25/04/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
jonhicks : Four sound effects that made TV history - A look back at the BBC Radiophonic workshop, quite possibly the UK's strongest influence in electronic music
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25/04/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Law blog design, does it matter? - Not for people who consider burlap fashionable.
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25/04/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : NYT: Profile of Stern Pinball Inc. - “A range of companies once mass produced pinball machines, especially in the Chicago area, the one-time capital of the business. Now there is only Stern. And even the dinging and flipping here has slowed: Stern, which used to crank out 27,000 pi
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25/04/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : ROFLCon Live Stream - hear the stories behind popular memes from their creators; see the Tweetscan for more
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25/04/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : How do you begin designing? - How do you begin designing? I was hoping to do this live in my AEA presentation but ran out of time. Feel free to cast a vote or view the results thus far. (Note: Don't take this too literally, as the "Sketches" option is checked by default and therefore
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25/04/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
deusx : random($foo): Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition - "it really is true that if you haven't done it, that is: been intimately involved growing a social web app from prototype to large/giant-scale on a UNIX stack, then you really don't know shit."
Kellan : random($foo): Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition - I miss Leonard, Gordon, and Andy. But now that they’ve dispersed from Big Purple it’s nice to see all three of them schooling the internet in what real tech reporting might look like. You almost forget how bad it’s gotten until you see #
Simon Willison : Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition - Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition. Leonard says what needs to be said about the most recent case of Twitter scaling flame-bait. [via]
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25/04/2008 @ 17:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Brothercake says, “Stop using Ajax!” - “…suppose you could speak English and Spanish, and you’re talking to someone who only speaks English. Do you continue to speak to them in Spanish just because you think it sounds nicer? Do you complain that it’s their fault for failing to understa
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25/04/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Alphabet City. - Jason documents his time on the Tobias Frere-Jones's Type Tour II.
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25/04/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Jimmy Fallon to Late Night in 2009 - while Conan will move into Leno's chair.
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25/04/2008 @ 16:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : “But seriously, dogg, you’re in card territory.” - ∞
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25/04/2008 @ 15:01 GMT
adamrg : On Being Neutral - Mr. Moses suggests that neutrality in the classroom is a fallacy because neutrality is a fallacy and pretending not to have an opinion is just going to inspire a lack of opinion if your students.
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25/04/2008 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Avatar Love - Where chinposin came from! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: chinposin, avatars
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25/04/2008 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : The MyBlogLog Blog: MyBlogLog hCard & vCard: More Microformats, More Portable Data - "But wait, their more... The MyBlogLog team has incorporated member's privacy settings directly into the hCards/vCards. If a member chooses to share their email address and phone number only with their contacts, the information will
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25/04/2008 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : No Batteries Included - Shreyas Doshi's blog: Yahoo! announces plans to adopt OAuth as part of the Yahoo! Open Strategy - Yahoo announces support of OAuth as part of their Open Strategy!! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: oauth, yahoo, open strategy, bbauth
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25/04/2008 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : FaceRoller - Mobile/web service avatar uploader/generator. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: avatar
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25/04/2008 @ 05:02 GMT
Greg Storey : "Yes! It was like The Graduate redux. I could turn my essays into three-dimensional dioramas..." - — Sloane Crosley
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25/04/2008 @ 05:02 GMT
Greg Storey : Blades' going to jail. - Wonder if he'll talk to Paris, get notes on serving "hard time".
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25/04/2008 @ 04:02 GMT
Greg Storey : The brand called Obama. - "The promotion of the brand called Obama is a case study of where the American marketplace—and, potentially, the global one—is moving."
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25/04/2008 @ 04:02 GMT
Greg Storey : 14. Rethink bottled water. - Yeah, drink wine instead. It's worked wonders for me.
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25/04/2008 @ 03:02 GMT
jcgregorio : C++ Frequently Questioned Answers - Takes *every* question in the C++ FAQ and gives a *real* answer. Painful to read because it's so true. C++ sucks. So does Java, but just in different ways.
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25/04/2008 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : JRat the Java Runtime Analysis Toolkit - "The Java Runtime Analysis Toolkit is a low overhead, easy to use, open source performance profiler for the Java platform. JRat monitors an application's execution and persists performance measurements. This data can then be viewed and analyzed using
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25/04/2008 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : Profiler4j - "Profiler4j is an open-source CPU profiler for Java."
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25/04/2008 @ 03:01 GMT
deusx : Portal/Rickroll Cake - Instructables - DIY, How To, food, craft - ""
Rod Begbie : Portal/Rickroll Cake - Instructables - The cake is a lie. [via] #
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25/04/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Interview with the brains behind 419 Eater - I had no idea Shiver Metimbers unmasked himself last year
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25/04/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Shuffling cards is the funniest thing ever. - Play, rewind, and view again.
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25/04/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
joshua : 30 Alternatives To Adobe Acrobat
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25/04/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
deusx : Introducing the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Yahoo! Developer Network blog) - "With Y!OS, we’re moving from a model in which each Yahoo! property develops much of its own technology to one where we share common data and frameworks that can be easily surfaced across multiple Yahoo! properties and off the Yahoo.com "
factoryjoe : Introducing the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Yahoo! Developer Network blog) - "And some more news: we’ll be supporting OAuth – look for the OAuth Consumer Key to replace the YDN App ID for new API signups here on the developer website very soon." Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: yah
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25/04/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
deusx : Slimmy :: The Front Pocket Wallet Alternative. Made for people who love slim and simple. - "Slimmy: The Slimmest Front Pocket Wallet on Earth."
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25/04/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
deusx : TypeRacer - multi-player typing racing game.
Andy Baio : TypeRacer, multiplayer typing game - I average about 90 wpm, even with my crazy nontraditional typing style [via]
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