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Grand Jury confirms that Ted Stevens is a complete asshat.

29/07/2008 @ 23:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Grand Jury confirms that Ted Stevens is a complete asshat. - Next I hope they convict his corrupt family.

Tags : Politics

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Lab on a Chip Articles

29/07/2008 @ 22:01 GMT

mmb : Lab on a Chip Articles - Lab on a Chip Articles

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When Mom and Dad Share It All - Adventures in Equal Parenting - Lisa Belkin - NYTimes.com

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : When Mom and Dad Share It All - Adventures in Equal Parenting - Lisa Belkin - NYTimes.com - takes a lot of communication

Tags : communication nytimes parenting equalparenting

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Equally Shared Parenting · Half the Work ... All the Fun

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : Equally Shared Parenting · Half the Work ... All the Fun - website of couple mentioned in NYT story

Tags : parenting equalparenting kids children

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Google Calendar: Google Calendar Adds CalDAV Support, Enabling iCal Sync

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : Google Calendar: Google Calendar Adds CalDAV Support, Enabling iCal Sync - would be nice to get this working

Tags : firefox:bookmarks ical sync calendar google ipodtouch osx software

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Confessions of a Community College Dean: Thoughts on Service

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : Confessions of a Community College Dean: Thoughts on Service - I'm firmly in response category #1. should print this out and send it to the new dean

Tags : education academia service research teaching

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EmbeddedMath.com - Math T-shirts and other gifts for Mathematicians

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : EmbeddedMath.com - Math T-shirts and other gifts for Mathematicians - among the best of the bad jokes I've seen lately

Tags : math cute shopping

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The World's Fair : Hopefully, the start of a definitive list of things to avoid at all cost when ...

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : The World's Fair : Hopefully, the start of a definitive list of things to avoid at all cost when speaking publicly. - unnecessary math.

Tags : academia talks meetings via:del/orzelc

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SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog - Syracuse Football's Vale of Tears

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : SportingNews.com - The Sporting Blog - Syracuse Football's Vale of Tears - chasm, more like. abyss, even.

Tags : syracuse football

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David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

gleuschk : David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - new album new album new album yaaaay!

Tags : eno davidbyrne music

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fl0wer gameplay from E3 2008

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

Andy Baio : fl0wer gameplay from E3 2008 - my other E3 picks: Ibb and Obb, Mirror's Edge, Rhythm Heaven, Fat Princess, and LittleBigPlanet  [via]

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OSCON in 37 minutes

29/07/2008 @ 22:00 GMT

wearehugh : OSCON in 37 minutes - so sorry i missed this

Andy Baio : OSCON in 37 minutes - 45 presenters summarize their talks in 30 seconds; I'd love to see this before every conference

Simon Willison : OSCON in 37 minutes - OSCON in 37 minutes. 45 OSCON talks summarised by their presenters in just 37 minutes, compiled by Gregg Pollack. I get to rant about OpenID for a minute at 27:22.

Tags : oscon video

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My hands are still shaking.

29/07/2008 @ 21:01 GMT

Greg Storey : My hands are still shaking. - Haven't felt a quake like that in a while.

Tags : Previously

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Waiter Rant reveals his identity on eve of book tour

29/07/2008 @ 21:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Waiter Rant reveals his identity on eve of book tour - NY Mag identified the restaurant, saying he worked there for six years  [via]

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Trojan Room coffee pot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

29/07/2008 @ 20:01 GMT

mmb : Trojan Room coffee pot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Trojan Room coffee pot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Grand jury indicts Alaska senator - CNN.com

29/07/2008 @ 20:00 GMT

deusx : Grand jury indicts Alaska senator - CNN.com - "Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens was charged Tuesday with making false statements after a wide-ranging probe into ties between an energy company and lawmakers in his home state, according to a federal indictment."

Tags : stevens tubes seriesoftubes notatruck crime indictments

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Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog ASP.NET, XML, CSS, Ajax, PHP: New on Wrox First Wikis

29/07/2008 @ 20:00 GMT

deusx : Jim Minatel's Wrox Book Editor Blog ASP.NET, XML, CSS, Ajax, PHP: New on Wrox First Wikis - "And on Professional JavaScript Frameworks, we've got 7 chapters out of the 39 planned. so far we're focusing on YUI (2 chapters), Dojo (3 chapters), and MooTools (2 chapters). Soon, we'll start adding jQuery, Prototype, and ExtJS chap

Tags : books javascript wrox

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Medium Large

29/07/2008 @ 20:00 GMT

gleuschk : Medium Large - funny!

Tags : webcomic comic interweb silly via:del/orzelc

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Look whos talking - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog

29/07/2008 @ 19:02 GMT

jcgregorio : Look whos talking - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog - Krugman has a nice visual way of demolishing the Republican == Good for the Economy theory.

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The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear - NYTimes.com

29/07/2008 @ 19:02 GMT

jcgregorio : The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear - NYTimes.com - Philip W. Anderson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist at Princeton, wrote in 1995: “The deepest and most interesting unsolved problem in solid state theory is probably the theory of the nature of glass and the glass transition.”

