27/07/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : New name for 'war on terror' - In my opinion 'Operation Happy Funtime Shoot-em Up' is in poor taste. [via dack.com] #
deusx : BBC NEWS | Americas | New name for 'war on terror' - "The shift in terms comes at a time when the US public is increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq - and sceptical about its links to the fight against terrorism."
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27/07/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Sanrio chess - 36,750 yen, wow! (via BoingBoing)
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27/07/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Think of the children! - Grandma sues Rockstar
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27/07/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google Backlinks with Pagerank, Cached Date, and Directory Listings Tool - These things can all be done elsewhere, but what is special about the tool is that the backlinks It displays are not always the same as those found in a typical backlink search in Google (link:www.domain.com). Pagerank values may also be different
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27/07/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : IE7-beta1 Technical Overview - The beta 1 release of Internet Explorer 7 includes a subset of all the new features that will be delivered in the final version of Internet Explorer 7
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27/07/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Steven Johnson on the Grand Theft Auto controversy in the LA Times - a letter to Hillary Clinton [via]
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Andy Baio : Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men - NFL defensive lineman's crafting book from 1973 [via]
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27/07/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Windows Vista Hardware - Which decisions to make now so that you're ready for Windows Vista
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27/07/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
philgyford : Browsershots - Open-source, distributed processing, free version of Browsercam. Probably more interesting than useful. At the moment.
Rod Begbie : Browsershots - Open and distributed version of BrowserCam. Submit your website and get screenshots of it in various browsers across various platforms. Still quite early in development, but it could grow into something fantastic. [via] #
joshua : Browsershots - web page thumbnails
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27/07/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Japanese Smoking Manners - It's like poetry for our times. Via drinkerthinker.
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27/07/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : The How To's of Choosing Athletic Shoes - Comment choisir de bonnes chaussures pour courir ? En résumé, ne pas hésiter à y mettre le prix sans trop céder aux sirènes de la technologie. [via] #
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27/07/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : AOL News: Space Shuttle Launch - AOL's space shuttle video doesn't work on Firefox, doesn't work on a Mac and has a much less polished interface
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27/07/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
kayodeok : Posts From the Future: No More Security Updates for Windows Vista - Microsoft's CEO Robert Scoble said that "unwillingness to upgrade was the reason dinosaurs are extinguished."
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27/07/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Is Owen Wilson the secret factor to Wes Anderson's success? - I'm of the opinion that The Life Aquatic didn't suck, but I can see the point here.
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27/07/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Wired's got a "10 years of the web" thing going on in their August 2005 issue - Web nostalgia is sooooo yesterday...
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27/07/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : The United States According to My Racist Aunt
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27/07/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Spammer's death spurs reactions - Taking Spam Killer and Spam Assassin a little too literally
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27/07/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
kayodeok : lilina news aggregator - lilina is a simple but powerful news aggregator written in PHP. No database is needed, RSS/ATOM parsing is done by the excelent MagpieRSS library
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27/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
kayodeok : How to Bypass BIOS Passwords
Matthew M. Boedicker : how to bypass BIOS passwords
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27/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
kayodeok : Media Alert: Microsoft Announces Release of Windows Vista Beta 1 - Release is an important milestone on Microsoft’s path to releasing the final version of Windows Vista
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27/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
deusx : Sci Fi Wire - Voltron Zooms to Theaters - "Producer Mark Gordon (The Day After Tomorrow) is developing a big-budget feature based on Voltron: Defender of the Universe, a 1980s Japanese animated series about a team of pilots whose individual ships combine to form a giant robot, according to The Ho
Matthew M. Boedicker : new Voltron movie in the works
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27/07/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Winners of the 2005 Faux Faulker Contest - Winner: "The Administration and the Fury: If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House".
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27/07/2005 @ 17:58 GMT
Nelson Minar : Shuttle bird strike - I'm in total fear of this everytime I land at KPAO
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27/07/2005 @ 17:58 GMT
jimray : The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is looking for a blogger - Pay starts at $80k a year!
