22/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
cobra libre : the world interviews francesca pennone about the giant pink piedmont bunny (wma) - possibly the best interview of anybody about anything ever [via] #
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22/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
deusx : Eastgate: Cable YoYo - "The Cable YoYo is a simple but incredibly effective tool for cleaning your clutter. Instead of having extra cable snaking all over the place, entangling other cables and getting in the way, just wrap the excess cable around the cable yoyo!"
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22/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : On shyness - The science behind shyness, an "affliction" shared by 30% of the population (the lurkers in real life). Reminds of the fantastic Caring for Your Introvert from The Atlantic Monthly a couple of years ago. Sadly, the article has disappeared behind the Atlan
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22/09/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Testing economies with video games - Interview with Edward Castronova, video game economist. Quite an interesting thought from him about using MMORPGs to test economies and social systems. "I think the smart thing for the US state department to do today is build a game about Islam but make i [via]
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22/09/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : At Roberts Hearings, Bored Senators Become Photojournalists - Senators discover what Summer from the OC already knew - that cameraphones are the autograph of the 21st century. #
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22/09/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
jimray : SixApart sneak previews Project Comet - Next generation weblog platform
jkottke : Six Apart announces Comet - Six Apart announces Comet, which at this early stage is hard to define exactly, but seems to be some kind of overall repositioning/refocus of their existing products toward consumer user-friendliness. Or is it an entirely other product/platform? Anyway, I
Andy Baio : Six Apart's Project Comet - more on their new hosted blogging service from Mena
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22/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Guardian Unlimited | Suspicious behaviour on the tube - Tube station shut down because of man "acting suspicously" (wearing an overcoat and sending text messages, apparently). Police arrest him and confiscate lots of computer/electronics equipment from his house. They eventually drop charges (although they d [via] #
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22/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
plasticbag : BBC News: "A US psychologist says there are not that many differences between the genders." - The complexities of the politics of same vs different, superior vs inferior, made vs born (etc) remain a perpetual focus for debate, argument and rhetoric...
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22/09/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : The Funny Pages - The NY Times Magazine has launched The Funny Pages, their comics+ section. PDFs of the comics are available online...here's the first Chris Ware strip. They're also podcasting and the first episode is an interview with Ware by John Hodgman, assisted by or
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22/09/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
kayodeok : BIOS for Beginners - Are you not sure how to tune up your BIOS, or how to get starting with overclocking your PC? Here is a step-by-step guide to setting BIOS parameters, using a popular Asus motherboard as an example
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22/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
plasticbag : It's kind of terrible, but it's kind of great - a new t-shirt slogan is appearing around London's tourist shops... - I mean it's funny if you don't get all weirded out about bombs and stuff. Um.
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22/09/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Slashdot's CSS redesign goes live - still ugly, but much cleaner source
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22/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jimray : How do I keep my cat from shredding my furniture? - We're getting a new couch soon and I'll be goddamned if the cats destory THIS piece of furniture. I heart AskMeFi.
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22/09/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
philgyford : Old Walton Pictures Index - Loads and loads of old photos of Walton-on-Naze, where I often go on holiday.
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22/09/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
kellan : Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys tour - I'll be there with bells on. If there is anyone cooler then Gaiman its Anansi #
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22/09/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jimray : New Vatican Rule Said to Bar Gays as New Priests - New York Times - Who would Jesus discriminate against?
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22/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : www.jimphoenix.com - www.jimphoenix.com: good sailplane restoration pics and whatnot
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22/09/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : NPR : Podcast Directory - NPR : Podcast Directory: finally, a podcast I give a shit about
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22/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
kellan : Flickr: The JP is Beautiful! - Jamaica Plain, MA Pool - I love JP #
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kayodeok : Build quick, slick Web sites: Design fast-loading, responsive Web pages with XHTML - With everyone from your eight-year-old neighbor to your eighty-year-old grandmother building Web sites, the Internet has become a slow-moving, bogged-down beast. But with just a few tricks using XHTML, you can build classy, beautiful sites that still load
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22/09/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Jet Blue disabled DirecTV during problem flight - seems like turning off CNN would be more likely to induce panic than control it
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22/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Houston evacuations - Low lying areas told to get out
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22/09/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : What should I read next? - What should I read next? is what it says...you enter the title and author of a book you like and the site will suggest something for you to read next.
