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Message Tape

6/03/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : Message Tape - Black out the unwanted parts of the digital matrix printed on these tape rolls to create your own messages. Thanks to Kim Bost.

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W3C RDB2RDF Incubator Group

6/03/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

jcgregorio : W3C RDB2RDF Incubator Group - "To examine and classify existing approaches to mapping relational data into RDF" Thus institutionaliziing that-would-be so-much-better-in-RDF.

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Scifi: is it worth a cat's pockets?

6/03/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

joshua : Scifi: is it worth a cat's pockets? - yet another scifi to read list

Tags : scifi

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Developing 3D games in Microsoft Excel

6/03/2008 @ 23:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Developing 3D games in Microsoft Excel - beats WordArt

Jeremy Zawodny : Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine? - Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine?: now that's what I call "spare time"... yikes!

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erik’s weblog » Blog Archive » The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

6/03/2008 @ 23:00 GMT

wearehugh : erik’s weblog » Blog Archive » The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Tags : ie8 microsoft webdev

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Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta

6/03/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

factoryjoe : Apple Announces iPhone 2.0 Software Beta - Apple's announcement of the iPhone SDK. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: apple, iPhone, sdk, pr

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natural language toolkit for python

6/03/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

joshua : natural language toolkit for python

Tags : dev ir python

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CUBOCC

6/03/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

nelson : CUBOCC - Creepy animated art thing

Ethan Marcotte : Look at the uncanny valley on her. - That's, um, actually pretty damned impressive. Creepy as hell, but impressive. ∞

Richard Rutter : Uncanny valley at work - Freaksome.

Tags : animation uncannyvalley via:metafilter Stuff face uncannyValley

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Apple announces iPhone SDK and App Store with Spore and Monkey Ball

6/03/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Apple announces iPhone SDK and App Store with Spore and Monkey Ball - SDK out now, iPhone 2.0 software due in June; I wonder how application approval will work

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iTransit

6/03/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : iTransit - iPhone-formatted site for New York City subway lines

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Video: Blueberry Garden sneak peek

6/03/2008 @ 21:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Video: Blueberry Garden sneak peek - the blog of the game's developer  [via]

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A better backup system based on Git

6/03/2008 @ 20:01 GMT

joshua : A better backup system based on Git

Tags : backup

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Photoshop disasters

6/03/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

nelson : Photoshop disasters - awesome collection of image editing mishaps

fastclemmy : Photoshop Disasters - Photoshop Disasters by fastclemmy & 1 other(s) photoshop blog pictures hotlinks Copy | React (0)

Tags : art photography photoshop via:metafilter women photoshop, blog, pictures, hotlinks

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David Sedaris delivers a pizza

6/03/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

Rod Begbie : David Sedaris delivers a pizza - Pitch-perfect parody. One for the NPR listeners in the crowd. #

Tags : davidsedaris funny satire video

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You're Not My Father

6/03/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

Andy Baio : You're Not My Father - inexplicable recreations of a scene from Full House  [via]

nelson : You're not my father - Many Worlds Hypothesis meets Full House

Tags : adoption tv via:waxy video

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Per-capita maps of Starbucks vs. Wal-Mart in the US

6/03/2008 @ 19:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Per-capita maps of Starbucks vs. Wal-Mart in the US - watch as Wal-Mart spreads like a virus infecting the eastern half of the US

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The New York Times Perl Profiler

6/03/2008 @ 18:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : The New York Times Perl Profiler - The New York Times Perl Profiler: cool, the NYT has released their own Perl Profiler that looks quite handy

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comment on "Microsoft’s hits multiple Internet home runs"

6/03/2008 @ 18:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : comment on "Microsoft’s hits multiple Internet home runs" - comment on "Microsoft’s hits multiple Internet home runs": "Ozzie started a conference for developers talking about ads. Ads. That is the face of the new Microsoft."

