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Pabst font

7/11/2006 @ 22:01 GMT

jimray : Pabst font - Holy crap! 100 years ago, Pabst Brewing commissioned a font by Frederic Goudy for promo materials. That's rad!

Tags : awesome beer design fonts

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How to talk to a climate skeptic

7/11/2006 @ 21:00 GMT

jkottke : How to talk to a climate skeptic - Grist Magazine: How to talk to a climate skeptic. Looks pretty comprehensive.

jcgregorio : Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist - How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic

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The New Yorker has a piece this week on Nicholas Stern's 700-page report on global warming for th...

7/11/2006 @ 21:00 GMT

jkottke : The New Yorker has a piece this week on Nicholas Stern's 700-page report on global warming for the British government - The New Yorker has a piece this week on Nicholas Stern's 700-page report on global warming for the British government. Stern says, "Our emissions affect the lives of others. When people do not pay for the consequences of their actions, we have market fail

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The "ivoted" tag on Flickr

7/11/2006 @ 21:00 GMT

jkottke : The "ivoted" tag on Flickr - Watch democracy in action: the "ivoted" tag on Flickr.

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Online dating research at Berkeley

7/11/2006 @ 20:01 GMT

jimray : Online dating research at Berkeley

Tags : 2read dating research social

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monome glowy buttonbox

7/11/2006 @ 18:02 GMT

joshua : monome glowy buttonbox - kinda pricey but now for sale

Tags : art hw

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strange maps

7/11/2006 @ 18:02 GMT

jimray : strange maps - A blog about maps of fictional places

joshua : strange maps - interesting explorations of all sorts of maps

Matthew M. Boedicker : strange maps - (via new del.icio.us popular sites) [via]

Milo Vermeulen : strange maps [via]

Khoi Vinh : Strange Maps - Via Very Short List. [via]

Tags : design k maps visualization weblogs gis map Three Star

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Adobe and Mozilla are collaborating on ECMA script engine

7/11/2006 @ 18:02 GMT

jimray : Adobe and Mozilla are collaborating on ECMA script engine - Tamarin project will implement ECMAScript 4, presumably in both Flash and Firefox. Rock.

Tags : actionscript adobe awesome flash javascript mozilla opensource

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Microsoft Moves Into Video Download Fray

7/11/2006 @ 18:01 GMT

jimray : Microsoft Moves Into Video Download Fray - Movie/TV downloads come to your XBox

Tags : microsoft movies television videogames

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'Office' Works Overtime Online - 'Producer's cut' will stream after Thursday's episode - Zap2it

7/11/2006 @ 18:01 GMT

Rod Begbie : 'Office' Works Overtime Online - 'Producer's cut' will stream after Thursday's episode - Zap2it - NBC will stream an extended version of The Office on their website this week after the normal-length episode airs on TV. Considering how good (and plentiful) the deleted scenes are on the DVDs I'm watching, this'll be worth checking out. #

Tags : media nbc sitcom theoffice tv

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Yes it’s REST, yes it’s a service

7/11/2006 @ 17:01 GMT

Linkorama : Yes it’s REST, yes it’s a service - Names deserve more credit than we give them. When you choose to put a value system behind a technology, choose wisely. Because anything higher up than lines of code has sort attention span, free association and sticks to catchy names like superglue.

Tags : api nomenclature rest roa soa soap

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Adactio: stream

7/11/2006 @ 16:01 GMT

Jon Hicks : Adactio: stream - I just love the idea of this life stream, gluing together various services that timestamp data. Also, read the explanatory post

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TBogg - Stuff that may or may not happen

7/11/2006 @ 16:00 GMT

wearehugh : TBogg - Stuff that may or may not happen - realistic election predictions

Tags : humor politics

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Quote of the day

7/11/2006 @ 16:00 GMT

jkottke : Quote of the day - Quote of the day, from a friend who ran the marathon: "I feel like I'm rolling a katamari of happiness and can no longer distinguish its parts."

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The Delicious Generation

7/11/2006 @ 15:01 GMT

Jon Hicks : The Delicious Generation - Rogue Amoeba on the new trend of ‘Hypeware’. I wish I had time to write up my feelings on this subject, but until then, read this…

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Granny Smith Threatened By Golden Delicious?

