5/04/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Why let your ad agency write your blog?
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deusx : Warrenellis.com » Key Iraqi WMD Source Was Crazy Drunken Crapsack - "An alcoholic cousin of an aide to Ahmed Chalabi has emerged as the key source in the US rationale for going to war in Iraq." Oh god, it's so funny it makes me want to cry.
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5/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Stretching the Lessons - Stretching the Lessons: back and foth on yahoo 360
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5/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : new designer on yahoo messenger - new designer on yahoo messenger: Welcome to Yahoo!
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5/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo goes to the mat to keep Semel - Yahoo goes to the mat to keep Semel: throwing around some serious cash (at least on paper)
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5/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Diary of a Google Researcher - Diary of a Google Researcher: how amusing...
kayodeok : Diary of a Google Researcher - Funny diary of a Google researcher (from the future) that goes into Google's recent announcement on entering the video blogging space
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5/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : On Sony's "not invented here" problem - "A quarter century later, Sony is still pursuing its own obsessions, but it hasn't produced anything like the Walkman for a long time. Today, Sony is known for floundering into new markets, not for creating them."
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5/04/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : America stand as one - A rock anthem (via Metafilter)
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5/04/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Reno Stead Airport - Reno Stead Airport: on Google Maps... this is where the Reno Air Races are each year
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5/04/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Lifehacker interviews Merlin Mann about 43 Folders - It's a life hacking mash-up.
Nelson Minar : Merlin Mann interview - Very insightful discussion
Simon Willison : Interview: 43Folders' Merlin Mann - LifeHacker talks to a Life Hacker.
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5/04/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : Bionic eye will let the blind see - The bionic eye comprises a computer chip that sits in the back of the individual's eye, linked up to a mini video camera built into glasses that they wear
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5/04/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Ufology - Ufology: Ufology is the study of Unidentified flying object (UFO) reports, sightings and other related phenomena.
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Andy Baio : Burning Man camp on Google Maps - also: Dave! [via] [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Matt Haughey's annotated Google Map on Flickr - it inspired a new Memory Maps group
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5/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
cameron : Ego Belts - Custom Name Belt Buckles - I'll be taking advertising inquiries as soon as mine arrives
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5/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : The Triforce » Toothing - Large quantities of the unthinking non-critical media, effortlessly hoaxed. [via] #
cameron : Toothing declared a hoax - Good game guys, you had me on
Nelson Minar : Toothing was a hoax - The common sense test apparently no longer applies (via BoingBoing)
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Nelson Minar : Groove: $120M - Nasty sounding shareholder lawsuit (via ...)
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5/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : mathowie's childhood - As seen on Google Maps, annotated in Flickr
kayodeok : My childhood, seen by Google Maps - Clever use of Flicker and Google Maps to create a Memory Map. Requires Flash.
Simon Willison : My childhood, seen by Google Maps - Very clever use of Flickr notes and Google Maps.
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philgyford : Google Maps - 2600 bay area boulevard,houston, tx - Sattelite photo of where I used to live. I love the pattern of those suburbs.
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5/04/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kellan : Mitch Kapor': Should Groove Have Gone Open Source? - On the challenges of open sourcing a proprietary product. #
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5/04/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kellan : Data is the next "Intel Inside": owning a unique, hard-to-replicate data source as a competitive advantage - However the network, properly incented, can find new ways to create previously hard-to-replicate data #
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5/04/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Upcoming.org adds search, e-mail invites, and more - we've been cranking on the site; go check it out
Rod Begbie : Upcoming.org: News: Searching, Invite by E-mail, and More - Upcoming.org adds functionality to make them a less-evil alternative to Evite. Cool. [via] #
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5/04/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Jack Shafer (favorably) reviews David Foster Wallace's Atlantic Monthly article on talk radio
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5/04/2005 @ 17:06 GMT
Rod Begbie : The Domesday Project - Christ, this takes me back. Alloa Library had the necessary BBC Micro, laserdisc player and trackball, and I used to spend hours playing around with it. [via] #
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5/04/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
erikbenson : Lisa has the same idea I had a while ago: Netflix for cats - It would be interesting to see how a program like this would play with my cat-loving emotions
deusx : lisawhiteman.com - "I've been thinking of getting a temporary cat." Weird.
