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Sony CD installs DRM rootkit?

2005-11-01T14:19:30Z

Andy Baio : Sony CD installs DRM rootkit? - malware that hides itself and impossible for almost everyone to remove [via]
Justin Mason : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far - Sony's appalling misuse of black-hat techniques to enforce their DRM by hook or by crook, without even an uninstall option
Kayode Okeyode : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far - Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
Rod Begbie : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far - Sony are now using Windows vulnerabilities to hide DRM software on Windows PCs so that users can't uninstall them. Fuckers.
apathetic : Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far -
malaclyps : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far -
n0wak : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far - Geez.

(Tags: Consume! DRM Geekery Media Music Security Software business cluetrain customer-hostile daily drm ethics minilinks music privacy rootkits security software sony via:boingboing web windows)

The Zen of Microformats

2005-10-31T07:34:27Z

Eric Meyer : The Zen of Microformats -
Jim Ray : The Zen of Microformats [@lesscode.org] -
Justin Mason : The Zen of Microformats [@lesscode.org] - 'We all bear the scars of drawn-out battles over edge cases that satisfied someone’s sense of “completeness” or “aesthetics” or “perfection”, but ultimately made the common cases harder and solved no real problem.'
Kayode Okeyode : The Zen of Microformats - "Microformats" are a set of specifications describing interoperable machine formats that work on the web
Simon Willison : The Zen of Microformats - The process is more interesting than the formats themselves.

(Tags: 2read 80-20 code daily design-philosophy lesscode microformats resources software toread via:simonwillison web webdev)

Flickr adds photo printing!

2005-10-27T15:33:57Z

Andy Baio : Flickr adds photo printing! - by mail, or pick them up at your local Target store for one hour printing [via]
Jason Kottke : You can now get prints of your photos from Flickr - You can now get prints of your photos from Flickr (in the US, more locations coming soon). You can also do a bunch of other things, like get books printed, back up your photos to DVD, and get stamps printed.
Jim Ray : Flickr is printing now - I'm simultaneously confused about why people need this and delighted that it now exists. Lots of cool stuff in the works, too.
Simon Willison : Flickr printing now available (US only) - You can also order your photos as stamps!

(Tags: flickr photography via:waferbaby)

Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer

2005-11-01T11:50:31Z

Jeremy Zawodny : Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer - if you wanna trick your friends into using a better browser, I guess
Kayode Okeyode : Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer - Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer
Philippe Janvier : Make Firefox Look Like Internet Explorer - Oui, mais pourquoi ? Peut-être simplement pour démontrer le pouvoir des thèmes et des extensions de Firefox.

(Tags: browsers daily firefox hacks ie internetexplorer links themes web windows)

Deciding among competing tasks

2005-10-27T17:19:23Z

Jason Kottke : Deciding among competing tasks - How Einstein & Darwin wrote letters, people write email, and birds forage for food may reveal general patterns in how animals decide among competing tasks.
Justin Mason : New Scientist: Email and letter writing share fundamental pattern - easy/urgent questions answered quickly, hard questions wait; this pattern was true for Darwin and Einstein
n0wak : New Scientist - Email and letter writing share fundamental pattern - Truth: "most emails are answered fairly quickly, but a few sit around for a long time, and some sit around for a very long time."

(Tags: Email Psychology correspondence email factoid history letters via:boingboing)

Stealth mode is overrated

2005-10-30T10:30:53+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : Stealth mode is overrated -
Ross Mayfield : Stealth mode is overrated - So I chose stealth mode. In retrospect, this was my company's first big mistake.
Tom Coates : "In growing my company from a research question to a launched internet service, I've learned an important lesson: Stealth mode is overrated." - My personal opinion is that you need to get your product up to a point where its purpose is well communicated and simple and then get it out in public as quickly as possible so that you can rapidly iterate on top of it...

(Tags: businessmodel entrepreneurship iterative iterativedevelopment productdevelopment startup stealth stealthmode)

Akismet

2005-10-31T18:30:08Z

Jeremy Zawodny : Akismet - Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam
Justin Mason : Akismet - Matt "Wordpress" Mullenweg's new commercial anti-comment-spam plugin. very secretive about what algorithms it uses, but I'll guess it's Razor-ish
Kayode Okeyode : Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam - Automattic Kismet (Akismet for short) is a collaborative effort to make comment and trackback spam a non-issue and restore innocence to blogging, so you never have to worry about spam again

(Tags: akismet anti-spam blog-spam blogs comment-spam daily links plugins resources spam web wordpress)

In search of the One True Layout

2005-10-27T14:12:29Z

Kayode Okeyode : In search of the One True Layout - In search of the One True Layout
apathetic : In search of the One True Layout -

(Tags: (x)html css daily design layout resources standards toread via:webgraphics web webdesign webdev)

Something Rotten in AdSense

2005-10-31T11:19:04+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : Something Rotten in AdSense -
Jeremy Zawodny : Something Rotten in AdSense - Joel looks at click fraud

(Tags: links)

ZDNet: Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime

2005-10-27T06:01:51Z

Justin Mason : ZDNet: Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime - a good explanation of where I imagine OSes will be going in the next 5 years, thanks to virtualisation
Rod Begbie : Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime - I've been gabbling excitedly for the last week to anyone in earshot about what a big deal I think the free VMWare Player is. Here's some more great arguments for it.

(Tags: Geekery computing software via:rod virtualisation vms)

XML.com: What Is Atom

2005-10-28T19:01:29Z

Kayode Okeyode : XML.com: What Is Atom - So what are the differences between Atom and RSS? Apart from the process used to build the specification, and the rigor of the documentation, there are two main substantive changes
Philippe Janvier : What Is Atom - "...the Preservation of Metadata and the concept of Constructs".

(Tags: atom daily feeds rss semantics web webdev xml)

Web Developer's Handbook: developing web-sites, exploring own imagination

2005-10-31T19:05:25Z

n0wak : Web Developer's Handbook: developing web-sites, exploring own imagination -
yoz : Web Developer's Handbook: developing web-sites, exploring own imagination | CSS, Color Tools, SEO, Usability etc. - Tons and tons of good links - mostly on CSS and other visual design stuff, but also some DOM/Ajax stuff, usability and SEO

(Tags: Browsers CSS Coding Reference Web accessibility css design html javascript top usability webdev xml)

Google Base

2005-10-26T12:43:15Z

François Hodierne : Google Base - what the fuck is this !
Philippe Janvier : Google Base - They want YOU ! :)

(Tags: google)

John Battelle's Searchblog: GoogleBase: Structured/Vertical/Domain Search Ain't The FreeWeb

2005-10-29T05:55:27Z

Richard MacManus : John Battelle's Searchblog: GoogleBase: Structured/Vertical/Domain Search Ain't The FreeWeb - "Google could build a killer meta engine over many vertical search engines (including books) if only it was willing to cut revenue sharing deals. Why, I wonder, is the company allergic to this partnering model?"
Ross Mayfield : GoogleBase: Paidweb - Structured/Vertical/Domain Search Ain't The FreeWeb

(Tags: businessmodel google ideas overlay search structure verticalsearch web2.0)

pleasuredome.org.uk - full - the only site you need for MAME torrents

2005-10-28T04:45:57Z

leonardr : pleasuredome.org.uk - full - the only site you need for MAME torrents - Jeez, why don't I just WRITE THE GAMES MYSELF FROM SCRATCH
yoz : pleasuredome.org.uk - full - the only site you need for MAME torrents - How to download and maintain a complete, updating MAME ROM set using BitTorrent (via kevan)

(Tags: bittorrent bt emulation games piracy retrogaming software)

'Software Patents are Like Smoking', by MySQL's CEO

2005-10-27T18:34:56Z

Justin Mason : 'Software Patents are Like Smoking', by MySQL's CEO - good essay outlining the reasons MySQL campaign against swpats
malaclyps : Why Software Patents are like Smoking - The CEO of MySQL tries to clear the air.

(Tags: ceo minilinks mysql patents software swpats)

Tag Tagger

2005-10-29T23:55:43Z

Jim Ray : Tag Tagger - Hilarious
Richard MacManus : TagTagger (I love all this web 2.0 humour coming out - great stuff) - "The Web 2.0 powered tagging site that lets you tag - tags."

(Tags: bubble2.0 folksonomy funny ideas web2.0)

The Ups & Downs of a Successful Service

2005-10-27T20:00:26Z

Jim Ray : The Ups & Downs of a Successful Service - Honesty and transparency are great and all, but really, I want them to fix the goddamn servers so my people stop yelling at me
Richard MacManus : Six Apart - Mena's Corner: The Ups & Downs of a Successful Service - Typepad has experienced poor service lately fue to demand

(Tags: business ideas sixapart web2.0 weblogs)

My Son in Iraq: I Know That it Happened Because I Heard It

2005-10-28T20:02:35Z

Jason Shellen : My Son in Iraq: I Know That it Happened Because I Heard It -
malaclyps : Reader Contribution: My Son in Iraq: I Know That it Happened Because I Heard It -

(Tags: oblink)

New Puritans, a Hero generation of civic minded shock troops, the Unravelling

2005-11-01T10:57:05-05:00

Kellan : New Puritans, a Hero generation of civic minded shock troops, the Unravelling -
Phil Gyford : New puritans are the (26 October 2005, Interconnected) - Matt Webb on the New Puritans being a sign of impending societal collapse (although I lose him a bit towards the end).

(Tags: collapse crisis cycles history matt.webb mattwebb newpuritans puritanism puritans top)

Amazoning the news

2005-10-29T23:12:37Z

Jim Ray : Amazoning the news - "We contend that a successful news Web site is a platform that supports social interaction around the story." NOOOOOOOO! Well, ok, but news isn't a "platform."
Tom Coates : Hypergene on "Amazoning the News" - a classic article / presentation / bit of design from 2001 that people really ned to re-examine... - In so many contexts, as navigation and findability emerges as the fundamental challenge for media in the early 21st Century, we need to be re-reading this stuff...

(Tags: amazon design discovery findability informationarchitecture informationseeking journalism media navigation news)

Motorway map of England, Scotland and Wales

2005-10-26T14:56:46Z

Rod Begbie : Motorway map of England, Scotland and Wales - Nicely done map of the British motorway system in the style of the London Underground map. Not particularly *useful*, but man, is it pretty.
yoz : Motorway map of England, Scotland and Wales - Underground-style map of Britain's motorways

(Tags: Geekery UK geography top transport travel tube uk)

moo.fx - the next small thing

2005-10-27T21:39:05Z

Joshua Schachter : moo.fx - the next small thing - moo.fx is a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library, written with prototype.js.
Philippe Janvier : moo.fx - "...a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library".

(Tags: ajax javascript js)

Communicating

2005-10-27T13:03:45Z

Jason Kottke : Communicating - Forbes has quite a large feature on the subject of communicating, with thoughts from Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Zimmer, Milton Glaser, Jane Goodall, etc. I haven't read any of this yet; it looks sufficiently interesting to get it in magazine form for easier reading.
n0wak : Communicating - Forbes.com -

(Tags: Business Culture Design Media Science Web)

Archie goes goth

2005-10-28T17:36:14Z

Andy Baio : Archie goes goth - totally dismal and excellent
Rod Begbie : Archie Goes Goth - "Totally dismal and excellent"

(Tags: Bizarre Funny Media)

SQLite Database Browser

2005-10-31T00:35:10Z

Jim Ray : SQLite Database Browser - Cross platform SQLite viewer - sweet
yoz : SQLite Database Browser - "SQLite Database Browser is a freeware, public domain, open source visual tool used to create, design and edit database files compatible with SQLite." (via noidfish)

(Tags: databases linux mac opensource osx programming software sqlite tools windows)

The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance

2005-10-25T21:59:37+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance - Twice as bad, but *poof* disappeared almost instantly
Jeremy Zawodny : The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance - Profanity is a tool reserved for special occasions. This is one such: WHAT THE FUCK!?!

(Tags: links)

SiliconBeat: Digg, and you shall find VC money

2005-10-30T04:04:42Z

Richard MacManus : SiliconBeat: Digg, and you shall find VC money - Digg "has just received $2.8 million in venture capital from some big-name investors"
Ross Mayfield : Digg, and you shall find VC money - Digg, the San Francisco start-up that ranks news items by letting people choose which stories they like anywhere on the Web, has just received $2.8 million in venture capital from some big-name investors, including Omidyar Networ

(Tags: aggregation digg ideas omidyar usergenerated vc web2.0)

hackdiary: The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails)

2005-11-01T03:14:27Z

Rod Begbie : hackdiary: The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails) - This has the potential to be fantastic, and knock IMDB into a cocked-hat for UK telly info.
Simon Willison : The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails) - Matt Biddulph's current project is insanely cool.

(Tags: Geekery Media TV UK)

blummy - The bookmarklet management bookmarklet

2005-11-01T04:43:56Z

Kayode Okeyode : blummy - The bookmarklet management bookmarklet - blummy is a tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.
Rod Begbie : blummy - The bookmarklet management bookmarklet - Rather intriguing -- An attractive UI for bookmarklets.

(Tags: bookmarklets browsers daily javascript toolbar web web_services webdev widgets)

Ross doesn’t trust Microsoft’s approach to Web

2005-11-01T16:40:36Z

Ross Mayfield : Ross doesn’t trust Microsoft’s approach to Web - Scoble (respect) steps up with a thoughtful post on Trust
Simon Willison : Ross doesn’t trust Microsoft’s approach to Web - Scoble nails the reasons smart web developers avoid the MS stack.

(Tags: customerservice marketing microsoft opensource privacy trust web web2.0)

Some insight into how the Robot Co-op is set up as a company

2005-11-01T08:58:46Z

Erik Benson : Some insight into how the Robot Co-op is set up as a company - We like stories about our sites more than stories about our company, but this one is pretty well written.
Richard MacManus : Amazon beats VCs to the punch | CNET News.com - "the arrangement with Amazon.com furnishes Robot Co-Op with a greater degree of latitude than a typical start-up."

