20/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
kayodeok : HTMLstamps - HTMLstamps for Adobe Illustrator CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS1, Adobe Photoshop CS2 (as brushes), Adobe InDesign CS2 as well as Macromedia Fireworks and Microsoft Visio
plasticbag : HTMLstamps - intriguing and slightly random way for web designers to indicate how the pages should be coded up... - I don't really know what I think about this, but then again I've always been slightly suspicious of designing web sites in Illustrator or Photoshop, even though I do it too...
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20/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
kayodeok : IEBlog : More details on Protected Mode IE in Windows Vista - Protected Mode helps to eliminate the silent install of malicious code through Windows Vista’s User Account Protection (UAP) technology by blocking writes outside of the Temporary Internet Files (TIF) folder
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20/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft Realigns for Next Wave of Innovation and Growth - CEO Ballmer appoints presidents of three core divisions; Allchin announces retirement plan
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20/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : Apple head attacks record firms - "Greedy" record companies are pushing for an increase in the price of music downloads, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs has said.
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20/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Google's chef strikes out on his own - Neat article on Charlie Ayers, Google's former chef, and his future plans to open his own eco-aware restaurant.
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20/09/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
Andy Baio : Video: Grandaddy's "Jed's Other Poem" - don't miss this one; fan-made video programmed on an Apple ][+
Wayne Burkett : Video: Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) - Fan video. Programmed on an Apple ][+. #
plasticbag : Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) - A stunning video for a Grandaddy song that uses an Apple II to create 'expressive' typography. Wonderful.
Richard Rutter : Jed’s Other Poem - Brilliant video for this Grandaddy song, made using an Apple II.
Eric Meyer : Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) - Awesome. Check it. [via Richard] [via]
Nelson Minar : Jed's Other Poem - Pretty volunteer video (via Kevin Fox)
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20/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : SiliconBeat: Google's Katrina site - 2 buttons: "One allows you to search on any keyword and get results from only Hurricane Katrina-related web pages. The other, Katrina People Search, accesses public databases to find information on affected friends or family members."
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20/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Dunstan has a new toy - As always, he is teh funney.
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20/09/2005 @ 21:56 GMT
kayodeok : The difference between XML and RDF - RDF is not a data format, but a simple model (which goes a bit like: something has a something of something)
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20/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
gleuschk : Case, B.Anne and Leggett, A.M., eds.: Complexities: Women in Mathematics. - apparently Karen Smith is in it
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20/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Profile of Robert Trivers - Profile of Robert Trivers who "ame up with the first Darwinian explanations for human cooperation, jealousy and our sense of justice that made genetic sense, and he showed how these arose from the same forces as act on all animals, from the pigeons outsid
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20/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Jason Shellen : Kerplunk - The rise and fall of the Lookout Records empire. - Great read about the 'post-Dookie Lookout' [via Stereogum] #
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20/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : The genetics of Harry Potter - Scientists are having a bit of fun wondering about the genetics of wizardry in Harry Potter. "This suggests that wizarding ability is inherited in a mendelian fashion, with the wizard allele (W) being recessive to the muggle allele (M). According to this
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20/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : Reuse a CVS Disposable Camcorder - Nice. Requires some physical hacking, but hey, who doesn't love a good hack? [via Scott Andrew] [via]
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20/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
kellan : Network for Good and Groundspring to Merge - First public announcement I've seen #
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20/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : The 6 Percent Solution: Skip Real Estate Agents - New York Times - I have this really deep loathing of fast talking, silver Mercedes-driving real estate agents I can't quite explain - I long for the day when the Internet puts them all out of a job
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20/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : Safeguard Organic Standards - Certain members of congress seem to think our organic standards, among the most lax in the world, are a bit too lenient. Seriously, wtf?
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20/09/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
jimray : Wedding Photojournalist Association - WEDDING PHOTOJOURNALISM - Good to know about...
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20/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Schumer v. Roberts - A funny exchange from the confirmation hearings. #
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20/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Kill A Watt, Electricity Usage Monitor at X-tremegeek.com - A few of these in a recent Wired, too. (This site's got a lot of neat toys.) #
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20/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
jimray : Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back - Wingnut fundamentalists are taking museums by storm and overwhelming volunteers with idiotic questions about outdated mythology. W!T!F! America!
deusx : Challenged by Creationists, Museums Answer Back - New York Times - Creationists who show up at museums just to argue are assholes.
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20/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
jimray : Faithbuilders-Four Killer Questions - "If Genesis 1 is not true AS IT IS WRITTEN, then how can we trust anything else in Scripture that we base our faith on?" Exactly.
