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3/01/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

Matthew M. Boedicker : go home and be a family man

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YouTube - Street Hawk: Intro

3/01/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

deusx : YouTube - Street Hawk: Intro - "intro of "Street Hawk" tv-show"

Tags : 80s streethawk tv videos

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Shamisen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3/01/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

deusx : Shamisen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "The shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線, literally "three taste strings"), also called sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi"

Tags : japan music shamisen

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YouTube - Rising_Yoshida Brothers

3/01/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

deusx : YouTube - Rising_Yoshida Brothers

Tags : japan music shamisen videos

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Reference Guide - YouTube Data API - Google Code

3/01/2008 @ 23:00 GMT

deusx : Reference Guide - YouTube Data API - Google Code - "This document provides detailed reference documentation for the YouTube Data API"

Tags : atom gdata mashups youtube

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Entertaining video parodying the Feist 1234 iPod advert...

3/01/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

plasticbag : Entertaining video parodying the Feist 1234 iPod advert... - Both good for its mockery of Apple for being fashionistas and PCs for... well, not being fashionistas. Equal mockery for all.

Tags : advert apple ipod parody pc video

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The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months.

3/01/2008 @ 21:03 GMT

factoryjoe : The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months. - "Allen wrote a blog post today about Twitter focusing on a business model. Allen, my friend, you're thinking small. Get out of Brooklyn and spend some time in the Valley." Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: twit

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Hashtags introduction by Bwana.tv

3/01/2008 @ 21:03 GMT

factoryjoe : Hashtags introduction by Bwana.tv - "In this video, I discuss hashtags and their usage with Twitter." Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: hashtags, twitter, bwana

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Your local music community: music, events, and people where you live; free music hosting and play...

3/01/2008 @ 21:03 GMT

factoryjoe : Your local music community: music, events, and people where you live; free music hosting and playlists | Project Opus - What's happening in your local music scene? Find music, events, and people anywhere in the world. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: music, open media web

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Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007

3/01/2008 @ 21:03 GMT

factoryjoe : Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007 - Privacy International's rankings of privacy protection around the world. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: privacy, surveillance, report, graphs

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Want my data? State your business! @ Webcracy

3/01/2008 @ 21:03 GMT

factoryjoe : Want my data? State your business! @ Webcracy - "This year, 2008, will be the year where we seriously tackle open data. This I demand: that not only I own what’s rightfully mine, but also that I know what’s happening with my data inside your silo and what will happen to it if you

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Slashdot | Social Network Aggregation, Killer App in 2008?

3/01/2008 @ 21:02 GMT

factoryjoe : Slashdot | Social Network Aggregation, Killer App in 2008? - "Managing scattered online Social Life on multiple Social Networking sites, I sense, will become a Killer App Category 2008. There are several startups now in the "Social Network Aggregation" space and this App Category should diversify

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2008 Killer Apps - Tools for Managing Multiple Social Networks

3/01/2008 @ 21:02 GMT

factoryjoe : 2008 Killer Apps - Tools for Managing Multiple Social Networks - "Rather than relying on a single community for social capital, individuals often must actively seek out a variety of appropriate people and resources for different situations." Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags:

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MySpace.com - Pilot Season

3/01/2008 @ 21:02 GMT

factoryjoe : MySpace.com - Pilot Season - Pretty sweet promotion for Top Cow comics. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: topcow, comics, pilot season

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View digital comic CBZ files using Quicklook

3/01/2008 @ 21:02 GMT

factoryjoe : View digital comic CBZ files using Quicklook - "Digital comic files come in two flavors, CBZ and CBR. They are just renamed ZIP and RAR files containing JPG files. While Quicklook can look at JPG files, it cannot look into a compressed file for them. Over on the arstechnica forums, a

deusx : View digital comic CBZ files using Quicklook - "Digital comic files come in two flavors, CBZ and CBR. They are just renamed ZIP and RAR files containing JPG files."

Tags : cbr cbz comics leopard mac osx quicklook software

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GrabFS: The Screenshot File System

3/01/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

factoryjoe : GrabFS: The Screenshot File System - "In a pinch, GrabFS is a file system that shows you a live view of the window contents of currently running applications. In a GrabFS volume, folders represent running applications and image files represent instant screenshots ("grabs")

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Akelos PHP Framework, Akelos PHP Framework Features

3/01/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

deusx : Akelos PHP Framework, Akelos PHP Framework Features - "The Akelos PHP Framework implements many features from Ruby on Rails "

Tags : akelos frameworks php webdev

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THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2008 — Page 8

3/01/2008 @ 20:01 GMT

jcgregorio : THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2008 — Page 8 - Give me 100% not-cotton clothing, genetically modified food (from a farmers' market, preferably), this-year's laptop, cutting-edge dentistry and drugs. ... The handwringers should worry more about the old stuff. It's mostly crap.

