3/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Manuzhai : "You are courageous" - "Admitting that you love Alanis Morissette is almost as embarrassing as getting left at the altar."
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3/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : Barack Obama on energy independence | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist Magazine - "Now is the time for serious leadership to get us started down the path of energy independence. Now is the time for this call to arms."
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3/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : Ethan Trex: Duke churns out busts - "Carlos Boozer looks like he may be on the Grant Hill Perpetually-Injured Career Arc, but at least he can still be remembered as the only NBA player whose chest hair showed even when he wore a turtleneck."
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3/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : PHP: PDO Functions - Manual - Database abstraction finally comes native to PHP - it *is* 2006, after all
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3/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : MIKE PIONTEK // extras / mac goodies - Some really handly stuff in here, including the Make Name Web Friendly and Change Extensions Automator actions
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3/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : FeedBlendr - blending you a delicious feed smoothie! - "FeedBlendr takes the feeds you give it, pulls the individual entries from each of them, attempts to sort them in date order (combined across all feeds) and then provides you with a new, blended feed of all entries."
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3/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : High Achievers: What Price Are They Paying? - High Achievers: What Price Are They Paying?: "Over the past two decades, the children I've interviewed have become progressively more packaged for success. They've been advised, scared, and professionally coached into believing that school
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3/03/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
Rod Begbie : Joyeur: Public Betas Are a Sham - Spot-on Gruberrant. [via] #
jimray : Joyeur: Public Betas Are a Sham - Well put
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3/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
jimray : AP, MSN launch Windows/IE only video service - This is retarded
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3/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: House introduces mandatory radio-crippling law - That means that no one ever gets to invent any new radio tech ever again unless the RIAA approves of it.
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3/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
deusx : Splash Back - get all of the globs off the screen by pumping them - Object of this fun puzzle game is to get all of the globs off the screen by pumping certain ones up and taking the rest out.
plasticbag : Splash Back dumb Flash game - By which I mean a dumb Flash game that kept me occupied for an hour or so when I should have been packing for San Diego.
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3/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
deusx : firedoglake: 02/26/2006 - 03/04/2006 - The President Either Knew and Lied...Or He Doesn't Bother Doing His Job - "I've wracked my brain this afternoon to come up with another alternative -- but no matter how I twist it around in my brain, it comes back to "he knew and lied" or "he doesn't bother doing his job."
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3/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
deusx : Rocknerd | Record label joins MP3 lawsuits - against the RIAA - The large Canadian independent label and management company Nettwerk, which has been behind artists from Sarah McLachlan to Severed Heads, has joined the RIAA anti-filesharing lawsuits — on the side of the users being sued.
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3/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : Matt McAlister :: Washingtonpost.com and CJRDaily first major publishers to add del.icio.us button - I think it's critical for publishers to think about ways to enable their users to utilize content in more ways.
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3/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry) - Pukka (pronounced puhk-uh) is a minimalist posting client for del.icio.us.
joshua : Pukka - del.icio.us posting client. also shows nearby delicious users via Bonjour/Rendezvous
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3/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Andy Baio : StationRipper for Windows - rips music from Shoutcast streams into individual MP3 files; yikes!
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3/03/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
deusx : Mind Hacks: Does advertising erode free will - Free will seems to dissolve as you draw away from it - as an individual I don't feel manipulated, but when i look at other people - especially groups of other people, it seems like I can see manipulation going on.
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3/03/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
deusx : LiteratePrograms:Welcome - LiteratePrograms - LiteratePrograms is a unique wiki where every article is simultaneously a document and a piece of code that you can download, compile, and run by simply using the "download code" tab at the top of every article.
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3/03/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Ask.com Maps and Directions - "Enfin un service de carte web pour lequel la France n'est pas un vaste désert". [via] #
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3/03/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Non Official IE7.com - Neither this site nor Mozilla is connected with Microsoft :) Get Firefox ! [via] #
Milo Vermeulen : www.IE7.com
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3/03/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
gleuschk : SU math department taking positive steps to stem negative trend in number of students pursuing future in math - there's a statement about second derivatives in there. Quotes from Terry, Steve, Doug, and Joanna
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3/03/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Part 2 of the Bill Simmons/Malcolm Gladwell conversation - Part 2 of the Bill Simmons/Malcolm Gladwell conversation is even better than part 1. They really rip into what Isiah Thomas has done as GM of the Knicks. "The mess [Thomas] is creating right now in New York will be studied by business school students 50 y
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3/03/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : Three guys solder a new firewire chip for 8 hours - Pfft, idiots - they could have been driving an imaginary bus to vegas for that time.
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3/03/2006 @ 16:09 GMT
kayodeok : Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Top 10 Ways to Find Great Photos on Flickr - This top 10 is the top 10 ways to find great pictures on Flickr (almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world, of course).