7/11/2006 @ 15:01 GMT

Jon Hicks : Granny Smith Threatened By Golden Delicious? - ...and this. Jason Harris’s reply. I’m more towards the Jason end of the scale, but its an interesting topic.

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National Geographic reports on the dolphin that's been discovered with four fins

7/11/2006 @ 14:00 GMT

plasticbag : National Geographic reports on the dolphin that's been discovered with four fins - The rear limbs may be an atavistic throughback to a time where dolphin ancestors had limbs and walked on land. Unless you're against evolution, of course. In which case the dolphin's extra limbs can be considered evidence of your stupidity...

Tags : aquaticlife atavism dolphin evolution mammals nationalgeographic ocean sea throwback

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Ryan Carson reveals DropSend's month on month earnings

7/11/2006 @ 14:00 GMT

plasticbag : Ryan Carson reveals DropSend's month on month earnings - What a fascinating move, and what an interesting situation to be in, to have build a simple functional service that generates money month on month for limited amounts of physical effort.

Andy Baio : Ryan Carson publishes DropSend's monthly profits - it's still baffling why he's selling it if it takes so little effort  [via]

Tags : barenakedapp dropsend forsale ryancarson software startup webapp webapps

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Grand Theft Mario

7/11/2006 @ 13:01 GMT

jkottke : Grand Theft Mario - Grand Theft Mario = Super Mario Bros + Grand Theft Auto.

Rod Begbie : YouTube - Grand Theft Mario - Quality clip from Robot Chicken. [via#

Tags : funny mario robotchicken video

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White House Caught Doctoring Mission Accomplished Video

7/11/2006 @ 10:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : White House Caught Doctoring Mission Accomplished Video - White House Caught Doctoring Mission Accomplished Video: "how the Bush Administration is attempting to alter history"

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The Talented Shooby Taylor The Human Horn

7/11/2006 @ 09:02 GMT

joshua : The Talented Shooby Taylor The Human Horn

Tags : music wtf

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mischievous

7/11/2006 @ 09:02 GMT

joshua : mischievous - ie plugin for delicious

Tags : del.icio.us ie

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iPod Nation - Newsweek Technology - MSNBC.com

7/11/2006 @ 08:02 GMT

43folders : iPod Nation - Newsweek Technology - MSNBC.com - For reference re MBW13: "...Karl Lagerfeld's iPod collection is up to 60, coded in the back by laser etching so he can tell what's on them..."

Tags : excess ipod macbreakweekly mbwideas twit.tv

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Mastering the Three Worlds of It

7/11/2006 @ 08:02 GMT

Linkorama : Mastering the Three Worlds of It - Employees exploit older NITs such as e-mail and instant messaging on their own, but business leaders have a role to play in exploiting newer technologies like blogs and wikis.

Tags : blogs drkw enterprise2.0 it networkit socialtext wikis

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StartupCamp

7/11/2006 @ 08:02 GMT

Linkorama : StartupCamp - Also, like Mashup Camp, Startup Camp is largely based on Harrison Owen's Open Space methodology with a few little twists tossed in.

Tags : barcamp events mashupcamp openspace startup wiki

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Michael Crook's Internet Club

7/11/2006 @ 08:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Michael Crook's Internet Club - excellent (and long) followup of the Michael Crook and the EFF lawsuit against him

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Vlerq

7/11/2006 @ 06:02 GMT

joshua : Vlerq - a research framework for data structures

Tags : cs

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GNU Emacs with XFT goodness « The Free Geek

7/11/2006 @ 05:00 GMT

wearehugh : GNU Emacs with XFT goodness « The Free Geek

Tags : emacs linux ubuntu

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Bill de hÓra: Metasoup

7/11/2006 @ 05:00 GMT

wearehugh : Bill de hÓra: Metasoup

Tags : beautifulsoup feedparser python

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The Digg Economy

7/11/2006 @ 04:01 GMT

Linkorama : The Digg Economy - Prior to this change, the Digg economy was a capitalistic one. One that emphasized fairness and allowed each individual user to create his own fate. Under this system, each user was rewarded appropriately, based on their level of contribution to the syste

Tags : automation digg markets social socialmarkets

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Web 2.0 summary

7/11/2006 @ 04:01 GMT

Linkorama : Web 2.0 summary - Good summary of the new O'Reilly Analyst report by Dion

Tags : enterprise2.0 web2.0

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Sexual Tension Unbearable Between 15-Year-Old, Rest Of World | The Onion - America's Finest News ...