(Tags: 43places 43things amazon ideas robotcoop startup venturecapital web2.0)

George Dyson visits Google

2005-10-31T09:55:50-05:00

Jason Kottke : George Dyson visits Google - George Dyson visits Google on the 60th anniversary of John von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer. A quote from a Googler -- "We are not scanning all those books to be read by people. We are scanning them to be read by an AI." -- highlights a quasi-philosophical question about Google Print...if a book is copied but nobody reads it, has it actually been copied? (Or something like that.)
Les Orchard : Edge: TURING'S CATHEDRAL by George Dyson - "A visit to Google on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of John von Neumann's proposal for a digital computer"

(Tags: ai compsci google history programming turing)

Flickr.Net Screensaver

2005-10-26T07:57:46Z

Kayode Okeyode : Flickr.Net Screensaver - Flickr.Net Screensaver Release Notes
Rod Begbie : Flickr.Net Screensaver - Flickr screensaver for Windows. Rather nicely, it displays different photos on each monitor if you've got multiple screens.

(Tags: .net Geekery Photos daily download flickr photography screensavers web)

Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger » Silicon Valley got my attention: the future of Web businesses

2005-10-30T09:35:16Z

Richard MacManus : Scobleizer - Microsoft Geek Blogger » Silicon Valley got my attention: the future of Web businesses - Long post by Scoble about Zvents and attention and binoculors... or something like that. I'll have to re-read it.
Ross Mayfield : Silicon Valley got my attention - Now I’m starting to get scared by this kind of world.

(Tags: attention ideas marketing personalization privacy rss web web2.0)

BBC Annotatable Audio project...

2005-10-29T01:53:04Z

Ross Mayfield : BBC Annotatable Audio project... - whoah cool
Simon Willison : On the BBC Annotatable Audio project... - Tom's last BBC project. He's mine now!

(Tags: annotation audio bbc blog deeplinking mashup media music radio remix tagging wiki wikipedia)

Star Trek's Sulu, George Sakai, comes out

2005-10-28T19:58:28Z

Jason Kottke : Star Trek's Sulu, George Sakai, comes out - Star Trek's Sulu, George Takei, comes out. First Swoopes and now this...the self esteem of young, gay, basketball-playing Trekkies must be skyrocketing. (I keed, but seriously, pro sports and sci-fi geeks could benefit from more confident & successful gay role models for young people who're feeling less than confident with their sexuality.)
tweebiscuit : George Takei, a.k.a. Mr. Sulu, is gay - Frankly, I'm just surprised that I hadn't guessed it earlier.

(Tags: linkblog news)

Lie Girls

2005-10-26T19:23:55Z

Jim Ray : Lie Girls - They'll tell you whatever you want to hear
Tom Coates : "Lie Girls" - dirty girls who will tell you anything you want to hear - It sounds porny, but actually it's much much worse than that - it's political!

(Tags: brilliant funny gwbush humour parody politics porno racy satire)

Emacs Tagging

2005-10-29T04:48:51Z

Justin Mason : Emacs Tagging - del.icio.us-style tags, used to organise EMACS buffers. Great logo too
Les Orchard : emacs tagging - It's like an insane variant on outline-mode

(Tags: delicious editors eight-megs-and-constantly-swapping emacs folksonomy tagging tags)

Where's The Ambition?

2005-10-28T05:36:05Z

Kayode Okeyode : Where's The Ambition? - Umm, I like FireFox as much as the next geek. But if you're creating enhancements to a browser with a 7% marketshare, god knows what you or your investors are thinking
Richard MacManus : Russell Beattie Notebook » Where’s The Ambition? - excellent post by Russ: "It just seems that no one is trying to change the world any more. No one is aiming to create “insanely great” products or do the impossible. Why not?"

(Tags: business daily ideas rants trends web web2.0 webdev)

Space.app: virtual workspaces for Mac OS X

2005-10-30T18:00:01Z

Joshua Schachter : Space.app: virtual workspaces for Mac OS X -

(Tags: osx virtualdesktop)

Google Image Search Halloween costume

2005-10-31T07:31:55-05:00

Jason Kottke : Google Image Search Halloween costume - Nerdy Halloween costumes alert: Ricky dressed as Google Image Search. I know someone out there is planning their Web 2.0 or folksonomy costume. Let's see it!

(Tags: )

PETA member gets punked

2005-10-27T19:17:56Z

Jim Ray : PETA member gets punked - "Do you need help little monster man"

(Tags: funny peta)

About the Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update

2005-11-01T00:18:23Z

Simon Willison : About the Mac OS X 10.4.3 Update - Includes an updated Safari that passes the Acid 2 test.

(Tags: )

carve your own pumpkin

2005-10-31T17:58:38Z

Graham Leuschke : carve your own pumpkin - and project it on the front of your house for full-on halloween geekery

(Tags: flash holiday)

VisualIDs: Scenery for Data Worlds

2005-10-28T13:41:35Z

Joshua Schachter : VisualIDs: Scenery for Data Worlds - Automatic Distinctive Icons for Desktop Interfaces

(Tags: ui vis)

Guardian | The Onslaught

2005-10-27T01:48:55Z

n0wak : Guardian | The Onslaught - Jonathan Freedland investigates the multi-million-pound industry intent on turning teenagers and toddlers alike into avaricious consumers

(Tags: Advertising Branding Consumerism Culture Marketing Media)

Rejected Bond girls

2005-10-31T14:34:34-05:00

Jason Kottke : Rejected Bond girls - Rejected Bond girls.

(Tags: )

Survival Song

2005-10-26T16:56:38Z

Eric Meyer : Survival Song -

(Tags: )

Thinking in Code: RubyPad

2005-11-01T16:57:33Z

Jim Ray : Thinking in Code: RubyPad -

(Tags: programming ruby webdev wiki)

ian svenonius talks real estate

2005-10-27T04:21:18Z

cobra libre : ian svenonius talks real estate -

(Tags: )

Default Folder X - Release

2005-10-30T05:31:37Z

torrez : Default Folder X - Release - This might be exactly what I've always wanted on my Mac.

(Tags: macintosh osx)

green LA girl: The Starbucks Challenge

2005-10-26T20:44:03Z

muckster : green LA girl: The Starbucks Challenge -

(Tags: starbucks)

[microformats-discuss] Re: Educationg Others

2005-11-01T12:05:45Z

yoz : [microformats-discuss] Re: Educationg Others - Great post from Mark Pilgrim on the 80/20 rule in designing microformats (via blech)

(Tags: engineering html programming softeng wisdom xml)

SiliconValleyWatcher.com on craigslist vs oodle

2005-10-27T20:14:23Z

Richard MacManus : SiliconValleyWatcher.com on craigslist vs oodle - craigslist ceo: "We try and be fair and reasonable but aggregation sites like Oodle put a big strain on our infrastructure,"

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

BitTorrent for Dummies

2005-11-01T07:58:07-08:00

Andy Baio : BitTorrent for Dummies - it doesn't get much more mainstream than this [via]

(Tags: )

ITU Recommendation T.24 (06/98): Standardized digitized image set

2005-10-31T16:30:57Z

lbukys : ITU Recommendation T.24 (06/98): Standardized digitized image set -

(Tags: )

www.zingermans.com - bacon of the month club, a limited time opportunity!

2005-10-30T16:04:45Z

Les Orchard : www.zingermans.com - bacon of the month club, a limited time opportunity! - "a dream come true for bacon enthusiasts like me"

(Tags: annarbor bacon food)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Picturing online gaming's value

2005-10-28T00:51:32Z

n0wak : BBC NEWS | Technology | Picturing online gaming's value -

(Tags: Business Culture Gaming VirtualWorlds)

Readers in the UK are buying books to look smart

2005-11-01T10:58:05-05:00

Jason Kottke : Readers in the UK are buying books to look smart - Survey: readers in the UK are buying books to look smart. "Some consumers hedge their bets by keeping two titles on the go -- one an impressive book to show other people, the other an escapist work to enjoy."

(Tags: )

Planzo.com

2005-10-28T23:34:43Z

muckster : Planzo.com -

(Tags: calendar tools web)

List of American English words not used in British English

2005-10-31T18:57:17Z

Eric Meyer : List of American English words not used in British English -

(Tags: )

CBC.ca - Arts - Gallery: Takeoff, Eh: The Group of Seven gets a Cheeky Makeover

2005-10-29T23:16:10Z

n0wak : CBC.ca - Arts - Gallery: Takeoff, Eh: The Group of Seven gets a Cheeky Makeover - works by 75 artists from across Canada for Fabulous Fakes With a Twist, an acerbic homage to the Group of Seven.

(Tags: Art Canada)

Burningbird re Google Base

2005-10-27T19:59:18Z

Richard MacManus : Burningbird re Google Base - "The main point of view of Google Base is that this is going after eBay and Craigslist, and online classifieds. I would say the target is Wikipedia, too."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Welcome to Children's Council of San Francisco -- Child Care Resource and Referral

2005-10-26T14:18:34Z

malaclyps : Welcome to Children's Council of San Francisco -- Child Care Resource and Referral -

(Tags: sfmove)

Taiwan to ignore flu drug patent

2005-10-26T09:35:18+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : Taiwan to ignore flu drug patent - Priority is to protect the public

(Tags: )

How will the universe end?

2005-10-31T13:05:13-05:00

Jason Kottke : How will the universe end? - Jim Holt asks Freeman Dyson, Lawrence Krauss, Ed Witten and other in trying to figure out how the universe will end. Further reading: Time Without End by Freeman Dyson, Frank Tipler's Omega Point theory, and The Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations by Michio Kaku.

(Tags: )

Are we going to see the Clover1 anywhere on the East Coast?

2005-10-30T09:06:48-05:00

Kellan : Are we going to see the Clover1 anywhere on the East Coast? -

(Tags: brewed coffee innovation seattle stumptown victrola)

Adsense Dumb Pricing: Blog Tips at ProBlogger

2005-10-26T07:00:15Z

Richard MacManus : Adsense Dumb Pricing: Blog Tips at ProBlogger - Darren's getting frustrated by Google's Adsense - lack of info, fluctuating revenues, etc.

(Tags: ideas)

A9.com Maps

2005-10-28T15:07:13Z

Simon Willison : A9.com Maps - Impressive integration of street photos with pannable maps.

(Tags: )

Rocky Mountain News: First-time Novelists

2005-10-30T01:05:17Z

muckster : Rocky Mountain News: First-time Novelists - Review of Marcy Dermansky's TWINS

(Tags: books marcy novels reviews twins)

Mysterious syrup smell in Manhattan

2005-10-29T09:50:44-05:00

Jason Kottke : Mysterious syrup smell in Manhattan - Syrupy sweet smell in Manhattan yesterday still unexplained. There were reports from all over the city, but air tests and investigations revealed very little.

(Tags: )

A Partial History of Computer Conferencing in Ann Arbor

2005-10-30T05:57:36Z

Les Orchard : A Partial History of Computer Conferencing in Ann Arbor - "Starting in the research labs of the University of Michigan, and moving out into the surrounding community, Ann Arbor's conferencing systems were among the first to make sophisticated computer conferencing systems publicly available."

(Tags: annarbor oldschool)

Don't get ahead of the curve

2005-10-31T18:31:27Z

Simon Willison : Don't get ahead of the curve - UK students are way behind the curve.

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Susan Mernit sums up the Forbes thing perfectly - this applies to Nicholas Carr too

2005-10-29T03:26:06Z

Richard MacManus : Susan Mernit sums up the Forbes thing perfectly - this applies to Nicholas Carr too - "Forbes to Bloggers--You Suck, Bloggers to Forbes--Hey, here's tons of traffic back at ya. Yawn."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Gobby

2005-10-27T05:52:12Z

Justin Mason : Gobby - a free, cross-platform networked collaborative text editor

(Tags: collaboration internet network text unix via:luisvilla)

London Web Frameworks Night

2005-10-28T09:22:05Z

Simon Willison : London Web Frameworks Night - Talks on Django, Rails, Catalyst. I'm talking about Django.

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free stencils

2005-10-29T19:14:43Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : free stencils -

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Daily Kos: Judge Alito Sees Dead People

2005-11-01T03:19:24Z

Les Orchard : Daily Kos: Judge Alito Sees Dead People - "...why is it that when a far-right Republican wants to make a good impression, they do it by standing in front of, on top of, or in the shadow of dead Americans?"

(Tags: alito bush politics republicans)

Microsoft Online Crash Analysis - Windows Memory Diagnostic (windiag)

2005-10-26T07:47:56Z

Kayode Okeyode : Microsoft Online Crash Analysis - Windows Memory Diagnostic (windiag) - The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your moth

(Tags: daily diagnostics hardware memory sysinfo troubleshooting utilities via:edbott windows)

Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days

2005-10-31T08:04:22Z

apathetic : Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days -

(Tags: books c++ ebooks programming)

Caterina.net: Hand in glove with an Old Hat

2005-10-28T18:11:41Z

Erik Benson : Caterina.net: Hand in glove with an Old Hat - Wonderful stuff.

(Tags: caterina playingwithwords quote)

Using hcards in your blog

2005-10-25T22:52:07Z

Philippe Janvier : Using hcards in your blog - A suivre, cette façon d'utiliser les infos des personnes qui commentent sur votre weblogue.

(Tags: microformats)

Heimili nöttarans

2005-10-30T23:34:56Z

kaninka.net : Heimili nöttarans - Frægasti brjálæðingur Internetsins, Sam Sloan, telur upp staðina þar sem hann hefur búið - ásamt hnattstöðu þeirra. Snillingur? Brjálæðingur? Tja, víðförull er hann amk.

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Authentic Boredom: Mobile Web Design Part Three - Tips & Techniques

2005-10-27T08:06:31Z

Kayode Okeyode : Authentic Boredom: Mobile Web Design Part Three - Tips & Techniques - This is the third article in the four-part series, "Mobile Web Design"

(Tags: (x)html accessibility cellphones css daily design howto mobile resources tips tutorial web webdesign webdev)

graphviz for os x

2005-10-29T04:18:15Z

Joshua Schachter : graphviz for os x -

(Tags: osx vis)

The PIT Homepage

2005-10-27T21:21:01Z

tweebiscuit : The PIT Homepage - High-profile sketch and improv theater in NYC

(Tags: comedy improv nyc sketch venues)

Shaun Inman's Mint stats package contains a great easter egg

2005-10-31T21:00:20-05:00

Jason Kottke : Shaun Inman's Mint stats package contains a great easter egg - Shaun Inman's Mint stats package contains a great easter egg. Just key in the Konami cheat code (up up, down down, left right, left right, b, a) and you're greeted with a custom graphic. More old school video game-inspired easter eggs on web sites please.

(Tags: )

Why White Sox and not White Socks?

