11/09/2008 @ 23:03 GMT
deusx : BBspot - Evolutionary Acceleration Research Institute Ready to Start “Squirrel Smasher” - "Scientists currently rely on computer simulations to smash biological units, but simulations can only do so much, and without the visceral enjoyment of seeing two squirrels collide at thousands of miles an hour."
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deusx : Hack Day Radar - Y! Hack Day tweets and flickrs in random motion
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11/09/2008 @ 23:01 GMT
deusx : WWdN: In Exile: in which i get to hurl polyhedrons - "This was pretty much as fantastic as I thought it would be, and I'm very proud of myself for never blowing a save versus "OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I GET TO DO THIS" the whole time we played."
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11/09/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
deusx : Skill Mastery: Mirror Image - WOW Insider - "At my computer, I burst into song, and lost control of my bowels."
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11/09/2008 @ 22:02 GMT
Simon Willison : The TimeToLead.eu technical stack: Django and Flex - The TimeToLead.eu technical stack: Django and Flex. Nice case study of a site using Django’s i18n support along with django-rosetta.
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11/09/2008 @ 22:01 GMT
Andy Baio : EepyBird's Sticky Note Experiment - from the Mentos/Diet Coke guys, soon to be seen everywhere [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 22:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Bioshock creator Ken Levine talks about growing up nerdy in the '70s - finding his tribe, losing it in Hollywood, and finding again in game design [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 20:02 GMT
gleuschk : UsingMac - Leopard - Quick Look vs. Slideshow - huh, that slideshow thing is super handy
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11/09/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Hands-on demo video of the Plastic Logic Reader - cool stuff, but someone needs to take lessons from Apple
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11/09/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Seth MacFarlane's AdSense Cartoons Now Available - new videos weekly, subscribe on Burger King's YouTube channel
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11/09/2008 @ 19:05 GMT
Greg Storey : The Peacock hath given AppleTV owners the gift of free HD. - Thanks for pulling your head out NBC.
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11/09/2008 @ 19:03 GMT
Simon Willison : Interview with Ian Hickson about HTML5 - Interview with Ian Hickson about HTML5. Good questions, interesting answers, including an explanation and breakdown of the planned 2022 date for the final recommendation.
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11/09/2008 @ 19:02 GMT
Simon Willison : The alt="" attribute from Ian Hickson - The alt=“” attribute from Ian Hickson. In case you were wondering how it all ended, Hixie has a mammoth summary post explaining the facts, the potential alternatives and the final solution that went in to the spec.
cobra libre : Ian Hickson: The alt="" attribute - I swear, it's like reading Aquinas. #
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11/09/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
Simon Willison : Prototype based programming in python - Prototype based programming in python. Neat implementation of JavaScript-style prototype inheritance in Python.
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11/09/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : OiNK admin charged with "conspiracy to defraud" - his bail date was extended five times; related: Elite Torrents admin sentenced to 18 months in jail
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11/09/2008 @ 18:07 GMT
Cameron Moll : Two utility typefaces from Emigre - Two utility typefaces from Emigre: Dalliance Flourishes and Puzzler Pattern Elements.
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11/09/2008 @ 18:05 GMT
Simon Willison : Dromaeo: JavaScript Performance Testing - Dromaeo: JavaScript Performance Testing. This is one classy benchmark. Run it in as many browsers as you like (each run is saved to the server and assigned a run ID), then compare the results by appending ?id=[run1],[run2]... to the URL. [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 18:04 GMT
Andy Baio : Road Trip: Southwest USA - Penn & Teller's Desert Bus remade as a 1980s text adventure
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11/09/2008 @ 18:03 GMT
Andy Baio : Why do people participate in Mechanical Turk? - he asked the Turker community, by creating a HIT paying ten cents per answer
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11/09/2008 @ 18:02 GMT
Andy Baio : Super 3D Portals 6, remaking Portal for the Atari 2600 - and yes, it actually runs on 2600 emulators
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11/09/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Heroes in Guitarland, NES-style remake of Guitar Hero - download the game from TIGSource
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11/09/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
Andy Baio : TIGSource's brilliant Bootleg Demakes game dev competition - the entries remade famous games for retro systems; my other favorites are parodies of GTA, Burn the Rope, American McGee's Alice, Silent Hill, Bioshock, Legend of Zelda, and Shadow of the Colossus
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11/09/2008 @ 17:05 GMT
Cameron Moll : Joel Spolsky says he'll take the new Nokia E71 over iPhone - Joel Spolsky says he'll take the new Nokia E71 over iPhone. "For many people, the iPhone 3G is perfect. I thought that it meant 'game over' for all the other handset makers. But Nokia is a fantastic company and they weren’t going to give up that easy. T
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11/09/2008 @ 17:04 GMT
Cameron Moll : BriefCrate, the briefcase made from milk crates.
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11/09/2008 @ 17:03 GMT
Cameron Moll : iPhone-controlled RC car - iPhone-controlled RC car. Cue phrase "a little too much time on hand..."
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11/09/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Being a List of Songs Related to the Switching-On of the LHC - and, just to be sure, no and nope [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 17:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Sasha Frere-Jones on the use of laptops in live music - Gregg Gillis covers his laptop with saran wrap and reconstructs his mix nightly [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 16:12 GMT
nelson : Open source forks - Thoughtful roundup of forks in open source projects
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11/09/2008 @ 16:11 GMT
Richard Rutter : Get Lat Lon - Find the latitude and longitude (and local time) of a point on a map..
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11/09/2008 @ 16:10 GMT
Richard Rutter : To-Do List Booklet Printer - Easily print your to-do list as a foldable booklet that you can put in your pocket..
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11/09/2008 @ 16:09 GMT
Richard Rutter : Magic Paper - Whiteboard paper – no board required (featuring Simon Willison).
