26/01/2007 @ 23:06 GMT
jimray : AP News feed on Wii looks hella cool - Does this mean I can expense a Wii now?
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26/01/2007 @ 23:04 GMT
deusx : Air Will Be Taken Out Of Tires License Plates Removed From Unauthorized Parkers on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - "Quite possibly one of the nastiest, angriest and most threatening "Don't Park Here!" signs I have ever seen in my life... And I grew up in New York! "
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26/01/2007 @ 23:04 GMT
deusx : Mercury Mariner Hybrid - This guy complains about various miscommunicated / wrong details on a vehicle he purchased, and sums it all up with: "NEVER NEVER NEVER Buy a vehicle without seeing/driving it first." HURRRR
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26/01/2007 @ 23:04 GMT
deusx : Charlie's Diary: The writer's lifestyle - "Being a self-employed writer is not a lifestyle that suits everyone. In fact, there are a lot of misconceptions about what the job entails."
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26/01/2007 @ 23:04 GMT
deusx : rc3.org: Keep your mouse off of those links - "It seems like I'm visiting more and more Web sites that force me to make sure that I haven't mistakenly left my mouse pointer over the browser while I'm reading."
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26/01/2007 @ 23:03 GMT
deusx : Happy Hacking Keyboard Coming to the Mac - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) - "Seriously, though, how can you not want a happy hacking keyboard?"
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26/01/2007 @ 23:03 GMT
Andy Baio : Mapping New Testament Social Networks - from the guys who did the Mechanical Turk bible quote database
jkottke : Social network map of the New Testament - Social network map of the New Testament. Jesus is a supernode. (via waxy) [via]
Jeremy Zawodny : Mapping New Testament Social Networks - Mapping New Testament Social Networks: heh... social networks of the bible.
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26/01/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
jkottke : Long audio interview with Michael Lewis by economist Russ Roberts on "the hidden economics of baseball and football" - Long audio interview with Michael Lewis by economist Russ Roberts on "the hidden economics of baseball and football". "Michael Lewis talks about the economics of sports -- the financial and decision-making side of baseball and football -- using the insigh
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jkottke : Jason Kidd's post-marriage free throw routine: kiss my ass! - Before NBA player Jason Kidd split with his wife, his free throw routine included blowing a kiss to her. After the ugly breakup, he kisses his fingers and wipes them on his butt...kiss my ass!
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26/01/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
jkottke : Muji is planning on opening "two Muji stores in New York between July and December" - Ho. Ly. Shit! Muji is planning on opening "two Muji stores in New York between July and December". Anyone have a sub to WWD...email me the text of this article? Got it, thanks Nixta! (via the cap'n) [via]
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26/01/2007 @ 22:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : silverware/tool combinations
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26/01/2007 @ 22:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : even with Charlie Cards, Boston still has the worst public transportation system in the country - (via cynical-c.com) [via]
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26/01/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
jimray : The Secret Diary of Hillary Clinton - [this is good]
Rod Begbie : The Secret Diary of Hillary Clinton - Even funnier than "Fake Steve". "Great. Liz Taylor is endorsing me. Can someone please find a way to shut this old bag up? I mean who's next? Michael Jackson?" [via] #
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26/01/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally - AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally: excellent
deusx : AirTran Grounds Screaming Toddler And Family, Literally - Consumerist - "...we are suddenly more interested in flying AirTran for the no psychotic toddler policy. There are other people on the plane, and if you can't control your kid you need to be removed rather than ruin/delay the flight for everyone else."
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26/01/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : SF Chronicle starts podcasting voicemails from angry readers - "pilotless airplane! pilotless airplane! drone, drone, drone!"
jimray : SF Chronicle starts podcasting angry voicemails - God, this is gonna be good
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26/01/2007 @ 21:03 GMT
43folders : Is there a utility that will let me save my screen layout? | Ask MetaFilter - "Every morning...I have to spend a little bit re-arranging all my active application windows where I want them."
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43folders : My backup paranoia | David Roessli's Empty Set - Thoughtful, detailed rundown on handling backup for your Mac world.
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26/01/2007 @ 21:03 GMT
deusx : Hold the coffee: scientist puts caffeine in doughnuts - {{{O_O}}} "Robert Bohannon, a molecular scientist living in Durham, N.C., has developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods such as doughnuts and bagels."
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26/01/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google’s Policy on No follow and Reviews is Hypocritical and Wrong - Google’s Policy on No follow and Reviews is Hypocritical and Wrong: heh
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26/01/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : What We Don't Know - What We Don't Know: a list of things we don't yet know the answers to... some of them are dumb, but most are not
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26/01/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Downtown San Jose 1975-2005 - Downtown San Jose 1975-2005: Pictures of San Jose, old and new. Some things have really changed, and others not so much.
