2/03/2007 @ 23:03 GMT
jcgregorio : BSBlog » Blog Archive » Mozilla Build System: Now Requiring Python, and new Windows build package - """Starting next week the Mozilla build system is going to require python on all platforms. This will allow us to gradually convert various build scripts which are currently written in perl, and start hacking on an autoconf replacement written in python."
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2/03/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : The Boring Store: A Tour of 826CHI's Chicago Spy Shop - Chicago's answer to SanFran's pirate shop and New York's superhero store opens, and it's just as brilliant. [via] #
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2/03/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : YouTube - Chicken chicken chicken - Everything a Powerpoint presentation *should* be. (http://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf if you want to see the scientific paper on which this talk is based) [via] #
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2/03/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal - Um... The BBC is going to put promotional clips on YouTube. Explain to me why this is "news"? #
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2/03/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : The PopWatch Interview: Controversy on 'South Park,' what-what-what?!? - Trey Parker and Matt Stone hint that the season premiere of South Park is so controversy-prone, they can't reveal its topic in case it gets pulled. Also coming soon: Cartman as Jack Bauer in a 24 spoof. #
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2/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : This Place Sucks - Superfriends [video] - This Place Sucks - Superfriends [video]: It's Office Space for superheros!
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2/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : I think it's perfectly OK for John McCain and Barack Obama... - I think it's perfectly OK for John McCain and Barack Obama to say that the US is wasting the lives of the American troops that have been killed in Iraq. In the ignoble pursuit of politics, people are penalized for telling the truth, or at least for tellin
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jcgregorio : XMLHttpRequest HTTP Feature Tests - need to test opera and safari here
wearehugh : XMLHttpRequest HTTP Feature Tests
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2/03/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : ForeignAffair - ForeignAffair: highly rated local shop for honday/acura/toyta/lexus work
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2/03/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Four short videos in which Ira Glass talks about the... - Four short videos in which Ira Glass talks about the art of storytelling. (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 21:02 GMT
jimray : BBC and YouTube finalize distribution deal - 3 channels available - one for news, two for entertainment. Meant to be a "promotional vehicle" not for streaming full content
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Jeremy Zawodny : The Counter - The Counter: Build Your Own Burger... there's one in Palo Alto
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Jeremy Zawodny : TIM ATTEMPTS 5 LB BURGER WITH 54 TOPPINGS......IN UNDER 30 MINUTES - TIM ATTEMPTS 5 LB BURGER WITH 54 TOPPINGS......IN UNDER 30 MINUTES: via andrei
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2/03/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
Eric Meyer : Web Misunderstandards - Andy speaks truth to, well, everyone. Go. Read.
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2/03/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
Eric Meyer : steampunk star wars - How many kinds of awesome are these? Answer: all the kinds of awesome there ever have been or ever will be.
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2/03/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : Blizzard makes a cool site connected to World of Warcraft in near real time - there are lots of possibilities for MMORPG / web integration
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2/03/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
jimray : Install multiple versions of IE on your PC - Nifty installer that handles all the DLL crap you have to go through to get multiple versions of IE working on your machine.
wearehugh : Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft
philgyford : Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft - This has come a long way since I last looked at this kind of thing. Now comes with a handy installer.
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2/03/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
jimray : Pattern matching with CSS selectors - I'm embarrassed that I didn't already know some of these. Embarrassed.
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2/03/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : The Morning News announces the results of the Non-Expert's Contest... - The Morning News announces the results of the Non-Expert's Contest for Total Idioms. The phrase "if a bird can't fly, it walks [is] used to suggest someone should stop making excuses why they can't do something". (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 19:03 GMT
Eric Meyer : PayPal Job: Web Standards Evangelist - Really sounds like a fantastic position. Of course, I had the same job title at Netscape, so I probably would think that.
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2/03/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
jimray : 71Miles - All travel is local
factoryjoe : Hotels, vacations, restaurants and activities - 71Miles - Most getaways are short, local trips. 71Miles is a growing network of travel sites focused exclusively on regional travel, nothing else. Tags: travel, northern california, trips, vacation
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2/03/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
jimray : Making innovation work at newspapers - Thoughts on innovation teams inside of newspapers, certainly applicable to other media orgs as well
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2/03/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
plasticbag : The d.Construct 2007 User Experience Design Conference has a pretty nice holding page - Good odds I'm going to be talking at d.Construct this year. Not certain by any means, but good odds.
