19/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
cobra libre : 1up.com dog ownership guide #
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19/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : A new Penny Arcade depicts a historic conversation between myself and Matt Biddulph - So far, it all appears to be working quite well. Speaking of which, back to ETech stuff...
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19/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
kayodeok : How Firefox Can Beat IE - There are seven things that can be done to Firefox to make sure it beats back the IE challenge:
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19/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
kellan : Rome - Engineering an Empire - Saw this last night, surprisingly good, even for someone who has spent a little while studying Rome. #
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19/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
jimray : The XML file formats for iWork suck, apparently - "To sum up: the second round of file formats were constructed by amateurs."
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19/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
plasticbag : "Flickr and Yahoo: please support open identity standards" - Interesting piece this. Open Identity standards are pretty complex things, but it does seem pretty clear that there would be enormous benefits to be reaped from being the first organisation to embrace these standards (ie. all your services would already w
Jeremy Zawodny : Flickr and Yahoo: please support open identity standards - Flickr and Yahoo: please support open identity standards: you have no idea what a can of worms that is
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19/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : 100 greatest theorems in math - The list of the 100 greatest theorems in mathematics is topped by The Irrationality of the Square Root of 2 from that nutball Pythagoras. Jesus, who does Godel have to sleep with to get higher on this list...I mean, all the man did was destroy math! (I kn [via]
Steve Cook : The Hundred Greatest Theorems - Outrage! The transcendence of pi comes in at #53, and I don't see the Ham Sandwich Theorem at all!
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19/09/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
jimray : nationalgeographic.com Web Style Guide: Web Style Guide Main - "At least one ad per page, preferably two" GAH!
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19/09/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : IEBlog : IE7 Security in Brief - In IE7, we built a containment wall around IE by running it in Protected Mode. In this mode, IE can browse the web but cannot install software (good or bad) or change settings on the user’s computer without explicit user consent
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19/09/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : A Not-To-Do List - This is a not-to-do list. You don't need to check anything off, because these are things YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
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19/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : Mobile Music Workshop 2006 at the University of Sussex - looks pretty neat... - "How can we push forward the already successful combination of music and mobile technology? What new forms of interaction with music lie ahead, as locative media and music use merge into new forms of everyday experiences?"
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19/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : Consider this an appeal - can someone with clue please fix the Wikipedia article on "Penis envy"? - So, I've studied a fair amount of psychoanalysis, and I know this article on penis envy is bullshit, and it's been on my 'to do' list of things to fix for weeks, and I've got nowhere. So I'm putting out an appeal - can you make this better?
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19/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Unique Planned Parenthood pledge drive - Planned Parenthood in Southeastern Pennsylvania is running a unique pledge drive. The idea is that you pledge an amount of money for each anti-abortion protestor that shows up outside of the PP health center. "We will place a sign outside the health cente [via]
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19/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Euro OSCon Oct 17-20 - In Amsterdam, I'm planning on going
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19/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : Voting Panel Will Propose New Calendar for Primaries - "Republicans worry about voter fraud and favor photo ID's. Democrats support easier registration and ballot access." So, one party wants to track citizens and the other wants to make it easier for people to vote.
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19/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : The Hype Over Voter Fraud - Voter fraud is largely a myth perpetuated by Republicans to enforce onerous voting requirements that disenfranchise traditionally Democratic voters
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19/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
gleuschk : Strengthen your home wireless network signal - Lifehacker - I don't think I ever got my AirPort Express to act as a booster
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19/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Blog comments - Marginal Revolution recently experimented with opening up comments on their posts and here are their results. I've noticed the same pattern on kottke.org, especially "the more that comments are regularly available, the more rapidly the quality of comments
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19/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
joshua : Top 10 OS X applications meme
deusx : del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry)
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kellan : World of Warcraft plague.. - Just like Blizzard! Blame it on de trolls, can't get no respect, man. #
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19/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Face: header - Like X-Face, but in colour and even less supported
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19/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Video interviews with designers by Hillman Curtis - Hillman Curtis has added some new (to me) videos to his series of interviews with designers, including interviews with the folks at Pentagram and David Carson.
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19/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Highlight your NoFollow links - Ne suivez pas ce lien ! [via] #
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19/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Adam Kempa obsesses on comic artist Jason Shiga - great collection of links, with original video
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19/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Cymothoa exigua - Cymothoa exigua is a crustacean parasite that eats the tongue of the host fish and then attaches itself to the mouth of the fish and functions as the tongue would have, sharing in the food that the fish brings in.
cobra libre : parasites! [via] #
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19/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : Amazon.com: Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth: Explore similar items - ""
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19/09/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
kellan : Verizon edges towards service discrimination - This is *exactly* what we are worried about when the access providers start climbing the food chain - discrimination against competing services. Which maybe wouldn't be so bad, except that those access providers got their network in the first place as a l #
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19/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : ... natural causes - It happens sometimes, people just explode.
