12/09/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: Other Comparison Operators - Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide: Other Comparison Operators: I don't use these often enough to actually remember them.
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12/09/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : eDonkey shuts down, kills installed clients - not quite a fond farewell
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deusx : 3pointD.com � Blog Archive � Vernor Vinge Paints the Future at AGC - "Think back to that time, what would it be like to be the first human to ever tell a joke, or the first storyteller. Anything you did would be new — and the fact that it was crap wouldn’t matter."
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12/09/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Lonelygirl15's identity revealed - 19-year-old actress Jessica Rose from New Zealand; the producers were very good about covering up the original photos
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12/09/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Jimmy Wales debates Brittanica editor - "fitting words for an epitaph"; them's fighting words!
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12/09/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
jimray : MSNBC Photoblog launches - I'm only tagging this so Evann wil stop bugging me about it!
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12/09/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
cameron : Adrants » Anna Nicole Smith's Dead Son For Sale In IntelliTXT Ad - An unfortunate text ad generated by Intellitxt offering Smiths for sale at Target over a story about Anna Nicole Smith's son's death.
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Jeremy Zawodny : The Best Time to Buy Everything - The Best Time to Buy Everything: tips on when to buy stuff to get good deals
43folders : The Best Time to Buy Everything (Deal of the Day: Personal Finance) | SmartMoney.com - "Airlines make major pricing changes (and run fare sales) every week, typically on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings."
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12/09/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Suicide Jumper (Improv Everywhere) - Suicide Jumper (Improv Everywhere): Improv Everywhere rocks
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12/09/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
jkottke : The National Park Service has made some of their map symbols and patterns (lava/reef, sand, swamp, and tree) freely available for download in PDF and Illustrator formats - The National Park Service has made some of their map symbols and patterns (lava/reef, sand, swamp, and tree) freely available for download in PDF and Illustrator formats. (via peterme) [via]
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12/09/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
wearehugh : Apple Software Update for Windows [dive into mark]
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12/09/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Apple announces 80GB iPods, iTunes Movies and Games, and iTV wireless set-top box - $13 for new releases, $10 all others; funny that they named the new iTunes feature after Cover Flow
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12/09/2006 @ 20:27 GMT
43folders : blaaaank. [Affable Hipster] - Index Cards: Is there anything they _can't_ do?
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12/09/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
veen : d.construct & web services: boagworld - Podcast interviews from the UK event.
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12/09/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Good bye Microsoft; Pete has now left the building! - Good bye Microsoft; Pete has now left the building!: "Today, I've resigned to leave that world behind forever, and I couldn't be happier. "
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12/09/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : MacRumors has live coverage of the "September 12th Apple Media Event" - MacRumors has live coverage of the "September 12th Apple Media Event" (exciting name!). Announced so far: new smaller iPods (but with more storage), iTunes 7, and games for sale at the iTunes Music Store.
Cameron Moll : MacRumors.com live coverage - MacRumors.com live coverage.
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12/09/2006 @ 19:49 GMT
43folders : Belkin Releases Lap-Friendly CushTop, PocketTop Laptop Accessories - Gizmodo - "The CushTop is a block-style device that can prop up the laptop, keep it's hot underside from your body and store any and all other laptop accessories."
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12/09/2006 @ 19:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : Subversion 1.4 - Brian, I was wrong, you helped birth a fantastic product
Simon Willison : Subversion 1.4 release notes - Includes diff optimizations and a new repository mirroring tool.
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12/09/2006 @ 19:02 GMT
jimray : Cingular gives Nokia E62 a price - Engadget Mobile - Sonofabitch! My unlocked e61 was $400! Of course, I get WiFi and 3G connectivity and, well, the joy of an unlocked phone.
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12/09/2006 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : Bill Simmons loves The Wire - Bill Simmons, who writes at ESPN and is one of my favorite sports writers, recently penned a rave review of The Wire (scroll all the way down at the bottom). "Omar might be my favorite HBO villain since Adebici. And that's saying something." He also sings
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12/09/2006 @ 18:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Olbermann / YouTube - Another online video
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12/09/2006 @ 18:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Olbermann video - via Peter
deusx : Crooks and Liars � Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Bush: Who has left this hole in the ground? We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have. May this country forgive you - "Who has left this hole in the ground? We have not forgotten, Mr. President. You have."