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11/09/2008 @ 16:08 GMT
Richard Rutter : The Fell Types - A history, digitisation available free, of this beautiful 17th Century typeface.
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11/09/2008 @ 16:07 GMT
Richard Rutter : File Dropper - Interesting looking file hosting app (like DropSend).
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11/09/2008 @ 16:06 GMT
Richard Rutter : Two cheers for the Target/NFB accessibility settlement - Bruce is pleased, but has reservations.
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11/09/2008 @ 16:05 GMT
Richard Rutter : Call-to-action: Save the UT Accessibility Institute - The University of Texas is closing its Accessibility Institute today. Non-profit Knowbility has started a petition to save it..
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11/09/2008 @ 16:04 GMT
Richard Rutter : Great dConstruct write-up - Lots of detailed notes.
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11/09/2008 @ 16:03 GMT
Richard Rutter : Some great photos of dConstruct speakers - .
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11/09/2008 @ 16:02 GMT
Richard Rutter : Another charming review of dConstruct - The life and culture surrounding dConstruct [is] not just hearing people talk about subjects related to your job; it’s embracing the wider community and taking part..
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11/09/2008 @ 16:01 GMT
Richard Rutter : The Mighty Book of Boosh: a sneak preview - We didn’t just want to make something that was a record of Boosh humour and jokes, but to create something that anyone, even if they weren’t a fan of the Boosh, particularly creative people, could pick up and think, wow, this is full of goodie
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11/09/2008 @ 16:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : Dopplr’s Find-and-Invite code open sourced - Good on the Dopplr guys for putting this in the wild.
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11/09/2008 @ 14:00 GMT
Anil : I Will Cut You - Last Friday was my birthday. Hooray! I have a fantastic wife, so she treated me to a pig-butchering class at The Brooklyn Kitchen. I like meat, and I like being educated about what I eat and respecting the animals I consume. So Tom Mylan was a fantastic p
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11/09/2008 @ 13:00 GMT
Richard Rutter : Dopplr’s Find-and-Invite code open sourced - Good on the Dopplr guys for putting this in the wild.
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11/09/2008 @ 09:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Freestyle Rap Battle, Translated - here's the original
nelson : Freestyle rap - Translated for the Princeton debate set
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11/09/2008 @ 08:02 GMT
Andy Baio : Girl Turk: Mechanical Turk Meets Girl Talk's "Feed the Animals" - Girl Talk's Feed the Animals is one of my favorite albums this year, a hyperactive mashup sampling hundreds of songs from the last 45 years of popular music. Gregg Gillis created a beautiful, illegal mess of copyright clearance hell, which you should dow
Milo Vermeulen : Andy Baio's Girl Turk project: Mechanical Turk Meets Girl Talk's "Feed the Animals" - Waxy.org - Andy Baio's Girl Turk project: Mechanical Turk Meets Girl Talk's "Feed the Animals" [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 08:01 GMT
Andy Baio : Schulze & Webb commercially releasing the Availabot - and it's "almost ready"! [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 08:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Simon Carless announces FingerGaming, new iPhone gaming blog - promising site from the same group that runs GameSetWatch, Indiegames, and Gamasutra
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11/09/2008 @ 06:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Battle for the Whitehouse. - Jib Jab what?
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11/09/2008 @ 05:03 GMT
Linkorama : Marissa Mayer Clarifies: Search Is Only 10% Done, Not 90% - Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that 10% of the value has been delivered and 10% of the work is done?
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11/09/2008 @ 05:02 GMT
Linkorama : Email becomes a dangerous distraction - it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email (bit.ly/email2). So people who check their email every five minutes waste 81/2hours a week figuring out what they were doing moments before.
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deusx : CAG Foreplay #52: I'm That Guy - "Also in this episode, an interview with CAG MotzCTG who is one of the developers of this week's Xbox Live Arcade Game, Shred Nebula."
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11/09/2008 @ 05:00 GMT
Anil : I Will Cut You - Last Friday was my birthday. Hooray! I have a fantastic wife, so she treated me to a pig-butchering class at The Brooklyn Kitchen. I like meat, and I like being educated about what I eat and respecting the animals I consume. So Tom Mylan was a fantastic p
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11/09/2008 @ 03:01 GMT
dbow : D-day for Facebook's new look - Brace for the impact as FB starts forcing users to the new design. The people who don't like it will be the most vocal minority, while everyone else will just adapt.
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11/09/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
deusx : LloydAndLauren.com » Bacon Mat Gallery - "Welcome, everyone, to the world’s first and best Bacon Mat gallery. We first learned of the magnificent idea of weaving meat from instructables.com. Whoever came up with this deserves a knighthood. Send us your photo and we’ll add it!"
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11/09/2008 @ 02:01 GMT
joshua : Dead Reckonings » The Art of Nomography I: Geometric Design
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11/09/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : World Names Profiler, find people with your last name globally - also shows the name's roots, top cities, and most common first names [via]
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11/09/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
gleuschk : Stumper : The Politics of Stupidity - Years from now presidential historians will look back on Sept. 9 as the day the 2008 campaign got completely and utterly stupid.
Rod Begbie : Stumper : The Politics of Stupidity - "Years from now presidential historians will look back on Sept. 9 as the day the 2008 campaign got completely and utterly stupid." I felt massively depressed on Wednesday, as the pig/lipstick and kiddie-sex-ed trains swiftboated on. [via] #
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11/09/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
Simon Willison : Hugely informative thread on multi-db support in Django - Hugely informative thread on multi-db support in Django. I brain-dumped some ideas for a Django multi-database connection API on the developer list, and got a ton of smart push-back from people who’ve been there and have the scars to prove it.
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