27/01/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Cameron Moll : Big linkage update to del.icio.us - I'm way behind on linkage. So I posted 20 or so new ones to del.icio.us/authentic. Easier than doing so here today.
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27/01/2006 @ 23:09 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Midnight Eye feature: The Best (and Worst) of 2005 [via]
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27/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
deusx : Ancestor » Ancestor Claymation Movie! - "Oh my goodness, people, look at this amazing piece of work." Hah, this kid did a clamation animation of a scene from Ancestor. Totally Airwolf.
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27/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
deusx : Neatorama » Blog Archive » Poor Man’s Air Conditioning. - Window air conditioner + generator + beater car = hott
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27/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Tic-Frac-Toe - playable version of this visualization; requires Firefox 1.5
Rod Begbie : Tic-Frac-Toe - Playable Noughts and Crosses as a fractal. Requires Firefox 1.5 [via] #
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27/01/2006 @ 23:08 GMT
jkottke : Nice interview with Josh "Shake" Schachter about del.icio.us - Nice interview with Josh "Shake" Schachter about del.icio.us. "I would not say [that I am an] entrepreneur - the enterprise of the thing was always dragged along by the thing itself."
kayodeok : Interview with Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us: 'I want to build something that grows' - The creator of Del.icio.us has big plans for his innovative social tagging site but has no regrets about selling it to Yahoo
Jeremy Zawodny : I want to build something that grows - I want to build something that grows: The creator of Del.icio.us has big plans for his innovative social tagging site but has no regrets about selling it to Yahoo
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Jason Shellen : Microsoft Considering Own Portable Media Player: BW - Does Microsoft need their own iPod? Couldn't they just work with Apple? #
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27/01/2006 @ 22:10 GMT
jimray : YouTube - State of the Union 2006 -- Bush Impression - "JESUS WAS FLYING!"
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27/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Make Jessica Alba Hot in 11 Steps! - Make Jessica Alba Hot in 11 Steps!: I know how to accomplish this in 0 steps.
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27/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
jkottke : Blast from the past: influential online game SiSSYFiGHT 2000 - Blast from the past: influential online game SiSSYFiGHT 2000. I know a married couple that met on SiSSYFiGHT.
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27/01/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Jason Shellen : Woot : Vivitar Vivicam 8.1MP Digital Camera - I'm linking this because of the fantastic Nigerian spam email joke copy. Nice work, Wootbot! #
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27/01/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
kellan : Ruby Quiz - Port a Library (#64) - Excellent. Lack of libraries is Ruby's weakness. Except that it already has plenty of quick, one-off, scattered, unevenly documented libraries, what it needs is CPAN. (and perlnewmod, and modules@perl.org) #
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27/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Grandaddy split up - a good time to revisit Jed's Other Poem
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27/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
jkottke : A list of films that have the most Star Wars actors in a non-Star Wars film - A list of films that have the most Star Wars actors in a non-Star Wars film. Flash Gordon and Labyrinth each have 17 Star Wars actors in them. (via cd) [via]
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27/01/2006 @ 20:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tamron lens rebates - Popular 3rd party lens cmopany has good rebates
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27/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
jkottke : The delicate marketing of Brokeback Mountain - The delicate marketing of Brokeback Mountain. In Manhattan for example, analysis of the city's various social microclimates was used to select the opening theaters to de-emphasize the art-house aspect of the film. (via dj) [via]
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27/01/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
Nelson Minar : Space Oddity video - 1969 music video! David Bowie was so nerdy... (via Metafilter)
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27/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
deusx : Sci Fi Wire -- Schneider Talks Smallville's 100th - Ouch. "John Schneider—whose character of Jonathan Kent played a key role in Smallville's 100th episode, which aired Jan. 26—told SCI FI Wire that he knew what was coming, but used his mixed emotions to fuel his performance."
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27/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship - Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship: What used to say "we never censor" now simply 404s. So much fo "do no evil."