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5/04/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : Questionable Content: New comics every Monday through Friday - "SCOOOOT"
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5/04/2005 @ 16:45 GMT
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Weblog - Auntie's got an election blog too. #
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5/04/2005 @ 16:32 GMT
Rod Begbie : Guardian Unlimited: Election 2005 - Looks the the "Observer Blog" was just a warm-up for this -- A UK equivalent to Salon's War Room. Subscribed! [via] #
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cameron : MathMe - The Most Powerful Mobile Calculator Ever - Mobile connection to a remote Mathematica kernel
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cameron : tediouslimbs video by Noah Lyon - Mesmerizing looped video ball of cartoon goodness
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5/04/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Rootkiting Your Database - "If a database is a kind of operating system it should be possible to migrate operating system malware (like rootkits or viruses) to the database world. The following linked paper will try to explain how this migration can be done"
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Philippe Janvier : Flickr Related Tag Browser - Une belle présentation Flash des résultats d'une recherche dans les tags Flickr. [via] #
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5/04/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : Fanatical Apathy: The Past Two Weeks of TV News
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5/04/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Trailer for Mad Hot Ballroom, a documentary about ballroom dancing kids - "Gentlemen, where's my tango face?"
Andy Baio : Video: Mad Hot Ballroom trailer - adorable documentary about a children's ballroom dancing competition [via] [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Guerilla poster art for Firefly - Guerilla poster art for Firefly [via] [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Sufficiently simple technology - "...our magical technologies aren't yet sufficiently advanced. If they were, they'd be as magically useful in failure mode as they are when they just work". [via] #
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Wayne Burkett : Google Maps - Saint Souis, MO - Satellite images. I used to spend hours (on dial-up) on Terraserver, painstakingly poking from image to image, gradually stitching cities together in Photoshop. This rocks! #
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5/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Maciej on Paul Graham and other blowhards - I love a spirited rant
Wayne Burkett : Idle Words: Dabblers and Blowhards - "I am not qualified to call bullshit on Paul Graham when he writes about programming, history, starting a business, or even growing up as a social pariah, but I do know enough about art to see when someone is just making shit up." #
Rod Begbie : Dabblers and Blowhards - Paul Graham (and ESR, and Winer) in bullshit-rant shocker. Despite people pointing to them, I've never been able to read a Paul Graham essay. Favourite quote: "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do." [via] #
jkottke : Dabblers and Blowhards, or Why hackers are nothing like painters - Maciej takes issue with Paul Graham's non-technical body of writing.
deusx : Idle Words - Dabblers and Blowhards - "But you, sir, are no painter."
jimray : Dabblers and blowhards - Maciej Ceglowski doesn't think hackers are anything like painters [via Daring Fireball]
cameron : Idle Words: Dabblers and Blowhards - Maciej reveals the truth: programming is nothing like painting, as painters get laid for what they do
Steve Cook : Maciej Ceglowski beats the crap out of "Hackers and Painters" - He's got a beef with the Paul Graham/Dave Winer/ESR style of "hackers are" essay, and calls bullshit on Graham's qualifications to even -talk- about painting. (via Waxy)
plasticbag : A glorious response to essays on Hackers and Painters... - "Great paintings, for example, get you laid in a way that great computer programs never do. Even not-so-great paintings - in fact, any slapdash attempt at splashing paint onto a surface - will get you laid more than writing software"
Paul Hammond : Idle Words - Dabblers and Blowhards - So let me say it simply - hackers are nothing like painters.
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5/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : memeorandum - "memeorandum presents an automated hourly synopsis of the latest online news and opinion, combining weblog commentary with traditional news reports"
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5/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : The Erotic Diary of George Wendt - an inspired part of TeeVee's brilliant April 1 prank, if you missed it
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5/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : How To Build a Secure Windows XP Desktop - Nothing new to offer but handy as a checklist
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5/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Maps adds satellite photos! - insanely cool to switch back and forth [via] [via]
kayodeok : Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps - Have you ever wished you could see what someplace looked like before you got there? A house? A hotel? A freeway exit?
Rod Begbie : Google Blog: A bird's-eye view - Google integrate satellite photos into Google Maps in a gorgeous fashion, and in doing so, continue to piss on Mapquest's chips. #
Simon Willison : Google Maps + Keyhole = Satellite photos - Even more like map.search.ch ;)
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5/04/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Annotated New York Times - The Annotated New York Times: this is really fucking cool
Jason Shellen : The Annotated New York Times - Nice use of blog search. #
Andy Baio : The Annotated New York Times - tracking NYT stories with real-time reactions from blogs [via] [via]
kayodeok : The Annotated New York Times - "The Annotated New York Times is a fascinating new blog that tracks weblog postings citing articles published by The New York Times"
jimray : The Annotated New York Times - See what the bloggers are squawking about
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5/04/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : AirSailing gliderport on google maps - AirSailing gliderport on google maps: keyhole rocks
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5/04/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
jkottke : Google Maps now has an option to switch to a satellite view - Holy crap, try the zoom!
