you the chance to rock out on your Nintendo DS."
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24/02/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
deusx : Big John - "The only toilet in the world for big people." I don't want to laugh, but it's just... well, it's not a perspective I'd want to choose.
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24/02/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Man Can Sue Woman For Sperm Theft Distress - Filed under 'Life Outstrips Satire, Surreality, and Serious Drug Use'.
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24/02/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Adware maker joins federal privacy board | CNET News.com - Look! It's the start of Total Information Awareness implementation-- that's what all the spyware's been about.
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24/02/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Xbox-Scene.com - More to the power cord replacement than meets the eye? - "So, when your PSU sparks and shorts out, it just trips a switch instead of catching fire, but your xbox still doesn't work." Bandaid on a design flaw?
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24/02/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : jobs.perl.org: Sr. Perl Web Developer - I've got all the qualifications... if only they'd let me sneak into Canada. Oh, Toronto, why do you taunt me?
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24/02/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : TikiMac -- The Macintosh Outfitters - Angry Tiki flash drive. I want one.
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24/02/2005 @ 17:59 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Meantime, family and friends want to blast his ashes out of a cannon. They say that's what he wanted.
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24/02/2005 @ 17:58 GMT
jimray : Slate intros "Today's blogs" feature - Seems like a logical complement to "Today's papers"
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24/02/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
kellan : Hiding the Agenda: on how to run highly interactive events. - Gunner is amazing, and Eugene is doing the best thinking anywhere about these issues. Together.... fucking deadly. #
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24/02/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
kellan : 2nd podcast I've ever listened to. (Maciej's was the first) - Has anyone done work on the importance of ego in blogging and readership? #
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24/02/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jimray : Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) from WebPasties - [via /popular]
jkottke : Guide to using XMLHTTPRequest (with Baby Steps) - Hand holds your way through creating an Ajax app.
Paul Hammond : Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) from WebPasties - demonstrate through a series of baby steps just how easy it is to use the XMLHttpRequest object
deusx : Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) from WebPasties - "The XMLHttpRequest object is a handy dandy JavaScript object that offers a convenient way for webpages to get information from servers without refreshing themselves."
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24/02/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : Pompeii Interactive - Half price CD-ROM with hundreds of photos of the ancient city (filed under Photography).
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24/02/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : "Facts" that could be wrong or could be right - Followup on my post about "plausible lies and false truths".
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24/02/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kellan : How do (most) open source projects communicate - Great diagram on the paucity of options #
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24/02/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kellan : Mapping Hacks available for pre-order! - Congrats Schuyler and Jo! (but I want it *before* June!) #
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24/02/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
plasticbag : R.I.P. Gold iPod Mini - Extraordinary fluff piece from BBC News on the death of the Gold iPod mini further cements the iconic stature of the Apple MP3 players
jkottke : With the latest update, Apple ditched the gold iPod mini - Survival of the fittest. (Unless this was intelligent design at work...was the gold iPod mini created to fail?)
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24/02/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : The panel schedule for SXSW Interactive has been posted
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24/02/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : The vernacular of early web design - A discussion of midi files, "mail me" icons, browser buttons, frames, and under construction graphics.
Paul Hammond : Olia Lialina. A Vernacular web. Indigenous and Barbarians. - Just as clothing styles come back into fashion so do web designs. On a visual level things reappear
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deusx : Warrenellis.com » Lines Doctor Who Never Got To Say - ?The Daleks hate me because I shat in one.? Oh, great, now I've got coffee on my screen.
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24/02/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : watch the entire first Battlestar Galactica 2003 episode for free (RealVideo) - watch the entire first Battlestar Galactica 2003 episode for free (RealVideo) [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Introduction to PHP Image Functions - Introduction to PHP Image Functions [via] [via]
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ricmac : Mark Fletcher of Bloglines wins a Wired Rave Award - Mark on eventual Microsoft challenge: "They're a program, we're a service, like webmail. With us, you'll be able to read your feeds from anywhere."
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24/02/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Jason Shellen : Your Traveling Billboard - Drive the World to Your Website with our mobile billboard advertising system! - Just point and click, er... remember and type and point and click. #
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24/02/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Ben Trott's URI::Fetch - Smart URI fetching (for syndication feeds, in particular) - GZIP support, Last-Modified and ETag support, and special handling of 304 and 410 HTTP responses. #
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24/02/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : KCRW to offer original programming as podcasts - but no music because of copyright laws [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Airbag interviews Kottke - I can't get enough blogger navel-gazing
jkottke : An interview with some idiot who quit his job to run a blog - BTW, Wired totally asked me all of those questions and didn't use any of the answers.
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24/02/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Insanely huge man-made ice wall - pipes spewing water non-stop for three months forms a 132-foot tall sculpture [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Disney to re-release Song of the South in 2006!? - wow, I came about *this* close to posting the whole thing for free download last month [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Hints of a Google Calendar? - though they haven't started crawling Upcoming.org's iCal feeds yet [via] [via]
jkottke : Is Google going to start aggregating calendars? - Yes please. I want "nyc concert" and "nyc readings OR signings" searches.
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jkottke : Bacontarian is a weblog devoted entirely to bacon (and also pork) - "A great tide of emotion came over me!!! and it rose up and came up thru mine eyes An I gave praise to the LARD! An i took that Leg of HAM home with me. And I ate it."
Nelson Minar : Bacon blog - We are a group of bacon/pork enthusiasts, who firmly believe that bacon and affiliated eats are way underrepresented on-line. (via Marc)
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24/02/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Susan Mernit: Associated Press now has RSS feeds - Susan points out some of the terms, eg splicing restrictions and "you agree that you will not modify the format or branding of the headlines, digests and other information provided in the RSS feeds."
