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Linkorama : GestureRank - One day you will be paid to poke people
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Rod Begbie : Why the current all-you-can-eat music service providers suck: An illustration - As a Rhapsody subscriber, I'm able to listen to only nine out of fourteen tracks from the Beck album 'Midnite Vultures' without forking out another $10. What idiot in charge of licensing decided that 'Mixed Bizness" was fine for free download, but that t #
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5/12/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : New Scientist: UK case for holding terror suspects 'misleading' - Politicians' claims that police need to hold terror suspects for 90 days because of the time taken to decrypt files. Ross Anderson refutes it, saying "You find the key lying around, or you give up." Tsk, those pesky experts ruining Tony Blair's day. [via] #
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Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! Japan Developer Network - Yahoo! Japan Developer Network: kick ass! I didn't know they were doing this...
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jkottke : Slang from Antarctica - English, as She is Spoke at McMurdo and Pole, AKA slang from Antarctica. (via his purpleness) [via]
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jkottke : This image has 75 references to musical groups in it - This image has 75 references to musical groups in it. Cute.
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5/12/2005 @ 22:57 GMT
joshua : io - small, fast embeddable language
deusx : io - about - I really, really need to make time to check out this language. "Io is a small, prototype-based programming language."
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5/12/2005 @ 22:56 GMT
Rod Begbie : Rhapsody - Real take their Windows-only all-you-can-eat music streaming app, dump the drmcrypto into a cross-platform Firefox plugin, and expose the catalog as a webapp. #
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5/12/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Google: Ten Golden Rules - Some interesting notes on Google's culture. "Nobody throws chairs at Google, unlike management practices used at some other well-known technology companies." Snerk. [via] #
kayodeok : Google: Ten Golden Rules - Knowledge workers believe they are paid to be effective, not to work 9 to 5, and that smart businesses will "strip away everything that gets in their knowledge workers' way."
jkottke : Seven key principles that Google uses to make their employees more effective - Seven key principles that Google uses to make their employees more effective. "At Google, the role of the manager is that of an aggregator of viewpoints, not the dictator of decisions."
Linkorama : Google: Ten Golden Rules - At Google, operations are not just an afterthought: they are critical to the company's success, and we want to have just as much effort and creativity in this domain as in new product development.
WillPate : Google's Ten Golden Rules - How they manage knowledge workers.
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jkottke : Spike Jonze. Gap commercial. - Spike Jonze. Gap commercial. Go watch.
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5/12/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Is Taipei 101, the world's tallest building, causing earthquakes? - Is Taipei 101, the world's tallest building, causing earthquakes? "The considerable stress might be transferred into the upper crust due to the extremely soft sedimentary rocks beneath the Taipei basin. Deeper down this may have reopened an old earthquake
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5/12/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : Unretouched celebrity photos - Photoshop contest results: unretouched celebrity photos. Love the Botox-less Madonna.
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5/12/2005 @ 20:56 GMT
kellan : Apache 2.2 now supports scheduled jobs and database connection pooling. - Continueing the 2.x branches march towards general purpose server framework. (so when will it send email?) #
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5/12/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kellan : "Verizon Considers Sale, Spin - Off of Directory Business" (NYT) - Be a hell of way for one of plethora "me to", local business sites to distinguish itself. #
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5/12/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
kellan : Social Design Notes: Beware of the God - Brilliant work staking out the cultural battle ground against Oz's rising fundamentalist threat. #
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5/12/2005 @ 20:03 GMT
Linkorama : Web Denizens Contribute to DIY 'Wikimania' - "I was thinking about writing an article on how to procrastinate on WikiHow," Yamamoto said. "It's funny. The only reason to post that article is to procrastinate."
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5/12/2005 @ 20:01 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : BLU - drawings and street art
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5/12/2005 @ 19:59 GMT
jimray : Overview of the Prototype Javascript Library
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5/12/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
jimray : Discovery disproves simple concept of memory as 'storage space' - "Even if you could get more RAM for your brain, the extra storage probably wouldn't make it easier for you to find where you left your car keys."
