9/06/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
cobra libre : the illuminated middle ages [via] #
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9/06/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : Backup Brain - Texas is a barbaric hellhole, Part 2 in a continuing series - "So in Texas, you can basically get away with beating up a retarded black man, as long as you're a bunch of white men. Because as long as you beat him up because he's retarded, it's no problemo, cowboy. "
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9/06/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : Accelerando! - "The text of "Accelerando" will be available for download under a Creative Commons license from this site later this month (June 2005)." Oh, goody!
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9/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : How Atom Publishing Protocol works - "This blog entry is a summary of Atom as it stands today (based on Draft 04 released May 10, 2005)." (via Randy Morin)
Isofarro : How Atom Publishing Protocol works - Practical summary of draft-04 of the publishing protocol
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9/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : FeedLounge alpha announced - tagging feeds is brilliant and the UI looks like it blows away Bloglines and Rojo; I can't wait to try it [via] [via]
ricmac : FeedLounge - new web-based RSS Aggregator on the market - "FeedLounge is a state of the art web-based feed reader." Confident-sounding. If I get time I'll give this newbie a whirl.
kayodeok : FeedLounge - the web-based feed reader redefined - "FeedLounge is a web-based feed reader that is a wonderful hybrid of the speed and power interface of a desktop application and the benefits of a web-based application"
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9/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : Firefox making $30m annually off Google search box? - That's the rumour anyway. Would be well-deserved if true. (via SiliconBeat)
kellan : "it's kind of fitting that one of the few startups in silicon valley to immediately go cash positive is a non-profit;" - Firefox is making $30mil off of its Google search box. (old news I guess, but first I've heard it.) #
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9/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : A good review of the Marseille Figs' awesome album Boum Boum Constant - Marseille Figs are a definite new plasticbag.org favourite, only partly because one of the band is an awesome ex-coworker and friend
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9/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : A guide for the un-initated to buying Guinness in an Irish pub
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9/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jimray : 2005 EPpy award winners announced in New Orleans - Two for MSNBC.com - best overall cable affiliate site and best special feature for the Civil Right Big Picture
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9/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Cringely thinks Apple and Intel are merging - wild speculation that they'll try to dethrone Microsoft [via] [via]
kayodeok : Going for Broke: Apple's Decision to Use Intel Processors Is Nothing Less Than an Attempt to Dethrone Microsoft - More craziness from Robert Cringely: "Apple and Intel are merging"
plasticbag : Robert Cringely thinks the Apple switch to Intel processors is about Apple+Intel vs. Microsoft - I have no idea what to make of this article. It looks - frankly - like total balls to me, but....
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9/06/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
deusx : Blogcritics.org: George W. Bush and the Ascension of the Hyper-Rich - "In fact, by analyzing income and tax data, it appears that the higher up the income ladder you climb, the less subject you are to paying taxes in the United States."
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9/06/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
deusx : komo news | 'This Is Not Right' - "They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ... you don't have any'." All for a blunt bread knife. Yeah, I feel safer.
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9/06/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Philippe Janvier : BlogmarksEnable your site ! - Un "Bookmark this post !" pour Blogmarks.net. A creuser pour mon "Blogmark it !". [via] #
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9/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Axing corporate graffiti - don't miss the building owner's rant in the comments
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9/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : The RU Sirius Show - my old boss gets the podcasting bug
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9/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : OC Register on Jason Cosper and Preshrunk - boogah is one of my favorite blogger underdogs
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9/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Lego concept models on Flickr - I love this one, but they're all great
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9/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: New "We Love Katamari" trailer - very entertaining Japanese trailer; here's the box art [via] [via]
Matthew M. Boedicker : We Love Katamari trailer
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9/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : Crack Creme - Catchy name, but I really don't want to rub this on my skin. #
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9/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
deusx : Under construction - CPU fan PC case - "What you are looking at is a case made of case fans, Dexian (there's probably a trademark in there somewhere) shelving, nylon cable ties, terminal blocks, nylon motherboard mounts, backplane blanks, screws and wire. Oh, and PC hardware."
Wayne Burkett : Casefancasefancasefancasefancase... - A PC case made entirely of case fans. #
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9/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Myscreencast.com - "Share and find screencasts!" [via] #
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9/06/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
znarf : Wikiproxy Greasemonkey script - The script parses any web page you're looking at for likely 'Proper Noun Phrases' - these are then passed to a PHP script that returns those matches that actually exist as titles in the English Wikipedia, so that they can be turned into hyperlinks. #
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9/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Nancy Cartwright says The Simpsons movie is now in production - Will one of the entertainment industry's biggest pieces of vaporware actually get shipped?
plasticbag : Simpsons movie on its way - Obviously I'm looking forward to a Simpsons movie, even though I don't really have any idea how they'd write it and whether it would work at all...
