11/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Genevieve Gauckler - I haven’t enjoyed a site so much in ages. Pure explorative joy
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11/05/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jkottke : Designer Michael Bierut confesses: "I am a plagiarist" - Designer Michael Bierut confesses: "I am a plagiarist". "...my mind is stuffed full of graphic design, graphic design done by other people. How can I be sure that any idea that comes out of that same mind is absolutely my own?"
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11/05/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
merlinmann : How I Work: Merlin Mann - Lifehacker - Lifehacker asked me about the apps, sites, and systems I use.
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11/05/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
Douglas Bowman : Photo Gallery Plugin for MT - Byrne Reese, MT fanatic (and technically, employee of Six Apart), created a plugin that automates the installation of my Photo Gallery Templates for Movable Type. One simple download (then upload to your server) of this uber-plugin, and all the required p
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11/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : NPR interview with David Remnick - NPR interview with David Remnick. Here's a newly-released collection of his recent writing, which includes his interview with Al Gore.
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11/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : Second full-length trailer for Pixar's Cars - Second full-length trailer for Pixar's Cars.
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11/05/2006 @ 21:12 GMT
jimray : World66 - Home - Cool collaborative travel guides
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11/05/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
jimray : Welcome To Ultimate Hikes - Ultimate Hikes
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11/05/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
jimray : What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? - New York Times
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11/05/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
jimray : Two Parts Vodka, a Twist of Science - New York Times - Molecular mixology
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11/05/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
jimray : A Pie-in-the-Sky Treehouse Made Real - New York Times
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11/05/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
deusx : What Is Augment? - AugTerm - "AugTerm is a terminal emulation program which emulates a terminal that was used to communicate with Doug Engelbart's Augment system."
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11/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : Wired News: Feds Want Hacker's Genetic Code - "Lamo's refusal is based on a religious objection to giving blood, and he's willing to provide his DNA in another form."
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11/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : Augment Introductory Tutorial - "This file is a sort of " programmed text" for new users of Augment."
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11/05/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
kaninka.net : John Labovitz's E-Zine-List ~ E-Zines by Keyword
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11/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
znarf : mnot’s Web log: Vendor-pires - here’s no intrinsic value in WS-* unless you’re trying to suck money out of your customers #
Simon Willison : mnot: Vendor-pires - WS-* vendors and vampires. [via]
Paul Hammond : mnot’s Web log: Vendor-pires - there’s no intrinsic value in WS-* unless you’re trying to suck money out of your customers
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11/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : National Weather Service - Reno, NV - National Weather Service - Reno, NV: this will be quite useful starting on Saturday
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11/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Reno NWS Area Forecast Discussion - Reno NWS Area Forecast Discussion: more goodness from the National Weather Service
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11/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Andy Baio : No dancing in the Parthenon! - good to know
Nelson Minar : Arrested for dancing - Crazy tourist story (via Zawodny)
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11/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Duck Hunt on the Nintendo Wii - nuts, they should've added the gloating dog
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11/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Steven Johnson responds to the endangered joy of serendipity piece, I just linked to, arguing that the web is a much better serendipity engine than the library - Steven Johnson responds to (blasts? slams?) the endangered joy of serendipity piece I just linked to, arguing that the web is a much better serendipity engine than the library. (BTW, I think Steven is part machine himself...after posting that link, I took
Milo Vermeulen : stevenberlinjohnson.com on serendipity on the web - Steven Johnson on serendipity on the web [via]
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11/05/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : iPod owners are thieves, its the only possible explanation - Rob Glaser of Real Networks: “If you want interoperable music today, there is a very easy solution: it’s called stealing”. Or ripping your own CD’s? Twat.
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11/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : AIM Pages - AOL breaking down the Walled Garden - AIM Pages - AOL breaking down the Walled Garden: "It currently features modules like delicious, netflix and youtube - but there's a whole lot more to come!"
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11/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Fonts on football (soccer) jerseys - Fonts on football (soccer) jerseys.
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11/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : William McKeen on the "endangered joys of serendipity" - William McKeen on the "endangered joys of serendipity". "Do people browse anymore? We have become such a directed people. We can target what we want, thanks to the Internet. It's efficient, but dull."
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11/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : What Is the best work of American fiction of the last 25 years? - What Is the best work of American fiction of the last 25 years? Toni Morrison's Beloved. In a companion piece, A.O. Scott writes: "I was surprised at how few of the highly praised, boldly ambitious books by younger writers - by which I mean writers under [via]
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11/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : What's the fastest way to get to the JFK airport in NYC? - What's the fastest way to get to the JFK airport in NYC? Helicopter, bus, subway, car, or cab? (Didn't the NY Times or the NYer do a piece like this several months ago?)