2005-10-28T07:28:41-05:00

Jason Kottke : Why White Sox and not White Socks? - Watching the World Series last week, Meg wondered, "why White/Red Sox and not Socks?" I knew that if we waited long enough, the Internet would come up with the answer. Bonus: the NY Yankees were once known as the Porchclimbers. Those rascals! (Comment on this)

(Tags: )

AfterDawn.com: Forums

2005-10-31T00:28:41Z

muckster : AfterDawn.com: Forums -

(Tags: forums)

Lorelle on WordPress » HTML, CSS, PHP, and More Cheat Sheets

2005-10-31T01:03:18Z

yoz : Lorelle on WordPress » HTML, CSS, PHP, and More Cheat Sheets - More quick references than you can shake a stick at (via ajaxian)

(Tags: css html javascript php programming top tutorials webdev xml)

SomaFM's got t-shirts!

2005-10-28T22:12:02Z

Jim Ray : SomaFM's got t-shirts! - Show some love, send 'em $50. I don't listen to somaFM as much since I set up SSH iTunes tunneling, but it's still a damn fine radio station.

(Tags: music)

Polícia Civil do estado do Rio de Janeiro

2005-10-29T19:27:55Z

torrez : Polícia Civil do estado do Rio de Janeiro - Morto!

(Tags: mugshots saveforlater)

Netvibes

2005-10-30T23:29:22Z

muckster : Netvibes -

(Tags: rss tools web)

What clients really want

2005-11-01T09:38:31Z

Will Pate : What clients really want -

(Tags: business consulting design howto lists management marketing projectmanagement sales startup tips toread web webdesign work)

Masters of Cinema - HOME

2005-10-27T21:15:25Z

muckster : Masters of Cinema - HOME -

(Tags: film movies)

Water Cooler Games - In-Game Ad Studies are Ads for In-Game Ads

2005-10-27T02:39:07Z

n0wak : Water Cooler Games - In-Game Ad Studies are Ads for In-Game Ads -

(Tags: Advertising Gaming)

BerlinOnline: Berliner Zeitung

2005-10-30T19:43:52Z

muckster : BerlinOnline: Berliner Zeitung -

(Tags: berlin germany jobs news wohnungssuche)

Microsoft Office Templates: Crime scenes with shapes

2005-10-28T15:17:49Z

Rod Begbie : Microsoft Office Templates: Crime scenes with shapes - Visio: It's not just for process flows

(Tags: Bizarre Geekery)

Lack of a Broadcast Flag Boosts HDTV Tuners

2005-10-26T07:50:09Z

malaclyps : Lack of a Broadcast Flag Boosts HDTV Tuners - "With the broadcast flag being struck down ... tuner card manufacturers are aggressively doing HDTV TV tuner card products for retail", says a software PVR developer.

(Tags: broadcastflag minilinks)

... you can almost see the American Flag unfurling in the background as Mal finishes his speech

2005-10-26T09:07:17-04:00

Kellan : ... you can almost see the American Flag unfurling in the background as Mal finishes his speech -

(Tags: empire firefly movie politics serenity sf whedon)

Magistrate convicted for giving wife Rolex he found in Tesco's - Times Online

2005-10-27T09:10:11Z

yoz : Magistrate convicted for giving wife Rolex he found in Tesco's - Times Online - Thief claimed he had bought the watch second-hand; police used loyalty cards to show that he and watch's owner had been in the supermarket around the same time. (via Schneier)

(Tags: crime law privacy top uk)

Constitution of the United States: Browse

2005-10-28T18:43:37Z

malaclyps : Constitution of the United States: Browse -

(Tags: minilinks)

Walter Murch Articles

2005-10-27T05:50:34Z

muckster : Walter Murch Articles -

(Tags: editing film)

New bill could mean end of TV recording - Campus News

2005-11-01T03:32:41Z

malaclyps : New bill could mean end of TV recording - Campus News -

(Tags: minilinks)

Vincent Cheung: Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better.

2005-10-25T23:50:59Z

yoz : Vincent Cheung: Alarm clocks are bad. How to wake up and feel better. - Using two alarms (one quiet, one loud) to try and wake up during light sleep (via boingboing)

(Tags: brain geek health life lifehacks sleep time)

i^i - Google Search

2005-10-26T21:13:28Z

Graham Leuschke : i^i - Google Search - actually e^{-\pi/2), but why be picky

(Tags: google math)

Happy Software Prole » Buying Music From iTMS in Linux

2005-10-30T05:14:59Z

torrez : Happy Software Prole » Buying Music From iTMS in Linux - I went Linux for a year once. Once.

(Tags: itms itunes linux)

LJNet - LiveJournal Social Network Visualization

2005-10-28T17:51:49Z

Rod Begbie : LJNet - LiveJournal Social Network Visualization - This is rather fun -- It maps out your friends-of-friends-of-friends network from LiveJournal. It takes a long time to run, but the output is nifty.

(Tags: Geekery)

Long Tail Camp

2005-10-31T15:23:24Z

Ross Mayfield : Long Tail Camp - Just show up and start talking about the long-tail of whatever.

(Tags: barcamp events funny kwiki longtail longtailcamp tagcamp)

A guide to the artwork you see in the NYC subway

2005-10-31T12:18:11-05:00

Jason Kottke : A guide to the artwork you see in the NYC subway - A guide to the artwork you see in the NYC subway. (thx malatron)

(Tags: )

CSS Patches

2005-10-27T13:29:46Z

Eric Meyer : CSS Patches -

(Tags: )

Can your mouth become multilingual?

2005-10-31T03:09:22Z

Ross Mayfield : Can your mouth become multilingual? - During the demonstration, the speaker had electrodes attached to his face and his neck, but the researchers think that these electrodes could be implanted into your mouth and your throat in a decade from now — if you agree of course.

(Tags: ai cyborg implant speech statistics translation)

Tinfinger: Back in Blog: the Web 2.0 comeback album

2005-10-30T10:01:59Z

Richard MacManus : Tinfinger: Back in Blog: the Web 2.0 comeback album - Web 2.0 gets the AC/DC treatment. Check out the picture!!

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Trap street - Wikipedia

2005-10-28T15:46:13Z

n0wak : Trap street - Wikipedia -

(Tags: Copyrights Maps)

You Knit What??: Poor L'il Punkin.

2005-10-28T05:56:12Z

Jim Ray : You Knit What??: Poor L'il Punkin. - I laughed for probably ten minutes when I saw this

(Tags: funny knitting whypeoplehavekids)

Communications Engineering & Design: October, 2005 - Speed-Ground, Air and Home

2005-10-26T22:16:28Z

Richard MacManus : Communications Engineering & Design: October, 2005 - Speed-Ground, Air and Home - new broadband technologies (via Om Malik)

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

XML-RPC Home Page

2005-10-28T14:46:32Z

apathetic : XML-RPC Home Page -

(Tags: webservices xml xmlrpc)

Bullshit Bingo

2005-10-30T08:00:12-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Bullshit Bingo - for your next meeting

(Tags: links)

Steve Jobs quotes

2005-10-29T16:54:39Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : Steve Jobs quotes -

(Tags: )

prints made from processing film found in (really) old cameras

2005-10-28T11:31:20Z

Milo Vermeulen : prints made from processing film found in (really) old cameras - prints made from processing film found in (really) old cameras [via]

(Tags: )

FeedTier - RSS Web Feed Generator for Web Pages without Syndication

2005-11-01T15:46:01Z

Les Orchard : FeedTier - RSS Web Feed Generator for Web Pages without Syndication - "FeedTier performs content analysis, picks-up the most prominent cluster of hyperlinks and automatically generates RSS web feeds from web pages without existing sydincation options."

(Tags: atom hackingfeeds rss syndication)

Google Calendar Blog - blogging the void?

2005-10-27T10:28:01-04:00

Kellan : Google Calendar Blog - blogging the void? -

(Tags: calendaring google google-calendar)

Thinking in C++

2005-10-31T07:33:13Z

apathetic : Thinking in C++ -

(Tags: books c++ development ebooks programming)

Screenplay Format

2005-10-26T17:26:01Z

yoz : Screenplay Format - Brief but useful guide to screenplay formatting (via giles)

(Tags: cinema writing)

CommonCensus Map Project

2005-10-28T13:59:14Z

Joshua Schachter : CommonCensus Map Project - figuring out regional identity collaboratively

(Tags: gis vis)

Strange lights reported all across state

2005-10-29T11:40:32-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Strange lights reported all across state - the UFOs have arrived!

(Tags: links)

SourceForge.net - Master RFE: Subversion service

2005-10-31T17:34:08Z

Justin Mason : SourceForge.net - Master RFE: Subversion service - sf.net are adding Subversion. yay!

(Tags: free-software hosting open-source scm sourceforge svn)

RashmiSinha - TagCamp

2005-10-29T18:40:08Z

Ross Mayfield : RashmiSinha - TagCamp - We encounter something worth remembering, and what happens in our brain is multiple concepts are activated. In categorization, we have to choose one. There is a decision making process. Tagging is more natural - multple concepts are activated, but you don

(Tags: findability tagcamp tagging tags usability)

Tags and Cognitive Load

2005-10-29T04:05:53Z

Ross Mayfield : Tags and Cognitive Load - One of the criticisms of tags is that they are 'just keywords again', which is true. The key difference is that they are experienced differently by the users, in a way that imposes much less cognitive load.

(Tags: cognition tagcamp tagging tags usability)

What do you get when you combine Ajax, XML, HTML, CSS and Flash?

2005-10-27T18:24:25Z

Jeff Veen : What do you get when you combine Ajax, XML, HTML, CSS and Flash? - answer: Measure Map

(Tags: measuremap)

Mysteries of the Earth-Bound Human

2005-10-30T07:40:31-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Mysteries of the Earth-Bound Human - I like the part on Sports

(Tags: links)

South Street Diner, one of the few 24-hour diners in Boston

2005-10-29T20:25:22Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : South Street Diner, one of the few 24-hour diners in Boston -

(Tags: )

R.W. Apple on the Las Vegas dining scene

2005-10-26T12:58:29-05:00

Jason Kottke : R.W. Apple on the Las Vegas dining scene - R.W. Apple on the Las Vegas dining scene and has great things to say about Joel Robuchon's return to haute cuisine. "During the tryouts preceding its official debut, the restaurant served the best food in Las Vegas, by a decisive margin, and some of the very best French food I have ever eaten on this continent."

(Tags: )

This is what it's all about

2005-10-30T19:00:41Z

Erik Benson : This is what it's all about - My new homepage.

(Tags: blank now silly)

Upcoming.org on the TiVo

2005-10-31T11:32:49-08:00

Andy Baio : Upcoming.org on the TiVo - using Galleon, a wonderful open-source media browser

(Tags: )

Bubblegeneration - web 2.0 business models

2005-11-01T08:56:02Z

Richard MacManus : Bubblegeneration - web 2.0 business models - "But if the 2.0 crowd really wants to help accelerate this implosion, it's got to focus as much or more on economic innovation - new business models - as it does on technological innovation."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Google Base

2005-10-26T09:38:34+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : Google Base - It’s more than just classifieds and listings

(Tags: )

contraversion: I haven't made him sleep on the couch yet.

2005-10-26T00:27:03-04:00

Kellan : contraversion: I haven't made him sleep on the couch yet. -

(Tags: funny google publishing stacey stevej)

article about memoirs of Winston Churchill's bodyguard

2005-11-01T02:10:27Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : article about memoirs of Winston Churchill's bodyguard -

(Tags: )

Close the laptop to beat the drum

2005-10-26T00:51:05Z

Jason Shellen : Close the laptop to beat the drum -

(Tags: )

Time for Change

2005-10-28T22:38:53Z

Ross Mayfield : Time for Change - Way to go, Jeff!

(Tags: VC blogs sap)

SPAG - TagCamp

2005-10-29T04:08:37Z

Ross Mayfield : SPAG - TagCamp - As tagging gets more and more widespread, the risk of SPAG, or tag spam, grows. But SPAG differs from other forms of spam in several interesting ways:

(Tags: spag spam tagcamp tags)

Harlan McCraney, Presidential Speechalist

2005-10-29T20:47:12Z

n0wak : Harlan McCraney, Presidential Speechalist -

(Tags: Comedy Politics US Video harhar)

Wikipedia may go to print

2005-11-01T15:14:04Z

Ross Mayfield : Wikipedia may go to print - For the developing world. Also clarifies there is no content freeze

(Tags: books education print wikipedia)

Jon Udell: Semi-private bookmarking in del.icio.us

2005-11-01T15:44:24Z

lbukys : Jon Udell: Semi-private bookmarking in del.icio.us -

(Tags: )

Moviemaker Tube Map

2005-10-25T23:30:21Z

yoz : Moviemaker Tube Map - unlike The Great Bear, all the interchanges make sense (via webb)

(Tags: cinema people tube)

IpodOnBreezy - Taint.org MoinMoin Wiki

2005-10-26T22:34:05Z

Justin Mason : IpodOnBreezy - Taint.org MoinMoin Wiki - my notes on setting up the iPod with my Ubuntu laptop

(Tags: hardware ipod linux ubuntu)

WatchFilms.com - Watch Free Movies Online

2005-10-25T23:03:52Z

muckster : WatchFilms.com - Watch Free Movies Online -

(Tags: film free movies)

TechCrunch: "Picaboo is located in September 2002 by Howard Field and Kevin McCurd..."

2005-11-01T08:56:15-05:00

Kellan : TechCrunch: "Picaboo is located in September 2002 by Howard Field and Kevin McCurd..." -

(Tags: doh picaboo techcrunch web2.0)

Wake-Up Wal-Mart: Sign the petition

2005-10-28T18:20:07Z

Jim Ray : Wake-Up Wal-Mart: Sign the petition - Wal-Mart made a $5,000 contribution to Tom DeLay after he was indicted?

(Tags: dumb politics walmart)

Letter database

2005-10-25T21:09:54Z

Rod Begbie : Letter database - Handy Unicode resource -- A lookup tool for glyphs.

(Tags: Geekery)

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue

2005-10-31T12:13:04Z

Les Orchard : Cervical Cancer Vaccine Gets Injected With a Social Issue - Really getting tired of these religious whackos getting a say in public health issues.

(Tags: abstinence cancer health hpv medicine religion sexuality)

Paradise Now - Review

2005-10-29T16:44:45Z

muckster : Paradise Now - Review -

(Tags: film me movies review worldfilm)

Lindland's Cordarounds - Horizontal Cord Pants, Horizontal Cords, Horizontal Seersucker Pants, Seersuckers

2005-10-27T19:39:27Z

Jim Ray : Lindland's Cordarounds - Horizontal Cord Pants, Horizontal Cords, Horizontal Seersucker Pants, Seersuckers -

(Tags: clothing design fashion wishlist)

Why Does God Hate Amputees? by Marshall Brain

2005-10-30T21:23:03Z

torrez : Why Does God Hate Amputees? by Marshall Brain - You can't argue with delusions.

