18/01/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : we still pay 3% luxury tax on cell phones that started 107 years ago
Rod Begbie : 3 Percent Fee On Cell Phones Started 107 Years Ago - The 3% "Federal Excise Tax" on your cellphone bill? It's to help pay for the 1898 Spanish-American war. [via] #
jimray : 3 Percent Fee On Cell Phones Started 107 Years Ago - Part of your cell phone bill goes to funding the Spanish American war - and it looks like it might get repealed!
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18/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
gleuschk : using comment spam to approximate pi - awesome, but too bad people will stuff the ballot box. Still, it's pretty good already
Steve Cook : ridiculous_fish's geeked out spam prevention technique - Spam prevention via a computational cycle toll, a horribly inefficient method of approximating pi, and a sneaky math lesson about prime distributions. This is excellent.
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18/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
gleuschk : Dictionary of Difficult Words - chiliad - learn something every damn day
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18/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
joshua : the madonna tagging project - i guess tagging really is mainstream now
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18/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
jimray : HowtoUseRailsWithSubversion in Ruby on Rails - Good advice on how to leave out bluky log files
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18/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
jimray : Google buys radio advertising firm - Pretty soon the "I, for one, welcom our new Google overlord" jokes aren't going to be funny. Not. One. Bit.
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18/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
jimray : iTunes MiniStore Is Now Opt-In - "You can argue that this is how it should have shipped a week ago, and you’d be right. But I think the explanation is simply that the iTunes team didn’t anticipate that the MiniStore feature could be misconstrued — they knew it wasnâ
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18/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : Cory Doctorow Hypocrisy Watch: New Firefox "feature" eases spying on users - Read this Cory rant about a proposed Firefox feature that would allow advertisers to track click throughs in an opt-outable manner, then count the number of undisclosed un-opt-outable click-through mechanisms in use by the horde of advertising links litte #
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18/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
deusx : [self setNeedsDisplay: YES]; - Experimental Cocoalicious Tag Browser - "Since Cocoalicious is open source, I decided I'd try to make a better tag browsing interface."
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18/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
deusx : Warrenellis.com - I See The Future When Drunk - "Saving the universe from the stench of dogshit one planet at a time. "
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18/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
deusx : Margaret Cho: Scatological Drama - "I think that the farther away we are able to place ourselves from our bodily functions, the more affluent our society."
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18/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
deusx : Superpatron: Google Talk IM bot to search the AADL catalog - "superpatronbot@gmail.com"
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18/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : Some PT Anderson news - Some PT Anderson news: A Prairie Home Companion is out this summer; Anderson seems to have co-directed this with Robert Altman, but no one seems to know just who did what. And There Will Be Blood is Anderson's newest solo project starring Daniel Day-Lewis
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18/01/2006 @ 21:15 GMT
Linkorama : Snug Gathers Don't Leak - Feels like cyberviolence
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18/01/2006 @ 21:15 GMT
Nelson Minar : Work / life balance - Thoughtful reflections from Jeremy
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18/01/2006 @ 21:14 GMT
Nelson Minar : BCTP links - BitTorrent without torrent files. Interesting idea.
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18/01/2006 @ 21:14 GMT
jimray : Burninating 3 Candles! - Happy Trogday!
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18/01/2006 @ 21:13 GMT
jimray : A Special Offer: TextDrive, Strongspace and Joyent - And the lifetime hosting hits just keep on coming
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18/01/2006 @ 21:13 GMT
jimray : 2002 Memo Doubted Uranium Sale Claim - Bush administration knew that Niger uranium claims were bullshit back in 2002
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18/01/2006 @ 21:12 GMT
Rod Begbie : Orbicule | Undercover - Mac laptop "anti-theft" app. Interesting feature set, although I'm cynical about how many times the "thief" turns on the laptop and connects to the internet, rather than the poor sap who buys it from them on Craigslist. [via] #
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18/01/2006 @ 21:11 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Toshio Iwai (TENORI-ON) @ Artfutura05
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18/01/2006 @ 21:11 GMT
deusx : codepoetry - Notae - "Notae is a note program. It's a little bit of Stickies, a little bit of TextEdit, and a little bit like Mac OS 9's NotePad."
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18/01/2006 @ 21:11 GMT
deusx : Aerobie AeroPress<FONT face=Symbol></FONT> - "Proper brewing temperature, total immersion brewing and rapid micro-filtering are the keys to coffee flavor excellence. The revolutionary Aerobie AeroPress(TM) coffee and espresso maker is designed to optimize these factors."
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deusx : What It Feels Like to be an Atheist | Unscrewing The Inscrutable - "Imagine that you live in a world where 90% of the people around you sincerely believe in something that appears to you to be downright whacky, if perhaps relatively pleasant on the surface in many respects."
