3/10/2008 @ 23:01 GMT
Simon Willison : Why Google App Engine is broken and what Google must do to fix it - Why Google App Engine is broken and what Google must do to fix it. Aral Balkan describes a number of critical issues with App Engine. If you’re considering building something serious on it you need to read this article; I’ve run in to several of the
philgyford : Why Google App Engine is broken and what Google must do to fix it. at Aral Balkan - My word, it sounds quite useless really. (via Simon Willison)
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3/10/2008 @ 23:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Weird Al to release songs on iTunes as soon as he's recorded them - he talks about how digital distribution makes topical parodies much easier [via]
deusx : Myspace.com Blogs - NEW SINGLE! - Weird Al Yankovic MySpace Blog - "This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I
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3/10/2008 @ 21:00 GMT
nelson : Palin debate flowchart - She really was vapid
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3/10/2008 @ 20:01 GMT
gleuschk : RickRoll at the VP debate - worlds colliding, worlds colliding
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3/10/2008 @ 20:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Slate releases Poll Tracker app for the iPhone - looks like they bought Aaron's Election '08 app and rebranded it [via]
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3/10/2008 @ 19:01 GMT
Linkorama : Analyst cuts growth projections for Net, e-commerce companies - We are cutting our forecast for the global Internet ad spend by 2 percent for 2008 and 4 percent for 2009 and 5 percent for 2010. Now we estimate worldwide Internet advertising spend to grow by 22 percent in 2008 and 20 percent in 2009 verses our prior es
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3/10/2008 @ 19:00 GMT
Andy Baio : NYT's interactive VP debate transcript - searchable and scrollable with checkpoints and speaker coloring; it's only missing permalinks and plaintext
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3/10/2008 @ 18:02 GMT
joshua : SawStop - immediately stops the blade if it touches person
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3/10/2008 @ 18:01 GMT
Linkorama : Salesforce.com: Worries emerge - Salesforce.com on Friday was downgraded from a buy to a sell by UBS analyst Heather Bellini because software as a service companies are likely to face the same headwinds as larger applications vendors. Meanwhile, Salesforce.com is targeting larger enterpr
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3/10/2008 @ 18:00 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : Picasa 3 (beta) for Linux - Picasa 3 (beta) for Linux: still wine based but maybe worth another try?
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3/10/2008 @ 17:02 GMT
Greg Storey : @president Money plz?! - 7 minutes ago from Terminatoriffic.
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3/10/2008 @ 17:01 GMT
Greg Storey : Joe Dirt found in Australia. - The police should force him to watch V one thousand times non-stop.
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3/10/2008 @ 17:00 GMT
Linkorama : The Tina Fey Effect - McCain could win some of these “suburban sprawlers” back--because they are easily swayed by events. Many will switch back and forth until Election Day. But the question is what will have more impact: news about Palin’s performance tonight or Fey’s
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3/10/2008 @ 15:02 GMT
Greg Storey : "Joe Biden was no match for Joe Six-Pack. - This was classic "talk over the heads of the media straight to the people," and it is a long time since I've seen it done so well."
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3/10/2008 @ 15:01 GMT
deusx : Empty Boxes: a business idea - The Fishbowl - "To begin with, a website. Customers sign up with their name, work address and credit card number. Periodically but randomly, the site will mail empty cardboard boxes of various shapes, sizes and livery to the customer, care of their office. The cus
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3/10/2008 @ 15:00 GMT
deusx : cabel.name: On Wedding Design
jonhicks : On Wedding Design - So much detail went into Cabels wedding stationery, and the results are awesome to behold
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3/10/2008 @ 09:00 GMT
Rod Begbie : Manny Being Manipulated - Outstanding (and lengthy) article by Bill Simmons about the end of the Manny era in Boston. Sums up everything I felt about the whole affair -- that it stank to high heaven, and I miss Manny as a player. I wish him all the best this postseason, and pray h #
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3/10/2008 @ 07:00 GMT
joshua : America's Best Barbecue - anyone up for a road trip?
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3/10/2008 @ 06:01 GMT
jcgregorio : Alan Turing: ‘The chemical basis of morphogenesis’ from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
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3/10/2008 @ 06:00 GMT
deusx : Shatner Hasselhoff '08 Presidential Election Campaign Blog - "FROM YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW, FOR A BETTER TODAY!"
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3/10/2008 @ 04:00 GMT
Greg Storey : The Nintendo DSi. - Yeah, I'm going to need one of these babies.
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3/10/2008 @ 03:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Dan Aykroyd pimps vodka in a crystal skull - looks like Ray has gone bye-bye; related: his UFO "documentary" [via]
deusx : Crystal Head Vodka
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3/10/2008 @ 02:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Interactive Fiction Competition 2008 entries released! - like last year, the brilliant IF luminary Emily Short will be reviewing games as she plays them
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3/10/2008 @ 01:02 GMT
43folders : macosxhints.com - 10.5: Add date and time stamp to web receipt filenames - Great tip that ensures you don't clobber same-named receipt PDFs with new ones. Thinking this + DropBox + Hazel is the beginning of a no-brainer, very maintainable receipt system.
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3/10/2008 @ 01:01 GMT
nelson : Mackerel currency - Federal prisoners in California now trade cans of mackeral instead of packs of cigarettes
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3/10/2008 @ 01:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Cave Story coming to WiiWare with exclusive new content - if you've never played the freeware masterpiece, it's available for PC, Mac, and Linux
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3/10/2008 @ 00:04 GMT
Cameron Moll : Sweet. Work on the Tiger Woods EA Sports website. - Sweet. Work on the Tiger Woods EA Sports website in sunny Orlando, Florida.
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3/10/2008 @ 00:03 GMT
Kellan : “A box of books labeled “Free Books” is deposited at various 14th Street locations. A seeming act of generosity, the artist has removed the last few pages from each book…” - It’s the LARP version of “if on a winter’s night a traveller” #
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3/10/2008 @ 00:02 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : The Hot Room - The Hot Room: ah, I just love stories like this
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3/10/2008 @ 00:01 GMT
Jeremy Zawodny : palinbingo - palinbingo: get your copy for tonight's debate!
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3/10/2008 @ 00:00 GMT
Andy Baio : Laser Portraits - or make your own [via]
deusx : We Have Lasers!!!!!!!!!! - "You begged your mom to pay the extra $4. A tribute to the greatest school photo backdrop there ever was."
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