(Tags: religion writing)

Reason: What's So Eminent About Public Domain? The copyright lobby makes a dubious case for IP protection

2005-11-01T00:02:42Z

malaclyps : Reason: What's So Eminent About Public Domain? The copyright lobby makes a dubious case for IP protection -

(Tags: minlinks)

[Mod_gzip] MSIE cannot handle Vary header(s)

2005-10-28T00:57:34Z

Jim Ray : [Mod_gzip] MSIE cannot handle Vary header(s) - This has caused me a great deal of pain today. I'm adding it to my list of reasons why I'm going to burn down the IE devs building one day.

(Tags: apache dumb idiots ie microsoft)

Mexicans head north for a better life. Way north. | csmonitor.com

2005-10-31T17:24:49Z

n0wak : Mexicans head north for a better life. Way north. | csmonitor.com -

(Tags: Canada Politics World)

Slashdot: Blizzard Made Me Change My Name

2005-10-26T22:01:20Z

yoz : Slashdot: Blizzard Made Me Change My Name - Deep in the thread about CmdrTaco's forced WoW name change, the topic becomes the US no-fly list... which blocked someone called Thomas Paine (!!!) from flying, until he registered as Thomas Anthony Paine. Boggling in so many ways.

(Tags: duh identity terrorism top usa)

ID3v2 Chapter Tool

2005-10-29T21:15:33Z

Jim Ray : ID3v2 Chapter Tool - Chapterize your mp3's - perfect for podcasting

(Tags: audio mp3 podcasting)

Review - Transmetropolitan: graphic novels that redefine journalism

2005-10-30T06:15:51Z

Les Orchard : Review - Transmetropolitan: graphic novels that redefine journalism - "Nearly three years after the postcyberpunk comic book series came to an end, Transmetropolitan continues to challenge political and journalistic truth."

(Tags: comics warrenellis)

Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen

2005-10-26T20:39:39Z

n0wak : Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen -

(Tags: Design Tools Typography Web)

tumblers made from old beer bottles

2005-10-29T20:09:19Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : tumblers made from old beer bottles -

(Tags: )

Metrics, successes, & flaming disasters in online marketing

2005-10-29T07:38:23Z

torrez : Metrics, successes, & flaming disasters in online marketing - Chas finally got his RSS feed going. Read a couple of his posts, you'll see it's a site worth subscribing to. Now we just have to get post titles in his page title, XML button, RSS discovery, correct character encoding, what kind of South African Beetle A

(Tags: advertising federatedmedia marketing)

Cisco

2005-10-31T05:12:37Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : Cisco -

(Tags: )

Sleep : Insight : Nature

2005-10-29T21:37:45Z

Jim Ray : Sleep : Insight : Nature - Sleep better

(Tags: science sleep)

Warnock's Dilemma

2005-11-01T19:04:15Z

Ross Mayfield : Warnock's Dilemma - The problem with no response is that there are five possible

(Tags: advocate conversations cooperation warnock)

Bad-Candy.com: The Ultimate Bad Candy Website!

2005-10-28T03:50:22Z

Graham Leuschke : Bad-Candy.com: The Ultimate Bad Candy Website! - 'cause, you know, this is needed

(Tags: interweb)

DeLay Reports Record Funds for Defense - Yahoo! News

2005-11-01T04:20:12Z

Les Orchard : DeLay Reports Record Funds for Defense - Yahoo! News - How's this a surprise? He's got a proven track record for amassing money, by hook or by crook.

(Tags: delay politics)

World Usability Day

2005-10-28T09:18:43Z

Simon Willison : World Usability Day - Coming up November 3rd. Lots of events around the world.

(Tags: )

Yahoo! Autos Custom

2005-11-01T12:37:38Z

Simon Willison : Yahoo! Autos Custom - I guess you could call this the Flickr of custom cars.

(Tags: )

Wikipedia Blocked in China

2005-10-31T03:20:39Z

Ross Mayfield : Wikipedia Blocked in China - "Yes, it is currently inaccessible directly from Mainland China, which should be the third time [this has happened] in the short history of the Wikipedia," Andrew Lih, a media official for Wikipedia in the Asia Region, told Interfax Friday. "All hopes are

(Tags: censorship china wikipedia)

Bokardo » Blog Archive » Bubble 2.0 and Flock

2005-10-27T20:29:49Z

Richard MacManus : Bokardo » Blog Archive » Bubble 2.0 and Flock - "but if you can get attention and give attention better than other folks, you’ve got power, and you might just be lucky enough to get bought out at a rediculous price."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price

2005-10-27T20:05:12Z

muckster : WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price -

(Tags: documentary film)

Wired News: Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends

2005-10-25T21:12:45Z

Richard MacManus : Wired News: Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends - incl the "the 2006 IT explosion" --> gadgets, mobile, etc.

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

hello love.tv

2005-10-29T20:32:13Z

n0wak : hello love.tv - Promo, commercial and music video makers.

(Tags: Advertising Animation Design Music Video)

Online Extra: At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"

2005-10-31T17:50:51Z

lbukys : Online Extra: At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" - SBC CEO Edward Whitacre, on net neutrality

(Tags: )

Matt Croydon is moving to Kansas

2005-10-31T16:02:45Z

Simon Willison : Matt Croydon is moving to Kansas - Another professional Django developer.

(Tags: )

Nonsense NYC

2005-11-01T06:28:06Z

muckster : Nonsense NYC -

(Tags: nyc)

SkyscraperCity Forums - Kermit visits New York

2005-10-30T19:29:45Z

Milo Vermeulen : SkyscraperCity Forums - Kermit visits New York - SkyscraperCity Forums - Kermit visits New York [via]

(Tags: )

Projects:TestGen4WebScreenshots - Spike Developer Zone

2005-10-28T00:09:36Z

malaclyps : Projects:TestGen4WebScreenshots - Spike Developer Zone -

(Tags: tracking)

Margot: "i am naming my first female child Dolor Sitamet"

2005-10-26T00:14:47-04:00

Kellan : Margot: "i am naming my first female child Dolor Sitamet" -

(Tags: kids life lorem naming quotable)

Every File Format in the World

2005-10-27T21:06:43Z

Philippe Janvier : Every File Format in the World - Une liste de tous les formats (ou presque) de fichier pouvant exister.

(Tags: informatique pratique)

Ice Reaper Games

2005-10-28T17:58:58Z

leonardr : Ice Reaper Games - Our only hope for defeating the Ultra Gleeper

(Tags: games)

About Desktop Manager

2005-10-30T18:00:28Z

Joshua Schachter : About Desktop Manager -

(Tags: osx ui virtualdesktop)

Chicago Tribune: Don't Try to Surf a Tsunami

2005-10-28T20:26:25Z

Justin Mason : Chicago Tribune: Don't Try to Surf a Tsunami - "Some people still might see it as a gigantic wave and think, 'This is going to be the ride of my life.'" -- ah, southern California

(Tags: funny idiots malibu socal surfing)

invisibleSHIELD - ULTIMATE Screen Protection for Electronic Devices: iPod GPS

2005-10-26T18:33:47Z

tweebiscuit : invisibleSHIELD - ULTIMATE Screen Protection for Electronic Devices: iPod GPS -

(Tags: ipod)

Google Base on Flickr

2005-10-26T19:46:37Z

Philippe Janvier : Google Base on Flickr - "All your base are belong to us".

(Tags: google)

Calendar: Create a customized calendar from your digital photographs

2005-10-26T01:48:15Z

muckster : Calendar: Create a customized calendar from your digital photographs -

(Tags: flickr)

Blogometric pressure

2005-10-31T20:49:22-05:00

Jason Kottke : Blogometric pressure - We have a new leader in the dumbest blog-related word/phrase competition: blogometric pressure.

(Tags: )

designing for life stages

2005-10-30T23:56:50Z

Ross Mayfield : designing for life stages - Three critical life stages in Western culture that affect a lot of our social technologies: The first is identity formation; the second is contributive participation in society; the third is reflection and storytelling.

(Tags: aging blogging design facebook identity myspaces netgen participation socialsoftware sociology)

List of British English words not used in American English

2005-10-30T12:17:49Z

Simon Willison : List of British English words not used in American English - Wikipedia's essential guide to confusing Americans. (via)

(Tags: )

IT Business Edge on Web 2.0

2005-10-27T00:02:18Z

Richard MacManus : IT Business Edge on Web 2.0 - " Sticking with whatever IBM, BEA and Sun are selling is the easy choice. On the other hand, learning from the Web 2.0 leaders like Google lets you quickly integrate new technologies and provide better value to your customers."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Parents' Press: SF Bay Area Child Care Resources

2005-10-26T14:19:08Z

malaclyps : Parents' Press: SF Bay Area Child Care Resources -

(Tags: sfmove)

JotTaggingExperiment

2005-10-26T10:19:19-04:00

Kellan : JotTaggingExperiment -

(Tags: jot metadata tagging wiki)

Windows Live

2005-11-01T19:24:20Z

Ross Mayfield : Windows Live - Firefox support is coming soon. Please be patient :-)

(Tags: marketing microsoft monopoly mslive windows)

NBC News to broadcast online

2005-10-31T20:19:46-08:00

Andy Baio : NBC News to broadcast online - for free in its entirety, with past shows archived historically [via]

(Tags: )

OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan - A Separate Peace

2005-10-28T18:41:19Z

Les Orchard : OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan - A Separate Peace - "I suspect that history, including great historical novelists of the future, will look back and see that many of our elites simply decided to enjoy their lives while they waited for the next chapter of trouble."

(Tags: future government history politics)

independent coffee workers dress up as Starbucks zombies for Halloween

2005-11-01T01:56:42Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : independent coffee workers dress up as Starbucks zombies for Halloween -

(Tags: )

Comments from the PodTech Gallery » Another PodTech Exclusive: Memeorandum Inventor - Gabe Rivera

2005-11-01T09:00:56Z

Richard MacManus : Comments from the PodTech Gallery » Another PodTech Exclusive: Memeorandum Inventor - Gabe Rivera - "One way that you should look at this different to the NY Times or Cnet news is that - it’s open to you! "

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

[math-ph/0510065] On the stability of four feet tables

2005-10-27T17:56:38Z

Graham Leuschke : [math-ph/0510065] On the stability of four feet tables - rotate them! (or stuff sugar packets under the feet)

(Tags: math nerdy papers physics)

Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far

2005-11-01T15:40:52Z

lbukys : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far -

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Dean Wilson@UnixDaemon - London Web Frameworks Night

2005-10-31T23:21:48Z

yoz : Dean Wilson@UnixDaemon - London Web Frameworks Night - Thurs 17th November, see Biddulph, Willison and Trout in a Rails vs Django vs Catalyst punch-up over in AAARGH DOCKLANDS WHY ARE THESE THINGS ALWAYS IN BLOODY DOCKLANDS ahem

(Tags: events perl programming python ruby top uk webdev)

Wired News: Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show

2005-10-27T20:08:23Z

Richard MacManus : Wired News: Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show - "The problems of Web 2.0 may have more to do with human nature, and less with the qualities of bottom-up, online media."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

10+ tips: Averting Bad Web Experiences

2005-11-01T10:50:25+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : 10+ tips: Averting Bad Web Experiences - Gosh does tip 11 strike a chord with me!

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The Craig

2005-10-30T23:02:59Z

Ross Mayfield : The Craig - "I'm going to define a new standard measure of web-application effort called the craig. One craig is the level of effort required to produce and maintain a truly robust and scalable consumer facing web application such as Craigstlist."

(Tags: craig craigslist metrics productivity)

Wander, Think, Repeat » Blog Archive » I know very little about Google or Googlebase (but I’m writing this anyway)

2005-10-30T09:46:45Z

Richard MacManus : Wander, Think, Repeat » Blog Archive » I know very little about Google or Googlebase (but I’m writing this anyway) - A new technical term has been invented: the craig. Read this post for all the details - thought-provoking stuff. [via Ben Barren]

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Scott Gatz’s Blog » Looking for an RSS Product Manager

2005-10-26T07:17:47Z

Richard MacManus : Scott Gatz’s Blog » Looking for an RSS Product Manager -

(Tags: ideas web2.0 yahoo)

Ambient Findability

2005-10-29T06:52:43Z

Ross Mayfield : Ambient Findability - Great book review by John Hagel

(Tags: design findability informationarchitecture johnhagel)

moo.fx - the next small thing

2005-10-28T03:33:50Z

Jim Ray : moo.fx - the next small thing - 3k!

(Tags: ajax design javascript webdev)

Mike Chambers: VNC Client written in ActionScript 3 / Flash Player 8.5

2005-10-29T18:40:24Z

Les Orchard : Mike Chambers: VNC Client written in ActionScript 3 / Flash Player 8.5 - "Darron Schall has put together a Flash Player 8.5 VNC (Virtual Network Computing) client with ActionScript 3."

(Tags: actionscript flash flash8 js webdev)

CodeTek Studios, Inc.

2005-10-30T18:00:30Z

Joshua Schachter : CodeTek Studios, Inc. -

(Tags: osx ui virtualdesktop)

Good Smell Perplexes New Yorkers - New York Times

2005-10-28T23:36:06Z

torrez : Good Smell Perplexes New Yorkers - New York Times - It really is different over there.

(Tags: newyork panic)

OPML Validator Beta

2005-10-29T18:10:23Z

Philippe Janvier : OPML Validator Beta - L'endroit pour valider OPML ou en tout cas pour signaler ce qui cloche.

(Tags: opml)

Scientific American: Preparing for a Pandemic

2005-10-26T18:33:05Z

Justin Mason : Scientific American: Preparing for a Pandemic - good summary on the current state of H5N1

(Tags: flu h5n1 health pandemic sciam science)

Airliners.net

2005-10-26T20:40:15-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Airliners.net - Aircraft info and history

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sydneyeins.de - Tobi Downunder - home

2005-10-30T21:25:56Z

muckster : sydneyeins.de - Tobi Downunder - home -

(Tags: fauth sydney)

Fingernail advertising

2005-10-26T15:54:38-05:00

Jason Kottke : Fingernail advertising - Some fun images of advertising painted on fingernails. That's some seriously intricate work...love the soda pop nails.

