13/08/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
deusx : NSLU2-Linux - HowTo / RunSqueakSmalltalk - "Have fun! Enjoy the nice GUI/IDE running on the slug."
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13/08/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Project workflow - Marc has a nice software development system where checkins, server pushes, bug reports, and chats all integrate in one common human readable log
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Nelson Minar : Practical Subversion - Best quick-start guide I've found
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13/08/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Schneier on Security: Last Week's Terrorism Arrests - Bruce Schneier on the futility of banning liquids from carry-on luggage in the long-term. I imagine that that's not going to stop the TSA, though. #
jkottke : Bruce Schneier on the liquids ban at the airport and "the difference between effective security and security theater" - Bruce Schneier on the liquids ban at the airport and "the difference between effective security and security theater". "And if you want to know what you can do to help? Don't be terrorized."
jimray : Bruce Schneier on last week's terrorism arrests - "None of the airplane security measures implemented because of 9/11 ... had anything to do with last week's arrests. Instead, the arrests are a victory for old-fashioned intelligence and investigation."
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Eric Meyer : Beat Cingular - ...or, I would imagine, many other US cellular carriers.
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13/08/2006 @ 19:15 GMT
Nelson Minar : Debian python 2.4 - Yay, the transition is happening. Having to change the way all Debian Python packages work though.
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13/08/2006 @ 19:14 GMT
plasticbag : Highly entertaining video of the I/O brush - The link went around a couple of months ago, but if you haven't seen it yet you should have a look immediately. Very cool indeed.
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13/08/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
plasticbag : Understand - a novelette by Ted Chiang - Webb sent this to me a while ago - it's a short novel about the experience of becoming more intelligent and the consequences of it as well. Mostly when people write about being more intelligent than they are, it sucks. This does not suck.
philgyford : Understand - a novelette by Ted Chiang - Webb recommended this to Coates and it sounds interesting but I hate reading on the screen so maybe I'll never get round to reading it even so. (via Plasticbag)
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plasticbag : The guy who represents 'macs' in the new adverts talks about his experiences - First spotted him in Galaxy Quest, then in Dodgeball. Hot nerds are so awesome.
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13/08/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
plasticbag : Modest Apparel USA - Because women just expose too much of themselves and need to be put into large tent-like structures to stop straight men killing and murdering everyone in frustrated rage. Religious people weird me out.
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wearehugh : Pa. agency turns banned items into cash - Yahoo! News - I feel safer already
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13/08/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
Linkorama : Mark Leslie Podcast - on sales learning curve and more
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13/08/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
jimray : Are Smart People Grumpier? - "Neuroticism didn't appear linked to intelligence test scores at any age."
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plasticbag : An SFGate article from a couple of months ago talks about purity balls and chastity - "It is one of the great superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue."
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13/08/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
plasticbag : Pictures of beautiful metro stations in Stockholm - Absolutely stunning. Beautiful bits of design work. Elegant and atmospheric.
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13/08/2006 @ 11:12 GMT
joshua : Comic Books Archive - Downloads and Current Trends
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13/08/2006 @ 11:12 GMT
joshua : tileviewer - view massive high resolution datasets
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13/08/2006 @ 11:10 GMT
deusx : Asus WL-700gE WiFi Router: Built-In 160GB Drive, iTunes, and Bittorrent - Gizmodo - "it has a BitTorrent client that can rip down 7 streams automatically"
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13/08/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
deusx : Reason: Don't Be Terrorized: You're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder - "But how afraid should Americans be of terrorist attacks? Not very, as some quick comparisons with other risks that we regularly run in our daily lives indicate."
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jimray : David Brendt comes to Microsoft - "So, what's the vibe here?"
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13/08/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
jimray : 78 year old man discovers YouTube - Everytime I get snarky and self righteous, I'm gonna go back and watch these
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13/08/2006 @ 08:10 GMT
Linkorama : Protect Your Privacy from Google - A simple HOWTO for stopping Google from logging your search history.
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wearehugh : anatomy of an attack against 1.1.4 :: evan weaver
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13/08/2006 @ 05:10 GMT
jimray : AZStar78 Online Store - Seven and Seven - This needs to live over my bar
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13/08/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Addiction is... - A discussion the other day reminded me of this post by Mark Pilgrim from 2001, and re-reading it, damn if it isn't one of the best things ever written in the name of "blogging". #
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13/08/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
WillPate : Free e-book: How to Pitch the Media: Inside the CBC - "for anyone who is trying to get media attention for their company, charity, web site, event, or whatever"
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13/08/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
Linkorama : Catching bad guys legally - The traditional investigative, rather than profiling and filtering, was used to uncover the London terror plot. At less of a cost to civil liberties
Rod Begbie : Joho the Blog: How to catch very bad guys legally - Reminder: The British terror suspects weren't found through profiling and illegal mass-data-trawls, but by good community policing and focused, restrained intelligence operations. [via] #
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