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Bristol Then and Now Photographs - Page One

3/01/2008 @ 20:00 GMT

philgyford : Bristol Then and Now Photographs - Page One - Lots of animated images with photos of past and (nearly) present Bristol. A shame more of them don't line up better, but still interesting.

Tags : bristol history photographs photos top uk

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Wikipedia: A community of editors or a community of authors?

3/01/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

Linkorama : Wikipedia: A community of editors or a community of authors? - This is why I've always found the publishing disdain for "user generated content" to be so perplexing. The fundamental job of publishing is curation -- finding good stuff and bringing it to an audience that might not otherwise encounter it.

Tags : curator editor publishing web2.0 wikipedia wikis

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How to Read a Book (PDF)

3/01/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

philgyford : How to Read a Book (PDF) - Sounds like good advice. I mostly read for pleasure at the moment, rather than for just learning stuff, but this'll be handy one day...

Tags : books learning paulnedwards reading top

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American Scientist Online - The Easiest Hard Problem

3/01/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

gleuschk : American Scientist Online - The Easiest Hard Problem - partitioning a set of integers into two subsets of equal sum: NP-complete

Tags : compsci math p=np partitions

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Healthy Living NYC Market & Specialty Shop: Earthmatters - New York City, Chinatown

3/01/2008 @ 18:03 GMT

jcgregorio : Healthy Living NYC Market & Specialty Shop: Earthmatters - New York City, Chinatown

Tags : food nyc

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Wear Palettes

3/01/2008 @ 18:03 GMT

Cameron Moll : Wear Palettes - Wear Palettes. Color palettes extracted from clothing photos by The Sartorialist.

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Fool.com's 4 Predictions for 2008

3/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT

Cameron Moll : Fool.com's 4 Predictions for 2008 - Fool.com's 4 Predictions for 2008. Topping the list is Microsoft acquiring Yahoo!.

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Penchant for pillows

3/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT

Cameron Moll : Penchant for pillows - I've got a penchant for pillows lately. A few recent finds: Green Lady & The Nerve Turtle, Urban Outfitters, and Resist Today.

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20+ mobile internet apps

3/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT

Cameron Moll : 20+ mobile internet apps - "2008 is the year of the mobile internet, right? We hear that every year. Let’s forget about predictions and focus on what’s available right now. We bring you over 20 mobile internet applications that you’ll actually use."

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MEX08 Manifesto

3/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT

Cameron Moll : MEX08 Manifesto - Each year the Mobile User Experience (MEX) conference publishes a manifesto prior to its event, and the MEX08 Manifesto is worth skimming. #3 is particularly notable: "Fragmentation is the enemy of innovation. The structure of the mobile industry is killi

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URLs are people too

3/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT

Linkorama : URLs are people too - Elizabeth Churchill and Ben Gross looked into this and found out that people find it easier to remember passwords than usernames, because they use the same passwords everywhere, and they end up with multiple different email accounts to handle the problem

Tags : email identity openid urls

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CMP Acquires MashupCamp

3/01/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Linkorama : CMP Acquires MashupCamp - David Berlind, Well-Respected CNET Journalist, Joins CMP as Interop's Executive Conference Director and TechWeb Blogger

Tags : barcamp enterprise2.0 events interop mashup web2.0

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The problem with open source design

3/01/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Linkorama : The problem with open source design - So the problem with open source design is not the feedback (designers et al should be grateful when it comes) but with the ego issues that are wrapped up in how feedback is delivered and how it’s received. And these are ultimately social issues.

Tags : collaboration design development feedback opensource

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Mac Rumors: Apple Creating iMac-like Docking Station

3/01/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

jonhicks : Mac Rumors: Apple Creating iMac-like Docking Station - I would love something like this, but I can't see how they're going to get around the laptop melting. A macbook pro in clamshell mode gets as hot as hell, but then if you stick it inside a monitor? Smoke!

Tags : sidenotes

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Undo commit in subversion

3/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT

Simon Willison : Undo commit in subversion - Undo commit in subversion. svn merge -r 1708:1707—I can never remember how to do this.

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DataPortability.org

3/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT

Simon Willison : DataPortability.org - DataPortability.org. “Standardized Data Portability is the next great frontier for the web. As users, our identity, photos, videos and other forms of personal data should be discoverable by, and shared between our chosen tools or vendors.”

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The GTD Resource Mother Lode: 100 GTD Links

3/01/2008 @ 17:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : The GTD Resource Mother Lode: 100 GTD Links - Knock yourself out.

