15/08/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
Linkorama : The Founding CEO's Dilemma - The Rich vs. King test
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15/08/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
Linkorama : Ross Gets Down - This is not incriminating because: (a) it's posed, (b) it was cleared by the lawyer, and (c) I'm dancing with guys at a geek event
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Nelson Minar : Color code - Treemap of noun colours (Java) (via Metafilter)
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15/08/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
kayodeok : JDiskReport - JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders
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15/08/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
deusx : Plymouth - "I haven't been down in Detroit for 30 years and they're proud of it."
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15/08/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Exciter: Holy Paparazzi! Batman - So here it is; the brand spanking new and improved Paparazzi!.
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Strange Zen Of JavaScript: Beware of false falses, or something like that - When you're checking for the existence of an object or property, make sure what you're testing is not going to return an unexpected value.
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Read/Write Web: Feeds is the new RSS - The people have spoken - feeds is it.
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Airbag - Ken. - when it comes to web design, what appeals to men doesn't float a woman's boat
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Paul Hammond : Marketing From Your Conscience by Steve Pavlina - When you believe that marketing is simply the right thing to do, you'll do it eagerly, not for your own gratification but because you know you're genuinely helping people
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : Apple stocks are rising all over the place after rumours suggest that they may be about to annouce a deal connecting the iTunes music store with Google - "The rumored deal would pair the nation's leading online music store with its leading search engine"
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15/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : Art that celebrates our creation by the Giant Spaghetti Monster - For more on this emerging new faith, I can recommend venganza.org
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15/08/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Linkorama : Build a Hot Tub Platform - Cool wikiHow entry
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15/08/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
kellan : RDF was the LSD of the 90s - It all makes so much more sense now #
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15/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : American Astronomical Society writes open letter to Bush about "intelligent design" - Awesome.
deusx : And Now A Word From the Astronomers...: Corante > The Loom > - "It would be a lot more helpful if you would advocate good science teaching and the importance of scientific understanding for a strong and thriving America."
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Ethan Marcotte : Walken 2008 - More Cowbell for America.
kaninka.net : Christopher Walken - for President 2008
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15/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Why does spaghetti break into three pieces? - When bent, why does dry spaghetti break into three or more pieces instead of two? This was one of the simple problems Richard Feynman amused himself with but never solved. Someone's come up with the answer: when the first breakage occurs, it causes a loca
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15/08/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
jimray : Outlook-like dates for Movable Type - Textism does this by default...
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15/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : Latent Power of Excel - Similar to how AJAX is exposing the latent power of todays browsers, there's a lot of latent power in Excel to produce a much richer analytical experience. It takes a change in mindset for us all to benefit
Philippe Janvier : Latent Power of Excel - "How to use Excel to visualize Tiger Woods' (and his competitors') distance and accuracy over time". [via] #
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15/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Interview with Ruth Reichl - An interview with Ruth Reichl, currently the editor of Gourmet, on Garlic and Sapphires, a book about her experiences as a NY Times restaurant critic. (via meg) [via]
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15/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : RSS Extensions Wiki - RSS Extensions Wiki: I wonder if this will work without a mailing list...
joshua : RSS Extensions wiki
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15/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
Linkorama : Rewriting the rule books - BBC Weblog Watch on Wikimania
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15/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
Jason Shellen : A Comparision of the Size of the Yahoo and Google Indices - '...on average Yahoo! only returns 37.4% of the results that Google does and, in many cases, returns significantly less'. Ouch. #
jkottke : Bad comparison of Yahoo and Google indices - Odd size comparison of Yahoo and Google indices. I think their assumption (that a "series of random searches to both search engines should return more than twice as many results from Yahoo! than Google") is pretty flawed. The number of returned results co [via]
kayodeok : A Comparision of the Size of the Yahoo and Google Indices - Although there is no direct way to verify the size of each search engine's respective index, we developed a technique to approximate the relative size of the both the Yahoo! index and the Google index
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15/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
jimray : On the Media looking for user contributions of "outrageous" audio or video - Are they jumping on the "citizen journalism" bandwagon? Or is this just "America's funniest public radio?"
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15/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
kayodeok : WSJ.com - Requiem for the Future - Where Are the Interplanetary Wonders We Read About When We Were Kids?
