31/05/2005 @ 23:58 GMT
Eric Meyer : Lifecycle of Bloggers - Like many things in life, we laugh because it's funny and we laugh because it's true. [via Matt] [via]
gleuschk : Lifecycle of Bloggers - I'm up to #12
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deusx : The 'I' word - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Op-ed - News - "THE IMPEACHMENT of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, should be part of mainstream political discourse."
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31/05/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : Monkey apes temple rituals:- - India News - Webindia123.com - "Aping Hindu rituals to a T, a monkey appeared at an Orissa temple, prayed for an hour folding its hands in the traditional sign of respect, took prasad, put vermilion on its forehead - and then fled."
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31/05/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : Mind Hacks: Using technology to add cyborg senses - "A team of researchers will use technology to extend the human senses, allowing people to sense magnetic fields, experience sight via tactile vibrations and see behind them."
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31/05/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Paul Hammond : Comparison of layout engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of layout engines
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31/05/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Paul Hammond : heyblog: Pileup, a trashy widget - ?Pileup? is a simple visualization of the amount of trash you?ve got in Trash, using a one-line AppleScript and some images
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : SVG.org > Omnigraffle Adds SVG Support - Omni announces support for SVG export so that OmniGraffle documents can be displayed beautifully at any size, whether you're viewing them on the screen of a mobile phone or on a large print banner
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Letting Firefox pass Acid2 using Greasemonkey - Anne?s Weblog about Markup & Style - How is that for innovation!
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : You will not tell me what to post... (plasticbag.org) - Let me say this really clearly once and for all - I do not link to stuff that people ask me to link to.
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » it comes around - Customers have a tendency to become like the kind of customers you treat them
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : mezzoblue  § Who Cares about Semantics Anyway? - Here it is, the mezzoblue Markup Guide
Philippe Janvier : Who Cares about Semantics Anyway ? - why it's important to care about semantics, as a web designer/developer, and at least try to convey some of that importance to your client. [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : "A sampling of what prominent film critics wrote in their reviews of the earlier 'Star Wars' films"
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31/05/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Google Code: Summer of Code - Google offers $4,500 to students who work on Open Source projects over the summer. #
kayodeok : Google Code: Summer of Code - The Summer of Code is Google's program designed to introduce students to the world of Open Source Software Development
Simon Willison : Google Code: Summer of Code - "Google will provide a $4500 award to each student who successfully completes an open source project by the end of the Summer."
Wayne Burkett : Google Code: Summer of Code - "Google will provide a $4500 award to each student who successfully completes an open source project by the end of the Summer." #
Anne van Kesteren : Summer of Code - They pay you for developing open source software. [via] #
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Code: Summer of Code - Google Code: Summer of Code: it could be a song
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31/05/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Improv Anywhere fakes a U2 rooftop concert - I'm mirroring the slow performance video [via] [via]
jkottke : Improv Everywhere played a fake U2 concert near Madison Square Garden last week - The Edge was played by an Asian guy and the "band" got arrested during their final song.
Rod Begbie : Improv Everywhere Mission: Even Better Than The Real Thing - Absolute bleedin' genius. A fake U2 (including an Asian "The Edge") perform a rooftop gig. [via] #
Philippe Janvier : Improv Everywhere Mission : A fake U2 rooftop concert - Un faux concert U2 vu de l'intérieur. Vraiment très amusant à lire à ses moments perdus. [via] #
Milo Vermeulen : Improv Everywhere fakes a U2 roof concert in New York - Improv Everywhere fakes a U2 roof concert in New York [via] [via]
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : Netscape 8: More Security Choices - Heh. [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : How to try out a virtual Linux desktop freely and easily - If you're a Windows 2000 or XP user who always wanted to try out a Linux desktop but were afraid of downloading and installing software that might upset your computer, go Open Source Region Stuttgart, click on a few links, and you're in virtual Linuxland
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin - A WordPress plugin that replies a 301 permanent redirect, if request URI is different from entry's (or archive's) permalink. It is used to ensure that there is only one URL associated with each blog entry
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : 10 Bad Project Warning Signs - This is a list of bad project warning signs for web designers but should apply to other projects
Richard Rutter : 10 bad project warning signs - Learning when to turn down projects.
