17/08/2006 @ 23:11 GMT
Cameron Moll : Font Bros - Mike Ibach and Stuart Sandler unleash Font Bros to the world, with faces from Astigmatic One Eye, Mark Simonson Studio, Alphabet Soup, Fonthead Design, and others.
factoryjoe : Font Bros. - A series of classy retro fonts. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: fonts, free fonts, typography, type, design, retro
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Cameron Moll : Today's Inspiration - An ongoing collection of illustration from the 40's and 50's. - Today's Inspiration, an ongoing collection of illustration from the 40's and 50's.
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jkottke : One of the three statues on the top of the Washburn Lofts in Minneapolis unwittingly represents the period in the city's history when it led the world in the production of prosthetic limbs - One of the three statues on the top of the Washburn Lofts in Minneapolis unwittingly represents the period in the city's history when it led the world in the production of prosthetic limbs. See also The Mill City Museum. (thx, paul)
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Linkorama : Mickipedia vs. Julia French - sheesh, hottie votes?
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17/08/2006 @ 21:17 GMT
Nelson Minar : Terrorists for Democratic Party - Hatch says terrorists "waiting for the Democrats here to take control, let things cool off and then strike again."
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17/08/2006 @ 21:14 GMT
deusx : ::HorsePigCow:: marketing uncommon: The Donut-Cheeseburger Moment - "I knew this was an omen, a sweet and greasy sign that things were over. There was no turning back to the time before the donut cheeseburger."
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Andy Baio : Wired News on Jason Scott's text adventure documentary - even more than Arcade, I'm eagerly awaiting Get Lamp
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17/08/2006 @ 21:10 GMT
jkottke : Future Rock Hall is calculating current artists' chances of getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame using your votes and a set of predictive criteria - Future Rock Hall is calculating current artists' chances of getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame using your votes and a set of predictive criteria. According to the site, the Beastie Boys currently have an 82% chance for election to the Hall in 2
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17/08/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : Proof of the Poincare conjecture? - With math immortality, the Fields Medal, and $1 million on the line, an eccentric Russian mathematician comes from out of nowhere, proves the Poincare conjecture, and then disappears again. A whodunnit with thousands of pages of mathematical formulas.
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17/08/2006 @ 20:13 GMT
jimray : ASUS WL-700gE media server and BitTorrent client, whodathunk? - Yeah, I'm in love
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deusx : Damn Interesting � Meat-o-Matic - "A few years ago, researchers at NASA fried up several chunks of vat-grown fish meat in a little olive oil, garlic, lemon and pepper, and remarked on it's striking to similarity to real fish (without going so far as tasting it)."
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gleuschk : Fields Institute Audio/Slides - Leuschke - Thrill! to my dulcet tones; Bask! in the clarity of my exposition; Squirm uncomfortably! at my attempts at humor.
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wearehugh : Debian Creative Commons Workgroup report from Evan Prodromou
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17/08/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : When Computers Were Human, "the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community" - When Computers Were Human, "the sad but lyrical story of workers who gladly did the hard labor of research calculation in the hope that they might be part of the scientific community".
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Isofarro : Private Eye for the DTI - Bruce and Dan's torch-shining on the DTI has made the pages of the Private Eye publication. Here's an update from Dan on the current situation.
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17/08/2006 @ 19:15 GMT
Isofarro : Hello Private Eye readers! - Bruce blogs the article that appears in the current issue of Private Eye which suitably ridicules the DTI for squandering £175,000 on a redesign but won't invest the claimed £600 to identify what went horribly wrong.
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Nelson Minar : NSA loses in Detroit - Not much info yet
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jimray : Kabab House - Supposedly some of the best Indian food in Seattle
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wearehugh : Debian -- News -- Debian considers GNU FDL conditionally free
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wearehugh : [cc-licenses] Version 3.0 - Public Discussion
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17/08/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : Sketchbook of every piece of art in the Museum of Modern Art - Sketchbook of every piece of art in the Museum of Modern Art. $20.
joshua : The Every Piece Of Art In The Museum Of Modern Art Book - sketches of everything at the MOMA
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Nelson Minar : BizDev 2.0 - Flickr API enabled QOOP to do their thing without bizdev overhead
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Nelson Minar : Google and privacy - Thoughtful Guardian editorial
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17/08/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Bling Bling kitty - Disturbing, but it's a funny picture
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17/08/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
gleuschk : Golublog: An Anthropology Blog · Being on the bottom of things - I agree with Rex more and more. Deep ideas need time and nurturing -- first drafts only get you so far
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17/08/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : What's the greatest software ever written? - What's the greatest software ever written? Google, Mosaic, Sabre, and the Apollo guidence system make the top 12.
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17/08/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
cobra libre : muslim roots, u.s. blues - "these slaves’ practices eventually evolved--decades and decades later, parallel with different singing traditions from africa--into the shouts and hollers that begat blues music, diouf and other historians believe." [via] #
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17/08/2006 @ 16:09 GMT
jcgregorio : Regurgitating RFID news | Helping you better understand RFID technology - I claimed at one point that I would talk about RFID. That probably won't happen. Subscribe to this guy instead.