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5/04/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Compassionate conservative - A look at the philosophical legacy of John Paul II, and how it's already being dumbed down and twisted. [via TjL] [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Why We Need Atom Now - Feed autodiscovery is in my opinion far more effective than the rel="self" thing. O well. #
ricmac : Tim Bray: Why We Need Atom Now - He makes a very good point about duplicates in topic feeds, which is probably *the* biggest problem with PubSub, Feedster et al feeds currently. So if Atom helps solve that, I'm all for it...
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5/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : We're living in a crazy world when a former Vice Pres. of the US launches a TV news station and explains what he's up to in terms of video blogging - So, this TV I've been hearing about...it's like blogs?
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Jason Shellen : Google Maps now with satellite data - Get directions to your next protest. #
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5/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Implausible Claims Made by Vanilla Ice in "Ice Ice Baby" - "Turn off the lights and I'll glow." [via] [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : The people behind the DVD - On the making of DVDs and how it's just as or even more important than the release of films in theatres.
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5/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : Design Without Reach - Cheapo versions of Design Within Reach classics.
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5/04/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : Internet ad firms are using Flash to track people who delete or don't accept browser cookies
François Nonnenmacher : Company Bypasses Cookie-Deleting Consumers - Beware of Flash remoting
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5/04/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
ricmac : Darren Rowse on weblogsinc Adsense revenue - Apparently Darren has made approx $50k from Adsense in the last 7 mths! OMG!!
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Are bloggers journalists? San Francisco Says Yes - Are bloggers journalists? San Francisco Says Yes: this is an interesting development
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : LiningUp.net - LiningUp.net: Get in Line for Star Wars Episode III in Hollywood!
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : yhoo schedule 14a - yhoo schedule 14a: interesting numbers in this document
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! Poaches MSN Content Exec - Yahoo! Poaches MSN Content Exec: mmm... media
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo Auto-Linker - Yahoo Auto-Linker: neat use of our APIs
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5/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
jkottke : Watching TV in bed with an iSight, or "a webcam is basically a light cable with a wormhole in the middle" - Matt, take a picture of Vega for me as it flies by.
deusx : joy (4 April 2005, Interconnected) - "Later that night, we watched TV by sending it upstairs using the camera and one-way video chat (in iChat). Really."
plasticbag : Mr Webb is using his new iSight to watch TV in bed - Glad you like the toy, old chap. Missing you already.
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5/04/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : My Washington D.C. photos - Touristy photos. Includes squirrels... and ENIAC!
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5/04/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : Episode III Line FAQ - Yup, the line for Star Wars Episode III has its own FAQ. (via) [via]
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5/04/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Canon PowerShot SD500 - Canon PowerShot SD500: this looks like a great replacement for my S400
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5/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Venture Brothers renewed! - I don't know how I missed this last week, but nonetheless: HELL YES.
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5/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The Strange Zen of JavaScript - Scott Andrew blogging about JS again? This makes me very, very happy.
Paul Hammond : The Strange Zen Of JavaScript - A weblog about JavaScript quirks, caveats, odd hacks, curiosities and collected wisdom
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5/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The cheapening of music - Dan's got some great points. Food for thought.
Richard Rutter : The Cheapening of Music - Technology has affected how we buy, digest and perceive music.
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5/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Joe vs. the Volcano creator wins Pulitzer Prize - strangely, AP doesn't mention "Joe" at all
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5/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Thurston Moore on the power of mix tapes - don't miss the last graf; "trying to control music sharing ... is like trying to control an affair of the heart"
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5/04/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
jimray : COCHRAN & TERRI SCHIAVO with JESUS in HEAVEN!!! - If this isn't satire, I don't know what is
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5/04/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
jimray : Mojavi Project - Open source MVC framework for PHP -- kinda like Ruby on Rails, but not
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5/04/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
cobra libre : allconsuming.net cracked - bummer. #
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5/04/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : eHype - Another recommendation for Ruby on Rails. #
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5/04/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Windows 3.11 on a bootable floppy - With added support for long filenames, FAT32, and USB devices. #
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5/04/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
ricmac : FeedBurner announces more funding - Plus a detailed description of their business model and future plans. Great stuff, they are living up to the mantle of being Read/Write Web's Most Promising Web 2.0 Company (an honour I conferred on Feedburner in Dec 04).
Nelson Minar : FeedBurner $7M - Not rumour, straight from the company
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5/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : pY! Voice Chat - pY! Voice Chat: pY! Voice Chat is the first Linux client for Yahoo! voice chat.
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5/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Thirst and the Drinking Pilot - Thirst and the Drinking Pilot: good stuff on deydration
Richard Rutter : Thirst and the drinking pilot - Must. Drink. More. Water. (And this explains why and how). [via Ben Hammersley]
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5/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : 360invites.com - 360invites.com: Yahoo 360 Invites
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5/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google video to accept submissions - Google video to accept submissions: I wonder if they'll use Media RSS...
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