30/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
veen : Boxes and Arrows: Storyboarding Rich Internet Applications with Visio - "“Moving from designing primarily for Paged Internet Apps to Rich Internet Apps presents us with a specific challenge: how do we document these richer interactions?â€
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30/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : PriceRitePhoto: Abusive Bait and Switch Camera Store - PriceRitePhoto: Abusive Bait and Switch Camera Store: wow, you've just gotta read this story to appreciate it
Nelson Minar : PriceRitePhoto - Scammy camera dealer gets lambasted (via Metafilter)
Matthew M. Boedicker : the web fights back against PriceRitePhoto
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30/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Buying Blogging.com - Buying Blogging.com: The domain blogging.com is on the market with a $2-million asking price. That may be more than the cumulative revenues of all blogging tools companies.
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30/11/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
jkottke : Paul Schmelzer's project to collect autographs of his name from famous people - Paul Schmelzer's project to collect autographs of his (Paul's) name from famous people. So far, he's got scrawls from David Sedaris, Yoko Ono, Frank Gehry, and Pat Buchanan, but has been turned down by Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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30/11/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
merlinmann : JOYS : Organizing Your Life - A Household Notebook,Home Filing System,Organizing Clutter,Paper Filing,Category,Personal Record,Retention,Personal Record,Keeping,Organizing Home,Office,Product,Enjoying Everyday,Life,More Money,Home Organizing Product,Gift - Sexy home filing system. [Thanks, Nicole Lee]
jimray : JOYS : Organizing Your Life - A Household Notebook,Home Filing System,Organizing Clutter,Paper Filing,Category,Personal Record,Retention,Personal Record,Keeping,Organizing Home,Office,Product,Enjoying Everyday,Life,More Money,Home Organizing Product,Gift - Oh my GOD, this is precisely what I need to organize the every growing PILES of crap clogging my home office. God bless Merlin Mann.
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30/11/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
kellan : Smile Boston Project - As just seen in June Bug. (paging KidRobot, I'd love to buy a HK vinyl version of some of these paintings) #
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30/11/2005 @ 22:57 GMT
kellan : Harvard Book Store's Holiday Hundred is out. (20% one hundred selected titles) - Also NYTimes 100 notable of 2005. Now if people would offer these lists as XOXO, then you could build one-click add to Lists of Bests or some such. #
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30/11/2005 @ 22:57 GMT
jimray : A Message from Bill: Media Operations that Traffic in Defamation - Woohoo! We're on Bill O'Reilly's shitlist!
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30/11/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: HOWTO convert Atari joystick into a vibrator - This is like something from a Bizarro-world version of Ben Heckendorn.
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30/11/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
jkottke : Gladwell article from back in September on a project that used different team methodologies to attempt to create the perfect cooki - Bakeoff! A Gladwell article from back in September on a project that used different team methodologies to attempt to create the perfect cookie: an open source approach, an approach based on extreme programming, and a traditional hierarchical team. You may
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30/11/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : 50 (UK-centric) celebs share their top food experiences - 50 (UK-centric) celebs share their top food experiences. (via rw) [via]
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30/11/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Prefab housing, like that designed and built by Rocio Romero, is growing in popularity - Prefab housing, like that designed and built by Rocio Romero, is growing in popularity.
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30/11/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Scientists have extracted ice cores from Antarctica that date back 650,000 years - Scientists have extracted ice cores from Antarctica that date back 650,000 years (the previous high was 400,000 years). The cores show that modern levels of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide levels are the highest they have ever been.
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30/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Nick Montfort's Book and Volume - new text adventure about being a sysadmin; try the Java version online without save/load [via]
Nelson Minar : Sysadmin IF - Nick turns out an adventure game about being a histrionic sysadmin (via Waxy)
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30/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Game Set Watch - new gaming blog by Simon Carless, one of my favorite link sources
joshua : GameSetWatch
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30/11/2005 @ 21:55 GMT
jkottke : Support the EFF and the rights of bloggers by putting a badge on your site - Support the EFF and the rights of bloggers by putting a badge on your site. Here's a list of things that the EFF is fighting for on behalf of bloggers.