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12/09/2006 @ 18:00 GMT
jkottke : Todd Deutsch's photo gallery, Gamers, contains photos of video game enthusiasts and the (non-virtual) world they inhabit - Todd Deutsch's photo gallery, Gamers, contains photos of video game enthusiasts and the (non-virtual) world they inhabit.
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12/09/2006 @ 18:00 GMT
jkottke : Honest advice to incoming college freshman from a former college president - Honest advice to incoming college freshman from a former college president. "After paying (and receiving) all this money, please finish up and get out. Colleges like Laudable are escalators; even if you stand still, they will move you upward toward greate
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12/09/2006 @ 17:00 GMT
jkottke : I'm currently testing out this rule for filtering image spam messages with Mail.app - I'm currently testing out this rule for filtering image spam messages with Mail.app. I'm hoping it works because all of the unfiltered image spam clogging my inbox is slowly killing me. Not sure it's going to work though...because of kottke.org, I get a l [via]
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12/09/2006 @ 16:00 GMT
jkottke : The oh, don't forget site offers an easy way to send yourself (and other people) reminders to a mobile phone - The oh, don't forget site offers an easy way to send yourself (and other people) reminders to a mobile phone. And API for this would be great...you could (theoretically) send all your iCal appointment alarms to the service.
43folders : oh, don't forget... - Drop-dead simple web app for sending a reminder to your mobile phone. via Mr. Kottke
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12/09/2006 @ 15:00 GMT
jkottke : Bill Stumpf, designer of the Aeron chair, passed away late last month at age 70 - Bill Stumpf, designer of the Aeron chair, passed away late last month at age 70. "I work best when I'm pushed to the edge, when I'm at the point where my pride is subdued, where I'm an innocent again." (via matt) [via]
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gleuschk : Barry Mazur's Nature article on the Sato-Tate conjecture - Richard Taylor is really an amazing mathematician
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12/09/2006 @ 13:43 GMT
43folders : Word Spy - feature fatigue - "Mental exhaustion and stress caused by products that come with a large number of features."
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12/09/2006 @ 13:41 GMT
43folders : good evening: THIS IS THE REFERENCE - "There are few editors as gracious and astute as he was...PLUS, he could boogie."
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12/09/2006 @ 13:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Google cokewash - Google used to be too smart to do dumb things like this
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12/09/2006 @ 13:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : 2001 flu delay - Hypothesis is the air travel ban in the US slowed down the spread of flu
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12/09/2006 @ 13:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Olbermann OpEd - Sounds powerful, looking for video
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12/09/2006 @ 13:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : GPSTagr - Simple web service for adding GPS tracks to your Flickr photos
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12/09/2006 @ 13:00 GMT
jkottke : Lonely Planet is releasing a book on the micronations of the world - Lonely Planet is releasing a book on the micronations of the world. Not Andorra or Liechtenstein, but more like Molossia, a micronation based in Nevada whose currency is "pegged to the value of the Pillsbury cookie dough". The book is available on Amazon.
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12/09/2006 @ 11:00 GMT
deusx : Appcasting in WordPress � Chip.Cuccio.US - "Appcasting in WordPress is quite simple."
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12/09/2006 @ 11:00 GMT
deusx : The sources of atheist morality - "Morality is a built-in condition of humanity; the moral tendency exists in just about everyone, barring psychopaths."
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12/09/2006 @ 11:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Neave.tv - fullscreen mashup of Flash video sites; the transitions are outstanding
jimray : Neave.tv ...Jack Ladder: Black Hole Blues - Very cool Flash video mashup service
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12/09/2006 @ 10:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : Text-Resize Detection - Genius!
Isofarro : Text-Resize Detection - A custom event that fires when a font-resize is detected. An ingenious idea that opens up a whole host of JavaScript accessibility-related features. (Disclaimer: I'm a web developer at Yahoo! Europe, sitting alongside the clever web developers who created
Paul Hammond : A List Apart: Articles: Text-Resize Detection - a hidden span element with a space inside it
joshua : Text-Resize Detection - a way to determine if a user changes the font size
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12/09/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Please save Pluto | A petition to help Pluto - Please save Pluto | A petition to help Pluto: "We, the signatories herein, comprising of concerned citizens of the world strongly object to the decision and seek the IMMEDIATE REVERSAL of the Result of the IAU Resolution votes to demote Pluto from a
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12/09/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Video of the Week: Cars vs. 747 Thrust - Video of the Week: Cars vs. 747 Thrust: awesome! who would have thought to use a 747 at full thrust to blow cars off a runway?!
