8/03/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Checkmates - Checkmates: a mobile friend finder prototype for eTech built by some of the Yahoo! TechDev folks to play with at eTech
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8/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Expert Texture » Blog Archive » Snark it up - "The snark tag allows the user to enclose snark text in tags to better identify the target of the snarkiness as well as the level, tone, and subtext." [via] #
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8/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : VintageComputing.com | Vintage Computing and Gaming » Blog Archive » The Mazes of Shamus - "Simple but well-constructed, Shamus is one of my favorite games for the Atari 800." This seems like a proto-Zelda.
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8/03/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : PictureCloud lets you easily create 360 degree images from a series of digital camera photos...for free - PictureCloud lets you easily create 360 degree images from a series of digital camera photos...for free. (thx, paul)
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8/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
WillPate : Daily Show With Jon Stewart in iTunes - $9.99 USD for 16 episodes of awesome comedy. As more shows become available on iTunes, the less reason I get cable.
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8/03/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
WillPate : Shaw Wants to Charge a $10 VOIP Tax - "Shaw wants its high-speed net customers to pay a $10 "quality of service enhancement" fee if they use a VoIP phone service." But not if they use Shaw's VOIP. Ridiculous.
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8/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : deviantART: Metal Gear Awesome. by ~Egoraptor - "After years of hard work, Metal Gear Awesome is finally complete."
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8/03/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : John Battelle's book, The Search, is not available on Google Book Search because his publisher, Penguin, is suing Google over Book Search - John Battelle's book, The Search, is not available on Google Book Search because his publisher, Penguin, is suing Google over Book Search. On Penguin's decision, Battelle says, "I totally disagree with it" and "It’s very irritating to me". (via jb) [via]
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8/03/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
jimray : Microsoft launches Windows Live search - I have to say, this is a really nice site. I really dig the ajax scroller thingie.
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8/03/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
kaninka.net : Unnur Birna gerir það gott
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8/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
kaninka.net : Icepick Icelandic Street Art
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8/03/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Philosophy Talk - Wish I had headphones here with me! #
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8/03/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
plasticbag : YouTube - The Real World Simpsons - I'm pretty certain that most people have seen this already - apparently it's been a Sky TV ad in the UK. Still it pretty much rocks...
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8/03/2006 @ 19:14 GMT
Andy Baio : Techcrunch gets exclusive screenshots of Google Calendar - not as nice as 30 Boxes, but good enough to kill off most every Ajaxy calendar startup
Linkorama : Screenshots: Google Calendar - As you would expect
François Nonnenmacher : Exclusive Screenshots: Google Calendar
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8/03/2006 @ 19:13 GMT
Andy Baio : The Logos of Web 2.0 - I used Ballpark Script for the Upcoming.org logo [via]
Linkorama : Typography of Web 2.0 - Ah, but can you guess the new Socialtext font rolled out in the middle of this survey?
jkottke : The typography of the logos of Web 2.0 companies - The typography of the logos of Web 2.0 companies. (via waxy) [via]
Paul Hammond : The Logos of Web 2.0 | The FontShop FontFeed | Font blog, typography tips, and design news. - a breakdown of the fonts used in some of our favorite brands
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8/03/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
deusx : Dave's Wordpress Blog - "Here are some tips for that will make your work go more smoothly, based on the experience of real developers."
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8/03/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Ray Tobey on developing the PC game Budokan for Electronic Arts
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8/03/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : News feed viewer - United States Patent Application: 0050289147 - "Techniques for presenting and managing syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed." This is from Apple.
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8/03/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : News feed browser - United States Patent Application: 0050289468 - "Techniques for detecting, managing, and presenting syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed." Also from Apple.
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8/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Report from Etech on Jeff Han's demo of a "multi-touch user interface" - Report from Etech on Jeff Han's demo of a "multi-touch user interface". Be sure to watch the videos linked to at the end...it's the interface from Minority Report in action.
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8/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Ten memorable Saturday Night Live musical moments - Ten memorable Saturday Night Live musical moments.
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8/03/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : The Guardian on spam poetry - The Guardian on spam poetry. I featured the work of noted spam poet Gary Milano (webm@yahoo.com) a couple of years ago. See also Outside the Inbox, a compilation of songs inspired by spam subject lines.
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8/03/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : Divers discover new crustacean - Science - MSNBC.com - "A team of American-led divers has discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday."