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15/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Simon Willison: How Django processes a request - How Django processes a request
Paul Hammond : Simon Willison: How Django processes a request - I've decided to kick-start some architecture documentation for Django
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15/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Daily Content - RSS Feed - Encyclopaedia Britannica now has RSS feeds
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15/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Full Metal Keyboard - Japanese company Interworld Electronics has released an all-stainless-steel keyboard that’s apparently dustproof and waterproof
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15/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
gleuschk : What Every Algebraist Should Know - a swingin' little ditty I unearthed in my files
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15/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : An interesting piece on a Web 2.0 panel held in the US recently - "With Web 2.0 apps, the data might be from one place, the metadata from another, and the interface from a third party or a remix"
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15/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : Ian Gomeche Public Information Service reports that Ian Gomeche is in custody and has been sectioned
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15/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : Whatever happened to Jaye Davidson - Oscar nominated star of The Crying Game and Stargate - Basically nothing - he just withdrew completely from the industry after two films and returned to working in fashion. Just didn't like it, I guess...
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15/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Om Malik says Google building massive broadband network - he speculates they could one day offer country-wide free wifi [via]
kayodeok : Business 2.0: Free Wi-Fi? Get Ready for GoogleNet. - What if Google wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location?
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15/08/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
Linkorama : Reinventing Civic Life - Andrew Rasiej guestblogging at Talking Points Memo
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15/08/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
jimray : Why does Flash Player 8 on Mac perform so much better? - Short answer: if you have a Quartz Extreme capable Mac, the Flash player now uses hardware acceleration. Kick. Ass.
Paul Hammond : kaourantin.net: Why does Flash Player 8 on Mac perform so much better? Here is the answer... - the Flash Player will use OpenGL on OS X 10.2 or newer to display its content
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15/08/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
jimray : Yahoo! Groups : yws-flickr - I'm putting this here so I can unsubscribe from the goddamn mailing list
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15/08/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
kayodeok : 31 Days to Building a Better Blog
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15/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : BBS Documentary Video Collection on Archive.org - as promised, Jason started uploading the raw interviews from his excellent documentary [via]
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15/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Fiona Apple album to be released in October - apparently, she wasn't happy with Jon Brion's production; stream a new track [via]
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15/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Barcode tattoos - Barcode tattoos + mobile phones with cameras = business card (or, say, a list of your sexual preferences) on your arm.
jimray : Needled: High Tech Tattoos
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15/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Goofus and Gallant guide to science - Explaining what a scientist is using Goofus and Gallant as an example. Goofus and Gallant have also been pressed into service to explain 21st century etiquette, politics, and journalism.
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jkottke : Ebert's most hated films - Among Roger Ebert's most hated films are Catwoman, Baby Geniuses, Battlefield Earth, and The Usual Suspects(?!?). About North, he says: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie."
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15/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Dating by physics - Modelling nuclear decay in atoms may tell us something about dating and relationships. One of the findings: people who date often are beneficial to the dating ecosystem "because they break up weak couples, forcing their victims to find better relationship
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15/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
deusx : U.S. Lowers Sights On What Can Be Achieved in Iraq - "Getting out is going to be a more important consideration than the original goals were. They were unrealistic."
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15/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
cameron : The Denim Bubble - Is the $300-jeans market about to crash? - The jean pool is a bit shallow these days
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15/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! News RSS feeds now include pictures - Yahoo! News RSS feeds now include pictures: kick ass!
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jkottke : Ebert's most hated films - Among Roger Ebert's most hated films are Catwoman, Baby Geniuses, Battlefield Earth, and The Usual Suspects(?!?). About North, he says: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie."
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15/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
gleuschk : Special Productions at MSRI - a film series, kicking off with Sturmfels on Groebner bases
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jkottke : A short history of traffic management - A short history of traffic and traffic management.
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15/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : No Foo for you! - Today's helpful feature: how to tell if you didn't get invited to the exclusive Foo Camp soiree. One method: see it referenced in a blog post and realize that it's in 4 days and there's no way your invite is still forthcoming.
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15/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
joshua : on the rise of cooking sous vide
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joshua : css templates for two or three columns with header and footer at bottom of page
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kayodeok : 10 Best Resources for CSS - The 10 Best Resources for CSS provides an impressive list of the CSS resources which have recently become essential for web-developers
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15/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
plasticbag : Did the BBC spam Wikipedia as part of a marketing ploy for alternative reality game, Jamie Kane? - This is the first of two posts on this subject over the last day or so - read the other before making your judgement
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plasticbag : Rob Cooper from the Jamie Kane game replies with the BBC's line on the alleged Wikipedia spamming - "Just to confirm, the BBC would never use Wikipedia as a marketing tool. The first posting was simply a case of a fan of the game getting into the spirit of alternative reality a little too much"
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15/08/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : COLOURlovers.com - loving colours since 1981 - COLOURlovers.com - loving colours since 1981 [via]
jkottke : Colourlovers - If love color palettes and people who love color palettes, you'll love COLOURlovers. Love love color colour love color love.
