19/05/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
jcgregorio : United States presidential line of succession - You'll want to refer to this in the coming days.
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19/05/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : At the current exchange rate, over 50% of the transactions in Lindens (the unit of currency in the game Second Life) are for US$0.07 or less - At the current exchange rate, over 50% of the transactions in Lindens (the unit of currency in the game Second Life) are for US$0.07 or less. Micropayments, anyone?
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19/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Linkorama : the uses of participation - What if I started again and thought about how cultural participation through consumer-created media might actually have positive implications for cultural citizenship? Would the graph look different?
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19/05/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Linkorama : How Macaw does social tagging - Case study for social bookmarking in an enterprise
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19/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : Nicholas Carr weighs in on the serendipity of the web - Nicholas Carr weighs in on the serendipity of the web: "Once you create an engine - a machine - to produce serendipity, you destroy the essence of serendipity. It becomes something expected rather than something unexpected. Looking for serendipity? Just f
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19/05/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : Cornell University study suggests that restaurant and hotel owners should reconsider their tipping policies because "tipping may not be as advantageous as managers seem to believe" - Cornell University study suggests that restaurant and hotel owners should reconsider their tipping policies because "tipping may not be as advantageous as managers seem to believe".
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19/05/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
Linkorama : WikiOutdoors - Welcome to WikiOutdoors, the most comprehensive resource for articles, gear reviews and program reviews on hiking, biking, birding, climbing and more...anything to help you get outdoors, anywhere in the world.
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19/05/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Hot gay soldiers - Freaky old advertising (via BoingBoing)
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19/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Howto play the spoons - look simpler than it must be
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19/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
philgyford : Mark Fletcher presentation at Startup SIG - Long transcript of a talk on running a startup by the chap who started ONEList (which became eGroups then Yahoo! Groups) and Bloglines.
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19/05/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Clever headline watch: Mayor tapped water customers for sex - Clever headline watch: Mayor tapped water customers for sex.
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19/05/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Eve developer update - All the projects they're working on; ambitious company
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19/05/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Reading WoW for race - Complex, subtle issues
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19/05/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : AYD'S Diet pills 1982 - You have to hope this naming was unintentional
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19/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Typesetting PDF - Designer's notes on creating humane Acrobat files
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19/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : For the "beloved modeling compund's" 50th birthday, they're making a perfume that smells like Play-Doh - For the "beloved modeling compund's" 50th birthday, they're making a perfume that smells like Play-Doh. They missed a golden opportunity to call it "Play-D'eau". (thx, leah)
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19/05/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Megnut redesigns and refocuses full-time on food - Megnut redesigns and refocuses full-time on food. I helped with the design and I can't wait to see how the site evolves over the next few months as Meg finds her stride.
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19/05/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
merlinmann : Apes demonstrate ability to plan ahead - LiveScience - MSNBC.com - Oh, great. Apparently scrub jays can plan ahead. They already run our back yard like tyrants. I wish we had bonobos back there instead. [via Mr. Sun]
deusx : Apes demonstrate ability to plan ahead - LiveScience - MSNBC.com - "Scientists study how bonobos, orangutans anticipate need for tools"
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19/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : Anne 2.0 - Attentive Blogrolling - "Potentially, and with some extensions, a way to share with others how we are directing our attention?"
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19/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
deusx : Anne 2.0 - JavaScript and Python and Java too - "You don't usually see "JavaScript" and Python in the same sentence or even in the same article."
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19/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : MP3 audio of notable moments in history, including Apollo 13's "Houston, we have a problem", Albert Einstein explaining e-mc^2, and, uh, Al Pacino from Scarface - MP3 audio of notable moments in history, including Apollo 13's "Houston, we have a problem", Albert Einstein explaining e-mc^2, and, uh, Al Pacino from Scarface. (via cyn-c) [via]
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19/05/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Quick profile of Milton Glaser in BusinessWeek - Quick profile of Milton Glaser in BusinessWeek. (via do) [via]
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19/05/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
deusx : Anne 2.0 - Overloaded by Information on Information Overload - "I'm going to adjust my feed reading approach in Bloglines using some ideas I found on Les Orchards blog."
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19/05/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Trailer for Fast Food Nation, based on the book by Eric Schlosser - Trailer for Fast Food Nation, based on the book by Eric Schlosser.
Jeremy Zawodny : FAST FOOD NATION Trailer - FAST FOOD NATION Trailer: The Big One
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19/05/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
philgyford : Dejal - Narrator - Handy Mac app for reading out stories or scripts. Can give each script character a different voice, and leave a gap for you to say your lines.
