14/08/2007 @ 23:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Two Social System Design Trends That Should Really, Really Stop. Like now. - "Yes, I know you’d love to have access to my address books and IM lists. But stop asking me for my login & password. Like to poke around my bank account while you’re at it? Take my wife out for naked tequila shots? How about just kicking me in the #
deusx : Two Social System Design Trends That Should Really, Really Stop. Like now. at Like It Matters - "Yes, I know you’d love to have access to my address books and IM lists. But stop asking me for my login & password."
factoryjoe : Two Social System Design Trends That Should Really, Really Stop. Like now. - A nice push for the use of OAuth! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: oauth, passwords, login, single signon
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14/08/2007 @ 23:01 GMT
deusx : uncov / Nobody Gets Laid At BarCamp (barcamp) - "Basically you sign up to come pitch your useless startup to a bunch of other jerkoffs who are pitching their useless startups, and it doesn't stop until everyone gets a full release."
Linkorama : Nobody Gets Laid At BarCamp - BarCamp is a conference sort of thing that revolves around a Wiki. Basically you sign up to come pitch your useless startup to a bunch of other jerkoffs who are pitching their useless startups, and it doesn't stop until everyone gets a full release.
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14/08/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
deusx : CRACKED.com - World of Warcraft: A 12-Step Program - "Maybe we can combat it the same way people combat alcohol addiction. Guildmaster, please give us the standard 12-step program so we can examine it."
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14/08/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
nelson : Alaska bush flying - Awesome photography, crazy landing spots
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14/08/2007 @ 20:02 GMT
nelson : SCOX, a study in fraud - Crappy IP lawyers pumped this stock up for years with fradulent claims about ownership of Linux IP. Now the company is truly over.
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14/08/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : infinite-sushi.com - ecto3 alpha - "This release of ecto3 is an alpha-release. In other words, it has bugs and it has missing features that will be incorporated in later versions"
Rod Begbie : infinite-sushi.com - ecto3 alpha - The splendid OS X blog authoring tool gets an (alpha) upgrade. [via] #
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14/08/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
gleuschk : statement from the interim managing editors of "K-theory" - no manuscripts submitted to "K-theory" have been forwarded to Springer by the managing editor, since April 2006. now that's some shitty unprofessional behavior.
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14/08/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
Linkorama : User-generated conferences - The point here would be that conferences--just like media companies--are being nibbled at by the grassroots, the user base, the audience--and alot of what's going on is much ore interesting that what the old school is doing.
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14/08/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
Linkorama : Matt Asay on COSS - Why capitalist pigs would be good for Mozilla
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14/08/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
nelson : Bioshock art book - Free download; this game has beautiful design
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14/08/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : YouTube - World of Warcraft BigBlueDress - "Why I ask / it doesn't make much sense / that a man of my stature / is made to wear a dress?"
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14/08/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Dimension Of Deskmod :: Icon Design - Dimension Of Deskmod is a website where you may find quality icons for your computer. We offer design solutions with the best quality icons. Visit now Dimension Of Deskmod and see what quality means. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Detai
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14/08/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Smashing Magazine: Best of July 2007 - Monthly round-up of Web design-centric links.
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14/08/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
adamrg : Study: It doesn't pay to be smart - IQ doesn't correlate with wealth, or financial distress. Damn.
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14/08/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : TECH cocktail Boston - Another local geek networking event -- this one with the promise of free booze. The evening collides with O'Reilly's second Ignite Boston night, which will lead to an interesting splitting of the audience. #
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14/08/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Why Did Google Answers Shut Down? - appropriately answered by a former GA researcher, now answering on UClue
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14/08/2007 @ 17:01 GMT
43folders : [QS going Open Source?] - "Future core development - whatever form it takes - will take place largely in open source."
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14/08/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Jason Scott releases arcade manual archive - 1,700 vintage game manuals as watermark-free PDFs
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14/08/2007 @ 14:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Emerging consensus in favour of a unified document format standard? - Emerging consensus in favour of a unified document format standard?. A call to arms from Mark Shuttleworth—help convince ISO to adopt ODF as a single unified document format standard.
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14/08/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Kids in Europe justify piracy: "Papa pirates, so I do, too"
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14/08/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : Study: Primary role of the Internet shifting from communications to content
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14/08/2007 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Pixelmatrix Design - Home - Pixelmatrix Design is a small design company founded by Josh Pyles, and located in beautiful Portland, Oregon. We focus our design on effectively communicating with the world, while still maintaining beautiful design. We believe beauty i
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14/08/2007 @ 10:00 GMT
jonhicks : Ace Jet 170 - If I had a blog of the year award, this would win it. Can't get enough.
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14/08/2007 @ 09:02 GMT
joshua : Wikidbase: the ultimate groupware application, possibly - halfway between a wiki and a database?
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14/08/2007 @ 09:02 GMT
joshua : List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations - virgil's work goes public. awesome
Simon Willison : List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations - List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations. See anonymous edits from CIA IP addresses, Fox News and more. [via]
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14/08/2007 @ 09:01 GMT
joshua : See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign - wired article on virgil's wikipedia scannner
Andy Baio : Wired News on Wikiscanner, tracking anonymous edits by sneaky organizations - several outstanding spin jobs were found and submitted by readers [via]
Rod Begbie : See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign - Tool to find astroturfing on Wikipedia. Sadly, the site that powered this article is overloaded and down currently. [via] #
François Nonnenmacher : See Who's Editing Wikipedia - Diebold, the CIA, a Campaign - Corporate vandals, say hello to the Wiki Tracker!
