31/08/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
Eric Meyer : Textpander - I could see this becoming very handy... and very addictive. [via Jon] [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 23:57 GMT
kayodeok : Best of Yahoo! - Write a review for your favorite hotels, restaurants, bars, spas, services, and more and tell us why you love them! Each review counts as a vote for your fave, plus an entry to win a 2006 MAZDA5 or 2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata, and other great prizes
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gleuschk : Things I hate in other people's seminars [PDF] - but not in your own?
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31/08/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
gleuschk : awaymessages dot com - in case you're bored with yours
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31/08/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
gleuschk : On Google Talk - and why it's like 1991 all over again
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31/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : NYC vs San Francisco - Lance Arthur examines living in San Francisco versus living in NYC and concludes in a highly dubious and hilarious outcome, that San Francisco is by far the better choice.
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31/08/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Minnesota State Fair blog - Brian Lebakken is blogging the Minnesota State Fair (here's an article in the Pioneer Press about it). He's planning on going every day and, from the looks of it, eating as much as he can while doing it, as every Fair-goer worth their salt should. (thx al
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31/08/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
kellan : "A terrorist attack is just a badly-placarded HAZMAT incident." - Some basic info on emergency kits, but I just liked that line #
Jeremy Zawodny : Emergency Kits - Emergency Kits: what to pack for the day the shit hits the fan
Matthew M. Boedicker : lists of things to put in emergency kits
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31/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
WillPate : Swat - Silverorange - silverorange releases their web applications toolkit
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31/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : How Yahoo Funds Spyware - This article proceeds in three parts. First, I show examples of Yahoo ads supporting Claria, eXact Advertising, and Direct Revenue; I also review the objectionable practices of each of these vendors.
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31/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
gleuschk : Getting to Grips with Latex - Latex Tutorials by Andrew Roberts @ School of Computing, University of Leeds - nice tutorial if I ever convince the grad students to let me teach them latex
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31/08/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
gleuschk : Latex vs. MS Word - as if there could even be a comparison
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31/08/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
joshua : Cashing in on RSS - FORTUNE - del.icio.us mention
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31/08/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
kellan : Burritoeater.com - Sort of a wifimug for taquerias #
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31/08/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
WillPate : Reasons to Fear Canada. - "Excessive politeness only makes sense as cover for something truly sinister. But what?"
deusx : McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Reasons to Fear Canada. - "Excessive politeness only makes sense as cover for something truly sinister. But what?"
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31/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Ping-o-matic Alternatives - Des services de ping pour weblogueurs en mal de reconnaissance. [via] #
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31/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Simpler Movable Type templates - Simpler Movable Type templates: a good way to understand what it takes to roll your own
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31/08/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Galvanizes Invention by Student During Summer of Code - Google Galvanizes Invention by Student During Summer of Code: tsync sounds like something I could use
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31/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : Campaign monitor - Bulk email made dead simple with a brilliant pricing model
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31/08/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : The chimpanzee genome is unveiled - "The major accomplishment is that we now have a catalogue of the genetic differences between humans and chimps,"
deusx : New Scientist Breaking News - The chimpanzee genome is unveiled - "Coming face to face with the details of evolution is really spectacular."
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31/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : Does Apple Even Own iPod? - Raising another legal threat to the iPod music player, Creative Technology said it has been awarded a U.S. patent for a song-navigation technology it claims is used on Apple's market-leading devices
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31/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Mike Chambers: Flash and Web 2.0 - "The neutrality of the entry is disputed, but it gives an example of how groups are trying to steer the direction of the discussion to benefit one technology over another (in this case Ajax over Flash)."
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31/08/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
deusx : Using XSLT to Filter and Sort Records in the Browser :: Johnvey - "With XSLT support fast becoming a commonly available component in the browser, web developers can now leverage transformations to manipulate large amounts of data in the browser at speeds acceptable for more advanced user interfaces."
