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factoryjoe : Coroflot - Coroflot's Creative Seeds Blog - An employment community for designers: Make an online portfolio to promote your work. Browse portfolios or post design jobs. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: coworking, citizen space, independents hall, jelly
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16/01/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Flickr: The Commons - Flickr: The Commons. Exciting pilot collaboration with the Library of Congress to release images with “no known copyright restrictions”. The header photo (of a bench) is one of my favourite spots in the world, in Mission Dolores Park, San Francisco.
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16/01/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
Simon Willison : .first() and .last() methods for jQuery - .first() and .last() methods for jQuery. I got fed up of expecting these to exist, so I wrote them as a couple of one-liner plugins.
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16/01/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Django snippets: "for" template tag with support for "else" if array is empty - Django snippets: “for” template tag with support for “else” if array is empty. A neat solution to a common pattern; I’d personally like to see this included in Django proper.
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Simon Willison : MacHeist Bundle - MacHeist Bundle. Everything’s now unlocked, meaning you can pick up TaskPaper, CSSEdit, Snapz Pro X (excellent for screencasts) and Pixelmator for $49.
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16/01/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Viewpoints from the Facebook Data Team at Yahoo Brickhouse (Wednesday, January 16, 2008) - Upcoming - Viewpoints from the Facebook Data Team at Yahoo Brickhouse (Wednesday, January 16, 2008) - Upcoming: I'm there right now...
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16/01/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : "People come to Google. We don't so much take from other employers." - "People come to Google. We don't so much take from other employers." What every employer seeking to hire this year should strive for, IMO.
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16/01/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : DCU: PC Deposit – Deposit Checks from Home - Awesome upcoming feature from my credit union: Pay in checks by scanning them on my home PC. Hooray for banking becoming less paper-driven. #
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16/01/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : SimpleDbIntro - boto - Google Code - My SimpleDB account got enabled yesterday, so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it. This looks like a handy Python library for accessing it (and the other Amazon Web Services) #
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16/01/2008 @ 22:00 GMT
cobra libre : Twins, separated at birth, unknowingly marry - Sophocles, laughing, spreads his wings #
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16/01/2008 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Zefrank on the closing of the ORG community site - the creator of Zefrank.org shut the invite-only community down on January 1, exactly one year after it opened
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16/01/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
Linkorama : Photos from The Library of Congress - In Flickr!
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16/01/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
Rod Begbie : My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven (Library of Congress) - US Library of Congress + Flickr == FTW! LoC uploads photos from their collection to Flickr, sharing them with the world, then Flickr users can update the metadata, improving their usefulness. Everyone's a winner. [via] #
adamrg : My Friend Flickr: A Match Made in Photo Heaven (Library of Congress) - I'm still fascinated by this project -- why did it take so long, I wonder.
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16/01/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
adamrg : Is Eloquence Overrated? - "Still, if Mr. Obama’s rise has shown the power of effective political speech, it has also shown how much the form continues to evolve and how tantalizingly imprecise the link remains between a great political speech and a great political career.&q
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16/01/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
deusx : Alt Text: A Geek Yearns for Yesteryear's Noisy Gear - "the sound of two computers locating each other across a vast expanse like primates in the jungle, only one of the primates has 32-color pictures of naked women for the other primate."
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16/01/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
deusx : Introducing JSONLib - Skeptical, not yet a fan - "A word of warning: this takes a little getting used to. It is slightly more verbose than the current methods for using JSON in JavaScript"
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16/01/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database - interesting
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16/01/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
Linkorama : Sun Acquires MySQL - Until now, no platform vendor has assembled all the core elements of a completely open source operating system for the internet. No company has been able to deliver a comprehensive alternative to the leading proprietary OS. With this acquisition, we will
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16/01/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Sad, Sweet One-Act Play, Told Entirely By a Burger King Receipt I Found -
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16/01/2008 @ 18:02 GMT
deusx : Brits deny releasing 'giant man-eating' badgers that target Iraqis - On Deadline - USATODAY.com - "We have not released giant badgers in Basra, and nor have we been collecting eggs and releasing serpents into the Shatt al-Arab river"
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16/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Nick Denton digs up Tom Cruise's Scientology video - wisely hosted on Gawker's servers instead of Youtube, so won't be easily taken offline
nelson : Cruise on Scientology - It really is just KSW
plasticbag : Insane Tom Cruise Scientology video - I'm guessing everyone's seen this by now but just in case you haven't....
