27/06/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Top 10 long-shot goals - YouTube: Top 10 long-shot goals. They're all crazy insane, but the (lack of) angle on #8 is incredible.
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27/06/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
deusx : briksoftware's products - "UnPlugged is an application to notify when the power cord of the Mac is unplugged or plugged in."
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27/06/2008 @ 21:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Capital FM London Traffic Map - Capital FM London Traffic Map. We launched this today at GCap (née Global Radio). I’m particularly impressed with how well the team handled clustering the traffic cameras on the Google map.
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27/06/2008 @ 21:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Module Pattern Provides No Privacy... at least not in JavaScript(TM) - Module Pattern Provides No Privacy... at least not in JavaScript(TM). JavaScript variables hidden inside a closure aren’t as hidden as I thought—it turns out you can pass a closure as the second argument to eval (at least in Firefox) and “steal” [via]
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27/06/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
Linkorama : Socialtext is Growing Up - This is not surprising, but it’s required the company to think hard about its customers’ businesses and specific use cases in which wikis add significant value, and where processes can be developed to leverage the technology.
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27/06/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Smartphone Experts Screen Protectors (3-Pack) for Centro - Centro & Treo Screen Protectors - "The SPE Screen Protector is the best screen protector for your Centro. Not only does it protect your display, but it also enhances it! "
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27/06/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : MAKE: Blog: Malware bots as papercraft - "These are fun, paper craft malware bots from Symantec to educate folks on PC viri/bad software"
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27/06/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : Breathtaking full-color photos of Mars’ atmosphere - ∞
Eric Meyer : Martian Skies - Some I've seen before, some I haven't -- but all of them are simply amazing, stunning, spectacular, and several other superlatives. [via Brent] [via]
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27/06/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
Ethan Marcotte : How to stop iPhone interference in speakers - As much as I hate the BEE-DEEP-BEEP-BE-DEEP each time my iPhone comes within a few hundred yards of unshielded speakers, I don't think I'm about to wrap half of it in tinfoil. ∞
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27/06/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
Linkorama : Excellent HBR piece challenging the Long Tail - It's an excellent article, and although I don't agree with all the conclusions, I'm delighted to see research of this rigor on the topic
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27/06/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
Linkorama : How a Marketing Firm Implemented an Enterprise Wiki - Using a wiki from Socialtext, a social software vendor, CoActive, a New York-based marketing firm, has been able to take critical work out of e-mail boxes and put it into one transparent, searchable portal.
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27/06/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Smartphone Experts Retractable Sync & Charge Cable for Centro, Treo - Centro & Treo Sync & Charge Solutions - Treonauts Store - "Reduce cable clutter with this innovative retractable Sync & Charge cable - now with an integrated sync button."
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27/06/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Palm Air Case for Centro - Centro & Treo Hard Cases - Treonauts Store - "Protect your Centro with this strong, lightweight, and practically invisible case. Made of durable polycarbonate, it's sleek and smooth, yet surprisingly strong. Best of all, you can access all of your Centro's features while it's safely inside the
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27/06/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
deusx : Palm 2 in 1 Stereo Headset Pro for Centro, Treo - Centro & Treo Hybrid Headphones - Treonauts Store - "If your Centro, Treo 755p, Treo 750, Treo 700p, Treo 700wx, Treo 700w, Treo 680, Treo 650, or Treo 600 pulls double duty as a phone and an MP3 player, then the 2-in-1 Stereo Headset Pro is perfect for you!"
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27/06/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Twitter sketch from July 2006 - An original sketch of the Twitter UI. Too bad nobody ever sketched the database and scalability plans...
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27/06/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : The Employable Web Designer - Andy Rutledge: The Employable Web Designer. A must-read. "Almost daily I receive one or more emails from design students and aspiring Web designers unsure about their current education. They’re concerned that what they’re learning will not sufficientl
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27/06/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Cameron Moll : Symbian OS: A Big Deal - Carlo Longino on the Symbian OS news from earlier this week. This inevitably will put Symbian in a position to pit itself against iPhone and Android.
