26/01/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Douglas Bowman : Style Versus Design - True, as Zeldman states on his site, we're in a much better position today. But five years later, I think the web still needs this.
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26/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
kayodeok : Business 2.0's dumbest moments in tech - February 1, 2006 - The year in shenanigans, skulduggery, and just plain stupidity in the world of technology
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26/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
veen : It's such a fine line between stupid and clever, Richard Anderson - "Salesforce.com made a very conscious decision to ignore what its potential customers were saying they wanted."
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26/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jkottke : SupersizedMeals.com is a blog documenting "foodstuffs of epic proportions" - SupersizedMeals.com is a blog documenting "foodstuffs of epic proportions". Recently featured were a 100-patty burger, a 29" pizza, and a sandwich made from an entire loaf of bread sliced lengthwise.
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26/01/2006 @ 22:11 GMT
Rod Begbie : Nintendo announces DS Lite - Nice. I've been tempted by the DS for a while, so I think I'll pick one of these up when they're released over here. [via] #
deusx : Nintendo announces DS Lite [Update 3] - Joystiq - HOT. DAMN. Now I can finally get a DS for myself and Alex. "Nintendo just emailed us the following announcement of the redesign of the Nintendo DS (dual screen) handheld."
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26/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
deusx : Cingular Patents the Emoticon :( - Bastards. Let's burn the patent office.
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26/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Andy Baio : eBaum's World gets TV show on USA Network - the controversial viral video site has some enemies [via]
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26/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : The new Pixar overlords at Disney Animation wasted no time in cancelling Toy Story 3 - The new Pixar overlords at Disney Animation wasted no time in cancelling Toy Story 3. "Sequels should only be made if there is a really great story that demands it, and should be the domain of those who created the original film." Could this be the end of
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26/01/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
jimray : Rob Curley's latest redesign - CyberJournalist.net - Rob Curley's latest redesign - Frankly, I think the visuals of the site are too much, too crowded. I do like that they rethought a lot of the site, though, and got rid of the mandatory registration.
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26/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
WillPate : Will Pate in the CHUM TV Diversity Database - "This database represents visible minority groups as well as women, the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual community, youth and Canadians with disabilities." - I'm one of the 17 youth from across Canada that made it in so far.
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26/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Averaging Gradius - overlaying 15 game runs of Gradius into a single video; I want Pac-Man next! [via]
jkottke : Averaging Gradius is a movie of 15 simultaneous games of Gradius layered on top of each other - Averaging Gradius is a movie of 15 simultaneous games of Gradius layered on top of each other. Robin says: "So what you see, instead of a single ship going at it, is a fuzzy cloud of ships -- bright where strategies overlap, faint where someone does somet
cobra libre : averaging gradius - this is what it looks like when god plays video games [via] #
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26/01/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
kellan : Fowler adds "rought cut" patterns on event collaboration and accounting to PoEAA - See also Pattern Oriented Softare Arch., vol 2 for good enterprise event patterns #
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26/01/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
kellan : Sleepless in Seattle trailer remix. - Wow, that almost redeems the movie! #
Jason Shellen : Sleepless in Seattle trailer remix - Very well done and a little scary. [via laughingmeme.org] #
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26/01/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
kellan : Yahoo Will Buy Digg Next Week for $30mil? - Dear god it can't be worth that much. Somehow Digg has always seemed soooo boring, traffic numbers aside. #
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26/01/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Bush through a bush - Weird photo; is this the best they could get?
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26/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : The Secret Life of a Letter to the Editor - Email correspondance between members of The New Yorker staff and one of Caitlin Flanagan's sources in writing this story about Mary Poppins' author P.L. Travers. The source, Travers biographer Valerie Lawson, wrote a letter to the editor complaining that
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26/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : James Frey is on Oprah today and Gawker had someone blogging the show while it was being taped earlier today - James Frey is on Oprah today and Gawker had someone blogging the show while it was being taped earlier today. Oprah hammers Frey pretty hard and he admits that most/all of the Smoking Gun's allegations were true. (thx, hillary and mike)
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26/01/2006 @ 18:14 GMT
tehu : Ann Coulter: on the cover of Time Magazine - Elle a les yeux revolver, elle a le regard qui tue, elle a tiré la première, m'a touché, c'est foutu (sorry Marc Lavoine)
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26/01/2006 @ 18:13 GMT
deusx : Harry Porter's Relay Computer - It's a computer made from mechanical relays!
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26/01/2006 @ 18:13 GMT
deusx : Achewood - January 23, 2006 - "I... I'm afraid I don't understand. Does that mean you don't eat cheese?"
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deusx : Treewave - Morning Coffee Hymn.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) - Can I make this the official theme song of my blog?
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26/01/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
deusx : opsound: free love, free music - "Podcasters need music that is free to share ('podcast-safe') so Opsounders are starting to get some serious airplay. "
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26/01/2006 @ 18:11 GMT
philgyford : Tomlab - Final Fantasy - One of my photos of Final Fantasy / Owen Pallett is now being used by his label Tomlab (image '6').
