12/12/2005 @ 23:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : HDR display - Computer monitor with 200,000:1 contrast ratio. Individually modulated LED backlight.
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12/12/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
ricmac : TechCrunch » TagWorld Launches Music. The War Begins. - Mike is bullish on TagWorld.
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12/12/2005 @ 23:55 GMT
plasticbag : The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users - I know pretty much all of this stuff, but del.icio.us can have a bit of a learning curve for new users. It's generally worth it in the end though. Explore away!
Jeremy Zawodny : The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users - The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users: "That said, many of the best parts of del.icio.us don't require you to get an account. So if you doubt you'll sign up, continue reading--there's probably something here for you.&q
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12/12/2005 @ 22:58 GMT
Eric Meyer : CSS-Technique: Worn Type - Nice. There's an extra span involved, but there's no real penalty for having it unless you're a markup purity fanatic. [via Dan] [via]
Cameron Moll : CSS Worn Type Technique - CSS worn type technique. Funny, I actually developed a *very* similar technique for this site before going live back in early 2004. Never was pleased enough with it though, so it never rolled out with the redesign. Via Dan C. [via]
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12/12/2005 @ 22:57 GMT
jimray : Yahoo offers Movable Type for bloggers - Says it will be the prefered platform for small business
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12/12/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
ricmac : There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility' | The Register - It pains me to say it, but Orlowski makes some decent points in this.
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12/12/2005 @ 22:55 GMT
jkottke : AIGA Voice has an interview with Peter Morville about his new book, Ambient Findability - AIGA Voice has an interview with Peter Morville about his new book, Ambient Findability. A question from the interview that everyone responsible for a web site should be asking themselves (emphasis mine): "Can [people] find your content, products and serv
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12/12/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Konfabulator 3.0 Goodness - Konfabulator 3.0 Goodness: There’s a new version of Konfabulator, now called Yahoo! Widgets, available at widgets.yahoo.com.
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12/12/2005 @ 20:55 GMT
jkottke : Profile of architect Renzo Piano - Profile of architect Renzo Piano. "People are starting to understand that the real challenge of the next 30 years is to turn peripheries [i.e. suburbs] into cities. The peripheries are the cities that will be. Or not. Or will never be."
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12/12/2005 @ 19:56 GMT
Nelson Minar : Gamma calibration - Best explanation and test images I've seen
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12/12/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Russian parkour - Nice video (via Boodman)
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12/12/2005 @ 19:55 GMT
Nelson Minar : Google video "parkour" - Wow, a lot of stuff here. Much of it is crappy, but some is cool.
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12/12/2005 @ 18:57 GMT
Cameron Moll : Veer Redesign - Veer redesigns. New tabs, big photos, extra hotness.
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12/12/2005 @ 18:57 GMT
Cameron Moll : Airbag's 2006 Predictions - Airbag's 2006 predictions, in classic Storey style. "37 Signals, tired of the web, will convert into an adult easy listening station: 37.7 WSGL. Macromedia Fireworks will be killed by Adobe in the kitchen with the candlestick."
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12/12/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
Cameron Moll : Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 - Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005. Interesting list. Though I wonder if the blanket term "Web 2.0" is appropriate for all of these.
plasticbag : The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 - I'm not buying the Web 2.0 = web app concept as such, but this is still a pretty solid list of good web apps out there and hence (at the very least) pretty much a place to find the gold standard to get inspired by...
François Nonnenmacher : The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005
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12/12/2005 @ 18:56 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : been listening to this all weekend: Konono No.1 - Paradiso - have been listening to this all weekend: Konono No.1 - Paradiso [related] [via]
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12/12/2005 @ 17:57 GMT
jimray : The Chicago Daily News--Chicago's local news source - Grassroots citizen journalism, started by my buddy Geoff, former Tribune staff writer
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12/12/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : spew - spew: "when it comes to something like a digital camera, Asians will do anything - anything - to win" heh
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12/12/2005 @ 17:56 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : A VC: Online Backup's Inflection Point - A VC: Online Backup's Inflection Point: "I have been using online backup for over ten years in my home. I have even used it over dial-up. You just let the backup go over night." Bingo.
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12/12/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Good review of Philip Tetlock's new book about expert predicitons - Good review of Philip Tetlock's new book about expert predicitons, Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? "Human beings who spend their lives studying the state of the world, in other words, are poorer forecasters than dart-throwing m
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12/12/2005 @ 17:55 GMT
jkottke : Rob Walker on the mass-produced individuality of CafePress - Rob Walker on the mass-produced individuality of CafePress.
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12/12/2005 @ 15:56 GMT
Richard Rutter : The Anatomy of Web Fonts - Great, detailed introduction to type on the Web. [via Functioning Form]
Paul Hammond : The Anatomy of Web Fonts - how can we transfer the established and time-tested principles of typography to the online environment?
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12/12/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : Edward Burtynsky exhibiton at Brooklyn Museum of Art - The Burtynsky exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art sounds good. I hope to get over there before it closes on January 15. Here's his site with lots of photographs. "He often will shoot an image on three or four different brands of film, then print each
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12/12/2005 @ 15:55 GMT
jkottke : The economics of sex...does fear of AIDS make male less likely to self-identify as homosexual - The economics of sex...does fear of AIDS make male less likely to self-identify as homosexual?
