15/12/2006 @ 23:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Ask Reddit: Why do so many reddit users hate java? (reddit.com) - Look, actual code comparisons.
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15/12/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
wearehugh : Third MS Word Code Execution Exploit Posted - 'Microsoft suggests that users "do not open or save Word files"...' Doesn't that sorta place an upper limit on its usefulness as a word processor?
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15/12/2006 @ 22:00 GMT
jkottke : Ken Jennings accepts gambler's $50,000 SAT bet - Two weeks ago, author and professional gambler David Sklansky offered $50,000 to any Christian who believes in Jesus' resurrection, believes non-believers will go to hell, *and* could beat his score on the SAT. A dumb bet, but ok. Jeopardy uber-champion K
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15/12/2006 @ 21:01 GMT
WillPate : Community Next » The Present and Future of Online Communities - My buddy Noah Kagan is throwing a conference about online communities. Sweet!
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15/12/2006 @ 20:01 GMT
43folders : [Is Breath Capture for real?] - Well, of course it's "patent pending." You don't let a million dollar idea like this go off-leash. [via:bb]
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15/12/2006 @ 20:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : interview with a guy who plays World of Warcraft with five simultaneous coordinated characters
Nelson Minar : 5 boxing WoW PVP - Crazy guy plays 5 Warcraft characters at once
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15/12/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Threadless Deals With Plagiarism - they handled it very well
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15/12/2006 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : Fun recursive graphic on the front of the Weekend Arts section of the NY Times today - Fun recursive graphic on the front of the Weekend Arts section of the NY Times today.
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15/12/2006 @ 19:00 GMT
jkottke : The goal of The Shower Project was to shower with 100 women by the end of 1999 and photograph the results - The goal of The Shower Project was to shower with 100 women by the end of 1999 and photograph the results.
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Linkorama : SaaS in 2007: reaching out to offline users - Damn, I thought I would be the first to make this prediction
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15/12/2006 @ 18:00 GMT
plasticbag : My lovely colleague Simon Willison has gone and finally relaunched his weblog in Django - I know weblog redesign posts are a bit 1999 but still, it's really clear and well organised with a range of innovative little UI and archiving touches. Worth a look.
Rod Begbie : Finally powered by Django - Simon Willison's shifted his blog onto a Django-based platform. I think I might have a crack at this myself -- The limitations of MovableType (not least the fact that I don't know Perl terribly well) keep biting me these days. Could be fun to roll-my-ow #
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jkottke : Even though the most popular password on MySpace is "password1", most users' passwords are pretty good - Even though the most popular password on MySpace is "password1" (the 5th most popular password is "blink182"), most users' passwords are pretty good...and better than corporate employees' passwords.
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jkottke : Wii remote strap recall - I don't know how so many people are hurtling their Wii remotes across the room, but Nintendo has seen fit to recall the straps and replace them for free. To find out if you need a new strap (some remotes already have the better strap), check here. (thx, j
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15/12/2006 @ 17:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : WII Mod WII: Mii Transfer Station - Smart people have worked out how to download/upload Miis from/to the Wiimote over Bluetooth, and set up a forum for Celebrity Mii trading. [via] #
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jkottke : Daniel Dennett = Santa Claus - Daniel Dennett = Santa Claus.
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15/12/2006 @ 16:00 GMT
plasticbag : Wendy Grossman writes about the recent advert posted by 4500 musicians protesting about Gowers rejection of copyright term extension on recordings - Turns out some of the people who protested were—well—dead. Makes you wonder who decided to protest on their behalf. Maybe the people who actually own the recordings? Bit dodgy.
deusx : net.wars: I hear dead people - "Keep music dead. Hire dead musicians."
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15/12/2006 @ 15:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Choices, Simplicity... and Elegance? - Joel Spolsky on Elegance in software design: "On the other hand, if you’re using simplicity to mean a lack of power, a lack of features, that’s fine, if you want to be in the paper clip business, good luck with that, but the chances that you
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15/12/2006 @ 15:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Project Management Made Easy - "A few months ago I had an epiphany of sorts. I realized that I was pretty good at managing projects. Must of the projects that I manage come in on-time, on- or under-budget and with relatively few problems." Project Management Made Easy by Keith Robinson
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15/12/2006 @ 15:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Task Analysis Grid - "This is one of our most successful artifacts during the design process (next to personas and wireframes). A client once said that this artifact 'takes our 60 page requirements document and distills it down to one page.'" Task Analysis Grid by design and
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15/12/2006 @ 15:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Creating a page curl in Photoshop - Creating a page curl in Photoshop.