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8/03/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : porrasturvat by tAAt - Throw people down stairs in this game. It's a "stair dismount" simulator.
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8/03/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : Adactio: Comments on community - I’ve often felt jealous of Jeremy not allowing comments in his journal, he did the right thing. Its too late for me though, once you get a taste for comments you can’t stop. I’d like to write up my thoughts on this if I get time…
jkottke : Jeremy Keith on comments: "I'd like to propose a corollary of Sturgeon's Law for blogs: Comments should be disabled 90% of the time."
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8/03/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : cabel.name: Nintendo DS Lite First Look - "Thanks to the incredibly awesome awesome-ness of Noby, friend/Panic's man in Japan, today I was extremely lucky to receive in the mail a brand new Nintendo DS Lite, fresh from Japan. Wow. "
Matthew M. Boedicker : Nintendo DS Lite first look video - (via del.icio.us/deusx) [via]
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8/03/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
Linkorama : Effective Reading - This is adapted from discussion at Socialtext where, because we are a distributed or virtual workforce, we move a huge amount of information around as text. It's been noted lately that the quantity of my blogging has slacked of late. This is mostly becaus
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8/03/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
deusx : It's all Latin to me. - This is a test posting
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8/03/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
merlinmann : HPDA on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Preeeeeettty. Love the rounded edges.
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Matthew M. Boedicker : A Prairie Home Companion trailer - (via robot wisdom weblog) [via]
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8/03/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : popular url aggregator - (via del.icio.us/popular) [via]
Cameron Moll : popurls - popurls. Huge one-page aggregation of sites such as Digg, Flickr, Newsvine, YouTube, and more.
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8/03/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
jimray : Free! Icons for your website or application
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8/03/2006 @ 02:10 GMT
Linkorama : Complexity causes 50% of product returns - Half of all malfunctioning products returned to stores by consumers are in full working order, but customers can't figure out how to operate the devices, a scientist said on Monday.
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8/03/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : GEEKS.OPML.ORG : How to prepare Mac icons for OPML nodetypes - "I'm taking notes here as I prepare the icons for the "include" nodetype."
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8/03/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
Simon Willison : Introduction to JavaScript (ETech 2006 Tutorial) - Phil Windley's extensive notes from my tutorial.
Isofarro : Introduction to JavaScript (ETech 2006 Tutorial) - Phil Windley blogs a number of useful JavaScript tips from Simon Willison's ETech session
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8/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Research Day: How Much Does An Adult, Male, African Elephant Weight? - Research Day: How Much Does An Adult, Male, African Elephant Weight?: there's really no way to summarize this link, so just go read it
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8/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : NBC's marketing lesson, in 3 acts - NBC's marketing lesson, in 3 acts: A savvy company would die for the level of free viral marketing that SNL was just beginning to explore and understand, thanks to a 3-minute video clip... But someone somewhere in the network made a decision that kill
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8/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Attention Full - Attention Full: "It should be both easy and socially acceptable to turn your inbox off from non-critical communications from time to time." Agreed!
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8/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Stamen's Backchannel - real-time infovis of the #etech IRC channel
deusx : backchannel by stamen - "Backchannel is a real-time view of the conversation happening in the #etech IRC channel at O'Reillys Emerging Technology Conference. "
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8/03/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
jkottke : Jupiter is growing another big red spot - Jupiter is growing another big red spot. The gas giant has been told by solar system pals to "keep an eye on it" and "have it checked out" if it gets any bigger.
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gleuschk : David Hilbert on the radio (PDF with mp3) - "Wir müssen wissen, Wir werden wissen."
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8/03/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
jkottke : It looks like Barry Bonds took all sorts of performance-enhancing drugs - Not a big surprise, but it looks like Barry Bonds took all sorts of performance-enhancing drugs in the last few years of his career, including the season he hit 73 home runs.
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8/03/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
deusx : Ray Ozzie: Wiring the Web - "Simply stated, I’d like to extend the clipboard user model to the web."
Linkorama : Wiring the Web - Simply stated, I’d like to extend the clipboard user model to the web.
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8/03/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
jkottke : Trailer, X-Men 3 - Trailer, X-Men 3. Why am I so excited for this?
Matthew M. Boedicker : X-Men 3 trailer - with Juggernaut? (via kottke.org remaindered links) [via]
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