15/08/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Zeldman: Don’t Design on Spec - “Our agency receives its share of RFPs, and sometimes these requests stipulate that our proposal include layouts. Even if the project looks promising, we just say no.” Agreed. It’s a terrible practice that harms all designers.
Richard Rutter : Don’t design on spec - Zeldman on the whys and wherefores of not designing for free.
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15/08/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Khoi Vinh : NYT: An Italian Globe Manufacturer on Precision and Politics in Cartography
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15/08/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
gleuschk : A CSS editing mode for Emacs - one of those things I never thought about needing, but did, desperately
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Simon Willison : Some Notes on the YUI Rich Text Editor - Some Notes on the YUI Rich Text Editor. Dav Glass explains how he achieved the impressive feat of building a rich text editor widget that also works in Safari.
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15/08/2007 @ 21:02 GMT
adamrg : Fox’s Right-Wing Alternative To Daily Show Fails
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15/08/2007 @ 21:02 GMT
deusx : Julien Lecomte’s Blog » Introducing the YUI Compressor - "The YUI Compressor is a new JavaScript minifier. Its level of compaction is higher than the Dojo compressor, and it is as safe as JSMin."
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15/08/2007 @ 21:02 GMT
deusx : BBC NEWS | Technology | Pull down the walled gardens - "Internet law professor Michael Geist says the walled gardens of social networks should be pulled down."
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15/08/2007 @ 21:00 GMT
Simon Willison : The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2007 - The World Beard and Moustache Championships 2007. In Brighton on the 1st of September, tickets are a fiver. Unfortunately we’re moving that day so we probably can’t make it.
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15/08/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
adamrg : 1960s George Wallace Segregation Comic
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15/08/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : Updating Facebook status using PHP | Technologist For Hire - "This means that it HAS to be possible to update your Facebook from a program. Using nothing but cURL (or, in my case, PHP with the cURL extension), you can update your Facebook status"
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15/08/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : The Ur-Quan Masters - News - "Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better."
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15/08/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
deusx : Wiki | CodeIgniter | CronScript - "This is a clear cut & paste from a discussion on the forum about using the CI inside of a cron Script "
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15/08/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
Simon Willison : AOL & OpenID - Status Update - AOL & OpenID—Status Update. It looks like they’re whitelisting a small list of providers for the moment. I’m not sure what this means for delegation.
factoryjoe : AOL & OpenID - Status Update | dev.aol.com - The list of OpenID identity providers AOL is initially consuming. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: aol, openid, whitelist
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15/08/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
wearehugh : Peter's Blog - Lazy Function Definition Pattern
Simon Willison : Lazy Function Definition Pattern - Lazy Function Definition Pattern. Neat JavaScript trick: redefine a function the first time it’s called, for example to switch in different browser implementations based on object detection.
deusx : Peter's Blog - Lazy Function Definition Pattern - "I’ve repeatedly found this pattern useful in JavaScript especially when writing cross-browser libraries that are efficient at runtime."
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15/08/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : YouTube: Of Muppets and Men - The whole of a *fantastic* behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of The Muppet Show. [via] #
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15/08/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
gleuschk : share-ebooks dot blogspot dot com - a bizarrely varied bunch of (almost certainly pirated) e-books for download. found while looking for "The Heart of Cohomology", which looks like a fun little book.
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15/08/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Mozilla Labs Blog » Blog Archive » Better animations in Firefox 3 - Good post on the state of the art in PNG animation and canvas effects. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: mozilla, firefox, gran paradiso, canvas, apng, animation
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15/08/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : iPhone copy and paste proof of concept - iPhone copy and paste proof of concept.
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15/08/2007 @ 18:01 GMT
43folders : SunRocket Saga: Still No Happy Ending for Many - I ordered my ViaTalk service and VoIP dingus on July 20th. Half a dozen emails and 3 weeks later: _nada_. Not classy.
