12/06/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jkottke : The changing face of journalism and a comparison of when the press succeeded (Watergate) and when it failed (Enron) - The changing face of journalism and a comparison of when the press succeeded (Watergate) and when it failed (Enron): "The plenitude of information, not its scarcity, defines the world we live in now. And journalism must change to accommodate that fact."
jimray : Snarkmarket: The Press' New Paradigm
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12/06/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jkottke : Despite all the hubbub about hybrid cars these days, replacing the incandescent bulbs in your house with fluorescents might result in a similar amount of carbon dioxide savings - Despite all the hubbub about hybrid cars these days, replacing the incandescent bulbs in your house with fluorescents might result in a similar amount of carbon dioxide savings. (thx suebob)
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12/06/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
Isofarro : Joe Clark: Fixing the latest errors - Joe takes David Berlind apart for spreading disinformation, and shovelling bullshit about web accessibility (in connection with the Target inaccessible website lawsuit).
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12/06/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
Isofarro : Accessibility Lifecycle - Alistair Campbell assesses when automated tools can and should be used in the lifecycle of a website development. Essentially accessibility should be integrated into each step and not left to the end. It should be used to focus development rather than re
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12/06/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : How to Get Google AJAX Search For Your Site - "Get a Google AJAX search control working on your site." [via] #
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12/06/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : "Come here to this TimesSelect gate! Mr. Sulzberger, tear down this pay wall!" - Mark Glaser to the NY Times: "Chairman Sulzberger, if you seek peace in cyberspace, if you seek prosperity for your company, if you seek to spread ideas online: Come here to this TimesSelect gate! Mr. Sulzberger, tear down this pay wall!" A rebuttal. My t
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12/06/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : Interview with designer Michael Bierut - Interview with designer Michael Bierut. "The best thing design can do for a company is to express that company's personality accurately and compellingly, and in so doing permit that organizations inherent strengths to prevail."
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12/06/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : Ellips catamaran - As soon as this CSS gig makes me rich, I'm buyin' one of these. [via Dave's Long Box] [via]
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12/06/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : A List Apart Intern - No pay, hard work, great experience.
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12/06/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears - Well, I can hear it, and let me tell ya: it hurts. I can't spend much time in a room full of cathode-ray TVs, either. [via Greg] [via]
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12/06/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jimray : Google AJAX Search API - This is sort of wicked cool
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12/06/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
cobra libre : christopher hitchens on the blowjob, the "american handshake and ideal" - that's right, christopher hitchens #
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12/06/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
joshua : Peanut Gallery - The Online Interactive Multi-User Movie Theater Simulation - massively multiplayer dvd player
Rod Begbie : Peanut Gallery - The Online Interactive Multi-User Movie Theater Simulation - Genius! Watch movies with your friends across the internet. Social software so you can heckle and chat as you watch DVDs. [via] #
Andy Baio : Peanut Gallery - multiplayer video player for OS X with built-in heckling support! [via]
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12/06/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : Where do the Brazilian soccer players get their names? - Where do the Brazilian soccer players get their names? I'm posting this instead of watching the rest of the US/Czech match because the US is playing like a high school team.
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12/06/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
jcgregorio : The WSGI Reference Library (Documentation)
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12/06/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
jcgregorio : WSGI Overlay - Kinda like server-side includes, but for WSGI.
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12/06/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
merlinmann : O'Reilly & Associates - Best Brands Of The World - search - For future reference -- the O'Reilly logo. Many thanks, Angela Jones, but where were you when I needed you?!?
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12/06/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
merlinmann : RSS Feeds Are No Substitute for Email Newsletters According to Nielsen Norman Group - "When your message appears in somebody's RSS newsreader, it has a diminutive footprint that's rubbing shoulders with a flood of headlines from other sites"
jimray : RSS Feeds Are No Substitute for Email Newsletters - Duh, but who signs up for email newsletters any more?
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12/06/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : vanwalree.com on Bokeh, the aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in photographs - Paul van Walree explains bokeh - the aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in photographs [related] [related] [via]
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12/06/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : The Viele Map of Manhattan was made in 1865 and shows the original boundaries and waterways of the city - The Viele Map of Manhattan was made in 1865 and shows the original boundaries and waterways of the city. Here's a thumbnail view (with prints for sale) and the David Rumsey Map Collection has a zoomable version that you can explore. (thx, meg)
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12/06/2006 @ 11:10 GMT
Linkorama : The spreadsheet moves online - "The spreadsheet has always been cool," Dan Bricklin said.
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12/06/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Airbag - Ruler. - a simple image that can be applied as the background to most block level elements that will help you get an idea what's going on
Cameron Moll : Airbag pixel ruler - Airbag pixel ruler. "So here it is, here you have it, a simple image that can be applied as the background to most block level elements that will help you get an idea what's going on between browsers and platforms without the need for another application.
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12/06/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : [brothercake] LoJAX - a re-creation of the window.XMLHttpRequest object, designed for low-specification and legacy browsers.
wearehugh : [brothercake] LoJAX
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12/06/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : moddular | javascript loop test - despite the decidedly non-scientific test conditions there are perhaps a couple of interesting points
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12/06/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Django | Weblog | Feedjack: A Django-powered feed aggregator - A Django+Python-powered feed aggregator
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12/06/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : Your HTML level - Anne’s Weblog about Markup & Style - Aah, controversial!
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12/06/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Paul Kedrosky finds an unusual profanity in an SEC filing - I'd love to see a followup on this [via]
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12/06/2006 @ 06:10 GMT
deusx : macosxhints.com - How to share a wireless connection with a Nintendo DS - "Here's how to use your Mac to share your internet connection with your DS"
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12/06/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
jkottke : Video simulation of what might happen if a meteor strikes the earth - Video simulation of what might happen if a meteor strikes the earth.
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12/06/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
wearehugh : gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": scoble's leaving microsoft
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12/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
merlinmann : NPR : On Words - The late poet John Ciardi's wonderful "On Words" commentaries are available as an NPR podcast. (His "How Does a Poem Mean?" was a fave book in college.)
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12/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Online poker report - NYT in depth story
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12/06/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
jimray : How to Brew Authentic Italian Caffe - WikiHow - Seattle is slowly turning me into a coffee drinker...
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12/06/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Rhapsody support coming very soon? - Slim Devices : Community : Forums - SlimDevices have battled the uPnP demons, and Squeezeboxes will soon be able to stream Rhapsody content. #
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12/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Calorie Counter and Diet Tracking, Nutrition Data, Water Consumption - Calorie Counter and Diet Tracking, Nutrition Data, Water Consumption: a very well done and easy to use dieting site
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12/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
plasticbag : The Simpson's parody / homage to Factors of Ten, as spotted by Kottke - Lovely piece of work - really solid and clueful and probably one of the most expensive bits of the whole episode.
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12/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
plasticbag : Another bit of classy video - a Beluga whale blowing beautiful bubble rings - It's worth seeing all the way to the end. These whales are extraordinarily smart and fascinating. It's difficult to get a sense of what's going on in their heads - but they seem more than animals...
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