Khoi Vinh : d.Construct 2007 - Web conference from the bright kids at Clearleft. Cleverest ‘coming soon’ page I’ve seen in a long time.
Richard Rutter : d.Construct 2007 teaser - The organisation is well and truly underway.
Cameron Moll : d.Construct 2007 - d.Construct 2007. Fun site design (don't miss the pink nav/switcher at top). But more importantly, will we see you there?
jonhicks : d.Construct 2007: User Experience Design Conference - Love the new site - have a play around with the different design stages.
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2/03/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Zodiac the first all-digital feature film? - In doing some research in anticipation of seeing Zodiac sometime this weekend, I came across the following tidbit: [Zodiac is] believed to be the first full-length studio feature film shot and produced entirely as data from start to finish, with no physi
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2/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Redneck Trailer Supplies - Redneck Trailer Supplies: "the leading wholesale distributor of trailer supplies" this is for real
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2/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : I haven't watched much professional-grade badminton so I don't know if... - I haven't watched much professional-grade badminton so I don't know if this is normal, but this point lasts far longer than I would have expected. (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Via VSL comes word of a new book that sounds... - Via VSL comes word of a new book that sounds interesting: The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything. "In 101 of the pettiest cultural categories -- e.g., Bob Dylan cover songs, James Bond gadgets, bald guys -- the authors and their team [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Excited Red Sox Fans Eagerly Await Debut Of Matsuzaka's 'Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion' | The Onion - "His Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion breaks three feet inside before cutting sharply toward the dugout, where falsehood and cowardice are forced to shrink before it!" [via] #
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2/03/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : March 2, 1995: Enter Yahoo - March 2, 1995: Enter Yahoo: "Yahoo, which began life in 1994 as Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web, was the brainchild of a couple of Stanford grad students, Jerry Yang and David Filo."
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plasticbag : It's not every day you see a brand new sort of interface on the web, but that's what you get at oreseg.com - It's an online video portal with a difference. Not sure what I think about it, but the interface is certainly thought-provoking...
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2/03/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : How to build a really fantastic snow fort. "Your secret... - How to build a really fantastic snow fort. "Your secret weapon would be a garden hose with a misting attachment at the end, so long as it provides an extremely gentle mist. Work from a distance, letting the water have some time to cool in the air before i
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2/03/2007 @ 16:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : a guy who managed his lottery jackpot the smart way - (via kottke) [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 16:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : smart ambient clock displays upcoming events and how long it will take to get there
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2/03/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Math for the Masses - Math for the Masses. WordPress.com now supports inline LaTeX. A great example of a feature that will turn a small subset of a user base in to life-long fans.
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2/03/2007 @ 15:05 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : business model suggestion for entrepeneurs: find an old UNIX command that hasn't been implemented on the web
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2/03/2007 @ 15:04 GMT
gleuschk : Ironic Sans: 50 States in 10 Minutes - don't forget Delaware. everyone always forgets Delaware.
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2/03/2007 @ 15:03 GMT
Simon Willison : Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web - Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web. The base platform technology for RIAs is too important to be controlled or designed by any single party.
wearehugh : Ted Leung on the Air » Blog Archive » Adobe wants to be the Microsoft of the Web
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2/03/2007 @ 15:02 GMT
Simon Willison : Safe JSON - Safe JSON. Subtle but important point about JSON APIs: you shouldn’t use a callback or variable assignment for JSON incorporating private user data, especially if it’s at a predictable URL. [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 15:01 GMT
plasticbag : A guy uses a bunch of items of clothing and sleeping bags to make himself look like sundry animals - I need Simon Willison to do the one on the bottom right. Too funny.
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2/03/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
plasticbag : I have no idea how or why this Mail.app speed-up tip works, but work it does... - I'll probably discover that I've deleted all my mail from the last ten years. I'll take no responsibility if you destroy your computer. In the meantime though, this had an amazing effect on my machine...
Rod Begbie : A faster way to speed up Mail.app - Since Apple Mail uses the opensource sqlite for its data repository, you can speed up Mail by running a SQL vacuum on the index file. [via] #
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2/03/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : A list of well-know logos & brands and their design... - A list of well-know logos & brands and their design histories. (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 13:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Brian Cox at LIFT07 - Brian Cox at LIFT07. An accessible 20 minute explanation of particle physics and the Large Hadron Collider.