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30/11/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kellan : Driving = Death - I wonder if Y! employees will revolt en masse? (certainly would make working their more appealing) #
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30/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jimray : Will NPR's podcasts birth a new business model for public radio? - It's interesting that NPR is not only better serving their listeners, but have built a revenue stream from podcasting
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30/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Lifeguard in the Pool - Sans commentaire :) [via] #
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30/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : HTML Email Validator - "Not a real HTML validator, but allow you to create compatible HTML email". [via] #
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30/11/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Introduction from Edward O. Wilson's new book on Charles Darwin's "Four Great Books" - Introduction from Edward O. Wilson's new book on Charles Darwin's "Four Great Books".
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30/11/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
joshua : design of a time-based tube map
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30/11/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Surowiecki on the differences between Europeans and Americans when it comes to work - Surowiecki on the differences between Europeans and Americans when it comes to work. "But since more people work in America, and since they work so many more hours, Americans create more wealth. In effect, Americans trade their productivity for more money
Nelson Minar : Work and leisure - Interesting analysis of European and American work patterns (via Marc)
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30/11/2005 @ 18:55 GMT
jkottke : Cyber Monday - Stupid phrase that I'm sure will catch on because the TV and print media that propagates such things is brainless: Cyber Monday. "The Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, when online retailers reportedly experience a surge in purchases" because eve
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30/11/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Linkorama : Yahoo Mail RSS - Yahoo Mail launches full post RSS reader
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30/11/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Linkorama : Podcast on Yahoo Mail RSS - John Furrier gets another scoop
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30/11/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : A growing number of business owners are content to keep their businesses small and manageable or keep the growth slow - A growing number of business owners are content to keep their businesses small and manageable or keep the growth slow. "Adept at using the personal touch to lure customers from the big chains, these mom-and-pop retailers typically build their businesses t
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30/11/2005 @ 14:56 GMT
Jon Hicks : Outclicks Pepper - Great Mint plugin to see what links people follow from your site.
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Jon Hicks : Symphony is out 7th December - I know they’ve made promises before, but this really will be out on the 7th! Looking forward to giving it a spin…
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30/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : hAtom to/from Atom - "Convert hAtom XHTML to Atom and Atom to hAtom XHTML." hAtom is a relatively new microformat which encodes the semantics of Atom feeds in XHTML.
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30/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : mnot’s Web log: Leveraging the Web: Caching - "The constraints of the Web (as REST explains) makes it very easy and simple to do very powerful things."
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30/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : Bush's Can't-Lose Reversal - Wednesday's speech will set the agenda for withdrawal from Iraq. By Fred Kaplan - "More to the point, does the president have a plan for all this? (The point is far from facetious; it's tragically clear, after all, that he didn't have a plan for how to fight the war if it extended beyond the collapse of Saddam.)"
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30/11/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : Michael Sippey offers some suggestions on how web startups could benefit from how grade schools function - Michael Sippey offers some suggestions on how web startups could benefit from how grade schools function. Snack time, gym class, field trips, and using periods instead of a calendar.
kellan : mike sippey: everything I need to know to run a startup... - ... I learned in kindergarten? #
Paul Hammond : this is sippey.typepad.com: schoolwork - here are some ideas for how to run your next Web 2.0 startup
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30/11/2005 @ 13:24 GMT
Cameron Moll : Email Design 2006 - T-minus ~30 days til the end of the year. Are you current on email design guidelines for '06?
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30/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
jimray : Particletree · Quick Guide to Prototype - Oh, this is daaaaamn handy
philgyford : Particletree · Quick Guide to Prototype - Another guide to using the Javascript library. One day I'll use it rather than just post links to documentation. (via Tom Carden)
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30/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
jimray : SnowSaver 1.1b2 – Mac OS X – VersionTracker - Downloading for Dawn because for some reason she misses the snow and, well, I dragged her out here to this temperate clime...