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ISO50 - The Visual Work of Scott Hansen

29/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

joshua : ISO50 - The Visual Work of Scott Hansen

Tags : img blog

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Utah teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

29/07/2008 @ 19:01 GMT

mmb : Utah teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Utah teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Web Design Dashboard

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : Web Design Dashboard - AgencyTool's Web Design Dashboard must have more than 200 links or so. One for the bookmarks. Via Gilbert Lee. [via]

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Numbers, a magazine by frog design

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : Numbers, a magazine by frog design - Numbers, a magazine by frog design. Issue 08 includes words with Erik Spiekermann.

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2008 Typophile Tee Battle winner

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : 2008 Typophile Tee Battle winner - The 2008 Typophile Tee Battle winner, "Light, Regular, Bold & Bold Italic," is understated but something I could see myself wearing. Great choice.

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The unofficial Beijing Olympic tee

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : The unofficial Beijing Olympic tee - The unofficial Beijing Olympic tee, designed by SCHOOL, an organization that helps "companies with youth ambition to connect better with youths."

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FOWD NYC

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : FOWD NYC - Future of Web Design NYC is coming up this November. Speakers include Hillman Curtis, Khoi Vinh, and others.

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The Bureau's free Photoshop brushes, color swatches, and fonts

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : The Bureau's free Photoshop brushes, color swatches, and fonts - Design Bureau of Amerika's Photoshop brushes, color swatches, and fonts, all free of charge.

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Speaking at SLC AIGA, August 14

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : Speaking at SLC AIGA, August 14 - The date on the site is incorrect, but I'll be speaking by invite from the Salt Lake City AIGA on August 14th at The Art Institute of Salt Lake City (Draper, Utah). Admission for members is $5, guests $10. Topic title is "Good vs. Great Design: Striving f

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9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid

29/07/2008 @ 18:01 GMT

Linkorama : 9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid - funny

Tags : humor VC

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Cuil

29/07/2008 @ 17:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : Cuil - Cuil, a search engine launched by ex-Googlers. Via DF. [via]

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Bear with me while you sleep at Whistler… | The Rumbling Edge

29/07/2008 @ 17:00 GMT

deusx : Bear with me while you sleep at Whistler… | The Rumbling Edge - "Just after 5.30am on Tuesday 29 July, outside Westin Resort & Spa while most were sleeping, feeling safe and sound…"

Tags : bears whistler moz08

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json-head

29/07/2008 @ 17:00 GMT

Simon Willison : json-head - json-head. I’ve deployed another App Engine mini-app, which provides a JSON-P API for running HEAD requests against an arbitrary URL (useful for checking things like Content-Length and Content-Type headers and whether a URL returns 200). App Engine’

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Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence

29/07/2008 @ 16:01 GMT

Eric Meyer : Summarized Cinema: Science Movies Explained in a Sentence - "Starship Troopers: Valiant insects try to repel totalitarian invaders." [via Jeffrey] [via]

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OK Computer? - Front Page - Mike Power's Website

29/07/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

gleuschk : OK Computer? - Front Page - Mike Power's Website - truth. makes me want to learn an honest trade

Tags : computer zeitgeist comic life work play home sleep

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The future of web font embedding | clagnut/blog

29/07/2008 @ 16:00 GMT

wearehugh : The future of web font embedding | clagnut/blog - some interesting ideas for new/additional business models once 3 major browsers support embedded fonts

Tags : fonts typography licensing css

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UPDATED: 10 Must-Have Python Packages for Social Scientists Zero Intelligence Agents

29/07/2008 @ 15:01 GMT

mmb : UPDATED: 10 Must-Have Python Packages for Social Scientists Zero Intelligence Agents - UPDATED: 10 Must-Have Python Packages for Social Scientists Zero Intelligence Agents via Popular pages on del.icio.us [via]

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Extra fields on many-to-many relationships

29/07/2008 @ 15:00 GMT

Simon Willison : Extra fields on many-to-many relationships - Extra fields on many-to-many relationships. Checked in just over an hour ago, Django now lets you specify a custom “through” table for a ManyToManyField. Great work by Eric Florenzano.  [via]

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Japan has a shortage of lawyers.

29/07/2008 @ 13:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Japan has a shortage of lawyers. - Of course this means it's time to make lawyer robots.

Tags : News

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Handy comparison between Silverback and Screenflow

29/07/2008 @ 12:00 GMT

Richard Rutter : Handy comparison between Silverback and Screenflow - Silverback is better for usability testing; Screenflow is better for screencasts.

Tags : Tools & software and software, Silverback, Screenflow, review

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So Open It Hurts

29/07/2008 @ 12:00 GMT

Andy Baio : So Open It Hurts - SF Mag's long profile piece on Tara Hunt and Chris Messina's public breakup

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Campaign for a Sensible Sandwich

29/07/2008 @ 07:00 GMT

cobra libre : Campaign for a Sensible Sandwich - "And every time I ask why I've been served so much food in my sandwich I'm always met with amazement, 'We've never had anyone complain about too much food before!'" #

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"We're looking for someone to help us build things better and faster."

