20/09/2007 @ 23:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : Buzzword - A *real* WYSYWIG word processor for the web. Flash-based, and really rather gorgeous. I've seen demos at various Boston geek events over the last few months, and it's turned out excellently. #
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20/09/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Linkorama : We Are Opening the Social Graph - An open social graph is just as important as an open identity.
Simon Willison : Six Apart: We Are Opening the Social Graph - Six Apart: We Are Opening the Social Graph. Six Apart put their cards on the table with respect to the social graph problem—focusing on OpenID, XFN and FOAF as enabling technologies. Be sure to watch the screencast demo of their new social graph visua
factoryjoe : Six Apart - News and Events: We Are Opening the Social Graph - Dave details the Six Apart approach to opening up the social graph. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: six apart, portable social networks, social networks, social graph, dave recordon
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20/09/2007 @ 23:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : iPhone & iPod: contain or disengage? - Any essay that makes a parallel between communist China and the entertainment industry deserves a read. Via The Irelan. ∞ [via]
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20/09/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
jonhicks : Customers Ask: Is Apple Going Rotten? - "But over the past two weeks, Apple's fans have been grumbling that the company they knew and loved is transforming into another Microsoft, making short-sighted, anti-consumer decisions and carelessly releasing products with user experience-diminishi
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20/09/2007 @ 22:01 GMT
Richard Rutter : The Rissington Podcast - Marvellous stuff from Jon and John.
jonhicks : Episode #1 « The Rissington Podcast - The pilot seemed to go well, so we're having another go!
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20/09/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Lev and Thumpbot play "Crazy" - theremin-playing robot built from a floor lamp, plumbing supplies, and some microprocessors
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20/09/2007 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : $1 US = $1 Canadian for the first time since 1976 - for a brief moment, the Canadian dollar was worth more [via]
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20/09/2007 @ 21:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Metafluence - Metafluence covers Internet strategy, marketing, technology news, web design, and the life of Justin Kistner. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: wordpress, theme
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20/09/2007 @ 20:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Todd Klein’s Blog - Insights on typography for comics from one of the giants of comic book lettering. I remember reading an interview with Todd Klein when I was a kid — one of the first times I realized that there was an art to letters. Via Jason Santa Maria. [via]
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20/09/2007 @ 20:00 GMT
deusx : YouTube - Skinny Vanilla - "Skinny Puppy Vs Vanilla Ice in Ice Ice Protest"
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20/09/2007 @ 19:02 GMT
fastclemmy : Acid Trip - Acid Trip by fastclemmy Drawing under acid. art drugs lsd hotlinks Copy | React (0)
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20/09/2007 @ 19:01 GMT
nelson : Monkey drummer - Aphex Twin's sliced up beats are playable, by a robot monkey at least
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20/09/2007 @ 19:00 GMT
deusx : IE6 Form Tag Orphans by jpsykes - "Apparently if you try to remove/destroy/trash a FORM dom node in IE6, it won’t delete it, instead creating a bizarre orphaned node stuck sucking up memory until the browser window is refreshed."
wearehugh : IE6 Form Tag Orphans by jpsykes
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20/09/2007 @ 18:02 GMT
fastclemmy : game: the Game of Disorientation - game: the Game of Disorientation by fastclemmy Disorienting! arcade flash hotlinks game hypnotic Copy | React (0)
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20/09/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : He used WHAT? - He used WHAT?: "It was a stick up of a different kind for one Australian burglar, who broke into a neighbor's house and played sex games in the bathroom with a bottle of toilet detergent and a vacuum cleaner." Ha!
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20/09/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life - Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life: heh...
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20/09/2007 @ 18:00 GMT
plasticbag : GigaOm's fascinating diagram of industry share of smartphones fascinates me for a few reasons - It's easy if you're in the UK to assume that all the early adopters are using Nokia phones. Obviously that's challenged by the iPhone, but the different in take-up between Europe and the US is extraordinary.
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20/09/2007 @ 17:02 GMT
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | TV cat poll was fixed, BBC says - I can forgive TV companies for running crooked competitions, or faking phone-ins, but overrulling the viewers' choice for the name for the Blue Peter Cat? That's just EVIL! #
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20/09/2007 @ 17:01 GMT
deusx : Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits - Dumb Little Man - "If writing a novel or non-fiction book is something you've dreamed of, the only way to make that dream a reality is by putting it into action -- day by day."
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20/09/2007 @ 17:00 GMT
deusx : CRACKED.com - Internet Safety Tips - "Someone has made porn of all your childhood memories. And other people enjoy it."
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20/09/2007 @ 16:00 GMT
Greg Storey : The debut of the Eames Lounge chair. - "We've never designed for a fashion or with the idea of fitting in a fashion."
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20/09/2007 @ 15:02 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Lou Romano - The Powerpuff Girls backdrop art - Lou Romano - The Powerpuff Girls backdrop art [more] [via]
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20/09/2007 @ 15:01 GMT
adamrg : I, Anonymous confession from the Stranger. - Heh.
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20/09/2007 @ 15:00 GMT
deusx : Want To Learn Web Programming? Write A Blog Engine | iface thoughts - "Whether your blog engine gets used or not, is liked or not, is evolved or not, it will be the best learning tool you can ever build for yourself."
