8/09/2006 @ 18:34 GMT
jimray : McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Unused Audio Commentary By Howard Zinn & Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, for The Fellowship of the Ring Platinum Series Extended Edition DVD, Part One - "And observe the map device here — how the map is itself completely Gondor-centric."
cobra libre : Unused Audio Commentary by Zinn and Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002, for The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) - "'Sauron the Deceiver.' That is what Strider, the ranger with multiple names, calls Sauron. A ranger. I believe today we call them serial killers." #
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8/09/2006 @ 18:33 GMT
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Case for Decency - "The belief in unity that has fueled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict." (Subscribers only)
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8/09/2006 @ 18:33 GMT
philgyford : Hotwired Search - The saddest thing I've seen this week (even though I first saw it a few weeks ago but completely forgot about it because I must be going senile).
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8/09/2006 @ 17:16 GMT
Nelson Minar : Paris Metro KML - Add metro stops to Google Earth
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8/09/2006 @ 17:16 GMT
Rod Begbie : Amazon.com Unbox Video - There's an instant discount of $1.99 on your first purchase, so you can kick the tyres and download a TV show episode for free. And yes, the DRM they use is strippable using FairPlay4WM. #
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8/09/2006 @ 17:15 GMT
gleuschk : The Structure of Freemasonry (JPG) - superawesome
Matthew M. Boedicker : the structure of Freemasonry - (via del.icio.us/gleuschk) [via]
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gleuschk : defective yeti: I Like Like - worth reading
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8/09/2006 @ 17:15 GMT
plasticbag : Kim Plowright writes up some of the sessions from today's d.construct - Wish I could have attended this, but the fear has set in for my talk next week and my entire head is focused on defeating my fight or flight instincts and staying focused. Mostly unsuccessfully so far.
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Linkorama : Buzztracker - Buzztracker takes buzztracking to a whole new level in terms of content covered and has the potential to become a very interesting service to a much wider audience.
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8/09/2006 @ 16:04 GMT
Nelson Minar : More Paris markets - Here's the list I needed
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8/09/2006 @ 16:04 GMT
Nelson Minar : Paris metro tickets - Monthly passes explained a Anglais
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8/09/2006 @ 16:04 GMT
Nelson Minar : Stupid C bugs - Analysis of a large C codebase shows bugs that have been obsolete for 10 years in modern programming languages
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8/09/2006 @ 16:03 GMT
plasticbag : Slashdot's discussion on Facebook and its recent problems with privacy is pretty interesting - I need to develop and extend some of my ideas around this territory quite bit.
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8/09/2006 @ 11:17 GMT
philgyford : YouTube - skinnyCorp on CNN - I had no idea Threadless was such big business -- expecting $18-20 million in sales this year. Blimey. (via ChrisDodo)
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8/09/2006 @ 11:17 GMT
philgyford : CD Times - Various (compiled by Chris Coco & Rob Da Bank) - Bugger. Blue Room is the only radio I've regularly listened to (on Listen Again) since Peel died, and it finishes this month. The last corner of radio that felt like home. What do I listen to now? Suggestions very welcome.
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8/09/2006 @ 11:16 GMT
Andy Baio : Sex baiting prank on Craigslist affects hundreds - griefer republishes personal ad responses publicly, ruining lives in the process
cameron : Waxy.org: Daily Log: Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds - Andy describes an identity baiting case that is potentially going to cause some huff.
jimray : Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds - Note to self: do not use work email address when responding to craigslist "casual encounters" posts. Another note to self: do not respond to craigslist "casual encouters" posts.
jkottke : Andy on some recent baiting of people looking for sex on Craigslist - Andy on some recent baiting of people looking for sex on Craigslist. "In a staggering move, he then published every single response, unedited and uncensored, with all photos and personal information to [the web]."
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
jcgregorio : plope - Adaptation for Busy People - Hmmm, how does Zope implement implements?
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
jcgregorio : Notes from the Hash Futures Panel - "we do not understand what we are doing and that we do not really know what we want"
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
Linkorama : SpicyLinks - social-network summarising aggregator
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
joshua : neurodudes - "at the intersection of neuroscience and AI"
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
jimray : Armitage says he was source in CIA leak - If it was "inadvertent" then why did it take 3 yeas to come out?
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
jimray : Call Skype with your Nokia E61 and even more at Nokia E61 Blog - Oh, hell yes!
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
jimray : The Ultimate Blog Post - [this is good]
jkottke : Fun list of typical blog posts from some well-known blogs - Fun list of typical blog posts from some well-known blogs. The kottke.org one is pretty spot on.
François Nonnenmacher : The Ultimate Blog Post
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
deusx : Writing Hacks, Part 1: Starting - scottberkun.com - "It's not the fear of writing that blocks people, it's its fear of not writing well; something quite different."
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
deusx : throbber - "The browser throbbing can be a subtle expected queue, and it’s the only thing visible across tabs, so it can be nice to be able to toggle it on and off. This method uses a hidden iframe, which increases load across the server but achieves the des
Paul Hammond : throbber - This method uses a hidden iframe, which increases load across the server but achieves the desired effect
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8/09/2006 @ 09:29 GMT
deusx : The Ambassador from the Next Economy - "Just as some people are obsessed with money and are willing to do boring things day in and day out to be wealthy, I’m obsessed with always being in a state of wonder."
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
cameron : FTC fines Xanga for violating kids' privacy - Technology & Science - MSNBC.com - Xanga gets hit for privacy laws related to
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Three American boys see a woman's obituary photo, buy condoms and go and dig her up - Three American boys see a woman's obituary photo, buy condoms and go and dig her up: Cops say grave robbers had sex on their minds
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plasticbag : The question, 'Daddy or Chips' has long confounded man. But Google trends has the answer... - It turns out that until the middle of 2004, it was very definitely all about chips. Now however, it's all about Daddy. Who knew!
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
plasticbag : Cameron Marlow talks about privacy, transparency and the Facebook controversy - I've been thinking about this a lot recently and have come to the conclusion that it's never so much about how private something is, it's about how much it deviates from what people expected the privacy level to be in that particular service...
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : SimpleSeating.com - SimpleSeating.com: "SimpleSeating.com is the fastest and easiest way to make seating charts online."
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Sexual urges of men and women - Sexual urges of men and women: "I figure that I won't be having sex again until some time after the Spring of 2008 but godammit it was worth it."
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Jeremy Zawodny : Ford Delivers Mariner Hybrid Presidential Edition to President Clinton - Ford Delivers Mariner Hybrid Presidential Edition to President Clinton: "Bill Clinton is promoting the greener mile in the latest of a string of environmental initiative being undertaken by the Former President. Gone is the secret service-issued SUV,
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Ze Frank at TED - quite possibly the best conference presentation I've ever seen
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Andy Baio : Lonelygirl15 is an art project by independent filmmakers - the official site is down, but Danah has the best analysis
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8/09/2006 @ 09:28 GMT
Andy Baio : Danah Boyd on the Facebook controversy - I was waiting for her to chime in; the big issue is not privacy, but too much transparency
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