15/07/2008 @ 23:01 GMT
Linkorama : Will Profit Motive Undermine Trust in Truste? - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog - That is the view of Truste, a 10-year-old non-profit organization that certifies that Web sites meet some minimum standards to protect the privacy of their users. The group is converting to for-profit status and selling the bulk of its newly created stock
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15/07/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
deusx : Michigan Brewers Guild - "The Michigan Brewers Guild’s Summer Beer Festival is a showcase event featuring well over 200 beers from more than 30 Michigan breweries. "
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15/07/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
veen : lancearthur.com: For A Phone - “Are you gonna tell on me?” He asks this while still grinning that grin. I want nothing more than to kill him with something sharp. “I am.” I start looking for someone to tell.
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15/07/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | President Bush Discusses Outer Continental Shelf Exploration
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15/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
jcgregorio : The Subprime Mess and Phil Gramm: An Experiment in Deregulation | InjuryBoard Los Angeles - Hard to lay the blame for the second Bush recession all on one man, but Gramm comes close to earning it.
deusx : The Subprime Mess and Phil Gramm: An Experiment in Deregulation | InjuryBoard Los Angeles - "In 1999, former Senator Phil Gramm (who is, incidentally, Senator John McCain's economic adviser and cochairs his presidential campaign) set out to completely gut the Glass-Steagall Act, and did so successfully,"
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15/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - awesome
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15/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT
43folders : Harvard Gazette: Data overload nothing new - via http://www.43folders.com/comment/337945/Its-being-done
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15/07/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Coding Horror: Maybe Normalizing Isn't Normal - Expect the relational database zealots to crawl out of the woodwork on this one. Comments will include, "you suck", "use postgres", this article is harmful", and "I used to think you were smart Jeff..."
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15/07/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
mmb : David Archer: Rules for living by Stone and Taleb - David Archer: Rules for living by Stone and Taleb via A comparison of the rules for living of writer Nassim Nicholas (kottke.org) [via]
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15/07/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
dbow : iCal, Google Calendar, BusySync and MobileMe - BusyMac's explanation of how they all work together (via Daring Fireball)
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
mmb : Mathematical Recreations - Mathematical Recreations via Anarchaia: A tumblelog by Christian Neukirchen [via]
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
nelson : Summize on the deal - Notes from the Summize guys on being acquired by Twitter
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
nelson : Greg Pass' blog - One of the Summize guys; very interesting eclectica
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
cobra libre : America's beer - It's PBR if you don't mind outsourcing; Sam Adams, otherwise. #
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : Beck - Loser - SoundManager 2 Demo: Play MP3 links on a page, "page as playlist" style - "Experimental dynamic XBM test, favicon "VU meter""
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15/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
deusx : DEFENDER of the favicon | Mathieu 'p01' Henri | July 2008 - "The idea was to push the concept of generated favicons further and pack a thrilling retro shooter in 16×16 pixels using JavaScript, canvas and data: URIs."
Andy Baio : Defender of the favicon - staggering hack puts a playable Defender clone in your browser's 16x16 favicon; Firefox and Opera only
Rod Begbie : DEFENDER of the favicon - The classic arcade game Defender, implemented as a Firefox favicon! A bit of a silly hack, but the idea of updating favicons dynamically (to alert users when they're looking at a different tab) has some milage. [via] #
fastclemmy : Defender of the Favicon - Defender of the Favicon by fastclemmy DEFENDER of the favicon is a JavaScript remake of Eugene Jarvis' brilliant arcade game Defender written by Mathieu 'p01' Henri and inspired by Scott Schiller's experiment with generated favicons VU meter. The id
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15/07/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
nelson : Twitter + Summize - Congratulations guys, this is great for Twitter
Andy Baio : Twitter officially acquires Summize - search.twitter.com is now live
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15/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
Khoi Vinh : AisleOne: BBC Design Guidelines - BBC.co.uk applies some of the thinking I’ve done around grids to its new, wider page template.
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15/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python - Nice example of a PEG.
Simon Willison : Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python - Simple Top-Down Parsing in Python. Eye-opening tutorial on building a recursive descent parser for Python, in Python that uses top-down operator precedence.
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15/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
jonhicks : This cartoon wrote a sweary word on your toilet wall. - That's how I roll.
Khoi Vinh : Cartoonist Phil Selby on Legibility and Correct Punctuation - “That’s how I roll…”
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deusx : google hut - drawing with funky characters on Google
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15/07/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
43folders : A List Apart: Articles: Walking the Line When You Work from Home - "Every work environment offers distractions, but those who work from home with their families face a unique set of issues—and need equally unique ways of dealing with them." via http://twitter.com/zeldman/statuses/858856976
Cameron Moll : Walking the Line When You Work from Home - Sound advice when working from home. "There’s also the “closed-door” policy, in which your family understands not to bother you if the door to your office is closed. James Higginbotham’s policy means, 'If the door is closed, please don’t interru
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15/07/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
43folders : A List Apart: Articles: How Do You Walk the Line Between Work and Home? Share Your Best Practices With ALA - "Share your best practices on working from home so we can present them in an upcoming issue of A List Apart." via http://twitter.com/zeldman/statuses/858856976
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15/07/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
deusx : Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » World of Warcraft:Nitpicks - "Despite the fun this game has to offer, it is not without its eccentricities and frustrations. This list is long. This is not because the game is rife with idiocy (at least, not more than other games) but simply because the game is so immense."