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5/12/2005 @ 19:57 GMT
jimray : Ars doesn't really dig on Aperture - "Maybe by 2.0 Apple will have the foundation sorted out. At this stage Aperture is a big, expensive misfire and considering the hefty price tag, I can't think of a reason to recommend it."
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5/12/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Cl1ff N0t3s for the millennials - Cl1ff N0t3s for the millennials: mobile service will condense books into short text messages. "For example, Hamlet's famous line: 'To be or not to be, that is the question' becomes '2b? Nt2b? ???'".
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5/12/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
jkottke : Steven Johnson on the ride into Hong Kong from the airport - Steven Johnson on the ride into Hong Kong from the airport. "The approach into Hong Kong is as breathtaking as any I've ever experienced." I agree completely.
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jkottke : Cool letter boxy stacking thing - Cool letter boxy stacking thing. (Oh, just go and type something.)
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5/12/2005 @ 17:57 GMT
merlinmann : cb2.com / do not forget doorhanger - Very life-hacky! [via: obviousdiversion.com]
deusx : cb2.com / do not forget doorhanger - "Shaped paper notepad"
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5/12/2005 @ 17:57 GMT
joshua : Remote Application Development with Mozilla
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joshua : Remote Application Development with Mozilla, Part 2
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joshua : ZeroC - The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) - corba-like, supposedly easier
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5/12/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
joshua : LibHTTPD : Embedded web server library
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5/12/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Rocketboom: Asking random New Yorkers whether they use IE or Firefox - Wow. Not what I expected. #
gleuschk : Internet Explorer or Firefox? - excellent
jimray : Rocketboom: IE or Firefox? - Brilliant
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5/12/2005 @ 16:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Low kat weer eens om, letterlijk dit keer. - Peekaboo - Low kat weer eens om, letterlijk dit keer.
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5/12/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
gleuschk : The New York State Golden Snowball Award and Contest Website - charts! graphs! we're in the lead!
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5/12/2005 @ 16:55 GMT
jkottke : A pair of Boston economists is challenging Steven Levitt's claim that the legalization of abortion significantly contributed to the crime rates of the 80s and 90s - A pair of Boston economists is challenging Steven Levitt's claim that the legalization of abortion significantly contributed to the crime rates of the 80s and 90s.
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5/12/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Ferrofluid, a magical magnetic liquid - I think I have a new favorite liquid: ferrofluid. Apply a magnetic field to it and you get some pretty and pretty weird patterns. Watch the videos...the formation of a rotating "H" mongram in the first linked movie is mesmerizing (almost literally). (thx,
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5/12/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
jkottke : The Scientific American 50, the 2005 "research, business and policy leaders of technology" - The Scientific American 50, the 2005 "research, business and policy leaders of technology". The flu, nanotech, stem cells, and climatology are among the hot topics this year.
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5/12/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
WillPate : Robert Scoble's Blogroll - WillPate.org made the cut to be on Microsoft's Chief Blogger's reading list, how nice.
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5/12/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
Isofarro : Legal advice from automated testing tools? - If automated tools are going to insult users by making legal threats, at the very least get the facts right first. Redux finds SilkTide fear mongering amusing.
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5/12/2005 @ 11:56 GMT
ricmac : VentureBlog: Social Networks 3.0 - "In a nod back to the earliest instantiations of social networking, entrepreneurs have come to realize that social networks are enablers of other compelling consumer experiences."
Linkorama : Social Networks 3.0 - I am more than a little excited about Social Networks 3.0 because I believe that social networking will be a crucial element of virtually all online consumer experiences going forward. And truly compelling online consumer experiences will always make succ
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5/12/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Cloud Game - I played it to the end, and it was very satisfying in a Katamari way [via]
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5/12/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
Andy Baio : NASA abandons IE for Firefox - next stop: widespread corporate adoption [via]
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Andy Baio : Pre-order Jason Scott's new text adventure documentary film - support his work, and get three copies and your name in the credits (like me)
deusx : THE GET LAMP ADVENTURER'S CLUB - "Membership in the Adventurers' Club is $100."