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27/06/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
mmb : 3quarksdaily - 3quarksdaily via programming: Taylor series can save your life [via]
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27/06/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
mmb : My Damn Channel » You Suck at Photoshop: Season 1 » You Suck at Photoshop #1 - My Damn Channel » You Suck at Photoshop: Season 1 » You Suck at Photoshop #1
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27/06/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
nelson : DNS name stupidity - Does the world need a .pepsi TLD?
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27/06/2008 @ 11:00 GMT
Simon Willison : He/She/They: Grammar and Facebook - He/She/They: Grammar and Facebook. Facebook are going to start requiring gender information because foreign language translations wind up being too confusing when that information is not available. Aside: I wish they’d implement proper title elements
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27/06/2008 @ 11:00 GMT
Simon Willison : The Cron Commandments - The Cron Commandments. How to write well-behaved cron scripts, from Dean Wilson.
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27/06/2008 @ 10:00 GMT
Simon Willison : sfical.py - sfical.py. Neat idea: write a CGI script that turns a proprietary API (in this case the SalesForce events API) in to standard ical format, then run it on your Mac’s local Apache server and subscribe to it from iCal.
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27/06/2008 @ 10:00 GMT
Simon Willison : How-to: Full-text search in Google App Engine - How-to: Full-text search in Google App Engine. use search.SearchableModel instead of db.Model—it’s pretty rough at the moment which is probably why it’s still undocumented.
joshua : App Engine Guy: How-to: Full-text search in Google App Engine
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27/06/2008 @ 09:00 GMT
Simon Willison : OAuth for Google Data APIs - OAuth for Google Data APIs. Awesome. Now, how’s OAuth support shaping up over at Twitter (who are serious offenders when it comes to encouraging the password anti-pattern, despite Twitter engineers being key to the creation of the original OAuth spec) [via]
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27/06/2008 @ 07:01 GMT
mmb : whoisi.com: Follow your friends on the Internet. - whoisi.com: Follow your friends on the Internet. via Christopher Blizzard » Blog Archive » announcing whoisi [via]
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27/06/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
deusx : Xbox 360: Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player - "Netflix subscribers, if you've got an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista PC, you don't have to shell out $99 for Roku's Netflix Player box to get your Watch Instantly library on your TV screen—you already have everything you need."
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27/06/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
deusx : Amazon Web Services Developer Connection : Browser Uploads to S3 using HTML POST Forms - "Create HTML POST forms that allow your web site visitors to upload files into your S3 account using a standard web browser."
Simon Willison : Browser Uploads to S3 using HTML POST Forms - Browser Uploads to S3 using HTML POST Forms. I didn’t know you could do this: create a regular HTML form that gives people permission to upload direct to your own S3 bucket, using a signed JSON policy statement in a hidden form field to prevent third
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27/06/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Podsafe Music Network - spring clock wonder - "Driving guitars laced into layers of anti-matter."
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27/06/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Simon Willison : CookBookNewFormsFieldOrdering - CookBookNewFormsFieldOrdering. Handy tip—change the order of fields in a Django newforms instance by over-riding form.fields.keyOrder (since fields is a SortedDict).
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27/06/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Norman Potter, extrapolated. - Brilliant.
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27/06/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
Linkorama : Sarah Meyers At Socialtext - A short walk around video
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27/06/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Please tell me this comes with a matching Protec helmet. - Weird, I don't see a place to put the Taco Bell and keg of Dew.
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27/06/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
deusx : Ypsilanti man stabs mom with fork, beats woman with frozen chicken
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27/06/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Book Review: High Performance MySQL (2nd Ed.) - Book Review: High Performance MySQL (2nd Ed.): "Without a doubt, High Performance MySQL belongs on any serious developer's bookshelf. Like the original, it's an enjoyable, engaging read that provides battled-tested solutions to real-world pro
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27/06/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : What to do if you are organized and your partner isn’t - What to do if you are organized and your partner isn’t: good advice
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