Rod Begbie : Exclusive: The Cruise Indoctrination Video Scientology Tried To Suppress - Hard to watch without remembering his interview scenes in Magnolia. "When you're a Scientologist, and you drive by an accident, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you're the only one who can really help..." [via] #
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16/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Ron the Music Maker, the all-star Scientology album - let's hope Tom lays down a track along with Chick Corea, John Travolta, Leif Garrett, and Sylvester Stallone's dad
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Andy Baio : Lasagna Cat - extremely odd real-life reenactments of Garfield comics, from the creator of Ducktales and Infinite Solutions
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16/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
wearehugh : Touch the Invisible Sky: Exploring the Cosmos in Braille
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16/01/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
wearehugh : YouTube - Steve Jobs Macworld 2008 Keynote in 60 Seconds
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16/01/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : Hoefler & Frere-Jones: Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type - Hilarious found object.
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16/01/2008 @ 17:00 GMT
wearehugh : Sun buys MySQL [pic] - Culture clash much?
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16/01/2008 @ 15:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Sun To Acquire MySQL - Sun To Acquire MySQL. Sun also employ Josh Berkus, one of the lead developers of PostgreSQL.
nelson : MySQL AB: $1 billion - Amazing purchase price, but would you want to be bought by Sun?
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16/01/2008 @ 11:01 GMT
jonhicks : Revised Inquisitor 3 - This new versions highlights the affiliate links and even has a preference to turn them off. It sounds like David suffered a lot of vitriol for this, but I'm glad its now more visible which are the real search results.
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16/01/2008 @ 11:01 GMT
jonhicks : Custom webclip icons
factoryjoe : HOWTO: iPhone Webclip Icons - Dan Dickinson: The Primary Vivid Weblog - How to create iPhone webclip icons. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: iPhone, webclip, icons
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16/01/2008 @ 08:00 GMT
deusx : WWdN: In Exile: Still Alive . . . in Joust - "Here's a version of Still Alive, sung about Joust."
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16/01/2008 @ 07:01 GMT
factoryjoe : www.opengovdata.org - Open Government Working Group - 8 december 2007 - This weekend, 30 open government advocates gathered to develop a set of principles of open government data. The meeting, held in Sebastopol, California, was designed to develop a more robust understanding of why open go
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16/01/2008 @ 07:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : January '08 iPhone update (video) - January '08 iPhone update (video). This is an exhaustive update. Location awareness in Google Maps, SMS broadcasting, drag-n-drop customization of the home screen, and more. (Love the icon wiggle.)
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16/01/2008 @ 06:01 GMT
deusx : Gajar Halva (Carrot Pudding - an Indian Dessert) Recipe | Recipezaar - "The sweet & creamy taste is a delicious end to a hot & spicy meal."
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16/01/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
wearehugh : where is gtk 1 support ? - mozilla.dev.apps.firefox | Google Groups - bwahahahaha
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16/01/2008 @ 05:00 GMT
gleuschk : The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future - wow, the ur-ipod is shocking
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16/01/2008 @ 05:00 GMT
gleuschk : Main Page - Commalg - the Commutative Algebra wiki - a one-man labor of love, looks like. maybe I should lend a hand
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16/01/2008 @ 03:02 GMT
factoryjoe : Group 88 - Group 88 is 2,500 square feet of brand new coworking space especially designed for mobile professionals, small businesses and independents. Located conveniently on Route 10 immediate to the Avon-Simsbury line, it’s at the center of the
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16/01/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! launches developer network in Taiwan - Yahoo! launches developer network in Taiwan: Woohoo!
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16/01/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : MyBlogLog Web Services Beta Signup - MyBlogLog Web Services Beta Signup: "Use the API to query the MyBlogLog social network and pull meta-data associated with our user and site profiles."
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16/01/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : hypertable - hypertable: "...a high performance, scalable, distributed storage and processing system for structured and unstructured data." A BigTable clone of sorts. via skrenta
joshua : hypertable - semistructured data store
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16/01/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
wearehugh : Daring Fireball: The MacBook Air - no ethernet. less space than a nomad. lame.
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16/01/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
joshua : theinfo - site for large data sets and the people who love them
Andy Baio : Theinfo.org - community for people who love to process and visualize large data sets [via]
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16/01/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
joshua : CKAN - Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network - Packages - List - neat
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