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14/08/2007 @ 07:01 GMT
factoryjoe : AT&T admits it censored other bands | Tech news blog - CNET News.com - It looks like Pearl Jam isn't the only band that has had its politically charged comments bleeped from concerts streamed from AT&T's Blue Room Web site. AT&T issued a statement on Friday admitting that this kind of thing has happened be
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factoryjoe : Tasty Blog Snack - IPHONE BILL - I finally got my first bill from AT&T in a cardboard box containing 300 pages of it. Apparently, they give you a detail transaction of every text message sent and received. Completely unnecessary. Sign up for e-billing! Stop the madness
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14/08/2007 @ 05:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : Real Life Comics - comic strip for August 10, 2007 - I need to get myself a t-shirt with a traffic cone on it, clearly. #
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14/08/2007 @ 04:03 GMT
jcgregorio : Religion beat became a test of faith - Los Angeles Times
deusx : Religion beat became a test of faith - Los Angeles Times - "Clearly, I saw now that belief in God, no matter how grounded, requires at some point a leap of faith. Either you have the gift of faith or you don't." I guess 'gift' is one way to describe it.
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14/08/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Dinosaurs with Jetpacks. at Shots Ring Out - This was my read too. Universal's DRM-free experiment is mostly an attack on Apple's success with the iTunes Music Store. [via] #
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14/08/2007 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Hotmail will soon bring you more of your requests, better performance - Hotmail will soon bring you more of your requests, better performance: "If you’d rather see your inbox immediately upon login, you have the option to turn off the page of MSN news (called the Today page)." I wish Yahoo Mail offered that fe
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14/08/2007 @ 03:02 GMT
43folders : http://www.tdbspecialprojects.com/index.html
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14/08/2007 @ 03:02 GMT
deusx : Erlang, the next Java - "If you want to build a multicore application in the next few years, you should look at Erlang."
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14/08/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : syntaxhighlighter - syntaxhighlighter: "SyntaxHighlighter is here to help a developer/coder to post code snippets online with ease and have it look pretty. It's 100% Java Script based and it doesn't care what you have on your server." Kick ass.
deusx : syntaxhighlighter - Google Code - "SyntaxHighlighter is here to help a developer/coder to post code snippets online with ease and have it look pretty."
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14/08/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
plasticbag : There's a rumour going around that TV and Films will finally start being available on iTunes in the UK in the next few weeks... - A lot depends on what series are for sale. Very different contractual relationships in the UK I imagine, with the weird relationship between satellite and digital terrestrial stuff...
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14/08/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
plasticbag : Fascinating Wired Magazine story on how using ambient feedback can help lower energy consumption... - I've been desperate to play with a Wattson for a while. I suggested my parents get one and the look of terror on my mother's face at the idea of my father continually turning off lights was too much for me to bear!
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14/08/2007 @ 02:03 GMT
Khoi Vinh : “Helvetica: A Documentary Film” Now for Sale on DVD - Recommended! Thanks to Stan.
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deusx : Tasty Blog Snack - IPHONE BILL - "I finally got my first bill from AT&T in a cardboard box containing 300 pages of it."
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14/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Viva Las Vegas for Casino Profits - Viva Las Vegas for Casino Profits: ever wondered how much money those casinos pump into the Nevada economy? Joe's got the numbers...
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14/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Transmission of tacit knowledge: teaching what we don’t know that we know - Transmission of tacit knowledge: teaching what we don’t know that we know: "There are all sorts of obvious reasons to narrate the work that we do. By doing so we build reputation, we attract like-minded collaborators, we draw constructive criti
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14/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
plasticbag : SEO Blogs like Sitevisibility really freak me out... - This is a big post about Jason Calacanis and how he said SEO was crap but is apparently a god anyway because he gets traffic to his sites. Wha?! Who are these bloody people?!
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plasticbag : Biddulph pointed me towards Echocrome, a super freaky Escher like game that works on the principle that if you can used isometric flattened perspectives to make something look possible, then suddenly it is possible... - Difficult to explain. Watch the totally astonishing video and then wonder to yourself if you'd have the patience to play it or if you'd sit there swearing and wanting to kill the creators within ten minutes of purchase.
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14/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
plasticbag : Lunatic toothbrush has a weird little thing at the back that redirects water from the tap into your mouth for rinsing... - It's the future, you see. This is an innovation that I suspect may make it into quirky production toothbrushes but will probably never make any sense for real actual like people or whatever.
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14/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
plasticbag : Awesome Faceball gallery on Wired.com includes pictures by yours truly... - Even a couple of lame quotes as well. Weird thing, faceball.
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14/08/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Citizen Space San Francisco, SOMA | Yelp - Citizen Space Reviews on Yelp! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: citizen space, coworking
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14/08/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
plasticbag : The lovely Paul A. Young of ridiculously awesome chocolate fame has a range of videos on Brightcove explaining how to appreciate and use chocolate... - It's pretty ridiculously fascinating stuff. Ways to check how good chocolate is by snapping it and listening to the sound, by allowing it to melt in the mouth, by crunching it down. Makes me wish I can smell.
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14/08/2007 @ 00:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML (revised) - This memo presents a technique for using XML (Extensible Markup Language) as a source format for documents in the Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) and Request for Comments (RFC) series. This memo is an upwards-compatible revision to RFC 2629. S
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14/08/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : OSCON 2007 - Steve Yegge on Branding - OSCON 2007 - Steve Yegge on Branding: good talk about why marketing and branding matter--even in open source
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