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22/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
plasticbag : Sky are to launch a freeview channel in the UK showing programming that hasn't been on terrestrial yet, but which is a year or so behind Sky One's shows - It's pretty clearly a marketing move - there are loads of people using Freeview that haven't upgraded to Sky and with E4's defection to free, Sky really need to have a platform from which to encourage people to 'upgrade' to satellite.
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22/09/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : A natural history of the @ sign - A natural history of the @ sign. (via nonist) [via]
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22/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
ricmac : Microsoft to reorg, due to software services - "By bringing its MSN group into its main product unit, Microsoft intends to accelerate a move to hosted software-based services, Ballmer said in a statement."
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22/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
ricmac : Arnold: The Google Legacy (ebook) - "Technically, Google is conceptually closer to IBM (at one time a hardware and software company) than it is to Microsoft (primarily a software company) or Yahoo! (an integrator of multiple softwares)."
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22/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
ricmac : Mini-Microsoft: what should happen if schedules slip - "SteveB should throw your chair across the room and out the window - with you sitting in it." (LOL - classic!)
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22/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
ricmac : Introducing b5media - Darren Rowse, Jeremy Wright and others new blog network.
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22/09/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
plasticbag : Frequently Asked Questions about the ISAN version identifier for audiovisual works - "The first 16 hexadecimal digits of the ISAN relate to the audiovisual work. This work segment is further sub-divided into two parts: a 12-digit root segment followed by a 4-digit segment for the identification of episodes or parts when applicable." Huge.
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22/09/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
ricmac : TechCrunch: C2C and VoIP is China’s Web 2.0 - "I see the convergence of Internet and telephony taking shape through the development of mobile e-commerce and free voice."
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22/09/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
ricmac : Aqute: BBC Online part 3 - Continuing this excellent series.
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22/09/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
ricmac : Flock: On Ramp for Web 2.0 - "Its seems natural that browsers will incorporate what the extensions [eg greasemonkey] do and will grow like desktop operating systems did."
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22/09/2005 @ 12:56 GMT
ricmac : The Long Tail Blog: The Media Center PC - "there's a strong Long Tail angle to the Media Center. It is, at its core, a platform for unlimited-choice TV. It connects the Internet to the TV screens around your house via a simple, TiVo-like interface."
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22/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
ricmac : Mark Sigal: What is Web 2.0? - "At the core, it is an applied web service model that blurs the line between software and service."
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22/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
ricmac : EMI: Inside a Makeover - "Ring tones and tunes now gross more than $4 billion a year, and mobile download is poised to take off as a slew of new music phones hit the market later this year."
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22/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
ricmac : ZDNet: Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft - "Google is setting itself up to be an application delivery system for any type of device," said Arnold
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22/09/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
jkottke : Interview with Hayao Miyazaki - Interview with Hayao Miyazaki about Howl's Moving Castle and his films in general.
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22/09/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Backlit GBA SP - Why didn't they do this a long time ago?
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22/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
kayodeok : Can Bloggers Strike It Rich? - Time to quit your day job and blog for a living?
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22/09/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Original Alice work in 3D online - "Fourteen rare books and manuscripts are now in the Turning Pages collection of the British Library". [via] #
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22/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
philgyford : Innocent in London - Fascinating and scary account of being arrested for acting very slightly suspiciously. I don't want to go out.
deusx : Innocent in London - "This gradual erosion of our fundamental liberties should be of concern to us all."
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22/09/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : Web 2.0 in Ireland - The Father of Web 2.0 gets a mention.
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22/09/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Isofarro : Line lengths when reading from a screen - Joe Clark talks about a Dyson report that suggests long line-lengths may not be as bad as we thought.
Richard Rutter : Line lengths when reading from a screen - Longer can be better, so to speak..
