8/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : TIME.com: A Game For All Ages - Time Magazine preview of the Wii. I'm positively giddy at the potential for a Wario Warez game with that controller. [via] #
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8/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
deusx : Mule Design Feed Store | U.S. out of California - "Seriously, what are we getting out of this relationship? We grow our own oranges and avocados. We make our own movies. We've got burritos and the world's 5th largest economy. Get the hell off our land so we can marry some gay people!"
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8/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
plasticbag : Why Douglas Rushkoff has had it with religious tolerance - I don't really need to keep posting things where smart people talk about their problems with religion. I agree - and have previously stated - with his statements about the problems that emerge when religious people apply their values
deusx : Douglas Rushkoff - Weblog - Faith = Illness. Why I've had it with religious tolerance. - "By appropriating these characters and metaphors as our own, we instill them with the power they require to release the stranglehold that true believers have over the myths built to help us face the truth, instead."
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8/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
plasticbag : "Archaeologists have begun digging for what they think might be a pyramid hidden beneath a hill in Bosnia." - Fascinating. Awesome. Unbelievable. The more ancient cultures we can find the better.
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8/05/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
jimray : Fangs - Firefox extension that shows your page as it might be read by a modern screen reader.
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8/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide - How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide: "This is my personal account of curing my asthma and hayfever by deliberately infesting myself with the intestinal parasite hookworm."
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8/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : A VC: SiteAdvisor - A VC: SiteAdvisor: SiteAdvisor looks lke a good idea in these days of l AdSense powered link farms and phising
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8/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Airport would ground gliders - Airport would ground gliders: it looks like the airport in Jean, NV could be replaced by something much, much larger one day...
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Jeremy Zawodny : Am I scared of Google Calendar? - Am I scared of Google Calendar?: "I can honestly say that the answer is no." He's apparently not scared of comment spam either.
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8/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
wearehugh : seamonkey/toolkit/components/feeds/test/xml/ - wow, those look oddly familiar
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8/05/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
deusx : The Computer Bed - Euro FlyingBed - "Modern Murphy Beds Brought to America from Europe "
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8/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Stairway To Heaven Sung Backwards, The Forwards Version - yes! I was hoping someone would reverse the reversed video [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
Linkorama : Ready for the rebirth of email? - WhatPC? - Returning to what email is for
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8/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : Wired News: Who's the Boss? - "We love boss battles because they represent game design at its purest and trickiest."
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8/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Scoble on Croquet, multiuser P2P 3D space - looks strikingly like the VRML cybermalls of the 1990s, but P2P and cross-platform are both good [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
wearehugh : Joe Beda's EightyPercent.net: Backing up data
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8/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Dogs trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs - sure, but can they smell the difference between letterbox and pan-and-scan? [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Time's five-page exclusive preview of the Nintendo Wii - the controller is aware of position, velocity, and tilt [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Economist Thomas J. Holmes studies the diffusion of Wal-Mart across the US (here's a video showing the retailer's spread) - Economist Thomas J. Holmes studies the diffusion of Wal-Mart across the US (here's a video showing the retailer's spread). Here's Holmes discussing how density considerations affect where Wal-Mart places their stores.
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8/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Discussion of various animals' athletic abilities - Discussion of various animals' athletic abilities. Cheetahs can reach a speed of 45 mph in 2 seconds (3-4 strides)! Still no convincing answer for the man vs. horse question though.
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8/05/2006 @ 18:15 GMT
Cameron Moll : Light on Dark - Light on Dark. "A showcase of well-designed and coded websites with light text on a dark background."
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8/05/2006 @ 18:15 GMT
Cameron Moll : Jared Christensen: 200% more beta - "200% more beta" must certainly mean hot chocolate, pink, and Jared Christensen. Nice work, Jared.
Jon Hicks : Jaredigital goes hot chocolate! - I love this version! It has a nice ‘open’ feel about it and great typography. Via Crofty [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 18:13 GMT
Cameron Moll : booger flickr - Best Flickr screen name I've seen in a while. Great pics to boot.
