5/12/2006 @ 23:01 GMT
cobra libre : Mad Mel and the Maya - "The only profound meaning one can take away from the film is that there is an intimate connection between racism and violence. The message of the production is that the Maya are unacceptable people; we do not want to look at them as they are now, and we #
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5/12/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : 50 works of art you should see before you die - 50 works of art you should see before you die, a list compiled by Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones and his readers. (via eyeteeth) [via]
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5/12/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : DarwiinRemote lets you use a Wii Remote as an input device for OS X - DarwiinRemote lets you use a Wii Remote as an input device for OS X. Take heart Windows users, WiinRemote is for you.
jimray : DarwiinRemote - Use your Wii remot on your Mac. I love this.
Rod Begbie : DarwiinRemote is released! (Hirolog) - Use your Wiimote as a mouse on a Mac. [via] #
Simon Willison : DarwiinRemote - Software for communicating with a Wii Remote from your Mac. [via]
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5/12/2006 @ 21:02 GMT
43folders : good evening: MOVIE PLACE - "I should note that...UNTIL THE LAST 35 SECONDS OR SO, they didn't even use computers. JUST INDEX CARDS!"
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Nelson Minar : Knitted horror - Awesome kitsch collection (via Metafilter)
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5/12/2006 @ 21:02 GMT
jimray : How can I automatically keep my Windows Start menu sorted? - God, I hate Windows
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jkottke : 50 greatest commercials of the 1980s - 50 greatest commercials of the 1980s. Amazingly includes video of every single commercial...prepare to waste your entire afternoon. (thx, art)
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jkottke : Area Man Accidentally Responds To Own 'M4M' Ad - Area Man Accidentally Responds To Own 'M4M' Ad. "He lives right in my neighborhood, he's a professional, and he loves to work out -- he sounds sexy."
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43folders : Deck the walls with Successories! | Ask MetaFilter - How would you spend $7k to trick out your office with local SF art and photos?
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43folders : "Four your convenience, Classical Music has been moved across the street" - "For your convenience..." has become the consumer version of "With all due respect...." You learn to brace for the contradictory zinger that follows.
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kellan : Flickr: Boston first snow - Today is the day moving to CA pays off #
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5/12/2006 @ 20:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Wii Safety: The Missing Pages - a photoset on Flickr - Do not taunt Happy Fun Wii. [via] #
jimray : Wii Safety: The Missing Pages - "As demonstrated by our favorite gadget site Gizmodo."
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jkottke : Kids who grew up playing Madden NFL know the intricacies of the game better than many fans (and coaches) of the game - Kids who grew up playing Madden NFL know the intricacies of the game better than many fans (and coaches) of the game "because of attention to arcane details that has demystified the complexities of football to a population that never before understood the [via]
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5/12/2006 @ 19:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Scared of Santa - Happy holiday memories (via Metafilter)
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jimray : iPod ShuffleBud - USB adapter for the 2 Gen iPod Shuffle by Incipio - Functional yet fugly
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5/12/2006 @ 19:01 GMT
jimray : The South African XMPP Federation OpenID Server - Log in to OpenID sites with your Jabber ID - wicked cool
Rod Begbie : The South African XMPP Federation OpenID Server - OpenID server which uses Jabber for authentication. Give your Jabber ID and a temporary token, and it will IM you and ask for your permission to login. Very clever. [via] #
Simon Willison : XMPP OpenID server - XMPP OpenID server. An OpenID provider that sends you a Jabber message when you try to log in, to help guard against phishing.
factoryjoe : The South African XMPP Federation OpenID Server - This is an OpenID server that uses XMPP's XEP-0070 for authentication. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: xmpp, openid
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5/12/2006 @ 19:01 GMT
jimray : Content Management Systems I Would Or Wouldn’t Fuck - "Textpattern whispers in your ear 'I’ll do whatever you want. Come on, touch me here,' and you touch it there and it DIES."
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jimray : WPF/E First Release Available - Latest "flash killer" in beta
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plasticbag : Octogenarians sing 'Fix You' by Coldplay - A weirdly moving bit of television and music that has a certain cheese factor that's cut quite nicely by the sense that the people who sing know exactly what they're singing about - more than anyone a third of their age possibly could...
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5/12/2006 @ 19:00 GMT
plasticbag : Beautiful graphic design in the Gloucester Road Underground station by Chiho Aoshima - I've seen the adverts for this all around the tube, but I didn't realise it would be displayed like this. I totally want to go and see this now. It looks sort of beautiful...
Jon Hicks : 'city glow, mountain whisper' - Gorgeous, stunning, underground art at Gloucester Road Tube [via]
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5/12/2006 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : Clever ad for Viagra (nsfw) - It's almost a shame that I don't get to read more of my spam because it can be highly entertaining. Here's one of the better ones I've seen in a long time, a clever ad for Viagra. Warning: NSFW but LOL nonetheless.
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Matthew M. Boedicker : Bob Marley, Haile Selassie and God
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5/12/2006 @ 18:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : Firefox always on top - Yay, a new stupid Firefox bug. I wonder if keyboard focus works in 2.0?
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plasticbag : Pixelotto is a well-publicised (in the UK) attempt to replicate the success of the Million Dollar Homepage, but this time with a new gimmick - It's actually trying to collect $2 million dollars, and the differentiator is that one person who clicks on the ads will be awarded $1 million dollars or 50% of the prize fund, with the rest going to the organisers. Smart, if slightly creepy, model...