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27/07/2005 @ 17:57 GMT
kayodeok : Thinking Outside the Search Box - Sometimes, looking beyond search engines is the best, if not only way to find the information you're looking for
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27/07/2005 @ 17:57 GMT
kayodeok : Writing Secure PHP - Rule Number One: Never, Ever, Trust Your Users
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27/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
gleuschk : Fustuarium (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) - fustis is Latin for stick. Learn something every day.
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27/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : The Hulk Hands Pool - Flickr SMASH.
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27/07/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Procss.com - I have no idea who these people are.
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27/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : A citizen's guide to refusing NYC subway searches - "As innocent citizens become increasingly accustomed to being searched by the police, politicians and police agencies are empowered to further expand the number of places where all are considered guilty until proven innocent."
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27/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : The NY Times picks some good bottles of wine for under $10 - For those of you who want to move up from the Two Buck Chuck a little.
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27/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Steven Johnson's open letter to Hillary Clinton regarding her call for a Congressional investigation about the effects of video games on children - "I know a congressional investigation into [the violence and hostility in high school] football won't play so well with those crucial swing voters, but it makes about as much sense as an investigation into the pressing issue that is Xbox and Pla
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27/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Thousands of bouncy balls released into the wild
Matthew M. Boedicker : superballs
cameron : more bouncy balls - My fear of being smashed by a waterfall of bouncy balls was just rekindled
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27/07/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : NY Times on professional miniature golf - I won a mini golf tournament once and even have a trophy to prove it.
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27/07/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
kayodeok : Al Qaeda Training Manual - The Department (of Justice) is only providing the following selected text from the manual because it does not want to aid in educating terrorists or encourage further acts of terrorism
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27/07/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
kayodeok : Hoax?: Cell Phone Radiation may cause visual damage - In a recent scientific study conducted by a team of researchers from the Technion, a possible link between microwave radiation, similar to the type found in cellular phones, and different kinds of damage to the visual system was found
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27/07/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : The Onion | Supreme Court Justices Devour Sandra Day O'Connor In Ancient Ritual - "The eight remaining justices of the Supreme Court met in chambers Monday to feast on the living flesh of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, enacting an ancient tradition that began when the first chief justice of the Supreme Court retired and was summ
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27/07/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kayodeok : PSP System Software version 2.0 Update
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27/07/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kayodeok : Tiny PCs goes into administration - About 1,500 jobs will go after the UK's largest computer maker, which produces Tiny and Time PCs, went into administration and closed its 80 shops
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27/07/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
deusx : OTR FTP Server - 30,000 shows and counting - "The OTR FTP Server makes it really easy to get your hands on over THIRTY THOUSAND of these shows and you can be downloading and listening within just a few minutes from now."
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27/07/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
gleuschk : complete NYC n00b seeks assistance | Ask MetaFilter - filed
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27/07/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
gleuschk : nyc walking tour | Ask MetaFilter - filed
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27/07/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Scott Berkun on how to learn from your mistakes - "We're taught in school, in our families, or at work to feel guilty about failure and to do whatever we can to avoid mistakes."
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27/07/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : NYC taxi agency approves the use of hybrid cars as taxis - Downside: the hybrids have less leg room than the vast Crown Vic.
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27/07/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Another in Edward Jay Epstein's series on the business of Hollywood - This one's about the secret industry reports done by the MPAA that reveal hard-to-come-by statistics about how much Hollywood is making from which businesses.
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27/07/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Venture capitalist Howard Anderson on why he's leaving the VC game - Rational markets and an over-supply of technology are two of his reasons.
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27/07/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : Clearwell Quarries - Suppliers of limestone aggregates and building products.
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27/07/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
deusx : Websnark.com: Brought to you by Blue Coal! America's most healthful coal! - "In fact, one the things I'm most hoping to see out of the Podcast phenomenon is a return to radio plays..." Me too.
