20/05/2008 @ 23:01 GMT
mmb : Computer Random vs. True Random : See the difference in how random numbers are generated. Thank you Random.org! - Computer Random vs. True Random : See the difference in how random numbers are generated. Thank you Random.org! via Popular pages on del.icio.us [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
wearehugh : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves
Linkorama : Schneier on Security: Our Data, Ourselves - We need a comprehensive data privacy law...Or we can leave it to the market...But the long-term effects of this on society are toxic; we give up control of ourselves.
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20/05/2008 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : 16% of US science teachers are young-Earth creationists - they believe humans were created in the last 10,000 years; won't someone think of the children!? [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 21:02 GMT
Eric Meyer : copyright theft, and how it hurts the ones you love - Or, unauthorized blog-scraping for profit and the jerks who abet it.
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20/05/2008 @ 21:02 GMT
Eric Meyer : A10 RC Model vs the Real Thing at Top Gun 2008 - I seriously would have joined the military if someone could have iron-clad guaranteed me assignment to fly an A-10.
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Eric Meyer : Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats - Punishment of military personnel for not joining a state religion: check. Hey, only three more checkmarks and we'll be back to "Monarchy"!
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20/05/2008 @ 21:02 GMT
Eric Meyer : flugtag - Anything I tried to say would cheapen the experience. Just go read it.
deusx : Scott Andrew - DIY acoustic pop superhero! > wordpress > archives > 2008 > 04 > flugtag - "Look, didn’t you attend the seminar? Did you not just SEE the guy with the hanglider? The system works. All you have to do is keep throwing stuff over the edge."
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Eric Meyer : Twitter Quotient for 'meyerweb' - I neither think slowly nor have anything valuable to say, sir, and I'll thank you not to insinuate otherwise!
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Eric Meyer : Keyboards, Keyboards - Filed under "indispensable peripheral advice for when I buy my next Mac".
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Eric Meyer : Web Standards Design + Development, a group of Interactive Craftsmen - Join us! Joiiiiiin ussss!
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Eric Meyer : The Ballad of Andy's Bag - So THAT'S what took so long. It all makes sense now.
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Eric Meyer : The All-White Elephant in the Room - I do wonder if we're going to hear a lot more about Robertson and Hagee once the Democrats have one candidate and the race begins in earnest.
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Eric Meyer : Around the World by Private Jet (2009) - Take three weeks to travel around the world in a specially modified 757-200ER with capacity for 52 and its own lounge--only $97,970 a person (plus $9,680 if you're traveling alone). Wow. Such a deal. And so eco-friendly, too!
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Eric Meyer : Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause - So deeply depressing that I have no comment.
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Eric Meyer : The ultimate mystery - I'm just going to quote John Gruber: "You’re aware that Roger Ebert is now writing a weblog for the Sun-Times, that it’s about whatever is on his mind, and that it’s excellent, right?"
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Eric Meyer : Carrotmob - Collective capitalistic change agents. Smart, scalable, and (best of all) positive.
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Eric Meyer : George Takei to marry longtime partner - Mazel tov, George and Brad! No, I'm not going to make any silly 'Star Trek' jokes.
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Eric Meyer : The Halls of Opera - Oh SNAP! If they ever offer a "embed this comic on your site" badge, I'm going to have to a hard time resisting.
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Andy Baio : Errol Morris reveals the backstory behind one Abu Ghraib photograph - fake smiles, Weekend at Bernie's, and the coverup behind a prisoner's death during interrogation
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Andy Baio : Chuck Klosterman's list of the most fanatical fanbases - Tori Amos is at #2, which sounds right to me; nice gallery of uber-fans [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Footage and details for Resistance the Fall of Man 2. - Call of Duty what?
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Greg Storey : U.S. currency, already down and out, gets a kick to the head. - Can we also remind the Treasury Department that color ink has been available since the time of Christ?
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Rod Begbie : Doctor Who - Steven Moffat Takes Charge - This is amazingly good news. Steven Moffat (writer of Coupling and Press Gang, as well as the best episodes of "new" Doctor Who) is taking over as lead writer. I'm giddy at the prospect of what's to come. [via] #
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veen : Steve's Bicycle Touring Site - KMZ files for Adventure Cycling's route maps
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Andy Baio : Rory Root, owner of Berkeley's Comic Relief, dead at 50 - nice tributes from comic greats; the best comic book store I've ever seen, his passion was clear on the shelves
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20/05/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
joshua : FUPPES - Free UPnP Entertainment Service - free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server
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20/05/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
wearehugh : Google Public Policy Blog: Dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos - lawyers have their own special way of saying "fuck you"
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20/05/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Ballmer ducks behind podium to avoid egg attack. - Not sure what good that did, Steve lives with egg on his face and sleeves.