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11/05/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
deusx : BREITBART.COM - April Tax Revenue 2nd-Highest in History - I thought we got tax cuts? "A flood of income tax payments pushed up government receipts to the second-highest level in history in April, giving the country a sizable surplus for the month."
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Nelson Minar : subLYMONal - As seen on Lost. I eat this crap up, whatever it is. Spoilers?
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11/05/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Missouri Elections: 2006 Approved Initiative Petitions - Proposals include: allowing stem cell research, a minimum wage increase, banning transhumanism, eminent domain reform, medicaid expansion. #
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11/05/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : You're Rich? Terrific. Now Pay Up. - You're Rich? Terrific. Now Pay Up.: "It's not about oil. It's about fairness."
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11/05/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : New 'Anti-Abortion Pill' Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive - New 'Anti-Abortion Pill' Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive: hahahahaha...
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11/05/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Improv Everywhere - Improv Everywhere: "we cause scenes"
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11/05/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Man buys fighter jet, wants refund - Man buys fighter jet, wants refund: "A Chinese businessman who bought a Russian fighter jet online wants his money back after finding it could not be shipped to China" Shipped? Why not fly it?
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11/05/2006 @ 04:09 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google's community search - Google's community search: "all day Google's WiFi network failed to work"
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11/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Federal Aviation Administration - Aviation Handbooks and Manuals - Federal Aviation Administration - Aviation Handbooks and Manuals: some useful free publications from the FAA [via]
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11/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Andy Baio : New Sam & Max game back from the dead - stop toying with my emotions, people [via]
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11/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Emily Short's observations on using Inform 7 - writing interactive fiction with natural language
deusx : Some Observations on Using Inform 7 - "Several people have asked me to discuss in depth why I find I7 more powerful than I6 for complex projects."
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11/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Jason Scott on the Best and the Interesting - I predict Jason Scott will be crowned a saint of the Internet era
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11/05/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
jkottke : Google Trend graph for "the" and "and" - Google Trend graph for "the" and "and". I would have expected them to be flatter.
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11/05/2006 @ 02:10 GMT
Linkorama : WoW: Burning Crusade - The Gamer has an exclusive article about the news, an exclusive Burning Crusade video trailer and screen shots, and an extended Q.&A. with Jeff Kaplan, one of World of Warcraft’s top designers.
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11/05/2006 @ 02:10 GMT
Linkorama : We Media Wiki - A call to action and an emphasis on how we need to "put more we" in We Media
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11/05/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Some girl playing Super Mario Galaxy - "Oh god! Oh...oh god!"
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11/05/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : infojunkies: Coffee supply crisis on horizon for 2007 - "Coffee futures may spike next year because of a looming shortage of green coffee beans caused by growing consumer demand coupled with an off year in Brazil's biennial crop cycle."
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11/05/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : Nintendo Wii - Hardware Information - "Wii's elegant design makes it an inviting addition to your entertainment setup without monopolizing it."
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11/05/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : Nintendo Wii - Controllers - "They're your weapons to blast your way through the harried world of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and the gritty underworld of Red Steel."
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11/05/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: Trephanation kit on eBay - "Trephination is an ancient surgical procedure where a hole is drilled in the skull."
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11/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
deusx : E3: Image of the REAL "light gun" peripheral for the Nintendo Wii - "Here's the question: which will be more sucessful - the Nintendo Pirate Pistol or the Nintendo Ninja Nunchuk?"
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11/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
deusx : On-Demand Javascript - Ajax Patterns - "Download Javascript as and when required, instead of downloading it all on page load. "
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11/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
deusx : FireBug Forums :: View topic - Firebug 0.3.2 causes XML view to fail - "I just upgraded to Firebug 0.3.2 and noticded that when loading an XML file from the local file system or via a website, it displays it as if it had no style sheet applied (in otherwords, just the text nodes are displayed). The full XML structure (elemen
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11/05/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Yahoo! UI Library: Grids CSS - This stuff is absolutely brilliant.
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11/05/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : AutoComplete, Windowing, Menu and More: A Second Beta Release for the YUI Library - More design patterns, more widgets, new CSS stuff, lots of improvements overall.
Paul Hammond : AutoComplete, Windowing, Menu and More: A Second Beta Release for the YUI Library » Yahoo! User Interface Blog - The normalizing strategies applied in CSS Reset and CSS Fonts provide a stable foundation for my favorite CSS package, the CSS Page Grids
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11/05/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : PHP: __halt_compiler() - This is nuts.
Matthew M. Boedicker : PHP function to stop compiler so you can put arbitrary data at the end of a script
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11/05/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
jcgregorio : Mark Shuttleworth » Call for testing bzr 0.8 - "no optimisation and is written in Python with no C extensions."
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