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Today, learn about now

2005-10-30T19:16:28Z

Erik Benson : Today, learn about now - When comparing time in places separated by great distances, the notion of present becomes unclear. For example, we see stars as and where they were when the light now reaching our eyes was emitted, because even though light travels at 3 x 108 m/s it takes

(Tags: learnsomethingnew now presenttime trippy wikipedia)

Geeking with Greg: Getting the crap out of user-generated content

2005-10-27T20:09:11Z

Richard MacManus : Geeking with Greg: Getting the crap out of user-generated content - " Other techniques for getting the crap out include editor review of recent changes (Wikipedia, Craigslist), asking your users to report abuse (Craigslist, MSN Spaces, Blogger), user moderation (Slashdot), relevance rank to suppress poor content (Google

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

tales of mere existence

2005-10-27T13:46:49Z

Joshua Schachter : tales of mere existence -

(Tags: comics)

LeeIversonFriday7PM - TagCamp

2005-10-29T04:10:09Z

Ross Mayfield : LeeIversonFriday7PM - TagCamp - Why do takes work? Because they work for each of us individually.

(Tags: collaboration tagcamp tagging tags)

Today, the wallaby

2005-10-27T17:48:38Z

Erik Benson : Today, the wallaby - I heard that you can buy them on eBay and keep them as pets, and that they are cuddly.

(Tags: learnsomethingnew wallaby wikipedia)

anecdotes from Chesire Catalyst

2005-11-01T11:39:57Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : anecdotes from Chesire Catalyst -

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vcXMLRPC - XML-RPC Implementation in Javascript

2005-10-28T15:57:04Z

apathetic : vcXMLRPC - XML-RPC Implementation in Javascript -

(Tags: javascript webservices xml xmlrpc)

Sleep Cycle

2005-10-30T23:42:23Z

muckster : Sleep Cycle -

(Tags: sleep)

Utica Crib lunatic restraining device

2005-10-29T04:19:12Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : Utica Crib lunatic restraining device -

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out-law: Travel sites fail to deliver on web accessibility

2005-10-27T04:22-05:00

Isofarro : out-law: Travel sites fail to deliver on web accessibility -

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Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) by Joseph Tainter

2005-10-27T14:57:00Z

Phil Gyford : Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) by Joseph Tainter - Book mentioned by Matt Webb in his New Puritans piece.

(Tags: books collapse josephtainter socialchange society top toread)

Wireless Internet on the way this year in 7 Oakland cities

2005-11-01T15:49:32Z

Les Orchard : Wireless Internet on the way this year in 7 Oakland cities - "Troy, Birmingham, Royal Oak, Madison Heights, Pontiac, Oak Park and Wixom won out among 31 communities that applied to be the pilot cities for the county's Wireless Oakland Project."

(Tags: detroit local royaloak wifi)

Everybody needs a personal “status” page | 43 Folders

2005-10-30T05:48:51Z

Les Orchard : Everybody needs a personal “status” page | 43 Folders - "Lots of sites have status pages. I wish more people had them."

(Tags: metablogging)

"Silent recall" of digital cameras

2005-10-27T15:19:00-05:00

Jason Kottke : "Silent recall" of digital cameras - Several companies who manufacture digital cameras have issued "silent recalls" due to a faulty chip distorts photos when it fails. Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, and others are affected. ~~Digital Photography Review has more; here's the Nikon D2H & D70 advisory.~~ (A "silent recall" isn't an official recall...the companies are only repairing items in which the faulty chips fail.)
Update: Eliot sez: That's the wrong service advisory for Nikon...it's an unrelated problem. Here's the related advisory...doesn't affect any of their dSLRs.

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Defend yourself against the coming robot rebellion

2005-10-31T20:32:19Z

n0wak : Defend yourself against the coming robot rebellion - Don't let this happen to you!

(Tags: AI Book Geekery Robotics)

50 things to eat before you die

2005-11-01T02:26:03Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : 50 things to eat before you die -

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Burning Man 2005

2005-10-30T07:40:12-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Burning Man 2005 - A Photoessay by Scott London

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nice realistic map of Boston trains (pdf)

2005-11-01T04:17:31Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : nice realistic map of Boston trains (pdf) -

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Swat - Swat

2005-10-26T02:13:48Z

yoz : Swat - Swat - "Swat is an open-source web application toolkit built with PHP5." Still very young but has a nice widget set. (via thefarm)

(Tags: javascript opensource php programming software webdev xml)

SpiderMonkey (JavaScript-C) Engine

2005-10-31T22:38:31Z

Joshua Schachter : SpiderMonkey (JavaScript-C) Engine -

(Tags: dev js)

Web Two Point Oh!

2005-10-27T04:12:55Z

Jim Ray : Web Two Point Oh! - HA!

(Tags: funny)

BURL

2005-10-26T04:41:36Z

muckster : BURL -

(Tags: tools urls web)

jewelry made from electronics parts (like in Neuromancer and Count Zero)

2005-10-29T20:08:38Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : jewelry made from electronics parts (like in Neuromancer and Count Zero) -

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Windows Calendar in Windows Vista Build 5231

2005-10-26T18:31:32-04:00

Kellan : Windows Calendar in Windows Vista Build 5231 -

(Tags: calendaring ical microsoft vista)

Online Wage Library - Search Wizard

2005-10-26T22:57:51Z

Rod Begbie : Online Wage Library - Search Wizard - Find out what the "prevailing wage" is for your job. Apropos of nothing, obviously.

(Tags: A US of)

Brownie on the taxpayer payroll for another 30 days

2005-10-27T17:33:24Z

Jim Ray : Brownie on the taxpayer payroll for another 30 days - At what point does this just become ridiculous?

(Tags: dumb government hurricanekatrina)

Why Wikipedia isn't like Linux | The Register

2005-10-27T04:31:56Z

n0wak : Why Wikipedia isn't like Linux | The Register -

(Tags: Misc Web)

ContactList - TagCamp

2005-10-30T22:39:14Z

Ross Mayfield : ContactList - TagCamp - Nice microformats spike for vcards in wiki

(Tags: ajax hcard kwiki microformats socialtext vcard wiki)

The branding of US states

2005-11-01T08:38:47-05:00

Jason Kottke : The branding of US states - Examination of how US states brand themselves, focusing on state logos, license plates, and slogans.

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Sebben & Sebben Employee Orientation - Google Video

2005-10-28T09:46:51Z

yoz : Sebben & Sebben Employee Orientation - Google Video - From Adult Swim's "Harvey Birdman", of which I can't get enough

(Tags: animation funny multimedia top tv vids)

Flickr: Do more with your photos

2005-10-27T19:57:52Z

Richard MacManus : Flickr: Do more with your photos - incl stamps, dvds. "we're getting started allowing people to take their Flickr photos with them into all kinds of other services."

(Tags: ideas web2.0 yahoo)

Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins

2005-10-28T11:41:49Z

apathetic : Sayings and Phrases - meanings and origins -

(Tags: dictionary english language)

CostumeRatorIzer

2005-10-31T17:33:52Z

torrez : CostumeRatorIzer - Yay

(Tags: halloween projects)

Gigantic computer monitors

2005-10-28T11:54:00-05:00

Jason Kottke : Gigantic computer monitors - Giant-ass monitor features 5 wide flatscreen displays glued together for a resolution of 19200 x 2400 pixels.
Lots of email on this...it might be a fake/hoax.

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Leandro Erlich

2005-10-27T17:43:46Z

n0wak : Leandro Erlich - Crappy site, nice installation art.

(Tags: Art)

del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry)

2005-10-30T19:51:17Z

muckster : del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry) -

(Tags: berlin wohnungssuche)

Greg Westin: Enabling WebDAV on OS X for use with iCal

2005-10-28T23:37:21Z

tweebiscuit : Greg Westin: Enabling WebDAV on OS X for use with iCal - Tutorial explaining how to edit httpd.conf on OS X to enable DAV support.

(Tags: foroe osx osxcli server todo tutorial webdav)

Using Mutt Part 1: Getting Started

2005-10-28T21:26:27Z

Kayode Okeyode : Using Mutt Part 1: Getting Started - In case you haven't heard of mutt, it's a text-based mail client along the lines of pine or elm. Mutt is known for being a fast and highly configurable mail client, and since it's text-based, it's ideal for checking email quickly over ssh

(Tags: daily email howto linux mutt ssh text tutorial web)

Three Audioscrobbler Plugins for WordPress at chris.webdevlab.com

2005-10-28T23:34:42Z

Les Orchard : Three Audioscrobbler Plugins for WordPress at chris.webdevlab.com - "Got an Audioscrobbler account? Got a WordPress weblog? Well then maybe it’s time for those two great tastes to taste great together!"

(Tags: audioscrobbler metablogging music wordpress)

The Joy of Migrations

2005-10-28T03:51:32Z

Jim Ray : The Joy of Migrations - Pretty well answers my "develop on SQLite locally, deploy on MySQL globally" question

(Tags: databases rubyonrails sql webdev)

Managing Disributed Workers

2005-10-31T00:08:59Z

Ross Mayfield : Managing Disributed Workers - This year, there are 19.5 million "distributed workers." That's up from 10.9 million in 2000. But how do you manage all those workers beavering away in places and at times you can't control?

(Tags: design distributed management practices productivity socialcapital)

Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks, desktops?

2005-10-31T22:40:15-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Will Wal-Mart sell $398 notebooks, desktops? - probably will

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A series of art projects based on Flickr

2005-10-28T08:36:35-05:00

Jason Kottke : A series of art projects based on Flickr - A series of art projects based on Flickr. The Flickr tag cloud tshirt is clever; the printing on the shirts is reversed so that you can read them in the mirror..."the [Flickr user's] narrative is actually addressing himself while claiming to address others". (via ia)

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25 of America's best leaders

2005-10-26T17:59:38-05:00

Jason Kottke : 25 of America's best leaders - US News & World Report has a list of 25 of America's best leaders. Condoleezza Rice, Steve Jobs, Meg Whitman, Bill & Melinda Gates, etc.

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POST VIDEO ART | Video Art & Experimental Films Video Streaming

2005-10-31T15:45:59Z

n0wak : POST VIDEO ART | Video Art & Experimental Films Video Streaming -

(Tags: Art Video)

Correcting an Imbalance (Cathy Newton and Erica Spina)

2005-11-01T13:21:24Z

Graham Leuschke : Correcting an Imbalance (Cathy Newton and Erica Spina) - SU a leader in promoting women scientists, engineers

(Tags: academia syracuse women)

Return on Attention and Infomediaries

2005-11-01T15:21:51Z

Ross Mayfield : Return on Attention and Infomediaries - AttentionTrust.org ought to lead with this proposition and focus on developing the technology standards that will help individuals and their infomediary agents to increase return on attention

(Tags: attention attentiontrust complexity overload)

The Incutio XML-RPC Library for PHP

2005-10-28T13:59:13Z

apathetic : The Incutio XML-RPC Library for PHP -

(Tags: php webservices xml xmlrpc)

VoIP Watch: Microsoft's Virtual Office-Yahoo

2005-10-30T18:55:20Z

Richard MacManus : VoIP Watch: Microsoft's Virtual Office-Yahoo - "A hosted solution that does what Office does, in one suite of programs may not be the best in class of any, it will just all work together, and that's where Voice via Teleo comes in right now."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

how to do what you want to do

2005-10-31T03:51:23Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : how to do what you want to do -

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PM: Glenn Reynolds - Backyard Filmmakers Are Hollywood's Greatest Fear

2005-10-28T16:52:21Z

n0wak : PM: Glenn Reynolds - Backyard Filmmakers Are Hollywood's Greatest Fear -

(Tags: Film Media Music Video Web)

Jason Fry writes about his experiences in starting a weblog

2005-11-01T07:30:55-05:00

Jason Kottke : Jason Fry writes about his experiences in starting a weblog - In the WSJ, Jason Fry writes about his experiences in starting a weblog about the Mets. If you're a new blogger, this is a good look at how your first few months might go. "The downside of being a blog writer? Being a blog administrator."

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Forbes.com - Attack of the Blogs

2005-10-29T00:54:00Z

n0wak : Forbes.com - Attack of the Blogs - Hahahahaha. Sensationalist garbage. So out there it's funny.

(Tags: Branding Media Stoopid Web Weblogs)

Photos of gamers and their avatars

2005-10-28T07:49:40-05:00

Jason Kottke : Photos of gamers and their avatars - Photos from Robbie Cooper's Alter Ego project, in which he takes photos of gamers and compares them with their in-game avatars. More photos and an article about Cooper and his photography.

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Mono - Open source implementations of .NET and C#

2005-11-01T18:36:23Z

apathetic : Mono - Open source implementations of .NET and C# -

(Tags: .net c# documentation gnu linux mac microsoft opensource software windows)

Photo gallery of an urban model railroad

2005-10-27T20:45:22-05:00

Jason Kottke : Photo gallery of an urban model railroad - Photo gallery of an urban model railroad with scenes modeled after the streets and tracks of Philly, NJ, and NYC. The modeler even painted some tiny graffiti on some of the buildings and walls. (thx, malatron) (Comment on this)

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Sonnet iPod Replacement Batteries

2005-10-28T03:37:44Z

Jim Ray : Sonnet iPod Replacement Batteries - After three years, my battery is only lasting about 4 hours

(Tags: battery ipod mobile)

Jim Grisanzio: OpenSolaris: Lessons Learned

2005-10-27T06:03:18Z

Justin Mason : Jim Grisanzio: OpenSolaris: Lessons Learned - excellent post-mortem on how to open a closed-source development process to "the community"

(Tags: cluetrain community free-software open-source solaris sun via:luisvilla)

Snack has the scoop on which NYC restaurants got how many stars in the new Michelin Guide

2005-11-01T12:50:21-05:00

Jason Kottke : Snack has the scoop on which NYC restaurants got how many stars in the new Michelin Guide - Snack has the scoop on which NYC restaurants got how many stars in the new Michelin Guide. Ducasse, Jean-Georges, Le Bernardin, and Per Se got top honors...Daniel and Masa must be a little disappointed with only two stars. (via afb) (Comment on this)

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Sheryl Swoopes announces she's gay

2005-10-27T10:52:44-05:00

Jason Kottke : Sheryl Swoopes announces she's gay - Sheryl Swoopes, a WNBA superstar, is the most high-profile team sports athlete to come out of the closet.

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IMG_0387 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2005-10-29T00:43:15Z

torrez : IMG_0387 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - I want to go here someday.