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20/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
jimray : B.C. Tours Home - These are the wingnuts that tour smoothbrain, unthinking fundies around to museums. Here's a deal, assholes, you keep your nonsense out of my museums and I'll promise not to use critical judgement in your churches.
deusx : B.C. Tours Home - "Think Differently | Think Biblically" We are all individuals! (crowd: Yes, we are all individuals!)
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20/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
kayodeok : Google Secure Access: Frequently Asked Questions - Google Secure Access is a downloadable client application that allows users to establish a more secure WiFi connection
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20/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : 2005 MacArthur Fellows - The MacArthur Foundation has announced their 2005 Fellows...the so-called genius grant. Fellows "will be given $500,000 in 'no strings attached' support over the next five years".
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20/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : note from Prof Knuth to www-validator@w3.org - Heh. #
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jkottke : Suroweicki on gas prices and Katrina - Suroweicki on gas prices and Katrina: "Americans are happy with the free market when it allows them to buy cheap T-shirts and twenty-nine-dollar DVD players, but they tend to like it less when they have to pay fifty dollars to fill up their gas tanks."
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20/09/2005 @ 16:57 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Liquid Sculpture - High-speed and Fine Art Photography of Drops and Splashes [via]
plasticbag : Liquid Sculpture - High-speed and Fine Art Photography of Drops and Splashes - Stunning. Beautiful. Really worth exploring in substantial detail. And if you work in ceramics or glass or plastics, there are some forms here you should be exploring. Awesome.
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20/09/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
Eric Meyer : The Question that Won%u2019t Die: Optimal Screen Resolution? - Jared brings on the practicality and puts the focus where it's needed.
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20/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
deusx : A Shout Out to My Pepys - boingboing hits a new low - "As much as geeks think we can hack and outsmart everything, there may be limits to our starchild crystal wonder powers. For example, I hear biochemistry is hard! And slow, painful death sucks!"
Wayne Burkett : boingboing hits a new low - "And slow, painful death sucks! And reading the manual is an even better idea when you're doing tech support for your own viscera!" #
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plasticbag : sur matin un lapin - So I never have to search for it again - a classic flash cartoon from the depths of internet history!
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plasticbag : Ja Da - Another one from the archive - and classic late-Friday afternoon UpMyStreet fodder too, from before I worked at b3ta
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20/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : Two all-business class airlines - Two new airlines are about to start offering all-business class service to/from NYC and London starting at prices more than half than those offered by existing carriers like AA and BA.
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20/09/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Ask MetaFilter - J-pop recommendations
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20/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Opera is Free ! - "...no more ads, no more registration, and there has been no better time to try the best browser on the planet". [via] #
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20/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
kellan : paul martin, “i don’t cross picket lines”. - I'm trying to imagine a US president saying this.... and failing utterly. #
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20/09/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Isofarro : The Birth of the Pilot - History of Palm, from Zoomer through to Touchdown, which became the Palm Pilot
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20/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : SurfWax LookAhead: Dynamic Search Navigation and Query Refinement - Helps users browse before they search
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20/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
kayodeok : Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee - Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge – at http://www.opera.com.
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20/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : How easy is your writing to understand ? - "Clear, simple, easy-to-understand writing is a mark of an excellent communicator. It's worth taking some time and effort to improve. After all, people won't act on information they don't understand". [via] #
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20/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
gleuschk : SaveMyAss Dot Com - Panic Button! Panic Button! She's throwing things!
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20/09/2005 @ 13:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : In defense of big - Mena talks about why SixApart isn't a small company
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20/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : JohnKerry.com - Senator John Kerry's Speech at Brown University - "The incompetence of Katrina's response is not reserved to a hurricane. There's an enormous gap between Americans' daily expectations and government's daily performance."
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20/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : OttoMate Web Test Automator Actions - Automator Actions - "A Suite of Mac OS X Automator Actions that mates the simple, intuitive beauty of the Aqua graphical user interface with Automated Web Testing."
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20/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
deusx : Video Games Live | www.videogameslive.com - Concert tour featuring video game music along with video clips, laser light show, and live action.
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20/09/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : hifidelity.org - Music Makes You Lose Your Scale (a mashup)
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20/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Isofarro : Opera free - no banner ads - via accessifyforum and whitingx
kayodeok : Opera Web Browser removes integrated ad banners. Opera is Free - Opera has removed the banners, found within our browser, and the licensing fee. Opera’s growth, due to tremendous worldwide customer support, has made today’s milestone an achievable goal
Simon Willison : Opera is now Free - I wonder how this will affect their market share.
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20/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : TickerFox - "Keep on top of the latest Firefox download". [via] #
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20/09/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Ellison's yacht - 450+ yards long, $200M. And he's selling it.