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30/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Jon Hicks : Firefox 1.5 is out - – but whats with this corporate-looking homepage? BTW – don’t try and download in Safari, it won’t work. Use FF or camino
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30/11/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
plasticbag : Clearing out my Inbox of things to write about, I find that the BBC has been inadvertantly (geddit?) broadcasting product placements... - "Companies are paying fees of up to £40,000 to advertise their products covertly on BBC programmes, often in breach of the corporation’s rules."
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30/11/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
plasticbag : Interesting Psychology Today article on training yourself to wake up in the mornings... - I've not had an alarm clock for about six years now, and I'm always awake at roughly the right time. If I have a special event I need to be up for, I look at the clock and visualise the hands turning around until the time I want to wake up, and then - alm
jkottke : German researchers are studying the mysterious phenomenon of people waking up shortly before their alarm goes off - German researchers are studying the mysterious phenomenon of people waking up shortly before their alarm goes off. I've been getting better and better at doing this. A friend of mine (can't recall who exactly) doesn't use an alarm clock but gets up on tim
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30/11/2005 @ 09:58 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Low kat weer eens om, letterlijk dit keer. - Peekaboo - Low kat weer eens om, letterlijk dit keer.
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30/11/2005 @ 09:58 GMT
jimray : The five least watchable new personalities - "Rita Cosby AKA, Lord Vader"
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30/11/2005 @ 09:57 GMT
plasticbag : An evening with Jon Stewart of the Daily Show - in London, in about a week! - No idea if they have any tickets left, and I'm not going to be able to go because I'm in the US, but I can't imagine that it would be anything but pretty bloody awesome. Go if you have motor function anywhere.
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30/11/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
plasticbag : There's an entertaining web development kind of cartoon over at Scaryideas today - And you know what it indicates to me - that you'd be much better having fewer people on a project and that communication is above all the most important element - hence rapid iterative multi-disciplinary work is best. Which I knew already!
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30/11/2005 @ 09:56 GMT
plasticbag : Surprise! Computer scientists model the exclamation point - I find myself newly interested in the science of the exclamation mark after joining Yahoo(!) I'll be honest, the brand's punctuation offends my grumpy old sod tendencies and desire to write non-offensive English... Perhaps science can help...
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30/11/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : RSS reader added to Yahoo! Mail beta - I've used it, and it's good stuff
Jeremy Zawodny : RSS is Now Integrated into Yahoo Mail and Alerts - RSS is Now Integrated into Yahoo Mail and Alerts: the cat's out of the bag on that one :-)
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30/11/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Firefox 1.5 final released - read about their new marketing blitz
plasticbag : Firefox 1.5 is launched - And although I had some weird confusions trying to download it through Safari, I can state without question that the page works perfectly in Firefox 1
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30/11/2005 @ 09:45 GMT
Cameron Moll : LaCie Lego HDs - LaCie lego-like stackable hard drives. Via Core77. [via]
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30/11/2005 @ 09:43 GMT
Cameron Moll : Lunch with Kristian - Lunch with Kristian. Too kind, Kristian. Great food, no? Good friend Carl Peterson and I have also dined there previously during his stay in UT.
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30/11/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
joshua : twill: a simple language for testing Web applications
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30/11/2005 @ 07:57 GMT
joshua : Uno -- The Sunken Unified GUI for Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger) - unifies UI themes across tiger
jimray : Uno - unify Tiger's windows - My God, this might even apease Gruber
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30/11/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : del.icio.us: extend your firefox 581% - Probably the best Firefox plug-in after Adblock
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30/11/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - Brilliant
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30/11/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : The Hivelogic Narrative: Articles: Using /usr/local - I must say, I like the cleanliness of Mr. Benjamin's approach, however, I generally opt for DarwinPorts. Get it? Opt?