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19/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : WoW: online plague - A sickness spreads in World of Warcraft
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deusx : parasite_large.mov (video/quicktime Object) - Suitcase with mac mini, a projector, car battery - attached to a subway car with suction cups to display video on subway walls. How was this not considered a bomb?
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19/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Typetester - "...an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen". [via] #
Milo Vermeulen : Typetester - Compare fonts for the screen [via]
jkottke : Typetester - Typetester is a web-based font comparison tool which somehow (I'm assuming JavaScript) can preview text in the fonts you have installed on your local machine. Pretty cool.
Richard Rutter : Typetester - Compare fonts for the screen.
Eric Meyer : Typetester - Compare fonts for the screen - Nice little web-based web typography widget. Web web web.
plasticbag : Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen - Beautiful piece of work that allows to compare and explore fonts for screen use and then even get the CSS so you can use them on the web
deusx : Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen - "Test your fonts here."
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19/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Thunderbird tips - Very useful stuff in here
Jeremy Zawodny : Thunderbird Help: Tips & Tricks - Thunderbird Help: Tips & Tricks: a ton of useful shit to tweak in tbird
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19/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Oktoberfest noise - Quieting the music
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19/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kayodeok : Remote controls for your life - Wireless World - "The phone is rapidly becoming a window to the world," said Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group research firm. "In many ways it's becoming a replacement for the PC."
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19/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Crave privacy? New tech knocks out digital cameras - Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with an inexpensive way to prevent digital cameras and digital video cameras from capturing that secret shot
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19/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
gleuschk : AskMe on the simple pleasures - missed this the first time around
Matthew M. Boedicker : simple pleasures
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19/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : PopTech speakers - PopTech announced their speakers and program recently, but it looks like they've sold out already.
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19/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : Y: The Last Man Vol. 5: Ring of Truth: Explore similar items
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19/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : Dorkbot IV - Dearborn, MI - Sept 04, 2005 - Signal processing - one audio processing box chained into the next by a series of dorks.
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19/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : CNN Hacks New TV Technology - Launched in August and modeled after the White House Situation Room -- where presidents confer with advisers on fast-moving matters of utmost importance -- CNN's Situation Room has become something of an R&D lab for news-gathering technology
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19/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
ricmac : PubSub write-up in Computerworld - "Once Prospective Search is established and has a critical mass of users, the service will be monetized through the insertion of ads into the subscription results," says Wyman.
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19/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Twitch - Kurt's TIFF Wrapup (36 Films in Total)
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19/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
jimray : Fact-esque, A Reality-Based Blog: WalMart Infects the Blogosphere - Except it's Super Secret, so Shhhhh ... - Their first stoogie? Why, it's RedState.org - shocker!
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19/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
kayodeok : 43 Folders | Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part II - Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part II
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19/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Nintendo Revolution controller teaser - huge gameplay possibilities
Nelson Minar : Revolution trailer - OK, this is a great ad. Still skeptical about the free floating hands. (via Waxy)
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19/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Lost Garden on the Nintendo Revolution - long and fascinating read about genre specificity and casual gaming
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19/09/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
jimray : Define anal retentive - You know what sucks? Now I'm gonna notice these things, too, and it'll drive me crazy.
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19/09/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Mary Meeker China report - top 3 China trends: "1 - Growing Faster Than Other Markets...with More Potential; 2 - Internet Brings About Cultural Evolution; 3 - Unlike the Rest of the World, China Internet is Mobile-centric Rather Than PC-centric"
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19/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Home Appraisal Online - Home Appraisal Online: free home appraisal, kinda fun to play with
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19/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Google OS is a mirage - The Google OS is a mirage: uhm, duh?
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19/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
gleuschk : Renee and Steve's Restaurant Reviews - keep losing this
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19/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
gleuschk : John McCleary - good references for spectral sequences; hack url for chapters
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19/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Windcraft Oy PIK-27 - Windcraft Oy PIK-27: This is a towplane par excellence. It is made for one purpose only: to tow a glider to a suitable altitude economical and safely.
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19/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Bova Bakery in the North End
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19/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : Samson C01U USB Microphone (Review) - "At a street price of $79, complete with stand adapter, USB cable and software, it's a product without competition, well suited to producing podcasts. "
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