16/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
merlinmann : Living in a hidden-fee economy / Things seem cheap until you tack on all the extra costs - Reminds me of a classic Leslie Harpold quote: "I hate buying presents for my presents."
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16/07/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
merlinmann : CD-Rs Taped to a Pole on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - Band posts free CD-Rs with gig flyers. A little AOL? Sure, but what a clever way to get the word out. The $16 store-bought CD seems dumber to me every day.
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16/07/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Tails Firefox Extension 0.3 - A new version of Tails is out, with scripts to export to vcard and google calendar. To get the vcard download to import into addresbook, I founf I needed to add ’.vcf’ for it to read it properly. As this uses little XUL, I wonder if it could b
deusx : Don’t Forget to Plant It! - Tails Firefox Extension 0.3 - "The Tails Firefox Extension allows you to view microformats embedded on a web page, and perform customizable actions on the microformats via Tails Scripts."
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16/07/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : akjak.com - VADER SESSIONS - replacing Darth Vader's voice with audio of other James Earl Jones performances - akjak.com - VADER SESSIONS - replacing Darth Vader's voice with audio of other James Earl Jones performances (Quicktime)
cobra libre : vader sessions #
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16/07/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Eve Online TV - Big tournament this weekend, watch the fights
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16/07/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : 360 Degree Panorama of the Moon - "...experience the moon just as the astronauts did - almost as you were there." [via] #
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16/07/2006 @ 14:09 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : The top 10 unintentionally worst company URLs
Linkorama : Top 10 worst URLs - either domains are scarce or there are some stupid people out there, or both
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16/07/2006 @ 11:09 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Coding Horror: separating programmers from non-programmers in computer science classes [via]
Rod Begbie : Coding Horror: Separating Programming Sheep from Non-Programming Goats - Summary of a really interesting paper: Can you give potential CompSci students a test that will weed out those that will Just Never Get It? [via] #
Paul Hammond : Coding Horror: Separating Programming Sheep from Non-Programming Goats - the act of programming seems literally unteachable to a sizable subset of incoming computer science students
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16/07/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : How to make a GeoRSS from RSS - "...how to turn any RSS feed (that contains datelines or placenames) into a [Google Earth] KML network link". [via] #
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16/07/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Stanford Prison Experiment - "What happens when you put good people in an evil place?"
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16/07/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Linkorama : IT Skills in 2010 - My advice: if you want to be a versitalist, go work with a startup
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16/07/2006 @ 07:09 GMT
joshua : fseventer - Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight, Provides a graphical representation of the file activity.
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Linkorama : Megaplayers Vs. Micropowers - This trend, where players can rapidly accumulate immense power, where the power of traditional megaplayers is successfully challenged, and where power is both ephemeral and harder to exercise, is evident in every facet of human life. In fact, it is one of
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Andy Baio : Video: Mac OS 7.5 running on Sony PSP - also: System 6 running on the Nintendo DS [via]
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