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Cultural history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

6/03/2008 @ 18:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Cultural history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" - incredible essay, with clips of how it's been rediscovered and used by TV, film, and other artists

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“Star Wars” Titles, as Saul Bass Might Have Designed Them

6/03/2008 @ 17:01 GMT

Khoi Vinh : “Star Wars” Titles, as Saul Bass Might Have Designed Them

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Crysis Review

6/03/2008 @ 17:01 GMT

joshua : Crysis Review - best game review ever

Tags : games

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Gigantic DVD

6/03/2008 @ 17:00 GMT

deusx : Gigantic DVD - "a movie about They Might Be Giants"

Tags : dvds music theymightbegiants tmbg wishlist

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Software is hard | Firecookie

6/03/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

deusx : Software is hard | Firecookie - "Firecookie is a an extension for Firebug that makes possible to view and manage cookies in your browser."

Tags : cookies debugging firebug webdev

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IE8: The Bad - Anne’s Weblog

6/03/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

wearehugh : IE8: The Bad - Anne’s Weblog

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John Resig - JavaScript in Internet Explorer 8

6/03/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

wearehugh : John Resig - JavaScript in Internet Explorer 8

Simon Willison : JavaScript in Internet Explorer 8 - JavaScript in Internet Explorer 8. John Resig’s analysis. News to me: IE 8 doesn’t support the W3C event model—I had assumed that would be a priority.

Tags : ie8 javascript microsoft webdev

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Ada Lovelace In Our Time episode

6/03/2008 @ 15:01 GMT

Matthew M. Boedicker : Ada Lovelace In Our Time episode

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New gameplay videos for Braid released

6/03/2008 @ 09:00 GMT

Andy Baio : New gameplay videos for Braid released - don't miss the second clip of Jonathan Blow's lovely time-bending platformer

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Rudy’s Blog » Blog Archive » Fundamental Limits to Virtual Reality

6/03/2008 @ 08:00 GMT

deusx : Rudy’s Blog » Blog Archive » Fundamental Limits to Virtual Reality - "Matter, just as it is, carries out outlandishly complex chaotic quantum computations just by sitting around. Matter isn’t dumb. Every particle everywhere everywhen is computing at the maximum possible rate. I think we tend to very seriously underv

Tags : computronium posthumanity scifi singularity

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I Am Legend alternate ending from DVD extras

6/03/2008 @ 08:00 GMT

Andy Baio : I Am Legend alternate ending from DVD extras - much better

Matthew M. Boedicker : I am Legend alternate ending - (via waxy) [via]

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Video: Twitter in Plain English

6/03/2008 @ 07:01 GMT

Linkorama : Video: Twitter in Plain English - Lee, you rock

factoryjoe : Twitter in Plain English | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English - This 2.5 minute video is a result of feedback from our fans. We've received a number of requests from people who want their friends to use the micro-blogging service Twitter, but can't seem to explain it well. We hope this video helps.

Tags : howto plainenglish twtter video

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Swiss bank in Wikileaks case abruptly abandons lawsuit

6/03/2008 @ 06:01 GMT

Linkorama : Swiss bank in Wikileaks case abruptly abandons lawsuit - A Swiss bank that successfully sued to yank the Wikileaks.org domain name, and then faced a severe setback in a subsequent court ruling, has given up for now.

Tags : legal wikileaks

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Eat whale and save the planet - Norwegian lobby | Oddly Enough | Reuters

6/03/2008 @ 06:00 GMT

deusx : Eat whale and save the planet - Norwegian lobby | Oddly Enough | Reuters - "Eat a whale and save the planet, a Norwegian pro-whaling lobby said on Monday of a study showing that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock."

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AOL “opens” AIM Protocol | isomerica.net

6/03/2008 @ 05:01 GMT

wearehugh : AOL “opens” AIM Protocol | isomerica.net - for some definition of "open" that means "closed"

Rod Begbie : AOL "opens" AIM Protocol - That "open" AIM thing announced earlier? Looks to be more of a club to try and force clients like Gaim and Adium to include AOL advertising. Fuckers. [via#

Tags : aol fuckwits aim fuckers

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Kellan points out some of our interesting choices on Fire Eagle. The things he points out are spo...

6/03/2008 @ 04:01 GMT

plasticbag : Kellan points out some of our interesting choices on Fire Eagle. The things he points out are spot on... - I really think is worth talking about why we didn't do a social network. Lots of services manage the social graph and Fire Eagle can be hybridised with all of them. Why would we make the effort?