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15/08/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : jQuery for JavaScript programmers - Great intro from Lil Willy.
joshua : jQuery for JavaScript programmers
philgyford : jQuery for JavaScript programmers - What it says, by Simon Willison. For next time I delve into jQuery. (via Yoz and Blech)
deusx : jQuery for JavaScript programmers - "I’m going to try to explain why jQuery should be of interest to experienced programmers as well."
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15/08/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Linkorama : Presenting Movable Type 4.0 - Big launch happenth
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15/08/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : speculation about whether we live in a simulation - (via digg) [via]
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15/08/2007 @ 17:01 GMT
deusx : USCSS Nostromo T-Shirt | Last Exit to Nowhere - "The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead."
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15/08/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
gleuschk : Seed: Prime Vertebrae - why is the difference between 6 annd 7 cervical vertebrae so profound?
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15/08/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Linkorama : Socialtext is hiring a tester/QA person - This is a great job, and we're looking for one outstanding person. You can google for Socialtext yourself (I recommend doing some research before you apply), and read the official job description. Here I'm going to talk about why this is such a great job,
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15/08/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Linkorama : Wikipedia Deanonymizer - Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith just launched an unofficial Wikipedia search tool that threatens to lay bare the ego-editing and anonymous flacking on the site.
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Matthew M. Boedicker : Kevin Mitnick's business card containing lock picking tools
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15/08/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : spruce up your search box with CSS and a background image
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15/08/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : tunnel all traffic through DNS and use paid wifi free
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15/08/2007 @ 16:02 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : creative sandwiches - (via del.icio.us/popular) [via]
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15/08/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
gleuschk : Of Muppets and Men | MetaFilter - fantastic documentary about the Muppet Show
adamrg : Of Muppets and Men
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15/08/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
plasticbag : Possibly my favourite headline of recent times: Chernobyl 'not a wildlife haven' - Pretty fascinating little article though. Superficially, the surrounding area seems to be doing okay because humanity's absence compensates a bit for the, you know, nuclear stuff. But still, the radiation is highly damaging...
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15/08/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
plasticbag : There's a service that can automatically generate sets of your most 'interesting' photos on Flickr... - I used it to create this list of my top 100 photos. It just goes to show how little taste people have and how much more keen people are on jokes and conversation starters than they are on good photography.
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43folders : PingMe - What *Should* You Be Doing? - "Not a good time? Pings are interactive! Just reply to the message to reschedule for a later date or time." via digg/kevin r
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43folders : xkcd ["The Internet has always had loud dumb people..."] - "WHY NOT TELL LOUIS ARMSTRONG TO HIS FACE"
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Simon Willison : AuditTrail - AuditTrail. Add change tracking and history to a Django model with a single line of code. Doesn’t handle relationships though, which is definitely the toughest part of this problem.
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15/08/2007 @ 12:01 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : RIAA: Pay as we say, not as we do
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15/08/2007 @ 10:02 GMT
factoryjoe : GRAND THEFT COUNTRY | 9/11 & the New World Order -- Bush Tees & Patriotic T-Shirts - Grand Theft Country was started to bring awareness to the unpopular facts surrounding 9/11 and its aftermath through a fusion of pop culture, political commentary, and current events, while exposing the Bush administration & CIA's roles
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15/08/2007 @ 10:00 GMT
deusx : Essential Electronics for Software Folk - "Are you a programmer or computer enthusiast? Do you feel comfortable with methods, functions, and variables? Do you wish you knew more about how the computer made it all work?"
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15/08/2007 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : MovableType 4.0 released - out of beta with native OpenID and memcached support, among other changes
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15/08/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
joshua : The Ten Statistical Commandments of Chairman Alroy
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15/08/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
joshua : brad's life - rejecting residential zombies with qpsmtpd
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15/08/2007 @ 07:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : PubCon Street Tips: Giving a Kick Ass Presentation With a Hangover - PubCon Street Tips: Giving a Kick Ass Presentation With a Hangover: there's some good advice in here
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15/08/2007 @ 07:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Debian, Exim, and greylistd - Debian, Exim, and greylistd: how to remove sender host address if needed
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15/08/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Debian -- greylistd - Debian -- greylistd: "This daemon provides a simple greylisting implementation for use with the Exim Mail Transport Agent (MTA), version 4."