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27/07/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
philgyford : Google Maps - Salton City, California - The road layout of an American town founded in the 1950s, which failed to develop. (via Google Sightseeing)
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27/07/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
mbertier : Shoot someone? Not Smith & Wesson's fault. Copy a movie? Grokster's fault - such lawsuits are "predatory and aimed at bankrupting the firearms industry," [via] #
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27/07/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : Downloading 'myths' challenged - People who illegally share music files online are also big spenders on legal music downloads, research suggests
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27/07/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
philgyford : Tom Mangan's Fun With Google Maps - Especially the Space Shuttle tracking, and some Javascript for laying other images on top of Google Maps. (via Haddock)
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27/07/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : HughPage - "This wiki is designed to give bloggers a place where they can centrally collate their links for whatever reason". [via] #
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27/07/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : RIAA shuts down machinima site - stifling the world's creativity, one takedown at a time
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27/07/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Firefox extension to automatically update Adblock blacklist - like most blacklists, you end up placing a lot of trust in the maintainer [via]
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27/07/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Fingernails store data - Researchers from the University of Tokushima and Hokkaido University have demonstrated that it is possible to read data written into a human fingernail using a laser, much like information is written on a rewritable compact disc
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27/07/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Preview Your Links with Unobtrusive JavaScript - "we wrote a simple set of unobtrusive JavaScript functions to find links on a page that go to Amazon product pages, pdfs, word documents or whatever destination that might slow down the browsing process and adds an icon next to them to let you know what y
Philippe Janvier : Preview Your Links with Unobtrusive JavaScript - "...a simple set of unobtrusive JavaScript functions to find links on a page and adds an icon next to them to let you know what you might expect to find behind a link". [via] #
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27/07/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Windows Genuine Advantage Javascript = Workaround - Greasemonkey and Trixie scripts for bypassing WGA on Microsoft's download pages
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27/07/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
WillPate : Micro Persuasion: Run a Conference, Then Invite Bloggers
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27/07/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : London Underground sign seen at Notting Hill Gate: Photoshopped? - "Please do not run on the platform or concourses. Especially if you are carrying a rucksack, wearing a big coat, or look a bit foreign..."
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27/07/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : js_httpd: js_httpd is a very small Unix-based HTTP server, written in JavaScript - It runs from inetd, which means its performance is poor. But for low-traffic sites, it's quite adequate. It implements all the basic features of an HTTP server
deusx : js_httpd - really small HTTP server in JavaScript - "...it's really more like awk on steroids, and not in the bad way that perl went." Hah!
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27/07/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: Shuttle Debris Fuels NASA's Fears - In uneasy reminders of the Columbia accident, a thermal tile apparently got chipped and other debris whirled around Discovery as it rumbled toward space Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if the shuttle's sensitive skin had been jeopardized
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27/07/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Editorial layoffs hit Wired News - Lycos has cut back the editorial staff at Wired News as part of a restructuring of the online media company's Web sites
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27/07/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : My Boring Ass Life - Kevin Smith has a blog
jkottke : Kevin Smith's blog - For what seems like the last 2 hours, I've been reading Kevin Smith's blog (Flickr photos here), and I have no idea why. He calls it "Kevin's Boring Ass Life" and that's what it is...a typical entry is not much more than "got up, checked email, dropped of
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27/07/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : Plaxo's Personal Card: Thunderbird has landed - Sync your Outlook address book with Thunderbird on any platform. This is quality stuff -- Reminds me off the olde days of FusionOne. #
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27/07/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : You Don't Know Jack About Firefox! - This excerpt is taken from Firefox Secrets, SitePoint's new release, by Cheah Chu Yeow
Douglas Bowman : You Don't Know Jack About Firefox! - Nice excerpt from a new book on Firefox secrets.
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27/07/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Ars System Guide: Gaming Box : Page 1 - This month we leave our regular System Guide behind in favor of the second edition of Gaming Box System Guide
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27/07/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Black Diamond - possibly the best black Neil Diamond impersonator ever; don't miss the MP3s
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27/07/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Everybody loves Eric Raymond comics
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27/07/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
Douglas Bowman : Wired: End of an Era - Heard the rumors yesterday, but couldn't find anything to confirm it until today. Knowing how poorly Lycos manages products, this is basically the end for Wired News. Sad day for one of the beacons of standards-based design.
