13/07/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
joshua : BlogBridge - rss reader with del.icio.us support
deusx : BlogBridge: Home - "So you are a real info-junkie - you need to scan through much more information than others."
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13/07/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
jimray : justcurio.us // strangers helping strangers - Anonymous questions and answers
joshua : justcurio.us - answer a question and you get to ask one
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13/07/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Britain's Terror Alert Level has been raised to... - Yep, that about sums it up. [via] #
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13/07/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : Marc Canter: Everyone needs to get paid - In the annual blog awards, this will win the prize for 'Best Link To Your Own Company' for linking the words "milk the tit of the blogosphere"! :-) [disclaimer: I do some p/t work for BBM]
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13/07/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google to Announce Q2 2005 Financial Results - Google to Announce Q2 2005 Financial Results: this will be heavily monitored, I'm sure
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13/07/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Answers on the history of the laugh track - shows still use laughter taped from the Red Skelton Show in the late 1950s
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13/07/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
deusx : Bolton May Accept Recess Appointment - "But an administration source who is close to Bolton said that Bolton is prepared to accept a recess appointment next month unless the administration and Senate Democrats can resolve differences that have held up the confirmation for four months."
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13/07/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : The Daily Show on Rove - Some great material. As an aside, my favourite hidden gag in the new graphics: Look at the way the globe is rotating when captions are onscreen. [via] #
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13/07/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : First Pullover is a new blog about footwear design and development - The editor works as a product manager for Hummel, a Danish shoe company.
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13/07/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Typography of the Paris Metro, NYC Subway, and the London Underground
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jkottke : Space Shuttle launch scrubbed because of faulty fuel sensor
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13/07/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : VBScript vs. JScript - Strengths and Weaknesses of VBScript and JScript. Via http://www.gadgetopia.com/2005/07/12/ASPDoesNotEqualVBScript.html
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13/07/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The Complete Norton Anthology of Emily Dickinson, Post-Zoloft Prescription - Pretty much says it all.
jkottke : Table of contents for The Complete Norton Anthology of Emily Dickinson, Post-Zoloft Prescription - Includes "Oh, the ice cubes are melting" and "Today's a good day for stuff".
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13/07/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Stencil Revolution: 3-D letter G - Damn.
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13/07/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : To read: How to writ more clearly think moor clearly and learn complex stuff more easier and stuff - Yeah need that.
Jeremy Zawodny : How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily - How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily: the writing stuff is good
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Nelson Minar : Wayback lawsuit - Excellent article; I had no idea robots.txt was retroactive
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13/07/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: A Few Good G-Men - machinima remake of "A Few Good Men" courtroom scene with Half-Life 2 engine
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13/07/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : How to style a restaurant menu with CSS
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13/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jimray : Styled Checkboxes - Interesting replacement for checkboxes/radio buttons in forms
joshua : Styled Checkboxes - css styled form replacements with proper fallback
jkottke : Creating styled checkboxes and radio buttons with CSS and JavaScript
Paul Hammond : Styled Checkboxes - Being an accessibility advocate and lover of CSS/XHTML design the solution had to be both accessible and fall back nicely to unstyled radio/check boxes where support is not available.
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13/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Defective Yeti's excellent primer of the Valerie Plame scandal - I hereby demand that Matthew summarize all major news stories for me
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13/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : With minor changes, this 1980 piece by movie critic Pauline Kael on "Why Are Movies So Bad?" could have been written last week
kayodeok : "Why Are Movies So Bad? or, The Numbers" by Pauline Kael - "This is one of the angriest rants against business-as-usual in the film industry ever written". I am surprised it was written in 1980
WillPate : "Why Are Movies So Bad? or, The Numbers" by Pauline Kael
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13/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Upskirt photo - Sweet story of a found photograph (mildly NSFW, duh)
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13/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Rockstar statement - Addressing the GTA sex controversy, they weasel out
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13/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : Syrian-Lebanese hospital to perform first surgery to implant robotic arm - A chip implanted into the patient's brain will make it possible to control the prosthetics
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13/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
deusx : DrunkenBlog: I Heart Honey Crisp Apples (and really hate ham) - "In fact (to my burning, burning shame) I still hadn't put two and two together until I took the slip he gave me and went back up to the register to settle up and was told I'd ordered just a little less than $70 worth of ham and cheese."