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22/09/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Steve Jobs to Studios: I Got the Power! - Monopsony
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François Nonnenmacher : RSS in Outlook Express - That will bring RSS to a lot more people
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22/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Grim meathook future - I heart jwz
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22/09/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Digital picture frame - New product from Philips, sounds promising (via amitp)
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22/09/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
ricmac : Net Snippets: web research tool - "At its most basic, it provides a free web-based file storage and sharing tool. You can upload up to one gigabyte of material—plain text, music, photos, screen shots, whatever. "
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22/09/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Eric Meyer : BBEdit: Why isn't there a keyboard equivalent for Find All or Replace All in the Find dialog? - As it turns out, they exist and are fairly logical. Why didn't I know this before?
Ethan Marcotte : Global Find/Replace keyboard shortcuts in BBEdit - Finally! Via Eric.
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22/09/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Kevin Burton announces TailRank, his new startup - ranking system for weblogs, posts, and people
ricmac : Kevin Burton: What is TailRank? - "TailRank is a next-generation weblog ranking system which takes into consideration a lot of lessons learned from other Web 2.0 products and services."
jimray : Kevin Burton's Feed Blog: What is TailRank? - Startup to rank blogs
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22/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Indie Rock Fantasy League - I'd love to see which bands scored the best/worst for this year
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22/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Ziff-Davis buys Gametab - congrats to my favorite gaming meta-news site [via]
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22/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : High school band plays DJ Shadow's Endtroducing - the video is amazing; I would buy an album of this in a heartbeat
Nelson Minar : Glitch drums - DJ Shadow Endtroducing by live percussion, amazing how they play the glitch track (via Waxy)
Rod Begbie : School band play 'Endtroducing' with real instruments - Superb! DJ Shadow re-imagined by hitting things with sticks. [via] #
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22/09/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Andrew Raaff's roundup of legal reactions to the Google Print lawsuit - amazing set of analysis on both sides; I'm strongly in Google's camp here
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22/09/2005 @ 01:56 GMT
Jason Shellen : SaveMyAss.com - Of course if you need this service, you may need a seperate service to remind you to sign-up. #
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22/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
jimray : PhotoReflect: Find a Professional Photographer - Find a Photographer
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22/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
kayodeok : XML.com: Dreaming of an Atom Store: A Database for the Web - Dreaming of an Atom Store: A Database for the Web
deusx : XML.com: Dreaming of an Atom Store: A Database for the Web - This is basically where I was / am headed with FeedReactor: "Imagine that you just have a huge glob of storage that you can store Atom Entries in, and which you can edit using the APP, and then search over using OpenSearch. That idea, that big blob of Ato
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22/09/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : RailsFS After a Couple Minutes of Tooling With Fuse, Whoa - Mount your active record models as a file system under Linux.
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22/09/2005 @ 00:57 GMT
jimray : ForestChoice - Online Store - Graphite #2 Pencils - Solid, forest friendly pencils
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22/09/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
WillPate : The 10 Secrets of a Master Networker - Keith Ferrazzi is very smart
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22/09/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
WillPate : Why software sucks - And what to do about it - Getting real about how people view software
Paul Hammond : Why software sucks - scottberkun.com - Good things are easily to miss
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22/09/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
WillPate : Global PR Blog Week 2.0 - PR people promoting and figuring out best practices for using social software
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22/09/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
WillPate : Northern Voice 2006 | Canada's Blogging Conference - Come one, come all
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22/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : Clearleft - Web Design and Accessibility Consultants.
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22/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : Double Plus Darwin - "Paul Graham has a theory. He believes that, given $10,000 and 3-6 months, two or three entrepreneurs can create a start up worth investing in, and ultimately (within a few years), worth buying for at least $1,000,000."
Wayne Burkett : Double Plus Darwin - "My goal is to create a profitable startup over the next 6 months worth further investment. I have just quit my corporate job." #
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22/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
deusx : Ananova - Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain - "An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years."
plasticbag : Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain - "An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years."
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22/09/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
erikbenson : 'Island' of artistic expression runs into a sea of troubles - I was supposed to have martinis on the island, but sadly plans got cancelled.
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