14/12/2005 @ 23:56 UTC
Rod Begbie : Internet encyclopaedias go head to head : Nature - Nature magazine performed a blind peer-review of several science topics in Wikipedia and Encyclopædia Britannica. Perhaps surprisingly, the number and type of errors in both were very similar, although the experts found the writing in Wikipedia to be [via] #
Linkorama : Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Peer review proof point
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14/12/2005 @ 23:55 UTC
deusx : I, Cringely . NerdTV . Transcript | PBS - "We're back again at Doug Engelbart's house, trying to do another edition of Nerd TV. Doug, thanks for having us here."
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14/12/2005 @ 23:55 UTC
jkottke : How Seed magazine's web site was built using Movable Type - How Seed magazine's web site was built using Movable Type. It's not just for blogs anymore. (via airbag) [via]
philgyford : O2b.net » Seedmagazine.com � Lookin’ Good - On using Movable Type as a CMS for Seed magazine's website. Mainly because I need the four MT plug-ins mentioned and I'll forget their names otherwise. (via Kottke)
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14/12/2005 @ 22:56 UTC
Jason Shellen : Eric Schmidt's Public Speaking Class - I believe he was 33 at the time. #
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14/12/2005 @ 22:56 UTC
Nelson Minar : Robin Williams / BF2 - Williams is great at being a regular guy.
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14/12/2005 @ 22:55 UTC
Andy Baio : Official Katamari t-shirts - collect all seven! [via]
Cameron Moll : Panic Tees - Panic® tees. I'll take the 'Spinner' and 'Transmit' tees. Shoot, I'd take a tee with the Transmit truck on it and nothing else.
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14/12/2005 @ 22:55 UTC
Andy Baio : Video: Mockups of Nintendo Revolution controller demos - still bizarre, and still very promising [via]
jimray : How the Nintendo Revolution works - Google Video - Demo of how the new controller works - amazing!
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14/12/2005 @ 22:55 UTC
jkottke : Women are aroused by watching monkey sex - The researchers found that while straight men are only aroused by females of the human variety, straight women are equally aroused by all human sexual activity, including lesbian, heterosexual and homosexual male sex, and at least somewhat aroused by nonh
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14/12/2005 @ 21:56 UTC
kellan : "they've missed the implicit bargain for search engines that my site being crawled results in [value] for me." - I've been very struct by this idea lately. #
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14/12/2005 @ 21:56 UTC
Nelson Minar : Vacqueyras hotel - Lovely little place in Provence, stayed there a few years ago
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14/12/2005 @ 21:56 UTC
Rod Begbie : sensory output » Projects » Fresh View for Mint - Mint plugin which generates lovely SVG graphs -- As seen in my main blog (if you're using an SVG-aware browser) #
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14/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
Jeremy Zawodny : Cheating Google 101 - Cheating Google 101: "I wanted to understand clickfraud a bit better, so I started advertising this blog on Google and trying to see what sort of fraud it could catch. Then when I had finished the experiments I left the ads running. Now I've just
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14/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
Jeremy Zawodny : My Take on Google’s Ten Rules - My Take on Google’s Ten Rules: Jeff Barr’s got an interesting take on Google's rules
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14/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
Jeremy Zawodny : Amazon.com Success Story AdBrite - Amazon.com Success Story AdBrite: AdBrite using the Alexa APIs to help rate sites that advertisers might want to buy space on
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14/12/2005 @ 20:55 UTC
jkottke : Milton Bradley's secret invasion orders for the attack on Boston Harbor - Milton Bradley's secret invasion orders for the attack on Boston Harbor.
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14/12/2005 @ 19:56 UTC
kellan : Apparently Moz embeds a SQLite data store. - Who knew? (besides Phil of course) #
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14/12/2005 @ 18:57 UTC
Cameron Moll : Freezing Light - On freezing light: "Physicist Matt Sellars has found a way to hit the brakes on light, slowing a speeding laser pulse and capturing it inside a crystal. [His team] managed to slow the laser light down from 670 million miles an hour to a mere 670 miles an
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14/12/2005 @ 18:57 UTC
Nelson Minar : 12 Entrepreneuring - Final fire sale (via Kedrosky)
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14/12/2005 @ 18:55 UTC
znarf : Yahoo is the New Evil - > You heard it here first. #
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14/12/2005 @ 18:55 UTC
jkottke : Scientists have created photo prints from bacteria - Scientists have created photo prints from bacteria. "The results are not only much sharper than what can be produced with a photo printer, but also point the way to a new industry -- building useful objects from living organisms."