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24/02/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on Craig's List Missed Connection - two strangers later found each other through the site and fell in love [via] [via]
jkottke : Craigslist Missed Connections actually worked for one couple - I was wondering if that ever worked the other day.
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24/02/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
jimray : UCSC Engineering Building Gets an 8bit Upgrade - Super Mario in post-its [via boingboing]
Milo Vermeulen : UCSC Engineering Building Gets an 8bit Upgrade - UCSC Engineering Building Gets an 8bit Upgrade [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
jimray : Marijuana may block Alzheimer's - Beautiful, beautiful irony [via linkbunnies]
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24/02/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
jimray : Faux News changes "suicide bombers" to "homicide bombers", even in direct quotes - The reality is, it's probably just some overzealous nut who wrote a perl script to change all the text automatically, which is no less insidious
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24/02/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
jimray : imperfectionist t-shirts - Beautiful [via coolhunting]
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24/02/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : Akamai to deliver Flash content - Better, faster, stronger
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24/02/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : MVC: The Most Vexing Conundrum - An intro to MVC on rails [via rubyonrails blog]
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24/02/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Reinvention | Musings - "Back in second grade, I was dissatisfied with the algorithm we were being taught for doing subtraction." #
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24/02/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jimray : IP Chicken - Find Your IP Address! - Replacement for whatismyip.com, now that it's been sold to the highest bidding pr0n merchant [via waxy]
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24/02/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : Trailer for A Scanner Darkly, a new animated film by Richard Linklater - Based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick. Love that animation technique and aesthetic.
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24/02/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Google Search: movie:saint louis - Oh, this rocks. There are other movie listing services, but this, unsurprisingly, is the most straightforward, just-what-I-need-before-I-run-out-the-door list I've seen. #
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24/02/2005 @ 01:59 GMT
Eric Meyer : Wikinews design contest - Redesign wikinews! There's a portal design contest, and a CSS skinning contest as well. This is the real thing, not a "redesign some site that will never use your design" exercise. The deadline is 17 April 2005.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:59 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tsunami photos - Photos from a dead couple (via Metafilter)
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24/02/2005 @ 01:58 GMT
jimray : A biased history of interactive media - It's good to know your history
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24/02/2005 @ 01:58 GMT
jimray : DELLRumors.com - Bloody brilliant
Rod Begbie : DELLRumors.com - Tee hee. "The biggest news to report on the DJs is that the Pocket DJs will be released in five new colors... The 5 colors will be: Silver, Chrome, Aluminum, Platinum, and Classic." [via] #
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24/02/2005 @ 01:58 GMT
jimray : Apple to buy TiVo? - Holy crap, that'd be a great entre to the living room for Apple
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24/02/2005 @ 01:58 GMT
jimray : Editor's note: MSNBC spam error - When mail servers go awry - whoops!
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24/02/2005 @ 01:57 GMT
cameron : Viceversa: "Knife block" - My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Now I put my knives away
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24/02/2005 @ 01:57 GMT
ricmac : Fractals of Change: The Flattening of Almost Everything #2: Information Retrieval - "People don't think hierarchically ? at least most people don't. We think in terms of associations."
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24/02/2005 @ 01:57 GMT
Simon Willison : Fun with Google Maps - My writeup of the latest developments.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : Leaked republican strategy briefing - Fascinating insight in to how American politics really works.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : A GIS newsletter describes the server-side tech behind Google Maps - Apparently it's using Telcontar's Drill Down Server, with extensive customisations. (via) [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : iPod - Compare Models - Compare: iPod, iPod shuffle, iPod mini, iPod U2, and iPod photo. #
Simon Willison : iPod - Compare Models - Make sense of the newly updated iPod range.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : Using DockSend in Transmit 3 - This plus column view means I'll be buying my copy shortly.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Running multiple versions of Safari - Safari is the next IE. Pass it on.
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24/02/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Bluetooth Stereo Cassette - now if only the iPod supported Bluetooth without an adapter
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24/02/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jkottke : The Onion interviews Dave Eggers - "[Fiction feels] like driving a car in a clown suit. You're going somewhere, but you're in costume, and you're not really fooling anybody. You're the guy in costume, and everybody's supposed to forget that and go along with y
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24/02/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jkottke : A gallery of Russian nesting dolls created by a number of contemporary artists
Milo Vermeulen : artist-created Russian nesting dolls - artist-created Russian nesting dolls [via] [via]
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24/02/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jimray : Zeldman on how to disable Google's "smart" links - I didn't like this "feature" when Microsoft implemented it, I don't like it now: word to Google, et al -- don't fuck with my site's content
Anne van Kesteren : Protect your site from Google?s new toolbar - Ugh, this sucks. #
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24/02/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
ricmac : Legal Clients Paying for KM - "...the more general, the less value. If specific to my industry, possible value. People pay firms for tracking specific issues." (via feedmelegal.com)
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24/02/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
ricmac : Large Law Firm Blogs - "blogging by law firms seems a no-brainer to me. Firms already generate content and send it to clients. Blogging that content makes it more accessible and provides a way to monitor hits."
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24/02/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Google adds movie reviews - not a category killer, yet, but another convenient feature
jkottke : Ben Hammersley likes Google's move into movie reviews and listings - "What for [Rotton Tomatoes] is an entire business is just a happy side effect for Google. You can't compete with people whose manufacturing has already been paid for."
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