I'm weird. | Ask MetaFilter

25/07/2006 @ 23:09 UTC

merlinmann : I'm weird. | Ask MetaFilter - Should be an interesting complement to the recent eccentricity discussion -- how does one become _less_ weird?

reddit.com: Slate - what's new online

25/07/2006 @ 23:09 UTC

Rod Begbie : reddit.com: Slate - what's new online - Reddit launch a branded sub-site just for Slate articles, essentially becoming the "official" place to comment on and rate Slate articles. An interesting joint venture, showing there's more to the Web 2.0 businessplan than just "targetted advertising". [via#

Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

25/07/2006 @ 23:08 UTC

wearehugh : Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

Rod Begbie : Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base - If, like me, you've got a shedload of Firefox extensions installed and, like me, are seeing memory leaks in Firefox, this guide can help you track down the responsible parties. [via#

Exhibition at the Science, Industry and Business Library in NYC: Places and Spaces, Mapping Science

25/07/2006 @ 23:08 UTC

jkottke : Exhibition at the Science, Industry and Business Library in NYC: Places and Spaces, Mapping Science - Exhibition at the Science, Industry and Business Library in NYC: Places & Spaces, Mapping Science (thru Aug 31). An online exhibition is also available or browse all the maps.

Effects of open sourcing

25/07/2006 @ 22:09 UTC

Linkorama : Effects of open sourcing - Socialtext Open is going to change everything about how we write code. Even if you’re not one of those directly responsible for getting Socialtext Open out the door on Monday, after that day, we’ll see a huge shift in how things happen. It w

faces around us.

25/07/2006 @ 22:09 UTC

Milo Vermeulen : faces around us.

Jane Jacobs revisited

25/07/2006 @ 22:08 UTC

jkottke : Jane Jacobs revisited - Jane Jacobs revisited. "The mistake made by Jacobs's detractors and acolytes alike is to regard her as a champion of stasis -- to believe she was advocating the world's cities be built as simulacra of the West Village circa 1960."

Foon.co.uk - Super Serif Brothers

25/07/2006 @ 21:08 UTC

deusx : Foon.co.uk - Super Serif Brothers - "use arrows to move / collect all �'s to open the exit e -> E / the rest is up to you"

GeekStuff4U.com - Self Destruction Button USB

25/07/2006 @ 21:08 UTC

deusx : GeekStuff4U.com - Self Destruction Button USB - "Self Destruction Button, the ultimate USB HUB with sound for your PC"

Famous logos redone Web 2.0 style

25/07/2006 @ 21:08 UTC

Andy Baio : Famous logos redone Web 2.0 style - hilarious; Digg's hitting the original YayHooray thread hard  [via]

Digg Labs

25/07/2006 @ 21:08 UTC

Andy Baio : Digg Labs - the Stamen Design visualizations go live

Cameron Moll : Digg Labs - Digg Labs. Hadn't even seen this until today. Digg Swarm is really interesting to watch, to say the least.

Surowiecki on the difficulty of short-term thinking in business

25/07/2006 @ 21:08 UTC

jkottke : Surowiecki on the difficulty of short-term thinking in business - Surowiecki on the difficulty of short-term thinking in business. "It's no wonder that management theory is dominated by fads: every few years, new companies succeed, and they are scrutinized for the underlying truths that they might reveal. But often ther

Luis Apiolaza .:. Quantum Forest: Another mac update

25/07/2006 @ 20:08 UTC

merlinmann : Luis Apiolaza .:. Quantum Forest: Another mac update - I always like hearing how people decide to settle in with these or those apps on their Mac.

Zac Bir Joins Socialtext

25/07/2006 @ 20:08 UTC

Linkorama : Zac Bir Joins Socialtext - Recently with Zope. Welcome aboard Zac!