Andy Baio : Google removes help entry on censorship - it's one thing to censor to comply with local laws, just be open and honest about it
kayodeok : Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship - Here's what it used to read: "Google does not censor results for any search term. The order and content of our results are completely automated; we do not manipulate our search results by hand. We believe strongly in allowing the democracy of the web to d
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27/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : "It's time for the abortion-rights movement to declare war on abortion" - "It's time for the abortion-rights movement to declare war on abortion."
deusx : Three Decades After Roe, a War We Can All Support - New York Times - "What we need is an explicit pro-choice war on the abortion rate, coupled with a political message that anyone who stands in the way, yammering about chastity or a "culture of life," is not just anti-choice, but pro-abortion. "
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27/01/2006 @ 19:08 GMT
jkottke : On the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, a fun essay about Mozart as a hacker - On the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, a fun essay about Mozart as a hacker.
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27/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : True colors - True colors: "Google's announcement Tuesday that it will comply with China's repressive laws by doctoring its search results in that country makes a mockery of those values."
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27/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
jkottke : The Folk Typography Pool contains photos of type made by people who are not designers, typographers, or calligraphers - The Folk Typography Pool contains photos of type made by people who are not designers, typographers, or calligraphers. (thx, paul)
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27/01/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
Richard Rutter : Five Simple Steps to Typesetting on the web - More good typography writing from Mark Boulton.
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27/01/2006 @ 17:08 GMT
Richard Rutter : CSS Typography - Digital Web Magazine.
Philippe Janvier : CSS Typography - Comment améliorer sa typographie avec CSS. [via] #
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27/01/2006 @ 16:10 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Google pulls 'we don't censor' statement - Don't be evil? Don't make us laugh
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27/01/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
deusx : jay is games: php Zork! - "And now, many years later, the first game of the Zork series has been ported to PHP for your gaming pleasure by someone who goes by kodrik over at thcnet.net."
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27/01/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
philgyford : Digitally Distributed Environments - Weblog with, currently, lots of models of London buildings for Google Earth.
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27/01/2006 @ 16:08 GMT
philgyford : Digitally Distributed Environments: London Google Earth 1690 - One day we'll be able to view reality augmented with what the space looked like centuries ago. Until then, try this Google Earth map overlay. Awesome. (via Haddock)
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27/01/2006 @ 15:08 GMT
philgyford : Process Recess - Some gorgeous life drawings on this illustrator's weblog. (via Drawn.ca)
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27/01/2006 @ 13:09 GMT
philgyford : Association for Psychological Science: 'To be or, or ... um ... line!' - Actors shouldn't learn lines by rote, "but feel their character's intention in reaction to what the other actors do, causing their lines to come spontaneously and naturally". (via Boing Boing)
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27/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
Jon Hicks : Cairo coming soon to trunk - This is good news for Firefox users, but especially those on OS X. The move to Cairo is coming soon, which means that it can finally stop using the old Quickdraw for Core Graphics.
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27/01/2006 @ 09:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : essay on Philip K. Dick by Robert Silverberg
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27/01/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Apple offered to buy BeOS in 1997 for $125 million
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27/01/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : details of Google's upcoming major algorithm change
gleuschk : BigDaddy Means Big Changes at Google - the next big algorithm tweak
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27/01/2006 @ 08:09 GMT
Wayne Burkett : Automatix - Ubuntu Forums - "This is a graphical interface for installation of a lot of apps on UBUNTU BREEZY (DOES NOT WORK ON Warty, Hoary or Dapper)..." #
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27/01/2006 @ 07:09 GMT
Linkorama : There Goes the Home Page - "We made a big mistake," Mayer, who oversees all of Google's search products, said Tuesday. "You can't come out and launch a product like Google Video and say 'CSI' and 'Survivor' are there if they're not on the home page."
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27/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
jimray : The A.V. Club interviews Stephen Colbert - His bit about media and authority is right fucking on
jkottke : The Onion interviews Stephen Colbert - The Onion interviews Stephen Colbert. "It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything."
