12/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : YellowBrix - Another Aggregator service, that I will have to check out at some point... [link via Ross Mayfield]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : Google top home for Web logs - "The market leaders are Google's Blogger.com (also known as Blogspot), LiveJournal.com and Xanga.com." MSN lurking...
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : Ten Tips for Corporations to Protect Customer Information from Identity Theft - "All communication of personal data sent to/from the database across public and private networks should be permitted over encrypted channels (HTTPS / SSL SSH)"
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Don't be degrading - You want to read at least the third paragraph. #
Isofarro : Don't be degrading - Phil Ringnalda on building Javascript dependent web applications - an excellent piece of wisdom
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
jimray : SwitchProxy for Firefox - With anonymizer features!
deusx : SwitchProxy Tool for Mozilla - "If you work with more than one proxy on a regular basis, you probably know how annoying it is to keep track of them; not to mention the number of clicks it takes to switch between."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : ITworld.com - Use the tests, Luke! - "The code for the tests is being used as documentation for the system."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : Spring Training - "...here is a simple 12-week training program for Novice runners."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : The New York Times > New York Region > Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest - "But one day after Officer Wohl testified, and before the defense called a single witness, the prosecutor abruptly dropped all charges."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : The Pain - Science vs Norse Mythology - "It?s always both cute and pathetic listening Fundamentalists try to use the language of empiricism ... sort of like seeing chimpanzees wear little human clothes ..."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Chris Anderson on the mainstream media meltdown - music, TV, radio, newspaper sales all down; movies, videogames, web all up [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
kellan : your failed business model is not my problem - I'd so wear that on a shirt. Print them! And not with CafePress. #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tip from a VC - Trying to raise money? Leave the fingernail clipper at home.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
deusx : diesel sweeties: Sex Brackets - "You're every bit as wholesome as sleeping in vaseline."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Attention information is personal information - "...my attention data, my reputation assignments, my triage preferences and so forth are all part of my personal information, and would be something that I would like a personal information manager to manage". [via] #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Life Everlasting - Garret Keizer's excellent right to die article shows up online. A great essay, worth the read.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The Reverent and the Rude - Okay, last Garret Keizer essay today. Maybe.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Garret Keizer's "Left, Right & Wrong" - Okay. I lied. Still, a great essay.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Archive.org's public domain Superman cartoons - from their vintage cartoons collection [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Buzztracker - visualizing frequency and relationships between locations in Google World News [via] [via]
Philippe Janvier : Buzztracker - Où ça se passe ? - "Buzztracker is software that visualizes frequencies and relationships between locations in the Google world news directory". [via] #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ben Heckendorn's homebrew N64 portable - cute comparison between the N64p and the DS [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Cat and Girl name the Band - "...cheeeesequaaaaake..."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Psychonauts demo released - from the creator of Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and co-creator of Day of the Tentacle
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : JSimpleton, a Z-machine bot for the Idle Thumbs message boards - I'd love to see someone adapt this to phpBB
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Robert Clark usually shoots for the likes of National Geographic and Vanity Fair, but he's currently crossing the country taking photos exclusively with a cameraphone
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 18:31 GMT
erikbenson : Newsweek: In the New Game of Tag, All of Us Are It - Another article about tagging (w/ 43things.com mention)
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kellan : CNET article on RoundTwo - Still light on details, but more informative then the website #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : Bisnation - The folks from Bis, one of my number-one all-time favourite bands of all-time, have reformed in a new band called "Data Panik". 7" single on sale now. Hurrah! #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : [IP] The Chaos Scenario - "What happens if the old advertising model collapses before the brave new world is fully prepared? Bob Garfield's answer: Chaos."
Wayne Burkett : [IP] The Chaos Scenario - Sounds interesting. I'll have a listen when I get home. #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Tiger, the new version of Apple's OS X operating system, is out on April 29
plasticbag : Tiger's launch date has been announced - April 29th - So the question now is how best to get hold of it with the least hassle, and who's hosting the install party...
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Talking Jesus, Mary, and Moses dolls due in stores in May - "Religion is universal, my wife's Catholic ? and faith is for everyone" ...who has $24.99 plus sales tax, I guess.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kaninka.net : Ferguson og pólitÃkin - Alex Ferguson er kannski á svimandi launum hjá Manchester United, en hann er með pólitÃkina á hreinu...
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Round Two - Folks putting money into the Firefox extension community. Presumably they're going to start selling extensions (or providing pay-for services) some time soon. Gorgeous Bryan Bell design too. [via] #
kayodeok : Round Two - "Round Two will make Firefox even more fun, safe and productive. New startup will offer innovative products and services to Firefox users, while sponsoring development of FlashGot, Bandwidth Tester, ExtensionsMirror and other projects"
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Several news organizations, including the Associated Press, are supporting the bloggers in the Apple trade secrets case - This is an interesting development...the argument I've heard is that no newspaper would have run this story because there were trade secrets involved.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Housing price data from Consumer Reports; shows what's overvalued and undervalued, etc.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
jkottke : Audio visual slideshow of photographer Sebastiao Salgado's work
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
jkottke : The falling dollar and how the Asians are trying to keep it afloat
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
jkottke : Athletes in other sports are getting stronger, faster, better, so why can't anyone throw a baseball over 100 mph?
