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jkottke : Game makers are designing games that are less daunting for the new player - With the side effect that the games are not so addictive, meaning that you can have a full life in and out of these games.
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14/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Slideshow of NYC's sanitation workers
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14/03/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : How Apple stomped the Walkman with the iPod
kayodeok : How the iPod Ran Circles Around the Walkman - An insight into Corporate Strategy; I need to read more of this stuff for my final exams in Strategic Business Planning
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14/03/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : Java.OpenStream.T: Java Applet trojan that infects Internet Explorer even when run in Firefox - This trojan is probably not intended to work with Firefox or any other alternative browser. The trojan works just because the trojan author did not use any Microsoft specific code. Thus making the trojan portable to other platforms.
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14/03/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : Knoppix 3.8 and UnionFS. Wow. Just Wow. - Knoppix 3.8 includes UnionFS which stacks your Knoppix ramdisk on top of the read-only filesystem on the CD, the effect being that you can apt-get install, and otherwise modify all of the files on the system as though they were all writeable
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Nelson Minar : experimental gameplay - Nice student project making lots of quick games (via Metafilter)
Andy Baio : Experimental Gameplay Project - Tower of Goo and Darwin Hill are great [via] [via]
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14/03/2005 @ 21:57 GMT
kayodeok : Ideas for Privacy Reform - "EPIC just published a very good paper by Daniel Solove and Chris Hoofnagle that offers suggested proposals for privacy reform in the wake of all the recent privacy breaches (ChoicePoint, Lexis/Nexis, Bank of America, DWS, etc.)"
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14/03/2005 @ 21:57 GMT
kayodeok : Why Pay to be an Identity Thief? Experimental Software Makes It Free - Thieves purchased sensitive personal data from ChoicePoint, but a Carnegie Mellon University researcher can get the same information free on the Web
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14/03/2005 @ 21:57 GMT
deusx : Scriptable Applications: Printing & Print Center - "Note that the PDF workflow button is hidden by default."
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14/03/2005 @ 21:57 GMT
deusx : Kirkville - Unleashing the Power of the PowerMate - "...cool is one thing, but not one of the articles I read, nor the manufacturer's Web site, did a good job of describing how I might apply the PowerMate to my everyday tasks."
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14/03/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
deusx : Plogit - An Open-Source PalmOS Blogging Client
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14/03/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : NPR : Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science #
deusx : NPR : Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science
Matthew M. Boedicker : Donald Knuth interview on NPR - (via metafilter) [via]
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14/03/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : New methods eyed for buying movies | CNET News.com - "Selling a used DVD outright can be legally iffy, as it gets into complex copyright issues, but Peerflix offers a way around the sticky legalities." CNET might want to look into the first-sale doctrine; it's not iffy or sticky. Sheesh. #
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14/03/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : The Elements of Meaningful XHTML
Paul Hammond : The Elements of Meaningful XHTML
tehu : The Elements of Meaningful XHTML - A presentation by Tantek. Meaningful. Simply.
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14/03/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : "Getting Real" design tip: Just say no to Lorem Ipsum (Signal vs. Noise) - The goal here is to get as close to the real customer experience as possible
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Paul Hammond : Spell with flickr foo - click on letters to change them
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14/03/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
plasticbag : Dan Hill on arrivals, San Diego; and a departure, London... - Aw... Old softie... Still you guys have to bloody come...
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14/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : A Critique of GNU Philosophy - Part I - This paper is a carefully laid down critique of GNU Philosophy in a manner as candor as possible pointing the many pitfalls of the superannuated GNU philosophy
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14/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : A Critique of GNU Philosophy - Part II - This is the continuation of my earlier 'A Critique of GNU Philosophy - Part I' which analytically scrutinizes Stallman's GNU Philosophy in realms of improving society as a better alternative to commercial software
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14/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : Know your Enemy: Tracking Botnets - Using honeynets to learn more about Bots
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14/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Command-Tab » Blog Archive » iPod Super - "Ultimately, I?d like to get a regular 3.5? hard drive working with the iPod and explore what capacities it can make use of."
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14/03/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : blockquotes.js - JavaScript that will automagically add hyperlinks after blockquotes with a URL in its cite attribute.
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14/03/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
deusx : Language Log: No word for sex - 'Whenever you hear someone starting to say something that begins with "The X have no word for Y", or "The X have N different words for Y", never listen to them, and always check your wallet to make sure it's still there.'
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14/03/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
jimray : Can Papers End the Free Ride Online? - NYT looks at the (free) news online [via /.]
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14/03/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
cobra libre : butler - a greasemonkey script for enhancing google, as well as a response to the google autolink controversy [via] #
znarf : Butler - Butler enhances Google search results by adding links to competitors. It also removes ads, changes typography, and a few other useful things. [via] #
Jeremy Zawodny : Butler - Butler: remix search
Charles Miller : Butler - Butler is a Firefox plugin from Mark Pilgrim that enhances Google search results by hiding ads, and including links to other search engines.
Andy Baio : Butler Firefox extension rewrites Google - Mark Pilgrim's Greasemonkey add-in comments on the autolink controversy; I contend both uses are perfectly legit
kayodeok : Butler - Butler enhances Google search results by adding links to competitors. It also removes ads, changes typography, and a few other useful things
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14/03/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
znarf : A New Butler For Jonas - Furthermore, suppose the tool were well commented, and structured in such a way that people who have even the most tenuous grasp on the concepts of HTML could reasonably modify it to remove the links and content that they don?t want, and add or reorder th #
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14/03/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : A blog reporting on the Second Life game - Discovered at the Journalism and Blogging About Online Worlds panel at SXSW.
