5/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
gleuschk : downloadable version of that ninja game - with thousands of player-submitted levels
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5/09/2005 @ 22:59 GMT
Linkorama : Blogging over Las Vegas - Seven Challenges to our Shared Mobile Future
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5/09/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
Linkorama : ThinkNOLA.com - wiki to coordinate Hurricane Katrina rescue, relief and refugee support
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5/09/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
Linkorama : Google Maps - New Orleans - Whoah, the Red Katrina button
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5/09/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
Linkorama : Gripe Wiki - Constructively bitching, about Dell customer service
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5/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : Om Malik: Where to for Skype? - "[Skype] is slowly coming to terms with the harsh reality that easy growth in the west is over. So perhaps it is looking east."
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5/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : ajax im - "ajax im ("asynchronous javascript and xml instant messenger") is a browser-based instant messaging client." [via waxy]
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5/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : Analyst Insight: Do people still read white papers?
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5/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : Bazaarz: Whitepaper value in Web 2.0 - they work "only when they are business driven, with the right structure and content that demonstrates clear domain expertise supported by customer references."
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5/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Linkorama : Audioblog Gets Funding - Congrats Eric!
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5/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Linkorama : A Disaster Map 'Wiki' Is Born - Of all of the websites tracking the Katrina disaster, surely one of the most remarkable is Scipionus.com.
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5/09/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Steve Lamb's Blog : How to fix "unsupported browser" errors when using IE7 - Some sites attempt to check the browser version and get rather confused if IE>6. If you are evaluating IE7 Beta then a good tip is to add the following registry entry
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5/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Conspiracy theory that Hurricane Katrina was a guided weapon - many more related crank links in this Metafilter thread
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5/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : President announces global war on weather - Heh.
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5/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Flickr photos from the Houston Astrodome - photos from a volunteer wiring the Dome with computers and wireless [via]
Nelson Minar : Astrodome photos - Interesting set from someone volunteering there (via Waxy)
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5/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jimray : VC III - TextDrive is offering another "hosting for life" deal and giving a substantial percentage of each sale to hurricane relief
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5/09/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
kellan : Yahoo is hiring SemWeb/RDF heads? - Interesting. Congrats Dave. Hope they let you keep cranking on Redland. #
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5/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Red Cross not in N.O. - Waiting for Homeland Security to say it's safe. In America.
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5/09/2005 @ 16:57 GMT
plasticbag : Wikipedia's article on falsifiability - a key concept in the philosophy of science particularly advocated by Karl Popper - I think for me this is one of the core principles of science that Intelligent Design does not countenance or allow to be incorporated into their work. Which I find frustrating...
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5/09/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
plasticbag : As far as I can tell, this is the weblog of Paul Daniels, famous UK magician and millionaire husband of Debbie McGee - I mean it could be a parody, but if so it's so close to the truth that it's almost impossible to tell...
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5/09/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
plasticbag : Sisters under the skin - the Economist reports on the sequencing of the chimpanzee genome - "The genome of the chimpanzee—mankind's closest living relative—has been sequenced. Comparing it with Man's should help people understand themselves"
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5/09/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
plasticbag : Baffling Cuteness - an old Paul Ford post in which he finds cute animal cards and 'interprets' them - "The zombie is a panda. But it will not eat brains because he is too lazy. Get up, lazy panda, and eat brains! You are so lazy! But he is too lazy. All right, no brains today!"
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5/09/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
plasticbag : FeedBurner has redesigned and gone for a much simpler and more open, clean look... - Ah, the new simplicity - this is the stuff. Beautiful bit of work and well worth ripping off wholesale. Makes the old design look incredibly dated and ostentatious...
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5/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
plasticbag : It's been everywhere, but it's really good: Tiger Secrets - "Secret shortcuts. Hidden helpers. Mysterious menus. You could spend months tracking down all the undocumented features tucked away in Mac OS X 10.4, Apple’s newest operating system"
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5/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
plasticbag : "iPod mini to move entirely to flash and color, shuffle and phone details emerge" - An interesting, if predictable, move by Apple to replace the smaller hard-drive based iPods with the newer larger Flash memory units...
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5/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
plasticbag : Viewpoint: Has Katrina saved US media? - Fascinating article which suggests that this particular crisis in the States has pushed the media into a position where it can be critical of government again, and interrogate it as it's supposed to. Fascinating stuff. Hopefully won't be an exception from
deusx : BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Viewpoint: Has Katrina saved US media? - "Amidst the horror, American broadcast journalism just might have grown its spine back, thanks to Katrina."
