28/02/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
cameron : Code Golf - Community of people solving simple coding problems using the least number of keystrokes
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kellan : Map porn: 5,000 years of conquest in the Middle East. - Map porn: 5,000 years of conquest in the Middle East.. 5,000 years in 90 seconds. [via] #
adamrg : The Conquests of the Middle East - A great animated map that shows the various empires established throughout the history of the middle east.
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Matthew M. Boedicker : frugal lunch - (via del.icio.us/popular/) [via]
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28/02/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
jimray : USA Tomorrow - USA Today's website redesign launches soon. I wish they'd dump the Fisher Price design and organize a little better, nice to see the social and personalization features, though.
Cameron Moll : USAToday.com redesign + dictionary-averse designers - "...keep in mind that [these mockups] were put together by designers, who sometimes needn’t bother with dictionaries..." From a review of the USAToday.com redesign, and a jestful jab at us design folk.
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28/02/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
deusx : Schneier on Security: Is Everything a Bomb these Days? - From a comment: "Ignore then, laugh at them, try to understand them, but for gods sake do not give them a victory."
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28/02/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Quick update on MIT professor Seymour Papert, who was struck... - Quick update on MIT professor Seymour Papert, who was struck by a motorbike in Hanoi in Dec 2006. "Prof Papert's family said that he had been discharged from the hospital in Boston in the US. He is now still undergoing treatment at home. Luckily enough, h
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28/02/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
Linkorama : What Would Jesus Wiki? - Conservapedia "is a gold mine of unintentional hilarity," wrote Mark Frauenfelder on Boing Boing last Monday.
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jimray : More on "Aftermix," Brightcove's Flex-based tool for editing video - I'm not entirely sure why you'd want to do this in a browser instead of iMovie, but looks pretty nifty
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28/02/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
jimray : Idiocratic Design - More background movie design, this time from Mike Judge's brilliant "Idiocracy"
cameron : The design of Idiocracy - Mike Judge's movie was one of the worst I've ever seen, but somehow I keep talking about it. This post answers my question of why: the design and concept were excellent, but the acting and execution pretty much blew chunks.
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28/02/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Three computer scientists from Israel have developed a software program... - Three computer scientists from Israel have developed a software program called Beauty Function. The program scans a human face and then produces an image of "a slightly more beautiful you". Here are some of the program's results. (via mr) (link) [via]
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28/02/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
nelson : Guy Savoy / Vegas - our intrepid stagiere from Paris tries working at the Vegas outpost, finds it unimpressive
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28/02/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Maps drawn from memory - The first time I saw a world map drawn from memory was at Christopher Fahey's apartment. I forget how long it took him to draw, but it was remarkably accurate and fairly large (a few feet across). Ever since then, I've kept an eye out for other hand-drawn [via]
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28/02/2007 @ 18:03 GMT
Cameron Moll : North Temple Meetup @ SXSW - North Temple Meetup @ SXSW, Saturday at 7pm. I'll be there, as well as several (like 15) others from the team. "Come and learn what it takes to manage the many websites and applications of a organization with more than 12 million members, and share experi
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28/02/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
43folders : Verbarius Clock | Uncrate - Love the idea of this. It's like an IRL Fuzzy Clock.
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28/02/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Pilot error cited in fatal 2005 crash of tour glider - Pilot error cited in fatal 2005 crash of tour glider: a sad story of what happens when you only shoot for the minimum requirements
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28/02/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : This is an old one, but this cartoon of the... - This is an old one, but this cartoon of the various views of a design/software project is pretty good. (link)
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28/02/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
43folders : End of Message - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "EOM can also be used in conjunction with No Reply Necessary or NRN"
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28/02/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Linkorama : Gaming email currency - there's that old business plan again. problem is getting critical mass, however
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28/02/2007 @ 17:01 GMT
deusx : 365 tomorrows - Frame of Reference - "Therefore, I must be the center of the universe. Everything does revolve around me."
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Jason Kottke : Over 1,000 photos and carte de visites of the Civil... - Over 1,000 photos and carte de visites of the Civil War. (What's a carte de visite?) (link)
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28/02/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : RemapCapsLock - (via askbjoernhansen) [via]
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28/02/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : A brief history of Minesweeper. - A brief history of Minesweeper. (link)
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28/02/2007 @ 15:26 GMT
adamrg : A Glimpse and a Hook
deusx : Rands In Repose: A Glimpse and a Hook - "The terrifying reality regarding your resume is that for all the many hours you put into fine-tuning, you've got 30 seconds to make an impression on me. Maybe less."