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Cameron Moll : Mobile Browsing Report - Mobile Browsing Report, courtesy of Opera Software. Highlights: Nearly 40% of mobile web traffic worldwide is to social networks; "full Web surfing" comprises more than 77% of all traffic, compared to 23% for "WAP and .mobi sites"; nearly 12 million peopl
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20/05/2008 @ 16:00 GMT
bmilleare : jQuery.jImageLink - I could use this on a current project
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20/05/2008 @ 10:01 GMT
factoryjoe : Marketplace: Together, we can work solo - Working at home may seem like an ideal convenience for a professional, but it can also get kind of lonely. Alex Goldmark looked into an event that aims to beat the freelancer blues by putting a bunch of them together. Saved By: Chris Me
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20/05/2008 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : How to Use Nico Video - Japanese video site from 2chan's creator requires registration to view videos, so I'm slogging through it
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20/05/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
joshua : Computer-controlled LED lamp - full color
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20/05/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
joshua : Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications
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20/05/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
deusx : NetFlix: First Netflix Streaming Box Review, $100 and Unlimited Downloads! - "First of all, the box is 99 bucks, ... Any Netflix disc mailing plan over $9 gets you unlimited streaming of almost 10,000 titles."
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20/05/2008 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Threadless Prints - limited-edition 18"x24" posters based on shirt designs [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : YouTomb's tracking who ordered YouTube takedowns - recent takedowns are on the homepage of the MIT project [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 07:00 GMT
deusx : AMERICA NEEDS NEW LEADERSHIP. - "John Alpha has a plan. A big plan. A plan to change America forever."
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20/05/2008 @ 05:00 GMT
wearehugh : May Sweeps Sees Record Low Ratings - TVWeek - News - ha ha
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20/05/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
Greg Storey : The Wonder Twins. - "...finding work as been a little tough."
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20/05/2008 @ 03:01 GMT
mmb : El silencio de Helión by el estratografico @ Flickr - by el estratografico via PCL LinkDump: 50´s spanish sci fi paperbacks [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Web Trigrams, visualizing three-word phrases from Google's corpus - gorgeous infoviz; more of his work from the massive dataset [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
wearehugh : Data snooping - mozilla.dev.planning | Google Groups - mozilla does, however, have a secret plan to fight inflation
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Typefoundry - Currently enjoying Typefoundry, what appears to be very advanced type geek speak, in journal format. Via Rebecca. [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
mmb : Wooster Collective: Luxury Tax (Seen On The Streets Of Chicago) - Wooster Collective: Luxury Tax (Seen On The Streets Of Chicago) via www.boingboing.net [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
mmb : 2412244641 by jl.incrowd @ Flickr - by jl.incrowd via www.boingboing.net [via]
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
adamrg : Contrary to belief, local linguists say Northwest has distinctive dialect - Say "caught" and "cot" out loud. If you're a true Northwest speaker, the words will sound identical. Linguists call this the "low-back merger" because we've merged these two vowel sounds. On much of the East Coast, these same
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
deusx : Japanese Blood Types and Personality - Issendai's Lair - "thanks to a remarkable bit of Science! by a gentleman named Furukawa Takeji, the Japanese believe that a person's blood type affects their personality."
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20/05/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
veen : Middleman - a set on Flickr - The adventures of Middleman
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20/05/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : "...people are not posting to their blogs anymore. Like everywhere." - "I am really noticing people are not posting to their blogs anymore. Like everywhere." Yes. And oh the irony that I'm posting to my site by linking to a tweet.
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20/05/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : XO laptops to begin shipping soon with Windows XP - NY Times: XO laptops to begin shipping soon with Windows XP. Fantastic. Let's perpetuate poor computing experiences to new computer users throughout the world. This news comes only as my displeasure for the OLPC effort is growing. (Anyone need a NIB XO la
Greg Storey : Negroponte let Microsoft invade One Laptop Per Child?! - Asshat! He turned down Steve Jobs' offer of free Mac OS licenses almost three years ago.
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Andy Baio : Homer Simpson says, "Beat it, Waxy!" - from the archives
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20/05/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : Flying penis - Sharenator.com - "As Kasparov spoke a toy penis with wings buzzed across the hall and around him. It was not clear who was behind the stunt."
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20/05/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : Mark Jeffrey: Make The NY Times Bestseller List... By Giving Your Book Away - Media on The Huffington Post - "That's what author Scott Sigler did with his new novel Infected. Originally a podiobook (podcast audiobook) given away for free, Infected is the sort of novel no publisher in world would think would sell."
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20/05/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Garry Kasparov Griefed by Flying Penis - In a bizarre example of Second Life leaking into the real world, a political assembly on Saturday led by chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was disrupted by a flying penis. Kasparov is a leader of the Other Russia movement, a loose coalition of activists o
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20/05/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
Andy Baio : SNL's Japanese version of "The Office" - "It's funny because it's racist."
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