13/12/2005 @ 23:57 UTC
Linkorama : No Feed is an Island - Tagging my own post to test out FeedFlare
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13/12/2005 @ 23:56 UTC
kellan : Ruby on Rails 1.0 is out - And clearly 37s didn't feel like they were getting enough mileage from the old site. :-/ #
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13/12/2005 @ 23:55 UTC
jkottke : Jim Holt ponders the US population's ignorance of (and hostility toward) science - Jim Holt ponders the US population's ignorance of (and hostility toward) science "at a moment when three of the nation's most contentious political issues - global warming, stem-cell research and the teaching of intelligent design - are scientific in char
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jkottke : Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette - Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, complete with indie rock soundtrack. Juxapositionally delicious!
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13/12/2005 @ 22:57 UTC
Cameron Moll : Veer's Character Zoom - Veer has a sweet little character zoom tool, part of the makeover upgrades. Test it here.
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13/12/2005 @ 22:57 UTC
Cameron Moll : CSS Mastery (this is the last plug, I hope) - DIY photolamp using a Maglite, 250 GSM paper, and some adhesive foil.
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13/12/2005 @ 22:57 UTC
Linkorama : Save Plugged In - East Palo Alto's Imminent Loss, and How You Can Help
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13/12/2005 @ 22:56 UTC
kellan : Naomi on the history of US sponsored tortue: - "The US has used torture for decades. All that's new is the openness about it" #
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Linkorama : Hot Technology for Chilly Streets in Estonia - "The other draw," he said, "is that if you want to work for a company that influences the lives of tens of millions of people, and you want to do it in Tallinn, there really isn't any other choice."
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13/12/2005 @ 21:56 UTC
jimray : Adobe Photoshop CS2 Flash Web Photo Gallery templates - Photoshop for Windows - Downloads - Windows only, but exports a group of images and even audio as a Flash file. Joe, you should write Adobe and tell them they can include Soundslides for Mac support for 1% of future sales.
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13/12/2005 @ 21:55 UTC
Philippe Janvier : Putting the World into "World Wide Web" - Internationalisation et localisation dans la construction de sites web. [via] #
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13/12/2005 @ 21:55 UTC
jkottke : Explore the sounds of NYC's Lower East Side on the Folks Songs for the Five Points site - Explore the sounds of NYC's Lower East Side on the Folks Songs for the Five Points site. (thx, david)
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Nelson Minar : Humans overimitate - Fascinating cognitive study (via Metafilter)
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13/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
Philippe Janvier : Simple, accessible external links - "...a way to add descriptive text to all external links and then replace this text with a small icon for CSS supporting browsers..." [via] #
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13/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
jkottke : The average New Yorker - Author Kevin O'Keefe, fresh from his search for the average American, goes looking for the average New Yorker, discovering that there's perhaps no such thing.
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13/12/2005 @ 19:56 UTC
Cameron Moll : Airbag's 2006 Predictions - Airbag's 2006 predictions, in classic Storey style. "37 Signals, tired of the web, will convert into an adult easy listening station: 37.7 WSGL. Macromedia Fireworks will be killed by Adobe in the kitchen with the candlestick."
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13/12/2005 @ 19:56 UTC
Cameron Moll : Are we getting stupid? - Are we getting stupid? No comment.
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13/12/2005 @ 19:55 UTC
jimray : Pulitzer Prizes to allow online journalism in all entries - How long until before a citizen journalist wins a Pulitzer? (Hint: about the time Hell hits absolute zero)
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13/12/2005 @ 18:56 UTC
Nelson Minar : Lumix FZ30 review - Site also has the FZ5 review. Looks like shutter lag is still an issue.
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13/12/2005 @ 18:55 UTC
jkottke : Review of David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster compares him to Mark Twain - Review of David Foster Wallace's Consider the Lobster compares him to Mark Twain, which I'd never heard before but seems apt.
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13/12/2005 @ 17:55 UTC
Linkorama : Ross Mayfield：我相信大众的判æ–Â力_互èÂ?â€?网_科技时代_新浪网 - 维基与传统åÂ?Â?Ã¥Â?Œæœ€å¤§çš„区别就是，它充分利çâ€?¨äº†â€˜äººâ€™çš„å› ç´ â€Â?