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20/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Swiss local foods - Various regional specialities
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20/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : C'mon Kids, Let's Play Programmer - Computer programmer Igor Kholodov has created a game that he says can entertain while teaching the basics of computer programming languages like Java or C
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20/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : c-jump: computer programming board game - c-jump helps children to learn basics of programming languages, such as C, C and Java
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20/09/2005 @ 08:57 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Ji Lee pastes empty speech bubbles on street ads and photographs the results [via]
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20/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Improving the screw - Re-engineering a thousands-year-old technology (via amitp)
jkottke : A new kind of screw - Kenneth LeVay has invented a new type of screw (designed using computer modeling) which works even in concrete or plastic.
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20/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Photo of the future - Awesome find
deusx : bighappyfunhouse found photos. free pie. the future - "Remember ladies, the keys to a happy life are some white go-go boots, a mini-bike and a cel phone."
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20/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
cobra libre : chomsky text generator - easier to understand than the postmodernist text generator (the code, that is) #
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20/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : An Experts' Guide to Keyword Research - To be effective, you must understand the language actually used by your customers, rather than the words you or your marketing department think will be most effective
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20/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
kayodeok : Keyword Research Guide - Want to get the most from Wordtracker? Let the experts show you how
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20/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Flash: JCB Song - from the brilliant animator of Low Morale's Creep video [via]
plasticbag : Monkeyhub presents a music video to the single JCB by band Nizlopi - It's a pretty fluffy song, and kind of gimmicky, but the sentiment appears genuine and the video is pretty amazing. They want to be Christmas #1 and I see no reaason not to help them achieve it...
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20/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Plague strikes World of Warcraft - contagious disease infects players, leading to quarantines and panic
jkottke : Disease spreads through online game - The citizens of World of Warcraft are being infected by a disease that got out of hand, just like in the real world. "Blizzard recently added the Zul'Gurub instance to the game, where Hakkar, the god of blood, uses a devastating disease attack on anyone w [via]
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20/09/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Whither Chef Charlie? - He's truly a good person and a good chef, glad he's finding something interesting to do.
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20/09/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Multi-platform Images - Embedding drivers specific to each Windows version into sysinternal's products
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20/09/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Google Plans National Optical Fiber Network - "The vendors who have seen Google’s fiber network RFP say that the nature of the network can really only mean that Google ultimately hopes to push massive amounts of voice, video and data close to the end user. " (via Om Malik)
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20/09/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : IncParadise.com - IncParadise.com: setup your Nevada LLC cheaply
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20/09/2005 @ 06:56 GMT
jimray : Roku intros Soundbridge radio - I want one of these for my kitchen. And bedroom.
deusx : Roku - "SoundBridge Radio is a complete Wi-Fi Music System that brings the world of Internet radio to every room of the house in rich, clear, stereo sound. "
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20/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
kayodeok : Forms vs. Applications (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - Once an online form goes beyond two screenfuls, it's often a sign that the underlying functionality is better supported by an application, which offers a more interactive user experience
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20/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
kayodeok : Will Windows Upgrade Hand Power to Big Media? - The idea is to make it easier to download HDTV-quality video to your desktop or laptop. But, in the process, critics fear you will lose something: the freedom to use whatever hardware or software you want. So what you'll hear about Vista depends on whom y
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20/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
ricmac : 9rules Network: no 80/20 - This is a big part of why I joined: "Part of the 9rules Network philosophy was born from the fact that there is no longer an 80/20 rule on the web."
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20/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Flight - Service and Repair Manuals for DG Sailplanes - Flight - Service and Repair Manuals for DG Sailplanes: nice PDF versions
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Matthew M. Boedicker : video of new Nintendo controller in action
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Matthew M. Boedicker : maps showing explorer's routes
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Jeremy Zawodny : WingRigger.com - WingRigger.com: looks like a good one man rig unit for modern 15m gliders
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20/09/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
jimray : Browsing the Site, Not Watching the Show - New York Times - "Why is MSNBC.com doing so well if its parent perennially trails other TV news channels?" The answer is simple: all cable news sucks and there's simply not enough room for three 24-hour news channels amongst such a small, simple-minded audience.
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20/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jimray : The News and Observer's executive editor has a blog - I love seeing this sort of thing - she's doing an excellent job so far. One quibble - trackbacks appear to be broken - there's no link to the site that's pinging the blog
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20/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
deusx : torrentocracy - blog - PEP is delicious - "Using their RSS feed for popular videos, Prodigem now automatically torrents the most popular videos on the web as decided by the del.icio.us folksonomy."
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