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : What is Your World View? - Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not relig
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : You can now test the Linux operating system and desktop environment without requiring an installation - Simply click on "Start Linux". In a separate window, a complete Linux system will start on your PC, without requiring an installation. Nothing is going to be installed on your computer; the applications will simply run through your web-browser
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jkottke : Identity of Deep Throat finally revealed - Mark Felt, who was second in command at the FBI at the time, helped Woodward and Bernstein with their research into Watergate.
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31/05/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Concerned, a comic made with the Half-Life 2 engine - if you've played the game, this is funny [via] [via]
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31/05/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : www. is not deprecated - O please. Get over it. [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
kayodeok : Trixie: Teaching an old browser new tricks - Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox. It lets you remix the Web via scripts
Andy Baio : Trixie, Greasemonkey for Internet Explorer - closed source and, in my mind, somewhat unnecessary [via] [via]
Anne van Kesteren : Trixie - ?Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox.? #
Simon Willison : Trixie: Greasemonkey for IE - Second attempt - but it's still closed source. (via) [via]
jimray : Trixie - Greasemonky for IE - where's the Safari version?
Paul Hammond : Trixie - Trixie is to Internet Explorer as Greasemonkey is to Firefox
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31/05/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
jimray : Sepy Shared Object Reader - Read Shared Objects in Sepy - wicked cool
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31/05/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : Sepy Macdev - Listserv for issues related to building and running Sepy on OS X
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31/05/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : How To Change Windows XP Home to Windows XP Pro - A hack to upgrade Windows XP Home To Windows XP Pro
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31/05/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : JAMES SPADER - SPADER SMELLS SHATNER IN BED SCENE - 'He says, "(It's a) very graphic, explicit, loving scene. Bill and I (are) spooning, wrapped around each other in bed."'
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31/05/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Fan-made Star Wars embroidered quilt - extremely geeky
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31/05/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : First look at Google Earth - holy cow; 3D buildings, public transit, and driving directions [via] [via]
jkottke : A first look at Google Earth, the replacement for the Keyhole mapping software - "View Railroads, Subway lines and Bus routes along with all their stops. Or select multiple locations and have Google give you directions."
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31/05/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ten Years of Zeldman - congrats, Jeffrey
Anne van Kesteren : 10 years - Thank you! #
Eric Meyer : 10 years - What was the Web like when you were a kid, Mr. Zeldman?
Paul Hammond : Jeffrey Zeldman: 10 years - Barely noticed by readers or me at the site?s dawning was a chatty, continually updated page called coming.html
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Andy Baio : David Lynch gives the weather report - updated daily; eat your heart out, Nick Nolte [via] [via]
Matthew M. Boedicker : David Lynch daily weather report
jimray : David Lynch reads the weather - How have I never seen this before? The fact that it's in a city where the weather never changes is pretty much pure Lynch.
Nelson Minar : David Lynch weather - He does a videocast of him talking about the weather every day. Weird.
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jimray : B-Line Express - Check BLDoc -- javadoc parser for Actionscript
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31/05/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Videocrab's E3travaganza - entertaining photos and stories from E3 2005, including the classic gaming exhibit
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31/05/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ex-FBI official states he's Deep Throat - he denied it to Slate back in 1999, but he's been the likely culprit for years
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jkottke : New episodes of Futurama to be made for DVD?
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31/05/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Race car driver Robby Gordon says he won't compete against Danica Patrick because her small stature gives her an unfair advantage - "I guess driving around in circles must have made Gordon a bit dizzy because his reasoning sucks."
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31/05/2005 @ 16:57 GMT
Eric Meyer : Cheat Sheets - It's official: I love I Love Jack Daniels' Dave Child. He is a prince among men. He is a shining star in the heavens. He is a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.
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jimray : moock.org >> lectures >> presentation viewer - Notes from Moock's actionscript bootcamp
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31/05/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
jimray : Introduction to OOP with ActionScript 2.0 - Example files from Moock bootcamp
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31/05/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
jimray : ActiveWords - Windows productivity app, looks kinda like Quicksilver
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31/05/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
deusx : Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant - Weekend Review - Times Online - "Scientists exult in mystery for a very different reason: it gives them something to do."
jkottke : Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant - Richard Dawkins on the "deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda" and other creationist follies.
jimray : Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant
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31/05/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
deusx : maisonneuve :: eclectic curiosity :: Despite All My Rage: How ?Weird Al? Saved My Life - "Speaking as a fan, you can only take music so seriously."