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26/01/2007 @ 21:00 GMT
Andy Baio : In My Language, autistic woman speaks her native language and translates into ours - she responds in the comments; this instantly changed my perception of the world
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26/01/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : jwz - A litle less nitrous next time - ""I'LL EAT YOUR SOUL.""
Nelson Minar : Horrifying dentistry - Cute smiles for your dentist mask, auuugh!
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Nelson Minar : SL Economy rebuttal - Castronova argues that Second Life's economy is ok, just very small
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Rod Begbie : YouTube - Kitty Washing Machine - Automatic "spa" for pets. I'd pay good money to see Bacon and Clyde take a run through one of these things. [via] #
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Rod Begbie : Show me - The Boston Globe - Local live-music aggregators Tourb.us and Tourfilter get a writeup in the Globe. [via] #
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Simon Willison : Web 2.0 Company Name Generator - Web 2.0 Company Name Generator. I talked to a company recently who had actually used this to come up with a name for one of their products.
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26/01/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : Google is now including YouTube videos in Google Video search results - Google is now including YouTube videos in Google Video search results. I love the smell of synergy in the morning.
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26/01/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
jkottke : Music video for Rock Me Amadeus by Falco - Music video for Rock Me Amadeus by Falco. Not to be confused with the Dr. Zaius song from The Simpsons.
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26/01/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
43folders : A man can't hide from his trash on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - In which Dayan and I extoll the sublime restorative powers of Blue Rockstar.
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26/01/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : Synth coke - When you're too cheap to buy your ho real coke (via BoingBoing)
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26/01/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : Election machine keys - Someone makes a working Diebold election machine key from a photograph
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26/01/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Commodore 64 and PET Programs - Swinth! - Call me a nerd, but when I was 12 or so I used to sit in my room with the lights off and chill out to the music & graphics from this program. No drugs involved.
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26/01/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Commodore 64 and PET Programs - "I've only just begun making movies of my thousands of PET and C-64 programs so check back occasionally to see new ones as I add them."
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26/01/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Xylophagia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Xylophagia is a condition involving the excessive consumpion of wood. It is also a type of eating disorder called Pica."
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26/01/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Couple Brought Together Through Mutual Desperation | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - "Despite their past romantic woes, Ridenour and Klein said they are confident they can one day forge a marriage on a strong foundation of not wanting to die alone."
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26/01/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : bilerico.com: The dirty underbelly - "Tell me the stories that will embarrass those conservative bigots that are backing a constitutional ban on our formalized relationships. Send me gossip about who's a philanderer, a kink fiend, a drug addict, a porn addict, or had a divorce, an abortion o
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26/01/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Video: College Saga - funny real-life recreation of a classic 8-bit RPG
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26/01/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : Light Criticism - Beautiful Eyebeam criticism of new NYC ad medium
deusx : YouTube - LIGHT CRITICISM - "Advertising is the mindless vandalism of the Fortune 500."
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26/01/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
Nelson Minar : An autistic's account - The video is interesting but a bit irritating; it's singificantly humanized when the woman speaks for herself in the Metafilter comments
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26/01/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
jimray : Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 Gag Reel
deusx : Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 Gag Reel - Google Video
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26/01/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Pink Kitty Designs - My friend Jenney's lovely homemade cards. Now with "Breakup Cards", just in time for Valentines Day! #
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26/01/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
jkottke : Two structural engineers pick their ten favorite man-made structures - Two structural engineers pick their ten favorite man-made structures.
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26/01/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
wearehugh : Googlebombs Defused? - interesting mostly for the list of attempted googlebombs
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26/01/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
Simon Willison : The Django Book: Deploying Django - The Django Book: Deploying Django. Solid advice based on years of experience at the Journal-World and the Washington Post.
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26/01/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Farm subsidies in United Kingdom - Farm subsidies in United Kingdom. Top recipients of EU subsidies in the UK include Tate and Lyle and Nestle—do they really need the money?