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13/12/2005 @ 16:57 UTC
Jon Hicks : Apple Holding Back The Music Biz? - “consumers [are] being restricted from buying anything other than downloads from Apple. People are bored with that.� so says Chris Gorog of Napster anyway.
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13/12/2005 @ 16:56 UTC
jkottke : If you want to sell your web startup, don't take that much money from VCs or bootstrap the whole thing yourself - If you want to sell your web startup, don't take that much money from VCs or bootstrap the whole thing yourself. Too much money invested means that no one wants to buy your company for what your VCs require you to sell it for...especially if your business
Nelson Minar : $10M ideas - On the risks of taking too much VC
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13/12/2005 @ 16:55 UTC
jkottke : Amazon/Alexa is opening up their index, letting people access the raw data, processing power, and even the crawlers - Amazon/Alexa is opening up their index, letting people access the raw data, processing power, and even the crawlers. What a huge idea. (via bb) [via]
Linkorama : Alexa (Make that Amazon) Looks to Change the Game - Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you find yourself saying - "Sheesh, of course that was going to happen. Why didn't I predict it?"
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13/12/2005 @ 16:55 UTC
jkottke : Khoi Vinh reports on computer technology in Vietnam - Khoi Vinh reports on computer technology in Vietnam. They're wired for broadband and Windows still dominates.
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13/12/2005 @ 15:55 UTC
jkottke : Two experts on street-level NYC go sightseeing in True Crime: New York City - Two experts on street-level NYC go sightseeing in True Crime: New York City, a video game that has attempted to recreate the city down to its last manhole cover.
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13/12/2005 @ 14:55 UTC
jkottke : Stephanie Hendrick has tracked down the identity of an anonymous blogger using linguistic identity markers - Stephanie Hendrick has tracked down the identity of an anonymous blogger (she matched them to a non-anonymous blog) using linguistic identity markers. See also secret sites. (via j/t) [via]
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13/12/2005 @ 12:56 UTC
jimray : Enabling a back button within flash. Actionscript.org Macromedia Flash Resources and Tutorials
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13/12/2005 @ 12:55 UTC
jimray : Macromedia - Developer Center : Pet Market Back Button
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13/12/2005 @ 11:56 UTC
François Nonnenmacher : Professional Blog Software Reviews - DotClear
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Jon Hicks : Extreme Macro Photography on a budget - Using a Pringles tube as a macro lens [via]
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13/12/2005 @ 10:57 UTC
François Nonnenmacher : Full Featured FCKeditor on Movable Type
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13/12/2005 @ 10:55 UTC
kayodeok : Alexa Web Search Platform - The Alexa Web Search Platform provides public access to the vast web crawl collected by Alexa Internet. Users can search and process billions of documents -- even create their own search engines -- using Alexa's search and publication tools
plasticbag : Alexa Web Search Platform - "The Alexa Web Search Platform provides public access to the vast web crawl collected by Alexa Internet. Users can search and process billions of documents -- even create their own search engines -- using Alexa's search and publication tools."
Andy Baio : Alexa opens up search index and API - the pricing model is interesting [via]
joshua : Alexa Web Search Platform
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13/12/2005 @ 10:55 UTC
kayodeok : HarperCollins Will Create a Searchable Digital Library - In the latest move in the battle between publishers and search engines, HarperCollins Publishers said yesterday it would create its own digital library of all of its book and audio content and make it searchable by consumers on the Internet
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13/12/2005 @ 09:55 UTC
kayodeok : A Programmers Bookshelf - Presented here is the bookshelf of one of our senior programmers. Hopefully this will act as a guide as to what we find useful in developing the varied software needed for our products. Not all of these are definite recommendations but the comments should
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13/12/2005 @ 09:55 UTC
Jeremy Zawodny : Copulating deaf couple unaware of own volume - Copulating deaf couple unaware of own volume: this is the funniest story I've read all week. Deaf couple has sex loudly and wakes up everyone within several hunred yards.