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12/12/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : Wired News: Bush 'Flat Wrong' on Kyoto - "It's such a pity the United States is still very much unwilling to join the international community"
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12/12/2005 @ 14:55 GMT
deusx : TMBG podcast - "They Might Be Giants' very first podcast is available right now right here."
Rod Begbie : They Might Be Giants podcast - "The host is the Duke of Dead Air- Cecil Portesque- broadcasting from an undisclosed, very rainy location." [via] #
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12/12/2005 @ 13:55 GMT
Jon Hicks : Guillemots - I caught these chaps supporting Rufus Wainwright at the weekend, and was really impressed!
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12/12/2005 @ 11:55 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Yahoo! Small Business web hosting with Movable Type
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ricmac : Web 2.0 – Where are we? Where are we going? - Interesting story from Chinese blogger.
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12/12/2005 @ 10:56 GMT
ricmac : RSS Clustering: A Unique Approach for Managing Your RSS Feeds
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12/12/2005 @ 10:56 GMT
ricmac : Susan Mernit's Blog: Yahoo wins in unique visitor traffic wars, race continues - "What is most interesting here is how Yahoo and Google continue to pull ahead of the pack--and what AOL and MSN will do to keep pedalling. More acquisitions, anyone?"
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12/12/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : ben barren: Rich McManus + Scarlett Johansson, News at 11. - "Dont be surprised to see Scarlett accompanying The Grand Royale of Web 2.0 downunder, as those Green and Gold Cards are much easier to faciltate than Green Cards to Mountain View."
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12/12/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : Yahoo Tops Portal Market In Visitors, News - Yahoo! News - Crunch those numbers!
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12/12/2005 @ 10:55 GMT
ricmac : It's Time to Take It Apart - Steve Case on AOL/TimeWarner
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12/12/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
kayodeok : Full Story - Digital SLR Cameras Consumer Report: Digital SLRs vs. standard digital cameras - This report covers digital single-lens reflex cameras (dSLRs), which are digital versions of film-based SLR cameras. Digital SLRs use interchangeable lenses and often don't come with a lens at all
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12/12/2005 @ 09:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo 360 revisited - Yahoo 360 revisited: "Now, almost the only thing my friends seem to be using it for is to point to their real blogs -- which I read anyway -- or lame feeds, which I don't want to read."
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12/12/2005 @ 08:56 GMT
jimray : Web 2.0 vs. Autofellatio: a comparison study - "Both will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth" "The Long Tails is vital to both"
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12/12/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
jimray : Mastering Ajax, Part 1: Introduction to Ajax - Yet another Ajax intro - where's the O'Reilly book already!
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12/12/2005 @ 08:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Firefox users ignore online ads, report says - Firefox users ignore online ads, report says: I should add some tracking code to my site...
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12/12/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
Andy Baio : The Museum of Modern Betas - needs more Under Construction icons [via]
joshua : Museum of Modern Betas
jkottke : The Museum of Modern Betas features 67 pages (and counting) of Web 2.0 sites that are in beta - The Museum of Modern Betas features 67 pages (and counting) of Web 2.0 sites that are in beta. This might also be Yahoo's shopping list.
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12/12/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : gProject: A project panel that works. - If only it had a Subversion interface...
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12/12/2005 @ 07:56 GMT
jimray : Flashforward Blog » Blog Archive » FF06 Seattle program details posted - Flashforward is going to be in Seattle in '06
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12/12/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : To Promote a Cable Network, a Plan to Inundate the Internet - To Promote a Cable Network, a Plan to Inundate the Internet: "The MSNBC cable network plans to flood the Internet this week with its largest concentrated online pitch, running advertising on hundreds of Web sites and blogs." Fuckers.
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12/12/2005 @ 07:55 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo to buy Tivo? - Yahoo to buy Tivo?: would that mean I'd have to own a tivo again?
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12/12/2005 @ 06:55 GMT
ricmac : Om Malik on Broadband : » Tagworld Takes on MySpace - "Tagworld is making music the core of its strategy." Great post by Om. I haven't been impressed with Tagworld as an app so far, but apparently their numbers are impressive.
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12/12/2005 @ 05:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : ElephantStaircase, wiki of projects
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12/12/2005 @ 04:55 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others
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12/12/2005 @ 03:56 GMT
jimray : Objection - FireFox Extension for Local Shared Objection Removal - Remove Flash cookies, helpful for debugging and degunking alilke
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12/12/2005 @ 02:55 GMT
kaninka.net : Bullur - Grein úr Guardian um ofbeldi à Ãþróttum à USA og UK
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12/12/2005 @ 01:55 GMT
deusx : Underwear Rotation | The ChangeLog - "I discovered this evening that my underwear has been rotated for me for the last three years."
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12/12/2005 @ 00:56 GMT
jimray : Court Rules Against Mom in Download Suit - Yahoo! News - "Gonzalez, a mother of five, contended she had downloaded songs to determine what she liked enough to buy at retail."
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