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27/07/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
cameron : Where are all the UK start-ups? (plasticbag.org) - Tom on the dearth of UK startups. It's true, so many people leave to do startups elsewhere.
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27/07/2005 @ 05:57 GMT
Rod Begbie : Apple - iBook G4 - The new $1k iBook is damned sweet. Half a gig of RAM, built-in 802.11g and Bluetooth, and that funky accelerometer hard-drive-saver. Want! #
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27/07/2005 @ 05:56 GMT
cameron : Core77 - Design Studio Bullitts - Elegant cable storage solution. Why don't all devices have this built in?
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27/07/2005 @ 05:56 GMT
cameron : CNN.com - U.S. military admits error in news releases - Jul 25, 2005 - Apparently it was an "administrative error"
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27/07/2005 @ 05:56 GMT
cameron : I Like Drawing - Rubbish Drawings - Legal graffiti
Milo Vermeulen : Rubbish Drawings [via]
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27/07/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on professional mini golfers - I love mini golf, but I didn't even know this existed
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27/07/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Escapist's profile of Derby Owners Club addicts - more fringe sports, it's a cult of multiplayer videogaming [via]
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27/07/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Kottke's having linky acid flashbacks - looks like he pushed the Neiman Marcus cookie recipe into Delicious' most popular
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27/07/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Yahoo 360 adds Flickr integration - though I'm still getting prompted to log in when reading any blog entry
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27/07/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Editorial layoffs hit Wired News - no more staff writers [via]
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cameron : Pentatonic licks - Basically this guy shows you how to shred after some cheerleaders salute him
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27/07/2005 @ 02:57 GMT
Linkorama : Toni Schneider’s Blog - Oddpost CEO now Yahoo Developer network lead
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27/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : do we indirectly subsidize Wal-Mart's low prices by paying for their employees' healthcare?
deusx : Here's why you can't buy the News Journal at Wal-Mart - "At any rate, Mr. Hart said he wanted the newspaper to get its racks off his lots. But he also said that if I fired Mark, we could talk about continuing to sell the newspaper at his stores."
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27/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Linux command line tips
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27/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Boston cell phone tower Google Maps overlay
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27/07/2005 @ 02:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Pocketheaven/releases - Another comprehensive list of ROM pirate releases
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27/07/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
plasticbag : The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games - "The Playstation era has, in fact, produced the most non-violent kids ever. But I thought video games were training children to kill? I’m sure I read something like that"
deusx : The Truth About Violent Youth and Video Games - Game Revolution - "And after all, there’s no problem with R-rated movies or mature rap lyrics or violent video games, because there is no problem with youth violence."
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27/07/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
cobra libre : wonderful chinese poetry site - with old school hits from tu fu, li bai, wang wei, and more [via] #
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27/07/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
kayodeok : Super-Easy Guide to the Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Object Model - Learn how easy it is to use the Excel object model to customize the way you work with Excel. Lessons include creating subroutines, the basics of objects, methods, and properties, and using dialog boxes
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27/07/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
philgyford : BBC News | Technology | Uproar grows over GTA sex scenes - Sex scenes require a *higher* rating than blasting innocent people with a variety of weapons!? Weird Americans. (via Anne Galloway)
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27/07/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
philgyford : Pepys' Diary: In-depth articles - We just started a new section of the Pepys' Diary site. Hopefully there will be more lengthy articles to come...
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27/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : FogBugz 4.0 looks amazingly useful and clean and clear and I really want to have more of a play with it - But I can't get past the fact that it's really expensive for a few people making web apps for fun outside work...
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27/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : A beautiful intriguing gadget on the Apple Store: EyeTV for Digital Terrestrial TV. Currently quite wanting one of these... - "EyeTV for DTT allows you to watch, record, pause and rewind free-to-air Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) on your Macintosh in crystal clear digital quality."
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27/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Sucksters Polly Ester and Terry Colon on Bubble Goo in the always excellent Filler
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27/07/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : The Hyperreal home page has lots of information about rave music, rave culture, and drugs
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