Tags : One Star

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Movie-Montage.com - Training Montages

3/01/2008 @ 17:01 GMT

43folders : Movie-Montage.com - Training Montages - via [Great Training Montages throughout history | MetaFilter](http://www.metafilter.com/67869/Great-Training-Montages-throughout-history)

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15 Great Examples of Web Typography

3/01/2008 @ 16:02 GMT

Richard Rutter : 15 Great Examples of Web Typography - Some terrific sites here; not all your usual suspects.

Cameron Moll : 15 great examples of web typography - 15 great examples of web typography.

Tags : Typography Inspiration

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Luggage Pr0n: Five Head-Turning Bags for Your Notebook | 43 Folders

3/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

philgyford : Luggage Pr0n: Five Head-Turning Bags for Your Notebook | 43 Folders - Yet another geek bag discussion. Comments probably more practical than the main article. For when my 11 year old bag dies.

Tags : 43folders bag bags lancearthur top

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Books speak volumes about life's milestones | Valerie Grove - Times Online

3/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

philgyford : Books speak volumes about life's milestones | Valerie Grove - Times Online - On not getting rid of all one's books.

Tags : article books thetimes times top valeriegrove

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Advice for clearing literary clutter | Ask MetaFilter

3/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

philgyford : Advice for clearing literary clutter | Ask MetaFilter - Old thread on how to reduce the number of books one owns (or why not to bother). (via 43 Folders)

Tags : askmefi books top via:43folders

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Stephanie Merritt: Small is beautiful - the best new journals | Review | The Observer

3/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

philgyford : Stephanie Merritt: Small is beautiful - the best new journals | Review | The Observer - Literary journals. (via MeFi)

Tags : journals magazines observer stephaniemerritt top via:mefi

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The Personal MBA Manifesto: Mastering Business Through Self-Education (Recommended Business Books)

3/01/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

philgyford : The Personal MBA Manifesto: Mastering Business Through Self-Education (Recommended Business Books) - First time I've thought "that looks awesome" about something MBA related. (via Cool Tools)

Tags : books business joshkaufman mba personalmba reading readinglist top via:cooltools

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Death and Underachievement: A Guide to Happiness in Work | 43 Folders

3/01/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

philgyford : Death and Underachievement: A Guide to Happiness in Work | 43 Folders - Maybe my resolution should be "just be content". But then I'd try too hard to achieve it.

Tags : 43folders happiness idleness life ryannorbauer top work

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nsf.gov - NSF and the Birth of the Internet - Special Report

3/01/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

gleuschk : nsf.gov - NSF and the Birth of the Internet - Special Report - great interviews and overviews

Tags : awesome history internet interweb nsf via:del/jongleurpeter

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1Password to Rule Them All at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life

3/01/2008 @ 15:02 GMT

43folders : 1Password to Rule Them All at LifeClever ;-) Tips for Design and Life - Chanpory reviews the game-changing 1Password. I think I've tried to make it my Pick of the Week on MacBreak Weekly about 3 times now. One of the truly indispensable OS X apps.

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San Francisco Storms | Ask MetaFilter

3/01/2008 @ 15:02 GMT

43folders : San Francisco Storms | Ask MetaFilter - I'll admit that San Francisco's lack of real weather has made this Florida boy into a nervous nelly.

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Will You Look At That

3/01/2008 @ 15:01 GMT

43folders : Will You Look At That - Until I do that long-overdue post on "Amazing sites I look at all day but that you may not know about," enjoy entry #1: this well-curated collection of cool photos from Flickr.

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The Perfect Pantry: Szechuan peppercorns

3/01/2008 @ 15:00 GMT

gleuschk : The Perfect Pantry: Szechuan peppercorns - re-legalized in 2005!

Tags : blog cooking food szechuanpeppercorns

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Three Trees Don’t Make a Forest

3/01/2008 @ 15:00 GMT

Ethan Marcotte : Three Trees Don’t Make a Forest - Sustainable creative consulting. ∞

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Valve’s new Portal shirts are pure sex.

3/01/2008 @ 15:00 GMT

Ethan Marcotte : Valve’s new Portal shirts are pure sex. - Trying (and failing) to exercise some restraint. ∞

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Alison Jackson's Confidential photo art exhibit

3/01/2008 @ 10:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Alison Jackson's Confidential photo art exhibit - using celebrity doubles to recreate paparazzi shots that never existed

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DJ Earworm's "United States of Pop"

3/01/2008 @ 10:00 GMT

Andy Baio : DJ Earworm's "United States of Pop" - mashing up the Billboard top 25 for 2007  [via]

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Yahoo! Picks of the Week closes after 12 years

3/01/2008 @ 09:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Yahoo! Picks of the Week closes after 12 years - they've maintained the same inoffensive tone since 1996, but it seemed to get better in the last year

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Snowden rocks.

