12/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : LibriVox - "Can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting ?" [via] #
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12/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Why eBay needs Standards-Oriented Design - An interview with Eric Meyer--who is, as ever, an interview rockstar. Great read.
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12/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
Isofarro : XMLHTTP notes: abort() and Mozilla bug - PPK works his way through a number of oddities around stopping an active XmlHttpRequest
Simon Willison : XMLHTTP notes: abort() and Mozilla bug - PPK finds the bugs so you don't have to.
Paul Hammond : QuirksBlog: XMLHTTP notes: abort() and Mozilla bug - a closer look at the abort() method, as well as an as yet unexplained bug in Mozilla which causes the responseXML to go missing
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12/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
jimray : Ars Technica's Jon Siracusa is blogging - His super in-depth writing is great, it's good to see him take on a blog
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12/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : A movie about the deaf, but not for the deaf - Much to our dismay, we were shocked to learn that the film - a movie about a deaf person - would not be subtitled ...
Andy Baio : Documentary about deaf musicians released without closed captioning - movies about the deaf, not for the deaf [via]
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12/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : De la confiance, du monde Open Source et de ses dangers - "Nous devons garder la maîtrise de la divulgation de l'information, de l'échelle de perméabilité de cette information". [via] #
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12/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kaninka.net : Blackwater - Blackwater mercenaries are some of the most feared professional killers in the world... patroling New Orleans.
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12/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Red Alert! - "I can testify that it is both A.) crunkified and B.) the ill-inest."
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12/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Kevin Bacon game - Kevin Bacon talks about the game named after him in which you try to connect him to other movie stars based on movies done together.
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12/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
deusx : Ajax (programming) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Decently descriptive article on AJAX.
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12/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News - Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News: PROFIT FROM WAR!!!
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12/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
kellan : Boston most expensive city in the country? - On average $6000 more then NYC, and $7000 more then SF. Its a nice city, but not that nice! #
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12/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jimray : Ars Technia puts the iPod nano through the paces - Durable little sprite, that. Make sure to stick around for the autopsy.
Rod Begbie : ArsTechnica iPod Nano review - ArsTechnica try their damndest to break apart an iPod nano -- it's reassuringly resilient! [via] #
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12/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : WolframTones - WolframTones lets you generate and download ringtones based on patterns created by cellular automata systems. Anything's better than the Crazy Frog, yeah?
deusx : WolframTones: How WolframTones Works - "WolframTones uses various Mathematica algorithms to form music out of cellular automaton patterns."
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12/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Bathroom hacks - Frustrated with his morning personal grooming routine, man creates an all-in-one solution that speeds his morning along. Convergence is here, my friends.
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12/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
kayodeok : PCRE Cheat Sheet - Inspired by the great stuff at ILoveJackDaniels.com, here's a dedicated PCRE cheat sheet.
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12/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
gleuschk : I had my own blog for a while, but I decided to go back to just pointless, incessant barking - on the internet, every dog has a blog
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12/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
deusx : Achewood - September 12, 2005 - "Dang man so like you could blog directly onto a Hayes?"
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12/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : New Guardian - Here's the front page of the new Guardian. They've completely revamped the paper...it's tabloid sized and has a new font, among other changes. They changed the format to Berliner because of "unambiguous research [showed] that readers increasingly find bro
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12/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : GutenMark - Format Project Gutenberg texts into something printable, via HTML and PDF
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12/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Six Flags underwater - Another crazy photo from New Orleans
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12/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : How to use CSS to Create a 'Two Step' Photographic Gallery - WebReference.com - How to use CSS to Create a 'Two Step' Photographic Gallery
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12/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : How to Create a Photographic Gallery Using CSS - WebReference.com - How to Create a Photographic Gallery Using CSS
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12/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Profile of Michael Elins - Profile of designer/illustrator/photographer Michael Elins and how he uses Macs to get his work done. "It's hard for someone like me to talk about technology, because the Mac has gotten to the point where it's a nonissue. ItÂ’s so good and so fluid, so
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Richard Rutter : The story of Guardian Egyptian - Fascinating tale of the creation of the paper’s new typeface.
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12/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : eBay/Skype: $2.6-4.1B - Stock Market News and Investment Information | Reuters.com
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12/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
philgyford : StickyBrain - To remember in case I ever need a more comprehensive notes/to dos/actions application than simple .txt files.
joshua : StickyBrain
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12/09/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Vasectomy schwag - Har har (via BoingBoing)
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12/09/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
philgyford : Suddenly, Those Solar Panels Don't Look So 1970's - New York Times - I was thinking/hoping that solar energy companies must have bright futures. (via Annie)
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12/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
WillPate : flickrTagFight | Will Pate vs. Dos Pesos - I don't know how it started, but at least I'm in the lead now
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12/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : The Ten Stupidest Utopias - a great read, from Plato's Republic to the Internet [via]
cobra libre : ten stupidest utopias [via] #
jimray : The Ten Stupidest Utopias! - Good to see "postwar American suburbs" and the Internets on there
jkottke : The Ten Stupidest Utopias! - You've got to love an article called The Ten Stupidest Utopias. In regard to the Internet, he says "utopia is never more than what we are; the people in them will always be just like us".