Simon Willison : Want To Learn Web Programming? Write A Blog Engine - Want To Learn Web Programming? Write A Blog Engine. I couldn’t agree more. Weblogs are an ideal starter project—simple enough to get your head around, complex enough to teach you a bunch of important lessons, ideally suited for eating your own dog f
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20/09/2007 @ 13:01 GMT
Milo Vermeulen : Josh Keyes - Paintings and Drawings
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20/09/2007 @ 13:00 GMT
jonhicks : Signal - The Ultimate Media Player Remote
Khoi Vinh : Signal - Software allows iPhone to act as an iTunes remote control, allowing you to play, pause, select music, etc. I haven’t tried it yet, but the idea is good. Just a little overpriced, is all.
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20/09/2007 @ 11:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Flickr: [what was with the pirates?] Garrrrhhhh! - Flickr: [what was with the pirates?] Garrrrhhhh!. It’s fascinating reading all the complaints on this thread—partly due to different international senses of humour, and partly just because as Flickr became more mainstream it attracted users who neve [via]
Jeremy Zawodny : Flickr: The Forum: [what was with the pirates?] Garrrrhhhh! - Flickr: The Forum: [what was with the pirates?] Garrrrhhhh!: watch as Flickr users become scared of pirate flags and stuff... heh.
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20/09/2007 @ 08:01 GMT
factoryjoe : BrandToBeDetermined: Stretching Out of my Comfort Zone on Social Media Programs - "Last point - the exception typically defines the rule. For example Citizen Agency DOES DO a good job of marketing in social media. (it also helps that Tara and Chris are in demand public speakers, so their work is as much off line as
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20/09/2007 @ 06:01 GMT
adamrg : If YouTube Comments Met Real Life Situations - Totally NSFW. Totally awesome.
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20/09/2007 @ 05:01 GMT
Matthew M. Boedicker : bored at Kmart - (via del.icio.us/popular) [via]
deusx : kmart.gif (GIF Image, 720x931 pixels) - Scaled (79%)
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20/09/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Comatose - Comatose is a micro CMS, implemented as a Rails plugin, that is designed to be easy to embed and extend. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: ruby on rails, cms, ruby
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20/09/2007 @ 04:02 GMT
factoryjoe : 10 Web 2.0 Icons - 10 freeware “circular” icons of Web 2 Social Bookmarks for use in blogs, websites, desktops, softwares. The Linux version includes .PNG files sized from 512X512 to 16X16 pixels. Great for Bloggers. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Det
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20/09/2007 @ 03:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Flickr's Arrrr! localization for Talk Like A Pirate Day - hurry, the amazing easter egg's only up until 9pm tonight; don't miss the "Pirate Code," "Poop Deck," and "Land ho"
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20/09/2007 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Flickr community responds to pirate easter egg - many hilarious responses from the clueless and/or humorless; some of my faves
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20/09/2007 @ 02:02 GMT
43folders : notes on 'dancing monkey rss reader' - I would like an RSS reader with a button that says "Gimme 5" and it loads only five posts people with similar subscriptions are reading within the last 24 hours.
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20/09/2007 @ 02:01 GMT
43folders : Daring Fireball: An Important Public Service Announcement Regarding Marker Felt on the iPhone - Gruber figures out how to kill the douchiest font on your iPhone.
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20/09/2007 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times - Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times: I wonder if those cops are still cops...
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople? | Ask MetaFilter - I'm fascinated by the single book that summarises an entire field, and here's a list of loads. Some are a bit too opinion-based (eg Jane Jacobs, as good as she is) rather than fact-based, but maybe I'm a pedant. (via ChrisDodo)
Andy Baio : What single book is the best introduction to your field for laypeople? - brilliant Ask Metafilter thread showcases the diversity of the community
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : The Morning News - Still Life - Awesome photo of a shattering ceramic figure. (via Rodcorp)
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : Flickr: Search your favorite photos - walton - There have been some stunning photos taken of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, recently, mostly by Rawprints. Great stuff.
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : Crooked Timber » » Globollocks Watch - I like the "objective" scoring of articles. I want to do something similar to calculate genuine "newsworthiness"... +1 per person killed, +1 per million dollars stolen, etc. (via Nick Sweeney)
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : Orbicule | Undercover | F.A.Q. - Fascinating software and service to help trace your Mac if it's stolen. Even sounds vaguely feasible. (via Daring Fireball)
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20/09/2007 @ 01:01 GMT
philgyford : Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Device and Desires - Splendid essay about all the smartphones he's owned. He cares, he knows what he's talking about, he's such a lovely, lovely geek. (via ChrisDodo)
Ethan Marcotte : Stephen Fry has a blog. - Stephen Fry. Has a blog. Stephen Fry has a blog. Stephen Goddamn Fry has a goddamned blog. ∞
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20/09/2007 @ 01:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - I needed a list like this three years ago. What gives, Internet? (Via Daniel Mall, Esq.) ∞ [via]
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20/09/2007 @ 00:41 GMT
Greg Storey : Dan Rather sues CBS for $70 million. - See Shaun, people sue all the time. It's just the thing to do.
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Eric Meyer : Text Resizing - Visual Guide (v2) - Tell everyone you know. Seriously. Tell everyone. They need to know.
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