A Technical History of Apple's Operating Systems: Introduction

25/07/2006 @ 19:09 UTC

joshua : A Technical History of Apple's Operating Systems: Introduction

Socialtext disponible en open source

25/07/2006 @ 19:09 UTC

Linkorama : Socialtext disponible en open source - Annoncé hier par Ross Mayfield, Socialtext vient de lancer une version de sa plateforme wiki/blog en open-source.

Translator's musings

25/07/2006 @ 19:08 UTC

Nelson Minar : Translator's musings - Every profession has experts blogging

California power

25/07/2006 @ 18:10 UTC

Nelson Minar : California power - Nice status graph (via Merlin)

Web 2.0 logos

25/07/2006 @ 18:10 UTC

Nelson Minar : Web 2.0 logos - Spoof of traditional logos. (note: site is a mirror; main is down)

Knife Sharpening Tricks

25/07/2006 @ 18:09 UTC

jimray : Knife Sharpening Tricks

Original Gangsta

25/07/2006 @ 18:09 UTC

jimray : Original Gangsta - Oh, that's nice (still prefer the Galaga version, though)

How to lose the 'ums' and 'ahs' from your speech

25/07/2006 @ 18:08 UTC

jkottke : How to lose the 'ums' and 'ahs' from your speech - How to lose the 'ums' and 'ahs' from your speech. Videotape yourself and practice.

Slim Devices : Product Info : Transporter

25/07/2006 @ 17:08 UTC

Rod Begbie : Slim Devices : Product Info : Transporter - Slim Devices launch their $2k "audiophile" version of the Squeezebox. Gold-plated out the wazoo for those who claim they hear the difference. They probably won't sell many, but they'll make a shitload from the ones they do sell. [via#

Top 10 List - GameFAQs

25/07/2006 @ 17:08 UTC

deusx : Top 10 List - GameFAQs - "The following is a list of the top 10 most memorable cheats that will hopefully forever be remembered in video game history."

Income distributions for various US cities for the purpose of testing the "donut" hypothesis

25/07/2006 @ 17:08 UTC

jkottke : Income distributions for various US cities for the purpose of testing the "donut" hypothesis - Income distributions for various US cities for the purpose of testing the "donut" hypothesis, "the idea that a city will create concentric rings of wealth and poverty, with the rich both in the suburbs and in the 'revitalized' downtown, and the poor stuck [via]

Nelson Minar : City wealth maps - Fascinating cartography (via kottke)

Researchers in Israel and Illinois say they've found a second code in DNA, one that deals with th...

25/07/2006 @ 16:08 UTC

jkottke : Researchers in Israel and Illinois say they've found a second code in DNA, one that deals with the positioning of proteins - Researchers in Israel and Illinois say they've found a second code in DNA, one that deals with the positioning of proteins. Palimpsest anyone?

Web 2.0 style redesigns of famous logos

25/07/2006 @ 16:08 UTC

jkottke : Web 2.0 style redesigns of famous logos - Web 2.0 style redesigns of famous logos. The BoeingBoeing one is pretty clever. (thx, mark)

Andy Baio : Famous logos redone Web 2.0 style - hilarious, but Digg's hitting their server hardhttp://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/07/11511.html  [via]

Milo Vermeulen : Yay Hooray - famous logos redesigned in web 2.0 format! [via]

» Google Maps, the fool's gold of mashups | Software as services | ZDNet.com

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : » Google Maps, the fool's gold of mashups | Software as services | ZDNet.com - Mashups that rely on core, culturally defined and universally agreed informal data structures like names and addresses are misleading outliers

apophenia: an ode to a math teacher: benevolent dictators and urban tribes

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : apophenia: an ode to a math teacher: benevolent dictators and urban tribes - there's something fascinating about seeing my social life play out some of my research conundrums - namely, how do you resolve group structures and networks?

Vitamin Features » Trademark tips for your web app

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : Vitamin Features » Trademark tips for your web app - A general understanding of how trademark strength is determined should aid in helping you choose a name for your web app, service or product, which will maximize its trademark potential.