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12/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : eBay to buy Skype for $2.6 billion - holy cow
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12/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
jimray : HURRICANE KATRINA SUCKED - This is the guy who told Cheney to go fuck himself
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12/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : September 11, 2005 - September 11, 2005: Steve has been consulting for 20 years as of today
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12/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Maule Air Incorporated - Maule Air Incorporated: they make the Maule... duh
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12/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Aviat Aircraft Inc. - Aviat Aircraft Inc.: they make the Husky, among others [via]
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12/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT on Gap.com's Ajax redesign - I don't care how much the backend changed, that's no excuse for shuttering a site for two weeks
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12/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : if you keep your food in a refrigerator and your clothes in a closet you are richer than 75% of the people on earth
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12/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : favorite anarchist/libertarian novels
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12/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jimray : Text* Snippets: Lighttpd launchd item for OS X 10.4 [lighttpd] [osx] [launchd] [darwinports] - Have lighttpd start automagically when you log on (Tiger only)
Simon Willison : Lighttpd launchd item for OS X 10.4 - This technique looks generally applicable.
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12/09/2005 @ 03:56 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : RIP Gatemouth Brown (saw him at the Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse a few years ago)
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12/09/2005 @ 03:56 GMT
veen : How I learned to stop worrying and relinquish control - "Again and again, the history of the Web shows us the value of relinquishing control."
deusx : adaptive path - how i learned to stop worrying and relinquish control - "Relinquishing control is becoming a requirement in all aspects of Internet businesses."
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12/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ben Goldacre on bad science in the media - coverage of authority figures, instead of tangible evidence [via]
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12/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Yahoo! goes hard gay - oddball Japanese variety show visits Yahoo's Tokyo offices
deusx : chaotic intransient prose bursts: Yahoo! goes hard gay - "A character called "Hard Gay" (by comedian Masaki Sumitani aka Lazer Ramon) thinks that the Hoo! in Yahoo! is stolen from his often used exclamation and goes to visit Yahoo! headquarters to try to get a deal."
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12/09/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
veen : Web 2.0: The Power Behind the Hype - Jared takes a nice rational look at the buzzwords
jimray : Web 2.0: The Power Behind the Hype - Don't build a web app anymore without most of these
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12/09/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Why Not Fly Tailwheel? - Why Not Fly Tailwheel?: Yes, you have to pay attention, but it's just a different set of skills, and a different attitude is required, but a tailwheel is not a demon ready to bite off your head.
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12/09/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Reason They Call 'Em "Taildraggers" - The Reason They Call 'Em "Taildraggers": It's because by the time you've managed to learn to control their cantankerous behavior, a previously elevated portion of your anatomy is bound to be dragging on the tarmac as you skulk away after your fi
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12/09/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
kayodeok : Hacking Network Printers (Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins) - This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network it's part of
Matthew M. Boedicker : hacking network printers
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12/09/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
kayodeok : PostgreSQL SQL Syntax and Use - This chapter covers the basic operation of PostgreSQL, including naming conventions, creating a database, and indexing. When you finish with it, you should be able to use PostgreSQL for most basic functions
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12/09/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Simon Willison : Newent Onion Fayre 2005 - This year's Onion Fayre was something of a wash-out.
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12/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Productivity in the Trenches, or, Djangoism Saves - Jeremy Voorhis is nearly finished writing a major Django application.
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Simon Willison : Using SVG for paths in Google Maps with Deer Park - Mind bending Google Maps API hackery.
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12/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Simple graphical calculator with canvas - By Arvid Jakobsson.
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12/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Lumberjack, the cross-platform JavaScript logger and console - Neat tool for debugging in place of alert statements.
Paul Hammond : Lumberjack, The Cross-Platform Javascript Logger And Console - helps beat down the nightmare that is cross-browser javascript debugging
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12/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
plasticbag : An animated short film about trusted computing - Pretty interesting and beautifully animated piece explaining the issues behind the industry's adaptation of the concept
Simon Willison : A movie about Trusted Computing - Beautifully animated. [via]
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12/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
plasticbag : "Anti-gay activists who stood up to be counted are counted" - I don't know what I think about this - it's like some kind of bigot-outing, which seems both poetic justice and a little cruel...
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