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15/12/2006 @ 12:00 GMT
plasticbag : Are you cleverer when you're hungry? - Given that most schools in the UK are currently focusing on making sure children have had a good breakfast in order to improve behaviour and concentration, it's an interesting and impactful argument to make...
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deusx : HUMMIN' SLOWED BY STRUMMIN': Guitar video game hurt Zumaya's arm - "Zumaya, 22, was known to play "Guitar Hero," a PlayStation 2 game in which a player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the performance of popular songs."
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15/12/2006 @ 04:00 GMT
jkottke : Prospect Magazine lists the most overrated and most underrated books of 2006 - Prospect Magazine lists the most overrated and most underrated books of 2006. Top 3 overrated are The God Delusion, The Blunkett Tapes, and Everyman. I so agree about Everyman...it's the only book I read this year where I genuinely wanted my money back at [via]
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15/12/2006 @ 03:00 GMT
gleuschk : The Little Professor: A House Carol - seeing "House" as "A Christmas Carol". I totally missed that.
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15/12/2006 @ 02:01 GMT
jimray : How To Choose CD/DVD Archival Media » Ad Terras Per Aspera - I keep seeing this pop up, probably something I should read some day
philgyford : How To Choose CD/DVD Archival Media » Ad Terras Per Aspera - Use DVD+R discs manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, if you can identify it. (via Daring Fireball)
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jimray : Lulu tv's best web video of aught six - via Virginia Heffernan's NYT Screen blog
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jimray : Wired News: MySpace Passwords Aren't So Dumb - Bruce Schneier looks at MySpace passwords and finds that folks generally do a better job picking those than picking the password for the beige box sitting under their desk
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15/12/2006 @ 02:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : Boston Red Sox : News : Sox unveil Matsuzaka - The negotiations are finally over: Dice-K will be wearing Number 18 on the mound at Fenway come April. A snip at $102m #
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15/12/2006 @ 01:02 GMT
43folders : Naked Scarlett Less Interesting Than Email - "Here we are, Keira and I [Scarlett Johansson], and we're totally naked, and some guy is on his BlackBerry."
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Curse launches with Django platform - Handles 500k visits/hour!
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The MyBlogLog Blog: MySpace and WordPress happenings - The MyBlogLog Blog: MySpace and WordPress happenings: this very well may fuel mybloglog growth quite a bit
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Data APIs (Beta) Developer's Guide - Using the Google Spreadsheets Data API - Google Data APIs (Beta) Developer's Guide - Using the Google Spreadsheets Data API: 'The Google Spreadsheets data API allows client applications to view and update Spreadsheets content in the form of a Google data API ("GData") feeds. Yo
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Drawing Tools now available in Google Earth - Drawing Tools now available in Google Earth: "This newly added feature adds path and polygon drawing tools to easily draw and pinpoint areas, for easier communication. Time animation has also been added to the newest Google Earth Version 4 Beta."
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : reddit stored passwords in clear, then they got stolen! - reddit stored passwords in clear, then they got stolen!: WTF?! They never hashed passwords?!?! Wow.
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : AJAX Affects Page Views - AJAX Affects Page Views: 'How do you calculate the "top site" if the value of page views is constantly changing?'
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15/12/2006 @ 01:00 GMT
jkottke : Lifestyles of dictators - Lifestyles of dictators. "Like many celebrities [Castro] keeps odd hours (he is known to sleep just a few hours a night), eats mostly vegetarian, and has admitted to bedding over a thousand women."
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jkottke : "Pizza upskirt" is the term for a from-underneath-the-crust photo of a slice of pizza - "Pizza upskirt" is the term for a from-underneath-the-crust photo of a slice of pizza. Example. Does that make this a hamburger down blouse?
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Jon Hicks : Photoshop CS3 beta tomorrow! - So its true! Hope they release a beta for InDesign too, its killing me!
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15/12/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
deusx : YouTube - 40 (lv 1-5) Tauren raid going Elwynn Forest - "rofl through strangle thorn haha"
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15/12/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
deusx : YouTube - XXX-MAS KITTEN - "Hard Place and Rabiez and Rubiez wish you the merriest of Christmases! And may you enojoy this little miss kitten mitten meat cakes! Rejoice in the Bethlehem Shiner!"
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15/12/2006 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Drawing Paths and Polygons - Google Earth User Guide - Drawing Paths and Polygons - Google Earth User Guide: "You can draw free-form paths and polygons in the 3D viewer and save them in your My Places folder just as you would a placemark."
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Jeremy Zawodny : RAM CAMERA MOUNTS - RAM CAMERA MOUNTS: "RAM Camera Mounts hold video and still cameras securely."
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