29/07/2008 @ 06:01 GMT

Greg Storey : "We're looking for someone to help us build things better and faster." - For Ethan, in case he becomes disgruntled.

Tags : Development

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Karateka is coming back!

29/07/2008 @ 06:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Karateka is coming back! - OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.

Tags : Playing

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Square Exix hits the iPod.

29/07/2008 @ 06:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Square Exix hits the iPod. - Releases first RPG for iPod.

Tags : Playing

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Yahoo Music to offer refunds, what about MSN? | News - Digital Media - CNET News.com

29/07/2008 @ 04:00 GMT

wearehugh : Yahoo Music to offer refunds, what about MSN? | News - Digital Media - CNET News.com

Tags : yahoo music drm

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Derek Powazek's 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments

29/07/2008 @ 02:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Derek Powazek's 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments - solid suggestions that would lead to a massive short-term decrease in comments, for the better

Richard Rutter : 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments - Good solid sense from the man Powazek. In particular: Participate… Get your writers involved in the conversation.

Tags : Social software Information design, social software, comments, newspapers

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IDC: Mobile devices connecting to the web to surpass PCs by 2012

29/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : IDC: Mobile devices connecting to the web to surpass PCs by 2012 - IDC Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast: "IDC expects the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet will surpass the number of online PCs by 2012.... Roughly 40% of all Internet users worldwide currently have mobile Internet access." Other statis

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comScore: Mobile map usage increasing steadily in U.S., Europe

29/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

Cameron Moll : comScore: Mobile map usage increasing steadily in U.S., Europe - comScore report: "...8 percent of American mobile subscribers and 3 percent of European subscribers [access] maps from the mobile phone ... a growth rate of 82 percent and 49 percent in the number of users, respectively.... 73 percent of mobile subscriber

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iSquint - iPod Video Made Easy.

29/07/2008 @ 01:01 GMT

philgyford : iSquint - iPod Video Made Easy. - Free converter for making video into iPod/iPhone-friendly video. (via Haddock)

Tags : top via:haddock ipod iphone video mac osx macosx software converter formats isquint

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Chris Gilmour

29/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

philgyford : Chris Gilmour - Wonderful lifesize (I assume) sculptures of everyday objects (bikes, cars, dentist's chair, etc.) made entirely out of cardboard. (via Kottke)

Tags : top via:kottke cardboard sculpture art chrisgilmour card

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Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

29/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

philgyford : Last Call, Bohemia: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com - Christopher Hitchens on gentrification, New York's West Village, London's Soho, etc. (via Kottke, yes I'm catching up on a lot of Kottke)

Tags : top via:kottke christopherhitchens vanityfair gentrification redevelopment cities urbanism newyork westvillage london soho bohemia

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Survival tips for the Middle Ages

29/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

philgyford : Survival tips for the Middle Ages - Completely awesome stuff. I've thought about this kind of thing loads since I was a kid - how would you cope if you travelled back in time? Lots of conflicting ideas there.

Tags : top jasonkottke kottke timetravel middleages

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Amazon.co.uk: "Travellers Back in Time"

29/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

philgyford : Amazon.co.uk: "Travellers Back in Time" - I collected all the fiction mentioned in the Kottke and Marginal Revolution posts about "How would you survive if you travelled back to 1000AD?" and made them into an Amazon Listmania list.

Tags : top timetravel fiction books novels amazon listmania philgyford alternatehistory althistory

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Metafilter on the end of Wired Magazine's Found column

29/07/2008 @ 01:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Metafilter on the end of Wired Magazine's Found column - almost uniformly goofy, I'll still miss it

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Gary "Helvetica the Movie" Hustwit announces his next feature: Objectified.

29/07/2008 @ 00:01 GMT

Greg Storey : Gary "Helvetica the Movie" Hustwit announces his next feature: Objectified. - A documentary about industrial design. Sweet!

Tags : Design

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Lifebloom's bloom generates no threat

29/07/2008 @ 00:01 GMT

nelson : Lifebloom's bloom generates no threat - Great example of Warcraft nerds reverse engineering the game in exquisite detail

Tags : ai games warcraft

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LA Times on Sean Tevis' XKCD-inspired fundraising comic

29/07/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

Andy Baio : LA Times on Sean Tevis' XKCD-inspired fundraising comic - he hit his goal in 24 hours and raised a staggering $95k in two weeks, 8 times his old-guard opponent

Rod Begbie : Kansan sticks it to election system - Sean Tevis's xkcd-style request for campaign funds for his attempt at the Kansas legislature ended up bringing in almost $100k. It'll be interesting to see how he fares in November. [via#

Tags : kansas politics seantevis usa

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Phillip Toledano's Days with My Father

29/07/2008 @ 00:00 GMT

Andy Baio : Phillip Toledano's Days with My Father - a 98-year-old widower with no short-term memory, but a great sense of humor  [via]

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