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31/05/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ringtone beats Coldplay to top of UK charts - it's a dance remix of a ringtone mixed with Axel F; the video
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31/05/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Phrack publishes final issue - end of an era; I've been reading the hacking e-zine since 1991 [via] [via]
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31/05/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Profile of the fortune writer for Wonton Food, Inc.
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31/05/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
plasticbag : Some book pages on Amazon have Flickr-style visualisations of top words in the book, along with reading-ease analysis stats - This is fascinating stuff - particularly because Amazon are clearly looking for ways to sell more stuff through the revelation of some quite complex data...
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31/05/2005 @ 13:57 GMT
mbertier : Hallucinogenesis » Blog Archive » Copyright law prevents aliens from listening to The Beatles - Can ya belive it? Learned men of science denying alien intelligence the Beatles for fear of being sued? [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 13:57 GMT
Eric Meyer : 10 Signs You May Have Webular Standarditis - All of a sudden, I'm deeply afraid that #5 will come back to haunt me in a few years.
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31/05/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
plasticbag : Awesome Doctor Who-inspired T-shirts for people who really want to creep out people on the bus - Apparently if you're interested, then you e-mail "gasmaskshirt" at the domain address "comicfestival.co.uk"
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31/05/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
jkottke : New collection of nonfiction by David Foster Wallace due out in December
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31/05/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Sparklines of landscapes of a few American states - The one for Missouri has a little arch while the Iowa sparkline is almost flat.
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31/05/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : The blog for Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July's acclaimed new movie - The most recent entries are about the film's win at Cannes.
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31/05/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : One of the songs on Sleater-Kinney's new album was inspired by a New Yorker article about Golden Gate Bridge suicides
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31/05/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : And here is that New Yorker article about the Golden Gate Bridge suicides
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31/05/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Pickup Lines Used by Mario [of Mario Bros. fame] - "Are you a magic flower? Because you are burning me up."
Ethan Marcotte : Pickup lines used by Mario - "I'd rather ride you than Yoshi any day."
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31/05/2005 @ 13:15 GMT
WillPate : Read/Write Web: Web 2.0 and RSS services for hire - Somebody smart will hire this guy - maybe you!
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31/05/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
deusx : MVS Tur(n)key System - Readme File - "Enjoy your private hercules mainframe"
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31/05/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Anne van Kesteren : columnificator - Requires a nightly Firefox build. #
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31/05/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Amazon reviews by Smith T. Aames - occasionally offensive, but very funny
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31/05/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : National Geographic Map Store - Universe Reference Map - "This map uses graphic 'leaps of scale' to show how our solar system fits within the vastness of the universe" #
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31/05/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Open Source » Hear on Public Radio - Christopher Lydon hosts. #
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31/05/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : jwz - kissing the CD goodbye. - I strongly suspect that I've purchased my last CD rack. I'm busy making plans involving FLAC encoding, a 400Gb hard drive, and a mass of python code to rip my CDs one final time. [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Andy Baio : MP3: Seven Minutes in Deadwood - editing out everything but profanity in an episode of Deadwood
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31/05/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : IBM poop heads say LAMP users need to "grow up" - Ryan blows away a ton of the myths surrounding LAMP.
Paul Hammond : IBM poop heads say LAMP users need to "grow up" - The Shared Nothing + Caching Proxy setup scales like mad
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31/05/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
plasticbag : Homophobia "hard-wired" by evolution - A slightly random piece of writing describes some slightly implausible research that suggests that homophobia might be an adaptive trait
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31/05/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
plasticbag : How to write a business proposal and tips for business proposal writing - No idea how good this one is, but it looked interesting and I want to plough my way through it later...
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31/05/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips - very, very lame [via] [via]
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Philippe Janvier : Del.icio.us blog : bookmark this - Une bonne occasion de découvrir aussi le blogue de del.icio.us : "...add a "Bookmark This" link on every post, next to the Comments link, which allows you to kick the user over to to the del.icio.us posting page". [via] #
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31/05/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Compising Half-Life 2 models in photographs - my personal favorite
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31/05/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Daily Type is a great typography sketchbook
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