4/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Laptops outsell desktops for first time - also, 95 percent of laptops now support wireless [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
deusx : Backup Brain - Right-wingers want to steal your (potential) babies - "They think that the state has the perfect right to take your embryos away from you and implant them in another mother. And they think that they have the right and obligation to do this, even over your objections."
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
deusx : .: fRuitz oF doJo :. Quake II v1.0.8 - "This is Quake II for MacOS X. The download includes the software and OpenGL renderer plug-ins." Beware of pixellated boobies.
# copy4/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
deusx : bwshare: an Apache module for bandwidth throttling and fair sharing - "The principal motivation of mod_bwshare was to prevent automatic download of all 900 MBytes of material on one of my web sites which is connected to a 33k modem, which would take several days if it succeeded."
Jeremy Zawodny : mod_bwshare - mod_bwshare: an Apache module for bandwidth throttling and fair sharing
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Pharyngula:: Deep homologies in the pharyngeal arches - "So, what we have here is multiple lines of evidence?location, function, several molecular markers, and developmental origins and processes?that converge to show that parathyroid glands and the gills of fishes have a common evolutionary origin." #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : theferrett: The Weirdest Book I Ever Got - Did dinosaurs attack Noah's Ark? #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
plasticbag : Episode Eleven of the new Doctor Who series - Boom Town - Absolutely stunning. A character piece. Lots of intrigue, lots of plot arc advancement. A little bit of gay flirting. Very classy...
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
jimray : Google Sitemaps in Movable Type - A template to automatically generate Google sitemaps out of MT, which kinda seems like overkill to me, since MT and other blogging tools do such a good job with exposing content via URL's anyway
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : How mobile phone carriers stifle innovation - Mossberg nails it - when he talks, folks listen, so let's hope good comes from this
jkottke : Walt Mossberg: wireless phone carriers exercise too much control over the technology their customers can use - "I once saw a sign at the offices of a big cellphone carrier that said, 'It isn't a phone until "Harry" says it's a phone.' But why should it be up to Harry (a real carrier employee whose name I have changed)? Why should
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : Apple starts iPod recycling program - Keeps them out of landfills and nets a 10% discount on new iPods - smart
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Roaring Penguin - Remind - "Remind is a sophisticated calendar and alarm program."
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Brian Jones: Office XML Formats : New default XML formats in the next version of Office - "The real reason for setting up this blog was to talk about the new default XML formats in the next version of Office"
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : The Geek Gazette - Build Your Own PBX - "What would it mean to you to have your own full-featured PBX system at your home or small office?"
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Wyrd - "Wyrd is a text-based front-end to Remind, a sophisticated calendar and alarm program."
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : The rumour that's everywhere: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips - If nothing else, it ties together the fortunes of desktop computers so that if the architecture stops developing, no company gets an advantage... Don't know what I think about that...
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Google Sitemap Protocol - Un protocole Google pour fournir au moteur de recherche plus d'informations (localisation, dernières modifications, fréquence de changement, ...) sur les pages du site qu'il doit indexer. Visiblement pas à la portée de tous :( [via] #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Le podcast c'est génial ! - "ViaBloga devient une plateforme de podcasting". Enfin, le podcasting débarque sérieusement en France :-) [via] #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Siemens Domestic Appliances - Dressman shirt iron - Some kind of high-falutin' automagical shirt iron. Nifty. [via] #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
kayodeok : Banks To Customers: You Have To Pay For Phishing - "It certainly seems extraordinary to me that banks have been so quick to shift customers online, where the savings are huge, and are now reversing engines and charging them."
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
cameron : Stumpy Moose - Project Blu Technics - Good directions for changing LEDs on SL-1200s
# copy4/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Insane daredevil stunt - tries to launch a flare, lights parachute on fire instead; more here [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ghosts of the Webby Awards - which sites are dead from the 2000 Webbies? [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : X-Rom GBA flash cart reduced to only $69 - the X-Rom isn't as good as the EZ-Flash II, but it's well worth the money [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Enhance your photos by using the High Pass Filter - Enhance your photos by using the High Pass Filter [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : A historian disgraces himself - A rebuttal of "The Theory of Evolution: Just a Theory?"
Wayne Burkett : Pharyngula:: A historian disgraces himself - In response to a really, really awful list of objections to the theory of evolution. #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Earth to PC World: If Opera is the best Web browser, why is Firefox the Product of the Year? - If Opera is the best Web browser in the Web subcategory, why is Firefox the Product of the Year?
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM - The first four chapters from Stuart Langridge's new book
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Lost in Translation: Summer movie remix - "Ha ha ha! GUHHHHN FINGAS!"
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
kayodeok : Google Maps Wallpaper - "gMerge is a python script that merges Google Maps satellite "tiles" in order to produce a wallpaper (or even a poster!)"
Matthew M. Boedicker : Google Maps wallpapers
Andy Baio : Google Maps wallpaper maker - generate images up to 2048x1536 [via] [via]
Simon Willison : Google Maps takedown notice - Why can't all takedown notices be this polite? (via) [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
kayodeok : a-squared Free is a freeware Anti-Malware Software - a-squared Free is the free alternative to a-squared Personal. It cleans your computer from existing Malware but does not contain the background guard with the IDS which prevents any further infection of your computer
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
plasticbag : In which I get attacked by a Crow at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2005 - Mmm. I have a big bucket of Coca-Cola. I could do with one of those right now. Nice shirt too.
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
Isofarro : Think you know the Apple Newton's History? Think again - The story behind the Newton and Junoir products. Junior became the MessagePad
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Meetro - proximity-aware IM client for Windows laptops with wifi [via] [via]
# copy4/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : 1and1 ISP thinks BitTorrent is for piracy only - they sent a C&D to a guy hosting a movie that he made [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips - Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Human-flavored tofu pressures Museum of Hoaxes to remove blog entry - Halfbakery came up with the idea in 2001, with a better product name
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Apple to switch from PowerPC to Intel x86 chips?! - might threaten hardware sales once someone gets OS X running on cheap PCs [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jimray : Moby Checks in with 'Hotel' - I really wish I could write music review this well
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : remind dashboard widget
deusx : Remind Widget - "This is a widget for Apple's Dashboard system that displays the output from the Remind program."
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Google Blog: Webmaster-friendly - Google Sitemaps are XML files that webmasters can use to ensure pages on their site are crawled.
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Drip: IE Leak Detector - Fantastic!
Eric Meyer : Drip: IE Leak Detector - FInd out what IE/Win is leaking into memory. [via Simon] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Cloudalicious, tracking Del.icio.us tags over time - see also: Pietro's excellent tag cloud analysis using the tool [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Burglers using virtual real estate tours to find targets - they can use the photos to see all furnishings and alarm systems [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jkottke : The theory of evolution: just a theory? - "Historian Prof. William D. Rubinstein shares his doubts about the theory of evolution."
Wayne Burkett : The Theory of Evolution: Just a Theory? - If anyone ever asks you for a list of easily refuted, yet annoyingly common objections to the theory of evolution, point them here. #
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jkottke : Jim Romenesko's Obscure Store and Reading Room moves to new digs on Typepad
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Paramount considers dropping Mission Impossible 3 because of cuckoo Tom Cruise - they report Cruise is an Operating Thetan 6, meaning he can leave his own body and read people's minds [via] [via]
# copy
4/06/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Working for the Weekend - everybody's goin' off the deep end [via] [via]
# copy
