22/06/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jimray : Orbit 360 toy camera - If I can find a decent film scanner, I might learn to love shooting film again
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22/06/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
joshua : lowfat - document viewing with a twist - another interesting 3d desktop metaphor
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22/06/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : Steve and Bill share a moment over dinner - "...so he says, 'That's no iPod, that's my wife!'" [via Greg] [via]
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22/06/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
jimray : All you wanted to know about ElectroChromatic. Smart Glass, Electrochromic glass, SPD glass and more.
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22/06/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : Y: The Last Man Introduction at Forever Geek - "Regardless of whether you are a comic book fan or not, there is something in this book for you."
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22/06/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : 17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System - Xbox-Linux - "This article is about the security system of the Xbox and the mistakes Microsoft made."
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22/06/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
wearehugh : snellspace.com » Blog Archive » IRI and URI Templates
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22/06/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : Michael Ruhlman is guest-blogging up a storm over at Megnut - Michael Ruhlman is guest-blogging up a storm over at Megnut. Ruhlman is the author Soul of a Chef and (with Thomas Keller) of The French Laundry Cookbook, among many others.
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22/06/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
jimray : The New Yorker: The Critics: Books
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22/06/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : Big 10th annversary package from Slate - Big 10th annversary package from Slate. It's interesting to see how it has evolved. Here's a slideshow of the design through the years...the stuff about their failed subscription business model and how they lost marketshare because of it is relevent in th
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22/06/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
kayodeok : The Ultimate Net Monitoring Tool - We can reconstruct all of their e-mails along with attachments, see what web pages they clicked on, we can reconstruct their (voice over internet protocol) calls.
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22/06/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
deusx : SocketJS: Realtime Javascript Sockets - "The JS-Bridge to Flash' Socket API"
Paul Hammond : SocketJS: Realtime Javascript Sockets - The JS-Bridge to Flash' Socket API
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22/06/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Great photo of the surf in Puerto Escondido, Mexico - Great photo of the surf in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. (Reminds me of the work of another photographer, very large prints of waves taken head on, the ocean very dark and the crashing waves a bright, vibrant white. Beautiful stuff. Can anyone help me out?)
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22/06/2006 @ 18:12 GMT
merlinmann : RETROBRICK - the home of vintage and rare mobile phones - I cannot even tell you how tempted I am to buy one of these. via:MeFi
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22/06/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
deusx : Generate - "Those irritating ringmarks that mugs and cups leave..... well, you can turn them into a nice floral pattern now with a set of Stamp Cups."
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22/06/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
deusx : Hydrogen Atom Scale Model - "We are all phantoms."
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22/06/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
deusx : WordPress and SEO | The undersigned - "There is a big bunch of resources on optimizing your blog for search engines."
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22/06/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
deusx : 365 tomorrows - The Role of Plummage in the Mating Habits of the Karraw - "Wait. Do you think the girls might be able to tell if I dyed my feathers?"
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22/06/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
deusx : defmacro - Functional Programming For The Rest of Us - "In this article I will explain the most widely used ideas from functional languages using examples written in Java (yes, you could write functional programs in Java if you felt particularly masochistic)."
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22/06/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Enjoy Yahoo! Music Unlimited on Linux - Enjoy Yahoo! Music Unlimited on Linux: with the help of VMWare
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22/06/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
wearehugh : Burning for the long haul - Cameras & Videos - Gadgets - Technology
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22/06/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
wearehugh : CD and DVD Longevity: How Long Will They Last?
deusx : CD and DVD Longevity: How Long Will They Last? - "the press will "discover" that the media is susceptible to CD or DVD rot that will eat your information audio, video or data in as little as two years after it is written. "
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22/06/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Short video made by Pixar/Disney's John Lasseter when he was a student at CalArts in 1979 - Short video made by Pixar/Disney's John Lasseter when he was a student at CalArts in 1979. (via bb) [via]
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22/06/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : The Garrett Murray Podcast - Should really be called the ‘Garrett and Shawn’ podcast, but ne’er mind. I laughed so much at the ‘Relaxation Tape’ section that I had to leave the room.
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22/06/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Classic Royksopp music video featuring dozens of wonderful infographics - Classic Royksopp music video featuring dozens of wonderful infographics.
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22/06/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Michael Frumin tried to get some NYC subway data from the New York City Transit Authority through Freedom Of Information Legislation for a project he wanted to do, but they denied his requests - Michael Frumin tried to get some NYC subway data from the New York City Transit Authority through Freedom Of Information Legislation for a project he wanted to do, but they denied his requests. "Given a database of anonymized Metrocard 'swipes' over some
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22/06/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
plasticbag : Imagining Albion: The Great British Future - Radio 4's doing a show this evening about the history of Britain as expressed in Science Fiction. Looks pretty interesting, although unlikely that I'll get near a radio to actually hear it, unfortunately.