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jcgregorio : Scientist at Work - Edward O. Wilson - E.O Wilson Takes Cue From Ants in His Views on Human Social Evolution - NYTimes.com - e.o wilson rocks!
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mmb : MTV Multiplayer » First E3 Surprise - Nintendo Unveils ‘Motion Plus’ Wii Add-On - MTV Multiplayer » First E3 Surprise - Nintendo Unveils ‘Motion Plus’ Wii Add-On via Slashdot | Nintendo Unveils Wii MotionPlus [via]
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15/07/2008 @ 11:01 GMT
Isofarro : The problem with SproutCore - Esteemed colleague Steve Webster notes: 'SproutCore doesn't just ignore progressive enhancement — it hacks it into tiny little pieces, urinates all over them and then mails them back to you one by one.'
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Rod Begbie : Feist on Sesame Street - In retrospect, "1 2 3 4" was an obvious choice. [via] #
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15/07/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | No progress in 15 years
wearehugh : Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | No progress in 15 years
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15/07/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
Linkorama : Knowing what's on your phone--and on those of your employees - First we throw all our data on servers, in clouds, on Amazon's S3, on Google Docs, etc., for the convenience of being able to get at it wherever we go. Then we bring the data back to us again in various caches at very distances from us--proxy servers at t
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15/07/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : jgrowl - JavaScript growl-like popup messages for webpages. [via] #
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15/07/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
wearehugh : "Without the ability to sign code, there is no way for a user to get code onto a device" - words can not describe how little sympathy i have for you
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15/07/2008 @ 05:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Follow Reddit from the Console - Follow Reddit from the Console: heh
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15/07/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
jcgregorio : An ESB for the Web? - O'Reilly Radar - I don't even know where to start...
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15/07/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Maple Grilled Tempeh Recipe - 101 Cookbooks - "The salty sweet marinade really worked its way into the tempeh. The heat from the grill added a nice touch of caramelization. It worked beautifully alongside the grilled mushroom, served on top of the earthy quinoa."
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15/07/2008 @ 04:01 GMT
deusx : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service."
mmb : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops via deusx’s favorites on del.icio.us [via]
Rod Begbie : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Open-source app which logs your laptop's network location (and optionally a snapshot from the webcam) to a DHT distributed database at irregular intervals. [via] #
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15/07/2008 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Mutex contention and other bottlenecks in MySQL - Mutex contention and other bottlenecks in MySQL: yikes... good to know that a lot of this is getting worked on!
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15/07/2008 @ 04:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : PickensPlan - PickensPlan: As my friend Dan says "Hey, remember back when Candidate Al was talking about this stuff 8 years ago? Wouldn't it be great if he'd have gotten the job he won?"
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15/07/2008 @ 04:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Deep Note, the Guitar Hero bot - it got 820k points and 98% playing Through the Fire and Flames; amazingly, some humans can still beat it, for now [via]
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15/07/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : LVM Configuration mistake to Avoid - LVM Configuration mistake to Avoid: "olume groups in LVM live completely isolated life and you can’t use space from one volume group for snapshot for another." Yeah, LVM terminology can be confusing.
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deusx : TopatoCo: Is Being a Whale Awesome Shirt - "Hah hah, sweet! This is a great shirt for anyone who has ever played an adventure game. Plus, oh man, you've been turned into a whale! Is it awesome? (Y/N)"
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deusx : TopatoCo: Posterchild's I'd Hit That Shirt - "This excellent shirt is inspired by Posterchild's famous Mario Block Project. It includes a saucy slogan that's sure to impress."
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15/07/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Generic Malware Debunking Post - Generic Malware Debunking Post: why do people still underestimate web security stuff?
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15/07/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Unofficial RSS feed of newly-added App Store applications - until Apple adds their own, I've been keeping tabs using this
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15/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - prescient fodder from the onion at the beginning of Bush's term
Andy Baio : Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' - remarkably prescient article from January 2001
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15/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
nelson : Fallout 3 trailer - Gameplay looks iffy, but still excited
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deusx : snellspace.com » Blog Archive » Telecommuting - "Not only do I telecommute, but my boss and department are back in Boston while I’m still out here in the Central San Joaquin Valley in California where I’ve got five generations of family living within a 30 mile radius. Right now, I just couldn
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15/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Garmin Blog: Ask Garmin: Backing up Favorites and Waypoints - Garmin Blog: Ask Garmin: Backing up Favorites and Waypoints: this works well on our Nuvi units
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15/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Daily Mail tries to unmask Banksy's secret identity - unconfirmed, but definitely seems likely
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