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15/08/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Please don't ever dedicate urinals to me! - Please don't ever dedicate urinals to me!: that would be rather embarasing, don't you think?
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15/08/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
wearehugh : tyris_flare: Animals that are also Verbs - god bless the internet
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15/08/2007 @ 05:00 GMT
wearehugh : Rainbow's End on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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15/08/2007 @ 04:03 GMT
factoryjoe : Beanstalk — Hosted Subversion for team leads - Beanstalk is a hosted Subversion system, making it easy for anyone to setup, browse, track, and manage Subversion repositories. The application features a simple, elegant interface with the ability to manage repositories and users, set n
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15/08/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Wildbit » Home – Social Networking and Subscriber-based Services. - We build subscriber-based communication tools and social software. Our solutions start with “big picture” strategy and dive into the granular details of beautiful interface design, effective code, and intelligent business logic. We p
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15/08/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
factoryjoe : ModalBox — An easy way to create popups and wizards - ModalBox is a JavaScript technique for creating modern (Web 2.0-style) modal dialogues or even wizards (sequences of dialogues) without using conventional popups and page reloads. It's inspired by Mac OS X modal dialogues. And yes, it ma
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15/08/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
joshua : BlueFlash - Bluetooth/Disk Controller/Disk Image Archive Card for Apple ][ - ridiculous
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15/08/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : xkcd » Blog Archive » Mirrorboard: A one-handed keyboard layout for the lazy - "Do you have a wearable computer? Are you interested in alternate keyboard layouts but too lazy to learn Dvorak? Do you masturbate at your desk?"
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15/08/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : Amdahl's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "Amdahl's law, named after computer architect Gene Amdahl, is used to find the maximum expected improvement to an overall system when only part of the system is improved."
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15/08/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : Adventure: Crowther's original source code found; photos from inside the real Colossal Cave - rec.arts.int-fiction | Google Groups - "Unbelievable !!! a true Relic of the history of gaming ! "
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15/08/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : Arcade Game Manuals - T E X T F I L E S
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15/08/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Incsub - Custom WordPress MU blog communities and networks » - Custom WordPressMU hosting solutions. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wordpress, wordpressmu, service, hosting
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15/08/2007 @ 02:01 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Kitten Surprise!! (how to break up a cat fight) - "Two cute kittens playing, a third kitten comes in at the end for a "surprise" "
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15/08/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Google WiFi a failed experiment in Mountain View. - Google WiFi a failed experiment in Mountain View.: "...my conclusion is that it’s a compete and total failure." this is a little surprising to me.
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15/08/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Host Channel: The Mediasphere - Guest Brian Oberkirch will talk about social network portability, after Tris talks about the latest blogosphere drama Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: brian oberkirch, portable social networks, social network
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15/08/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
deusx : Dave Dribin's blog: The Bouncer - "The Bouncer is an application that can bounce the dock icon of other running Cocoa applications."
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15/08/2007 @ 00:02 GMT
François Nonnenmacher : What does Milan have to do with Silicon Valley? IP laws threaten innovation
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15/08/2007 @ 00:01 GMT
gleuschk : Money Market, Mutual Fund, Investment, Retire! - What's my Crossover? - slightly conservative assumptions ==> my crossover is NEVER. Good thing I like my job.
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15/08/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
gleuschk : Digital Photography School — Digital Photography Tips for You - see yesterday's entry: I have the most popular P&S camera evar
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15/08/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
gleuschk : The New York Times slips up on sexual math. - By Jordan Ellenberg - Slate Magazine - Jordan expands on the mean/median confusion in yesterday's NYT article
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15/08/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : youparklikeanasshole - youparklikeanasshole: "The owner of the vehicle will be informed of their asshole status as well as the proper tips to improve their poor parking techniques." Excellent!
François Nonnenmacher : youparklikeanasshole.com - Good idea but they're missing assholes parking on bikeways
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15/08/2007 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Chart: Search engine satisfaction - Chart: Search engine satisfaction: hey, someone likes us!
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