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Supporting Themes In Your Rails Application

2005-10-28T03:56:48Z

Jim Ray : Supporting Themes In Your Rails Application - This makes sense - let static content be static. Even has a handy generator!

(Tags: css design rubyonrails webdev)

information aesthetics sparklines

2005-10-28T09:32:05-05:00

Jason Kottke : information aesthetics sparklines - I love the little sparkline graphs on information aesthetics (right sidebar). That's some information richness. Must check out the Sparkline PHP Graphing Library at some point.

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popular del.icio.us mp3s, now played from del.icio.us itself with Flash

2005-10-29T16:57:28Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : popular del.icio.us mp3s, now played from del.icio.us itself with Flash -

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Turing's Cathedral

2005-10-29T06:44:15Z

Ross Mayfield : Turing's Cathedral - George Dyson's Google visit

(Tags: ai corporateblog culture gevil google)

» Ballmer on services, twitch cycles, AJAX, Google and innovation | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

2005-10-27T20:21:56Z

Richard MacManus : » Ballmer on services, twitch cycles, AJAX, Google and innovation | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com - "In today’s world Windows is a long twitch, Office a medium twitch and MSN is the short twitch, but I suspect those territorial boundaries will be altered over time."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Speak Up critiques the covers on the recently released list of the 40 best magazine covers of the last 40 years

2005-10-26T16:00:44-05:00

Jason Kottke : Speak Up critiques the covers on the recently released list of the 40 best magazine covers of the last 40 years - Speak Up critiques the covers on the recently released list of the 40 best magazine covers of the last 40 years. Chock full of snarky designy goodness. (thx armin)

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Newbury Comics coupons

2005-10-27T20:02:52Z

Rod Begbie : Newbury Comics coupons - Some decent savings this weekend at New England's finest record chain, Newbury Comics.

(Tags: Boston Consume! Music)

Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag

2005-10-26T17:08:20Z

malaclyps : Doctorow on Europe's Coming Broadcast Flag - O'Reilly reports on Cory's speech at EuroOSCON

(Tags: broadcastflag internationalip minilinks)

Techdirt:SBC: We Own The Internet, So Google Should Pay Up

2005-11-01T03:34:11Z

malaclyps : Techdirt:SBC: We Own The Internet, So Google Should Pay Up -

(Tags: minilinkxs)

rv in the afterlife on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2005-10-28T06:18:51Z

torrez : rv in the afterlife on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - I hope when I die I still have a sense of humor to do something like this. The top 10 songs from March 1987 would be wonderfully absurd.

(Tags: flickr tombstone)

What is an information system?

2005-10-31T03:16:10Z

Ross Mayfield : What is an information system? - Moral of the story: Information systems don't have to mean information technology (at least not digital information technology)....

(Tags: collaboration information informationsystem systems wetware)

disturbing deaths of literary figures

2005-10-31T03:55:33Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : disturbing deaths of literary figures -

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The Dilbert Blog

2005-11-01T16:15:04Z

n0wak : The Dilbert Blog -

(Tags: Comic Weblogs)

Slim Devices : Squeezebox

2005-10-26T15:09:09Z

Rod Begbie : Slim Devices : Squeezebox - The new Squeezebox is gorgeous. Throw in excellent format support (MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC and FLAC) and an open-source server, and it's a geek's dream.

(Tags: Consume! Geekery Music)

The All New Jek Porkins Home Page

2005-10-27T03:01:51Z

n0wak : The All New Jek Porkins Home Page - (The actor playing Porkins, William Hootkins, passed away Sunday.)

(Tags: Film Geekery Sci-Fi)

Why the Right Was Wrong - New York Times

2005-10-30T05:47:19Z

Les Orchard : Why the Right Was Wrong - New York Times - "The right's embrace in the Miers nomination of tactics previously exclusive to the left ... will make it immeasurably harder to denounce and deflect such assaults when the Democrats make them the next time around."

(Tags: bush miers politics republicans)

FreeTechBooks.com

2005-10-31T08:02:47Z

apathetic : FreeTechBooks.com -

(Tags: books ebooks programming)

New DVD Releases - October 25, 2005

2005-10-25T22:44:51Z

muckster : New DVD Releases - October 25, 2005 -

(Tags: dvd film me movies)

Hanging Mistaken for Halloween Decoration

2005-10-29T20:39:17Z

n0wak : Hanging Mistaken for Halloween Decoration - The apparent suicide of a woman found hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said.

(Tags: News Stoopid Weird)

Tshirt: "Pedro Lacks Political Experience"

2005-10-28T10:35:27-05:00

Jason Kottke : Tshirt: "Pedro Lacks Political Experience" - For those of you who are Napoleon Dynamited out, how about a "Pedro Lacks Political Experience" tshirt?

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What's Slowing Down Your PC?

2005-10-28T20:29:09Z

Kayode Okeyode : What's Slowing Down Your PC? - The causes fall into three categories. The first is hardware design. The second is virus and spyware infiltration. The third is caused by some of the remedies applied to cure the first two causes.

(Tags: daily hardware pchealth security spyware troubleshooting virus windows)

Stickies for Windows

2005-10-27T20:14:48Z

Kayode Okeyode : Stickies for Windows - Stickies for Windows lets you put yellow sticky notes on your Windows desktop, much like the popular MacOS application. It is very simple, very customizable, and completely free!

(Tags: daily desktop download freeware gtd notes pim utilities via:downloadsquad windows)

[IP] [Warning: New credit card Scam]

2005-11-01T13:32:29Z

lbukys : [IP] [Warning: New credit card Scam] -

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UK Resources for Web Accessibility and the Law

2005-11-01T00:55-05:00

Isofarro : UK Resources for Web Accessibility and the Law -

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FinderPop

2005-10-28T18:56:55Z

Jim Ray : FinderPop - FinderPop is back for OS X!

(Tags: mac via:daringfireball)

Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

2005-10-26T08:05:21Z

Kayode Okeyode : Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind? - This talk dissects the code generated by Visual Studio; analyzes the appalling programming practices it perpetuates; rhapsodizes about the joys, frustrations, and satisfactions of unassisted coding; and speculates about the radical changes that Avalon wil

(Tags: .net coding daily essay ide programming speech toread via:simonwillison visual_studio windows)

Wired News: Sir, the Gamers Are Revolting!

2005-10-28T02:55:22Z

n0wak : Wired News: Sir, the Gamers Are Revolting! -

(Tags: Culture Gaming Politics)

Recognition at last

2005-10-30T16:36:05Z

Eric Meyer : Recognition at last -

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Apple sells 1 million videos in first 20 days

2005-10-31T12:29:12-08:00

Andy Baio : Apple sells 1 million videos in first 20 days - considering the limited library, this is impressive [via]

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Today, consider getting a pet ferret

2005-10-28T16:56:40Z

Erik Benson : Today, consider getting a pet ferret - Paris Hilton has one, why don't I?

(Tags: considerthis ferret learnsomethingnew wikipedia)

World Film - Independent Film

2005-10-25T22:41:34Z

muckster : World Film - Independent Film -

(Tags: cinema film me worldfilm)

Selling Your CDs, Pt 2

2005-10-26T17:07:48Z

malaclyps : Selling Your CDs, Pt 2 - Copyright expert Bill Patry steps in on the legality of selling your CDs after making digital copies.

(Tags: copyright minilinks)

Inkscape - Open Source SVG Editor

2005-10-27T19:27:44Z

Milo Vermeulen : Inkscape - Open Source SVG Editor - Inkscape - Open Source SVG Editor [via]

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DevilDucky - Bruce Lee Screen Test

2005-10-29T23:09:22Z

n0wak : DevilDucky - Bruce Lee Screen Test - Bruce Lee demonstrates his moves for the camera back in 1964. They are almost too fast for the video to record.

(Tags: Film Retro Video)

Gerard Depardieu Announces Retirement

2005-10-31T15:15:56Z

muckster : Gerard Depardieu Announces Retirement -

(Tags: film movies worldfilm)

Copyright and the Evolution Wars. Copyfight: the politics of IP

2005-10-28T18:43:01Z

malaclyps : Copyright and the Evolution Wars. Copyfight: the politics of IP -

(Tags: minilinks)

Fractal Food

2005-10-27T15:12:57Z

Philippe Janvier : Fractal Food - "It seems like the universe just wants to compute".

(Tags: art science)

A requiem for a logo

2005-10-31T08:33:55-05:00

Jason Kottke : A requiem for a logo - Michael Bierut offers a requiem for the AT&T logo by Saul Bass. SBC is buying AT&T, keeping the name, but introducing a new logo.

(Tags: )

Health and Safety Information on Household Products

2005-10-30T18:21:19Z

Joshua Schachter : Health and Safety Information on Household Products - like msds

(Tags: danger)

AddictiveGamez.com - Poom Game

2005-10-27T09:19:24Z

yoz : AddictiveGamez.com - Poom Game - Very fun bounce-the-ball-on-the-grid game (via clive thompson)

(Tags: flash games)

bus trouble

2005-10-27T21:23:24Z

cobra libre : bus trouble - "The social negotiation of riding the bus dictates that those who are forced to stand exact payment from those who are comfortably seated by being awarded the invitation to study the tops of their heads, look at the pages of the books they are reading, and obtain privileged views of female cleavage."

(Tags: )

I want to - a page of utilities that help you do stuff you want to

2005-10-30T14:32:16Z

Joshua Schachter : I want to - a page of utilities that help you do stuff you want to -

(Tags: swlist)

World's 10 Tallest Buildings - SkyscraperPage.com

2005-11-01T08:20:41Z

Simon Willison : World's 10 Tallest Buildings - SkyscraperPage.com - This site is the Wikipedia of skyscraper pixel art. (via)

(Tags: )

Slim Devices : Product Info : Hardware

2005-10-26T04:34:40Z

Jeff Veen : Slim Devices : Product Info : Hardware - The new Squeezebox is beautiful.

(Tags: gadgets music opensource)

Buy GP2X Game System (GPX2) - Always in stock!

2005-10-30T05:40:54Z

Les Orchard : Buy GP2X Game System (GPX2) - Always in stock! - Why bother hacking a PSP?

(Tags: gaming hacks hardware wishlist)

Daily Kos: Bush: The Wingnuts' Waterboy

2005-11-01T02:35:57Z

Les Orchard : Daily Kos: Bush: The Wingnuts' Waterboy - "I saw someone in a comment here call Bush the Winguts' Waterboy and I really liked that. And I believe it is completely accurate."

(Tags: bush politics)

Physics Flash Animations

2005-11-01T15:20:37Z

Graham Leuschke : Physics Flash Animations - including some nice calculus-based ones

(Tags: flash math physics)

10 things China does better than we do

2005-11-01T11:07:44Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : 10 things China does better than we do -

(Tags: )

Venkman JavaScript Debugger project page

2005-10-26T12:22:26Z

apathetic : Venkman JavaScript Debugger project page -

(Tags: extension firefox javascript mozilla opensource programming software)

I Saw You Today

2005-10-26T07:55:12Z

Kayode Okeyode : I Saw You Today - Messaging service for the love struck (check out the chance encounters on London Underground)

(Tags: daily dating fun london london_underground uk via:goingunderground)

Bush in Freefall

2005-10-28T12:06:07-04:00

Kellan : Bush in Freefall -

(Tags: bush flash toy)

Typepad's going to let us post videos?

2005-10-30T07:10:47Z

Erik Benson : Typepad's going to let us post videos? - I just noticed this... Typepad's down at the moment but I'll be trying this shortly after it's back up.

(Tags: typepad video)

what does your phone number spell?

2005-10-31T04:49:51Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : what does your phone number spell? -

(Tags: )

The Great Wiki Raid of '05

2005-10-31T00:12:29Z

Ross Mayfield : The Great Wiki Raid of '05 - Futurists from around the world conduct a 24 hour "knowledge assault" on Wikipedia.org for the purpose of demonstrating how knowledge is created in a digital world.

(Tags: future swarm wiki wikipedia)

Miers withdraws Supreme Court nomination

2005-10-27T10:05:36-05:00

Jason Kottke : Miers withdraws Supreme Court nomination - Our short national nightmare is over, Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination for the Supreme Court (her letter). However, our long national nightmare still has 1181 days to go.

(Tags: )

Transit Tech review of eyeOS

2005-10-26T19:50:48Z

Richard MacManus : Transit Tech review of eyeOS - good review, points out positives and nagatives. "eyeOS probably take a lot of load off of the CPU, and place the bulk of it on the server. "

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

NuSOAP - SOAP library for PHP

2005-10-28T18:46:29Z

apathetic : NuSOAP - SOAP library for PHP -

(Tags: php soap webservices xml)

Notes from a talk that Josh Schachter gave at the Berkman Center

2005-11-01T09:15:36-05:00

Jason Kottke : Notes from a talk that Josh Schachter gave at the Berkman Center - David Weinberger has some rough notes from a talk that Josh Schachter gave at the Berkman Center.

(Tags: )

Why Aren't We Ashamed?

2005-10-28T22:24:52Z

Ross Mayfield : Why Aren't We Ashamed? - We are failing to be heros when it matters most

(Tags: disaster nonprofit recovery socialgood wiki)

Macworld: News: Christian-themed DDR-style game released

2005-10-27T04:25:50Z

Jim Ray : Macworld: News: Christian-themed DDR-style game released - Oh man, this is probably the most hilarious thing ever

(Tags: christianity hilarious religion videogames)

Political ringtones: what can 527s do with this?

2005-10-28T18:39:14Z

Jim Ray : Political ringtones: what can 527s do with this? - This is probably the dumbest, most annoying idea I've ever heard for mobilizing "grassroots organizations"

(Tags: dumb mobile politics)

The joke's on TagTagger

2005-10-31T15:11:57-05:00

Jason Kottke : The joke's on TagTagger - The funny thing about TagTagger is that it probably would be useful to tag tags; it could help tag ecosystems like del.icio.us and Flickr better determine how tagged items are related. Think of it as defining tags...the tag "andywarhol" could be metatagged something like "andy warhol nyc artist person art popculture modernart".

(Tags: )

Ever seen a crab get sucked into a pipe through a 3mm-wide slit?

2005-11-01T13:56:15-05:00

Jason Kottke : Ever seen a crab get sucked into a pipe through a 3mm-wide slit? - Ever seen a crab get sucked into a pipe through a 3mm-wide slit? This is your chance.

