29/06/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : NASA Commission says Space Shuttle still not safe enough for flight
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29/06/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : "Does anyone devote as much energy to avoiding simple, sensible solutions as the modern graphic designer?" - Novelty is necessary to foster innovation, but is missing the mark so frequently worth the effort?
Paul Hammond : Design Observer: writings about design & culture: The Obvious, Shunned by So Many, Is Successfully Avoided Once Again - "Why avoid the obvious?"
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29/06/2005 @ 22:40 GMT
Aquarion : Gates redlines Israeli researchers' "sarcasm meter" - (For some obscure reason I can't post to Aquarionics, but del.icio.us and flickr can. Expect less text for a little while...)
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29/06/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Geotagged Flickr photos mapped in Google Earth viewer - some screenshots of it in action [via] [via]
Nelson Minar : Flickr + Google Earth - See geotagged photos in the Google Earth viewer
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29/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP - The Shared Computer Toolkit helps make it easy for anyone to set up, safeguard, and manage reliable shared computers running Windows XP
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29/06/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Photographer Clayton James Cubitt interviews Tom Carden about their Metropop Denim collaboration - "I don't think the work ever belongs to the computer, any more than a photograph belongs to a camera. The computer is a tool -- there wouldn't be any artwork if I didn't tell the computer exactly what to do -- it just works a hell of a
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29/06/2005 @ 20:23 GMT
Linkorama : YAPC::NA::2005 - Yet Another Perl Conference wiki
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29/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : MAME ported to the PSP - well, with one game only for now [via] [via]
jimray : MAME ported to PSP - If a few more games come over, it might be time to get a PSP
Matthew M. Boedicker : MAME on PSP
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29/06/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : A9 redesigns map pages - very Google Maps-ish, but with their excellent storefront photos [via] [via]
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : iTunes 4.9 (Quarter Life Crisis) - Good analysis of how Apple's bolting-things-onto iTunes has pissed all over their claim to consistent, well-designed UI. [via] #
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : The Speech the President Should Give - New York Times - "Our troops deserve better: they deserve leadership equal to their sacrifice." People keep asking for specifics from Democrats - well, here are some.
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : NPR : Durbin: Bush Restates Reasons for Iraq Conflict - "Iraq was not a haven for international terrorism before we invaded it."
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Maps API - this is a huge relief for every Google map hacker [via] [via]
Jason Shellen : Google Maps API - Realty will never be the same. #
jkottke : Google introduces an API for Google Maps - And there was much rejoicing by the cartography hacking community.
kayodeok : Google Maps API - The Google Maps API lets developers embed Google Maps in their own web pages with JavaScript. You can add overlays to the map (including markers and polylines) and display shadowed "info windows" just like Google Maps
erikbenson : Google Maps API - Oh my Lord Jesus Christ!
jimray : Google Maps API - No more scraping!
Paul Hammond : Google Maps API - The Google Maps API lets developers embed Google Maps in their own web pages with JavaScript.
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Insanely huge eBay lot of vintage 45s - a 60-year-old record collector sells his entire collection [via] [via]
jimray : Thousands and thousands and thousands of old 45s - I expect to see highest bidder "jd_aka_djshadow" any minute now
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29/06/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : "With the aid of a moderate-size telescope and a little imagination, you can revisit the Apollo landing sites" on the moon
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29/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
deusx : Guest Viewpoint: The party's over for betrayed Republican - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA - "My problem is this: I believe in principles and ideals which my party has systematically discarded in the last 10 years."
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29/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
deusx : Think Progress » In 1999, Bush Demanded A Timetable - "Victory means exit strategy, and it?s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
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29/06/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Operation Clambake - Cruiseology exposed as fraud! News at 11!
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29/06/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
jimray : Google Video viewer - The VLC-based browser plug-in for watching Google video on your computer. Windows only.
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29/06/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ernest Miller on BitTorrent and the Grokster decision - would Bram Cohen's statements open the door for a case against BitTorrent?
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joshua : apple's podcasting specifications
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29/06/2005 @ 16:27 GMT
Linkorama : Ten Years of Chilled Innovation - That's the fallout from the Supreme Court ruling on file-sharing technologies, says Creative Commons chair and law prof Larry Lessig
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29/06/2005 @ 16:24 GMT
Linkorama : Social Machines - MIT Technology review article on continous computing
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29/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : randomchaos: Japanese Lessons
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29/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
tehu : Nick Bradbury: Microsoft, RSS and Attention - A feed store build into Longhorn ? That's kind of logic to personalize search, and a bit scary too, because it's MS.
ricmac : Nick Bradbury: Microsoft, RSS and Attention - We're starting to get to the meat of attention...
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29/06/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : How to take the sting out of a sunburn - By taking a hot shower?
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29/06/2005 @ 15:44 GMT
Linkorama : O'Reilly on Our Web Content - I'd say that We Want Information to be Valuable
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29/06/2005 @ 15:36 GMT
Linkorama : FluWiki for public health - FluWiki is intended to use the power of the web to to help local communities prepare for and cope with a possible influenza pandemic.