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31/08/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Kiko - A New Kind of Online Calendar - Early days yet (definitely falling into the half-an-app rather than half-assed-app), but this is a good start on the shared web-calendar problem. If they solve syncing-with-Outlook in a decent manner, they'll be millionaires by Christmas. [via] #
Andy Baio : Kiko - nicely designed web calendaring with very low barrier to entry
Nelson Minar : Kiko calendar - Nice online calendar, cool startup
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31/08/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Isofarro : addEvent() considered harmful - Peter Paul Koch explains the problems with Scott Andrew's useful addEvent functions
Paul Hammond : QuirksBlog: <code>addEvent()</code> considered harmful - More in general this problem serves as a warning that addEventListener and attachEvent should not be considered equal
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31/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : Looking backward at the future (kottke.org) - As technology plunges ever forward (or as we perceive it doing so), it's not often that we stop to take a look back at how people thought the future was going to unfold before them
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31/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : MSN Searches RSS Deeper - The new MSN Search engine is now capable of searching in full within RSS and Atom feeds
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31/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : MSN Search Gains New Feed Searching Commands - Search Engine Watch's review of the new MSN Feed Search commands
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31/08/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kayodeok : Schneier on Security: Trusted Computing Best Practices - The same system that protects spyware from accessing your data files might also stop you from copying audio and video files. The same system that ensures that all the patches you download are legitimate might also prevent you from, well, doing pretty much
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deusx : SHANE MACGOWAN - MacGOWAN TO BUY NEW TEETH - "Hellraiser SHANE MacGOWAN is so sick of being famous for his toothless mouth, he's undergoing surgery to convert his gum-revealing smile into a gleaming white one."
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31/08/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo War! - Yahoo War!: compare search result counts for two queries
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31/08/2005 @ 16:57 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Aeon Flux Original Animated Series DVD in November - Aeon Flux Original Animated Series DVD to be released in November
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31/08/2005 @ 16:57 GMT
deusx : Then each went to his own home - Does del.icio.us scale? - "MySQL is just not built for large tag-systems. It just doesn't scale. It does scale up to 1 Million items but delicious does have far more posts."
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31/08/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
deusx : Bush: Vacation Ruined By 'Stupid Dead Soldier' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - "It is the president's opinion, and that of the entire administration, that the best way to honor the brave sacrifices of our fallen soldiers is by enjoying a relaxing vacation and not thinking about their deaths."
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31/08/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
deusx : MakeMeKing.com - Vegemite Eating - "I dare someone to try and eat a whole jar of Vegemite in one sitting."
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31/08/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
gleuschk : Dell Inspiron 8x00 fan control - keep an eye on my cpu temp and fans
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31/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : MSN Search Introduces Feed Search - MSN Search Introduces Feed Search: no fair! theirs isn't even vaporware!
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31/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Racism in AP's Katrina photo coverage - everyone's talking about this one; you decide
kayodeok : Racism on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Look at the two of these photos on Yahoo News - notice anything different between them? According to Yahoo, black people "loot" -- white people "find."
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31/08/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Fired for videoblogging - Dalas Verdugo was forced to resign from the Met for videoblogging on the job. (via zach) [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Bush as Nero - Strumming while New Orleans drowns (via Metafilter)
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31/08/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
deusx : Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet - Lazy Sheep is a del.icio.us bookmarklet that auto-tags and auto-describes your bookmarks.
jimray : Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet - One of the niftiest del.icio.us bookmarklets yet! Automatic tagging, uses selected text, customized return destination! Huzzah!