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Linkorama : Truths about Enterprise Wikis - consulting firm realizes role of practices and adoption
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8/05/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo Is Unleashing a New Way to Turn Ad Clicks Into Ka-Ching - New York Times - Yahoo Is Unleashing a New Way to Turn Ad Clicks Into Ka-Ching - New York Times: I have a theme song in mind for this one...
Nelson Minar : Search ad technology - This article is good
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8/05/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
Andy Baio : Beatles lose Apple court battle - now, kiss and make up
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8/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Stephen Baker lists some reasons why journalists should ask dumb questions, but it's good advice for anyone really - Stephen Baker lists some reasons why journalists should ask dumb questions, but it's good advice for anyone really. My favorite professor in college, his mantra in classes was that there was no such thing as dumb questions.
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8/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Some podcasts are available from Core's Design 2.0 conference held in NYC back in February - Some podcasts are available from Core's Design 2.0 conference held in NYC back in February. The next conference is in SF in June.
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jkottke : The last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic -- and the last one to have any memories of the event -- has died at age 99 - The last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic -- and the last one to have any memories of the event -- has died at age 99.
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8/05/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
jkottke : Friends and finances in 21st century America - Friends and finances in 21st century America: "More friends and acquaintances are now finding themselves at different points on the financial spectrum, scholars and sociologists say, thanks to broad social changes like meritocracy-based higher education,
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8/05/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
jkottke : This is the most wonderfully nerdy thing I've ever read about politics and blogging - This is the most wonderfully nerdy thing I've ever read about politics and blogging. "So in fact, Reynolds has managed to fit five units of wrongness into only four declarative statements! This is the hackular equivalent of crossing the Chandrasekhar Limi [via]
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8/05/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : GameLife's E3 predictions - if you can spare an E3 pass or two for Friday only, GET IN TOUCH
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8/05/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
jcgregorio : REST based authentication - I need to finish reading this.
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8/05/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Journalist rides with the Blue Angels - he passes out three times, making this very entertaining [via]
Jeremy Zawodny : Full throttle with the Blue Angels - Full throttle with the Blue Angels: journalist rides with Blue Angles, passes out 3 times, has a blast.
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8/05/2006 @ 06:11 GMT
jcgregorio : Adding wsgiref to the Python 2.5 Standard Library - I need to give wsgiref a spin. Some sort of WSGI library needs to be added to Python core.
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8/05/2006 @ 06:10 GMT
joshua : Civsweeper - some interesting casual games to check out
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8/05/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : LICENSE PLATE FLASH FRAME - "Scrolling License Plate Flash Frames are an incredible new accessory for any car!"
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8/05/2006 @ 04:09 GMT
jcgregorio : Cell Broadband Engine processor DMA engines, Part 1: The little engines that move data - Putting the FPGA into the processor.
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8/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Following Shangri-La - I'm going to try following that Shangri-La Diet that all the kids are doing for a bit. (It's the new Atkins, dontchaknow.) I'm blogging the experience across here. #
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8/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Monkey Fluids - Puerile re-captioning of 1950's childrens book illustrations. Makes me laugh, not least because I loved all those dated Enid Blyton romps as a kid. [via] #
cobra libre : monkey fluids [via] #
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8/05/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
gleuschk : Feed43 (Feed For Free) : John Baez's This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics - finally, an (authorized, official-type) RSS feed for TWF
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8/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Galacticsimpsons - Battlestar Galactica characters drawn in Simpsons style (via Metafilter)
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8/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : First Fuel Bank - Gas hoarders save money
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8/05/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Camino 1.1 Checkin Catchup - Various recent check ins to Camino, including resizable search fields, and opening view source in a window rather than tab.
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gleuschk : McKay Correspondence Seminar, Lecture 1 - finite cubgroups of SL2
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