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22/06/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
jkottke : Joe Malia's privacy scarves provide mobile phone users and portable video game players with privacy, a light/glare-free texting/playing environment, and warm necks - Joe Malia's privacy scarves provide mobile phone users and portable video game players with privacy, a light/glare-free texting/playing environment, and warm necks. "Users of the wearable mobile phone scarf can venture into public spaces confident that if [via]
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22/06/2006 @ 15:09 GMT
plasticbag : Paul Graham has written up his XTech keynote on 'Why Startups Condense in America' - Originally posted last month, I've just re-read it and the first thing in my head is that he doesn't pay attention to the unexpected benefits that the US has in terms of global media dominance, ready availability of cash and massive living space and natur
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22/06/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
plasticbag : The Beazley dictionary of Classical gods, cities and things - Lovely resource, with pictures and all kinds of neat stuff. Looks a bit crappy, but probably pretty easy for search engines to parse...
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22/06/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
plasticbag : XHTMLized - you do the design, they build it in valid XHTML and CSS in a week for $149 - I can imagine a load of friends of mine using this service. In fact, I can imagine myself doing some design work for plasticbag.org and then deciding just to give it to them to build properly rather than spending a week fighting with code outside the work
Eric Meyer : XHTMLized - Verrrrry interesting. Heck, maybe I should start outsourcing stuff to them.
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22/06/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
plasticbag : Ryan Carson announces 'Amigo' - a new service for hooking together advertisers and people with e-mail newsletters - I have no idea whether it'll work or not, but it's interesting. Ryan keeps observing these very small, niche markets which actually do have money to spend, but which probably wouldn't be large enough for bigger companies to notice. Pretty clever (if it wo
Cameron Moll : Amigo unveiled - Amigo unveiled. "An application that helps site owners find advertisers for their e-mail newsletters [...] and that helps advertisers find new, unexploited advertising opportunities in e-mail newsletters."
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22/06/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
plasticbag : The Royal College of Art Summer Show 2006 - The product, interaction, and various other forms of applied design show starts tomorrow (Friday). Simon, Paul and I are likely to wander down late afternoon to get our yearly fix of inspired (and bizarre) new ideas. Good head fodder and a glimpse of the
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22/06/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
jkottke : Spielberg's new movie...a wormhole pic based on the work of Kip Thorne? - Spielberg's new film...a wormhole movie based on the work of Kip Thorne?
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22/06/2006 @ 14:10 GMT
deusx : infojunkies: AOL rep refuses to cancel customer's account, gets fired. - "An incredible video from CNBC shows an AOL customer trying to cancel his account, but a phone rep won't let him do it."
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22/06/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
plasticbag : MOG is a new attention-tracking site for music - It's a bit strange. It's got some attention because it was linked to from BoingBoing, but I have to be honest, at first glance it looks a lot like a crappy last.fm - a site that they completely haven't acknowledged in most of their press.
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22/06/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
plasticbag : The Australian reports on the culture change of having Ray Ozzie looking after Microsoft - I'm pretty sure I've met Ray Ozzie, albeit briefly, at some event or other. The shift towards a programmer's programmer at the organisation is pretty extraordinary and after seeing him at ETech I have a fair amount of faith that he's going to have a subst
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22/06/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
plasticbag : Wordcount - It's a bit of a classic visualisation in Flash of the frequency of the usage of different words, but it's a good one. Very nice indeed.
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22/06/2006 @ 12:10 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Online Portfolio of Bang Phan [via]
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22/06/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : TextAmerica to switch to paid model, and delete all non-paying moblogs - holy cow, that's terrible form
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22/06/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Pitchfork's 100 Awesome Music Videos - all with embedded YouTube links; I just killed a full hour on this
joshua : Pitchfork Feature: 100 Awesome Music Videos - i heard they used to show these on television
plasticbag : Pitchfork presents 100 Awesome Music Videos - All complete with embedded YouTube links so you can actually watch the damn things. Copyright infringement by the megaton, but it's fascinating, beautiful and completely absorbing. I'll be playing with this a lot this evening. Mmm. Classy.