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jkottke : Designing for experience presentation - Info-rich presentation by Marc Rettig on designing for experience. Includes a case study on redesigning a library. (via pwtm) [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : A war to be proud of - Near the end of his article entitled A War to Be Proud Of, Christopher Hitchens offers 10 reasons why the war in Iraq was successful. (via 3qd) [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Redesign of The Onion - Nifty "straight man" redesign of The Onion. Khoi Vinh of Behavior explains how the design was realized. (via waxy) [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Simple, accessible "more" links - The scenario: You have a series of introductory paragraphs on a page. You want to send users off to more detailed information at the end of each introductory paragraph. You could link the heading itself, but let's assume that you or the client would prefe
Philippe Janvier : Simple, accessible "more" links - "CSS use to hide the full description of the link (from CSS-supporting browsers) while allowing older devices and screen readers to receive the entire content". [via] #
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31/08/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Five mistakes GNU/Linux neophytes make - New users tend to make some common mistakes when trying out GNU/Linux for the first time. The reasons for these mistakes are varied: because GNU/Linux is a different kind of operating system; because Windows fosters bad habits; because users choose the wr
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31/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Conseils Podcasting - "Début d'une série de conseils pour les podcasteuses et podcasteurs, en podcast bien sûr !" [via] #
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31/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
plasticbag : An awesomely useful web page that allows you to see how fast your current internet connection is... - As of this moment this occupies spot #2 on my browser quick-links bar, next to my cache of things I have to work through. It's neat. Yum.
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31/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Katrina Check-In - Katrina Check-In is "place to connect people affected by Hurricane Katrina to those their loved ones". If you're out of danger or looking for someone in the affected area, you may want to check-in here.
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31/08/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Pan of the MoMA building - Pan of the newish MoMA building in NYC. I like the new building, but I agree that there are too many people sometimes; they're certainly not having a problem with that $20 admission price. (via cdl) [via]
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31/08/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
wearehugh : WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News
Nelson Minar : Hurricane updates - Bits of news as they happen
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31/08/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : Opera is 10 years old - The Norwegian web browser (via Dave Winer)
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31/08/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : Seth's Blog: What's RSS? - "RSS is just a little peep, a signal, a ping that comes from a favorite blog or site, telling your computer that it has been updated."
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31/08/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : Hey, You Got Something To Eat? - That goat should start up a blog.
deusx : Hey, You Got Something To Eat? | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - "Say, I'd like to eat a little something. You got something? What you got? Any kind of food is good. I just want something to eat."
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31/08/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : Talk Digger - Neat service that checks all the major blog search engines, all at once. PubSub results seem to be not correct though...
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31/08/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : Foopad: The Very Simple Wiki - "free hosted wiki service featuring a very easy to use interface"
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31/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Google Purge - Exterminate all rational thought
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31/08/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : RSS from Yahoo! Weather - RSS from Yahoo! Weather: Yay!
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31/08/2005 @ 09:57 GMT
jimray : Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows - Alternate headline: Microsoft tells future customers to grab their ankles
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31/08/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
jimray : ALL First Impressions Count // Dig Tank
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31/08/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
jimray : It really doesn't take much money or time to set up a decent podcasting studio. I did it. - Still, you should do some editing, folks
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31/08/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
kayodeok : Ars System Guide: August 2005 edition
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31/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : RSS Search Engines - Part two of our series on RSS takes a look at the specialized search tools that help you locate content in blogs, feeds and other sources of information
Philippe Janvier : RSS Search Engines - "Full-fledged support for RSS searching from all of the major players expected by the end of the year". [via] #
ricmac : RSS Search Engines - Nice round-up
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31/08/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : New Microsoft Phishing Filter and Games Add-Ins Provide More Tools for MSN Search Toolbar - First phishing filter for any Web search toolbar and easy access to MSN Games offer great options for MSN Search Toolbar users
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31/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : USGS Real-Time Water Data for New Orleans, LA - USGS Real-Time Water Data for New Orleans, LA: watch the water rise...