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28/02/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
Simon Willison : soupselect - soupselect. My simple extension to BeautifulSoup that allows you to grab elements using CSS selectors; should be useful for parsing microformats.
factoryjoe : SoupSelect - Google Code - A single function, select(soup, selector), that can be used to select items from a BeautifulSoup instance using CSS selector syntax. Currently supports type selectors, class selectors, id selectors, attribute selectors and the descendan
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28/02/2007 @ 11:00 GMT
plasticbag : Birth rates around the world - how far down the list is your first world country? - Germany has an almost terrifyingly low birth-rate. I wonder why.
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28/02/2007 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Maps from Memory - more in the Flickr group
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28/02/2007 @ 09:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : A serif companion for Meta - It will be everywhere by the end of the year.
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Jeremy Zawodny : Are You There God? It's Me, Monica - Are You There God? It's Me, Monica: "Somehow these girls have developed the indifferent attitude toward performing oral sex that one would associate with bitter, long-married women or streetwalkers."
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28/02/2007 @ 06:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Philip Greenspun's Weblog : Free helicopter rides for programmers - Stonking prize for the BarCampBoston2 programming contest -- A free helicopter tour of Boston with PhilG as your pilot! #
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28/02/2007 @ 06:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Not a joke: James Cameron claims to have discovered the... - Not a joke: James Cameron claims to have discovered the burial cave of Jesus and his family. Includes the obligatory Da Vinci Code reference. "The [burial] boxes bear the names: Yeshua [Jesus] bar Yosef [son of Joseph]; Maria [the Latin version of Miriam,
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deusx : Saved by the Bell - Jessie-1.wav (audio/x-wav Object) - "I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'M SO SCARED!"
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28/02/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
gleuschk : YouTube - Pinky and the Brain - Brainstem - Brainstem! Brainstem! (thanks for this, snark)
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28/02/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : The only known copy of the Honus Wagner T206 baseball card... - The only known copy of the Honus Wagner T206 baseball card in near mint condition was sold recently for $2.35 million. "The T206 Honus Wagner card has long been recognized as the most iconic, highly coveted and valuable object in the field of sports memor
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28/02/2007 @ 03:03 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : effective emacs - most useful so far Alt-t transpose word (via bryan-murdock.blogspot) [via]
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28/02/2007 @ 03:02 GMT
WillPate : unconference the book - If you've been to or helped organize and unconference, please contribute
Rod Begbie : unconference the book - Wiki-based attempt to write a book about BarCamp and co. [via] #
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28/02/2007 @ 03:02 GMT
WillPate : Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center - Sweet sweet gmail tips
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28/02/2007 @ 03:02 GMT
WillPate : How Intuit created an Online Community for the elusive Small and Medium Business
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28/02/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Simon Willison : A Review of a Book That Should Be Read Much More Widely Than It Will Be - A Review of a Book That Should Be Read Much More Widely Than It Will Be. Greg reviews “Why Aren’t More Women in Science?â€, a collection of 15 articles that make their arguments based on scientific research.
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28/02/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Dexter Walks - Dexter Walks: "This Valentine's Day I saw one of the most exciting things I've seen in my life: Trevor Blackwell's robot finally walked. Dexter is, as far as we know, the first dynamically balancing biped robot..."
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28/02/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : The seminal photography collective Magnum has a new blog. - The seminal photography collective Magnum has a new blog. (link)
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28/02/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Here's one for your SXSW calendar: Buzzfeed and Ze Frank... - Here's one for your SXSW calendar: Buzzfeed and Ze Frank are hosting a party on Saturday, March 10 at 10pm with music by Juiceboxxx. Disclosure: I'm an advisor to Buzzfeed and as such, I advise you to check out this party. (link)
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jimray : Ambient background clips from Children of Men - Really amazing, fantastic attention to detail
Andy Baio : Video: Background ephemera from "Children of Men" - including commercials, billboards, and interface design [via]
nelson : Children of Men details - Amazing reel of some of the advertising and propaganda ephemera in the film
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28/02/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : "Stewart Brand has become a heretic to environmentalism, a movement... - "Stewart Brand has become a heretic to environmentalism, a movement he helped found, but he doesn't plan to be isolated for long. He expects that environmentalists will soon share his affection for nuclear power. They'll lose their fear of population grow
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