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26/01/2006 @ 18:10 GMT
philgyford : Windows Live Local - Amazing new angled aerial maps of bits of America. Here's exactly where I lived in Houston. Rotate the view using the compass. Incredible.
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26/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
philgyford : Welcome to Arty-kid.coms: Arty kids can turn your children's paintings into lasting masterpieces, purchase a canvasses, framed print or ceramic set - Kev's started a new business - one for all you people with oh-so-talented kiddywinks.
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26/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Jeremy Zawodny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Jeremy Zawodny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: now I can claim to have invented podcasting!
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26/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : Political party members' brains get a rush from "ignoring information that's contrary to their point of view" - Political party members' brains get a rush from "ignoring information that's contrary to their point of view". "None of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged. Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kal
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26/01/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
kaninka.net : Think Progress - What Big Oil Doesn't Want You To Know About Biofuels
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26/01/2006 @ 17:09 GMT
kaninka.net : Ekki hamstra veirulyf segir sóttvarnarlæknir - Hvað á Egill Helgason þá að gera?
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26/01/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
deusx : David Galbraith - Outline style blogging - "Non outline style blogging leads to the type of writing where you feel compelled to make every post a mini essay. This is bad for both writers and readers - since most people don't want to read essays about everything and most bloggers don't really want
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26/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : StopBadware.org: Regaining Control of Our Computers - Badware is a term we use to encompass the broad range of malicious software that is sneaking onto people's computers, including spyware and deceptive adware. It can subvert your computer for the benefit for a third party, frustrate you with unwanted adver
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26/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : Introduction to Great Design (First Draft) - Over the next weeks and months, if all goes well, I'm going to write a series of articles right here, on this website, on UI design for the modern age. The whole series will be, tentatively, named Great Design
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26/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
veen : Disney Online Guest Services - Software Center - Browser Upgrade - Long Answer - The history of the browser wars, brought to you by Disney.
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26/01/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
Wayne Burkett : The Chronicle: 1/20/2006: Common-Sense Religion - 'If I tell you I'm against stem-cell research because "my friend Fred says it's wrong, and that's all there is to it," you will just look at me as if I were missing the point of the discussion.' #
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26/01/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Linkorama : The News Space - Or maybe it looks like the social software space of a few years back, when there was a lot of press about Friendster/Linkedin/Ryze/Spoke/Zerodegrees/etc. but some unknown upstart MySpace ran away with the prize in the end.
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26/01/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Linkorama : It's like watching little Anakin grow into Darth Vader - Google: "We firmly believe, with our culture of innovation, Google can make meaningful and positive contributions to the already impressive pace of development in China."
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26/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
jkottke : Winners of the Design Within Reach 2005 Champagne Chair Contest - Winners of the Design Within Reach 2005 Champagne Chair Contest. The salon dryer chair, the high chair, and the school desk chair are pretty neat.
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26/01/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Nelson Minar : Free Steve Chung! - Random bit from Transmetropolitan
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26/01/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Greg's Music Forum 2005 - aggregation and analysis of 75 "Best Albums of 2005" lists
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26/01/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
jkottke : Established TV news stars are moving to NPR - Established TV news stars are moving to NPR. "Network news is increasingly generating prospects for NPR in part because some broadcast journalists think the networks are veering away from serious, in-depth reports."
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26/01/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
jimray : Brokeback Top Gun - "You can be my wingman any time"
jkottke : Reimagined movie trailers - In the spirit of the reimagined trailer for The Shining, here's Brokeback Top Gun and Sleepless in Seattle.
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26/01/2006 @ 02:09 GMT
veen : Chimney Sweep's World, With No Mary Poppins - New York Times - Colin Meloy & the Decemberists in the NY Times. "Think of the character of the prostitute," he said, "There's a certain universality to it that you can't get from other characters."
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26/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Quit Complaining About Your Job - Quit Complaining About Your Job: classic but amusing pictures
François Nonnenmacher : Quit Complaining About Your Job!!
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26/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
jkottke : As France becomes more like the US in eating habits, the famously thin French are getting fatter - As France becomes more like the US in eating habits, the famously thin French are getting fatter. "Some of the reasons for the increase in obesity are those that plague the United States and much of Europe: the lure of fast food and prepared foods, the ub
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26/01/2006 @ 01:10 GMT
Linkorama : Zero-Sum Thinking - In fact, this is perhaps the most fundamental rift in any society. It ultimately determines whether the society is progressive and dynamic or stagnant and conflict-prone.
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26/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Mute photoblog - Great photographer on Flickr
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26/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Shiira 1.2.1 - Shiira is now a universal binary, and finally has autofill.
joshua : Shiira Project - interesting alternative browser
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26/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
jkottke : Absolut is ditching their famous bottle ads campaign - Absolut is ditching their famous bottle ads campaign (which is 25 years old) in favor of references to pop culture sans bottle. (via do) [via]
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26/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Campton Place chef - Daniel Humm, one of my favourite chefs, has moved on?
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26/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Daniel Humm to NYC - Damn, I really liked him
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26/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Fastr - fast and addictive Flickr multiplayer game [via]
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