3/01/2008 @ 08:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Snowden rocks. - So does Bon Iver, but you'll have to wait for that to come out.

Tags : Music

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Twelve Essential Photographic Rules

3/01/2008 @ 07:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : Twelve Essential Photographic Rules - Tips on taking photos. Via Photojojo. [via]

Tags : Two Star

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both numbing and euphoric

3/01/2008 @ 07:01 GMT

Linkorama : both numbing and euphoric - It's amazing to me that no one much talks about this -- about the fact that whatever our founders and framers thought of as a literate, informed citizenry can no longer exist, at least not without a whole new modern degree of subcontracting and dependence

Tags : participation politics

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Branscome International's cringe-inducing Pixar knockoffs

3/01/2008 @ 07:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Branscome International's cringe-inducing Pixar knockoffs - don't miss the trailers for Ratatoing and The Little Cars  [via]

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Valve now selling gorgeous Portal shirts

3/01/2008 @ 07:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Valve now selling gorgeous Portal shirts - game-related t-shirts that don't make you look nerdy  [via]

Rod Begbie : The Valve Store - Some rather splendid new Portal T's. #

Tags : portal thecakeisalie t-shirts valve

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Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

3/01/2008 @ 06:00 GMT

adamrg : Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop - The Amen Break, and its use in modern funk and rap.

Ethan Marcotte : YouTube explains "The Amen Break" to you -

Greg Storey : History of the Amen Break. - I used it to make coffee this morning.

Tags : copyright history music samples sideblog youtube Music

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WSJ calls OLPC a failure.

3/01/2008 @ 05:01 GMT

Greg Storey : WSJ calls OLPC a failure. - Behold the power of Windows, XP.

Tags : Previously

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Buzzword

3/01/2008 @ 05:01 GMT

adamrg : Buzzword - Considering moving to this from Google Docs... still searching for the perfect collaborative text editor for student/teacher interaction.

Tags : editor firefox:toolbar online sideblog web2.0 wordprocessing

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Iowa's undemocratic caucuses are no way to choose a presidential candidate. - Slate Magazine

3/01/2008 @ 05:01 GMT

Rod Begbie : Iowa's undemocratic caucuses are no way to choose a presidential candidate. - Slate Magazine - Excellent and timely curmudgeoning by Christopher Hitchens. #

Tags : caucuses christopherhitchens iowa politics slate usa

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Turning left in Moscow.

3/01/2008 @ 04:02 GMT

Greg Storey : Turning left in Moscow. - Must have been on a Monday.

Tags : Previously

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If all your friends jumped off of a bridge… at Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar

3/01/2008 @ 03:00 GMT

gleuschk : If all your friends jumped off of a bridge… at Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar - I don’t want the Internet to be the bastard child of basic cable and Walmart.

Tags : facebook future interweb socialsoftware

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Aesthetic Apparatus explained.

3/01/2008 @ 02:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Aesthetic Apparatus explained. - Web design isn't close to being this much fun.

Tags : Design

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Kottke posts his Best Links for 2007

3/01/2008 @ 02:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Kottke posts his Best Links for 2007 - still the best link blogger around

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Jim's, almost legible, list of great music form 2007.

3/01/2008 @ 01:02 GMT

Greg Storey : Jim's, almost legible, list of great music form 2007. - Nice, eclectic, collection.

Tags : Music

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Turret Defense Games

3/01/2008 @ 01:02 GMT

joshua : Turret Defense Games - enormous list

Tags : games td

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MacNoteTaker Home Page

3/01/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

deusx : MacNoteTaker Home Page - "MacNoteTaker lets you write notes up to 32,676 long. It stores them in a hierachical structure with unlimited nested folders just like the files on your computer."

Tags : mac mobile osx palm

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MiniTones

3/01/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

deusx : MiniTones - "This small freeware app allows you to select a MP3 file and add it to your ringtone list in Sounds."

Tags : centro mobile palm ringtones

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The Evansville Otters - Cute Otters

3/01/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

gleuschk : The Evansville Otters - Cute Otters - double connection!

Tags : evansville otters

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» An uncanny 1960s view of the future World Wide Web | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com

3/01/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

gleuschk : » An uncanny 1960s view of the future World Wide Web | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com - check out those flat screens! they *did* see the future coming!

Tags : future interweb predictions

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The Math Factor Podcast » Q & A: A little puzzle

3/01/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

gleuschk : The Math Factor Podcast » Q & A: A little puzzle - this has got to be known and/or easy, but I can't come up with it

Tags : binomialcoefficients math numbertheory

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Photos of New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual (1970)

3/01/2008 @ 00:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : Photos of New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual (1970) - Blogged elsewhere, but worth sharing.

Tags : Four Star

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