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14/12/2005 @ 18:55 UTC
jkottke : On Christmas, "the holiday season", and the oppression of Christians - On Christmas, "the holiday season", and the oppression of Christians. May be NSFC (not safe for Christians). (via 6f6) [via]
deusx : Fuck Christmas - 'Seriously – are you kidding me with this “There’s a war on Christmas� bullshit?'
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kellan : BarCamp NYC is coming on January 14-15, 2006 - Our first East Coast un-conference! #
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14/12/2005 @ 17:55 UTC
jkottke : A list of iPhoto 5 annoyances - A list of iPhoto 5 annoyances. I wish iPhoto were as finished a product as iTunes is. (via df?) [via]
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14/12/2005 @ 16:57 UTC
kellan : How to Ship Anything - Joel on Software - Joel has a truly amazing ability to make Windows sound elegant, straightforward, and powerful. Astonishing. #
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14/12/2005 @ 16:55 UTC
jkottke : If you're looking for a Christmas tree in NYC, here's a map of where they're sold - If you're looking for a Christmas tree in NYC, here's a map of where they're sold. (via sbj) [via]
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14/12/2005 @ 14:57 UTC
Milo Vermeulen : Web Twenny - the ultimate Web 2.0 experience [via]
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14/12/2005 @ 14:55 UTC
jkottke : Top 10 (somehow expressed in 11 items) revolutionary special effects movies of all time - Top 10 (somehow expressed in 11 items) revolutionary special effects movies of all time. Twister? Where's Titanic?
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14/12/2005 @ 10:55 UTC
Jon Hicks : Vivabit | The Web's Bollocks - Patrick moves to a new home. I hope he keeps up with those images…
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14/12/2005 @ 07:57 UTC
Wayne Burkett : Fuck Christmas - Funny. #
jimray : Fuck Christmas - "...fire and brimstone ain’t no deterrent for us. We’re not going to hell, assholes, we’re fucking in hell. We live with you." The "Fuck the South" guy finds religion - I, for one, am kinda surprised that domain was available.
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14/12/2005 @ 07:56 UTC
jimray : Regret The Error: Crunks '05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
jkottke : Crunks '05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections (and plagiarists) - Crunks '05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections (and plagiarists). My favorite: "Norma Adams-Wade's June 15 column incorrectly called Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk a socialist. She is a socialite."
Andy Baio : Regret the Error's year-end roundup of media mistakes - most are funny, but several upsetting [via]
Milo Vermeulen : Regret The Error: Crunks '05: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections [via]
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14/12/2005 @ 07:56 UTC
jimray : Activist Judge Cancels Christmas - A more subtle, and funnier, "Fuck Christmas" rant
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14/12/2005 @ 06:57 UTC
jimray : Rails 1.0: Party like it's one oh oh! - Feh, I'm waiting for 1.1!
Simon Willison : Rails 1.0 - Congrats to David and the Rails community as a whole.
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14/12/2005 @ 06:57 UTC
jimray : [ANN] Rails 0.5.0: The end of vaporware! - The original announcement
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14/12/2005 @ 06:56 UTC
ricmac : BlogBridge: Reading List Support and more
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14/12/2005 @ 06:56 UTC
ricmac : Moonwatcher Technology: RSS via AJAX with OWA and NGES
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14/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : Second p0st: Structured Blogging plugins - v1.0pre8 - Phil's been busy...
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14/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : Susan Mernit's Blog: Monday deals: PubSub and Viacom/CBS News
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14/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : RSS Industry Night Roundtable: IRSS Solution Coming
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ricmac : Scott Gatz’s Blog » Last Night’s RSS Marketing Industry “Roundtable�
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14/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : SiliconBeat: Topix expansion aimed at building communities
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14/12/2005 @ 06:55 UTC
ricmac : PaidContent.org: Topix.Net Debuts New Look, Feel; Takes Two-Way Approach
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14/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
deusx : tagSense.net - "tagSense.net is a Windows client for del.icio.us."
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14/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
ricmac : A blogger culls me from his RSS Aggregator - "I can only fit one web 2.0 blog in and that has to be Techcrunch. Sorry mate."
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14/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
ricmac : peace on the web, too :: The website, version 2.0 :: December :: 2005
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14/12/2005 @ 05:55 UTC
jkottke : Wow, an interactive transit map for NYC - Wow, an interactive transit map for NYC. I haven't kept up with all the Google/Yahoo Maps subway mashups, but this one is pretty impressive. Click start and end points and it tells you which subway to board and how long the trip will take, including walki
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14/12/2005 @ 04:57 UTC
Jason Shellen : Google Homepage API - Stick that in your deal, or build a new one. #
jkottke : API for the Google homepage - Hmm, this sounds like fun, an API for the Google homepage.