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12/09/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : SingleMalt.tv - SingleMalt.tv: scotch tv on the web!
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12/09/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Douglas Adams' Hyperland (1990) - pre-web BBC documentary on hypertext and multimedia; interviews Ted Nelson (among others) and stars Dr. Who's Tom Baker as the software agent
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12/09/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : September 11, 2001: What We Saw - unreleased 30-minute home video captured from 500 yards away; Revver is crushed, so use the torrent
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12/09/2006 @ 07:28 GMT
43folders : Apple's agenda for the media event? - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) - And one more thing: Steve pulls back the curtain...and there's Abraham Lincoln...jamming with John Mayer...all via Bluetooth-enabled Time Travelâ„¢! Sweet.
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12/09/2006 @ 06:33 GMT
43folders : 43 Folders - ThisNext - Cool-looking site for comparing all manner of products (including geeky websites). Looks promising.
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12/09/2006 @ 05:02 GMT
43folders : Study Guides and Strategies - Metric assload of useful-looking aids to study and various forms of self-improvement.
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12/09/2006 @ 05:01 GMT
43folders : Test-taking Advice - "It is a lot easier to study hard if you know that you'll get a break before too long."
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12/09/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
veen : Peter Callesen's Papercut - Amazing sculptures made of cut paper
Simon Willison : Peter Callesen's papercut art - I incorrectly attributed these to an anonymous Vietnamese artist.
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12/09/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
veen : Bill Stumpf, 70, a Designer of the Aeron Ergonomic Office Chair, Dies - New York Times
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12/09/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Markdown Syntax Documentation - Markdown Syntax Documentation: I should play around with Markdown one of these days.
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12/09/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Pizza Man Always Rings Twice - The Pizza Man Always Rings Twice: some great pizza delivery stories
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12/09/2006 @ 04:56 GMT
43folders : How to Improve Your Memory - WikiHow - "Put black ink at the end of your palm to remember any important thing...Whenever you see the black dot, you'll remember what to do."
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12/09/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
jimray : Salling Clicker for Mac - Scripts - The iSync Daily script is worth the cost of a Clicker license all by itself. Get home, phone finds Mac, syncs up automagically, life is good.
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12/09/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
jimray : MosesSupposes :: Fuse Kit - I need to check this out...
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12/09/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
cameron : Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Facebook to Allow Open Registrations - Facebook to allow open registration. Will their secret sauce be gone?
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12/09/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Downtown Willow Glen - News Archives - Downtown Willow Glen - News Archives: this needs an RSS feed
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12/09/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : I’m tired of September 11th - I’m tired of September 11th: Me too.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
deusx : La Chose - Process Wizard - "Process Wizard is a menu hack that allows you to access to all the processes of your system (applications, background applications, user processes, non user processes) and to change their priority (Unix nice value)."
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
deusx : DragonConTV (DCTV) - "Dragon*ConTV videos spoof everything from Star Wars & Star Trek to obscure sci-fi." And they have a video podcast feed.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Godfather of Hackney - Mafia don arrested in London.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Differential Synchronization - How that browser-based collaborative editor actually works.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Omakase - contextual ads from Amazon - Presumably combines info about the page with info from your Amazon cookie.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Neil Fraser: Software: MobWrite - Very impressive web-based collaborative text editor.
Paul Hammond : Neil Fraser: Software: MobWrite - Mobwrite is an text box which allows multiple people to edit the same text at the same time.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Paul's writeup of d.construct 2006 - Includes a link to our slides.
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12/09/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
jkottke : State of Emergency photo shoot from the September 2006 issue of Vogue Italia - State of Emergency photo shoot from the September 2006 issue of Vogue Italia. The editorial of these fashion photos exceeds that of much photography found in more conventional US news media. (via bb) [via]
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12/09/2006 @ 01:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : What Slows Windows Down? - What Slows Windows Down?: Yahoo! Messenger made the top 3! Woohoo! Oh, wait.... DOH!
Rod Begbie : What Slows Windows Down? - Installing Norton increases your Windows bootup time by 58%. [via] #
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12/09/2006 @ 00:02 GMT
kellan : Blogger Buzz: Flickr Support for Blogger in beta - Honestly the hardest part was finding an https host for our logo. #
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12/09/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : 365 tomorrows - Water of Life - Whoo... like a very good, grim O Henry story.
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12/09/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : SCIFI.COM | Battlestar Galactica - Here's a link for Nick
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12/09/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The game of Java - The game of Java: "everybody loses with that one" Ha!
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