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18/01/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
deusx : Russell Beattie Notebook - Ziplock Baggies Are The Answer - "When you get a new gadget, only take the stuff you actually need out of the box."
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18/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Fried Fish: <a ping> - Interesting. #
plasticbag : Firefox to include a new 'ping' attribute - I'm quite interested in this one. It seems to have generated a fair amount of dissent on privacy grounds, but I've got two thoughts - what distributed services could you make with this, and how easy is it going to be to spam the trackers?
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Wayne Burkett : More on the ping attribute #
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18/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Instructables: step-by-step collaboration - Instructables: step-by-step collaboration: it's like Flickr but for "how-to" projects
Matthew M. Boedicker : instructables, how to make things - (via kottke) [via]
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18/01/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Ted: Tivo for Bittorrent - Automated TV show downloads (via Waxy)
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18/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
plasticbag : Albert Hoffman, the father of LSD talks about his 'problem child' to the New York Times - This is one that's lurked in my stash of 'things I must post' for a good few weeks, but as usual I'm not prepared to actually stick it on my site until I've read it through. It's slight, but it's interesting.
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18/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
plasticbag : YouTube hosts a video comparing the boot times of an iMac G5 with a new Intel iMac - It's not the most scientific of tests, but the Intel Mac trounces the G5 pretty massively. I'm hoping to get myself a new Intel iMac later this week - I'll be popping in tomorrow in fact to see if they've got them in yet...
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18/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
plasticbag : I hope you're all celebrating Calmas, in accordance with the wishes of our forefathers... - One father, Two fathers, Three fathers, FOREFATHERS! Bad joke. See also - forebrain, forebears (FOUR BEARS!) I should probably retire it to my internal monologue, where I'm able to laugh at my funny thoughts without alienating anyone...
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Linkorama : /Message - Stowe Boyd rants about social tools and their impact on business and society
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18/01/2006 @ 19:22 GMT
Linkorama : TailRank and Editorial Control - By wikifying Tailrank, he wants to do both: You can harness user-contributed metadata manually (Digg, Reddit are examples) or you can use the link structure and the blogosphere as your index (Technorati or Google).
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18/01/2006 @ 19:19 GMT
Linkorama : The Venture Capitalist Wishlist - Can't disagree, except the wording of 9.2 contradicts the first few
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18/01/2006 @ 19:15 GMT
Nelson Minar : Laos unicycle tour - A friend of mine is riding hundreds of miles around Laos on a single wh eel
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18/01/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
jkottke : Scientists say there may be two different forms of laughter - Scientists say there may be two different forms of laughter -- authentic laughter and that associated with humor -- and that the two developed millions of years apart during the course of human evolution.
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18/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Update on the teams and players involved in The Play - Update on the teams and players involved in The Play. The Play = that college game with all the laterals and he was down and the band streams onto the field and the guy runs over the trombone player in the end zone. You know, The Play. (thx, david)
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18/01/2006 @ 18:17 GMT
gleuschk : So Much Drama in the PhD (explicit) - By the time you've rhymed one line, I've already busted ten;You rap in exponential time and I'm big-O of log(n).
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18/01/2006 @ 18:14 GMT
gleuschk : latex tutorials at UIUC - my 732 students *will* learn latex this semester
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18/01/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
gleuschk : ModernBride.com - Wedding Planning: Budget and Planning: The Personal Budget Planner - ooh, flashy
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18/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : The National Archives has a few of their documents available online - The National Archives has a few of their documents available online, like the Emancipation Proclamation and the check for when the US bought Alaska. More in their online exhibits.
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18/01/2006 @ 17:18 GMT
erikbenson : Baron Münchhausen was the first bootstrapper - I love the idea of bootstrapping. It's one of the things that makes this world awesome, that a thing can pull itself along.
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18/01/2006 @ 17:14 GMT
jkottke : For one year, Maria Dahvana Headley "[responded] positively to all flirting and saying yes to literally anyone who asked her out - For one year, Maria Dahvana Headley "[responded] positively to all flirting and saying yes to literally anyone who asked her out. The ensuing 150 dates included a homeless man, several non-English speakers, 10 taxi drivers, two lesbians and a mime." And s
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18/01/2006 @ 17:11 GMT
jkottke : Why do parents feed their offspring "kids food" when better alternatives exist (i.e., what everyone else is eating)?
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18/01/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : NewsFire is now a Universal Binary. I believe it's the first newsreader to make the switch.
Nelson Minar : Mac universal binaries - Early app gone dual-processor went smoothly (via kottke)
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18/01/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Mesmerizing movie of Paris Hilton's unchanging facial expression - Mesmerizing movie of Paris Hilton's unchanging facial expression. I can't stop watching this. I especially like that her hair looks like it's chasing itself around the top of her head.
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18/01/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
deusx : 365 tomorrows » Don’t Touch - "First offenders got minimum of five years for even thinking of doing a spit-transplant with another humanoid."