(Tags: )

A RESTful Web service, an example : Paul James

2005-10-31T14:44:04Z

Les Orchard : A RESTful Web service, an example : Paul James - "Delicious has a simple REST API, or rather, a simple POX over HTTP API, ... , but it isn't very RESTful. Why not?"

(Tags: delicious rest webdev)

Kevin Burton's Feed Blog: AJAX - Your Foundation is a House of Cards?

2005-10-28T17:44:17Z

lbukys : Kevin Burton's Feed Blog: AJAX - Your Foundation is a House of Cards? -

(Tags: )

Edward Burtynsky: Landscapes

2005-11-01T01:45:29Z

n0wak : Edward Burtynsky: Landscapes -

(Tags: Nature Photography Photos)

Pumpkin carved with winky emoticon ;)

2005-10-31T11:07:31-05:00

Jason Kottke : Pumpkin carved with winky emoticon ;) - Pumpkin carved with winky emoticon ;) Awesome.

(Tags: )

Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show

2005-10-28T00:01:21Z

Philippe Janvier : Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show - "When you invite the whole world to your party, inevitably someone pees in the beer".

(Tags: web)

Cassette Jam '05

2005-11-01T18:28:04Z

Justin Mason : Cassette Jam '05 - it's wierd how looking at a photo of a dead medium can bring memories flooding back

(Tags: basf c60-c90 cassettes dead-media memories photos pics tdk the-80s)

Tom Duff on Duff's Device

2005-10-28T17:40:10Z

lbukys : Tom Duff on Duff's Device -

(Tags: )

RFIDs to be placed US Passports

2005-10-26T21:05:00Z

malaclyps : RFIDs to be placed US Passports - The "Potential Hostage Radio Beacon" is planned for October 2006

(Tags: minilinks rfid)

Sundance On The Xbox - Forbes.com

2005-10-29T00:52:32Z

n0wak : Sundance On The Xbox - Forbes.com - Weak article.

(Tags: Gaming Microsoft XBox)

bad magazine covers

2005-10-31T13:52:27Z

Joshua Schachter : bad magazine covers -

(Tags: covers img)

Filmsite: Sexual or Erotic Films

2005-10-27T03:52:31Z

n0wak : Filmsite: Sexual or Erotic Films - Early history.

(Tags: Film History Porn Sex Vintage)

how to ship stuff to florida post-wilma

2005-10-27T00:53:06Z

Joshua Schachter : how to ship stuff to florida post-wilma -

(Tags: )

Feld Thoughts: Corporate Web Site As A Blog

2005-10-26T19:44:01Z

Richard MacManus : Feld Thoughts: Corporate Web Site As A Blog - Noble concept, but it's a tough sell in conservative, cubicle-filled, sarbanes-oxley-fearing corporates.

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Clix Exchange :: View topic - Bizarre

2005-10-31T16:34:03Z

yoz : Clix Exchange :: View topic - Bizarre - Swedish developer & security consultant arrested in Greece because someone whose computer he once cleaned up has, months later, received a new kind of Viagra spam - and that's about it as far as evidence or cluefulness goes (via lee)

(Tags: eu law security spam top)

Photographs of an abandoned Japanese amusement park

2005-11-01T02:23:33Z

tweebiscuit : Photographs of an abandoned Japanese amusement park - Warning: May turn your parents into pigs.

(Tags: cool images linkblog photos via:fipi)

Missing GWA header a bug, not evil

2005-10-26T09:57:10+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : Missing GWA header a bug, not evil - Now this naturally doesn't exonerate the vanilla evilness of the GWA concept

(Tags: )

Stanley Kubrik's interviews with some of brightest minds of the 20th century to be released as a book

2005-10-27T18:51:16Z

Jim Ray : Stanley Kubrik's interviews with some of brightest minds of the 20th century to be released as a book - He conducted the interviews in 1966 for an opening montage for "2001" that had to be cut later

(Tags: film kubrick science scifi via:daringfireball)

Anti-Spyware Coalition Glossary

2005-10-28T20:43:52Z

Kayode Okeyode : Anti-Spyware Coalition Glossary - ASC includes the following Glossary in order to clarify some of the terms used in this document, particularly the more frequently used terms in anti-spyware products and research. This Glossary will be updated as we continue with our work

(Tags: adware daily glossary security spyware via:edbott web windows)

IIW2005 logo

2005-10-26T21:29:24Z

Justin Mason : IIW2005 logo - an excellent follow-up cartoon to 'on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog'

(Tags: conference funny identity iiw2005 image internet logo t-shirt)

That time of year thou mayst in me behold..

2005-10-26T10:57:14-04:00

Kellan : That time of year thou mayst in me behold.. -

(Tags: fall flickr friends leaves photos yellow)

FreeProgrammingResources.com

2005-10-31T08:03:09Z

apathetic : FreeProgrammingResources.com -

(Tags: books ebooks programming tutorial)

THE DARK HEART OF DICK CHENEY - Yahoo! News

2005-10-30T15:50:26Z

Les Orchard : THE DARK HEART OF DICK CHENEY - Yahoo! News - "This week, unprecedented in history, an elected vice president of the United States of America proposed that Congress legally authorize the torture of foreigners by Americans."

(Tags: cheney politics torture war)

Today, I learned that Will Ferrell grew up in my hometown of Irvine

2005-10-28T18:58:58Z

Erik Benson : Today, I learned that Will Ferrell grew up in my hometown of Irvine - Now this is happening.

(Tags: irvine learnsomethingnew wikipedia willferrell)

Kiko - A New Kind of Online Calendar

2005-11-01T06:50:35Z

muckster : Kiko - A New Kind of Online Calendar -

(Tags: calendar rss web)

XML-RPC HOWTO

2005-10-28T14:03:42Z

apathetic : XML-RPC HOWTO -

(Tags: tutorial webservices xml xmlrpc)

Online Extra: At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"

2005-11-01T03:35:23Z

malaclyps : Online Extra: At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" -

(Tags: minilinks)

Announcing FlashVNC

2005-10-28T18:43:23Z

Jim Ray : Announcing FlashVNC - VNC client written in Actionscript 3 / Flash 8.5 - amazing

(Tags: brilliant flash networking vnc)

Foreign Policy: The Blame Game

2005-11-01T12:34:10Z

Les Orchard : Foreign Policy: The Blame Game - "This is President Bush’s war, and America’s failure will be his legacy."

(Tags: bush iraq war)

Open letter from Liu Xiaobo to Jerry Yang

2005-10-31T01:42:47Z

bos : Open letter from Liu Xiaobo to Jerry Yang - Yahoo released personal information on a Chinese dissident to authorities

(Tags: censorship internet politics yahoo)

Optimal Attention

2005-10-28T15:40:06Z

Ross Mayfield : Optimal Attention - Show me a person who can only attend to one channel at a time, and I'll show you a candidate for the Darwin Award.

(Tags: attention interruptions productivity software)

Maximize your efficiency using virtual desktops in Mac OS X – You Control: Desktops

2005-10-30T18:00:14Z

Joshua Schachter : Maximize your efficiency using virtual desktops in Mac OS X – You Control: Desktops -

(Tags: osx ui virtualdesktop)

Slashdot | Level 3 and Cogent Reach Agreement on Peering

2005-10-28T23:26:45Z

Les Orchard : Slashdot | Level 3 and Cogent Reach Agreement on Peering - Is it just me, or is this starting to sound a bit like international politics...? "Level3 and Cogent have announced an agreement on a modified peering contract that provides for settlement-free peering subject to certain unspecified conditions."

(Tags: internet politics)

On the subway on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

2005-10-30T04:34:32Z

torrez : On the subway on Flickr - Photo Sharing! - A chance to get married via their blogs WASTED. Everyone could have F5'd the moment the priest asked if anyone had an objections to trackback ping the thread. I have a million of them!

(Tags: alaina anil dash marriage)

STAR TREK - X-MEN: Marvel & Paramount Comics, 1996

2005-10-26T03:22:40Z

Eric Meyer : STAR TREK - X-MEN: Marvel & Paramount Comics, 1996 -

(Tags: )

Ruby Cookbook announcement

2005-10-26T14:06:48Z

leonardr : Ruby Cookbook announcement - Since I keep coming back to it

(Tags: ruby)

ToME: Tales of Middle Earth

2005-10-26T15:37:55Z

leonardr : ToME: Tales of Middle Earth - "The only game so realistic that... you will dry up rivers to cast mighty spells." Now that's realism!

(Tags: games)

live Plasticman mix

2005-10-29T17:00:45Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : live Plasticman mix -

(Tags: )

Consejos para escribir bibliotecas en PHP

2005-10-26T09:07:53-04:00

Kellan : Consejos para escribir bibliotecas en PHP -

(Tags: php programming spanish translation)

Color Perception Is Not In The Eye Of The Beholder: It's In The Brain

2005-10-27T15:49:06Z

Kayode Okeyode : Color Perception Is Not In The Eye Of The Beholder: It's In The Brain - Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that the number of color-sensitive cones in the human retina differs dramatically among people—by up to 40 times—yet people appear to perceive colors the same way

(Tags: colorblind colors daily mind nature psychology science via:digg)

Making Toys

2005-10-26T20:38:36Z

n0wak : Making Toys - The Insides and Outsides of Electronic Toy Design

(Tags: Design Tech Toy Weblog)

How do you feel about someone else making money off your content? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

2005-10-27T20:05:34Z

Richard MacManus : How do you feel about someone else making money off your content? - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) - "I wonder when the public will demand that Yahoo shares a portion of the revenues generated from ads on people’s photos."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Universe Today - How Advanced Can a Civilization Become?

2005-11-01T18:07:33Z

n0wak : Universe Today - How Advanced Can a Civilization Become? -

(Tags: Physics Sci-Fi Science Space)

ABC News: Silicon Insider: MSM, Meet the Blogosphere

2005-10-31T11:40:19-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : ABC News: Silicon Insider: MSM, Meet the Blogosphere - a write-up on the conference I was at last week

(Tags: links)

Good Stuff for Rails Newbies

2005-10-28T02:44:12Z

Jim Ray : Good Stuff for Rails Newbies - Newbie on Rails

(Tags: rubyonrails webdev)

Most Significat Bit Labs :: TinyDisk

2005-10-31T16:16:27Z

Les Orchard : Most Significat Bit Labs :: TinyDisk - "TinyDisk is a program from saving and retrieving files from TinyURL and TinyURL-like services such as Nanourl."

(Tags: evil hacks web20)

phishpics.net

2005-10-31T14:08:28Z

muckster : phishpics.net -

(Tags: gallery phish)

Darwin's Ltd.

2005-11-01T04:38:36Z

Rod Begbie : Darwin's Ltd. - Attention Cantabrigians. Darwin's has a new-ish store in Inman Square. Rather sadly, the highlight of my day at an old job was getting to Darwin's for one of their superbly flavourful sandwiches.

(Tags: Boston Consume!)

When the Means Become the Ends

2005-10-31T03:01:30Z

Ross Mayfield : When the Means Become the Ends - Organizations can easily do the wrong thing by mistaking the means for the ends. Following are a couple examples I ran across in the past few days.

(Tags: decisions intelligence management metrics)

Harry Potter graffiti

2005-10-29T16:50:54Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : Harry Potter graffiti -

(Tags: )

Daily Kos: Incompetence, or Intentional?

2005-11-01T01:17:02Z

Les Orchard : Daily Kos: Incompetence, or Intentional? - "Bush couldn't keep even his most trifling of promises to get rid of the leakers."

(Tags: bush politics)

Today, learn about evil

2005-10-31T19:54:33Z

Erik Benson : Today, learn about evil - Do we even believe in evil anymore? Isn't it sort of irrelevant now in these days of cost, value, loss, and gain?

(Tags: evil learnsomethingnew wikipedia)

Immobilien Scout24- Wohnungen und Immobilien online

2005-10-30T19:43:01Z

muckster : Immobilien Scout24- Wohnungen und Immobilien online -

(Tags: berlin germany wohnungssuche)

myStatus plugin for WordPress // eightface

2005-10-30T05:48:16Z

Les Orchard : myStatus plugin for WordPress // eightface - "This plugin allows you to create a number of fields specifying your current status and easily insert them into your templates."

(Tags: hacks metablogging wordpress)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft aims to trounce Google

2005-10-27T20:04:00Z

Richard MacManus : BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft aims to trounce Google - "Mr Gates said he saw Microsoft's strengths lying in search, but also in its software that provides the glue to make different devices talk to each other so that people can have more power over their content."

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

The Xbox box: from Incredible Hulk to Bruce Lee

2005-10-27T02:08:56Z

n0wak : The Xbox box: from Incredible Hulk to Bruce Lee -

(Tags: Design Gaming Microsoft XBox)

Digital Web Magazine - Measure Map

2005-11-01T00:38:39Z

Jeff Veen : Digital Web Magazine - Measure Map - "This is something my uncle could use..."

(Tags: measuremap)

worm blog: Second Life MMOPG Worm

2005-10-31T13:09:01Z

lbukys : worm blog: Second Life MMOPG Worm -

(Tags: )

» Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

2005-10-28T20:46:45Z

lbukys : » Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com -

(Tags: )

Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP

2005-10-29T08:14:02Z

Kayode Okeyode : Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet for Windows XP - The Microsoft Color Control Panel Applet is a tool for Microsoft Windows XP that makes it easier for you to manage Windows color settings

(Tags: color daily download management utilities windows winxp)

Just a Bump in the Beltway: Speaking Truth To Power

2005-11-01T03:01:54Z

Les Orchard : Just a Bump in the Beltway: Speaking Truth To Power - "Yes, people, I would like to be a fly on the wall when conservative white women discuss this one, man!"

(Tags: bush politics)

New Broken Social Scene album

2005-10-27T08:09:40-05:00

Jason Kottke : New Broken Social Scene album - What the fizzle? While I was apparently living in a cave, Broken Social Scene came out with a new album. What's the skinny? Is it any good? You Forgot It In People was one of my favorite albums of the past two years. (Comment on this)

(Tags: )

Amazon RSS Feed Generator

2005-10-27T22:55:45Z

muckster : Amazon RSS Feed Generator -

(Tags: amazon rss)

Unlimited Printable Calendars

2005-10-31T17:40:14-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : Unlimited Printable Calendars - kick ass!

(Tags: links)

Wired 13.11: Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone

2005-10-27T04:37:20Z

n0wak : Wired 13.11: Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone - Consumers want an iPod phone that will play any song, anytime, anywhere. Just four little problems: the cell carriers, the record labels, the handset makers, and Apple itself. The inside story of why the ROKR went wrong.

