2/03/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Cameron Moll : Skype-a-Celeb - Only one day left to bid for your chance to Skype-a-Celeb.
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2/03/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
jimray : The Other Battlefront - Afghanistan is the forgotten war
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2/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : Plants eavesdrop on the scents of nearby plants and subtly raise their defenses if they detect "alarm signals" in the air - Plants eavesdrop on the scents of nearby plants and subtly raise their defenses if they detect "alarm signals" in the air.
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2/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Cameron Moll : Da Vinci's Other Code - Da Vinci's Other Code.
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2/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Chris Bliss juggles Golden Slumbers - let it never be said that juggling can't rock [via]
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2/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : Part one of a wonderful rambling email exchange between sportswriter Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell - Part one of a wonderful rambling email exchange between sportswriter Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell. Part two on the morrow. (thx, richard)
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2/03/2006 @ 20:13 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : YouTube - Kitty & Rooster, Weird Friendship. - YouTube - Kitty & Rooster, Weird Friendship.
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2/03/2006 @ 20:13 GMT
jimray : Spore Gameplay Video - Google Video - Really fascinating looking game
plasticbag : I've finally watched the damn Will Wright video for Spore and frankly it's astonishing - It's half an hour long so I suppose it's forgiveable that I didn't make the time, but I absolutely totally bloody should have done. Incredible and amazing. I want to get me this game right about now, thanks very much.
erikbenson : Sim City creator, Will Wright, presents his new game, Spore - I don't really play games much, but it's fascinating hearing him talk about this game that goes from the celluar level to the galaxy level.
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2/03/2006 @ 20:12 GMT
jimray : Spore - Official game site for one of the most interesting games I've seen in a long time
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2/03/2006 @ 20:12 GMT
jimray : Newsvine Launches - I've been using Newsvine since the early betas - well, actually, I started using Newsvine at the early betas, but don't really much any more. It's certainly well designed, it just doesn't hold much actual utility for me.
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2/03/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
deusx : washingtonpost.blog - washingtonpost.com Partners With del.icio.us - "The deal allows us to offer tagging capabilities on all articles on the site. The service launched on February 23."
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2/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Newsvine launches publicly - don't miss the article-specific chat rooms [via]
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2/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Slashdot added tags for subscribers? - I love their criteria for forcing standardized tagging
jimray : Slashdot is experimenting with tags - Subscriber only for now and they reserve the right to change your tags at will, which sorta makes sense. Still, someone needs to figure out the ideal space between full on folksonomies and controlled vocabularies; this isn't it (yet).
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2/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : The ski trail maps of James Nieuhues - The Captain of Design himself points us to the ski trail maps of James Nieuhues. Nieuhues is a prolific fellow...he's done paintings for most of the large ski resorts in the western US.
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2/03/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The no-framework PHP MVC framework - Rasmus' Toys Page - The no-framework PHP MVC framework - Rasmus' Toys Page: Rasmus is anti-MVC and attacts some fun discussion from those who want more complex PHP stuff
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2/03/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : BurgerClub is a message board for hambuger enthusiasts - BurgerClub is a message board for hambuger enthusiasts. NYC-centric, but includes other locales.
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2/03/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : iPod Hi-Fi - I know all the criticisms, and cries of disapointment, and yes the iPod looks a little odd stuck on top, but I have to admit, I love that design. Yep, I want one!
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2/03/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
deusx : USATODAY.com - 12-year-old sticks gum onto $1.5M painting - "Apparently, one 12-year-old visitor to the Detroit Institute of Arts doesn't think much of abstract art."
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2/03/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
deusx : The Greatest Curling Shot Ever | MetaFilter - "I will never mock curling again." Holy crap, this makes me want to watch more curling.