Jeremy Zawodny : Google Homepage API - Google Homepage API: "Create a Module for the Google Homepage" using HTML, JavaScript in an IFRAME
Andy Baio : Google Homepage API - create Javascript modules that can be shared with others [via]
Nelson Minar : Google Homepage API - Build your own content modules; includes a bit of Javascript programmability
jimray : Google Homepage API - Overview - Develop widgets for the Google homepage
kayodeok : Google Homepage API - The Google Homepage API is our effort to open the Google homepage to developers. Use it to turn your web content or application into modules that users can add to their personalized homepage
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14/12/2005 @ 04:56 UTC
deusx : Pat Robertson Says Pie Not Delicious | The Onion - America's Finest News Source - "The pious eat not the pie, knowing it an unclean thing, nor the crust, nor the filling. Get thee behind me, pie!"
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14/12/2005 @ 04:56 UTC
ricmac : CNN.com - 15 years of the World Wide Web - Dec 13, 2005 - CNN's Spark votes Google as its top "Web moment", with hotmail second, then dotcom bust.
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14/12/2005 @ 04:55 UTC
ricmac : Ypulse: The Internet is Now a Teenager - Anastasia riffs on the CNN Web moments article.
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14/12/2005 @ 04:55 UTC
ricmac : Web2.0 Ireland » Blog Archive » Dublin is the Silicon Valley of Europe - "Confirmation today as expected of the weekend’s prediction that Google are to create 600 new jobs by expanding their Dublin HQ."
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14/12/2005 @ 04:55 UTC
ricmac : RTE Business - Google to add 600 jobs at Dublin HQ - "The new jobs will be added over the next two to three years, and the company will be recruiting in all areas, from sales to legal, finance and human resources."
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14/12/2005 @ 04:55 UTC
ricmac : Blog Network List :: The Comprehensive Blog Network Rankings - The Web 2.0 Workgroup is worth $5,074,420 and is the 4th best network around, according to this. Yowsa!
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14/12/2005 @ 04:55 UTC
ricmac : Data Mining: The Rise and Rise of Web 2.0 - Graph showing how Blogpulse is tracking Web 2.0 meme.
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14/12/2005 @ 03:56 UTC
Linkorama : FeedBurner Integrates Web Services Into Feeds - Testing Feedflare..
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14/12/2005 @ 03:56 UTC
Linkorama : You’ve Got Ismail! - Best blog title ever
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14/12/2005 @ 03:56 UTC
Linkorama : Intellectual Property as Innovation Capital - Balancing all the alternatives in the IP spectrum, from open and collaborative to proprietary, is itself one of the key areas that requires our collective attention, wisdom, and . . . innovation.
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14/12/2005 @ 03:56 UTC
Linkorama : Oops - Preparations for Class Action Against Wikipedia, NOT
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14/12/2005 @ 03:55 UTC
Nelson Minar : Civ4 Python library - Various useful functions for modders
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14/12/2005 @ 02:56 UTC
Nelson Minar : Asymmetric plane - Odd WW2 design (via Ask Metafilter)
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14/12/2005 @ 02:56 UTC
deusx : ** Atomic Sock Monkey - Freebies ** - "Bathed in atomic radiation, these champions - Monkey, Ninja, Pirate, Robot - fight to the death, in order to claim the sweet, sweet uranium for their people... and victory!"
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14/12/2005 @ 02:55 UTC
deusx : EA IFF 85 - "Customers should be able to move their own data between independently developed software products. "
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14/12/2005 @ 02:55 UTC
ricmac : Conversations with Dina: Reflections on Global Voices Online Summit - "No powerpoint presentations, there was no stage or podium, no 'sales' pitches ---- we just had conversations, shared stories and experiences and were able to voice our visions. "
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14/12/2005 @ 01:57 UTC
Linkorama : Farm Subsidy - Welcome to www.farmsubsidy.org, where you can find out who gets what from the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. This is a collaborative project bringing together journalists and activists from more than ten European countries. The purpos
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14/12/2005 @ 01:56 UTC
Nelson Minar : Eating balut - Filipino snack food: duck embryo
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14/12/2005 @ 01:56 UTC
Jon Hicks : cybergrain: CSS based-on styles - Yup, thats what CSS needs.
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14/12/2005 @ 01:55 UTC
Simon Willison : Django performance tips - How Django scales at the Lawrence Journal World.
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14/12/2005 @ 01:55 UTC
Simon Willison : Performance Tuning PostgreSQL - Anything Frank has to say about PostgreSQL is well worth listening to. [via]
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14/12/2005 @ 00:55 UTC
Jon Hicks : DropSend - I know every man and his dog has linked to this, but having finally tried the service out for myself, I want to as well. Very well thought out and slick.
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