11/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Celestia - Wow. An amazing free space "simulator" for Windows, OSX or Linux. Tip: Select "Demo" from the Help menu to get an idea of what it covers. [via] #
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11/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
kayodeok : Every number has its own significance - "This cool list shows the significance of EVERY number from 1-9,999 -- Such as 3025 is the sum of the first 10 cubes, or 18 is the only number that is twice the sum of its digits"
Matthew M. Boedicker : every number has its own significance
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11/11/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Filmmaker Magazine interviews Christopher Doyle [via]
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11/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : "line" of the Day - Stop-motion human skateboard. Funny as hell.
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11/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : Yahoo! Maps Web Services - Simple API Reference Manual - "Simply pass geoRSS tagged XML files to our servers and your data will be displayed on a Yahoo! Map, complete with features like overlays and annotations."
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11/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : Letters To Harry: Puppy Power - "Unattended children will be given espresso and a free puppy."
kellan : Unattended children will be given an espresso.. - and a free puppy #
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11/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
deusx : indietits.com- these birds are hipper than you - "G'DAY MATE OH JESUS YOU'RE TREPANNING ME WITH YOUR BIRDCOCK"
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11/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Google Maps Mania - "An unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, ideas and tools being influenced by Google Maps." [via] #
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11/11/2005 @ 20:57 GMT
Linkorama : Human Remote - Japan developing remote control for humans
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11/11/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Converting Color Images to Black and White: Tutorial - Converting Color Images to Black and White
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11/11/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kayodeok : Improve your Photography without using your Camera - I use a couple of mental exercises to improve my photography without even touching my camera. I never named them before, but I guess I'll christen them "My Final Picture" and "Spot the Light".
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11/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : Techdirt:Why Microsoft Wanted To Buy Claria - The problem is that, right now, AdCenter only does keyword based matching, and Microsoft desperately wants behavioral matching -- which is what Claria is now offering (even though that behavioral matching is based on surreptitiously installed software)
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11/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : SonyBMG DRM Customer Survival Kit - Here's a handy bag of tricks for people whose computers are (or might be) infected by the SonyBMG/First4Internet rootkit DRM
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11/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kayodeok : My life as a Code Economist - The six billion people of the world can be divided into two groups: People who know why every good software company ships products with known bugs and People who don't.
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11/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Richard Rutter : mooFlex - Simple, standards-based, nice looking CMS.
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Philippe Janvier : Happiness - C'est bête, mais c'est parfois aussi simple que ça :) [via] #
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11/11/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : SF Gate web designers get snarky in alt tags - [via]
Jon Hicks : Novel use for alt text
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11/11/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Say So - like an anonymous, lo-fi version of Ask Metafilter
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11/11/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
joshua : OfficePoltergeist - remote harassment protocol
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11/11/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Took long enough - Poll: Most Americans Doubt Bush's Honesty
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gleuschk : I'm writing this letter to recommend Perry Mills for whatever it is he wants to be recommended for. - long backstory on this, but this one letter is hysterical. Word.
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11/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : New thinking on who should, shouldn't use Roth 401(k) - New thinking on who should, shouldn't use Roth 401(k): this kinda sorta helps sort things out... a little.
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11/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : TCP stacks testbed - TCP stacks testbed: these guys tested a ton of linux network performance tuning options
joshua : TCP stacks testbed
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11/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : TCP Tuning Guide - Linux TCP Tuning - TCP Tuning Guide - Linux TCP Tuning: die-hard linux network geeky stuff
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11/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Using Sony's DRM Against Itself - Using Sony's DRM Against Itself: hahahahahaahaha... classic.
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11/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Watching all six Star Wars movies simultaneously - Watching all six Star Wars movies simultaneously: way too much spare time... but cool anyway
Andy Baio : Watching all six Star Wars films simultaneously - reminds me of Jason Salavon's work [via]
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11/11/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : A Paris drive - Famous 1978 video of someone driving insane through Paris
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11/11/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Pigeon nightmare - Cold sweats, nice photo
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11/11/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Man of God - Fundie whacko Pat Robertson on the warpath
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11/11/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Nefarian drops - Biggest boss in WoW, 40 samples of his l00t
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11/11/2005 @ 12:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : A Paris drive, map - Here's the route
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11/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : House hunting with the new Yahoo! Maps - House hunting with the new Yahoo! Maps: now there's a great use for multi-point routing!