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5/12/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Image: What if the NYT owned Gawker? - the "National" column is good [via]
jkottke : What would Gawker look like if it got bought by the NY Times? - What would Gawker look like if it got bought by the NY Times? (via waxy and panop) [via]
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5/12/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
erikbenson : Interesting opinion piece on legalizing all drugs - I wonder if it's true that society will never be able to change some of its standard qualities of behavior... if, like drinking alcohol, using drugs is here to stay, or if there's a chance it would ever go away. My money would be on it staying, I suppose
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5/12/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Andy Baio : Free wifi plan prompts BellSouth to withdraw New Orleans donation - infuriating [via]
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5/12/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Cats in Sinks - Cats in Sinks: pictures of cats in sinks. because... why not?
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5/12/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
ricmac : PCWorld.com - The 100 Best Products of 2005
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5/12/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Froogle: Shopping Made Complex - Froogle: Shopping Made Complex: "Froogle, turns three years old this month. That's nearly an eternity online. Yet all that time hasn't helped the site gain much ground in the hotly contested field of comparison-shopping sites."
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5/12/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Free blog hosts - Free blog hosts: Blackhat SEO saves you time in your mad linkfarm building game
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Jeremy Zawodny : How is Yahoo My Web 2.0 doing? - How is Yahoo My Web 2.0 doing?: "It seems that there may be just a few thousand people using Yahoo My Web 2.0."
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5/12/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : AI and banner ads - AI and banner ads: That's like saying, "We've invented a cheap, safe car that runs on water, and also flies, but our actual business model is creating 2" large plastic replicas for sale in McDonald's Happy Meals."
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5/12/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
plasticbag : The BBC has investigated the product placement claims I linked to a few days ago... - "The investigation found that ... where products had been sourced for free, this was done in accordance with the BBC's guidelines. However, the investigation found ... there were instances of product prominence that were not editorially justified..."
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5/12/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
gleuschk : decodeunicode.org . Unicode Blocks . Supplemental Mathematical Operators - How much does unicode rock? This much. This site, too, it rocks.
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5/12/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Palmdale Missing Glider Found - Palmdale Missing Glider Found: I've flown there before. There's some nasty terrain nearby.
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Jeremy Zawodny : New bookmarklet: Make img tag - New bookmarklet: Make img tag: I've been tempted to write something like this dozens of time.
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5/12/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Worst Job Ever (video) - Worst Job Ever (video): amusing as hell!
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5/12/2005 @ 03:57 GMT
joshua : Tag Graph: Sunsets by time - nice visualization
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5/12/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Bush gets jury duty call, says he is busy - Bush gets jury duty call, says he is busy: President George W. Bush had to explain that he was a little busy running the United States when he got called for jury duty.
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5/12/2005 @ 03:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : LISA '06 Checklist - LISA '06 Checklist: Anyone who thinks "going to a conference" means "doing nothing" has never been through six days of LISA, believe me.
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5/12/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
kayodeok : Sigma Lenses for Digital SLR Cameras - Sigma makes some interesting lenses for digital SLR cameras. A Sigma lens can be an interesting choice for owners of Canon small-sensor cameras such as the Canon Digital Rebel XT or EOS 20D and owners of any Nikon digital SLR. The following Sigma lenses a
Nelson Minar : PhilG on Sigma lenses - Third party options; the 30mm sounds interesting
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5/12/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Animated favicon - Didn't know this would work
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5/12/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Rod Begbie : Oxfam Unwrapped - A rather splendid fund-raising site from Oxfam. Pick out how you want your donation spent from a sizable catalogue. My family's been "buying" loads of these "for" my grandmother. #
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5/12/2005 @ 00:55 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Div thinking cap - "Stop thinking of how you'll slice your layout, start thinking on how to put each graphic into a container...". [via] #
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