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2/03/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
deusx : ConceptM, conceptontwikkeling & realisatie
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2/03/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Digg Clones Springing to Life - Another Digg effect : "Digg.com has become a very popular site seemingly over night. However, their heavy-handed tactics have begun to alienate many in the online world." [via] #
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2/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Edward Tufte's new book, Beautiful Evidence, has finally gone to print and will be available in May 2006, but can be pre-ordered now - Edward Tufte's new book, Beautiful Evidence, has finally gone to print and will be available in May 2006, but can be pre-ordered now. (thx, jim)
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2/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Pre-order Subversive Cross Stitch, the book - Pre-order Subversive Cross Stitch, the book. (via hc) [via]
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2/03/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
deusx : advAJAX / AdvancedAJAX 1.0 - "AdvancedAJAX is a JavaScript object allowing to use XMLHttpRequest object easier and speeding up development of AJAX based projects."
jimray : advAJAX / AdvancedAJAX 1.0
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2/03/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
deusx : Penny Arcade! - SOE DCMMORPG WTF - "After a crazy battle involving everyone from Wonder Woman to Krypto the super dog, you’ll end up in some filthy ally shooting rats with your heat vision."
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2/03/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
deusx : Penny Arcade! - doughnuts kick ass - Now, at least, they have ammo for that doughnut-shooting robot arm.
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2/03/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | A bit of BitTorrent bother - "This proposition brought us so much sh*t that it had to be continued on the next fan." Almost shockingly frank discussion of the BBC and BitTorrent - funny too.
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2/03/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : » Ajax homepages market review | Web 2.0 Explorer | ZDNet.com - "AJAX homepages are being touted as a new kind of homepage for the Web."
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2/03/2006 @ 12:09 GMT
kayodeok : A Camera for Steady Images in an Unstable World - New York Times - The new Canon Elph PowerShot, the SD700, is practically unshakable. Designed for rough roads and the high seas, the camera features improved optical image stabilization and a faster shutter speed to grab action shots and capture changing scenes
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2/03/2006 @ 12:09 GMT
kayodeok : A requiem (beta) for Edgeio - Edgeio, the much-hyped Web 2.0 tag-sale site, has only been live for a few hours, but it's already wearing a corpselike look
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2/03/2006 @ 12:08 GMT
kayodeok : Why Windows Vista will suck - Unfortunately, while Microsoft has worked hard on improving Vista's security, it's still pretty much the same old rickety kernel underneath it.
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2/03/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
kayodeok : Make Outlook Work Like GMail - To mimic Gmail's threads we need a way for Outlook to group by subject, but ignore the FW: and RE:. Luckily, it has just such a feature. It's called Conversation, and it's an optional column just like date received and subject
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2/03/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Wikipedia User Edit Counter - for example, Jimbo's been busy editing lately
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2/03/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
kayodeok : Javascript in Ten Minutes (Javascript) - Javascript in Ten Minutes
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2/03/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
kellan : Jordanhill railway station - We agreed that while some people have proposed "cellar door" as the most pleasing pharse of the English language that "Jordanhill railway station" has potential, and more intriguing conflict to it. #
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2/03/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
WillPate : AppExchange - salesforce.com hosts an ecosystem of free plug and play, web based applications.
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2/03/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
WillPate : we*heart*prints - "we*heart*prints is a compilation of beautiful, affordable art prints."
jimray : we*heart*prints - "We*heart*prints is a compilation of beautiful, affordable art prints." And one of the nicest non-blog blog designs I've seen in a bit
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2/03/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
WillPate : What Corporate Projects Should Learn from Open Source - Building through collaborative documentation and voluntary consensus enforcement.
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2/03/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : How wifi changes the workplace - How wifi changes the workplace: "I've been amused and interested to see how wifi (and other connecting technologies) has changed my working environment."
kayodeok : How wifi changes the workplace - Sometimes someone has to come to a meeting who is not really involved, but is there to answer questions about their special expertise. This person can just work (or... whatever they're doing on that machine) until the expertise is needed, and then jump in
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2/03/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Macintosh Stories: Make a Mess, Clean it Up! - Macintosh Stories: Make a Mess, Clean it Up!: "Burrell may have lost that game and the next few, but it wasn't too long before he was really mastering the machine. Instead of avoiding the tough situations, he'd immediately create them, and im
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2/03/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : 37 Signals on the original iPod announcement thread at MacRumors - the Slashdot thread is classic, too; "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."