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18/01/2006 @ 14:15 GMT
jimray : RedHanded » Markaby for Rails - Rails templating system from whytheluckystiff
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18/01/2006 @ 14:11 GMT
deusx : Metal Gear Solid Presents: The Cardboard Box - "We've got a strange box here!"
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18/01/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : XML.com: Design Patterns in XML Applications - "The solution that the command pattern proposes is to encapsulate the changes to the DOM into objects, command objects, each capable of doing (and undoing) a particular action."
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18/01/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
joshua : Venti: a new approach to archival storage
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18/01/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Google Robot FAQ from 2030 - sounds familiar
kayodeok : The Google Robot FAQ (Last update: November 1st, 2030) - Google Robots are our human-like machines that walk the earth to record information. They do no harm, and they do not invade your privacy.
François Nonnenmacher : The Google Robot FAQ 2030 - LOL
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18/01/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Washington DC schools target Facebook, MySpace - won't somebody think of the children?
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18/01/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : OpenOSX - OpenOSX: Run Windows on your Mac with OpenOSX WinTel
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18/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Dev2.0, "Whip It" - directed by Gerald Casale of DEVO for Disney Records [via]
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18/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Ted, torrent episode downloaders - Windows utility automates TV episode downloads from public trackers [via]
Jeremy Zawodny : ted: torrent episode downloader - ted: torrent episode downloader: "Meet ted! Your new way of downloading tv shows from the web!" it was only a matter of time!
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18/01/2006 @ 04:11 GMT
kellan : Blue Spoon Coffee Company - Very nice new (3mos) coffee shop on Chambers at Broadway. Excellent macchiato (layered). Friendly, excited owner. No relation to Blue Bottle. #
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18/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Devious Tactic Snags Phone Data - Social engineering with the "mumble" attack.
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18/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : DHS Funding Open Source Security - Paying for "source code analysis technology" coverage of Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL and more.
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18/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Most Underrated API? The Yahoo! Term Extractor - Completely true. It's awesome.
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18/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Technorati Weblog: Blog That Chart! - This is a pretty cool new feature from Technorati. [via]
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18/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
plasticbag : The US version of 'Wife Swap" features a woman called Margaret who at the end of one episode slightly freaks out - Protesting about the ungodliness of the home she'd been visiting, she loses her mind in front of the cameras ranting about Darksiders and the devil. Watch to the end of this terrifying piece of Google Video for the pay off. If you can...
philgyford : Trading Spouses Margaret freaking out - Google Video - Very scary video from a US version of "Wife Swap". Now, this woman vs Richard Dawkins would be interesting... (via Plasticbag.org)
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18/01/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
Cameron Moll : "Takk" - The Brits sold me on it - I'm sold. "Takk" by Sigur Ros is as good as our Brit counterparts say it is. Finally bit the bullet and bought a copy. Listening bliss indeed.
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18/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Cameron Moll : Nevada license plates outnumber Florida's? - Kyle Rove tells me Nevada's license plate options outnumber Florida's. At 28+, he might be right...
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18/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Cameron Moll : Tuesday Round-up: 3 picks if you're interested in design - The truth about Flash in email. Can you handle the truth? "Flash was built for the browser, and based on these results -- that's where it should stay."
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18/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Canon 1Ds pinhole - Better article about DIY pinhole photography
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18/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
jimray : Run for rainy-day record ends at 27 - I was hoping we'd beat the record, but the sun was nice yesterday
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18/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
jimray : StikiPad: Launching (very) soon!
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18/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
jkottke : Photos of pool hustlers in NYC - Photos of pool hustlers in NYC. (via coolfer by way of the actual janelle) [via]
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18/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Canon 350d pinhole - Lovely soft effects
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18/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Art of the Incremental Redesign, by Jeffrey Veen - Maybe it's time to slow down just a little.
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18/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Fishbowl: Build One to Throw Away? - It is a very good idea to know what pain you’re creating the product to alleviate. Even then, though, it’s a dishearteningly conservative approach
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18/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Google Talkabout: XMPP Federation - I flipped the switch to connect the Google Talk Service to the public XMPP network this morning
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18/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure - Zork meets the Washington Post
Jeremy Zawodny : Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure - Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure: oh. my. god. so fucking funny!
Rod Begbie : defective yeti: Xyzzy - GWBush as Infocom. "Oval Office You are standing inside a White House, having just been elected to the presidency of the United States." #
kellan : Iraqi Invasion as Zork - "If Bush is so in the dark, why hasn't he been eaten by a Grue?" #
jimray : Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure - "> FILL SHOES You are unable to fill Clinton's shoes."
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18/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
jkottke : Steven Levitt does some further fact-checking of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces - Steven Levitt does some further fact-checking of James Frey's A Million Little Pieces.
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