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3/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Meghann Marco, the woman who was upset at her publishing company for 1) not putting her book on Google Print, and 2) instead suing Google, has finally gotten her book listed on Google Print - Meghann Marco, the woman who was upset at her publishing company for 1) not putting her book on Google Print, and 2) instead suing Google, has finally gotten her book listed on Google Print.
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3/03/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
deusx : Podcast Riches? - "But I believe the general notion here is that there isn't a huge amount of money to be made just on podcasts and that the disruptive nature of podcasts lie in the fact that most people will be doing them for themselves and their friends and families."
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3/03/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
deusx : Epeus' epigone - Kevin Marks weblog - "Here's my parody of the AT&T ad - with narration changed to say what they mean."
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deusx : JoshuaSchachter.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) - Joshua talks about lessons of del.icio.us. Mostly bookmarking this to route it to my iPod.
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3/03/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
deusx : The Windows Taskkill Utility - Adrian's Rojak Pot - Where The Best In Technology Gather - "This utility is called Taskkill."
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3/03/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Newsweek asks "Is YouTube the Napster of Video?" - Fred von Lohmann nails it; when they get profitable, there will be big problems
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3/03/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Lilly's yearly roundup of the Oscar gift bags - spoiled brats (I'm just jealous)
jkottke : Girlhacker's annual listing of what's in the goodie basket that gets handed out to presenters and performers at the Oscars - Girlhacker's annual listing of what's in the goodie basket that gets handed out to presenters and performers at the Oscars. In the bag this year: Canadian travel, an expresson machine, olive oil, and days of free hotel stays. (via waxy) [via]
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3/03/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Bill Cosby's lawyers threaten Waxy.org - I'm going to fight it; House of Cosbys deserves to be seen, far and wide
jkottke : Andy got a cease and desist from Bill Cosby's legal team for hosting the satirical House of Cosbys videos, and he's going to fight it - Andy got a cease and desist from Bill Cosby's legal team for hosting the satirical House of Cosbys videos, and he's going to fight it. "More than anything, this strikes me as a special kind of discrimination against amateur creators on the Internet. Mad M
merlinmann : Waxy.org: Daily Log: Litigation Cosby Threatens Waxy, You See! - The legal team, they have the brain damage, you see, and they're making a face like this: bleeaaaah. With the threats and making the letter, you see.
Wayne Burkett : Litigation Cosby Threatens Waxy, You See! - Andy Baio received a cease-and-desist for hosting "House of Cosbys" and he's going to fight it. Good for him! Parody is clearly protected speech; it ought to be interesting to watch how this plays out. #
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3/03/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
kayodeok : Seek and Ye Shall Find: Locate original documents on the Web - Here are just a few of the sites on the Web that you can use to locate primary documents; of course there’s many, many more, but these are my favorites that I find myself coming back to again and again, just to browse
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3/03/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
kayodeok : Nuts and Bolts of Network Discrimination - Think of the Internet as a set of routers (think: metal boxes with electronics inside) connected by links (think: long wires). Packets of data get passed from one router to another, via links. A packet is forwarded from router to router, until it arrives
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3/03/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
joshua : BurgerClub - First rule of burger club is don't talk about burger club?
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3/03/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Linkorama : Set the Linotype - They’re consuming, they’re creating, they’re sharing, and they’re publishing themselves. So the consumer wants to not only run the printing preess, the consumer wants to set the Linotype as well….
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3/03/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Charles Miller : Programming languages and their relationship styles - Occasionally, I'll come across something on the web that not only amuses me, but that I wish I'd written myself. Programming languages and their relationship styles is one such thing. (via Brett)
Manuzhai : maradydd: Programming languages and their relationship styles - Another parable of languages.
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3/03/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Wikipedia user statistics
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3/03/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
WillPate : The big DRM mistake - "Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated."
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3/03/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
WillPate : Feedwhip - Get an email every time one of your favorite websites updates, whether they have RSS or not
Simon Willison : Feedwhip - Feedwhip. Create an RSS feed or e-mail alert for changes made to any Web page.
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3/03/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
jkottke : Short interview with David Foster Wallace in the San Antonio Current - Short interview with David Foster Wallace in the San Antonio Current.
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3/03/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
jimray : The no-framework PHP MVC framework - Rasmus' Toys Page
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3/03/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
merlinmann : Email Overloaded - "In this blog Itzy analyzes the causes of email overload, discusses strategies to cope with the constant bombardment..."
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3/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
veen : San Francisco to Mountain View - Google pedometer bike route to campus
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3/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Yahoo! Hub Korea - Korean tag clouds are really pretty.
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3/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Penn Jillette responds to Smoke and Mirrors bootleg - he talked about the game in today's podcast; I posted the MP3 clip
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3/03/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Running as Limited User - the Easy Way - Process Explorer’s Run as Limited User menu item in the File menu opens a dialog that looks like and acts like the standard Windows Run dialog, but that runs the target process without administrative privileges:
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3/03/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
deusx : NintendoDS Advanced - Nintendo DS - "The DS Lite has officially made its debut in Japan. Full report inside."
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