10 month ago
nelson : Dice-O-Matic - Crazy machine for rolling a million dice a day
Simon Willison : Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator - Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator. An outstanding piece of applied geekery, now generating dice rolls for GamesByEmail.com. “It is a 7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day.”
deusx : Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator - GamesByEmail - "Introducing the Dice-O-Matic mark II, now generating the dice rolls on GamesByEmail.com. It is a 7 foot tall, 104 pound, dice-eating monster, capable of generating 1.3 million rolls a day.The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches
philgyford : Dice-O-Matic hopper and elevator - GamesByEmail - A 7 foot tall machine that can roll 1.3 million dice every day, photographs them, and uses them as a random number generator for code.
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deusx : jamesoff.net » Random Recipe Generator - "Below is a randomly-generated recipe!"
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Rod Begbie : A Random interesting video from Flickr - Hack by Kellan to find the interesting moving pictures on Flickr. Some wicked cool stuff is being uploaded. [via] #
Kellan : They Move: A random interesting video from Flickr - 10 minute app to provide some content while my blog was down this week. Uses the new “media type” hooks in the Flickr API. #
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24 month ago
deusx : ClassNamer - "Can't think of a good class name? Try this"
Rod Begbie : ClassNamer - "Can't think of a good class name? Try this" Also handy for filling in status reports. "This week, I optimized the WritableCommandVector." [via] #
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29 month ago
Rod Begbie : Top 10 Random Quotes from Twitter - "An aggregation of humorous, weird, inspiring, newsworthy or just plain cool random status updates from Twitter." [via] #
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31 month ago
plasticbag : The London Evening Standard Headline Generator - Brilliant fun. Ludicrous statements at the best of times, subsequently chopped up and recontextualised.
Rod Begbie : The London Evening Standard Headline Generator - "QUEEN'S CHICKENS STABBED TO DEATH", "TV CROCODILE AND CAMILLA TO WED" and other randomly generated news-stands. [via] #
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33 month ago
wearehugh : Sasquach wears a yellow hat: Dancing gorilla - "That 3k run in this gorilla suit was too easy" <-- not a phrase you see every day
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40 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : details of how World of Warcraft random rolls work - (via wowinsider) [via]
deusx : WoW Forums -> Roll Hacks - 3/21/05 - "In summary, there are no known roll hacks. We will continue to monitor and investigate these issues."
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42 month ago
Nelson Minar : Nietzsche family circus - via metafilter
jimray : The Nietzsche Family Circus - Random Family Circus cartoon, meet random Nietzsche quote. Brilliant.
gleuschk : The Nietzsche Family Circus - makes every day a little weirder (not that today needed any help)
Matthew M. Boedicker : The Nietzsche Family Circus - (via del.icio.us/gleuschk) [via]
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44 month ago
Milo Vermeulen : Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator [via]
jimray : bullshitr - The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator
Linkorama : The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator - 1. Click the button. 2. Watch the bullshit appear in the box.
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60 month ago
Simon Willison : random.org - True random numbers, with entropy provided by a radio tuned to white noise. (via) [via]
deusx : RANDOM.ORG - True Random Number Service - "Perhaps you have wondered how predictable machines like computers can generate randomness. In reality, most random numbers used in computer programs are pseudo-random, which means they are a generated in a predictable fashion using a mathematical fo
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74 month ago
jkottke : Pete Rojas leaves Gizmodo for the greener (?) pastures of Weblogs, Inc.
anildash : pete leaves gizmodo for weblogs inc. - i suggest denton and calcanis with pistols, at ten paces, for the honor of pete's love
Tom Coates : Peter Rojas abandons Gizmodo to go to Engadget.com
Andy Baio : Engadget reports on new video iPod - the rumors were right; 2.5" screen with TV-out for $399
deusx : Engadget - www.engadget.com
Cameron Moll : Engadget's resolution-dependent layout - "I just used your fix on Engadget's IE6 (per)version," writes Mark Priestap, Senior Designer for Engadget. "Thanks a ton man! It's working like a charm." Note to self: Engadget uses a resolution-dependent layout. Awesomeness.
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76 month ago
Andy Baio : Gizmodo redesigns - now with more prominent ad banners!
deusx : Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog
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