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5/12/2006 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : iFilm legally showing Comedy Central clips - welcome to the new networks; Daily Show and Colbert Report updated nightly
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5/12/2006 @ 17:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Power of Plain Text - (via wikipedia) [via]
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Jeremy Zawodny : Natali post pictures of herself... - Natali post pictures of herself...: and geeks drool in comments. Suddenly TechCrunch becomes Valleywag. WTF?!
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5/12/2006 @ 15:00 GMT
wearehugh : Sam Ruby: HOWTO Embed MathML and SVG into HTML4 - mad. props.
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5/12/2006 @ 15:00 GMT
wearehugh : Mozilla Corp. to work more closely with Linux distributors - "I've also talked to Alexander Sack of Debian ... about how to make Mozilla upstream be in line with the DFSG" How about open sourcing it?
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5/12/2006 @ 15:00 GMT
jkottke : Rare Florida ballot stamp a fake - Remember the whole rare stamp on a Florida absentee ballot thing? Turns out it was a fake. "The give-away signs included an incorrect number of border perforations, the stamp's thickness and its colour." (thx, m)
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5/12/2006 @ 11:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : SimpleBits - A deceptively simple redesign from Dan. The epitome of a clear, readable, yet sumptuous site design. Elastic too!
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5/12/2006 @ 10:01 GMT
43folders : How-To: Print DIY Planner Hipster PDA Cards Direct to 3x5 - Emory presents another terrific tutorial -- this time on printing DIY planner index cards on an all-in-one HP printer.
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5/12/2006 @ 09:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Study say marijuana no gateway drug - Study say marijuana no gateway drug: "Marijuana is not a “gateway” drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study."
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5/12/2006 @ 07:01 GMT
jimray : Competitive Yoga - BuzzFeed - Huh?
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5/12/2006 @ 06:01 GMT
Linkorama : LibraryThing UnSuggester - Suggests books not to read based on what you read. This one is a test for the singularity, which is nieh
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Linkorama : The MySpace for adults - LinkedIn is profitable
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5/12/2006 @ 06:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Consultant - Consultant: "A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him..."
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Jeremy Zawodny : This was a very difficult Thanksgiving - This was a very difficult Thanksgiving: because he met his half sister and recognized her as a porn star! hahahahaha!
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5/12/2006 @ 05:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Costco: Sceptre 42" LCD HDTV w/ External Tuner Box - I have succumbed to the temptations of HDTV. Got what I consider to be "a steal". I ♥ Costco. #
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5/12/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
jkottke : Harold and Kumar Part 2 is set to begin filming in January - Good news: Harold and Kumar Part 2 is set to begin filming in January.
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5/12/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Information Architects Japan - Blog Archive - The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard - "Most websites are crammed with small text that is a pain to read. Why?"
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5/12/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Create and share outlines online - Lifehacker - "Web-based iJot combines a word processor and a wiki to turn your notes into outlines, which you can then save and/or share."
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5/12/2006 @ 04:00 GMT
deusx : globeandmail.com: They adore their 64s - "Nostalgia and a sense of computer-whiz community has kept [TPUG] going for nearly 30 years."
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Andy Baio : Wife, daughters of missing CNET editor found alive - James Kim is still missing, but this is amazing news
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5/12/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
jkottke : Hmm, perhaps Richard Taylor's fractal analysis of Jackson Pollock paintings isn't useful after all - Hmm, perhaps Richard Taylor's fractal analysis of Jackson Pollock paintings isn't that useful after all.
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5/12/2006 @ 01:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : MySpace worm - Some messy mix of Quicktime, Javascript, cookies
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5/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Yahoo! aerial imagery in OpenStreetMap - Tracing is allowed. This should speed things up an awful lot.
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5/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Firebug 1.0 Beta - Unbelievably brilliant software. I use this every day.
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5/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
wearehugh : Debian Etch delayed, Lars not getting a Debian tattoo after all
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5/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
jkottke : Steven Johnson's outside.in project gets some nice ink in the NY Times - Steven Johnson's outside.in project gets some nice ink in the NY Times. (via df) [via]
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5/12/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : Boing Boing: Zombie chickens rise from mass graves - Totally makes me want to eat tofu: "Apparently though, "zombie birds" that managed to survive have been spotted emerging from mass graves at Northern California farms."
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5/12/2006 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : MercuryNews.com | 12/03/2006 | `Zombie chickens' hatch debate over older chickens' fate - Again with the tofu hunger: "To kill the chickens, farmers suffocate them in sealed boxes filled with carbon dioxide, a practice that has drawn the ire of animal rights groups. Afterward, the hens are layered in mounds of sawdust."
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5/12/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Laying Odds on Semel's Successor for the Corner Cube at Yahoo! - Laying Odds on Semel's Successor for the Corner Cube at Yahoo!: there are some pretty stupid suggestions on this list... can you find them?
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jkottke : Pro baseball player Don Carman wrote up a list of stock responses to reporter's questions - Pro baseball player Don Carman wrote up a list of stock responses to reporter's questions...it reads like a script for almost every locker room interview I've ever seen. "We're going to take the season one game at a time."
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