Tags : facebook fireeagle kellan location socialnetworks socialsoftware

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Matt McAlister wrote a piece about Fire Eagle which talks about some of the possibilities

6/03/2008 @ 04:01 GMT

plasticbag : Matt McAlister wrote a piece about Fire Eagle which talks about some of the possibilities - As is probably obvious, I'm collating a number of the posts about Fire Eagle that have turned up in the last day or so. I really like Matt's - it gets some of the weird out-there potential.

Tags : fireeagle location mattmcalister yahoo ydn

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Rickroll Database

6/03/2008 @ 04:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Rickroll Database - thwart rickrolls using this blacklist for Adblock Plus  [via]

deusx : Rickroll Database: never get rickroll'd again - "Have you or someone you love been rickroll'd?"

Tags : adblock funny rickrolls

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Tim Sneath : So You've Installed Silverlight 2 Beta 1: What Next?

6/03/2008 @ 04:00 GMT

wearehugh : Tim Sneath : So You've Installed Silverlight 2 Beta 1: What Next? - bask in the warm radioactive glow of microsoft's generosity? oh wait, was that a rhetorical question?

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Bb's RealTech | IE8: First Looks

6/03/2008 @ 04:00 GMT

wearehugh : Bb's RealTech | IE8: First Looks - maybe if you click "find" it'll offer to download firefox

Tags : ie8 microsoft wellthatanswersthatquestion xhtml

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FBI improperly sought personal data - Security - MSNBC.com

6/03/2008 @ 03:02 GMT

factoryjoe : FBI improperly sought personal data - Security - MSNBC.com - Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: FBI, privacy

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Moserware: What Does It Take To Become A Grandmaster Developer?

6/03/2008 @ 03:01 GMT

deusx : Moserware: What Does It Take To Become A Grandmaster Developer? - Identifying more "chunks" and amassing a personal repertoire of patterns and things to better work with your "7 plus or minus 2" memory buffer

Tags : compsci programming

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Tom Coates explains Fire Eagle

6/03/2008 @ 03:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Tom Coates explains Fire Eagle - I played with it today and it's very cool; developers only for now, but someone missed that part

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thmbnl: small pictures for your big picture

6/03/2008 @ 02:00 GMT

deusx : thmbnl: small pictures for your big picture - "Thmbnl is a compact utility for showing thumbnail-style images of pages linked from your website or application."

Tags : services thumbnails webdev

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YouTube - Shia LaBeouf in "No No No NOo" video

6/03/2008 @ 02:00 GMT

deusx : YouTube - Shia LaBeouf in "No No No NOo" video - "three movies of him saying nothing but no, Transformers, Surf's Up, and Disturbia."

Tags : funny no nono nonono nononono shialebeouf videos

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Flash » The Fingertips Project

6/03/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

deusx : Flash » The Fingertips Project

Tags : animations animutations flash music odd tmbg

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Physical hit counter for website at Bob’s Hobby blog

6/03/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

deusx : Physical hit counter for website at Bob’s Hobby blog - "The counter that I used is a machanical counter or electromagnetic counter model SC-212 which I get from an old coin-op game machine as show in the photo."

Tags : gadgets hacks hardware webdev

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Ozzie: Microsoft needs Yahoo for Web, advertising plan

6/03/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Jeremy Zawodny : Ozzie: Microsoft needs Yahoo for Web, advertising plan - Ozzie: Microsoft needs Yahoo for Web, advertising plan: he needs us, he needs us!

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PsyBlog: Why Psychology is Not Just Common Sense

6/03/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

deusx : PsyBlog: Why Psychology is Not <em>Just</em> Common Sense - "Ultimately what really sets psychology apart from common sense is the scientific method."

Tags : psychology science

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Now I Know What an Etui Looks Like: GONY at the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament - Geek ...

6/03/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

gleuschk : Now I Know What an Etui Looks Like: GONY at the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament - Geek Out New York - fantastic blog entry. this -- this! -- is what blogs can do

Tags : awesome blogs crosswords games

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Mike’s Musings » Microsoft Activities for Firefox

6/03/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

wearehugh : Mike’s Musings » Microsoft Activities for Firefox

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