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30/11/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Terry Heaton: Create snowballs not blockbusters - "To create snowballs, we need to unbundle our mass media products and send the pieces on their merry way."
deusx : Terry Heaton's Pomo blog - "To create snowballs, we need to unbundle our mass media products and send the pieces on their merry way."
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30/11/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
ricmac : Full-time freelancing: 10 things learned in 180 days
plasticbag : Cameron Moll talks about 180 days of freelancing... - I work freelance for a few months about four / five years ago and I was a disaster. I had no idea how to promote my work, manage cashflow. Total nightmare. I'm only now beginning to think that I'd be capable doing it properly.
philgyford : Full-time freelancing: 10 things learned in 180 days ~ Authentic Boredom - A useful list of things to bear in mind if you're thinking of, or already, freelancing. (via Tom Coates)
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30/11/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Jeremy Zawodny Knows How to Beat Google - Jeremy Zawodny Knows How to Beat Google: Google is not going to lose to a company that outperforms the company at its core competence of search and information retrieval. Instead, it's going to lose to a company that can develop a new competence that
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30/11/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
jkottke : 100 notable books of 2005 from the NY Times Book Review - 100 notable books of 2005 from the NY Times Book Review.
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30/11/2005 @ 03:58 GMT
jimray : Go Flock Yourself - Slicing through the hype
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30/11/2005 @ 03:58 GMT
ricmac : Nick Denton: Startup kit - Great list of apps (er, plus a lawyer and a VC???) for a Web 2.0 startup.
plasticbag : Nick Denton spells out the web apps and businesses that every start-up should be using... - Some great stuff here, although much of it is more appropriate to the US than it is to us poor saps living in Start-Up Free Britain...
WillPate : Nick Denton: Startup kit
Nelson Minar : Startup software - Useful business software (via Hotlinks)
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30/11/2005 @ 03:58 GMT
ricmac : 30 Day Gmail and Yahoo! Mail Challenge Results (by Jeremy Zawodny) - Gmail gets the nod.
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30/11/2005 @ 03:57 GMT
jkottke : Interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto - Interview with Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros, Zelda, etc.
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30/11/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
jkottke : Not only is Intelligent Design bad science, it's also bad religion - Not only is Intelligent Design bad science, it's also bad religion. "Self-defeating and incoherent, Intelligent Design is worse than useless, not only as science but also, one imagines, for religious folks who might be attempting to understand God by work
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30/11/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Mobile Opportunity: why Web 2.0 doesn't cut it for mobile devices
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30/11/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Shore Communications on Om vs Jason eyeball debate - "Just one more log on the fire for shareholders of established publishers to warm up their envy of born-on-the-Web properties."
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30/11/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : ben barren - rss'ing down under: M+A Multiples for Calcanis Apple Juice - Ben crunches more numbers in the Eyeballs 2.0 story.
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30/11/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
ricmac : Web Analytics Blog: Google Analytics Hacks - "When are we going to see some Google Analytics-based Mashups?" (good question!)
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30/11/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
jkottke : Profile of Ray Kurzweil on the occasion of the publication of his book, The Singularity is Near - Profile of Ray Kurzweil on the occasion of the publication of his latest book, The Singularity is Near. "This individualistic, mechanistic ethos, his critics argue, also blurs Kurzweil's predictive power, because it ignores all the ways in which technolog
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30/11/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
gleuschk : Potassium doses | Ask MetaFilter - awesome answer -- one of those things I didn't know I wanted to know until I read it
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30/11/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Time Travel Holograph conspiracy theory - photographic evidence the government is placing time travel holograms over this guy's face
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30/11/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
jimray : The Bearskinrug Store: Mojo The Sock Monkey
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30/11/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jimray : Websites for Photographers & Creative Professionals - BIG Folio
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30/11/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
jkottke : Tickets are starting to become available for showings of King Kong - Tickets are starting to become available for showings of King Kong, at least in NYC. They're also doing the midnight showings the night before thing.
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