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17/08/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
wearehugh : deconcept › On embedding Flash content using Web Standards (yes, again)
Paul Hammond : deconcept › On embedding Flash content using Web Standards (yes, again) - This post was originally going to be titled “Flash Satay considered harmful,â€
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jkottke : Wal-Mart employs 1.8 million people worldwide? - Wal-Mart employs 1.8 million people worldwide? Wow.
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jkottke : An audio recording of Peter Sellers seamlessly transitioning from one British accent to the next - The Dr. Strangelove DVD has this clip on it (or something very similar): an audio recording of Peter Sellers seamlessly transitioning from one British accent to the next. (via clusterflock) [via]
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17/08/2006 @ 14:08 GMT
jkottke : Great photo of Yakushima, a World Heritage site in Japan - Great photo of Yakushima, a World Heritage site in Japan.
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plasticbag : Kevin Anderson's off to be Head of Blogging and Interaction at the Guardian - Interesting and exciting. Well done old chap.
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17/08/2006 @ 12:08 GMT
Andy Baio : RU Sirius show on Gettingit.com reunion, part one - I'm interviewed along with the rest of the staff; follow along on the archives
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17/08/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Michael Moore lets Fred Phelps have it - Warning: not moron-safe!
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17/08/2006 @ 10:09 GMT
kellan : gaping void: i'm not bitter or twisted - - i've taken my medication #
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17/08/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
kellan : "...and resolved that he just couldn't understand ... that was until he ordered the monitors." - Yeah, that was the punchline, but still. #
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17/08/2006 @ 08:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Dreamhost gets some angry voicemails - I love that company; how many other businesses would write a public expose on payola review sites?
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17/08/2006 @ 07:10 GMT
Eric Meyer : Tableless Headquarters on Squidoo - A new CSS group for Squidoo users.
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17/08/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown - hyperviolent fun with copyright violations circa 1986; cameos by Mickey Mouse, Blondie, Nazis, and Richard Simmons
jimray : Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown - Pretty sweet
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17/08/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
deusx : The Writing Show � Blog Archive � Podcast: What Is a Networked Book? - "The networked book is here: the new agora/plaza/forum where author, publisher, and readers congregate to ponder, discuss, joke, enjoy, and refer."
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17/08/2006 @ 06:10 GMT
joshua : Mosquito Remote Evaluation Framework - secure remote execution
bmilleare : Mosquito Remote Evaluation Framework
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17/08/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : Wired News: Death to Caps Lock - "Is it time to permanently retire the Caps Lock key? Pieter Hintjens thinks so."
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17/08/2006 @ 05:11 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : secrets of the Pirate Bay - (via digg) [via]
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17/08/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : portable hacking device searches for exploits over wifi and Bluetooth - (via slashdot) [via]
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17/08/2006 @ 04:35 GMT
merlinmann : The Year of Coffee Blog - About the Author - Lloyd photographs his coffee and talks about his life. God, I love a good MacGuffin.
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merlinmann : Google Groups : 43 Folders [top ten useful low-tech items to have on hand at all times] - Fun thread on the stuff we like to tote around. Personally, I'd add ear plugs--they can quickly improve a variety of noisome situations.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:35 GMT
merlinmann : technology and the social - work / life - I think Professor Balbus nailed it. (Although "production" can mean a *lot* of things--def. not just the number of widgets you turn out for The Man).
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17/08/2006 @ 04:35 GMT
merlinmann : A Dictionary of Bokononism - "busy, busy, busy: What bokononists whisper whenever they think of how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:35 GMT
merlinmann : Help: weed related sloth / amotivational syndrome . | Ask MetaFilter - Getting it together after a weed-induced torpor.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:34 GMT
merlinmann : Justin Blanton | Footnotes and Textpander - So clever, and a great use of the app. I love whenever I can bring bash-like automation and filtering to GUI apps.
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merlinmann : Conference convo [Scribbling.net] - "Her: Fuck that. Do it! They need more people there like you. Me: You mean people with breasts?"