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26/01/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : YouTube - Ricky Gervais Meets Larry David [via]
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26/01/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : How to Be Good (To Yourself)
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26/01/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Amapedia - A community for sharing information about the products you like the most, by Amazon (Wikipedia for products)
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26/01/2007 @ 11:00 GMT
Simon Willison : MySpace Allegedly Kills Computer Security Website - MySpace Allegedly Kills Computer Security Website. No need for the allegedly; it’s been confirmed. MySpace got GoDaddy.com to redirect DNS for seclists.org after a list of phished user accounts posted to the full disclosure mailing list list was
Matthew M. Boedicker : godaddy took down seclists.org in ill-informed, knee-jerk reaction (because myspace asked them to)
kellan : GoDaddy redirects DNS for security site at MySpace’s requeust - GoDaddy redirects DNS for security site at MySpace’s requeust. Like I’ve said before, like you need another reason not to use GoDaddy, especially if you’re doing anything political or controversial in nature. #
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Simon Willison : XForms in Firefox - XForms in Firefox. Practical tutorial on taking advantage of the Firefox XForms plugin, sadly not yet bundled with the browser itself. [via]
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26/01/2007 @ 11:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Clive Thompson's A Head for Detail - good article on Gordon Bell and MyLifeBits; recording every piece of his life [via]
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26/01/2007 @ 10:01 GMT
jimray : LA Times going 24/7 - “To put it bluntly, as a news organization, we are not web-savvy. If anything, we are web-stupid.â€
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26/01/2007 @ 10:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Gen Kanai on the High Cost of Monoculture - Korean Internet are stuck using IE 6 because of ancient encryption standards
Linkorama : the cost of monoculture - This nation is also a unique monoculture where 99.9% of all the computer users are on Microsoft Windows. This nation is a place where Apple Macintosh users cannot bank online, make any purchases online, or interact with any of the nation's e-government si
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26/01/2007 @ 06:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Flickr Ramps up Triple Tag (Machine Tags) Support. - Good explanation from RevDanCatt of the awesome potential of Flickr's new "Machine Tags". Also a great example of a company watching what their users were doing, and working out a way to enhance that behaviour and crank up the awesomeness at the same tim [via] #
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26/01/2007 @ 06:00 GMT
wearehugh : Eddie RSS and Atom Parser for Java
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26/01/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Humanized - Interesting looking program launcher for Windows -- It actually makes CAPS LOCK a useful key on the keyboard again -- but I'm not sure it's worth $25. [via] #
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26/01/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
gleuschk : Customizing the size of the tex-shell window | Ask MetaFilter - askme is freaking stupendous.
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26/01/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Social whitelisting with OpenID... (plasticbag.org) - Social whitelisting with OpenID... (plasticbag.org). Tom’s write-up of the social whitelisting idea. Lots of sceptics in the comments.
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26/01/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Justin Mason: more on social whitelisting with OpenID - Justin Mason: more on social whitelisting with OpenID. The author of spam assassin warns that whitelist-based trust networks are a lot harder than they look.
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26/01/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Vista Wallpapers from Flickr Users - Vista Wallpapers from Flickr Users: nice!
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26/01/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Boeing 777 Wing Ultimate Load Test [video] - Boeing 777 Wing Ultimate Load Test [video]: very cool
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26/01/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Mates of State's Kori Gardner on touring with kids - she's been writing a regular column for Babble on being a parent in a band
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26/01/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
jkottke : Why are Klimt's paintings so expensive all of a sudden? - "Until a few decades ago, Gustav Klimt was relatively ignored by the art establishment. Now his paintings are among the most expensive ever sold. How did the Viennese painter's prices rise so high so fast?"
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26/01/2007 @ 01:02 GMT
tehu : Twitter - The Tao of Mac - "Twitter is like a web mash-up of those pointless random sentences in Douglas Coupland novels, but with only one font size." - Huhu
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26/01/2007 @ 01:02 GMT
cobra libre : Famous photographs recreated in Lego - Lego Stieglitz, Lego Frank, etc. [via] #
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26/01/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Where does open source code come from? - Where does open source code come from?: congrats to Sun, who takes the #1 slot with a long lead
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26/01/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
wearehugh : Re: WordPress and Atom 1.0 - Matt confirms that Atom 1.0 support will be in Wordpress 2.1 + 1
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26/01/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
wearehugh : Changeset 4803 - WordPress Trac - Trac - Wordpress trunk: initial Atom 1.0 support
Jeremy Zawodny : Changeset 4803 - WordPress Trac - Changeset 4803 - WordPress Trac: WordPress finally gets Atom 1.0 support
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26/01/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
wearehugh : Behind the mirror – usability testing musings (day one) - Wait till I come!
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wearehugh : Deaf Web Users Fear Being Left Behind As TV Shows Stream Onto the Internet - WSJ.com - old, but news to me: itunes videos don't include captions or subtitles
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26/01/2007 @ 00:02 GMT
jcgregorio : raleighing: Upcoming Lecture on Raleigh's Future - "The presenter of this lecture will be Bruce Katz, Vice President at the Brookings Institution. "
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26/01/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Yahoo's most popular BitTorrent searches - I swear I had nothing to do with this
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26/01/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
jkottke : Smart or Stoopid is a neat quick intelligence test - Smart or Stoopid is a neat quick intelligence test. (thx, mark)
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