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5/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
plasticbag : "Dinosaurs may have been a fluffy lot" - Apparently a new scientific consensus is emerging that many dinosaurs may have been covered with feathers!
deusx : Dinosaurs may have been a fluffy lot - Sunday Times - Times Online - "THE popular image of Tyrannosaurus rex and other killer dinosaurs may have to be changed as a scientific consensus emerges that many were covered with feathers."
jkottke : Dinosaurs had feathers - According to paleontologist Gareth Dyke, "fossil evidence that [predatory] dinosaurs were feathered is now 'irrefutable'". Digitally remastered Jurassic Park can't be too far down the road.
Nelson Minar : Feathered dinosaurs?! - Not so tough now, huh? (via Hot Links)
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5/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
plasticbag : Our Social World - a conference in Cambridge at the end of this week on weblogs, wikis and social software - I'll be talking at this event along with lots of other UK and US experts, so register now if you haven't already done so...
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5/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
plasticbag : The rumour is that Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely have designed the sleeve for the new Robbie Williams album - I believe my brain just leapt out of my ear. That's it on the floor over there. Looking freaked.
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5/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Interactive REST Tutorial - "This tutorial explains how to use a Web Service with an interface based on the principles of the Representational State Transfer architecture. In this tutorial, the reader can experiment by sending GET, POST, PUT and DELETE messages to a Web Service". [via] #
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5/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Uncyclopedia - "...the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit". [via] #
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5/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
kayodeok : Everyone's a Reporter - A swarm of prolific nonprofessionals post up-to-the-minute stories and pictures of breaking news from their laptops, and the pros often turn to indie operators for help. Here's the lowdown on the new proletariat press
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5/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Isofarro : Brain Jar: Bride of Windows - JavaScript GUI window
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5/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
kayodeok : Seth's Blog: Free KnockKnock ebook now available - Knock Knock is now available for you to read for free. It's a short take on how to use the new online marketing tools to make any website work more effectively
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5/09/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Flexbeta - Discovering Ubuntu Linux - A windows zealot discovers tries out Ubuntu Linux and sticks with it
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5/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
joshua : Localhost - fascinating peer-based distributed naming system. shame about the name
deusx : Localhost - "Localhost is a program that lets you access a shared, world-wide file system through your web browser. "
Matthew M. Boedicker : Localhost, shared world-wide filesystem
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5/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
joshua : The Chef and Restaurant Database (ChefDb)
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5/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : The Web Standards Project: Best Practices for Declaring Languages in HTML and XHTML - Best Practices for Declaring Languages in HTML and XHTML
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5/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : ajax im ("asynchronous javascript and xml instant messenger") - ajax im is a browser-based instant messaging client. It uses the XMLHTTPRequest object in JavaScript to send and receive commands to and from the server. No refreshing of the page is ever needed for this "web application" to work, as everything is update
Andy Baio : Ajax IM - browser-based instant messenger app with PHP backend; doesn't work in IE yet [via]
joshua : ajax im - cute ajax-based instant messenger. doesn't work in ie yet
gleuschk : ajax im - neato
Philippe Janvier : Ajax im - "...ajax im is a browser-based instant messaging client". [via] #
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5/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : US tests $3.5m computerised lie detector - The US Department of Homeland Security has earmarked $3.5m to help scientists develop next-generation computer-based lie detectors
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5/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : Future computerized lie detectors - More research papers
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5/09/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
joshua : Lost Format Preservation Society
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5/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
joshua : Portable MPI I/O Implementation?
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5/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : The Noble Collection Products - "A mariner's style compass scientific instrument. Movable rings are encircled by two interwined dragons."
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5/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : The Noble Collection Products - "The pocket watch features da Vinci's famous Vitruvian man illustration in bas relief on the cover. Inside, the mechanical watchworks are visible - a touch that will delight the da Vinci in anyone."
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5/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : The Noble Collection Products - "Based on the design found in his notebooks, The Flying Machine is recreated for the collector in polished brass, acid etched with the most famous DaVinci notebook drawing."
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5/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
ricmac : AP: Firms Testing Web-Based Immigration Check - "But across the country, a small group of businesses is quietly testing a Department of Homeland Security program that can check immigration status with a few clicks on the Internet."
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