14/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Fare comment! BBC interviews cabbie by mistake - This is just splendid in ways unimaginable. A cabdriver who was in the BBC's reception area was rushed onto air by mistaken producers, thinking he was an internet expert to talk about the Apple vs. Apple case. Full marks to the bloke for struggling thro [via] #
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14/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
deusx : Unfogged - "Lock The Vault? What Kind Of Maniac Would Steal Money From A Bank?" - "For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software," he said. "I don't believe these evil elections people exist."
jimray : The people who work for Diebold are idiots - "For there to be a problem here, you're basically assuming a premise where you have some evil and nefarious election officials who would sneak in and introduce a piece of software," he said. "I don't believe these evil elections people exist."
Simon Willison : "Lock The Vault? What Kind Of Maniac Would Steal Money From A Bank?" - Voting machine company rep rules out possibility of corrupt election officials.
Rod Begbie : "Lock The Vault? What Kind Of Maniac Would Steal Money From A Bank?" - Diebold voting machines are found to be easily re-flashable by anyone wanting to invisibly rig an election. Diebold spokesman: "I don't believe these evil elections people exist." I have not the words. [via] #
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14/05/2006 @ 17:10 GMT
Linkorama : Scan This Book! - When books are digitized, reading becomes a community activity. Bookmarks can be shared with fellow readers. Marginalia can be broadcast. Bibliographies swapped. A universal library as one book
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14/05/2006 @ 17:10 GMT
Linkorama : Myth, Reality & Future of Web 2.0 - I think the Web 2.0 Web 2.0 philosophies (and related technologies) are going to have the maximum impact in the enterprise.
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14/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : Platform Wars: Web 2.0 By Paul Boutin - "Pretty much everything (good) in web 2.0 is really a playing out, in one form or another, of things those people were saying around 8-10 years ago."
Paul Hammond : Platform Wars: Web 2.0 By Paul Boutin - Pretty much everything (good) in web 2.0 is really a playing out, in one form or another, of things those people were saying around 8-10 years ago
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14/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : Atlas Gloves: A DIY Hand Gesture Interface for Google Earth - "The user interface is a pair of illuminating gloves that can be used to track intuitive hand gestures like grabbing, pulling, reaching and rotating."
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14/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Funny but also depressing SNL bit with Al Gore last night, speaking as if he were President and Bush was the comissioner of baseball - Funny but also depressing SNL bit with Al Gore last night, speaking as if he were President and Bush was the comissioner of baseball. (via rw) [via]
deusx : Crooks and Liars - ""Saturday Night Live," opened their show tonight with Al Gore addressing the nation as if he was the President of the United States."
Rod Begbie : SNL: If Al Gore were President - Nicely done parallel-universe cold-open from last night's SNL. [via] #
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14/05/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : My 150km Glider Flight on 5/13/06 - My 150km Glider Flight on 5/13/06: I flew from Minden to the nothern and southern extremes of the Pine Nuts.
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14/05/2006 @ 06:09 GMT
joshua : Sonalog -- GypsyMIDI Motion capture MIDI controller
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14/05/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
jkottke : The NY Times article by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner about talent is still on the most emailed list a week after it went up on the site - The NY Times article by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner about talent is still on the most emailed list a week after it went up on the site...and it's the second-most emailed story over the last month. Also of note is how politically oriented the most blo
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14/05/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Cybermen are Human 2.0? (plasticbag.org) - Quality silly Tom Coates post suitable for that popular cross-section of humanity: Dr Who fans who blog bitching about "Web 2.0". #
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14/05/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
wearehugh : Example code to read registry entries from privileged JavaScript in Firefox
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14/05/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Simon Willison : Microsummaries in Firefox 2 - Neat new feature: short summaries of pages extracted using XSLT.
deusx : Microsummaries - MozillaWiki - "Microsummaries are regularly-updated succinct compilations of the most important information on web pages."
Paul Hammond : Microsummaries - MozillaWiki - Microsummaries are regularly-updated succinct compilations of the most important information on web pages
Isofarro : Microsummaries - 'Microsummaries are regularly-updated succinct summaries of web pages. They are compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated as new informa
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