Andy Budd::Blogography: Layout Grid Bookmarklet

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : Andy Budd::Blogography: Layout Grid Bookmarklet - applies a layout grid image to the body of the page

RedHanded » Nikolai's UTF-8 Lib is All Ready

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : RedHanded » Nikolai's UTF-8 Lib is All Ready - It’s small. It’s coded in C. It locks into Ruby’s existing string class. Therefore, it can be efficient with memory and use Ruby’s own regexps.

Bruce Lawson’s personal site : Breaking news: w3c specs are not the Word of God

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : Bruce Lawson’s personal site : Breaking news: w3c specs are not the Word of God - Let’s just acknowledge that the author’s intention, even when it can be reasonably gleaned from the specification, is not a Holy relic

Jeffrey McManus: Is It Time to Dump Your Desktop?

25/07/2006 @ 11:08 UTC

Paul Hammond : Jeffrey McManus: Is It Time to Dump Your Desktop? - the apps we're seeing today seem to say "behold! I bring you an in-browser version of Word for Windows 2.0 circa 1991. Bow down and worship me, losers!"

Shakespeare Hates Your Emo Poems

25/07/2006 @ 09:08 UTC

jimray : Shakespeare Hates Your Emo Poems

Socialtext Bubble Bath Party

25/07/2006 @ 08:09 UTC

Linkorama : Socialtext Bubble Bath Party - The SOAP API is one phase in multiple phases of work happening to make it easy to get stuff in and out of Socialtext; to play in the growing pool of tools that take stuff from here and there, fiddle around a bit and put it there and here. This is what mak

Social Media and the Networked Public Sphere

25/07/2006 @ 08:08 UTC

Linkorama : Social Media and the Networked Public Sphere - Can social media increase and improve civic participation? If so, in what ways?

Sam Ruby: NPUC 2006

25/07/2006 @ 07:09 UTC

Linkorama : Sam Ruby: NPUC 2006 - Sam's presentation at New Paradigms for Using Computeres

wikiCalc Update

25/07/2006 @ 06:09 UTC

Linkorama : wikiCalc Update - Dan updates us on wikiCalc and comments on Socialtext Open

Wikis meet open source with Socialtext

25/07/2006 @ 06:09 UTC

Linkorama : Wikis meet open source with Socialtext - Cnet: Software company introduces Socialtext Open, an open-source, downloadable version of its primary wiki product.

video demo of the creator of Electroplankton's new musical instrument

25/07/2006 @ 06:09 UTC

Matthew M. Boedicker : video demo of the creator of Electroplankton's new musical instrument - (via waxy.org) [via]

video of Bob Dylan playing Ballad of a Thin Man

25/07/2006 @ 06:09 UTC

Matthew M. Boedicker : video of Bob Dylan playing Ballad of a Thin Man - (via Information Junk) [via]

video of John Denver playing Country Roads

25/07/2006 @ 06:08 UTC

Matthew M. Boedicker : video of John Denver playing Country Roads

the poorly designed user interface that led to John Denver's death

25/07/2006 @ 06:08 UTC

Matthew M. Boedicker : the poorly designed user interface that led to John Denver's death

Instant Messaging and Trashing Google

25/07/2006 @ 06:08 UTC

Jeremy Zawodny : Instant Messaging and Trashing Google - Instant Messaging and Trashing Google: "Where does Google go from here? I suggest they roll some heads and figure out a real product strategy."

UnNews:England shocked by occurrence of summer for 21st year in a row - Uncyclopedia

25/07/2006 @ 05:08 UTC

Rod Begbie : UnNews:England shocked by occurrence of summer for 21st year in a row - Uncyclopedia - "We didn't anticipate this level of heat this year â€â€? we never thought we'd get a twenty-first hot season in a row!" Extra marks to the authors for the Tribe of Toffs reference. [via#

del.icio.us Mashups: Books: Brett O'Connor

25/07/2006 @ 04:09 UTC

joshua : del.icio.us Mashups: Books: Brett O'Connor

deusx : Negatendo's Livejournal - Beginning del.icio.us Mashups - "Yes, that's right, I am writing a del.icio.us book!"