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2/03/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Danah Boyd on Myspace and the disappearance of two irls - Myspace was blamed, but now that they're back home, nobody's correcting the story
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2/03/2006 @ 07:09 GMT
jimray : Chax - miscellaneous iChat improvements - Make iChat better
Jon Hicks : Chax - miscellaneous iChat improvements - Hooray for tabbed iChat windows! At last!
Cameron Moll : Add tabs to iChat with Chax - Chax adds a variety of improvements to iChat, but the tabbed chats feature seems most promising.
deusx : Chax - miscellaneous iChat improvements - "Chax is a collection of minor modifications and additions that make using Apple's iChat more enjoyable."
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2/03/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
deusx : Anne 2.0: Why "Do What You Love" Is A Recipe for Web 2.0-Style Disruption - "One thing that must scare the wigs off of media moguls is that many writers and other content creators will work for free, because it's so intrinsically enjoyable."
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2/03/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : United States Patent 7,007,074 - United States Patent 7,007,074: Radwin got his patent issued
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2/03/2006 @ 05:11 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Will Wright's Spore gameplay video
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2/03/2006 @ 05:10 GMT
jimray : About Security Update 2006-001 - Latest Mac security update addresses Safari and iChat trojan horse issues (there was no virus) but I'd still prefer to see the "Open safe files" option nuked
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2/03/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Wikipedia reaches one million articles - Squidoo came very close to getting a ton of free publicity [via]
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2/03/2006 @ 04:09 GMT
Linkorama : Soc Net at Wharton - Social Networking Panel at the Wharton Technology Conference
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2/03/2006 @ 04:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : The People's Guide to Rochester wiki
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2/03/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
plasticbag : The Twelve Olympians on Flickr - This is a nice piece of work - the twelve Olympian gods of Greek mythology - as represented in Lego...
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2/03/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
plasticbag : Media Central is a slightly less elegant (but much more powerful) free version of FrontRow for the Mac - I can't rave about this enough - it seems more responsive than VLC, has iTunes and iPhoto integration and plays .avi / DivX files without the slightest protest...
Jon Hicks : MediaCentral 2 - No longer a freebie, but absolutely packed with new features.
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2/03/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : The International Square Earth Society - "...far too many lazy Biblical literalists today ignore the plain fact that the Bible also tells us that the flat Earth does not have curved edges."
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2/03/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : how to make your Linux box reboot instead of hang when it kernel panics
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2/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Des flux RSS/Atom pour Google Actualités - Enfin ! [via] #
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2/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
jkottke : Scientific consensus about climate change has changed from "probably" due to humans to humans being the "only explanation" - Scientific consensus about climate change has changed from "probably" due to humans to humans being the "only explanation".
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2/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
jkottke : Movie trailer mash-up: Toy Story 2 + Requiem for a Dream - Movie trailer mash-up: Toy Story 2 + Requiem for a Dream.
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2/03/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
Cameron Moll : Veer's "World" mini-site + contest - Seen the latest Veer catalog? Sure you have. But did you catch the associated mini-site and contest? (As a side note, Jon Parker tells me their team spent two weeks on just the first 9 print pages -- amazing.)
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2/03/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : John's Background Switcher - John's Background Switcher: with built-in flickr support
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2/03/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
kayodeok : Layout Gala: a collection of 40 CSS layouts based on the same markup and ready for download! - All layouts use valid markup and CSS, and have been tested successfully on Internet Explorer/win 5.0, 5.5, 6 and beta 2 preview of version 7; Opera 8.5, Firefox 1.5 and Safari 2. Each of the columns could be the longest, and for testing columns length I'v
Eric Meyer : Layout Gala - Oh, that's nice. That's very, very nice. [via Dave] [via]
Paul Hammond : Layout Gala: a collection of 40 CSS layouts based on the same markup and ready for download! - a set of 40 layouts that we've thought worth sharing
philgyford : Layout Gala: a collection of 40 CSS layouts based on the same markup and ready for download! - What the title says. Very handy. (via Rodcorp)
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2/03/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
kayodeok : The big DRM mistake - Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM?
deusx : The big DRM mistake - "Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM?"
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