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13/12/2005 @ 09:55 UTC
Jeremy Zawodny : Bedework - Bedework: an open source institutional calendar system
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13/12/2005 @ 08:55 UTC
WillPate : The argument for corporate investment in social networks - Canuckflack - "Broadband connectivity and novel applications (including collaborative software, multiple-source videoconferencing, and IP telephony) can facilitate, speed up, and progressively cut the cost of such interactions as collaboration among communities of inte
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13/12/2005 @ 08:55 UTC
WillPate : Identity Woman » Open CMS Summit - "Small business owners who are building businesses based on these platforms. This community has needs to address real client needs that can sometimes be overlooked by the ‘core’ developers - I hope we can create a space for these real issues
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13/12/2005 @ 07:56 UTC
WillPate : What Functions Are Available In A Drupal PHPTemplate Theme?
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13/12/2005 @ 07:56 UTC
WillPate : Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked | PBS - Great essay by Henry Jenkins, MIT Professor
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13/12/2005 @ 07:55 UTC
Andy Baio : NYT on Rocketboom - whoa, I just found out about the TiVo/Rocketboom deal; some analysis
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13/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : New Media Predictions 2006: What Will The Web Future Bring? - Robin Good's Latest News
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13/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : Would You Like Some Fries With That Download? - New York Times - "If the Walt Disney Company has its way, McDonald's Happy Meal toys could be replaced with portable media players that hold Disney movies, music, games or photos, according to a pending patent application."
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13/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : » Anatomy of a Gesture | Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter | ZDNet.com - "I also received an invitation to jump in to the growing Attention Economy page on Wikipedia, which I emphatically will not be doing." (talk about a gesture worth paying attention to!)
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13/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
Matthew M. Boedicker : Jerry Garcia episode of Biography, Tuesday 4:00 AM
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13/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
Matthew M. Boedicker : in Cork they drink Murphy's instead of Guinness
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13/12/2005 @ 03:56 UTC
kellan : Matched Movie Ratings: What critics do I agree with. - I was just thinking about this last week. Would be doable by scraping Netflix and MetaCritic, but so much more elegant as a mashup with open apis. Anyone have suggested data sources? #
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13/12/2005 @ 01:57 UTC
Linkorama : Cellphones as Change Agents - "A bunch of people on Flight 93 were scared out of their minds," said Stewart Brand at a recent FORTUNE dinner in San Francisco. "so they formed a spontaneous network and figured out what was going on using their cellphones. Then they did something about
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13/12/2005 @ 01:55 UTC
plasticbag : Punk photographer Andy Rosen has signed up for Flickr and is starting to post his private collection... - Astonishing stuff - and apparently confirmed by various people around the place. Mass amateurisation goes both ways, as professionals start to take advantage of the more innovative tools of the little guys...
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plasticbag : Openomy - an online file-system with tags - Haven't had a play with this yet, but I'm intrigued by the idea of enhancing the very idea of online storage in various ways. Bears further investigation...
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13/12/2005 @ 01:55 UTC
plasticbag : Yahoo! offers Movable Type as part of its offering for small professional outfits - "Yahoo will effectively act as the preferred provider of Movable Type for small business users, taking advantage of its scale and efficiency, Anil Dash, vice president of professional products for San Francisco-based Six Apart, said in a phone interview."
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13/12/2005 @ 01:55 UTC
plasticbag : Hotwiring Your Search Engine - Repulsive SEOs wallow in their own crapulence over on Newsweek, happy to ignore the evidence that search engine position based on lies is always going to be under attack from search engines eager to reduce spam.
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13/12/2005 @ 00:55 UTC
kayodeok : Mark's Sysinternals Blog: Circumventing Group Policy as a Limited User - Windows administrators should be aware that if a user, even one running with a limited account, can execute just one program of their choice that they also can circumvent many group policy settings, including ones aimed specifically at tightening security
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13/12/2005 @ 00:55 UTC
Philippe Janvier : The Anatomy of Web Fonts - "Choosing a typeface is the starting point of typographic design, and may even go on to inform the overall design or feel of a page." [via] #
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