philgyford : ColourLovers Coup.0 :: Colour Lovers - Odd but interesting and useful site for sharing colour palettes, marred only by over-busy design and annoying Flash. (via Haddock)
Rod Begbie : COLOURlovers - Social site for sharing colour palettes. Could be useful as I rebuild groovymother.com [via] #
Linkorama : COLOURlovers - Web Color Trends & Palettes
deusx : COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes - "COLOURlovers gives the people who use color ... a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews."
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15/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
gleuschk : Textpattern Support Forum / Textpattern 4 Stable Released - sort of like 1.0, but several times as much. not bad for 2.5 years
tehu : Textpattern 4 Stable Released - I'm an orphan of Textism. But I'm very happy that the Textpattern project has finally emerged. Félicitations à Dean et sa petite équipe.
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15/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : All Target ads in the new New Yorker - The August 22nd issue of the New Yorker (which comes out on, duh, August 15th) will contain ads from only one advertiser, Target.
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15/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : A list of the NBA's most overrated players - A list of the NBA's most overrated players, including Karl Malone, David Robinson, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing. (via truehoop) [via]
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15/08/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google advice for parents (PNG Image, 500x493 pixels) - "Run a google search on the name you have chosen for your child. If the first ten hits are porn sites, then it might not be a good name."
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15/08/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
kayodeok : Wired News: TV Tries Shaky Hand at Podcasting - Podcasting is turning conventional wisdom about TV broadcasting on its head as thousands of people sign up to download and listen to free, audio-only versions of their favorite shows or special MP3-only programming
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15/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Google loses AdWords trade mark case in the US
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15/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
jimray : The President's weekly radio address, as a podcast - Now, if only it were something (and someone!) I actually wanted to listen to...
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15/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
jimray : del.icio.us: people who like recommendations also like... - Recommendations come to del.icio.us. Hooray! The next step, of course, is for the system to automatically figure out other people I should add to my inbox.
Andy Baio : Del.icio.us adds recommendations - and, just as important, they added full search
gleuschk : del.icio.us: people who like recommendations also like... - del.icio.us adds recommendations. great!
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15/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
jimray : cb2.com / forma stainless suction clock - Probably the first stylish clock I've seen for inside the shower
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15/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : What You Should Know About Zotob - Zotob.A is a worm targeting Windows 2000–based systems which takes advantage of a security issue that was addressed by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039
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15/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Malicious Software Encyclopedia: Worm:Win32/Zotob.A - Worm:Win32/Zotob.A is a network worm that exploits the Plug-and-Play vulnerability fixed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039. The worm targets computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 that do not have MS05-039 installed
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15/08/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : 10 Tips That Every PHP Developer Should Know
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Matthew M. Boedicker : dragons in the Tibet sky
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15/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Noah Brier's Mum: Schools and The Web - Noah's Mum Barbara on future of schools: "1)helping students learn to analyze, synthesize and connect content they access online, and 2) helping students to listen to one another, cooperate, collaborate, etc."
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15/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Garrett Dimon: About Going Solo - Very timely post for me - covers what you need to consider when going self-employed.
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15/08/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : Legacy operating systems no longer supported in Flash Player - Including Windows NT! When I left the Tribune 18 months ago, they were still using WinNT...
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15/08/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
ricmac : Silicon Valley Watcher's Friday Watch - These weekly wrap-ups are getting popular ;-) This is excellent value from Tom - using his considerable reporting skills to get the skinny on Silicon Valley. This week he looks at new Enterprise plays.
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15/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : RRDtool - Time series database, for tracking stats
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Nelson Minar : RRDtool w/o SNMP - Monitor bandwidth via ifconfig, simple Perl script
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15/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
kayodeok : Gregarius - Gregarius is a web-based RSS/RDF/ATOM feed aggregator, designed to run on your web server, allowing you to access your news sources from wherever you want
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15/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
kayodeok : Explore2fs, the WIN32 explorer for Linux ext2fs partitions - "Have you ever downloaded a whole lot of files under Linux, but when you boot back into Windows you realise that you forgot to copy them onto your NT Drive? Well I did, so I wrote an explorer like program that will allow you to save files from any ext2 or
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