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14/03/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : A lot of spam from Spamalot - A rogue script gave spammers access to email addresses of people who signed up for info on Eric Idle's Broadway play, Spamalot.
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14/03/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Their design approach is a big reason for Apple's success - Don Norman: "If you follow my [guidelines], it will guarantee good design. But Steve Jobs doesn't want good design. He wants great design, and my method will never give you that."
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14/03/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Costik on distribution - Followup to his rant, talking about alternate models for selling games
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14/03/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Romanian game farm - Someone found people actually paid to farm game items (via Guardian Games)
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cobra libre : flickr postcard browser #
mbertier : Flickr Postcard Browser [via] #
plasticbag : Flickr Postcard Browser - As demo'd by Stewart Butterfield at ETech 2005...
Andy Baio : Flickr Postcard Browser - beautiful way of browsing images
Rod Begbie : Flickr Postcard Browser - Lovely Flash interface way to view Flickr photies. [via] #
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14/03/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
kayodeok : Num Sum: Bite-sized spreadsheets for sharing - NumSum is a web-based spreadsheet that doesn't involve Java, ActiveX, or Flash - just plain old DHTML
Andy Baio : Num Sum, social spreadsheet for sharing data - more on the advantages over Excel from the creator [via] [via]
znarf : Num Sum - Share your spreadsheets ! #
ricmac : Num Sum: web-based spreadsheets - "Bite-sized spreadsheets for sharing." Only problem is, only the author can save to each spreadsheet (so not truly sharable, in my view)
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14/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Kerron Clement, a 19 yo college student, broke Michael Johnson's record in the 400 meters
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14/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Babu, a new restaurant in the Village, opened without prices on the menu, allowing diners to pay what they thought the meal was worth - There's a place in London that's been doing this for years.
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14/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : "Under the Bush administration, the federal government has aggressively used a well-established tool of public relations: the prepackaged, ready-to-serve news report that major corporations have long distributed to TV stations to pitch everything from hea - Suffice it to say, I don't think this is a good use of the government's time/money, no matter who the president is.
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14/03/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : That’s My Vader… - That’s My Vader…: What it would be like if Darth Vader spent a day in his shoes, speaking only in memorable quotes from the original Star Wars. This is like a scene from Whose Line!
jkottke : A day in the life of Darth Vader - "What it would be like if Darth Vader spent a day in his shoes, speaking only in memorable quotes from the original Star Wars."
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14/03/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jimray : Piedmont biofuels blog - Yay for alternative energy!
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jimray : Blue Ridge Biofuels - Biodiesel Production Distribution and Sales - Biodiesel in my hometown
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14/03/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jimray : Brad Bird, the NY Post interview - He has the EXACT same philosophy regarding Ayn Rand that I do! [via Luxo, the Pixar blog]
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14/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Advertisers Supporting eXact Advertising - This page gives listings of major companies currently supporting eXact Advertising - by showing ads using eXact Advertising's BullsEye advertising software, or by paying commissions to eXact when users make purchases from their web sites
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14/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Pharming Out-Scams Phishing - Pharmers simply redirect as many users as possible from the legitimate commercial websites they'd intended to visit and lead them to malicious ones. The bogus sites, to which victims are redirected without their knowledge or consent, will likely look the
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14/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : TV's future down the phone line - Now that broadband networks are bedding down, and it is becoming essential for millions, the big telcos are keen to start shooting video down the line
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14/03/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Privacy advocates frown on Amazon snooping plan - Amazon has been granted a patent for a system that gathers clues from reviews about customers' gift-giving habits in order to suggest future gifts and reminders
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14/03/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Drawn! - grouplog about illustration and drawing - Drawn! - grouplog about illustration and drawing [via] [via]
cobra libre : drawn! - a group weblog for illustrators and cartoonists #
mbertier : Drawn! - Albert Einstein said, ?The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources,? but what the hell did he know anyway? #
philgyford : Drawn! The Illustration Blog - My new favourite weblog, full of inspiration. (via Boing Boing)
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14/03/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Isofarro : Joe Clark's coverage of SXSW 2005 - Excellent write-ups of the sessions. Accessibility and accessible Flash
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14/03/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Isofarro : Matt May's SXSW 2005 coverage - Accessibility - how to use the guidelines, and Ian Lloyd's session
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14/03/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Sifry updates his blog states - Technorati tracks 7.8 million blogs, with 30-40k new blogs created every day
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14/03/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Good Fonts - Essential fonts for designers - Not sure if they're all "essential", but there're definitely some must-haves here.
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14/03/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
jimray : Stop Fake News - Petition the Bush administration's propagandizing. Expect this to be about as effective as every other online petition has ever been.
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14/03/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : TrackIR - TrackIR: head movement tracker that makes flight simulators more fun
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Jeremy Zawodny : Diet Calculator - Diet Calculator: this one is fancier than most
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14/03/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Xenotronix Lead Acid Battery Chargers - Xenotronix Lead Acid Battery Chargers: good for glider batteries
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14/03/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Civilization IV details - Nice roundup of what's known about the highly anticipated game
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jimray : Google Maps - Seattle Wireless Cafes - WiFi + caffeine = dangerous combination [via IDEAlog.us]
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jimray : John Ratzenburger won't do Toy Story 3 - Says he's a Pixar man, through and through
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jimray : Help the Googlebot understand your web site - This also helps explain why weblogs get such high listing - by default, most weblog packages do all this already
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14/03/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : My SxSW 2005 photos - An expanding photoset on Flickr.
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Richard Rutter : Everyone?s SxSW photos - Photos on Flickr tagged with sxsw.
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