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11/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Heracles' Marathon to Olympus, Athena Awaits - Heracles' Marathon to Olympus, Athena Awaits: now that's a story!
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11/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record - Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record: that's one long-ass flight!
kayodeok : Flight of Boeing’s 777 Breaks Distance Record - The flight, lasting 22 hours and 42 minutes, demonstrated for the first time that a new generation of jetliners would leave no two cities beyond a nonstop flight — though a handful of flights may need to carry fewer passengers to make the distance
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11/11/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Giant game maps - Displaying video game pixel art at 3000x6000 resolution
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11/11/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : All About MySQL 4.1 - All About MySQL 4.1: you know, in case you were wondering...
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11/11/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Today in "goddamned embarrasment" news - Today in "goddamned embarrasment" news: Google's RSS reader, which made all the splash of a mouse turd, continues to be a piece of shit.
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11/11/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Isofarro : Ambigrams - Awesome collection of ambigrams in various forms, including the Dan Brown ones. (via Eric Meyer)
Eric Meyer : Ambigrams, Logos, Word Art - Wow. [via Dave] [via]
Rod Begbie : Ambigrams - Interesting collection of word designs that read the same forwards, backwards, upwards, downwards, etc. [via] #
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11/11/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
jimray : Televangelist warns of evolution doomsday - Science - MSNBC.com - “I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected him from your city.†Pat Robertson is officially an asshole.
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11/11/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Bubblegeneration on google as yahoo 2.0
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11/11/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : Computerworld | Despite hype, Microsoft lacks Web 2.0 savvy - I'm quoted extensively in this article.
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11/11/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : I For One Welcome Our New Google Overlords - I For One Welcome Our New Google Overlords: thoughts on google, yahoo, telephony, etc. from nat
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11/11/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
ricmac : Orlowski and his readers mutally masturbate over their definitions of Web 2.0 - "In fact it's the most vitriolic outpouring from readers directed at anything in this reporter's experience." -- and doesn't he love it!! A Tabloid reporter's wet dream. (ok, it was funny in parts)
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11/11/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Horrified Yahoo wakes up next to AOL, sneaks out back door - Horrified Yahoo wakes up next to AOL, sneaks out back door: John writes the best headlines ever...
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11/11/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Portals 2.0 flesh out their product lines - Portals 2.0 flesh out their product lines: he's got some good points here
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Matthew M. Boedicker : In Our Time episode on Dominicans and Franciscans
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11/11/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : rant against programmers who wrote Sony malware
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11/11/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : how to tell if someone is giving you a fake name
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11/11/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
ricmac : Supr.c.ilio.us: Word of the day: Attention - The best definition of 'attention' I've yet seen: "The online currency that users trade for “free†content (see this entry for details). What used to be known as eyeballs during the previous bubble."
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11/11/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Katamari creator retires from gaming - nooo!
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Matthew M. Boedicker : fisher cats come back to Massachusetts
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Matthew M. Boedicker : Mario / Che Guevara t-shirt
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Matthew M. Boedicker : 18-year-old elected mayor
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veen : PSFK: Punk Publishing - "Anyone can pick up a blog and play it."
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ricmac : Innovation Creators: Woffice - Woffice as shorthand for Web Office - I like it!
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ricmac : Yahoo China Relaunched With Pure Search Focus & New Majority Owner - "Yahoo China has been acquired by Alibaba.com and relaunched as a pure search service."
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veen : Yannick Laclau: Beta-testing MeasureMap - "There may be limited analytical value in working from a flash/ajax-ed map, but there's value in its ability to stimulate reflection and perspective."
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jkottke : Leonardo DiCaprio set to star in adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink - Leonardo DiCaprio set to star in movie adaptation of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Huh? (thx, matt)
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11/11/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Simon Willison : Opera Browser Wiki: Patching start.com - Technical hacks for getting start.com to work in Opera. [via]
Isofarro : Patching start.com - An interesting look at the JavaScript problems in start.com - its flawed because it patches Mozilla to act like Internet Explorer, rather than follow DOM standards.
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Simon Willison : Tom Hume's report on MoMo London - Nice to know that my enthusiasm is appreciated.
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François Nonnenmacher : Ruby on Rails: Making Programmers Happy
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WillPate : Backing Out Is Hard To Do | CEO Blues - Dan's right, choose your clients carefully
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