6/12/2006 @ 23:01 GMT
jimray : AWS::S3 - Ruby Library for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) - Looks to be the most complete Ruby/S3 library
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6/12/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : A Few Thoughts on Technology Evangelism - A Few Thoughts on Technology Evangelism: "How much of their credibility comes from the companies they work for versus the quality of their writing, speaking, technical expertise, and massive personal networks?"
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6/12/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : James Kim found, dead - tragic end to this incredible story of survival and loss
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6/12/2006 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: Real-Life Leeroy Jenkins - some background, in case you missed it
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6/12/2006 @ 22:01 GMT
deusx : Peter Miller - Magnetic Yellow Card - "This magnet was tossed onto your car by a cyclist who felt that you might have been driving in a way that could have endangered their life."
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6/12/2006 @ 22:01 GMT
deusx : Some Republicans Take a Scorched-Hill Tack - WSJ.com - "Like a retreating army, Republicans are tearing up railroad track and planting legislative land mines to make it harder for Democrats to govern when they take power in Congress next month."
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6/12/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
jkottke : Photographs taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor suggest that liquid water may still run on Mars - Photographs taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor suggest that liquid water may still run on Mars. Successive photos of crater gullies show activity in the last 4 years.
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6/12/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
jkottke : After getting stuck in the mud the first time, the USS Intrepid pulls free from Manhattan for repairs - After getting stuck in the mud the first time, the USS Intrepid pulls free from Manhattan for repairs. Update: Photo gallery capturing the ship's departure.
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6/12/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
jimray : Amazon S3 Library for REST in Ruby - Use Amazon's simple storage web service with Ruby, and (presumably) Rails
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6/12/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
jimray : RubyForge: s33r - "Library for talking to the Amazon S3 REST API. Supports putting objects, listing buckets, generation of URLs for authenticated access to S3, ACL management, etc"
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6/12/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
jimray : About rails3 - "rails3 is a simple hack done in one hour of drone coding using the Amazon S3 Ruby API."
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6/12/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : CSS Source Ordered 1-3 Columned Page Maker - CSS Source Ordered 1-3 Columned Page Maker: neat toy
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6/12/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Why We Worry About The Things We Shouldn't...And Ignore The Things We Should - Why We Worry About The Things We Shouldn't...And Ignore The Things We Should: a good story about how dumb people are when it comes to risk and probabilities
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Jeremy Zawodny : Google's talent may be headed out the door - Google's talent may be headed out the door: "There are dozens of trophy hires and incredibly smart, entrepreneurial minds buried inside Google who are fast-becoming frustrated with their inability to accomplish anything."
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6/12/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : Robert Shields is the author of the world's longest diary - Robert Shields is the author of the world's longest diary. It runs to 35 million words and he wrote about everything he did. Everything. "3:30-3:45 I was at the keyboard of the IBM Wheelwriter making entries for the diary."
philgyford : Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society » The World’s Longest Diary - For me to come back to whenever I start documenting my life just that little bit too obsessively. (via Boing Boing)
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6/12/2006 @ 19:02 GMT
Linkorama : Amazon Invests in Wikia - Which also acquires Armchair GM for more than $2M
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6/12/2006 @ 19:01 GMT
kellan : The Disney Blog: Mary Poppins re-cut into Horror film - As someone who watched this movie a hundred times growing up, brilliant. #
Nelson Minar : Scary Mary Poppins - Reimagined as a horror film (via BoingBoing)
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Nelson Minar : Firefox load time ext. - Add-on shows you how long a page takes to load
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jimray : The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s - The nostalgia is killing me!
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Nelson Minar : Depressing spam story - NYT breaks down the disaster that is email
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deusx : Cyber Snipaâ„¢ Dog Tags Australia - "The Dog Tag combines USB flash memory with a handy tool kit for emergency repairs in the field."
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deusx : History of the Button ? Blog Archive ? Push for free cheese - "One of the simplest and most satisfying buttons ever."
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jkottke : The NBA admits that its new ball is a piece of crap and that, hey!, they should have consulted the players before they made the change - The NBA admits that its new ball is a piece of crap and that, hey!, they should have consulted the players before they made the change. I can't believe that businesses still function like this...what a bunch of idiots.