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29/06/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Security Advisory (891861): Release of Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) - Today we are announcing the availability of the Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4). The Update Rollup will make it easier for customers to improve security of Windows 2000 systems, keep them up to date, and to build new deployment image
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29/06/2005 @ 14:57 GMT
kayodeok : Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 - This update rollup contains a list of security-related updates produced for Windows 2000 between the release of Windows 2000 SP4 and April 30, 2005
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29/06/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Problems that are fixed in the Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 that is dated June 28, 2005 - This article lists Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles that describe problems that are fixed in the Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) package
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29/06/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
deusx : Yahoo! Search Services and Tools - Media RSS Module - RSS 2.0 Module - "An RSS module that supplements the element capabilities of RSS 2.0 to allow for more robust media syndication." Now, besides the NIH Syndrome, why didn't Apple use this in the new iTunes Podcast support?
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29/06/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Back to the Future - Morse Code and Cellular Phones - "How might Morse be incorporated into a telephone handset" ? [via] #
deusx : Back to the Future - Morse Code and Cellular Phones - "Try writing a text message without looking at the phone. Not easy. "
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29/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Why do we forget our childhood? - Because we don't know the language at such a young age to form memories.
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29/06/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : BusinessWeek Design Award winners for 2005
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29/06/2005 @ 14:16 GMT
Linkorama : Blogs ?n? Wikis - Business Models or Drinks at a Social Gathering? (love the headline)
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29/06/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : spinneret.org - The Spinneret Project - "Spinneret is a semi-structured storage engine that can be thought of as an extended tuple storage system. It takes the best aspects of relational, object, and hierarchical databases and throws away the dead weight associated with those technologies."
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29/06/2005 @ 13:48 GMT
Linkorama : Web Content by and for the Masses - "The giant brain is us," said Peter Hirshberg
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29/06/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : Microsoft?s Ajax toolkit - ...will work on all modern browsers, and with any web server.
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29/06/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
deusx : Spinneret Query Language Primer - "This document briefly introduces SPQL (Spinneret Query Language). It will be updated as the language definition continues to be refined."
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29/06/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : DVD Jon cracks Google Video restrictions - I love that guy [via] [via]
jimray : DVD Jon cracks Google video player - The kid is damn fast
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29/06/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
kayodeok : What Passes for "Consent" at 180solutions - Ben Edelman 180 Solutions' "notification message" about adware installed on users PCs
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29/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Keyword density analyzer, and keyword placement & prominence analysis - Another utility for the SEO Toolbox
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29/06/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Yahoo Integrates Personal & Social Search with My Web 2.0 - Chris Sherman explains My Web 2.0
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29/06/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : My Web 2.0: Search, with a little help from your friends - My Web 2.0 is a new kind of search engine - a social search engine - that complements web search by enabling users to search the knowledge and expertise of their friends and community in addition to the web
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29/06/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Unofficial ad-free versions of Gawker, NY Post launched on Blogspot - creator claims it's "performance art meets media"
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29/06/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Yahoo launches My Web 2.0, social bookmarks plus search - I was part of the private beta, here are my comments
kayodeok : My Web 2.0 BETA - A Social Search Engine - Create your own personal searchable web, Find better answers from the people you trust, Discover what the world has tagged and shared
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29/06/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Canada legalizes same-sex marriage - sad that Canada understands equal rights and the pursuit of happiness better than my own country
deusx : News | canada.com network | Canada approves same-sex marriage - "Canada becomes the third country to legalize gay marriage after its Parliament approved landmark legislation late Tuesday despite strong opposition from Conservatives and religious leaders."
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29/06/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on My Web 2.0, Flickr, and user content - it's almost quaint that they punctuate "R.S.S."
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29/06/2005 @ 05:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : 25 unwritten rules of management
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29/06/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : How to make a solar power generator - Wow. This is really cool. #
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29/06/2005 @ 05:44 GMT
Linkorama : Podcasting isn't voicemail - Huh, just found this, maybe I'm wrong...nahh
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29/06/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
kellan : Groundspring and Network for Good to merge? #
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29/06/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : desktop carnivorous plant set
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29/06/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Llanito - Bizarro Spanish/English hybrid native to Gibraltar
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29/06/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
deusx : jclark.org : HOWTO: Build DB XML 2.0 with Python Bindings on OS X - "Here's what I did to build and install DB XML 2.0 along with python bindings on OS X 10.3.7." Wow, this has gotten a *lot* easier.
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29/06/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Bokardo: intro to microformats - I've tried out a few microformats before, e.g. reviews, but I've not really seen much benefit. But as Josh says, it's all about vendor support...
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29/06/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Vlogging: video blogging - Cool 4 minute Supernova video from Mary Hodder. Shows potential for remixing etc.
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Andy Baio : Video: OK Go's "A Million Ways" - the guitarist of the band is blogging, too [via] [via]
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29/06/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Salon on Tom Cruise and the new public face of Scientology - speculates that he's OT-VII; first in a four-part series on Scientology's PR campaign
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29/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jimray : Record your Podcast with GarageBand - Brilliant!
jkottke : How to record a podcast using GarageBand - Using GB like this is overkill, but there it is anyway.
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29/06/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Developer asks city to seize Supreme Court justice's home to build new hotel - a response to the Court's recent unraveling of property rights
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29/06/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Nicole Kidman is set to star in a biopic about Diane Arbus
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29/06/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Gothamist interviews The Washingtonienne, Jessica Cutler
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