28/01/2006 @ 23:03 GMT
kaninka.net : NPR : Alex Gibney on Enron - Film director Alex Gibney gives us a behind-the-scenes look and shares some insights from his film, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.
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28/01/2006 @ 23:03 GMT
kaninka.net : Google - We want to make all information available to... some people?
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28/01/2006 @ 22:09 GMT
kaninka.net : musicfordummies - To serve and protect! We all love cops, don't we? Seems like these bands don't.
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28/01/2006 @ 22:08 GMT
Andy Baio : A Comics Panel with Chris Ware, Seth and Ivan Brunetti - illustrated by Gordon McAlpin, who recounts comic-related events in comic form [via]
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28/01/2006 @ 21:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Wikipedia: bong - I don't think Britannica's entry is as detailed
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28/01/2006 @ 21:08 GMT
deusx : BBS Ads Collection v1.0 - "This is the unofficial online version of bac-v10.zip that was published with PAiN issue 10/03 (54) in Oct'2003."
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28/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : Plan59 > Gallery of Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine - Any one of these kids would swallow your soul with a glass of juice.
joshua : creepy kids in food ads
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28/01/2006 @ 20:08 GMT
deusx : Superpatron: the stray bookmarks of previous patrons - "I'd love it if every time I got a book there was some leftover of a previous reader"
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28/01/2006 @ 19:13 GMT
Nelson Minar : Burgertime - Fan-made parody of videogame art
jkottke : Burgertime art - Burgertime art. The pickle's package is *very* disturbing to me. Yet, I cannot look away. (via nelson) [via]
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28/01/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Nelson Minar : Game developer blogs - A top 10 list
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28/01/2006 @ 19:12 GMT
Andy Baio : World of Warcraft maps - what, no driving directions? [via]
Nelson Minar : WoW zoomable map - Google Maps-style UI for World of Warcraft
plasticbag : Google Maps meets World of Warcraft - Cal showed this to me and it rocks. Tiny captures of the minimap in WoW joined together to create a huge browsable, explorable map. Just wish it was more easily annotatable.
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28/01/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
Nelson Minar : Paris zoomable map - Google Maps-like UI for Paris, good map.
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28/01/2006 @ 19:11 GMT
Nelson Minar : WikiProject photos - Guidelines for making Wikipedia better with your camera
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28/01/2006 @ 19:10 GMT
deusx : Dave’s Wordpress Blog » What is friendship? - "There are approx 80,000 people who will think this post is about them. It’s not. That’s the point."
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28/01/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
deusx : Big Content would like to outlaw things no one has even thought of yet - You know what? If they want to protect their steaming piles so badly, they can keep them. I've paid more attention and been more entertained by non-DRM, indie sources lately than anything else. I only expect that to grow.
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28/01/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
deusx : EFF: DeepLinks - New Senate Broadcast Flag Bill Would Freeze Fair Use - I'm almost fine with this, if it can be done in a way that only affects the content of groups who want to opt into this bullshit. Don't cripple devices in the general case, just for the case of these morons. Let their industry commit suicide.
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28/01/2006 @ 19:09 GMT
deusx : Sriram Krishnan : Lisp is sin - "Lisp is like the villainesses present in the Bond movies. It seduces you with its sheer beauty and its allure is irresistible."
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28/01/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tiananmen images CN - Example of Google results in China
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28/01/2006 @ 18:09 GMT
Nelson Minar : Tiananmen images US - Example of Google results in US (assuming your IP is in the US)
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28/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google's DoubleSpeak - Google's DoubleSpeak: "Google does one thing that really bothers me: it keeps all information about itself absolutely secret and lies and misleads the public to maintain that secrecy. For a company that sees itself as the stewards of the world
Matthew M. Boedicker : Google's DoubleSpeak
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28/01/2006 @ 18:08 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Real Irony Here... - The Real Irony Here...: "But Google? We thought...well, we thought you were different."
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28/01/2006 @ 14:16 GMT
Steve Cook : Otters winning battle of wits - Man, that critter looks smug.
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28/01/2006 @ 14:13 GMT
Philippe Janvier : Des méthodes commerciales de Free - "Les escroqueries méthodes commerciales de Free commencent à faire du bruit, et c'est bien." [via] #
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28/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : Stanford Guidelines for Web Credibility: How can you boost your web site's credibility? - We have compiled 10 guidelines for building the credibility of a web site. These guidelines are based on three years of research that included over 4,500 people
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28/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : Pushing Spyware through Search - Indirectly, Google and other search engines make big money from spyware, through paid search advertising that infects users who don't know any better or don't understand what they're getting into
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28/01/2006 @ 11:08 GMT
kayodeok : Web Design Times - Web Design News, Articles, Reviews & Resources
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28/01/2006 @ 10:08 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : They will be all well-hung - Is that an iPod Mini in your pocket or you're just happy to hold me?
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28/01/2006 @ 09:08 GMT
erikbenson : Wikipedia on John Cage's famous 4′33″ - I also like the score for 4'33", which is "In a situation provided with maximum amplification, perform a disciplined action." Anyone can play that.