Rod Begbie : Stephen Colbert | The A.V. Club - Interesting interview with Stephen Colbert. It takes a second to realise that this is Colbert the actor talking, not Colbert the character, and it's a fascinating insight into the "philosophy" that colours his satire. [via] #
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27/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
Wayne Burkett : On Believing - "It is also consistently shown that those most likely to possess strong religious belief are those with the least satisfactory lives, the lowest educational attainment, and the poorest grasp of science." #
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27/01/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
merlinmann : JOYS : Organizing Your Life - Sexy home filing system. [Thanks, Nicole Lee]
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27/01/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
merlinmann : Macworld: Feature: Top productivity boosters - Wow. I *really* wish I'd had a crack at helping contribute to this list. It's, um, a pretty mixed bag, to say the least. [via LifeHacker]
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27/01/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : free printable graph and grid paper PDFs
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27/01/2006 @ 05:09 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : new In Our Time on 17th century print culture
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27/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Reveal - Swish little graphical-history extension for Firefox. There's a lot of polish here, including a very clever "tour" when you first use it. #
kayodeok : Firefox Extension: Reveal - Reveal is an extension for Firefox 1.5 or newer. It was created for the Extend Firefox contest. Reveal allows you to see thumbnails of pages in your session history and quickly find the page you want
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27/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog - I've really been enjoying this blog, tellings stories about the planned (radically different) UI for the next version of Microsoft Office. It's been many years since I've been anxiously looking forward to getting my hands on a beta copy of *Office*! #
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27/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Forensic criminology, the ZX Spectrum way - Hee! An episode of CSI:Miama had a Big Expensive Computer. The sounds generated by the computer? A ZX Spectrum loading Knight Lore. [via] #
deusx : matt.west.co.tt » Blog Archive » Forensic criminology, the ZX Spectrum way - "Kevin Reilly on comp.sys.sinclair uncovered some unintentional humour in season 1, episode 13 of CSI: Miami which UK-based geeks of a certain age will appreciate."
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27/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
gleuschk : wheresgeorge.com provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, report scientists - emergent! yay!
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27/01/2006 @ 04:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Since the Catholic Church is arguing against using Jesus in beer ads... - Since the Catholic Church is arguing against using Jesus in beer ads...: photoshop some other ads that shouldn't have Jesus
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27/01/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
kayodeok : The Fembot: An Open Love Letter to Joss Whedon - Buffy, Spike, Angel, Cordelia, Willow, Jayne, Mal, Kaylee, Illyria, Gil... the list is unending. Thank you also for the creation of Willow, Tara, Cordelia, Joyce, Anya, Faith, Fred, Drusilla, Darla, Glory, Harmony, Lilah, and yes, even Dawn. Thank you for
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27/01/2006 @ 03:09 GMT
kayodeok : TorPark: Turn any internet terminal into a secure connection - TorPark is a fully configured combination of Tor (The Onion Router) and Mozilla's browser technologies. Run Torpark.exe and it will launch a Tor circuit connection, which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer, gi
Matthew M. Boedicker : TorPark goes on a USB flash drive and turns any machine into a Tor client
jimray : TorPark - Tor on a USB keychain
Rod Begbie : TorPark - Tor + Firefox that you can run on a USB keychain to enable anonymized web browsing anywhere. Fantastic stuff. [via] #
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27/01/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
gleuschk : Caterina.net: Lucretius - change "melt" to "combine"
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27/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
kayodeok : Great Design: What is Design? (First Draft) - Every design decision involves tradeoffs, whether it's finding space for all your icons on the toolbar, picking the optimal balance of font size and information density, or deciding how best to use the limited space for buttons on a cellphone
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27/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
ricmac : » It's time to bury RSS | Software as services | ZDNet.com - "So when I say it's time to bury RSS, what I mean is, keep using it, but keep it buried it in the infrastructure."
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27/01/2006 @ 02:08 GMT
ricmac : Market share for browsers, operating systems and search engines
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27/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
jimray : MSNBC.com releases related photos feature - The interface needs some work, but it's live
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27/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Firefoxit - "...a Firefox extension that puts tiny little widgets or web applications on a kind of desktop launched from Firefox". A essayer. [via] #
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27/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
Andy Baio : Image: Google China - man, this kills me
Jeremy Zawodny : A Visual of Google China - A Visual of Google China: heh
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27/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
Jon Hicks : CamiTools 4 beta - CamiStyle - Another update for CamiTools, the preference pane extension for Camino! Now with the ability to apply custom css to sites. Superb.
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