5/03/2007 @ 23:09 GMT
Khoi Vinh : SweetTalk 20 NYC - “A one-day conference featuring some of today's leading creatives in design, photography, and illustration.” Included on the bill is the awesome Michael C. Place, formerly of The Designers Republic, who is an awesome designer even though his W
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Khoi Vinh : Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: “Baby 81” Due in Stores 01 May - I can’t wait for this. Their 2005 release, “Howl,” is still the most played album in my iTunes library.
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5/03/2007 @ 23:03 GMT
43folders : Vox Pop: What’s your “Mac Whine?†| 43 Folders [currently at *150* comments] - Next person who says all Mac folks are un-critical Apple fanboys will kindly suck it.
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5/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
gleuschk : Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - Map of the system of human knowledge - Imagination == Poetry
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5/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Dashcode review - Dashcode review. “Dashcode is quite possibly the best non-Firebug Javascript environment I’ve ever used.†High praise indeed.
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5/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Silent Air Guitar Challenge Deathmatch - if Micki Krimmel's Smells Like Vlog Spirit doesn't win, something's wrong with this world
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5/03/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Coming in July: Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design by Michael... - Coming in July: Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design by Michael Bierut. Looks like some of those essays will be drawn from Design Observer. (link)
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5/03/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Who’s Right About The Social Media Revolution — The People Or The Revolutionaries? - Who’s Right About The Social Media Revolution — The People Or The Revolutionaries?: "...if you told the average USA Today user that the redesign made the site more “social,” they’d probably have no idea what you’re
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5/03/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : An interview with John Lasseter on how the Pixarification of... - An interview with John Lasseter on how the Pixarification of Disney is proceeding. (link)
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jimray : USA Today website relaunch is official - Lots of new community oriented features, the design is still pretty, ah, utilitarian, though
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5/03/2007 @ 21:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : For next time around, how to photograph a lunar eclipse.... - For next time around, how to photograph a lunar eclipse. Here's a list of upcoming eclipses. (via inmyallstars) (link) [via]
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5/03/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : gas mileage hackers - (via boingboing) [via]
philgyford : This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk - People who compete to get the best mileage out of cars by turning engines off, not braking, and more complicated techniques. (via Kottke)
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5/03/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
jimray : TV in Japan might just be the best thing on the internet - See, it's just like TV, but crazy
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5/03/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Lovely designed condom applicator from South Africa...just put it on... - Lovely designed condom applicator from South Africa...just put it on and pull the applicator away. (link)
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5/03/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
jcgregorio : Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | REST Tips: URI space is infinite
deusx : Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | REST Tips: URI space is infinite - "For status codes, if the given zipcode is not a valid one then we will return a 404 Not Found, and a PNG of a red X, otherwise we return a 200 Ok for the happy green checkmark."
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5/03/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
jcgregorio : [uf-discuss] XOXO to JSON and back - Kevin Marks
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5/03/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
jimray : In a battle of image, Duke takes black eye - This just confirms what most of us have known for years: that Dook is a bunch of over-rated prima donnas
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5/03/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Why do we believe in God? - The cover story in this week's NY Times Magazine is called Darwin's God and covers, from an evolutionary biology standpoint, why people believe in God. Most scientists studying the matter believe that humans have a built-in mechanism for religious belief.
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5/03/2007 @ 18:04 GMT
jcgregorio : Python Cheese Shop : zdaemon 2.0a6 - process control
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5/03/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Dating Design Patterns - Found while buying the Gang of Four book from Amazon. "Encapsulated Big Fat Opening: Creating a sandbox environment for a female to request the pleasure of your company while still claiming encapsulated intentions." Bizarre. #
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5/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Develop Web applications for local use - Develop Web applications for local use: I love the subhead "Architecture for the single user"... it's so retro in today's world.
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5/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Three solid Gmail productivity tips - Three solid Gmail productivity tips: good stuff from Matt
WillPate : Three solid Gmail productivity tips
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5/03/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : How many countries can you name in 10 minutes? I... - How many countries can you name in 10 minutes? I got just over 70...my weak spots were Africa and spelling. And 10 minutes just isn't enough time. See also name the 50 US states in 15 minutes. (link)
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5/03/2007 @ 17:03 GMT
Linkorama : Better badware notifications - Notifying and providing URL lookup site admins that are being blocked as badware, the missing feedback loop we were hoping for when miscategorized
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5/03/2007 @ 17:03 GMT
Linkorama : The Next Wave of Enterprise 2.0 - My interview with SandHill.com
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5/03/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Linkorama : Northern Voice Gave Me the Plague - "That night I slept thirteen hours, and had a feverish dream in which I was a wiki and anyone could edit me. More of a nightmare, really."