Hit the Road, Jack!

25/07/2006 @ 04:08 UTC

Linkorama : Hit the Road, Jack! - traditional (Welch-esque) “rules of management� that have been typically employed by more established corporations�like GE�and compares them with new and emerging management trends that have propelled some of the newer, growing c

Seed: Look Around You

25/07/2006 @ 03:08 UTC

joshua : Seed: Look Around You - A Visual Exploration of Complex Networks

dabble | launchpad

25/07/2006 @ 03:08 UTC

Linkorama : dabble | launchpad - Congrats Mary!

slidingpast.com - the IDAHO archive

25/07/2006 @ 02:08 UTC

tehu : slidingpast.com - the IDAHO archive - rarities unreleased - the days 2004 before the Lone Gunman

redkeyreddoor retrogaming :: Paradroid blowout

25/07/2006 @ 02:08 UTC

deusx : redkeyreddoor retrogaming :: Paradroid blowout - "Here's a trick that'll impress your friends. First, write the word Paradroid on the back of a beermat"

Paradroidz - a free Paradroid remake in 3D using the jPCT 3D engine for Java

25/07/2006 @ 02:08 UTC

deusx : Paradroidz - a free Paradroid remake in 3D using the jPCT 3D engine for Java - "This site is dedicated to a free 3D remake of the Commodore C64 classic game Paradroid by Andrew Braybrook/Graftgold."

North Korea counterfeit cash

25/07/2006 @ 01:08 UTC

Nelson Minar : North Korea counterfeit cash - Confirmation that DNK prints US currency

8020 Publishing: The Blog

25/07/2006 @ 01:08 UTC

veen : 8020 Publishing: The Blog - "Derek and Paul teamed up in 2006 to found a new creative design agency. But within their first few weeks of collaboration, they hit upon an idea for another business that was too good to pass up."

Freakonomics Blog » Why Don’t Americans Suck at the Tour de France?

25/07/2006 @ 01:08 UTC

veen : Freakonomics Blog » Why Don’t Americans Suck at the Tour de France? - "American cyclists claim that they train harder, more experimentally, and more scientifically than their European peers."

Paradroid

25/07/2006 @ 01:08 UTC

deusx : Paradroid - This has to be the best combination of shoot em up and strategy in a game that I have seen to date.

A star is "on the brink" of going type 1a supernova, something modern scientists have never witne...

25/07/2006 @ 01:08 UTC

jkottke : A star is "on the brink" of going type 1a supernova, something modern scientists have never witnessed - A star is "on the brink" of going type 1a supernova, something modern scientists have never witnessed. BTW, when you're dealing with stars, "on the brink" could refer to a period of time up to 100,000 years from now. Oh, and if you're the type of person w

House Hacker :: Concrete Countertop HowTos

25/07/2006 @ 00:09 UTC

jimray : House Hacker :: Concrete Countertop HowTos

Hack Attack: The Cordless Workspace (sort of) - Lifehacker

25/07/2006 @ 00:08 UTC

jimray : Hack Attack: The Cordless Workspace (sort of) - Lifehacker - My desk is a mess, this is a great DIY project

Disabling PDF Display in Firefox

25/07/2006 @ 00:08 UTC

Jeremy Zawodny : Disabling PDF Display in Firefox - Disabling PDF Display in Firefox: put an end to the madness

Details on Tenori-On, Electroplankton creator's new musical instrument

25/07/2006 @ 00:08 UTC

Andy Baio : Details on Tenori-On, Electroplankton creator's new musical instrument - the official site has samples and details on two-way collaboration  [via]

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