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28/01/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
Eric Meyer : FYI, I am Not Dave Shea - I make that mistake all the time. [via Dave] [via]
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28/01/2006 @ 07:08 GMT
deusx : Mike Chambers: Learning Object Oriented JavaScript Programing from ActionScript - He's exactly right, Flash developers pushed the bounds of JS first: "if you are interested in doing object oriented JavaScript development, ... check out some of the older resources and tutorials around object oriented programing in Flash 5 / ActionScript
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28/01/2006 @ 06:09 GMT
deusx : Care for Some Wood? - Gizmodo - "Why anyone else in their right mind would go for these wooden USB drives is beyond me..." Actually, the kinda techie / natural mix seems appealing to me.
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28/01/2006 @ 06:09 GMT
deusx : Sony's Stringer kills (robot) dog | Reg Hardware - This seems stupid to me. I wonder just how much in free attention the Aibo bought Sony over the years?
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28/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : Wired News: Machines Pluck Cash From Trash - "When you give people the option and make it easier on them, you find that people will recycle on a much higher level" Seems like this will be very useful for when the oil runs out.
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28/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : Escape Pod » EP038: L’Alchimista - "You are willing to follow a recipe? So many chefs of your caliber think themselves above the direction of others." Awesome story of cooking as alchemy.
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28/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : KurzweilAI.net - I am the very model of a Singularitarian - "Expand his mental faculties by merging with technology" Awesome riff on a classic song.
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28/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : Singularitarian.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) - "I am the very model of a Singularitarian"
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28/01/2006 @ 06:08 GMT
deusx : QDB: Quote #608100 - "imagine being that guy... WORST NIGHT OUT EVER"
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28/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
Rod Begbie : Channel4.com - IT Crowd - Channel 4 are streaming the first episode of Graham Linehan's new sitcom. It's good, but not great, but then I didn't think the first episodes of either Father Ted or Black Books were all that good, but the series turned out to be fantastic. #
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28/01/2006 @ 05:08 GMT
deusx : Ancestor Swag : Sigler Swag : CafePress.com - "This is the place to find all things Ancestor. Embryos, Blood, and Cow Fur... these are the symbols that speak to our generation. "
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28/01/2006 @ 03:08 GMT
jkottke : Hypothesis: Brad Pitt adapts his appearance to that of whoever he's dating at the time, kind of like how dogs start to look like their owners. - Hypothesis: Brad Pitt adapts his appearance to that of whoever he's dating at the time, kind of like how dogs start to look like their owners. Here's some supporting evidence.
plasticbag : Brad Pitt is a chameleon... - This is actually a little creepy - Brad Pitt seems to completely change his look to resemble the person he's going out with / married to. This must be why all my dates are with fat, old people. Dammit.
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28/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
joshua : "Please Teach me Web Frameworks for Python!" - Nice thread on Python web frameworks
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28/01/2006 @ 01:09 GMT
Linkorama : Web 2.0 in the Enterprise - A TiE SIG Software event I'm speaking at in Santa Clara in February
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28/01/2006 @ 01:08 GMT
philgyford : Improbable Show - DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED What are we going to do about theatre? - A friend enthusiastically told me this was a really good event. Certainly lots of discussion there.
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28/01/2006 @ 00:10 GMT
Cameron Moll : 14,000 diapers in 6 years - Suzanne and I did the math over lunch today. By the time Hudson is 2.5 years old, we'll have changed over 14,000 diapers among 4 boys. So that's where all the income went...
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28/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Has Google Lost Its Soul?
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28/01/2006 @ 00:09 GMT
kayodeok : Implementing and Detecting an ACPI BIOS Rootkit - Why target the BIOS?: (1). Survives Reboots and Power Cycles. (2). Leaves no trace on disk (3). Survives and reinfects installations of same OS (4). Survives and reinfects installations of new OS (5). Hard to detect (6). Hard to remove
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28/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
kayodeok : Researchers: Rootkits headed for BIOS - Insider attacks and industrial espionage could become more stealthy by hiding malicious code in the core system functions available in a motherboard's flash memory, researchers said on Wednesday at the Black Hat Federal conference
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28/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
kayodeok : PCWorld.com - Microsoft Readies Two-Way Firewall for Vista: Administrator-run firewall expected to be 'highly configurable.' - For its upcoming Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft is readying a new, highly configurable firewall designed to give administrators much greater control over which applications can run on the systems they manage
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28/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
kayodeok : Official Google Blog: Google in China - We ultimately reached our decision by asking ourselves which course would most effectively further Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally useful and accessible. Or, put simply: how can we provide the greatest access t
Nelson Minar : Google in China - Good explanation of a difficult compromise
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28/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
gleuschk : Naboj Dynamical Peer Review - rate and review papers on the arxiv, seems brand new.
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28/01/2006 @ 00:08 GMT
jkottke : The issues involved with buying and selling moon dust - The issues involved with buying and selling moon dust. Back in 1993, a 200-milligram moon rock was sold for $442,500.
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