5/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jimray : Blondfire ambition - My latest indie study. I'm kinda disappointed with how this one turned out, but that's my own damn fault and deadlines are what they are. It's a great band, you should check them out.
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5/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jimray : The Kegbot project - This is probably the coolest thing ever done with open source software
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5/08/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : PHP baby doll - Nice, but where's the Mens version? #
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5/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : Atom API Sketches - I'm thinking about Atom 1.0 from the coder's point of view. I'm not thinking about the Publishing Protocol, I’m thinking about how you, the programmer, should go about inhaling and exhaling the stuff
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5/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : So, you wanna go into the wine business... - Well, listen up kid, here's some good advice from someone who's been there.
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5/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Playstation 3 to support OS X? - "The operating system has also yet to be clarified. The integrated Cell processor will be able to support a variety of operating systems (such as Linux or Apple's Tiger)."
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5/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : About:config entries - MozillaZine Knowledge Base - about:config is a list of preferences that you can change. This article is meant to be a partial documentation of those preferences
philgyford : About:config entries - MozillaZine Knowledge Base - The full list of Firefox (etc) tweaks.
dbow : About:config entries for Mozilla - Useful for tweaking settings in Firefox, such as page content margins for printing
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5/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : User.js file - MozillaZine Knowledge Base - user.js is a file that contains preferences that will be loaded into the Mozilla Suite every time the application is started up. Each time Mozilla Suite is started up, the valid preferences from "user.js" are copied into "prefs.js", which Mozilla Suite us
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cameron : Trolley Spotting - Adele Prince - Abandoned trolleys find a new home on the internet
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5/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : The Search: How Google and its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed our Culture - First Excerpt
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5/08/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
cobra libre : the rap canterbury tales! - by coincidence, i'm working on a klezmer rendition of "Canto XLV" #
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5/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
cameron : Iacocca Teams With Snoop Dogg in New Ads - "I didn't understand half the things he was saying, but it was fun... he's a good kid," said Iacocca
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jkottke : Results from the Digital Information Design Camp run by MIT Media Lab and the AIGA - They should have worked on their interface/information design a little more...you wouldn't know that there's a ton of student work to view by looking at the front page.
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5/08/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
jimray : CNN suspends Robert Novak - The hairline cracks are turning into full blown fissures
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5/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : JJG interviews Eric Costello on the history of Flickr - they've influenced the entire industry with their ability to adapt quickly to user wants and needs
Paul Hammond : adaptive path » an interview with flickr's eric costello - Flickr’s past, present, and future
Milo Vermeulen : adaptive path - An Interview with Flickr's Eric Costello [via]
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5/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video of the San Francisco bouncy balls - the photos of the Sony commercial shoot made the rounds last week [via]
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5/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Hurricane Ivan generated what is thought to be the tallest wave ever observed - The wave was 91 feet high.
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5/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : "The hairy ball theorem of algebraic topology states that, in layman's terms, 'one cannot comb the hair on a ball in a smooth manner'" - "This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism."
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5/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Digital black and white - Who knew desaturating was so complex?
jkottke : Digital black and white photography - A how-to on getting good B&W photos from a digital camera. Slower has another technique.
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5/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
kayodeok : My dead hard drive story - This is the story of how I ressurrected my hard drive
deusx : My dead hard drive story - I don't usually consider swapping hard drive logic boards as a way to fix things.
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cameron : New Scientist Breaking News - Robot catcher grabs high speed projectiles - Next project: Robot catcher grabs speeding bullets (definitely watch the video of this ninja robot)
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Andy Baio : Google blacklists CNet reporters - because of information about CEO Eric Schmidt in this previous article?
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5/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : "Al-Qaida is now an idea, not an organisation" - "The terrorist attacks organised directly by al-Qaida, most of which took place between 1998 and 2002, had two aims. One was wounding the enemy, America and its allies, but another, equally important, was to use carefully choreographed acts to impres
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5/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Why do people buy a smaller size of Coke when going through the McDonald's drive-thru than when they order from the counter? - No answer is given, but it's not the small size of the cupholders. Any ideas? (Comment on this)
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5/08/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Monad and the "First Vista Virus" - "First Vista Virus" is a misleading title, as it's an issue that affects any vehicle for any executable code on any operating system
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5/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google Ranking Factors - SEO List - There are "over 100 SEO factors" that Google uses to rank pages in the Google search results (SERPs)
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5/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : particletree: The Different Faces of MySQL - A list of MySQL interfaces
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5/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Gallery of work by guerilla artist Banksy from the West Bank barrier in the Palestinian territories - "An old Palestinian man said his painting made the wall look beautiful. Banksy thanked him, only to be told: 'We don't want it to be beautiful, we hate this wall. Go home.'"
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5/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Advice from Dr. Michio Kaku on formulating a proposal for the Unified Field Theory - I can just imagine all the crackpot theories that prompted this list.
