28/08/2005 @ 23:59 GMT
ricmac : Price comparisons - India, US and NZ - Ashish does the numbers and NZ comes out worse! My view is that there's too much tax in NZ (there's a chance to fix that soon, with an election coming up)
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ricmac : Nooked - RSS Influencer survey - "87% of Nooked survey respondents use an RSS reader, or news aggregator to keep up to date on content - Bloglines is used by the majority." [nb: "influencers" = journos and analysts]
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ricmac : Robert Scoble hypes Thick Client - "But Olivier has the thin-client disease that's all the rage lately. Here's a hint: the thick client is coming back."
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28/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
philgyford : Kennedy Space Center - The memorial board - There will be more names added to the memorial, and we will honour them.
kellan : Using prototype.js v1.3.1 - Prototype deserves its own book, or at least several chapters. #
bmilleare : Using prototype.js v1.3.1
Simon Willison : Using prototype.js v1.3.1 - Prototype: the missing manual. [via]
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28/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Overnight trains - Private sleeping cabins!
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28/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : Java Joy: Study Touts Coffee's Benefits - Yahoo! News - "Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday."
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28/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
jimray : Theory of Everything podcast - Well done political broadcast
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28/08/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
jimray : The Power and the Glory - Howard Zinn on the myth of American imperialism
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28/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
kellan : What really separates the "Web 2.0" from the "web" is the professionalism, the striation between the insiders and the users. - Interesting. Oddly orthogonal to my experience that it is getting easier to DIY complex web projects #
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28/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Happy 10th, Suck - Greg reminded me that today is the 10th anniversary of the launch of Suck. I started reading a few weeks after it launched, but I do remember going back to read the first article that kicked it off. Here's a lengthy and comprehensive look at Suck's histor
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28/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
gleuschk : Perry Bible Fellowship - a comic strip for you
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28/08/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
plasticbag : I've just started using Addison Lee for all my cabbing needs, and they're bloody awesome... - I know this sounds like an advert. I don't care. They make me feel special inside...
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28/08/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
plasticbag : How to configure iChat for Google Talk - Interesting question - everyone talks about how Google represent a challenge to Microsoft, but I wonder what effect they'll have on Apple...
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28/08/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
plasticbag : BBC plans to put BBC One or BBC Two out on the net within the next year - Infrequently mentioned: to go alongside the ten national radio stations (among others) that it already simulcasts online...
jimray : BBC TV channels to be put on net - MyBBC player will only be available to UK citizens, starting next year sometime
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Isofarro : Star Trek New Voyages - Fan produced episodes of Star Trek
kayodeok : Star Trek New Voyages - A continuation of Star Trek TOS made and produced by fans and released over the web
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28/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : British army gay pride - Uniformed recruiters march in parade, what a difference from the US
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28/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Py NAT traversal - Little UPnP library (via Daily Python URL)
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28/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : MacOS 10.3.9 fans - New version of the OS seems to have changed fan behaviour
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28/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
jimray : ZVEX iMPAMP - Little, though expensive, tube amps
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28/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
jimray : Matt Henderson's Blog: MacOS X Backup Strategy
joshua : OS X Backup Strategy
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28/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
kayodeok : Games: How to perform a clean boot to prevent background programs from interfering with play - This article describes how to use a clean boot to start your Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows 98-based computer. When you use a clean boot to start your computer, Microsoft Windows loads only basic devi
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28/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
kayodeok : ZonedOut (An internet Explorer Utility for managing Restricted Sites) - Need a way to Manage Internet Explorer's Restricted Sites? If so, then ZonedOut is for you. Add, Delete, Import, Export, Build a WhiteList and more
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28/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : the new p0f: fingerprint submission page
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28/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jimray : Shopify - E-commerce done right? We'll know soon enough
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28/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : PlayStation 3 pulling a head-fake on the Xbox 360? - Aug. 24, 2005 - "Our ideal [for the PS3] is for consumers to think to themselves, 'OK, I'll work more hours and buy it.' We want people to feel that they want it, no matter what."
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