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13/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Hyperlinks in Print, part 3 - ongoing look at visual representation of hypertext in print; parts one and two [via] [via]
ricmac : hypulp: Hyperlinks in Print - Interesting site that explores "the use of hyperlinking metaphores in print design". Hat-tip waxy.org for the link.
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13/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Replacement Docs - over 2,700 game manuals, scanned and archived for posterity [via] [via]
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jkottke : Is Not Magazine is a, um, magazine that is published as a poster in Melbourne
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13/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : StreetWars is a "round-robin, all city, 24/7 water-gun assassination tournament" taking place in NYC at the end of July
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13/07/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
Linkorama : Colin Powell joins KPCB - As a limited partner
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13/07/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Fantastic Four: A Night at the Movies! - Bibble!
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13/07/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Video Games Live is presenting a series of concerts featuring music from video games - Last week, the Los Angeles Philharmonic played in front of around 10,000 people.
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13/07/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Andy Baio : tag(1), Del.icio.us-style file tagging in Unix - this is weird, but could be a useful view [via] [via]
joshua : tag(1): del.icio.us-style file tagging
kayodeok : tag(1): del.icio.us-style file tagging in Unix - del.icio.us-style file tagging in Unix
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13/07/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: Laptops Are Hot; Maybe Too Hot - [...] notebook surface temperatures remain too hot for many users - and the situation could get worse [...] laptop makers increasingly struggle to accommodate components that are more powerful and, consequently, hotter
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13/07/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : Ireland On Course - Colourful, standards-based redesign. Note the accessible tables.
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13/07/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : The Space Shuttle is set to return to space today - Looks like you can watch a live video stream of the launch onthe web.
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13/07/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : The World Series of Poker..........Robots - Robots make anything cooler.
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13/07/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : 11 Ways to Improve Landing Pages - Converting ad clicks to customers..
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13/07/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
znarf : The Technorati Lottery - "First, I use the manual ping page, then about an hour later I use the manual ping page again. Then I use a quick bash script I wrote to call the XML-RPC ping interface. Then I wait another 24 hours. Then I jump into IRC and harass Kevin Marks personally #
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13/07/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : 28MM:Offline - The final issue is a beautiful book.
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13/07/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
plasticbag : There's a Slashdot article about the music industry's reaction to the BBC's downloads of Beethoven symphonies - Interesting coverage and discussion here, from a whole range of different perspectives - although I think there's some confusion about the remit of the BBC
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13/07/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Alarm Will Sound by Acoustica - live orchestral versions of Aphex Twin tracks - Alarm Will Sound by Acoustica is an amazing set of orchestral versions of Aphex Twin tracks
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13/07/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : WordPress Database Backup - This is an easy-to-use plugin to quickly backup your WordPress database. You may download the backup file, or have it emailed to the address of your choice
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François Nonnenmacher : Weblog Preview - IBM - A weblog component for IBM Workplace
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Aquarion : Bus firm takes car sharers to court - "an act of unfair and parasitical competition"
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plasticbag : A photo of a crop circle from Telegraph Hill in Hampshire, 2005 - Now come on - I mean it's obviously aliens, but now they're taking the piss...
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13/07/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : AJAX: Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting - This article aims to give you an introduction to the foundations of remote scripting, in particular, the emerging XMLHttpRequest protocol
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13/07/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Isofarro : Screen-reader usability study - 'It's open to question why a leading screen reader, retailing for up to $1,732, would understand basic HTML and CSS only in a fifth full version release. Even so, Participant B's failure can be chalked up to inadequate HTML and CSS support in his adaptive
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13/07/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Isofarro : Influence of valid code on screen readers - 'The developer who handles the HTML code states that valid HTML is very important for screen readers as working around it is one of our greatest hassles.'
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13/07/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft/Claria Deal Dead - Microsoft has ended its acquisition talks with behavioral targeting firm Claria, ClickZ News has learned from a source close to the discussions. Another Microsoft source later confirmed that report
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13/07/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Andy Baio : This Spartan Life - live talk show using the Halo engine [via] [via]
deusx : This Spartan Life - It's a talk show done on a live Halo server.