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jkottke : Richard Dawkins answers some questions from readers of the Independent - Richard Dawkins answers some questions from readers of the Independent. "Terrible things have been done in the name of Christ, but all he ever taught was peace and love. What's wrong with that?"
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Jeremy Zawodny : Avi2Dvd - Avi2Dvd: "Avi2Dvd is an All In One tool in order to convert with just few clicks an Avi/Ogm/Mkv/Wmv/Dvd to Dvd/Svcd/Vcd." That looks handy...
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jkottke : An increasing number of novels contain bibliographies, once the domain of the nonfiction book - An increasing number of novels contain bibliographies, once the domain of the nonfiction book. I love bibliographies...bring them on.
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6/12/2006 @ 16:01 GMT
43folders : Ideas For Dozens: Why "I'm A PC" Works - "That's why the twinge of hate towards The Mac guy that these commercials inspire is their final touch of genius."
Rod Begbie : Ideas For Dozens: Why "I'm A PC" Works - That feeling you get from the "I'm a Mac" adverts that you like the PC more than the Mac? That's what Apple want you to feel. [via] #
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6/12/2006 @ 15:00 GMT
jkottke : Wonderful interview with photographer Simon Norfolk on BLDGBLOG - Wonderful interview with photographer Simon Norfolk on BLDGBLOG. Norfolk photographs landscapes of war, but not just battlefields. "Because quite soon there aren't going to be guys with guns shooting at each other. We're quite soon getting to the era of U
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6/12/2006 @ 10:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : Conjectural Transcript of the Upcoming Negotiations Between Apple and Universal Music - This cheered me up no end!
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6/12/2006 @ 10:01 GMT
deusx : Middleware and Utilities - WSGI Wiki - "These can generally be used to augment WSGI applications, or create web frameworks."
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6/12/2006 @ 07:01 GMT
jimray : Hunter S. Thompson, photographer - On the road to Tijuana, hanging with the Hell's Angels, various still lifes
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6/12/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
wearehugh : Re: [xml-dev] Victory has been declared in the schema wars ...
jcgregorio : Re: [xml-dev] Victory has been declared in the schema wars ...
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6/12/2006 @ 05:00 GMT
jkottke : My upside down Mii - My upside down Mii. I was trying to make a Picassoesque Cubist Mii, but the editor isn't that functional so this is what I ended up with instead.
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6/12/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : What to do in a Terrorist Attack - "If you spot terrorism, blow your anti-terrorism whistle. If you are bald, yell really loud."
fastclemmy : What to do in a Terrorist Attack - What to do in a Terrorist Attack by fastclemmy Hilarious parodic version of ready.gov. terrorism bushism humor hotlinks Copy | React (0)
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6/12/2006 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Armed and Dangerous » Blog Archive » Cthulhu and Christ - WHO WILL BE EATEN FIRST?
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deusx : List of weapons that don't exist, but should - Uncyclopedia - "This list attempts to describe various weapons that don't exist, but should, or may in an alternate universe. To meet the criteria for inclusion on this list, a weapon must theoretically be able to kick a minimum of twelve varieties of ass."
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6/12/2006 @ 04:00 GMT
jkottke : I thought that said "Netherlanders" - I thought that said "Netherlanders"...I was ready to put that in the "odd things I didn't know about the Dutch" column.
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6/12/2006 @ 03:01 GMT
kellan : Women 2.0: Converting Your Passion into a Real Business - Oh my, so many things wrong with that event title. With featured speaker Nick Douglas I'm voting for elaborate hoax. #
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6/12/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : SftpDrive: The SFTP Network File System for Windows - SftpDrive: The SFTP Network File System for Windows: "Map your SSH server as a Windows network drive with SftpDrive." I know people who could use this...
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6/12/2006 @ 02:01 GMT
Nelson Minar : ZIP code scribbles - Interesting visualization of US zip code allocation (via Peter)
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6/12/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Rumor: Yahoo executive powwow after market closes - Rumor: Yahoo executive powwow after market closes: news trucks are at the main campus... something strange is afoot at the Circle Y
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6/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : The case for OpenID - I look forward to embracing our OpenID future.
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6/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
jkottke : in 2006, Europe experienced its warmest autumn in 500 years - Welcome to your new climate: in 2006, Europe experienced its warmest autumn in 500 years. "The results show that 2006 has beaten the 'hottest' autumns of 1772, 1938 and 2000 by about a degree."
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