1/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Spying on satellites - Amateur spotters vs. stealth satellites (via Mefi)
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1/02/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Focus testing - Simple test chart to test calibration
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1/02/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Weblogging is not "tech" - "If you're anything when you're a weblogger, you're a writer. Or a photographer. Or perhaps even a pain in the butt (several hands raise). But you're not a tech, not unless you do more with technology than use a weblogging tool." [via] #
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1/02/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
Cameron Moll : ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shootout - On behalf of the judges, I'm pleased to announce the ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shootout. Got an EE-powered website? Submit it by February 28 for a chance to win one of 30 prizes. I reckon y'all git yur six shooter spinnin', ya hear? (Simon's got a little m
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1/02/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : No clear Katrina chain of command, GAO report says - Duh?
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1/02/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
jimray : coconut-flavour.com - coconutWiFi 1.0 - See, instantly, if you're in range of an open hotspot
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1/02/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
jimray : Online Invoicing & Web Based Billing Service Includes Employee Timesheets - The free plan looks perfect... (via The Deck)
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1/02/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : Andreas Pavel was the inventor of the portable music player (aka Walkman) - Andreas Pavel was the inventor of the portable music player (aka Walkman). "I was in the woods in St. Moritz, in the mountains. The snow was falling down. I pressed the button, and suddenly we were floating. It was an incredible feeling, to realize that I
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1/02/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : An account of how Pixar came about that goes back to Xerox PARC, circa 1973 - An account of how Pixar came about that goes back a little further (Xerox PARC, circa 1973) than the one I linked to a few days ago.
Matthew M. Boedicker : Pixar history dating back to 1973
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1/02/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Founder equity splits - 50/50 is not always the right idea
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1/02/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : I can't believe that paying the NFL $330 million for being able to use trademarked terms like "Super Bowl" and "Pittsburgh Steelers" in advertising is worth it - I can't believe that paying the NFL $330 million for being able to use trademarked terms like "Super Bowl" and "Pittsburgh Steelers" in advertising is worth it, particularly when you can use euphemisms like "The Big Game" for absolutely free.
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1/02/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Western Union has stopped sending telegrams after 145 years of offering the service - Western Union has stopped sending telegrams after 145 years of offering the service. This makes me a little sad.
Nelson Minar : No more telegrams - Western Union quits the business (via jwz)
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1/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Antares trial flight - Antares trial flight: "The Antares motor-glider project was started to create a pilot-friendly, electric-powered, top-performance 18m/20m glider."
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1/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Toolbar, Custom Buttons, and OpenSearch - Google Toolbar, Custom Buttons, and OpenSearch: "So the quick answer appears to be yes, the Google Toolbar could have used the OpenSearch format to achieve the same goal."
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1/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : BarCampLosAngeles - BarCampLosAngeles: I may go to this. Or I may visit Sky Sailing in Warner Springs. Hmm.
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1/02/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : The Onion moved to NYC from Wisconsin five years ago - The Onion moved to NYC from Wisconsin five years ago. Lessons learned? "If your life is going nowhere, don't try, and it'll all work out."
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1/02/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
merlinmann : Google Groups : 43 Folders [Manbags] - One of the first things I loved about SF was how permissible it was to lug a big bag everywhere. That's the sign of an advanced society.
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1/02/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
kellan : GvR: "Please Teach me Web Frameworks for Python!" - The 90+ comments are probably the best coverage on the rather fractured state-of-the-art of Python webstack #
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1/02/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Various ways to kill yourself using Legos - Various ways to kill yourself using Legos. (thx, sharelle)
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1/02/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
deusx : Make your own Ringtones - Remember to cut it down to mono. With this capability, I'm surprised there's a ringtone industry whatsoever.
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1/02/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
gleuschk : unqualified, irritating, dense newspaper tech columnist cancelled. Film at 11. - Al Fasoldt, please shut up now.
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1/02/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Richard Rutter : Please test your sites with IE7 - The public beta is here.