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9/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Unknown painting by Edvard Munch found behind another canvas
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9/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Rolling Stone interview with George Lucas from 1977
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9/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : I've got a short piece in the second issue of Make magazine about Mark Simonson's Lego film scanner - This is my first bit of paid writing ever.
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9/06/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
deusx : CTHEORY.NET > 1000 Days of Theory: Detroit Tagging by Jeff Rice - So, let me get this straight: Save-- or reconstruct-- Detroit's urbanity by tagging experiential networks and maps of it in digital spaces? And graffiti tags are analogous to XML tags? Somehow this will make people want to work/live/play in the city?
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9/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Transl8it - kewl srvic 2 cvert frm txt msgN shrt& 2 pln eng
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Andy Baio : Video Game Sprites - excellent for use with Pixelblocks
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9/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Worth1000 photoshops MC Escher - worth seeing for the Munsters image alone [via] [via]
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9/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Stacy Brooks' Perspective on Auditing - "They have truly come to believe in a bizarre future, in which the ultimate goal is a Scientology world, a world in which everyone who disagrees with Scientology will be done away with, quietly and without sorrow."
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9/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Smart Mobs: "21st Century Graffiti":The Real Urban Renewal? - "We find new Detroits emerging out of our own discursive constructions." I also find new lint architectures emerging from my navel.
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9/06/2005 @ 18:07 GMT
gleuschk : LaTeX Notes: Structuring Large Documents - one of the few things I think LaTeX does wrong
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9/06/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kellan : "That said, am I an Architecture Astronaut when I can't get more than 10 minutes into a quick project... - without already starting to digress into building a reusable framework. [Um, yeah] #
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9/06/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : Why I hate Comic Sans - Why I Hate Comic Sans: a character assassination
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9/06/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
deusx : Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power - Yahoo! News - "Japan has taken a step into the science-fiction world with the release of a "robot suit" that can help workers lift heavy loads or assist people with disabilities climb stairs."
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9/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
deusx : Poll Finds Dimmer View of Iraq War - "For the first time since the war in Iraq began, more than half of the American public believes the fight there has not made the United States safer, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll." Any voters' remorse, maybe?
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9/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Marketers, Get to Know Joe Blog - Marketers, Get to Know Joe Blog: Get to know Joe. He represents the real opinion shifting power of the blogosphere.
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9/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : hCalendar - hCalendar: xhtml calendar data microformat
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9/06/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
cobra libre : exercises in style - variations on the opening of the stranger #
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9/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : My Backpack Has Jets - Wow, it's like several dozen jumbo-sized versions of those old water & pumped air toy rockets I used to have. Kinda surprised he didn't sink like a stone.
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9/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Disgruntled brit hacks cable company's on-hold message, gets sued, and wins case - offensive, but not illegal [via] [via]
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9/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Wikipedia's lamest edit wars ever - hit the Discussion page for each topic to see how it played out and was resolved [via] [via]
Wayne Burkett : Wikipedia: Lamest edit wars ever - Resolving importatnt questions like: "Katie Couric: Is she an 'entertainer' or a 'journalist?'." #
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9/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : After being grounded for more than two years, the Space Shuttle is set to launch next month
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9/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Kirven Blount travels to Denmark to try out for a Danish professional basketball teams - "You go to your local gym to play basketball. Some enormous foreigners arrive. They play very well. So do you. They tell you they are professional basketball players from Denmark, and that you should fly to Copenhagen for a tryout."
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9/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : An interview with Rob Walker, who writes about design and consumer behavior for the NY Times Magazine - "The consumer is making a decision as to whether the product succeeds or fails, and what I do is to come in afterwards and try to articulate what the consumer saw or didn't see that makes something succeed or fail."
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9/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : The Daughters of Freya is a serialized email mystery - "The mystery is told through emails exchanged between journalist Samantha Dempsey and the other characters. You'll receive a few emails at random times every day over the three weeks that it takes for the mystery to unfold."
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9/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Alexandre Dumas' last novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, was recently published in book form for the first time
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9/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : The Washington Monthly - BARBARISM IN TEXAS - "Prosecutors chose not to pursue the death penalty against Flores, meaning he received an automatic life sentence with parole possible after 40 years." 19-year-old guy in jail for stepping on girlfriend's stomach because abortion was unavailable.
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9/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : Teen guilty of fetal murder - "An Angelina County jury deliberated just under four hours, finding him guilty on two counts of capital murder for his part in killing his unborn twins." This is so scary and disgusting.