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2/03/2007 @ 12:00 GMT
Simon Willison : i'm Home - i’m Home. “Every time you start a conversation using i’m, Microsoft shares a portion of the program’s advertising revenue with some of the world’s most effective organisations dedicated to social causes.†Microsof
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2/03/2007 @ 11:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Steampunk Star Wars - Steampunk Star Wars. Beautiful illustrations of Star Wars re-imagined in a steampunk context. [via]
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WillPate : 32 Toronto Google Maps Mashups - huzzah!
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2/03/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
deusx : Authors Find Their Voice, and Audience, in Podcasts - Publishing - Podcasts - New York Times - "Several times a week Mr. Sigler, 37, steps into a walk-in closet in his San Francisco home. He reads into a microphone that connects to his computer via a sound mixer. Hanging shirts envelop him, masking ambient sound."
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2/03/2007 @ 08:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : mplementation Showdown: Y! BBAuth vs OpenID - mplementation Showdown: Y! BBAuth vs OpenID: "BBAuth has that annoying extra page every visit but tons of people have Y! accounts. Implementation was also pretty quick and easy."
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2/03/2007 @ 07:17 GMT
adamrg : Department Store Tyranny? - What do you do when the anti-theft device flags you as a potential criminal?
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2/03/2007 @ 06:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Nice interview with Grant Achatz, owner and chef at Alinea,... - Nice interview with Grant Achatz, owner and chef at Alinea, which many consider to be the best restaurant in America right now. (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 06:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Slang suggestion: "bang the brinks" as a euphemism for getting... - Slang suggestion: "bang the brinks" as a euphemism for getting money from an ATM. "Everybody knows how Mario from the Super Mario Brothers is getting money: He bangs against a brick with his head." (link)
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2/03/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Brad Duke won $85 million in the Powerball lottery in 2005.... - Brad Duke won $85 million in the Powerball lottery in 2005. Here's how he's spent the money so far. (via cyn-c) (link) [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : A tour of The Boring Store, the Chicago outpost of... - A tour of The Boring Store, the Chicago outpost of Dave Eggers' 826 non-profit writing/tutoring conglomerate and "Chicago's only undercover secret agent supply store". The store joins NYC's superhero supply store and San Francisco's pirate supply store. (
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2/03/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Generation Kill is the newest project for HBO from David... - Generation Kill is the newest project for HBO from David Simon and Ed Burns, creators of The Wire. It's a 7-hour miniseries based on Marines fighting in the Iraq war. "Gritty mini will look at the early movements of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and de [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
jimray : Woz is on twitter - Appears to be the real deal, too
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2/03/2007 @ 02:03 GMT
joshua : fighting splog
Matthew M. Boedicker : fighting splog - (via del.icio.is) [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
nelson : Lexicon Triumverate - the insane ramblings of the "Why I Hate Blacks" guy.
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2/03/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
jimray : Splicing your feeds with Yahoo! Pipes - This looks even handier than the version I just built
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2/03/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
jimray : Docs for creating custom Tumblr themes
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2/03/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
WillPate : Is Facebook tracking you? - Creeptastic
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2/03/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
gleuschk : NPR : Students' View of Intelligence Can Help Grades - if you teach students that their intelligence can grow and increase, they do better in school.
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2/03/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin - Permalink Redirect WordPress Plugin. Neat WordPress plugin that forces a redirect to an item’s permalink if the URL has any extra crud in it. [via]
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2/03/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
jimray : Tumblr will now import feeds from other services and post them automatically - This goes a long way towards solving the problem of posting in two places
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2/03/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
gleuschk : Teeny Little Super Guy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - (TLSG)
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2/03/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : More Django (likely more than is healthy) - More Django (likely more than is healthy). Jacob’s advanced Django tutorial from PyCon. I really like the template he’s using to present the slides and notes.
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2/03/2007 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Chicken Police? - "Fighting rabbits get what they deserve."
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2/03/2007 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Rabbit vs Snake - Hase vs Schlange - "This is a Fight with a Rabbit an a snake. Enjoy it."
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2/03/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Simon Willison : The Beauty Of The Diffie-Hellman Protocol - The Beauty Of The Diffie-Hellman Protocol. Some useful explanations here. Diffie-Hellman is used by OpenID to establish a shared secret between the provider and the consumer.
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