Philippe Janvier : 100 Awesome Music Videos - Oldies but Goodies ! [via] #
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22/06/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Spelling Check is Complete - The Spelling Check is Complete: the importance of annoying dialog boxes
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22/06/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
jkottke : List of the 25 most popular nouns (by usage) according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary - List of the 25 most popular nouns (by usage) according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: "time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, pro
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22/06/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
wearehugh : My current mencoder methodology: [Archive] - Doom9's Forum
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22/06/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Birdy Nam Nam - Awesome turntable piece (via Metafilter)
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22/06/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : Pitchfork Feature: 100 Awesome Music Videos - Does what it says on the tin. Pitchfork scoured YouTube for 100 awesome videos, skipping over your usual suspects like Jonez, Cunningham and Gondry. [via] #
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22/06/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
Andy Baio : Y! Local now supports microformats - or: why I haven't been blogging for the past few days
deusx : Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog - Blog Archive We Now Support Microformats - "Starting today, we're happy to announce Yahoo! Local fully supports the hCalendar, hCard, and hReview microformats on almost all business listings, search results, events, and reviews."
plasticbag : Yahoo! Local / Maps now support Microformats - "Starting today, we’re happy to announce Yahoo! Local fully supports the hCalendar, hCard, and hReview microformats on almost all business listings, search results, events, and reviews"
wearehugh : Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog » Blog Archive » We Now Support Microformats
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22/06/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
deusx : Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Your Solutions - "List your solution in the Amazon Web Services Solutions Catalog, which is linked directly off of our web site, and also exposed within the Developer Connection. Bring visibility about your innovations to the audiences you're targeting."
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22/06/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Net Neutrality: This is serious - Net Neutrality: This is serious: "When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA."
François Nonnenmacher : Net Neutrality: This is serious - Tim Berners-Lee: When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission. Now, hundreds of millions of people are using it freely. I am worried that that is going end in the USA
deusx : Net Neutrality: This is serious | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs - "When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission."
Paul Hammond : Net Neutrality: This is serious | Decentralized Information Group (DIG) Breadcrumbs - When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission
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22/06/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Shaking Out Photo-Sharing - Shaking Out Photo-Sharing: "The photo sharing market is considerably different from how it seems if you only paid attention to blogosphere chattering."
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22/06/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
Eric Meyer : Time Breakdown of Modern Web Design - Too true to be funny, perchance? (Contains words that might make your boss frown.)
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22/06/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
Rod Begbie : DIRECTV - TITANIUM - Get every single thing DirecTV broadcasts for a $7,500 annual payment. How much pr0n would you have to watch to break even on this deal? #
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22/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Time to quit? - Time to quit?: "The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable. Go. Switch. Challenge yourself; get yourself a raise and a promotion. You owe it to your career and your skills.&qu
François Nonnenmacher : Time to quit?
Paul Hammond : Seth's Blog: Time to quit? - The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one
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22/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : My Cat, The Poop Coach - My Cat, The Poop Coach: apparently all cats are just crazy
deusx : My Cat, The Poop Coach | Ask MetaFilter - "If she detects with her supersonic hearing that either of us is about to use the facilities, she will forget that she is arthritic (and probably asleep) fly up the stairs (or off the cat scratching contraption) and push her way into the bathroom in a ver
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22/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Files Are Not for Sharing - Files Are Not for Sharing: hahahahaha
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22/06/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype - BumpTop 3D Desktop Prototype: a very cool video on youtube
Andy Baio : Video: BumpTop 3D desktop prototype - toss files into piles with a pen-driven GUI with physics; also, I think every demo needs a rap version [via]
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22/06/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
joshua : Eboy New York Poster at Kidrobot
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22/06/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
joshua : BumpTop Prototype - lovely UI interaction with 3d documents on a platform
plasticbag : BumpTop Prototype uses a more physically realistic desktop metaphor, while combining it with the affordances of paper - It's completely beautiful and totally insane. God knows whether this will be the metaphor for manipulating documents in a few years. I wouldn't be surprised if large chunks of this kind of interaction appear all over the place. Beautiful. Interesting.
jkottke : BumpTop is a prototype of a new desktop metaphor for computing, and a pretty damn intriging one at that - You've probably seen this by now, but if you haven't, you should. BumpTop is a prototype of a new desktop metaphor for computing, and a pretty damn intriging one at that.
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22/06/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
veen : If Websites Were Remote Controls
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22/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : David Koresh: The Videogame - David Koresh: The Videogame: "Taking on the role of a whacked out nutjob who thought he was Jesus Christ looked like a lot of fun."
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22/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
wearehugh : [MEncoder-users] Sony PSP compatible MP4
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22/06/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
jkottke : Nice little profile of Language Log in the NY Times - Nice little profile of Language Log in the NY Times. "There is a group of very smart and very well-read people out there who like to read about language and who can put together arguments based on evidence from sources and background knowledge which is no
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