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9/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : Ian Landsman's Weblog » Blog Archive » Don?t be Afraid of Contract Work - "Having enough money to keep your company in business long enough to get noticed is probably the biggest factor in a successful ISV (except maybe the quality of the product, maybe)."
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9/06/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : played.todeath.com - Legend of the Red Dragon - "L.O.R.D. is a text-based game played on a BBS (bulletin board system)."
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9/06/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : Journal of schwern (1528) - JSAN: A HOWTO guide - "The goal: JavaScript modules for browsers with as minimal a build/install system as possible."
mbertier : JSAN: A HOWTO Guide - JavaScript modules for browsers with as minimal a build/install system as possible. [via] #
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9/06/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : hReview 0.2 - "Fresh from furious edits, the authors of hReview bring you hReview 0.2". [via] #
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plasticbag : Many of my American friends have no idea that the UK, Great Britain and England are different things. So I thought I'd link to this page on the Act of Union... - So first England and Scotland merge to become "Great Britain", and then later Great Britain merges with Ireland to become the "United Kingdom". Wales had been previously annexed in 1536...
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9/06/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
kayodeok : Software Firewalls: Made of Straw? Part 1 of 2 - Part 1 shows us how a software firewall works. Part 2 will show us how a software firewall can be circumvented.
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9/06/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
kayodeok : MSN Brings Tabbed Browsing Early to IE - Microsoft has rolled out an updated version of its MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search, complete with tabbed browsing, designed to add another level of simplification while browsing the Web via Internet Explorer
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9/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
plasticbag : A picture of Stewart Butterfield wearing a suit - He's also got a weird little Flickr Alien button glued to his belly. I wonder what that's about and where I can get one...
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9/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Merholz on designing for the sandbox - nice thoughts, and a mention of Upcoming.org
Jeremy Zawodny : Designing for the Sandbox - Designing for the Sandbox: thoughts on how communities enhance sites and businesses
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9/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Interview with Leeroy Jenkins - never heard of World of Warcraft's biggest meme? watch it now
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9/06/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
ricmac : Genuine VC: Is the Bubble Back? - Not quite, says David Beisel: "What we?re in is a rejuvenation. After a cold winter, the internet is back."
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9/06/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
ricmac : Kareem leaving ESPN for Fox and LA - Inspiring quote at the end: "[a colleague] said that she had seen so many people stay at ESPN, fearful that they'd never find a better job. But the people she knew who had left ESPN never looked back." This is something I need to take note of.
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9/06/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
jkottke : A DJ scratches out the Imperial March from Star Wars on his decks
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9/06/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : John Battelle at OMMA Conference - Thought this was a great quote: "Search and digital distribution is the power of the tail - blogging is where media and advertisement see the longtail."
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9/06/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Bokardo: Navigation Habits Within Feed Readers - "I?ve created a navigation scheme on my site, and I would think people would use it, but in some cases they aren?t using it. Instead, they?re using their feed reader as navigation, or more specifically my feed links within their feed reader."
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9/06/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : cheap stuff on Amazon to get the free shipping on $25 orders
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9/06/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Jon Udell: Cracking WEP in 10 minutes - Jon Udell: Cracking WEP in 10 minutes: screencast and all!
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9/06/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : Campaign Finance Rules vs. Freedom of Blog - Red state, blue state, donkey, elephant - you all need to TAKE ACTION! #
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9/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jimray : Step toward universal computing - Wired piece on Transitive Technologies, from September 2004
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9/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Real-life Super Mario power-up blocks - for best results, fill with giant gold coins [via] [via]
deusx : qwantz.com - poster child mario question blocks! - "If you're in Windsor, you should keep an eye out for these!" Real-life Super Mario Bros question-mark blocks. Jump up and punch them.
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9/06/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Inline hCalendar editing with Greasemonkey - watch the neat screencast
Philippe Janvier : Magic Microformat Forms Redux, Now with GreaseMonkey! - Archives - Blog - 0xDECAFBAD Blog - "...a cool hack for Movable Type that lets you easily generate in the hCalendar format from right within the application, using Firefox's GreaseMonkey extension". [via] #
Simon Willison : Magic Microformat Forms Redux, Now with GreaseMonkey! - Les Orchard gets in to Greasemonkey - with accompanying screencast.
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jkottke : Chen Shaofeng paints his subjects while they paint him - The results are hung side-by-side in his show.
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jkottke : Typically humorless MeFi thread on Matt Webb's recent musings on how much of the web is templated on American cities, especially SF - Unpucker, folks...it's ok.
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