Nelson Minar : New Orleans flooding - Real time water level graph (via Kedrosky)
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31/08/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : The Onion redesign - From the designer (via Waxy)
jimray : Subtraction: Making New Fake News - The Onion redesigns. Here's how
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31/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : The Onion redesigns, opens complete archives to all - Khoi Vinh comments on his top-notch work on the redesign; the new archives go back to 1996
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31/08/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Image: Bush Extended Family Photo - geek political satire; reminds me of one ring
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31/08/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Home Energy Yardstick - " If you have 5 minutes and your energy bills are handy, find out if your energy use is above average." #
Rod Begbie : Home Energy Yardstick - Tool to calculate how good your household's energy usage is. Comparatively, our's is horrendous. I wonder if we can train Bacon to run around in a wheel...? [via] #
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31/08/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
jimray : RubyForge: Cartographer: Project Info - Google maps helper for Rails
Paul Hammond : RubyForge: Cartographer: Project Info - Google Maps API helper for Ruby on Rails
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31/08/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
jimray : Artefacture: high concept sublime form%u2122
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31/08/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
deusx : memepool.com - This is the more exclusive-membership grandpa to del.icio.us
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31/08/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
joshua : Free 3D Models of Great Buildings
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31/08/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
veen : Mike Chambers: Flash and Web 2.0 - Is Flash Ajax? Can Ajax have Flash? Is it really version 2 of anything?
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31/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
cobra libre : roll call of major n. american hurricanes [via] #
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31/08/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
kayodeok : Tasks - Tasks is a powerful web-based task manager to help you manage your personal and professional projects effectively
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31/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
kayodeok : The gospel of slavery: a primer of freedom. (published [c1864] ) a - a photoset on Flickr - The gospel of slavery: a primer of freedom. (published [c1864] )
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31/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
gleuschk : What do you wish you'd known/done when you were 21? | Ask MetaFilter - Avoid debt. Experiment. Floss. And other wisdom, really astoundingly good.
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31/08/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo faces Flickr backlash - Yahoo faces Flickr backlash: Stefanie, why didn't you link to the Flickr blog where they explain things a bit?
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31/08/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : User Generated Content on Yahoo! Front Page - User Generated Content on Yahoo! Front Page: featuring flickr photos!
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31/08/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
plasticbag : Is Your Boss a Psychopath? - "Odds are you've run across one of these characters in your career. They're glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless -- and very, very destructive. And there may be lots of them in America's corner offices."
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31/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
plasticbag : Malcolm X - gay black hero? - An older piece from the Guardian - written by Peter Tatchell of course - talks about Malcolm X's sexuality. I find it weirdly uninteresting and limited as a piece, despite my increasing sympathy for Tatchell as I get older.
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31/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
plasticbag : I find myself equally unimpressed by the response to the Peter Tatchell article. - It attempts to cite strong gay black role-models and can only cite the most pathetic of examples, while in the meantime stating that referencing (not with a mind to discredit) aspects of someone's acknowledged sexual history is tantamount to an insult.
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31/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
plasticbag : Bizarre South Park cartoon in which "Scoble goes to Google" - Compelling. Scary. Intriguing. Aliens. Rimming.
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31/08/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
plasticbag : 18th Annual Reader Satisfaction Survey by PC Magazine finds Apple at the top again. The scores are so much better that their left to query whether Apple computer users are just completely barking. - "For Apple, in both the desktop and notebook sections of the survey, every single score is significantly better than the industry average for Windows machines"
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31/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : The Constant Gardener is getting pretty exciting reviews - collected here on Metacritic... - "Director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Jeffrey Caine put a human face on John le Carre's novel of sex, lies and dirty politics in modern Africa. Prepare for a thrilling ride. "
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31/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : An IPod Cellphone Said to Be Imminent - September 7th is the date that everyone is bandying around. Which franky is about time - they've been talking about this for months...
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31/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : Engadget reports that Apple have made a deal with Cingular around the iTunes phone - Again September 7th is the date that everyone's looking towards. I guess we'll see then. I can't imagine it make me switch to Motorola, and I wonder how long it will be before it's available in the UK...
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31/08/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
plasticbag : File-sharers move from BitTorrent - BBC News reports that people are moving towards using peer to peer software like eDonkey instead of BitTorrent, after trackers were shut down a few months ago...
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