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5/03/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
cameron : Extreme close ups of bugs splattered on winshields - They look more the result of crash tests than bugs
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5/03/2007 @ 16:03 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : notes from a biography of Andrew Carnegie
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5/03/2007 @ 16:03 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : tumblr now automatically imports feeds from other sites
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5/03/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
philgyford : Research | Within Families - The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness - How to ensure your child has a happier life, but interesting and valuable for adults too. A shame the references are linked to online resources. (via Blackbeltjones)
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5/03/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
philgyford : NOTBBC - The Comedy Forum - Lee and Herring @ Tedstock - YouTube video of Lee & Herring performing old and new material. "Hello, I'm a Mac." "It could have been us! Where did it all go wrong!?" Very funny.
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5/03/2007 @ 16:01 GMT
gleuschk : Steve Jobs talking on an iPhone tucked in his front pocket on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - ooh, a sighting in the wild
Matthew M. Boedicker : picture of Steve Jobs at a kids soccer game using an iPhone? - (via del.icio.us/gleuschk) [via]
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5/03/2007 @ 16:01 GMT
cameron : Chickenhead McNuggets at a McDonalds near you - McNasty! First rats, then this. What is the fast food industry going to do?!
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5/03/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Wrong-headed impersonation - Wrong-headed impersonation. Kim Cameron discusses user absent authentication, and emphasises the importance of delegation using delegation coupons.
deusx : Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog - Wrong-headed impersonation - "We need to move beyond the idea of omnipotent services running behind the curtain, which is what we have come up with in the past, to a truly secure model where the user consciously delegates and systems demonstrate this in an auditable fashion."
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5/03/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Andy Baio : How the world really shapes up - cartogram maps with countries distorted to reflect certain statistics
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5/03/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Dan Hill, who coincidentally is the director of web and broadcast... - Dan Hill, who coincidentally is the director of web and broadcast at the aforementioned Monocle, has a thoughtful post about Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, a documentary film that follows Zinedine Zidane through an entire soccer match. (link)
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5/03/2007 @ 15:01 GMT
Jon Hicks : Adobe announces Creative Suite 3 launch date - Huzzah! The most awaited date is almost here!
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5/03/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
plasticbag : Chris Lightfoot 1978-2007 - Chris worked on a number of MySociety projects that have had a significant and positive impact on the UK
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5/03/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : Nice positive review of Monocle, a new monthly magazine... - Nice positive review of Monocle, a new monthly magazine that would "bond and glue all the people that roam the world". I finally got my hands on the first issue the other day and it is quite something. "Overall, Monocle comes across as fresh, original, ca
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5/03/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
WillPate : The Best Facebook Apps - Create a Google Gadget, get all your friends birthdays into Google Calendar or iCal, send Facebook photos easily into Flickr or WordPress, rate and map your friends, and get media recommendations.
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5/03/2007 @ 07:17 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Area 404 - Novel 404 error pages and messages. Tongue in cheek contingency design.
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5/03/2007 @ 07:07 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Scooby Doo a la Manga - Nicely done re-rendering of the Scooby Doo gang.
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5/03/2007 @ 07:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : golden sections in the music of Zelda games - (via del.icio.us/popular) [via]
deusx : The Tanooki » Blog Archive » Zelda Music of Golden Proportions - "the golden ratio is thought by many to represent a ratio of natural beauty. Buildings, human faces, and musical compositions that exhibit this ratio tend to be considered “beautiful,” regardless of whether or not the beholder realizes the presence of
Andy Baio : Zelda Music of Golden Proportions - what do the Legend of Zelda theme and the Fibonacci sequence have in common?
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5/03/2007 @ 07:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : skrbl: easy to share online whiteboard - Ugly frontpage, but potentialy very useful quick-and-dirty online whiteboard app. [via] #
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5/03/2007 @ 05:01 GMT
jimray : Reykjavik, Iceland: Saegreifinn - Bittman says get thee to Saegreifinn when you get to Iceland, I shall oblige him
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5/03/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Installed Base, Product Redesign, and USA Today - Installed Base, Product Redesign, and USA Today: "They are a great example of how a company that radically changes a product without sufficiently preparing its installed base risks both..."
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5/03/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jason Kottke : The best animated gif ever created, I reckon. A tour... - The best animated gif ever created, I reckon. A tour de force. (link)
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5/03/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Is Search Broken? - Is Search Broken?: yes, it is partially broken. I'm glad someone noticed.
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5/03/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
jimray : Black Sheep trailer - I hate scary movies but love scary movie parodies, this one looks like it's got potential
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5/03/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Five things I hate about Python - Five things I hate about Python. By Jacob Kaplan-Moss. I didn’t know you could force eggs to install unzipped with an option in ~/.pydistutils.cfg—that’s always been my least favourite thing about them.
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