1/01/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
nelson : passed-out-girls.com - A little New Years candid photography
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joshua : pyinotify - filesystem monitoring in Python with inotify
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adamrg : Computer glitch interrupts Needle fireworks - Was the computer running XP or Vista? I need to know. :)
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1/01/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
gleuschk : What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC. - the United States is arguably more isolated and less educated about the world than it was a half-century ago. In a time of such broad technological change, how can this possibly be the case?
Ethan Marcotte : "You Don’t Understand Our Audience": What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC - "To me, the term 'shareholder value' sounded like Mao's 'right path,' although this was not something I shared at the employee reëducation meetings." ∞
philgyford : "You Don't Understand Our Audience" by John Hockenberry - "...a series of lessons I learned about how television news had lost its most basic journalistic instincts in its search for the audience-driven sweet spot, the 'emotional center' of the American people." (via Oblinks)
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1/01/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
gleuschk : The Mythical 5% - very similar things could be said about mathematicians
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gleuschk : A short introduction to non-commutative geometry - very readable lecture notes, leaves out all the complications
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1/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Super Mario Galaxy is Gamespot's GOtY. - Well deserved.
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1/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
Greg Storey : World's best urban places and spaces. - For Mr. Gray.
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1/01/2008 @ 15:00 GMT
gleuschk : harrumph! rabbit rabbit - four years old now. huh.
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1/01/2008 @ 14:00 GMT
Simon Willison : JavaScript: It's Just Not Validation! - JavaScript: It’s Just Not Validation!. I like the explanation of JavaScript as offering input assistance rather than validation.
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1/01/2008 @ 14:00 GMT
Simon Willison : EditArea - EditArea. Impressive JavaScript source code editor, with syntax highlighting, brace matching, search and replace and more.
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1/01/2008 @ 13:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Chatting with Adrian Holovaty - Chatting with Adrian Holovaty. Fabio Akita interviews Adrian about Django and related topics.
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1/01/2008 @ 12:00 GMT
Simon Willison : This Week in Django podcast - This Week in Django podcast. Michael Trier’s been doing a really fantastic job putting together a Django podcast. The most recent episode (number 4) includes an update on the newforms-admin branch and a couple of handy tips.
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1/01/2008 @ 11:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Fret Killer, the mysterious YouTube acoustic guitarist - in every video, the commenters repeatedly try to identify this relentlessly anonymous performer [via]
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1/01/2008 @ 11:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Christmas wishbook catalogs on Flickr - you'll shoot your eye out! happy new year, everyone
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1/01/2008 @ 10:00 GMT
Andy Baio : David Cross on accepting the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" role - I love Patton Oswalt too, but aren't we past accusing people of selling out yet? [via]
Rod Begbie : Bob and David: "Allllllviiiiin!" - David Cross explains why he did the "Alvin & the Chipmunks" movie that looks so crappy. "I asked the owner if he'd take some of my credibility as payment. He looked at me as if I was an alien with A.I.D.S. speaking some intergalactic gobbledy-goo. I had [via] #
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1/01/2008 @ 09:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Obama stump speech strategy of conciliation considered harmful | Corrente
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1/01/2008 @ 08:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : Best of Bootie 2007 CD - Hooray! A new Best of Bootie CD for the new year! #
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1/01/2008 @ 06:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Britain Drops 'War on Terror' Label - The words "war on terror" will no longer be used by the British government to describe attacks on the public, the country's chief prosecutor said Dec. 27.
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jcgregorio : JoelKotkin.com - Playing That '70s Funk Again, but Not in a Good Way
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1/01/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Bridget Warren - Born to some ridiculously cool people. Congratulations, Brian and Anna. ∞
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1/01/2008 @ 05:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Social networking: Quietly being subsumed by your everyday apps | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com - "The future of social networking is coming into focus and it looks like Facebook-ish features will be increasingly be integrated into your everyday applications." Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: diso, socia
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1/01/2008 @ 05:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Is a Better Digital Music Mouse Trap the Answer to Plunging CD Sales? - "An article from Billboard this morning highlights a few new features that digital downloaders can expect with their purchases in 2008, which could further accelerate the shift away from CDs. The article notes that Warner Music Group has
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1/01/2008 @ 05:01 GMT
jcgregorio : HDR photos with the GIMP - Instructables - DIY, How To, art, tech, diy
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1/01/2008 @ 04:02 GMT
jcgregorio : perl.com: Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting...
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1/01/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
adamrg : You Got Punk’d: An Open Letter to American Parents | Taylor the Teacher
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1/01/2008 @ 03:02 GMT
jcgregorio : Perl.com: Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting... - I think the field of computation as a whole is moving more toward the kinds of decisions that are better made by swarms of insects or schools of fish, where no single individual is in control, but the swarm as a whole has emergent behaviors that are someh
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1/01/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
factoryjoe : The Best Xmas Gift ever - “Xtina tweets” comic book at sdTechGirl - OMG, so awesome! A comic book based on Tweets! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twitter, comic book, gift, christmas
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1/01/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Open Media Web: Online Music - ReadWriteWeb - An interesting new online video series, called Open Media Web, debuted today. The first episode is an interview with Yahoo's Lucas Gonze - who created music playlisting ... Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: No
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1/01/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Apple Keynote Index Fund - Matt Haughey finds out the returns for day trading AAPL during the last ten keynotes
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1/01/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
gleuschk : The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog - we’ve gotten exactly the system we deserve
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1/01/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
factoryjoe : One Prediction for 2008: Site-Specific Browsers - Interesting thoughts on Site-Specific Browsers and security. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Site-Specific Browsers, security
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1/01/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
factoryjoe : seven for 2007 | varnelis.net - "But in this interesting post, Chris Messina suggests that there's something disappointing about this situation. Messina, an advocate of web-based applications, suggests that the iPhone could have been the first real web-driven platform.
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1/01/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Keep the byte.: 2008 Web Predictions - "A few solutions were presented during 2007 - Facebook apps and OpenSocial to name two. They - and others still to come - will shift how developers will create web sites/applications. Plug your app directly into a social environment - fo
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