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5/08/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
kayodeok : USB devices can become hardware-based Trojans - SPI Dynamics security engineers David Dewey and Darrin Barrall have revealed a hack where full data compromise can be achieved in less than 10 seconds of physical access
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5/08/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Fun little mini golf game in Flash
Nelson Minar : Mini golf game - Cute (via Kottke)
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5/08/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : Life lessons from blackjack - You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...
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5/08/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
jkottke : A craigslist missed connection for any of the hot women who were in the audience for Edward Tufte's lecture - Not too picky, this guy, he'll take any beautiful woman who was there. Quick, someone snap him up before he makes another sparklines pun.
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5/08/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: You Say You Want a Web Revolution - "A programming technique called AJAX enables software developers to create powerful programs that function independently from the PC's operating system. Will it wipe out Windows?"
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5/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
plasticbag : After Apple's Mighty Mouse, comes their new - and funnier - Danger Mouse - Probably only funny for British people of a certain age...
deusx : http://apple.com/dangermouse on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - "Danger Mouse would kick Mighty Mouse's ass, people!"
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5/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Peekaboom - Carnegie Mellon's multiplayer game used to train computer vision algorithms
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5/08/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : cliptip - music video blog [via]
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5/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : del.icio.us/doc/feeds/js - Linkrolls are a way for you to have your latest del.icio.us bookmarks displayed as part of your website. You can insert your bookmarks into hypertext by pasting in this HTML:
jimray : The del.icio.us linkroll - Easily add your del.icio.us links to your blog without any messy parsing
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5/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Review: Internet Explorer 7 For XP Beta 1 - Review of Internet Explorer 7 by Barbara Krasnoff and Scot Finnie
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5/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Jason Scott partnering with Archive.org to host raw interviews from BBS Documentary - all under a CC license; over time, this is even more important than the documentary itself
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5/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Delete Flash-based cookies via the Website Storage Settings Panel - Delete Flash-based cookies the Website Storage Settings Panel [via]
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5/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : Bostonist: The Tiniest Pub is Closing - "The Littlest Bar", a tiny (38 capacity) bar in Boston is to close. Joy & I had one of our first dates there, sat on beer kegs in the corner next to the ice machine. It will be missed. #
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5/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : PHP - Now Available For Your Wall - PHP Quick Reference Guide for $9.95
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5/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : The Mindjet Blog: Blog Better With MindManager - Use MindManager maps as blueprints for successful blog postings
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5/08/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : O'Reilly CodeZoo - ORA add Python to their development library directory. This is fantastic, because one of my main problems with Python is its lack of a CPAN-esque library finder. [via] #
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5/08/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Bostonist: Top O' the Hub, Meet Tip O’ the Hub - The I-93 tunnels of the Big Dig are to be named in honour of Tip O'Neill. I look forward to getting directions telling me to "Take the Pike to the Tip, then cross the Zakim". #
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5/08/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
deusx : "Advice for a new book author?" from the Ask Dave Taylor! Tech Support Blog - "GET OVER THE WRITERS BLOCK MYTH"
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5/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : cool thermos for $19.99 (coupon code "vacuum")
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5/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : assassination attempts on Hitler's life
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5/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : why we sneeze when we look at the sun
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5/08/2005 @ 04:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : oblique strategies dashboard widget
deusx : Negatendo.Net - Oblique Strategies dashboard widget - "So I made my first Dashboard widget. It's a version of Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies, as seen in the movie Slacker."
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5/08/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Threadless T-Shirts - Operation Needed - SUPERB new T-shirt from Threadless. I've already ordered mine (along with the new Loch Ness Imposter shirt) #
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5/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
cobra libre : books burned in truffaut's fahrenheit 451 #
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5/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
cobra libre : modern street ballads, 1888 #
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5/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : decaffeinated: Multiplicity - Outstanding multiple background demo - Safari 1.3+ only.
Paul Hammond : decaffeinated archives :: Multiplicity - multiple CSS background images on the same element
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5/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : MagicLine - Greasemonkey + microformats killer app. You just HAVE to check this out.
Rod Begbie : [Greasemonkey] MagicLine - Wow. Mark Pilgrim twists Greasemonkey into creating a Quicksilver-like history browser. Stunning. [via] #
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5/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Mozilla Corp. in 12 simple items - Daniel Glazman clears up the confusion.
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5/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jkottke : Visualization of email archives as a mountain with layers - "Each layer in the Mountain represents a different person. Layers are ordered by time, with the first people in the email archive at the bottom and the most recent people in the archive at the top right portion of the mountain."
gleuschk : Mountain - email visualization -- want.
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5/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : MMORPG and the Dunbar number - "Overall, these statistics still support my original hypothesis in my Dunbar Number post that mean group sizes will be smaller than 150 for non-survival oriented groups."
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5/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Using information from the USPTO to track how logo design in the US has changed over time - "Using this database, innovations and trends in the design of trademarks can be tracked and dissected. For example, the rise of the swoosh element, concentrated among internet and telecommunications firms in particular, can be seen developing in the
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