WillPate : This Spartan Life - Hilarious talk show filmed in Halo 2
Eric Meyer : This Spartan Life - A pretty darned good virtual talk show based in 'Halo 2'. The Peggy Ahwesh interview is particularly funny and interesting.
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13/07/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
Charles Miller : When (not) To Use LinkedList - Dr Kabutz tests the performance of LinkedList, and discovers the performance benefit of removing an item from the middle of the list is dwarfed by the cost of finding it in the first place.
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13/07/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Andy Baio : "Real-life" VR inside Second Life - very meta; visiting a busy SF city street from within Second Life
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13/07/2005 @ 03:56 GMT
Linkorama : Wiki Products: A comparison - For educational use, gets the Socialtext price wrong ($5, not $30)
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13/07/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : over 100 quick and easy healthy foods
jkottke : More than 100 quick and easy healthy foods - "An excellent list of healthy foods which need less than 30 minutes of preparation and cooking times".
WillPate : Over 100 Quick and Easy Healthy Foods
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13/07/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : Advice on paying the check at the end of the meal from Waiter Rant
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13/07/2005 @ 02:57 GMT
Jason Shellen : Karl Rove must go - Please petition the White House to ditch traitor Karl Rove. #
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13/07/2005 @ 02:57 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: Abandoned spaceship snapshots are on the way - "...the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will also snap the first close-range pics of Apollo relics we've seen for three decades." But, of course, they still won't believe we've been to the moon...
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13/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
ricmac : Steve Gillmor: The Smell of Money - "Daring to be wrong is part of the job of leadership." Mr S. Gillmor is on a roll currently...
Linkorama : �The Smell of Money - When somebody tells you there's no money in RSS, get out your pickax and start panning. What they're really saying is: there's no money?for you.
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13/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
ricmac : Bokardo: The Two Kinds of Interfaces in Web 2.0 - Josh coins a new term: AII (Application Interaction Interface)
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13/07/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
plasticbag : I wrote a bit of a bland overview of Supernova for the O'Reilly Network - I think it's a reasonably fair summary of some of the core papers and a few recurrent themes, but it's pretty far from good writing if you ask me.
Linkorama : Connecting Worlds at Supernova - Tom is right that it is a constructive clash of cultures
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13/07/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Audio: Teller reviews a magic biography on NPR - the smaller, quieter half of Penn and Teller speaks! [via] [via]
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13/07/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
jkottke : Ephermeral cities (SF, Paris, Berlin, NYC) provide alternative lifestyles to "nonfamilies and the nomadic rich" - "To retain an important role in the future, a city needs upwardly mobile people whose families and businesses identify them with a place. A great city is more about clean and workable neighborhoods, thriving business districts, and functioning school
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jkottke : British security officials now believe the London bombers were British-born
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jkottke : NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take the first detailed photos of the Apollo landers/rovers/etc on the moon since 1972
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13/07/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
jkottke : Greg Allen keeps winning free Diet Coke but is having trouble redeeming the prizes - "Coke put me in this situation where I feel like a wronged, government-cheese-stealing welfare queen, whose resentment builds with the fresh taunt of each unredeemable winning lid I find".
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jimray : About the Mac OS X 10.4.2 Update (Delta) - The Tiger that should've been - it's probably ok to upgrade my desktop Mac, now
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13/07/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
ricmac : BBC: Blogs on the bombs - "This time, there was a new tool available - blogs - and they've been used for communication, help and humour."
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13/07/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
ricmac : SiliconBeat: Yahoo's job scraping - "The move is significant because it is the first time one of the big three leading job sites -- HotJobs, Monster and CareerBuilder -- has incorporated free listings into its database."
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13/07/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
ricmac : Internet Archive is sued - ...for allegedly ignoring a robots.txt directove not to archive a site. As TechDirt say, tons of legal questions about tech and copyright etc.
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13/07/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Email forwarding amounts to ritual gift exchange - I wonder if this applies to blogging and linkblogging as well.
joshua : Email forwarding amounts to ritual gift exchange
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13/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
kayodeok : Keeping Your Computer's Case Cool - ExtremeTech How-To - Keeping Your Computer's Case Cool
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13/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Internet Archive sued for archiving copyrighted content - raises all sorts of depressing intellectual property issues [via] [via]
kayodeok : Opening Up the Wayback Can of Worms - The operators of the Wayback Machine (Internet Archive) are being sued
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