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19/05/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
philgyford : AMK design | Last 10 tracks on your website - Simple but good PHP code for putting your Last.fm recent tracks on your site. Inspired me to rewrite all my stupidly over-engineered code for gyford.com along the same lines. (via Kottke)
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19/05/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
philgyford : Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before - A big collection of world maps with countries resized according to different kinds of statistics. (via Boing Boing)
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19/05/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
philgyford : Gmaps Pedometer - Calculates distances along a route for you. Nike also have a version but you have to register to get the same data.
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19/05/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
philgyford : LRB | Rose George : Diary - Subscribers-only or pay-for, but an interesting account of going into London's sewers. She's working on a book about human waste...
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19/05/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
philgyford : Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ - In case I get round to getting one. (via Blech)
Simon Willison : Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ - Canon EOS Beginners’ FAQ. A really good, detailed FAQ; I just picked up a Canon EOS 400D (aka Digital Rebel XTi) and I’m figuring out what I can do with it. It looks like I’ll need something better than the kit lens for wildlife photography.
Jeremy Zawodny : Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ - Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ: a great FAQ on the EOS series
Rod Begbie : Canon EOS Beginners' FAQ - Lots of the questions I have about SLR photography answered. [via] #
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19/05/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
philgyford : Blair kelly studio - Gorgeous lino cuts. One day I'm going to do lino cuts again. I can dream that they'll be this good. (via Drawn!)
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19/05/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Flickr: Keep an eye on things you've left comments on - I don’t know if this is a new ‘Gamma’ feature, but its most welcome. Keep an eye on conversations you’ve contributed to in Flickr.
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19/05/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Super Happy Dev House 10 tries a new idea - a weekend-long contest to build a "money making machine," with Paypal revenue determining the winners
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19/05/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Illuminating the shadows: Opportunistic network and web measurement - Stanford research project (from the folks behind the Coral caching system) tracing the outer leaves of the internet. [via] #
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19/05/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Principles of the American Cargo Cult - No comment. "There will be justice Bad people get punished. You, however, will be forgiven." #
Eric Meyer : Principles of the American Cargo Cult - Well, that was depressing. [via Scott Andrew] [via]
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19/05/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Snooke maximums on YouTube - don't miss John Higgins' lucky shot at around 6:40 in this video
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19/05/2006 @ 03:10 GMT
joshua : Nick Carter's Taig Lathe and Milling Machine Pages
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19/05/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
joshua : CtrlView 2d/3d viewer/converter home page
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19/05/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
joshua : Xylotex 3 or 4 axis CNC retrofit
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19/05/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
jimray : Independent Study: The Coup - MSNBC.com - Every time I write one these, I swear it's gonna be my last
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19/05/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Andy Baio : 3D milling service to be offered for Second Life avatars - at E3, I saw that the Spore team was 3D printing their character creations from corn starch [via]
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19/05/2006 @ 02:10 GMT
Andy Baio : Eric Kleptone speaking at next Web 2.0 conference - I've been obsessed with the Kleptones' 24 Hours album lately; try Sixteen Sisters for a taste
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19/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Flash: 10 ways, "information" - outstanding recursive photo mosaic browser [via]
Milo Vermeulen : 10 ways information - infinite recursive photo mosaic browser thing - information by 10 ways - infinite recursive photo mosaic browser [via]
Rod Begbie : 10 Ways: Information - Hypnotic infinitely recursive photomosaics. [via] #
Philippe Janvier : Flash: 10 ways, "information" - Des photos faites de photos faites de photos faites de photos... . Vraiment impressionnant ! [via] #
jkottke : Infinitely zoomable photographic mosaic - Infinitely zoomable photographic mosaic. Very cool.
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19/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Flickr's hiring - you couldn't pick a cooler group of people to work with, aside from maybe Upcoming
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19/05/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Andy Baio : E3 Crabtacular - apparently, Half-Life 2 gave the entire gaming industry crabs [via]
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19/05/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Andy Baio : San Francisco scar tissue - "a piece of San Francisco healing around now-gone railroad tracks" [via]
jkottke : Satellite photo of a piece of San Francisco "healing around now-gone railroad tracks" - Satellite photo of a piece of San Francisco "healing around now-gone railroad tracks".
Nelson Minar : SF Scar Tissue - Remnants of a railroad track as seen in overhead photos
Milo Vermeulen : San Francisco scar tissue on Google Maps
Philippe Janvier : San Francisco scar tissue - "...a piece of San Francisco healing around now-gone railroad tracks." [via] #
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19/05/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Wireless Guitar Hero mod - okay, I'm slightly obsessed
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19/05/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
wearehugh : Creating toolbar buttons - MDC
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19/05/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
wearehugh : overriding xul files in chrome.manifest
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19/05/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
wearehugh : Find bar usability issues - MozillaWiki
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