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1/02/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kaninka.net : Lil Eazy E - Prince of Compton - sonur Kóngsins
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1/02/2006 @ 10:13 GMT
kayodeok : Digital Web Magazine - Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1) - Valid HTML isn’t necessarily semantically correct or logical—only humans can determine that. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of amazing tools out there. But they are just tools, machines that can’t understand human interact
Isofarro : Seven Accessibility Mistakes (Part 1) - Includes 'believing in products without putting them to the test first'
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1/02/2006 @ 10:12 GMT
kayodeok : Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) - Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, died in her sleep early Tuesday morning at the age of 78
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1/02/2006 @ 10:10 GMT
kayodeok : 10 Useful Firefox Extensions That Don't Get Glamorised - I've decided to take it upon myself to promote some of the lesser known extensions that I believe really make Firefox a joy to use, rather than just something to show off to non-Firefox users who haven't seen the light yet
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1/02/2006 @ 10:10 GMT
kayodeok : Internet censorship in mainland China - The firewall part of the system is known outside mainland China as the Great Firewall of China (in reference both to its role as a network firewall and to the ancient Great Wall of China). The system blocks content by preventing IP addresses from being ro
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1/02/2006 @ 10:10 GMT
kayodeok : IEBlog : Frequently Asked Questions for the IE7 Beta 2 Preview - Frequently Asked Questions for the IE7 Beta 2 Preview
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1/02/2006 @ 10:10 GMT
kayodeok : Release Notes for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview - These Release Notes give you information on installation of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview and on known bugs and possible workarounds for those bugs
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1/02/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
kayodeok : Windows Access Control Demystified - I just came across an interesting paper being published out of Princton in which the authors have constructed a logical model of Windows XP access control, in a declarative but executable format. They have even built a simple scanner that reads access-con
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1/02/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
kayodeok : C-SPAN: State of the Union - Transcripts of State of the Union Addresses from 1945 to 2006
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1/02/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
kayodeok : Microsoft's OneCare firewall draws fire: "The firewall component in Microsoft's Windows OneCare security bundle has holes" - The security software, available in a public beta version, by default allows applications that use the Java Virtual Machine or have a digital signature to connect to the Internet
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1/02/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
kayodeok : Malicious Malware: attacking the attackers, part 1 - This article explores measures to attack those malicious attackers who seek to harm our legitimate systems. The proactive use of exploits and bot networks that fight other bot networks, along with social engineering and attacker techniques are all discuss
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1/02/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Missed: I told you so :) - Google Missed: I told you so :): wherein Arm gets to gloat a bit
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1/02/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
joshua : Must-have list of Mac OS X apps - Chip's list of must-have Mac OS X Software
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1/02/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
jimray : Microsoft Outlines Policy Framework for Dealing with Government Restrictions on Blog Content: The new policy framework covers content access to MSN Spaces, the popular blogging and personal-publishing service. - This actually looks like the right thing to do
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1/02/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
jimray : Mac OS X and AirPort: About "Using DHCP with manual address" - I've always wondered why this never worked for me
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1/02/2006 @ 06:09 GMT
merlinmann : Geta Life [c2 wiki] - "You cannot replace the time that passes. And the things you do that enrich your existence and experiences are the important things." Tx, George Hotelling
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1/02/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : EFF vs ATT - First lawsuit about illegal domestic wiretaps
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1/02/2006 @ 03:12 GMT
Isofarro : Henny and her mutley crew - Dog sledding in the Arctic Circle, raising money for the Bristol Royal Children's' Hospital - and blogging about it. Henny from the RNIB. Good luck!
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1/02/2006 @ 03:12 GMT
Isofarro : Disability Rights Chairman left stranded at London Rail Station - 'Though Mr Massie was unhappy at the attitude of the staff, he blames Network Rail management for understaffing the station and using untrained security staff to assist disabled people. Usually he receives a good service from Network Rail staff at Euston.
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1/02/2006 @ 03:12 GMT
jimray : eBay: BE FIRST TO ADVERTISE ON ROCKETBOOM - RocketBoom set to sell their first ad on eBay - will it be porn, diet pills, debt consolidation or an online casino?
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1/02/2006 @ 03:11 GMT
gleuschk : Jamie + Erica July 29, 2006 - another pretty decent couple site
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1/02/2006 @ 03:10 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Unhappy? That's rich . . . - Unhappy? That's rich . . .: "Experiences, on the other hand, become more valuable to us as time goes on. Their charm does not wear off but increases as experience is central to our identity."
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1/02/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Online Storage Gang - The Online Storage Gang: I've said it once and I'll say it again. WATCH THIS SPACE. It's going to be big.
François Nonnenmacher : The Online Storage Gang
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1/02/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : IE7 Beta has Y! Search as Default - IE7 Beta has Y! Search as Default: "Microsoft also deserves credit for making Yahoo and not MSN Search the default search engine." Is that a way of flipping off Google while they fix MSN Search?