7/11/2006 @ 04:00 GMT

deusx : Sexual Tension Unbearable Between 15-Year-Old, Rest Of World | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - "Palm Bay High School freshman Keith Ness said the overwhelming sexual tension he experiences daily between himself and roughly 3.65 billion other people on earth has become "almost more than [he] can handle.""

Tags : funny puberty theonion

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Cockney rhyming slang meets celebrity namedropping

7/11/2006 @ 04:00 GMT

jkottke : Cockney rhyming slang meets celebrity namedropping - Cockney rhyming slang meets celebrity namedropping. "I left my Clare Rayners down the Fatboy Slim so I was late for the Basil Fawlty. The Andy McNab cost me an Ayrton Senna but it didn't stop me getting the Britney Spears in. Next thing you know it turned

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O'Reilly Radar > State of the Computer Book Market, Q306, Part 2

7/11/2006 @ 03:02 GMT

jcgregorio : O'Reilly Radar > State of the Computer Book Market, Q306, Part 2 - Ruby book sales rate of growth falls 430% to 255%. It appears the "former smalltalker" market is about tapped out.

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Pronto condoms - the best way to get it on

7/11/2006 @ 03:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : Pronto condoms - the best way to get it on - Pronto condoms - the best way to get it on: "The PRONTO condom can be applied in a few seconds." Is "applied" really the best word for that?

fastclemmy : Pronto condoms - the best way to get it on - Pronto condoms - the best way to get it on by fastclemmy & 1 other(s) Smart design! hotlinks condoms Copy | React (0)

Tags : links hotlinks, condoms

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HYSO Doorknob Germ Killer - Gizmodo

7/11/2006 @ 02:02 GMT

43folders : HYSO Doorknob Germ Killer - Gizmodo - Always seemed to me that handwashing facilities should live _outside_ any door-knobbed area where people are dropping the deuce. Call me a dreamer.

Tags : handwashing hygiene

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My expanded role at Yahoo!

7/11/2006 @ 02:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : My expanded role at Yahoo! - My expanded role at Yahoo!: "as of today I am officially a Yahoo! Mail Beta evangelist" nice!

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Video: Grand Theft Mario

7/11/2006 @ 02:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Video: Grand Theft Mario - as opposed to Mario in Vice City

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Ad-free blog

7/11/2006 @ 01:02 GMT

Jason Shellen : Ad-free blog - Punch the owl and win! #

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Interview with Michael Jones, Ted Haggard's outer

7/11/2006 @ 01:02 GMT

jimray : Interview with Michael Jones, Ted Haggard's outer - It's interesting, I was hoping this would fuel my anti-winger schadenfreud, but mostly it just makes me sad for Jones.

Tags : haggard hypocrisy religion sex

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Microsoft launches Google Earth killer

7/11/2006 @ 01:02 GMT

jimray : Microsoft launches Google Earth killer - My buddy Greg worked on this! And it is seriously effing cool, even from a Microsoft hater like myself. Win/IE6+ required, but it's worth it!

Tags : awesome maps microsoft

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Stackless Python Continues to Amaze

7/11/2006 @ 01:00 GMT

Simon Willison : Stackless Python Continues to Amaze - Tasklet pickle/resume works across different computer architectures.

deusx : ... for Some Value of "Magic": Stackless Python Continues to Amaze - "Let me repeat that, just in case you missed it: resuming pickled tasklets across architectures is easy."

Tags : parallel programming python stackless

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IT Conversations: Mayfield

7/11/2006 @ 00:02 GMT

Linkorama : IT Conversations: Mayfield - Socialtext was the first company to build its products around the wiki and its CEO Ross Mayfield joins Phil Windley, Matt Asay, and Scott C. Lemon in a review of the technology news of the week.

Tags : collaboration podcast podcasting socialpoint socialtext

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http://Stevens.senate.gov - Technical difficulties.

7/11/2006 @ 00:01 GMT

jimray : http://Stevens.senate.gov - Technical difficulties. - "Sorry, the http://Stevens.senate.gov web page you have requested is experiencing technical difficulties. The Webmaster has been alerted." Tube must've gotten jammed or somethin'

Tags : dumb funny politics

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