(Tags: Apple Business Gadgets Mobile Tech iPod mp3)

More Women in Science -- Handelsman et al.

2005-11-01T13:06:46Z

Graham Leuschke : More Women in Science -- Handelsman et al. - including Nancy Cantor. But I can't read the article! Grump.

(Tags: academia science women)

SourceForge and the $1 Mark

2005-10-28T18:07:08Z

Justin Mason : SourceForge and the $1 Mark - What will happen to sourceforge.net if VA Software is delisted from NASDAQ?

(Tags: hosting nasdaq open-source sf.net software sourceforge va-software via:gregorrothfuss)

Attention Bunny

2005-10-29T15:41:25Z

Ross Mayfield : Attention Bunny - It's a massive game of chicken, and I think Ozzie and Gates will signal on Tuesday that they've already discounted the loss of future Office revenue and therefore have much less to lose by jumping now.

(Tags: attention commoditization disruption google microsoft office softwareasservice)

The other culture war: authorial exposure vs authorial control

2005-10-28T16:02:13Z

lbukys : The other culture war: authorial exposure vs authorial control -

(Tags: )

geeklawyer.org » Blog Archive »

2005-10-28T21:12:30Z

malaclyps : geeklawyer.org » Blog Archive » -

(Tags: minilinks)

TinyMCE Javascript Content Editor by Moxiecode Systems AB

2005-10-29T22:11:41Z

yoz : TinyMCE Javascript Content Editor by Moxiecode Systems AB - Another nice WYSIWYG in-browser editor with several fun features including pasting from Word

(Tags: editors html javascript opensource ui webdev xml)

RAID for Dummies

2005-10-28T20:36:19Z

Kayode Okeyode : RAID for Dummies - A funny take on describing RAID

(Tags: computers daily fun funny harddrive hardware raid storage sysadmin via:digg)

Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show

2005-10-27T12:16:15Z

Kayode Okeyode : Web 2.0 Cracks Start to Show - Spam, scams and scatterbrains -- the same problems that plagued the old internet are cropping up again in a new wave of technologies known collectively as Web 2.0

(Tags: business daily spam web web2.0 webdev)

Star Wars: Kids | Revenge of the Halloween Masks

2005-10-27T21:06:39Z

muckster : Star Wars: Kids | Revenge of the Halloween Masks -

(Tags: starwars)

Bubblegeneration reviews memeorandum

2005-10-26T21:36:40Z

Richard MacManus : Bubblegeneration reviews memeorandum - interesting insights

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Scobleizer: Vint Cerf's "evangelism robes."

2005-10-28T00:14:07Z

Richard MacManus : Scobleizer: Vint Cerf's "evangelism robes." - I gotta get me some of those robes. The Father of Web 2.0 needs to up his image...

(Tags: ideas web2.0)

Automatic Unsubscribe Considered Harmful - Laughing Meme

2005-11-01T19:20:34Z

Les Orchard : Automatic Unsubscribe Considered Harmful - Laughing Meme - "This seems 100% wrong to me. Almost a betrayal of the bright and shiny promise of RSS."

(Tags: atom hackingfeeds rss syndication)

futon life

2005-10-31T22:37:13Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : futon life -

(Tags: )

RIM vs NTP vs the Common Good

2005-10-27T18:36:00Z

malaclyps : RIM vs NTP vs the Common Good - "The tail of inventor enrichment is currently wagging the dog of social benefit.", says eWeek.

(Tags: minilinks patents)

US nuke policy rethink prompts physicist protest

2005-10-30T10:32:48+01:00

François Nonnenmacher : US nuke policy rethink prompts physicist protest - This is folly! The whole system is based on the mutual balance of dissuasion, those morons are going to launch another race for WMD

(Tags: )

HOW-TO: Map a drive to your FTP server

2005-10-27T14:06:19Z

apathetic : HOW-TO: Map a drive to your FTP server -

(Tags: freeware ftp windows)

Connecting Social Content Services using FOAF, RDF and REST

2005-10-31T18:00:52Z

yoz : Connecting Social Content Services using FOAF, RDF and REST - Superb, deep paper from Leigh Dodds examining several existing socal apps

(Tags: delicious flickr foaf semweb top webservices xml)

del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry)

2005-11-01T17:14:59Z

muckster : del.icio.us warning: non-utf8 string! (sorry) -

(Tags: airfare travel)

radicaldesigns server blocked from china

2005-11-01T06:59:40-05:00

Kellan : radicaldesigns server blocked from china -

(Tags: censorship china electric embers great-firewall-of-china internet radicaldesigns)

Typeradio.org - a podcast and internet radio station about typography and design

2005-10-28T13:07:49Z

Tom Coates : Typeradio.org - a podcast and internet radio station about typography and design - The site is beautiful if you're into Flash and contains some nice interface and audio preview widgets. And it's about typography which never sucks...

(Tags: design elegant flash podcast podcasting radio typography userinterface)

Alito on Copyright. Copyfight: the politics of IP

2005-11-01T08:30:06Z

malaclyps : Alito on Copyright. Copyfight: the politics of IP -

(Tags: minilinks)

Photo drop

2005-10-29T21:17:49Z

Jim Ray : Photo drop - Batch process your photos

(Tags: mac photocloud photography software)

Travel Grants for ICM2006

2005-10-28T03:03:29Z

Graham Leuschke : Travel Grants for ICM2006 - si! si!

(Tags: conferences math)

Forerunner 201

2005-11-01T12:10:12Z

Les Orchard : Forerunner 201 - "The Forerunner™ 201 offers athletes an easy-to-read display, ergonomic wristband, and integrated GPS sensor that provides precise speed, distance, and pace data. It's a compact, lightweight, accurate training assistant with performance tracking, auto-l

(Tags: gadgets gps wishlist)

The memoirs of Winston Churchill's bodyguard have been recently discovered

2005-10-31T11:12:52-05:00

Jason Kottke : The memoirs of Winston Churchill's bodyguard have been recently discovered - The memoirs of Winston Churchill's bodyguard have been recently discovered. "Why, Thompson, did they allow the president [FDR], almost dying on his feet, to be there? All Europe will suffer from the decisions made at Yalta."

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Daily Kos: An Embattled and Weakened Bush Goes Nuclear

2005-11-01T03:31:04Z

Les Orchard : Daily Kos: An Embattled and Weakened Bush Goes Nuclear - "Bush continues to cement his position as the worst president in modern history."

(Tags: alito bush politics)

Adding PayPal Checkout to Your third-party Shopping Basket

2005-10-31T21:10:39Z

apathetic : Adding PayPal Checkout to Your third-party Shopping Basket -

(Tags: development ecommerce finance paypal)

Re-engineering life interruptions | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-10-26 | By Jon Udell

2005-10-28T23:25:09Z

Les Orchard : Re-engineering life interruptions | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-10-26 | By Jon Udell - "If living in a state of continuous partial attention is the permanent new reality, let’s engineer our interruptions to be subtle, natural, and pleasing to the senses."

(Tags: cpa infofreako infovore lifehacks work)

Video: Errol Morris, "Oddysey"

2005-10-27T18:47:28Z

tweebiscuit : Video: Errol Morris, "Oddysey" - An epic new High Life spot from the best commercial director in America. One of his best, by far.

(Tags: ads errolmorris inspiration linkblog video)

Sonnet Online Store

2005-10-27T21:59:48Z

tweebiscuit : Sonnet Online Store - Replacement battery for iPod, $30

(Tags: ipod wishlist)

IEBlog : IE7 Networking improvements in content caching and decompression

2005-11-01T01:31:29Z

Kayode Okeyode : IEBlog : IE7 Networking improvements in content caching and decompression - "I would like to introduce you to some of the improvements in content caching and decompression in IE, two features that play a key role in speeding up the delivery of pages from a remote web server"

(Tags: browsers caching daily internetexplorer networking networks servers web windows)

Zocalo

2005-11-01T11:25:34Z

yoz : Zocalo - "Zocalo is a toolkit for building prediction markets, markets in securities that pay out depending on outcomes of future events. They provide estimates of the likelihood of specific outcomes that are more reliable than other sources of predictions."

(Tags: business opensource software top)

Keep the Change feature from Bank of America

2005-10-26T13:18:27-05:00

Jason Kottke : Keep the Change feature from Bank of America - New feature from Bank of America: Keep the Change. When you use your bank card, you can have your charges rounded up to the nearest dollar and the difference automatically deposited into your savings account. I think this is the first neat thing I've ever seen a bank do. (via coudal)

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Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts

2005-10-31T19:22:48Z

Will Pate : Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts - white space increses reading speed and comprehension.

(Tags: design geek reading usability web webdesign webdev webdevelopment)

Travelocity RSS Deals

2005-10-31T17:27:16Z

muckster : Travelocity RSS Deals -

(Tags: airfare flights rss travel)

Grading 529s: Not All Get A's

2005-11-01T15:07:45Z

Jim Ray : Grading 529s: Not All Get A's -

(Tags: finances)

A Quick Guide to SQLite and Ruby

2005-10-26T21:32:46Z

Jim Ray : A Quick Guide to SQLite and Ruby - I'm curious about the feasability of developing RoR apps using SQLite locally and then migrating to MySQL or Postgres in production

(Tags: programming ruby sql webdev)

Aljazeera.Net - Guantanamo detainee pleads to die

2005-10-26T17:30:21Z

malaclyps : Aljazeera.Net - Guantanamo detainee pleads to die -

(Tags: oblink)

Ancient pyramid found in Bosnia

2005-10-27T08:44:34-05:00

Jason Kottke : Ancient pyramid found in Bosnia - An oddly shaped hill in Bosnia is a 10,000 year old pyramid, says Bosnian archeologist Semir Osmanagic. "The pyramid is 100 metres high and there is evidence that it contains rooms and a monumental causeway... The plateau is built of stone blocks, which indicates the presence at the time of a highly developed civilisation."

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Flash Video: Free and Easy

2005-10-29T23:07:09Z

yoz : Flash Video: Free and Easy - How to create Flash streaming video for free (via leslie)

(Tags: flash freeware multimedia tutorials webdev)

Pricing (27 October 2005, Interconnected)

2005-10-27T15:06:51Z

Phil Gyford : Pricing (27 October 2005, Interconnected) - Webb again on how to charge for freelance and consulting work. Brilliant, without having to mention embarrassing figures.

(Tags: charging companies consulting freelance mattwebb pricing top work)

Djangolians from the Planet Rails

2005-10-30T18:30:29Z

Simon Willison : Djangolians from the Planet Rails - Halloween costume fun.

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The Dilbert Blog

2005-10-25T22:09:23Z

Kayode Okeyode : The Dilbert Blog - If you’re reading this on company time, congratulations on beating the system. If you’re reading it on your own time, you really need to find a job where they pay you to do this sort of thing

(Tags: blogs comics daily fun funny tosubscribe via:delicious/popular web)

Anti-Spyware Coalition Definitions and Supporting Documents

2005-10-28T20:41:53Z

Kayode Okeyode : Anti-Spyware Coalition Definitions and Supporting Documents - Technologies deployed without appropriate user consent and/or implemented in ways that impair user control over: Material changes that affect their user experience, privacy, or system security; Use of their system resources, including what programs are in

(Tags: adware daily glossary security spyware via:edbott web windows)

HOWTO Avoid Being Called a Bozo When Producing XML

2005-10-31T07:32:40Z

Kayode Okeyode : HOWTO Avoid Being Called a Bozo When Producing XML - "There’s just no nice way to say this: Anyone who can’t make a syndication feed that's well-formed XML is an incompetent fool. - Maybe this is unkind and elitist of me, but I think that anyone who either can't or won't implement these measures is, as

(Tags: daily encoding feeds guidelines howto ideas standards toread tutorial unicode validation web webdev xml)

Converting kuro5hin into a MMORPG || kuro5hin.org

2005-10-26T20:57:21Z

yoz : Converting kuro5hin into a MMORPG || kuro5hin.org - Turning moderation into a game

(Tags: communities games k5 ludology mmogs socsoft)

Solution to the wobbly table problem

2005-10-26T18:38:51-05:00

Jason Kottke : Solution to the wobbly table problem - Science triumphs again with the solution to the wobbly cafe table problem. Aside from a caveat or two, it's always possible to correct 4-legged table wobbliness by rotating the table until it's stable. (via cd, which is on fire lately)

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Safety Tips for Fighting Spyware

2005-10-28T20:38:07Z

Kayode Okeyode : Safety Tips for Fighting Spyware - The best defense against spyware and other unwanted technologies is to prevent them from getting on your computer in the first place. Awareness is the best approach to protect yourself online, so staying up-to-date on current threats and safe surfing prac

(Tags: daily guidelines security spyware tips via:edbott web windows)

What the 'Shield' Covered Up

2005-11-01T16:56:57Z

Les Orchard : What the 'Shield' Covered Up - "If Bush truly wants the public to know all the facts in the leak case, as he has claimed in the past, he will announce now that he will not pardon Libby."

(Tags: bush libby plame politics)

FEMA chart becomes brunt of joke.

2005-10-25T16:00:18-08:00

Jeremy Zawodny : FEMA chart becomes brunt of joke. - heh

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Movie Making Manual - Wikibooks

2005-10-30T03:02:37Z

muckster : Movie Making Manual - Wikibooks -

(Tags: film movies wiki)

Daily Kos: 7 soldiers in Iraq killed in Iraq TODAY. Feel safer?

2005-11-01T02:32:57Z

Les Orchard : Daily Kos: 7 soldiers in Iraq killed in Iraq TODAY. Feel safer? - "The best way to honor the sacrifices of our troops and their families is to demand action and accountability from our leaders."

(Tags: bush iraq politics war)

Photos tagged with jackass

2005-10-29T05:51:56Z

Ross Mayfield : Photos tagged with jackass - a suprisingly popular tag according to danah

(Tags: jackass)

Brad, what if I told you I belonged to a network of freedom fighters?

2005-10-29T03:52:50Z

Matthew M. Boedicker : Brad, what if I told you I belonged to a network of freedom fighters? -

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"shaft" in middle english

2005-10-25T22:57:28Z

cobra libre : "shaft" in middle english - he's a complicated man

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My Bionic Quest for Bolero

2005-10-26T11:05:02Z

Kayode Okeyode : My Bionic Quest for Bolero - He's been haunted by Ravel's masterpiece since he lost his hearing. A deaf man's pursuit of the perfect audio upgrade

(Tags: daily deaf gadgets music people science technology trends)