3/07/2006 @ 23:10 GMT
joshua : The Top Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps
Rod Begbie : PhillRyu.com - The Top Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps - A smattering of free/shareware OSX apps with to-die-for UIs. [via] #
jkottke : List of the 10 most beautiful OS X apps - List of the 10 most beautiful OS X apps. Newsfire is a well-deserved second.
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3/07/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : @media 2006 podcasts - The first of the podcasts have arrived! One released every Monday – my chance to hear the sessions I missed! Yay!
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3/07/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : Why Managing by Facts Works - The most striking thing about evidence-based management is that it forces executives to be curious, not passive, and to be receptive, not closed, to new information
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3/07/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : Infovore : Static controllers, “foo†actions, and avoiding stakeholder dissatisfaction - It sounds trivial, but it turned out to be an effective communication of diligence on the developer’s part, and saved much time in meetings
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3/07/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : Thoughts on Gnomedex at blackrimglasses.com - Theory matters
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3/07/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Online Photographer: Unruly Photography - Every time I hear or read that "learn the rules before you break them" mantra I want to scream.
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3/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : The Online Photographer: Feet Are Optional - Accordingly, here (drum roll, please) are my Official Rules of Photography
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3/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : jQuery: Blog: » jQuery 1.0 - Alpha Release - What I need everyone to do is to download this new release and test it with their specific plugins or applications
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3/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : [Mongrel] Performance tweak when local files are not served by mongrel - Once you've gathered data your goal is to use stats to figure out if there really was a difference
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3/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : validates_numericality_of :resource_name - the tentative consensus that emerged was this: Use numeric IDs for resource permalinks
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3/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Paul Hammond : DOM Scripting: FlashAid - a small, 1 pixel by 1 pixel, .swf file that detects the presence of a screenreader and allows you to trigger JavaScript functions accordingly.
Simon Willison : FlashAid - Excellent. I've been talking about this for ages; Aral and Jeremy have actually built it.
wearehugh : DOM Scripting: FlashAid
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3/07/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : Bunny Yawns, rabbits yawning, rabbit yawn bunnies - Proof that you can find anything on the internets. "bunny yawn pictures are extremely rare"
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3/07/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : best of craigslist : ten things I hate about local TV news - "Luckily I am just old enough to remember the good ole days when we had a news anchor who would get loaded and challenge the Mayor of Detroit to a boxing match. God how I hate local news."
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3/07/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Quikmaps.com - Better than Pin the map : "...perfect for: drawing a map to your house, sketching out a cycling or hiking route, or telling everyone where you saw the grizzly bear." [via] #
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3/07/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Linkorama : Internal Market in IT Resource - Unfortunately, making hours the trading unit provides disincentives for productivity. Is time really fungible?
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3/07/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : nLite - Deployment Tool for Unattended Windows - nLite's hit 1.0. If you reinstall Windows with any frequency, it's a lifesaver, allowing you to slipstream an install containing all Windows Updates, plus your favourite settings, tweaks, and apps. #
Jeremy Zawodny : nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation - nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation: "nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on media or testing in virtual machi
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3/07/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : Katrina shocks New Orleans visitors 10 months on - Yahoo! News - "If I was the government, I couldn't sleep at night."
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3/07/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : My Beating Heart is a blog matching personal experiences with data from a GPS-enabled heart-rate monitor - My Beating Heart is a blog matching personal experiences with data from a GPS-enabled heart-rate monitor. Meg hooked herself up to a heart-rate monitor for the 2004 AFC Championship.
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3/07/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
merlinmann : Humanized > Weblog: Collaboration Made Simple with Bracket Notation - Intriguing idea for collaborative editing using brackets. tx, Noelle
deusx : Humanized > Weblog: Collaboration Made Simple with Bracket Notation - "It's simply three sets of square brackets. The first set denotes deletion, the second set denotes addition, and the third set denotes a comment."
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3/07/2006 @ 20:09 GMT
Linkorama : Social software in risk management - Managing the unknown first requires making the known transparent
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3/07/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Your Own Personal Internet - How hilarious/scary is this?
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3/07/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : VintageComputing.com | Vintage Computing and Gaming - Blog Archive Retro Scan of the Week: "The Atari Club. Awesome!" - "This form/envelope combo was included in numerous Atari 2600 game boxes in the early 1980s."
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3/07/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : Damn Interesting - Atomic Annie and Her Nuclear Projectile - "her shells packed a nuclear payload with the equivalent destructive power of 15,000 metric tons of TNT."
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3/07/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jimray : Hike of the Week: Scenery reigns supreme on new trail to Lake Serene
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3/07/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jimray : /plugins/account_location - Ruby on Rails - Trac - Allows for subdomain routing in Rails (eg. http://myaccount.myrailsapp.com)
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3/07/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jimray : Web 2.0 Design Kit | Photoshop Lab - Gradients and rounded corners and star shapes OH MY!
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3/07/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : My Book Premium Edition 500 GB Hard Drives - 500Gb External USB/Firewire drive, with a nifty ambient capacity gauge on the front. [via] #
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3/07/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Google tech insights - NYT article with some details on how it builds computing capability
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3/07/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
jkottke : Autoantonyms are words that are the opposite of themselves - Autoantonyms are words that are the opposite of themselves. Buckle means a) to fasten or b) to come undone; give way; collapse. More examples here.
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plasticbag : The Transformers Movie website has a trailer up... - I'm actually pretty stunningly excited by the idea of a live action Transformers movie. Apparently the full trailer is due for July 4th?
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3/07/2006 @ 13:08 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine [via]
Rod Begbie : Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine - Great article about Feynman's work on parallel computing in the mid-80s. [via] #
Simon Willison : Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine - Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine. Too much great stuff in here to attempt to summarise.
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3/07/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : FreeDB shuts down because of developer in-fighting - more like a band breaking up than the end of a great service
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3/07/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Maritime records a Daytrotter session - Daytrotter offers exclusive in-studio performances every week from great bands
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3/07/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Sunday Mix Tape: Volume 22 - a little sullen, but any mix with both late-era Monkees and Songs: Ohia is okay with me
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3/07/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : Setting Battle.Net Gateways on Mac OS X - "If, however, you use a bnetd or PvPGN server, you will need to configure your Battle.Net games to use that server."
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3/07/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Bypass China censors - TCP chicanery to avoid the Great Firewall of China
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3/07/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
kellan : Upcoming.org: Neighborhood Meeting: On T-Mobile's proposed installation at 2601 Mission St. at Cesar Chavez Elementary School (Thursday, July 13, 2006) - I, for one, welcome our new brain tumor overlords - just as long as I can get a decent signal from my living room. (not to mention Ritual, and the rest of 22nd St.) #
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3/07/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Fraser Speirs - Announcement time - Good luck to Fraser and new ventures!
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