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1/02/2006 @ 02:12 GMT
merlinmann : Design pattern (computer science) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - This topic *fascinates* me; what ideas (in any given field) represent a "general repeatable solution to a commonly-occurring problem?"
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1/02/2006 @ 02:12 GMT
merlinmann : del.icio.us/merlinmann/merlinspatternresearch - What if there are "productivity patterns?" And what if we re-align the 43F wiki around defining them alongside the tools that support them? More soon...
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1/02/2006 @ 02:12 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Flickr: The Things looking like the flickr default icon Pool [via]
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1/02/2006 @ 02:11 GMT
deusx : b3ta.com board - The worlds of computer games would be different... - "Introducing the JoyGroove..." It's quite a change from the usual joystick
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1/02/2006 @ 02:11 GMT
deusx : Dave's Wordpress Blog - Microsoft ships RSS platform - "This release is significant for publishers who provide RSS 2.0 feeds for their content because this is the first Microsoft release that includes comprehensive support for RSS not only on the producing side, but also on the consuming side."
kayodeok : Microsoft ships RSS platform - Microsoft has released a public beta of version 7 of their Internet Explorer web browser [...] This release is significant for publishers who provide RSS 2.0 feeds for their content because this is the first Microsoft release that includes comprehensive s
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1/02/2006 @ 02:11 GMT
gleuschk : Help me find a good chocolate bar... | Ask MetaFilter - for wedding favors
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1/02/2006 @ 02:11 GMT
gleuschk : "Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my sugar pie..." | Ask MetaFilter - My all-time favorite cartoon, and a song that has on occasion stuck in my head for months at a time
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1/02/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : PHP Conference UK - In London on Feb 10th. Early bird rate is a bargain at fifty quid.
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1/02/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Channel9 Wiki: InternetExplorerProgrammingBugs - This page is a gold mine.
kayodeok : Channel9 Wiki: Internet Explorer Programming Bugs - Summary: Internet Explorer Feedback about programming-related bugs
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1/02/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Unicode tutorial in Spanish - I don't speak the language but it looks great from the diagrams.
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1/02/2006 @ 00:10 GMT
merlinmann : GTD for Teams - How do you get started? - 43 Folders Board - Had any luck adopting GTD practices across your team? Share the wealth.
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1/02/2006 @ 00:10 GMT
Linkorama : Khadgar Sucks - Khadgar is a realm full of really mean scary people who don’t like noobs and probably don’t like you. Most of the other servers are full of fun-loving helpful people and guilds full of people who would probably like you a lot.
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1/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Del.icio.us greasemonkey script - Un script greasemonkey pour limiter à 255 le nombre de caractères des commentaires qui accompagnent vos bookmarks del.icio.us. [via] #
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1/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : A List Apart: Articles: Home Page Goals - you’ll get far more bang out of tweaks to the atomic element pages than the home page
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1/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : David Baron's weblog: Overuse of floats considered harmful - it is repeating other problems caused by misuse of tables
kayodeok : Overuse of floats considered harmful - Floats were intended to be used to take small pieces of content out of the flow and let the rest of the text wrap around them. They were not intended to be used for the main content of a page, nor were they designed for it. Nevertheless, use of floats for
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1/02/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : Let the Good Times Roll--by Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Recruiting - you are asking them to bet their lives on your organization
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1/02/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development - Learn how slow, deliberate handoffs (with signatures!) between groups can slow the rate of change on any project so that development teams have more time to spend on anticipating user needs through big, upfront design.
Isofarro : Waterfall 2006 - The Waterfall methodology of creating applications is back with a vengeance. Look out for the incredibly interesting topics under discussion, for example Kent Beck (of Junit fame) on 'wordUnit: A Document Testing Framework', and the increasingly popular '
Eric Meyer : Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development - Man, if I weren't already headed to Atlanta that weekend, I'd totally register for this. [via Tanya] [via]
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1/02/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : QuirksBlog: Inaccessible Google Web Authoring Statistics - Dear Google Web Authoring Statistics author, we're in 2006 now
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1/02/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Andy Budd::Blogography: What I Want From CSS3 - Part 2 - #parent {…} #parent>div {…}
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1/02/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Particletree · Preloading Data with Ajax and JSON - By determining what is important on each page, we can preload the data of the user’s next action and store it on the client with JSON
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