11/11/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
Isofarro : JSON - Douglas Crockford reminisces about how JSON came about, and the history of its naming. Now its a globally recognised standards, displacing XML in a number of web services applications.
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11/11/2006 @ 21:00 GMT
deusx : err.the_blog.find_by_title('Me and uFormats') - "Remember when everyone realized that HTTP was really good at what it did and since we already knew it, we should just use it and stop going crazy with proprietary / complex / lesser known protocols?"
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11/11/2006 @ 20:01 GMT
43folders : » Living with a MacBook - first thoughts | Office Evolution | ZDNet.com - Mostly smooth, but, "there are some transitional issues I'm still wrestling with though."
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11/11/2006 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : The folks at Alibi Network have developed a consultancy framework that helps their clients with alibis and excused absences with privacy and discretion - The folks at Alibi Network have developed a consultancy framework that helps their clients with alibis and excused absences with privacy and discretion. "We invent, create and provide customized alibis and excuses for attached adults involved in discreet
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11/11/2006 @ 16:00 GMT
jkottke : Great little interview with professional rock, paper, scissors player, Jason Simmons - Great little interview with professional rock, paper, scissors player, Jason Simmons. "The game started long before we actually threw the first throw." (via sippey) [via]
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11/11/2006 @ 14:01 GMT
Isofarro : CSS: Browser testing order - Andy talks about his Browser testing coverage. Starting with Firefox, then Safari, IE7 (using conditional comments to work around bugs), latest version of Opera (I read that as version 9), and if requested IE6 on Windows. Andy deliberately hides styleshee
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11/11/2006 @ 14:00 GMT
plasticbag : Check out Flickr's new maps for London. This is stunningly good stuff... - Yahoo and Flickr now have good maps for Britain and the rest of Europe as well, which should help the whole geotagging thing really fly outside the US. I've known this was coming for a while, but it doesn't make its arrival any less welcome...
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11/11/2006 @ 13:00 GMT
plasticbag : 'Brilliant' Bond seduces critics - I'm surprisingly excited about the new Bond film, and am delighted to hear that it's getting generally good reviews, although after my Borat experience I'm not sure whether to trust them...
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11/11/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Speedbandits - Speedbandits: Denmark is a beautiful country.
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11/11/2006 @ 08:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : MySQL Camp Google Notes - MySQL Camp Google Notes: "Googlers saying how they used MySQL internal to Google."
Nelson Minar : Google's MySQL use - I spent a lot of time with this database (via zawodny)
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11/11/2006 @ 08:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Web 2.0 Summit Wrap-up - Web 2.0 Summit Wrap-up: "Last year there were a lot more developers and designers running around, this year the crowd was overwhelmingly from the media and business worlds."
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11/11/2006 @ 07:01 GMT
Linkorama : Wikipedia and search for online truth - The idea that a specially trained group holds unique insight and power has been prevalent “ever since the formation of guildsâ€, says Ross Mayfield, founder of Socialtext, a company that sells “social software†tools like wikis - we
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11/11/2006 @ 07:01 GMT
Linkorama : Harnessing Collective Intelligence - With the help of our algorithms the community can outperform the market -- something most analysts can't do. That's not user-generated content, that's a cognitive community exhibiting super intelligent behavior.
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11/11/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
deusx : Don’t Forget to Plant It! - Tails Scripts - "A Tails Scripts is a piece of JavaScript that allows you to perform certain actions on the microformats found on a web page."
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11/11/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
erikbenson : Call for Art: McLeod Residence Light Box Installation - If you're an artist, you can submit art for our first McLeod art show!
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11/11/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Homemade Roller Coaster - Homemade Roller Coaster: nice!
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11/11/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
jkottke : Complete redesign of Time magazine, due Jan 2007 - Item of note included in the announcement of Luke Hayman's addition to the NYC Pentagram office: he and Paula Scher are completely redesigning Time magazine, due to launch in January 2007. Hayman was formerly design director at New York magazine.
Cameron Moll : Luke Hayman joins Pentagram - News from Pentagram: "Luke Hayman, the National Magazine Award-winning design director of New York magazine, has joined Pentagram as a partner... where his first project will be a complete redesign of Time magazine, a collaboration with Pentagram partner
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jkottke : Quentin Tarantino is thinking about making a sequel to Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs - According to Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino is thinking about making a sequel to Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs that focuses on the Vega Bros.
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11/11/2006 @ 01:01 GMT
43folders : Keep those mice OUT. | Ask MetaFilter - "...what I really want to know is how to keep them from coming in in the first place -- any suggestions?"
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11/11/2006 @ 01:01 GMT
jimray : Amazon S3: Show me the money - SmugMug is saving between $500k and $1MM a year using Amazon for storage instead of rolling their own
Jeremy Zawodny : Amazon S3: Show me the money - Amazon S3: Show me the money: "I expect our savings from Amazon S3 to be well over $1M in 2007, maybe as high as $2M."
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11/11/2006 @ 01:01 GMT
jimray : Mickey Avalon - Rex's new favorite band, good party tunes
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11/11/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Y! Cool Thing: Mapping The Globe - Yahoo! finally adds international maps, with great coverage.
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11/11/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
wearehugh : OK, here's the deal. On any given day... - "This is one of those milestones where I get paid"
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11/11/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
jkottke : Five great fight scenes from movies - Five great fight scenes from movies. I'm not a connoisseur of movie fight scenes, so I don't have much to add to this list, but I'm glad Jackie Chan made the cut.
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11/11/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
kellan : ev just called us "indie corporate" - Um, I think thats a positive. (relatively) And yeah, Dunstan, woo! #
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11/11/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : Solved: the perfect way to cut a cake - 06 November 2006 - New Scientist Tech - "involve asking guests to tell the cake-cutter how they value different parts of the cake. For example, one guest may prefer chocolate, another may prefer marzipan."
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11/11/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Elderly harmonica player arrested for performing copyrighted songs at bar - what a relief [via]
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11/11/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
jkottke : Zadie Smith on different kinds of reading - Zadie Smith on the distinction between reading like you passively watch TV and reading like you actively interprete a musical piece at the piano. "When you practice reading, and you work at a text, it can only give you what you put into it."
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