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
jkottke : Interview with Bob Mankoff, New Yorker cartoon editor, on the humor research he's doing at the U of Michigan - "It's a 3-year research project with their psychology department, using New Yorker cartoons to see how people process humor."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Idaho passes resolution praising Napolean Dynamite - unanimously, too [via] [via]
Wayne Burkett : State of Idaho House Resolution #29: Recognizing Napoleon Dynamite - Weird. "[C]ommending Jared and Jerusha Hess and the City of Preston for the production of the movie "Napoleon Dynamite." #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : MetaWishlist - is it just me, or are all new web apps borrowing heavily from Flickr?
jimray : MetaWishlist.com: The social wish list repository - Finally! [via waxy]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Maciej quit his job, too - working on a secretive startup, which should be interesting
kellan : Idle Words: In Which I Quit My Job - And in which we discover why Maciej has been so bitter and acerbic these last few months. Congrats, and to better times. #
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Perl on Rails - I'd love to see a language-agnostic Rails, but this feels wrong [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Anatomy of a Drive-By Install- Even on Firefox - Another way to infect Internet Explorer via Firefox
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Oh, what a tangled web we weave - Mozilla tricked into installing Spyware via a Java Applet (see the videos online for the evidence)
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : 1UP's feature on cartoons based on video games - tons of obscure ones I've never heard of [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
kayodeok : An Off-and-On Switch for Controlling Animals? - The ability to switch on particular neurons may allow scientists to discover clues about a range of disorders, from Parkinson's disease to drug addiction
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : These computer bugs can kill - Keyboards are easily contaminated with germs, which in hospitals can take the form of antibiotic-resistant pathogens - the so-called superbugs, a study suggests.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Start-up wants to improve on Firefox - A new version of the Firefox Web browser is coming your way, but not from the Mozilla Foundation
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google Hacking for Penetration Testers - A slashdot review of Johnny Long's book
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Analyst firm claims 'Bloglines Universal Inbox Lacks Focus' - Duh... Quote: "The ?one portal to rule them all? model is so 1990s, says Outsell?s Chuck Richard. ?Users are firmly in control, and most will not want to be walled inside a blog reader application? for all their disparate information needs."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Tony Gentile sets Outsell straight - Chuck from Outsell weighs in with a comment. Words fail me...
# copy12/04/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
ricmac : amaztype: powered by Amazon web services - This is so cool!! This link I've provided is a search on "xml" - be patient for the results, it's worth it :-)
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 05:56 GMT
jimray : The War on Social Security has already cost $2.2 million - And it's illegal! Your tax dollars at work, folks
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Content Industry Outlook - Ross Mayfield notes from 'Buying and Selling eContent' conference
# copy12/04/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Civilities.net - not a blog - "It's better than a blog. I call it a Civ, which conveniently is an acronym for "Constructing Informative Viewpoints".
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : 'NYT' Obituaries, now in convenient RSS feeds / Jossip - More death, quicker
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : The Paris Hilton podcast - "Join Paris and friends as she shops, parties, poses and publicizes in the days leading up to the May 6 opening of House of Wax." Oh dear God I only wish this was a joke [via jossip]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Charles Miller : ClearType for Windows and LCD screens - If you are a Windows users with a laptop or LCD screen, you should turn on ClearType. (I'm posting this to Quicklinks because Charles has turned off comments, and I don't want to hear from Mac users.)
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
jimray : Pangea Software Panoramic Photography : PanoPreviewer plug-in - Free Photoshop plug-in for previewing pano images
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Google News Drops Threadwatch - Speculation in the comments that it was a "handjob".
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : VC Brad Feld on why he invested in Feedburner - Also this advice: "there are a few new problems (and possibly segments) that have emerged, especially as you start to think about the second-order effects of RSS (now that the first-order effects are over a year old and in our face every day)."
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jimray : What Can Bloggers Do That Reporters Can't? - And vice versa. By Jack Shafer - Bloggers spout out their opinions in near real time, reporters...actually report. And a each one checks the other.
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Googlest, top paying Adsense keywords - a curious list of search terms, but mind the ads and popups [via] [via]
Rod Begbie : Googlest.com - Making Your Site The Googlest Online! - The highest-paying Adsense keywords. Look forward to my new blog entry "Yahoo laser mortgages domain". [via] #
ricmac : Googlest.com: list of top-paying Google Adsense keywords - Quite surprised 'domains yahoo' is number 1... then again, the other day I was googling for just that! (trying to find Yahoo's domain name service) [link via waxy.org]
Matthew M. Boedicker : known high paying Google Adsense words
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Overlapping satellite images in Google Maps - very weird; is Keyhole stitching together images by intelligently cutting around buildings?
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Embedding images in HTML source - I had no idea this was possible [via] [via]
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jimray : Growing On Egg Shells - Eggshells for starter seeds
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
kayodeok : Backup del.icio.us to Gmail - Another python script for backing up delicious to gmail
# copy
12/04/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : DS hacker built wireless multiboot hack - send a wi-fi signal from your PC to the DS to trick it into running homebrew code off the GBA slot
# copy