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17/08/2006 @ 04:34 GMT
merlinmann : Great Shaving Lather - Fast and Easy - "Donâ t short-change yourself on shave quality by skimping on the preparation."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:34 GMT
merlinmann : Google Groups : 43 Folders [Top ten GTD tools] - my brain; my hands; a pen; [paper]; trash can; to-do list; calendar; [alarms]; magnets; the word "no"
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merlinmann : How to Remove a Hickie - WikiHow - "3. In the future, give hickies where they won't be easily found."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:34 GMT
merlinmann : Stefan Sagmeister (kottke.org) - "thinking life will be better in the future is stupid. i have to live now"
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17/08/2006 @ 04:33 GMT
merlinmann : Webzine 2005 | San Francisco, Sept. 24-25 | Independent Online Publishing Conference - Coming this weekend.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:33 GMT
merlinmann : How To Organize A Drawer [Levenger] - "Here's the key: organize for retrieval rather than storage." Seems like sound advice for lots of stuff.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:31 GMT
merlinmann : Special: Lifehackerâ s guide to weblog comments - Not feeding the trolls is key; left unanswered they'll usually just wander back to their Mom's cold, lonely basement.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:29 GMT
merlinmann : Underpants Gnomes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "None of the gnomes actually know what the second phase is, and all of them assume that someone else within the organization does."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:27 GMT
merlinmann : My Tickler File - New web app lets you create an online "43 folders" that emails you reminders. Supports simple recurring events and tagging. Free trial.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:25 GMT
merlinmann : OfficeSlang.com - Funny Office Slang - "Percussive Maintenance - The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:23 GMT
merlinmann : Lifehacker comments launched! - Lifehacker - Gina and co. start to open up their posts to comments. Cool move, though I do hope the invitations roll generously.
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merlinmann : RFC1855: Netiquette Guidelines (1995) - "This document provides a minimum set of guidelines for Network Etiquette (Netiquette) which organizations may take and adapt for their own use."
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17/08/2006 @ 04:19 GMT
merlinmann : Associate Signature with E-mail Address in Mail.app? - Tiger updates creamed MailEnhancer's ability to associate a .sig with each email address you use. Anybody wanna build a new bundle? Pretty please.
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17/08/2006 @ 04:17 GMT
merlinmann : 43 Folders: Comments Feed - Experiment: RSS feed of comments only for the last 20 posts.
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merlinmann : Being productive in college. | Ask MetaFilter - "Also, are there any general tips/hints/suggestions to being more successul regarding the scholastic aspects of college?"
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Matthew M. Boedicker : ancient script Linear A
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17/08/2006 @ 04:10 GMT
gleuschk : When Mathematicians Wed on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - I, X, take you, Y, to by my Z
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jkottke : Quick tutorial for doing photo panographie - Quick tutorial for doing photo panographies. Some examples on Flickr. See also David Hockney.
jimray : Panographies: Panoramas on Steroids - Fun weekend project
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17/08/2006 @ 03:13 GMT
wearehugh : DOM:Web Forms 2.0 - MozillaWiki
jcgregorio : DOM:Web Forms 2.0 - MozillaWiki - "This page is intended as a general design page (and to a smaller extent, a roadmap) for implementing the Web Forms 2.0 specification"
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joshua : in-n-out 100x100 - my god, it's filled with beef (and cheese)
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17/08/2006 @ 02:15 GMT
tehu : Sensitive Light : Fountain guardian - Great fix
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jimray : Slate discovers another AOL search record - "okes about dick cheney but not george bush" Brilliant
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jimray : What If 9/11 Never Happened? -- New York Magazine
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17/08/2006 @ 02:10 GMT
deusx : all things ePrize - "This is one worker's explaination of working at the online promotion agency. The good, the bad and the ugly."
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erikbenson : Giant squid photographed in the wild for the first time - There's an interesting video at the bottom of the right column...
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Matthew M. Boedicker : Maine mystery beast possibly killed by car - (via Boing Boing) [via]
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Simon Willison : re2c - A faster lex with a focus on regex matching.
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Simon Willison : Opera Skin: Tango CL - Great skin for Opera - makes the OS X version far less of an eyesore.
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Matthew M. Boedicker : pinstriping video - (via Boing Boing) [via]
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17/08/2006 @ 00:32 GMT
Rod Begbie : Google Music Trends - Google appear to be building their own scrobbler -- The new Google Talk client lets you opt to send your Winamp/iTunes/etc playback data up to Google. #
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philgyford : Royal Festival Hall - I'm not sure when it redesigned, but I'm really liking the RFH's site. Beautiful.
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17/08/2006 @ 00:31 GMT
philgyford : Overview : Xyle scope : Cultured Code - Rather smart HTML- and CSS-examining application for the Mac. Looks complicated, but I imagine it could be invaluable over time.
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wearehugh : Google Live Search - Implements a live search for Google search page
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wearehugh : Microsuck | Microsoft's Really Hidden Files
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wearehugh : America's Army: Special Forces (Q-Course) - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
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wearehugh : Gratis gaming: 10 real PC games you can download for free - CNET reviews
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wearehugh : PCWorld.com - How to Buy a Flat-Screen TV
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wearehugh : SourceForge.net: Project Filelist
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wearehugh : Internet Archive: Search Engine
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wearehugh : Jimmy Wales � Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats
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wearehugh : Cover Pages: Patents and Open Standards
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wearehugh : WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News
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wearehugh : Bug 11423 - Current injection system sucks. Go back to Sandbox approach.
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wearehugh : New Orleans Levee Break Before and After
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wearehugh : Microsoft Windows Media - Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X
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wearehugh : AtomEnabled / Developers / Syndication / Atom Syndication Format Spec (Pre-Draft)
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